MAYRA'S POV
"Do you know those pathetic moments when all you could ever wish was to run away from yourself? Yep. That's what I feel every single day to just disappear from my sick life. You know Mayra I want to die. I don't deserve to live. I -I feel like a waste of space." Tara said and hiccupped, clutching my arms tightly.
I frowned at her low words about herself. Due to tears her face has now makeup imprints at several places and her eyes were puffy red. She looked little difficult with pale face reflecting how weak she's feeling.
She wasn't the Tara whom everyone sees as seductive, feisty and gorgeous lady. I don't know why but deep inside I know that she's also another broken soul trying to mend herself with lies of being strong.
"I was 17 when everything was perfect and magical for an ordinary teenage girl of senior year. Rehan and Max were both my good friends. And Vishal well he was my handsome boyfriend. We had a little group of me, Vishal, Max and Rehan. Everything was smooth. Vishal was nothing but best. Every single girl of our high school was envious of me because I was always surrounded by the school's three hottest boys and one of them being my boyfriend. I loved Vishal more than any other thing. But one day everything went crashing down...Everything." She stopped in between and looked into my direction with a small sad smile smoothing her lips.
I gave her a tight smile in response and gave her a look to say further.
"I-I was Raped by my bastard of an uncle. He forced himself on me on the same day when Vishal was going to take me out on a special date at our anniversary of being together. That day everything ended in disaster. I thought of telling everything to him but that Bastard warned me not to utter a single word. Since I was naive and stupid I just kept my voice off. And then everyday he raped me like it was his usual routine. I was scared to even utter a word and that's how slowly I maintained distance with everyone in the school. I was dying from inside every single day but there was no knight in shining armor to save me. And why would he save me when I had pushed my knight Vishal away from me?" She laughed at her words and the all of sudden she burst out into tears.
My chest contracted in worst kind of pain. She has gone through this much and yet after everything, she was called with stupid names where everyone humiliates her dignity. I felt my eyes filling with tears.
Tara placed her head on my shoulder and sighed in frustration. She smell of alcohol mixed with the sweet smell of her exotic rich perfume.
"I started feeling like a slut and did one of the most regretful thing. I broke up with Vishal. I just couldn't collect enough guts to love him when I was hating my body, my instincts... In short I was unable to return Vishal's love when I was hating myself. It was not easy for me but I did. Everyone thought that I was such a heartless bitch but no one came to know the real reason, not even Vishal. He was devastated and so I but the only difference was at that time he had support of both his best friends Max and Rehan and on the other hand I had no one. I was left alone to cope up with the monsters surrounding my life like a catacomb. But one day Vishal came up to me asking the real reason about our breakup because he was sure that our breakup was not based on the fact that he didn’t took me for the shopping. He yelled at me, demanding the truth and then I did something. I did something which had ended up everything between me and Vishal forever. I slept with Max and then with Rehan. Just to make everyone especially Vishal believe that I was no good....And he did believed.” She exhaled a large breath after completing her words. And I found my shoulders wet with her salty tears.
I softly stroked her hairs and closed my eyes, once again running her words through my mind.
So that's why both Max and Rehan hates her. Only because they doesn’t know her truth. That truth which has destroyed lives of both Tara and Vishal. But not now. Not now when I know everything.
I promise you Tara that now I will fix everything between you two. Tara deserves happiness in her life and I know her happiness lies in Vishal.
That's how every day, we judge someone without being aware of their reality.
Every person has a hidden story to tell which when revealed, will completely change their personality. But those stories are never revealed because many of us are so busy in judging the person that we almost neglect to ask the truth.
"You are very strong Tara. I adore you. You are the epitome of strength." I spoke with a smile and she looked at me and then scrunched up her nose in reluctance.
"You are wrong. For Men I am only good for bed and for women I am just a plastic whore. So from where this strength comes from?" She asked.
"No Tara, you are gorgeous and that's why half of the women are jealous of you and men wants you. You've survived your teenage with such heartbreaking and sick things happening in your life. That's what makes you different. That's what makes you strong. Now go and change your clothes into something comfortable and then sleep." I said and she blinked her tears with a soft smile evoking on her lips.
She stood up clumsily, grabbing the clothes and walked towards the door not before turning back and whispering,
"You are going to become my best friend babe."
I passed her a big smile and made my way to the kitchen to make some food for her and for Rehan... Well if he returns.
After serving the plate full of food to Tara, I reached in my room only to find it empty. I sighed and waited impatiently for Rehan to come back. Everything at that moment started jumbling inside my mind about Tara and Rehan. The way both Tara and Max had told about the high school Rehan. They made it clear that at that time Rehan was different. For sure he was not this much carefree but still.
Then what happened all of sudden that Max and Rehan started hating each other? Why Vishal wanted to make Rehan's life better? Why Max asked me to not tell Rehan about Zara and Drew?
Why Rehan was so much into the assumption that I'll leave him? Why Rehan was getting nightmares? What about his family? What was bothering him? Why there is one single room in this house which is locked? What's inside it? Where are Rehan's parents? And most of all what was Rehan's past? Why it is still an unraveling mystery?
I mentally banged my head at all those tons of questions and shoved everything away from my mind. Every single thing in these questions seems related to each other but still I don't even have a clue about it. Till how long am I supposed to suppress my curiosity?
Oh. Rehan who are you?
I squeezed my eyes shut and that's when I realized the faint tap on the door.
