Finally that day had arrived.

The day I had been waiting for so long.

My right arm was back to working condition. No Fracture. No Splint.

I tip toed into Mark's room and noiselessly locked the door of the room from inside. Then I set my eyes on Drake. Yeah, he and Mark were upto some Computer assignment. Drake's nose was almost touching the laptop screen. He was that deep in concentrating in his assignment. Without a sound, I walked up behind him and flung my arms around him, smooching his neck.

"Andrea! You shouldn't be here, your brother will come back anytime soon!" he was startled

"Can you relax? Your friendship is not in danger. For one, I locked the door. For two, Mark won't be returning soon anyway cause I've told Soph to indulge him in a long lovey-dovey conversation. She is doing just that." I explained.

"You're smart. I admit it today." Drake smiled lopsidedly, keeping his laptop aside & pulling me on to the couch.

"I was smart always, thanks for realizing."I remarked cheekily as I landed on his lap, leaning on him.

He slammed his lips on to mine, making me breathless that very instant. He nipped, sucked and kissed my lips in a way that made my stomach flip madly. I felt my veins titillating in pleasure feeling his hand slipping inside my top to caress my bare waist as our tongues intertwined. I moaned softly as he pulled my lower lip into his mouth, stroking it erotically that made me salivate....My fingers dug deep in his hair as he dropped wet kisses all over neck. I felt my blood turning warm as he bit my ear lobe...

Our passionate trance was broken when we heard impatient banging of the door.

"Drake, are you alive? If yes, you got to open the door!!"

We heard Mark. Seems like he had been onto it since quite sometime now. I immediately got off Drake's lap and hide behind the couch. Drake straightened his shirt and rushed to open the door of the room.

"Man! Why did you lock the door?" I heard Mark ask in a puzzled manner as he walked in.

"Maybe the winds that came in through the window did the job." Drake shrugged.

"A wind cannot lock a window." My brother reasoned.

"Well, a cyclone can uproot houses; here we are talking only about a locked door!" Drake dramatized.

"But...there weren't any strong winds as such."

Damn! Can't my brother ever get convinced about anything in the world?

"There were. And you must have been too much into Sophia to be aware of it." Drake smirked.

"Um, you're right I guess." Mark confessed in embarrassment. The look on his face! I wanted to laugh so hard but I controlled it!

 Then Drake engaged my brother into a serious discussion about their computer project and I sneaked out of the room quickly.

Sheesh! That was close!

***

Later that night, after dinner when I was in my room, listening to One Direction songs, my phone buzzed. Drake was calling.

I purposely delayed answering him. And when I did, his impatient voice came from the other end.

"What took you so long to pick up the phone?"

"I was listening to a One Direction song! It got over so now I'm answering you."

"If you haven't noticed, there is something invented known as the 'Pause' button which allows you to stop a song for a while and then resume it." he was irritated.

"It's a CRIME to pause a One Direction song. How could you even suggest such a ridiculous thing?" I was over-dramatic.

I could clearly imagine him rolling his eyes and making faces at that.

I burst out laughing.

"Are we done with this freaking drama?" he asked in exasperation.

"Yep. All done and dusted." I informed me, chuckling.

"I wanted to speak about Mark." Drake said. His tone was serious.

"Yeah, you fed him the Mystery of the Locked Door very well." I sighed.

"I don't want to keep doing that. I feel like I'm backstabbing him. You know, I've all fake friends around me; Mark is the only real one. And I don't want to hurt him. We both know he is averse to the idea of me dating you since Day 1." Drake said.

"What do you want to do?"

"Maybe tell him about us?"

"We both know he will take it in the worst possible way. But since I understand what you're feeling about all of it, we will let him know when an opportunity presents itself."

"And when according to you will that opportunity present itself?"

"Um...Soon?" I offered.

"Fine. I will think of the best way to tell him." he muttered.

"But save tomorrow cause Soph was telling me of this amazing place where she had been with Mark. And I think you and me should go there too. The place is basically of sur—"

"Andrea, Andrea listen to me.." he interrupted me, "I won't be around tomorrow."

"Why? Tomorrow there's a day off from school. I thought we could make the most of it." I whined.

"I'm sorry...its urgent work, family-related. Grandma and I are going to the nearby town and will be joined by other people, supposedly our relatives."

"Okay..."

"Hey, don't be sad! The weekend is round the corner too. We can go wherever you want then." he cheered me up.

"Yeah, you take care." I smiled a bit, "Will see you day after."

***

"Can't believe I have actually come to the mall with you." I mumbled.

Yeah, Soph was very excited when she called me in the morning and told me to meet her in the mall. I thought there was some special One Direction merchandise on display so I set out immediately. But on reaching there, there was nothing even close to One Direction. Turns out Sophia wanted to buy a surprise gift for Mark.

"I don't like to roam alone in the mall. So thought of calling you. And you can even help me out with choosing a gift!" Soph said eagerly.

"That reminds me, last week, Mark too had forced me to help him choose the best gift for you. Both of you are using me like a tennis ball." I grumbled.

"That's so sweet of Markie to be wanting to pick the best gift for me." Soph blushed a bit.

I frowned hard.

Clearly she didn't even bother to hear my "tennis ball" statement.

And Markie???

Like Seriously????

