Hues Of Dusk

Chapter 25. Rejection

"Revenge is a sweet thing."

He winked and left. I got back to my friends and cursed when I saw him talking with Tanya. He looked so innocent like he was the purest soul alive on earth. Tanya looked like the happiest girl on earth. Even after so much time, she didn't confess to him. She had gotten much comfortable with talking to him since last time.

"Sandhya, let's dance!" Surbhi pulled me on the dance floor and began banging her head to the rock song DJ was playing. I laughed at her and joined in. Divya mimicked playing an electric guitar while Rashi sang like a rockstar.

"Hey Sandhya!" I turned around and felt a cold liquid splash on my face. I closed my eyes instinctly and fisted my hands.

"Oh no! Sandhya, you okay?" Divya asked and I opened my eyes.

Ved was laughing his ass off while Tanya looked at me apologetically. Rashi gave me a handerkerchief and I wiped my face with it. He threw alcohol at me? This jerk. I moved forward to hit him but Surbhi held me back.

I turned towards her and she shook her head. I unclenched my fists and glanced at Tanya. She was looking at me sadly. If she wasn't my friend, I would have killed him that instant. I had to got to the washroom again to get myself cleaned.

I returned and decided to take a seat on the sofas to cool myself down. I wasn't in the mood to dance right now. Why did Surbhi stop me? I wanted to bash his head so much.

"Sandhya, are you okay?" Tanya asked and took a seat beside me.

I sighed heavily and nodded my head. She placed her hand on my arm and I turned towards her.

"Hey! Don't ruin your mood because of me. Go and enjoy the party," I said.

"Ved can be really an idiot sometimes. I scolded him after you left to get cleaned and he just shrugged his shoulders. He told me it was between him and you. So I should not bother with it."

"You scolded him?" I was surprised.

"Yes. What he did was not right. His friend even recorded it. I told him to delete it but he didn't listen. I know, I think I like him but you are my friend too. I can't leave you alone."

"Aw! That's so sweet of you. Don't worry. I have dealt with far worse than this."

"I will be with you so that I will stop him if he tries anything."

"Yay! One more bodyguard."

We laughed together but I furrowed my eyebrows. I repeated her sentence in my mind again.

"You think you like him?" I asked and she looked at me in confusion.

"Yeah. What is it?"

"You said 'I think I like him' not 'I like him'"

She darted her eyes around and I knew something was bothering her. She took a deep breath and grabbed my wrist. She took me to an empty spot and glanced around to check if anyone was in listening radius.

"Don't tell anyone okay? Not even our friends," she said in a low whisper and I nodded my head.

What could it be that made her that nervous? She made me promise her again and I assured her that whatever she was going to tell me would remain with me.

"I confessed..... I confessed to Ved two weeks ago."

"What?!" I yelled and she put her palm on my mouth to shut me up.

She did what?! Was she serious? And she didn't even tell anyone of us? No one? Oh, so that's why she was absent for some days last week. She masked her emotions so well. I never knew she could be this good at acting.