Pursuing my lips together I opened the door revealing Ron with hesitant expression plastered on his face. I arched up my eyebrows demanding for an explanation but without saying anything he just gestured me to follow him. So, I followed him downstairs.
As I reached, my throat went dry after having the look of person in front of me. With displeased expression mixed in anger, there stood no one else than Rehan with his hands shoved into his Denim's pocket. I let my eyes wonder upon him to find his navy blue shirt which was sticking out from his waist lining and his jacket which was thrown over the couch. His hair was all messed up making me flush that it was me who had messed up his hair, when we were kissing.
I averted my eyes and then found that there was no one in the room except us. He stared at me like his eyes were burning hole in me.
He was beyond angry, says the look in his dark eyes. I blinked and a stupid thought crossed my mind that how good he was looking.
I quickly cleared that thought and nervously smiled at him.
"R-Rehan. I -" I shuttered and twitched my lips in hesitation.
"WHAT THE FUCK THAT WHORE IS DOING IN MY HOUSE?" He yelled making me startled in shock. My nerves froze in my body when he moved closer to me. His face was holding dangerous expression to which I was most scared of.
My heart hammered and due to reflex action I took a step back but before that could happen, I was already in his arms which were wrapped tightly around my petite waist.
I gulped down my saliva and closed my eyes, clutching his shirt for support.
"She's not whore." I mumbled under my breath.
"SO SHOULD I GO AND FUCK HER TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE THAT SHE IS THE ONE OR NOT?" He shouted near my face, making me scared of him even more. My heart contracted in my rib cage at his cruel word.
How could he so easily say such words?
I felt my eyes getting moistened. His eyes were burning in dark emotions with his nose being flattened and jaw clenched.
"Y-You didn't meant it. R-Right?" I shuttered and looked into his eyes directly for an answer.
He sighed suddenly letting go of his every anger and with that he cupped my cheeks into his palms, slightly rubbing my tears away with his thumb. I melted under his delightful touch and closed my eyes, finally forgetting about everything but him.
"No. I didn't. I-I just. It was... I didn't meant those words." He tried to explain but failed miserably. His voice sounded so soft and guilty at the same time that I couldn't stopped myself from smiling.
"What I am going to do with you Mayra? You are the only one who can make me tongue tied." After letting a deep breath, he spoke and attached our forehead.
I smiled more brightly and opened my eyes only to get lost into the pair of the most mesmerizing chocolate deep eyes.
"I am never going to leave you Rehan. Never. Ask me to go but still I'll stick with you. No matter what. I will never leave you like Jason's girlfriend left him. Don't compare, just have a little trust in me and by the way you know right that I am all yours?" I said and placed a small kiss at the tip of his nose.
He nodded then captured our lips together in a beautiful kiss.
"If only I've understood this a little earlier then right now I was having the time of my life with you on that hotel's bed." He whispered huskily making me go all scarlet. I playfully hit my fist on his stone chest and he just laughed.
"Now will you tell me that what she's doing in my- I mean in our house?" He asked and I quickly nodded, letting myself free from his hold. I gestured him to have a seat on the couch. I intertwined our fingers together then told him everything.
Everything about Tara and what had actually happened with her.
When I finished everything I saw him staring at the floor, looking all restless.
"And all the time I thought that she was just a cold bitch?" He muttered which sounded more like a question, looking at me.
I licked my dry lips and placed a soft kiss on his jaw. He smiled sadly at me then stood up.
"I need you to come with me. I want to talk to Tara." I nodded and with still our interlocked hand we walked towards her.
She sat on the edge of the bed in my clothes, playing with her fingers. At the sound of opening of door her eyes snapped in our direction. When she found Rehan, she gave me a look to take him away but instead I smiled at her.
Rehan looked between us and without saying anything else, he untangled our fingers and rushed to her.
"So I guess Mayra has told you everything that's why there's a warmth in your eye for me instead of hatred." Tara said to Rehan whilst still looking at me.
Rehan cleared his throat uncomfortably and looked back at me for some unknown reason. I smiled at him and he sighed heavily.
"I've always thought that you had broken Vishal. I thought that maybe after knowing that you had slept with me, Vishal will get over you. It was Max and my idea to sleep with you so that we can prove to Vishal that you are worthless to think about." Rehan said in a guilty voice and I don't know why I had an urge to throw up?
Maybe because he mentioned them having sex or maybe at the sick plan of Rehan and Max for sleeping with Tara just to prove her worthlessness.
And Tara, how easily she took every blame on her that she was the one who slept with them when everything was initiated only because of Rehan and Max.
"It's okay Rehan. It was all in the past and now it has been many years. Just return me my friendship back with you, I will forgive you because I know very well that you hate apologies." She chirped in a faint smile and pinched out his cheeks to which Rehan scowled in irritation.
I enjoyed their little reunion of friendship but couldn't stop myself from wondering that why Rehan hates sorry? I guess there's a lot more secretes of his past to which I know nothing about.
"Yeah, right. And Vishal what about him?” Tara frowned at his question.
"I doubt if ever Vishal will forgive me."
"Why not Tara? Whatever happened was not your fault but one thing for sure he will throw a hell lot of tantrum that why you haven’t told us the truth." Tara's face brightens up with a smile and she launched herself over Rehan in a tight bone crushing hug.
I smiled and decided to give them some privacy.
Rehan life for sure was full of mysteries. Hopefully someday I'll be able to solve them. Hopefully.