Chapter 13

Today, as usual I go for my practice but as matches are going to be started from next week so, practice got hard plus duration increased too. Our first practice session end around 10 in the morning, we changed our clothes and go to canteen to relax our selves and have some food. As per decided schedule around 12 in noon I go to library because its time to study and I see Erik is sitting in the corner table reading a book. When I get closed to him, I read the book name "twilight by Stephenie Meyer", I kept my bag one one seat and sit beside him. He kept the book aside, look at me with smile on his face.

Erik: Hey

Siya: Hey. So, what is book all about?

Erik: A vampire romantic novel. It shows basically how a vampire and mere human fall in love while facing consequences.

Siya: So, you like romantic, cheesy novels??

Erik: Umm apart from romance it has other concepts too, which I love about it. And I like thriller, suspense, trauma related novels more.

Erik: If you don't mind, What types of books you like to read?

Siya: I like, tragic, suspense, thriller more. Can we start studying??

Erik: Yeah sure.

With this we start studying and I must say studying with him is so easy. He is so good at explaining, he tell story to make things understand and this the same way how I explain things to others. In short its quite interesting to study with him and I am enjoying it.

We studied till 2 hours, then we go for lunch together and to my surprise I am not seeing any of his friends or mine too in the canteen. So, basically my days end with him only. I am feeling good about it as the loneliness I used to feel in my heart of somewhere after reading Ani's letter, its effect is somewhat less.

Today when I reach home, I am somewhat feeling quite relaxed and calm. I don't know who to tell, so when night come my another best friend also comes out and picking my phone plus earphones, I play my favorite soul soothing. I went to the roof and start talking to moon, I spoke whole heartedly with him. Whether its moon, nature, books or diary, all of them works as a solace for me and I don't know why but I think they are better then crowd of humans.

Like this only me and Erik use to spend time with each other i.e. studying, eating lunch and leaving college together. I don't know when this become a part of my small world and all my friends we rarely got time spend with each other, and I miss them a little but this recent schedule is so much hectic and time consuming I don't get time to spend with others.

The Intercollege matches continued till a month and I become habitual to be with Erik. I learned many thing by just observing him and his actions. One thing which I loved mostly about me, is to observe. Yeah I just love to observe each and everything around me, whether its environment, weather, people, or animal and then I make a mental note and try to understand them more efficiently. And with this skills of my, I think I can understand and know him somehow better.

So, let me tell you something about Erik. He is not what it seem to be, he can be an introvert person to some and an extrovert to others, this totally depend on with whom he is with plus in which mood he is. He has major mood swings, but with me he seems to quite sweet, caring, honest and kind person. The things or people he hold close to his heart, for them he is very possessive and I can see I am becoming his possession. Apart from this he live with his mother, maternal grandmother, aunt and brother, he is close to know one except one of his cousin brother. And one more thing before we become friends he changed his girlfriends like clothes.

One day we both sitting in the vocational lab, I am working on one of my assignment he is playing game on the phone. Suddenly, someone hugged me from back as usual I know, its Nish.

Nish: ahhh hey baby (hugged me more tightly)

Siya: mmm me too babes, I missed you and your hugs. How are you?

Nish: I missed you too, especially teasing you.

Siya: huhh you won't be change right? I hate you.

Nish: yeah and I love you. ( saying this she sit in front of me on the table, completely ignoring Erik who sitting just in front of me on the desk).

Siya: Yeah. So what up?

Nish: You me and our whole gang is going to visit a near by forest tomorrow. And you don't have a choice, its decided.

Siya: yeah sure I would love to come and join you guys. Its quite long that we met and hang out together. (From the corner of my eyes I can see Erik is feeling irritated and agitated, though I thought may be because of his game so, I ignored it).

Nish: (standing up) Come. Lets go to canteen.

Siya: Cool let me pack my things. ( I start packing up my things and thought to ask Erik)

Siya: Hey Erik. I am going to canteen with my friend, you wanted to join??

Erik: (rudely and arrogantly) hey thanks but no thank I am busy here with my friend (pressuring more the those tow words "my friend")

Siya: Cool. Bye.

I am in the canteen talking with my friends but I am feeling a as if someone is looking at me from a long time, so I turn back and I can see Erik looking at me with a possessive glare and to be honest it is intimidating, creepy and surprising too. I don't know why I feel like he don't want me to share with anyone and I thought of clearing my doubts.

Siya: Excuse me!! Girls I will be back in a minute. (With this I move from there and go towards Erik and his eyes never leaving mine)

Siya: Hey, how come you are here, you said over busy?

Rather then to answer my question, he get up from his seat hold my hands and drag me out of the canteen and this angered me to core. He took me to the park, we sit on the bench with me frowning and angry and he sitting there with stern, frustration anger expression. Though this is not the second time he did this but this time I had enough, how can he just drag or corner me anywhere he want. So, I decided to speak up but he beat me at this, by hugging me. Though I am in shocked, so I sat straight not at all hugging him.

Erik: Look I am sorry for doing this again, I really like you, our bond makes me feel really good. I have already lost my father and I am not close to anyone not even my family. All I left with is you and when I see you going and spending time with your friend, I feel like I am loosing you.

This confession of his left me dumbfounded, shocked, sad, and somewhat I am feeling sympathy toward him too but I am unable to understand how to react. And to add on this, his hug making me feel like I have been buried below the ice plus, someone left open electric wires on me. This feeling is totally uncomfortable, so I just used my all strength to push him back and he fell down from the bench.