God save planet earth or at least spare me the horror.

"I don't understand what extra ordinary you saw in Mark..I mean Markie that you're dating him. He is basically very irritating and makes a mountain out of every little thing." I said flatly.

"Andy, it's not right to say bad things about your sweet brother!" Soph rebuked.

"Sorry, Teacher." I rolled my eyes, "By the way, why are you gifting him anyway? What's so special?"

"We've completed two weeks of being in a relationship." Soph said with a wide grin, "And last week I had gifted him cookies that I made. And he loved it so much!!"

"Oh yeah, the cookies! Mark had brought them home. Those were so tasty, I can't tell you! You really make some awesome cookies Soph!" I genuinely told her, "Mark was very angry when I had eaten every one of them and left him with only three!"

I laughed. But Soph looked at me with an angry frown.

"You're not supposed to have eaten the cookies! Those were for him, not for you!" she rebuked.

I raised my brow, "Well, I forgot that you're my brother's girlfriend and not my best friend."

But Soph had hardly heard the taunt caused she happened to be looking excitedly at one particular store.

"I know what to gift Mark!" she clapped her hands in delight.

When I was about to walk into the store with Soph, she stopped me,

"No, I don't want to run the risk of letting you know what I'm gifting Markie, You might just blurt it out to him and ruin my surprise."

"Fine. I'll wait here. You go in and make your purchase." I muttered.

To be honest, I sort of agree with her on this. I can't really keep surprises.

***

"So Drake chose to disappear yet again today?" Soph asked while on the way from mall.

"Not really. He told me where he is going to." I replied.

"Well, that's good. Not meaning to offend you or anything, I guess you blindly believe everything that he tells you?"

"Its not about blind belief, its my trust that he won't lie to me about anything. He really loves me, I've seen it in his eyes. And I really love him a lot." I said without a second doubt.

Just that time, we were driving past the super market when I saw Drake's Grandma....That shocked me. I immediately told Soph to stop the car which she did. I took a better look at one particular woman who was just exiting the super market. She was indeed Drake's Grandma...

But how?

I clearly remember from last night's conversation about Drake telling me that he was going to other town with his Grandma to sort out some family matters...

I dialed Drake's number but it was switched off.

"Everything alright, Andy?" my friend asked cautiously.

"I...I'll be back in a minute." I said, unfastening my seat-belt and getting out of the car.

***

Drake's Grandma grew pale with shock when she came face to face with me.

"Where is Drake?" I asked her, my voice straining.

"I..I..." she was at loss of words. I just knew I was being cheated.

"You didn't accompany him to wherever he went cause there never were any family matters to be looked into in another town, right?"

Her face grew paler, "A-Andrea, I...."

"And he didn't have to go to Boston to bring you back here because of your health issues cause you never went to Boston on the first place, right?"

"Andrea, you...you have to...." she stuttered

"And Drake doesn't have a handicapped cousin living in the countryside, right?"

"Dear, I...I know what you are—"

"These are some of the lies that he told me along with many other lies to account for each and every of his disappearance!!!" my voice cracked in despair, "At least you don't lie to me now!!"

"I won't lie to you Andrea....Maybe you should ask Drake why he has been lying to you..."

***

"Hey, what happened? Are you alright?" Soph asked as I got back into the car with a crest-fallen face....

I didn't know what to tell her. I was too numb thinking that Drake was betraying my trust all this while...

***

It was after sundown that day when I hired a cab and headed to Drake's house. He wasn't back yet from wherever he had gone to. I waited outside the house, sitting on the bench at the side. Drake's car pulled up in front of the house after about twenty minutes.

He was rather shocked seeing me there but he gained his calmness very soon.

"Hey, you here?" he asked.

"Where were you Drake? I happened to have a "little chat" with your Grandma. Turns out you had been telling me stories that are far from reality. I thought you were serious about us but guess I was just one of the many flings that you keep on having." I tried to keep my voice steady, masking the immense pain that was stabbing me.

"There are certain things that I don't wish to tell you and you don't have to know everything."

"So you really don't think you've done anything wrong by betraying my trust? When people are in a relationship, they don't hide things from each other, they don't lie at the drop of a hat!! I somewhere knew, even before we got together, that something was up in your life. I trusted you whole heartedly that you would tell me. I was patient enough for that day. But guess what, that day did not come. You kept on lying to me!!"

"So you turned out to be Nosey after all! You pretended to have feelings for me only to come close to me so that you can dig out the supposed secrets of my life, to fulfill your curiosity? Is that what people do in the name of love?"

I was shocked and appalled hearing that, "How can you even think I would have such a disgusting thing in mind? You just disappear once in a while, don't answer my calls, I don't know where you are, with whom you are and what you do. What if you're cheating on me with someone else?!!"

"So you think I am having dozen of secret physical affairs behind your back?" he was grew colder than it was.

"Yes, that's what I think cause I don't see any other reason for you to lie to me." my voice was unsteady.

"In that case, we're done. I'm done with you Andrea Wilson." Drake declared and walked past me.

We broke up.

Tears crowded my eyes but it was my bruised heart that cried...The pain that I felt was unbearable, it was clawing my insides. My life collapsed around me, my trust and my love was broken, my heart was shattered into perhaps millions of uncountable pieces.....

***

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