Chapter 84

The voice on the other end was sweet and cuddly. She guessed that must be her son and asked him what his name was. He asked who she was and who did she want to speak with and within minutes Sara was on the phone. They exchanged greetings and the chit chat continued until she had reached home. They spoke about when and where they were going to meet since Sara was in town, and Diya was surprised to hear that she had moved here just yesterday and was very eager to meet her.

After changing her cloths and when she got between the blankets, she remembered her school days. She remembered Sara, John, Maya, Arjun and being a teen and her sweet sixteen party and a whole lot. She and Sara were the best of friends; both were shrewd, and smart and competitive. She was more competitive than Sara, or anyone else. Sara was a cheer leader and Diya was in the cultural organizing committee. Cheerleading never appealed to her; she always felt that was degrading women; cheering at other people when others should be cheering at you, for your achievements; they both disagreed on that.

Starting from her teens, she and John were rivals, they were always on the opposite side, weather it was a debate, or academics, whatever it was they just had to outwit each other. The teachers tried teaming them up on science fares hoping that would help, but in vain. Sara had a crush on John but kept it as a secret for a couple of years until Diya accidentally found her scribbling his name secretly. After a fight, they didn’t speak to each other for a couple of days and in the end Sara agreed that Diya’s friendship was more important to her that her crush on John. Diya never told Sara that John didn’t feel the same way about her and she didn’t want to break her friend’s heart with the truth.