The college was over and Ishita was walking back to her car silently when she heard laughs and giggles.

She turned sideways to look at the people and saw Raman standing with their Maths teacher Ms. Samantha Singh.

She was trying to get closer to Raman while laughed at her jokes.

Ishita felt hurt when he stopped laughing and placed a hand on her waist and looked into her eyes.

She couldn't take it anymore so she ran to her car and drove back home

Ishita came back home and locked herself in the house. She was the only one that lived there after she moved out of the orphanage except sometime when the four, Mihika, Mihir, Romi and Ishita decided to have a sleepover.

"Unhe kya lagta hai mai koi bachi  hoon jo samjhungi nahi? Pehle haste hai, phir kiss karte hai then kehte hai it was a mistake aur phir jaakar doosri aurat ke saath haste hai." Ishita says between her cries.

(What does he think? I'm a child? First he laughs at me then kisses me then says it was mistake and then he enjoys himself with some other woman.)

She touches her lips and then rewinds their kiss. She blushes a little but then cries again.

She changes into her clothes and falls down on the bed and slips into a deep slumber after a long, tiring day.

*******

Raman laughs with Samantha at she jokes about one of the male teachers. When she inches closer to him, he stops laughing and looks at her with a frown and then places a hand on her waist to stop her from inching any closer and glares at her.

His eyes shift next to a figure and he gets shocked when he hears a sob and sees Ishita running away. He curses himself knowing very well she misunderstood everything.

He felt hands on his chest and sees Samantha inching closer with piggy like pouted face.

Raman coughs and pushes her away.

"I think hum yaha students ko padhane aate hai na ki flirt karne." Raman says in a warning tone making Samantha huff and leave.

(I think we come here to teach not flirt.)

"Shit! Sab mess up kar diya maine." Raman curses himself.

(Shit! I messed up everything.)

"Huh! Calm down Raman. Mai usse shaam ko tuition time baat kar lunga." Raman tries to calm himself.

(------I'll talk to her during tuition time in the evening.)

The whole day passes but Ishita doesn't come to his home. He tried calling her numerous times but her phone was switched off which made him worried as hell.

At night, he couldn't sleep. He wanted to go to her house but he didn't know her address. He decides to talk to her next morning.

Next morning, Raman looked around for Ishita but she didn't come to college. Her friends were shooting daggers at Raman after Ishita told them everything. They can see anything but not their best friend crying.

******

Two weeks passed but Ishita stayed locked up in her house. She was too embarrasses to go to college plus she was trying to move on. She hadn't eaten much or talked to anyone.

Romi got angry and after college he came back to Ishita's home. As both of them were close, they had the duplicate key to each other's house.

He knocked her her room door twice.

"Romi, leave. I don't want to talk to anyone." Ishita says in a muffled voice.

"Ishita Iyer." Romi says in a warning tone making Ishita immediately jump up and open the door. She knew what were the consequences of his this voice.

Romi looks at her shocked. She had red puffy eyes and she had become thinner or weaker than she already was.

"Pagal ho kya tum?" Romi yells immediately and hugs her.

(Are you mad?)

"Romi, I love him. Kya mai pretty nahi hoon? Kya mai kabhi kisi ka attention grab nahi kar sakti?" Ishita asks Romi with a innocent face.

(----. Am I not pretty? Can I ever grab someone's attention?)

"It's okay Jaan. Vo Raman Bhalla nahi jaanta Vo kitni keemti cheez kho raha hai." Romi says patting her back only to find her already about to faint.

(It's okay honey. That Raman Bhalla doesn't know he lost a diamond.)

He calls the doctor immediately and gets shocked when he tells him about her blood pressure being low and of how she should eat more as she has become weak.

Romi curses Raman and helps Ishita get up after the doctor leaves. He manages to bring her to the living room while she hugged him to keep herself stable.

Raman had taken her address from the Dean after making some lame excuse. He wanted to talk to her but when he came here and saw Romi hugging his Ishita, he felt angry.

"It's okay jaan. I held you." When he heard the word 'Jaan', Raman lost control and came running inside. He grabbed Ishita's arm pulling her away from Romi making both of them shocked.

"Listen-" Romi starts.

"Shut up!" Raman warns.

And then grabbing Ishita's arm once again he makes his away towards the nearest room which was Ishita's.

"Leave me, Raman." She struggles under his grip. Raman hid the hurt he felt when she called him Raman instead of Cutie. If this would have been the situation four months ago, he would have been more than happy but now everything had changed.

He locks the door and pins her to the wall.

"Tum mujhe impress karna chahti ho aur phir Romi ko hug kar rahi ho? Huh? Itni jaldi saara pyaar mere liye udd gaya? Agar mujhse pyaar karti ho toh usko kyu hug kar rahi thi huh? Kahi tumhara aur Romi ka.." He couldn't finish as she slapped him hard.

(You wanted to impress me right? Then you go hug Romi. Huh? All the love flew away? If you love me then why were you hugging him? Are you and Romi..)

"Bas. Mai kucch bhi sunn sakti hoon par Romi ke baare mai ek shabd nahi. Apko kucch nahi pta hai uski meri life mai kya importance hai. Orphanage mai vohi tha mere saath. Jab mai roti thi toh Vo mujhe sambhalta tha. Bas Raman bahut ho gaya. Mujhe apse baat hi nahi karni." Ishita pushes him making him realize his mistake.

(Enough! I won't hear a single word against Romi. You don't even know what importance he has in my life. He was the one with me in the orphanage. When I used to cry, he used to hold me. Enough Raman. I don't even want to talk to you.)

"Listen Ishita. I'm sorry." Raman apologizes but she drags him out of the house and out. Romi stays there stunned at her action.

She slams the door shut and takes in a deep, shaky breath.

"Woah, Ishita." Romi claps.

"I hate him. I hate him so much." Ishita says angrily but she knows it was all a lie.