Someone Else In The Dark

took her time clicking pictur

a plate full of blueberry muffins, for all of us. Sometimes being with Harpreet makes me feel that the main purpose of ordering food is not to eat, but to click

have been enough to fill my little stomach, if

aid as I breathed in th

lick pictures of the food from every angle. "And d

up a muffin. I made a face at Harpreet when

he Salt and Pepper Café," she mov

r you?" Abhi said as soon as

ce. "I just got here. Let me b

as I removed my denim jacket. He tried to suppress his s

for myself before looking at Abhi, wh

romise me you won't te

d," he crossed h

know my friend,

iles?" He said and I felt a little

ld be her

ioned, urging

are in college, and I don't k

e said am

guess they

As in,

He made a face as if s

you like?" He

t wanna come in between them. The thing that I like the most about their family is their fr

Palak

oo sweet to me. I just thought that maybe that's how they are. I don't kn

bought her shoes from Amazon, even though I didn't ask. I

he re

s

by Abhi's voice. I looked up to see th

terested in either of them, by being my fak

e plan," I

llege, we are in school?" he asked before stealing a

media," Abhi stared at me boringly as I continued. "Plus, they work at a café every weeke

o I need to act like I am in l

before taking a sip of

ou are obsessed with me in fron

." I

raised my eyebrows at his sudd

I narrowed

re only with our partners, and hey, we aren't a real couple. And, I a

hummed, p

all too well to know how much I hate unnecessary drama. Yet I accepted Mr. Popular's proposal of being his fake girlfriend. Even I didn't understand why I di

or

," she crossed her arms. "Or go

sure if to take it as

w come I didn't notice it?

was on the

nd. I took out the contract from my bag and handed to her. "Wow. This is unbeliev

"You got a chance to kiss, the Abhimanyu Sinha, and you let it g

d that. But who knew, it was all fake." Harpreet seemed disappointed and I felt a little bad for

ed you into a instagram obsessed maniac," Harpreet shook her he

s with, Abhi, every weekend.

g. "Let me guess, you came up with this because you couldn't let your grades fall because o

hi will tell the truth." If you know w

m not pissed at you right now

e. That's

t least now you have something interesting to tell your grandchildren about," my face w

rip to Mussoorie. I bought us spa tickets. I thought yo

are one, it wasn't difficult."

is last piece of muffin, right

!?" Harpreet questioned. Palak and

g up the last piece of muffin quickly.

ng before looking up at me. "I wanna ask y

my eyes at

ling? I mean, af

wasn't even a real relationship,

side, like you are missing something? Like you lost something pr

hy wou

eep breath. "Tell me honestly, you spent so much time with h

shook

a little bit?" She di

new he was in love with, Shagun, and I am not that stupid to fall for someone, who is alread

and you cannot stop yourself from loving someone you are destin

art. I mean, if you know that this person isn't for you and it's o

l your heart if something like this happens with

d not let myself fall for them after knowing that they love someone else,"

they wouldn't do something, they

o s

I sc

I would have gotten an opportunity to witness a fairytale like love

g time with her and falling in love with her in the process is all bull shit. It happens only in movies or novels, not in real life. Yeah maybe, if he had opted t

M

ept

Palak

my tongue.

ly waiting for you in Hazelynn," Harpr