THE CHOICE- CHAPTER 4

Hello ppl…as promised…i m postibn ny next chp…sorry if u feel it is short..d upcomibg chps would be d same…many of u know that I m in 10th..nd my first semester exams r nearing..so…I don’t get much time to write….plz plz comment..i would be really grateful to…Here comes chp 4…

CHAPTER-4

Few weeks have passed by….Shravan and adi have become best of friends… Suman and Shravan don’t talk much…except when they r all sitting in a group….Nd Suman has been busy wid her studies… As d first semester exams r nearing….so she doesn’t talk much to anyone…even adi nd Ananya.
Its evening…when d whole group plans to play badminton….they love playing it…
They start playing doubles…..Suman was not in a mood really…but she had to play d first match…..for d first match…she nd Kunal were paired opposite Shravan nd Ananya….kunal is one of d boys in d group..he is a bit shorter than others…nd he is Aditya’s best friend… They start playing…Suman is fantastic at it….when she is really into it…then u can c her passion nd aggression in each shot….but now…she really doesn’t want to play..so she nd kunal loose d first match…..Shravan plays really well..he is tall….he is agggresive…Suman has seen him play before when they came another day…..so it was no surprise for her…
For d next match she nd adi were paired….opposite Kunal nd Ananya…..
Suman knows that she will loose…since she is not in form….but she cannot let adi loose bcoz of her…so she goes to him nd tells…” Hey adi….just go wid Ananya for this match….actually…”
But Aditya interrupts her ” Its fine Suman… I understand u don’t want to play wid me….u could hve said that directly….”
Suman is shocked listening to this,” What r u saying adi…its nothing like that…I was not going wid u coz…”
” Yaah whatever d reason is…I m seeing these days..that u like to stay away from me….in fact Richa nd Hiya…told me before that u told them that u want to stay away from me as much as possible….so be it ..I m going to be away from u..I don’t even want to c ur face…” Aditya says angrily nd starts to walk away…
” U trust them…but not me…?” Suman asks…wid a lump forming in her throat…
” No I don’t trust u….not after what u did….” Aditya says without looking back…nd goes from there..
Suman keeps staring at him….” U think I m trying to stay away from u…..I don’t think it was all bcoz of today’s incident…I think u hve stored it in ur heart for a long time… So better be out than in ….u don’t want to c my face….adi what has happened…we never used to be like this…so y now…” Suman says wearily ….” Wait a moment…he said Richa nd Hiya…told him that ….how can they do so…I always knew that didn’t like me being wid adi…or in their group…but they could go this far…I didn’t think….” Suman thinks….
She is tired enough…she doesn’t want to confront them…or go running after adi….she is just too tired ….tired of everything…. Tired of proving herself right…..tired of fighting…..so she just walks away from there….
Shravan has seen all this…he understood at first only…why Suman must have said that….he thinks….” Y does everyone fail to understand her…..her intentions….” He knows where Suman must have gone…so he starts moving there….

D view is as beautiful as ever….when Shravan reaches there….he sees Suman sitting under d mango tree….staring at d lake….Shravan was right…he knew she would come here…in peace…with nobody around…..after all she is like that….she likes to fight it all alone…..not someone who likes to show her emotions…..he was expecting her to be crying here…at least when no one is around..but she wasn’t… Instead she was just staring at d lake….

Shravan comes nd sits besides her….she turns around nd says…” Adi!” Only to find Shravan looking at her wid pain….she thinks how can she even expect adi to come…afterall he didn’t want to c her face….but in a small corner of her heart…she had d slightest hope that adi will come back and say sorry….but no…it was Shravan.. Yet again by her side…
” How did u know I was here? ” Suman asks..
” Not a thing to ask really…I know u….” Shravan replies simply….
Suman is a bit surprised by his answer…’ He knows her’…really? Does he….maybe….he does..that’s y he is here sitting by her side…..
” I will talk to adi….” Shravan says without sounding sympathetic….
” No need Shravan…. Let it be….” Suman says…..this is d last thing she wants to responsible for…pitting best friends against each other….
” Don’t think..I m doing this for u…I m doing this for adi…its my responsibility.. To show him d right path as a friend” Sharavn says…but this is not d truth…he is doing it for her…nd deep inside…he knows that…..he doesn’t want her to feel alone….he does not want her to feel her fear…she will never be lonely….he will never let her….he knows that….