The five of us (Adi, surya, Cliffy, Rahul and me) got in line for second our tequila shot. On a count of 3 just when the burning liquor flowed down our throat, I heard a familiar sound from behind us. It had been 2 hour since the party had started, and I had been waiting from him all along.
"So you guys started without me", Jai said in a mocking tone.
"Ohh no man, we were just warming up...Its my birthday after all!", Adi replied. Anybody could guess from his voice, he was already light.
"You are forgiven birthday boy, and I am sorry I am late. Actually it wasn't exactly my fault", and with that Jai put an arm around the girl standing next to him," meet my girl, Riya.", he said.
Everybody was shocked. But I was way more than shocked, I didn't know how to react. I had like a mini speech written in advance and practiced like a million times in front of the mirror, but not in my wildest dreams had I imagined that he would get a girl. A girl who had a figure to die for, long silky hair and a not a single mark on her face. Just what Jai always wanted in his girlfriend, features exactly opposite to mine.
I was so busy in my thoughts that I never realised when the formal introduction began. It was already my turn but before I could say something, she did.
"Oh, so you are Tara!" she said, all excited.
"Ummm, ya I am Tara. Nice to meet you", I replied you.
"I was dying to meet the girl whose photo my boyfriend carries in his wallet", she said and gave me a strange look, "though now its replaced with mine. He told you guys are best friends."
"Ya, we are best friends. We have always been so close and from as long as I remember, we both have had a pic of each other in our wallets. I stole one of his old school pic in which he looks like a nerd and he stole an extremely funny one of mine. I still remember when he took mine, he told me,"this ways I will never lose you, I will always have you in my pocket"", I told her the story.
"Ohh, I would love to see that pic of his", she said," can you please give it to me!"
"Sorry I can't, not that I don't want to, I just don't have it anymore. I lost my wallet which had his photo", I lied.
I left the party after some time. I don't know what the real problem was, maybe without my best friend I was feeling lonely or maybe because I couldn't bear to see him enjoying with someone else. Riya is a nice girl, perfect for him and I should be happy for him, but for some reason I wasn't.
I could see his eyes fixed on me while I was leaving the party, maybe he was waiting for a goodbye. But what he didn't realize was that somehow in these few days the distance between us had grown so much, that keeping any expectations from each other hence-forth would be wrong. That night we bid our final goodbyes to each other as bestfriends.
"So you guys started without me", Jai said in a mocking tone.
"Ohh no man, we were just warming up...Its my birthday after all!", Adi replied. Anybody could guess from his voice, he was already light.
"You are forgiven birthday boy, and I am sorry I am late. Actually it wasn't exactly my fault", and with that Jai put an arm around the girl standing next to him," meet my girl, Riya.", he said.
Everybody was shocked. But I was way more than shocked, I didn't know how to react. I had like a mini speech written in advance and practiced like a million times in front of the mirror, but not in my wildest dreams had I imagined that he would get a girl. A girl who had a figure to die for, long silky hair and a not a single mark on her face. Just what Jai always wanted in his girlfriend, features exactly opposite to mine.
I was so busy in my thoughts that I never realised when the formal introduction began. It was already my turn but before I could say something, she did.
"Oh, so you are Tara!" she said, all excited.
"Ummm, ya I am Tara. Nice to meet you", I replied you.
"I was dying to meet the girl whose photo my boyfriend carries in his wallet", she said and gave me a strange look, "though now its replaced with mine. He told you guys are best friends."
"Ya, we are best friends. We have always been so close and from as long as I remember, we both have had a pic of each other in our wallets. I stole one of his old school pic in which he looks like a nerd and he stole an extremely funny one of mine. I still remember when he took mine, he told me,"this ways I will never lose you, I will always have you in my pocket"", I told her the story.
"Ohh, I would love to see that pic of his", she said," can you please give it to me!"
"Sorry I can't, not that I don't want to, I just don't have it anymore. I lost my wallet which had his photo", I lied.
I left the party after some time. I don't know what the real problem was, maybe without my best friend I was feeling lonely or maybe because I couldn't bear to see him enjoying with someone else. Riya is a nice girl, perfect for him and I should be happy for him, but for some reason I wasn't.
I could see his eyes fixed on me while I was leaving the party, maybe he was waiting for a goodbye. But what he didn't realize was that somehow in these few days the distance between us had grown so much, that keeping any expectations from each other hence-forth would be wrong. That night we bid our final goodbyes to each other as bestfriends.
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