"Don't cry Avi, see no one said you don't have rights. This is called a cruel world. If you cry others will smile, if you smile others will feel jealous and will find a way to make you cry. So never take what others say into heart. You are the one who is going to live. You are the one who is going to face the problems. You are the one who knows what's happening in your life. You are the one who has every right in your life. If you start behaving like what others want then someday you will lose yourself. You will lose your dreams. Remember whatever the situation is, how hard it is you have to be ready to face it. Learn to smile in every situation. Remember to smile is the best solution for every problem. Let people speak whatever they want, just stay calm and give a smile. Concentrate on your goal and let your success talk. The ones who spoke today will bow their heads in front of you then," he motivated me.
I nodded my head and then he said again by keeping his hand on my head,
"Now don't think about anything and just go to class like a good girl. Don't let those pears come out and don't give chances to others to tease you again. Remember this Abhi is there with you from your childhood and will always be there with you till the last breath. Until I am with you no one can break you."
"Despite of all the off in my life you are real treasure I found," I replied to him and he just smiled at me by rubbing my head affectionately,
"Don't be so cheesy. We are friends and it's our responsibility to stay with each other In every up and down." I smiled and nodded my head.
"Good girl, keep smiling like this always," he said and we both went to our respective classes. He is one of the main support systems for me. Sometimes I really feel what if he also goes away from me and treats me like everyone does. I shook my head and say to myself it won't ever happen because we are like that from childhood. So many people tried to break our friendship but everytime in every rumour and in every allegation he always listened to me whatever I said. He always stood for me. He never asked me for an explanation but I always give him because he is the one who always proves allegations as wrong. So, at least he deserves that explanation, right? I always gave him a hard time by making him handle my problems but he never complained about that nor he never got angry with me.
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"Why do you alway trust me more than anyone? Why do you never believe those allegations are true? What if they are true? What if I was wrong? You will be the one who got ashamed right. Then why do you never think before supporting me?" I questioned him once.
"I have known you since your childhood and we have been together since kindergarten. I know there are some things which you are deliberately hiding from me. But, coming to the things I know you more than you know yourself. So I know what are false allegations and what are true allegations. If I don't know this much, how can I call myself as your best friend from kindergarten?" He questioned.
"Will you stand by me like this if those allegations are true or if I did something wrong?" I questioned him.
"Obviously yes, I will still support you in front of others but I will explain to you what you did was wrong in private," he answered and I looked at him like asking are you serious.
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"Yes, I am serious. Friendship means not only supporting us in good times but also in hard times. Not only encouraging you in your success but cheering for you in your failure too. Not leaving your side because you did something wrong but explaining to you that what you did was not correct. These are the rules of a true friendship and I will stand by you. I will always trust you and I will always protect you," he answered, which brought tears in my eyes. That day I decided not to break his trust and never leave his side. I promised myself that I will always be loyal to him.
"I wish I will never loose you in my life," I said to him and he said,
"No one can break it and it will never happen in our life."
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I was thinking and walking towards the class. I came out of my thoughts when someone bumped into me and I fell on the ground.
"Can't you see and walk?" That girl questioned me. She was the one who bumped into me while running from her friend and now she is scolding me. I didn't say anything. I stood calmly dusting myself and collecting my books.
"Why will she look? She has her eyes on head because the handsome hunk and the shareholder's son is her support na," another girl said. Now what he had done in this.
"Why are you dragging his name in the middle?" I questioned her.
"Oh, you are not taking a stand for yourself but you are taking his side?" She questioned me.
"Is this not what friends usually do?" I questioned her.
"Who knows if he is your friend for the truth or you are covering your dirty relationship with him in the name of friend?" Another girl questioned and I got angry.
"What do you mean by that?" I questioned her by showing my finger to them.
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"What do we mean by that? What do you show him? That he always takes your side and even waits for you at the gate. Are you so beautiful under these old bag clothes that he is unable to leave your side for a moment also," she said and I felt disgusted.
"Being a girl, how can you talk like this? Are you really a girl? Don't you have any Shame?" I questioned her.
"We are talking the truth. Where are you doing those things? In your home or his or you are booking any room?" She questioned. That's it I lost my control and slapped her hard.
"How dare you slap me?" She said and signalled her friends to hold me. They did that and held me tightly from both sides. She clutched my hair and pulled it hard.
"You slapped me with this hand na?" She questioned while taking my right hand in her hands.
"Mistake is yours only," I retorted.
"Still you have guts to speak," she said and took a pen from her bag. She opened the cap and started pinching in my hand like it's some paper.
My whole hand was paining and burning like hell. Tears are flowing down from my eyes.
"This is the result of slapping me," she said and they pushed me to the ground and left