The Girl I loved – Part 6
Wednesday, June 01, 2016Priya
I was so angry on Rahul for trying to interfere in my life when I was clearly doing my very best to move on from him.
I didn't know if I was overreacting due to the fact that at the corner of my heart, I knew that I loved him and I didn't want to lose him from my life.
When I read that message ‘don’t take this hasty decision to marry Arjun. I assure you that you won’t have anything to do with me from now on. Good bye Priya. Your’s sincerely, Rahul,’ I just couldn't contain my emotions.
I was angry at him for sending that message. I was angry at myself for being the reason he had to send that message. I was angry at the fact that while I was trying to move on from him, he decided to send me this message. I was angry at him for trying to interfere into my life by asking me not to marry Arjun and that too by just throwing it at my face asking me not to marry him. I was even angry at him for sending that message that made it seem real for him not to be a part of my life.
I knew that all he meant was of my well being. But I wasn't in my rational self to contemplate on what he truly meant. I was just driven by pure madness due to the mixed emotions that were gripping hold of me at the moment.
Grabbing hold of the mobile, I made way to the main door when I heard a slight commotion, just a few feet away from where I stood. I started in that direction to inspect it when I came to a sudden halt as Arjun came into my view.
The area around his mouth was covered in blood and his nose seemed slightly broken as he was supported by one of his friends, all of them walking in my direction.
“Arjun? What happened? Ohmygod!” I rushed to get a closer look at him.
As I got to him, he helped himself to stand straight, staring at me as I trailed my hands across his cheeks examining his wounds. He flinched when my fingers trailed on his nose and I muttered a quick apology.
“Come on, let’s get him in. We’ll need to bandage it,” I said as one of his friends nodded and helped him to follow me.
I didn't know his friends were here as well. Probably he wanted to introduce me to them.
When we got in, I cleaned his wound under the fresh water and dressed it with a bandage before I finally asked him the reason for it.
“So, how did it happen?” I asked staring at his eyes.
He squirmed in his seat for a second as he kept switching his gaze here and there without making an eyes contact with me.
Finally, after a while, he said, “Rahul hit me.”
My mouth gaped open at his confession. I mean, why would Rahul hit him? The Rahul I knew wouldn't do that unless Arjun provoked him or so.
“Rahul hit you? Why?” I asked still staring at him unable to take in what he said earlier.
“Guess he was angry at us for you dumping him for me. So, he decided to take his revenge on me,” he said trying to get more comfortable with his bandage.
“What! What did you mean with me dumping him? We weren't a couple, just friends and not even that now as far as I believe” I said as I noticed that he still didn't make an eye contact even once. My doubts began to crept in but I kept them aside.
“Probably he doesn't think the same. From what I assumed from that moment when we were getting back from the shopping, you didn't want to talk to him. So when he was trying to get here, probably to talk to you, I tried to stop him from doing so saying that you didn't want to meet him and I was rewarded with this,” he said pointing to his bandage.
It was as if my mind decided to split itself into two parts at that moment. The rational and the irrational self. The rational part of me, which is minute compared to the other one, believed that what he said wasn't the truth. My Rahul wouldn't do such a thing. He wouldn't take it on Arjun just because I decided to move on from him.
But there was the irrational part which decided to believe Arjun. I believed the reason for it being the extreme emotions controlling me and it literally overpowered my rational self.
I was so angry on Rahul for doing this to Arjun. I was shaking with rage as my feet followed the mind of their own as I stood up and stomped away in the direction of Rahul’s house. I was so blind with rage that I couldn't think properly.
“Rahul!” I yelled out loud when I reached his door step.
“Rahul! Where the hell are you?” I shouted again.
When no one replied, I got in and walked in the direction of his bedroom.
Just when I was about to shout for the third time, his door opened and I found myself surprised to see Ajit instead of Rahul.
“Where is Rahul? I want to see him. How dare he?” I said trying to push my way past Ajit but he caught hold of my wrist before I could pass him.
“What the hell are you doing? Leave me alone. I need to get to Rahul,” I said struggling to free myself from his grasp.
“Priya, please listen to me,” Ajit said trying his best to stop me from getting in.
“Why aren't you letting me in!!!”
“I take it that you’re angry at him for something I don’t know but please, he isn't in a position for him to be on the receiving end of whatever you’re gonna say,” he literally begged me, but I was too blind with rage to decipher that.
“I don’t care what position he is in and how the hell he is right now. Just let me in,” I said as he answered, “No, I wouldn't let you.‘
“Rahul! What the f*ck are you doing hiding in there. Why the hell did you hit Arjun? What did he do?” I started to shout through the door as Ajit cut me by saying, “please don’t raise your voice, he might hear.”
“I want him to hear!.....Rahul! Why are you bothering me with your useless shit. I don’t want to have anything to do with you again. I don’t want to hear the name Rahul again in my life. I don’t want to see your face again. I'm disgusted with you. You hear that? I AM DISGUSTED WITH YOU. How dare you message me again when I don’t want to have anything with you included in it? For the last time I'm saying, leave me alone. I don’t care if you……..”
“WILL YOU JUST F*CK*NG STOP IT!” Ajit’s roar boomed through the room vibrating in my ears sending a shiver down my spine which automatically shut my mouth up.
I just stared at him with my eyes almost tearing up and he must have taken in the look on my face because he said, “look I'm sorry. But please leave him alone. When I say he’s not in a position for all this, I mean it. Please, just leave.”
I was too stunned to do anything else apart from what he asked me to. So, I just turned on my heels and left the house back to my place with a heavy heart and tears streaming down my cheeks.
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