"Yeah, I'll come get you." Sara said and hung up. Her pacing finally stopped, as she bent down to place Roman's phone down on the sofa. "I'll go get her. You remember the drill?" She asked turning to me. I nodded. "Good. Off I go."

How would I forget? She'd wasted two hours giving me the 'drill'.

"And then there were two." Roman said dramatically.

"Seriously?" I asked shaking my head.

"What? Oh, come on, tell me you don't like humor every now and then." He said throwing his hands up in surrender.

I stayed quiet, trying to remember everything Sara taught me. But, man it was hard with Roman screaming at my ear from beside me on the sofa.

"Okay, I'll make you a deal. I'll help you make peace with Aditi if you just smile for a while." I was still quiet. What the heck was that supposed to mean anyways? He is my friend. He is supposed to help even if I didn't smile. Smile. What the heck was up with him? "You didn't forget me because of that chick, did you? Come on man. Bros before hoes? Balls before girls? Dic-"

"Shut the hell up man!" I finally exploded. "I'm trying to concentrate."

"That's better." He nodded and walked into the kitchen, whistling. I shook my head, sweat beads building on my forehead.

What the hell was I even freaking out about? It was not like Aditi had suddenly turned into a cannibal and was gonna eat me. Or a zombie. Whichever works.

"You know..." Roman said walking back into the living room with a bag of chips on his hand. "I don't think Sara's plan is actually gonna work. I mean, think about it, do you really think a quiet girl like Aditi is gonna like being inquired and all that? She'll blow the whole concept out of the water."

For once he was somewhat right. Somewhat. But I had my faith in Sara. I knew she'd be right about, well, everything. She never failed at understanding people and knowing what to do at what moments. Maybe that was the reason we bonded as kids. Her blue eyes worked the best at drawing people towards her and she was always the wise one, knowing how to handle every situations.

So, after much pleading and shedding tears, she finally agreed into helping me get Aditi back. " Aditi or alone." Roman gave name to the "mission", which Sara scowled and I flipped the bird at.

I was satisfied I was getting the help from the best.

Roman on the other hand was the opposite of what made Sara, Sara. He was a careless, sick, maniac with dirty sense of humor. But he was my friend, and that stood before everything I held against him. I even forgave him for his crappy suggestions he gave me that day in school.

"So..." Roman trailed off, bringing me back to earth. "You know the..." He paused again. I eyed him. He was hiding something. I could hear it in his voice.

There was a knock on the door.

"Mission Aditi or alone is a go." Roman whispered as I quietly sprint to my room.

Just as I closed the door behind me the front door opened and footsteps approached the living room.

I called Roman. He took the call.

"...is Samar again?" I could hear Sara's voice on the other end of the line.

"He said he needed to clear his mind." Roman stated. "Will you take something? Juice? Sandwich? I make the best cheese sandwiches."

I had to press my phone against my ear to hear Aditi's response.

"No." Was all she said.

"So...why were you upset today in school?" Sara asked.

Moment of truth.

Aditi didn't respond. I could hear footsteps fading on the other end of the line. Roman was right. The "mission" failed, miserably.

The footsteps were audible again, but not via the phone. I could hear them approaching my room.

I wondered which one of them came to give me the bad news. Not that I didn't know it already.

I slowly got up and sat on my bed waiting for one of my friends to walk into the room and tell me it was a lost cause.

"Samar." Aditi addressed me.

I jumped off the bed because of the shock and landed hard on my butt. On any other day it would've been awfully hilarious. But not today, today was different. The tension in the room was unbearable.

I stood up mustering all the courage I had to look her in the eyes once.

Hesitantly, I looked at her face. She wasn't scowling or frowning or showing any other emotions I feared. It was the other thing I feared more. Her face had no emotion. She looked like a robot with straight posture and a fixed gaze.

I felt small in her gaze. I was drowning in guilt and disappointment. I wished I would get too small and vanish. If that was what it took to get away with everything that happened.

I was still finding my carpet interesting to look at when she broke the silence: "Your friends need to learn to lie better."

With that she walked up to my bed and sat upright taking the guitar from beside the table onto her lap.

"You didn't forget you're tutoring me, did you?" She said without even looking up.

I sat next to her in autopilot. I was too shocked to breathe, let alone speak.

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"Aditi..." I tried.

She was practising the into of 'Let her go' by Passenger; thirty minutes after walking into my room. During that time, I had rejected five calls and received fifteen texts from Roman.

Sara and Roman had already left, leaving me to work it all out by myself. Those traitors. Now, I had to do whatever I needed to do to get her back. Get her back. She didn't even look like she was away. For the moment-for that exact time-in my room, tutoring and staring at her, she looked close and I hoped she'd never go away. She was mine and I couldn't think about staying far.

"Yes, Samar?" She said looking at me.

"About what happened in school today..." I couldn't finish. Staring into her eyes; I was falling all over again. No one ever admits it, but there's a time in everyone's life when they feel they've fallen too deep and can't get back out of it.

I didn't want to admit it either.

She looked at me straight in the eyes, "Yes? What about it?"

She was being more difficult.

"You looked sad." I changed the conversation.

She was silent. She started picking on her nails, slowly, flicking her eyes at me. Her face dropped as she carefully put the guitar on the bed.

"Yeah, I was...I was..." She sighed, finally looking at me clearly. "Sam." She took a deep breath.

"I-I... So you know." I stated.

"Look, I know you have feelings for me, and, and I do too, and today was just..." She didn't finish.

My heart was beating so loud, I thought she would hear it.

She sighed again, going back to picking her nail.

"Aditi..." I couldn't form a sentence. I didn't even have one in my mind. The sound of my heart beating was blocking out any thought I could have.

I expected something from her. Something like slapping me across the face or walking out on me or bursting into tears. Anything. But there she was, silent and controlled.

And there I was, not able to determine what to do next. It was supposed to be my move now. It was my turn to make a move.

I took in a deep breath-I was going to make a move-and without another thought put my hand on her cheek.

She looked up as I leaned forward. She didn't back away.

I had won.

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So, there it is, another chapter. Now, before you start hating me just know that I had a series of exams over the past month and my finals are approaching. And I don't think I'll be posting another chapter before that. Sorry :(.

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~Hunt.