College Diaries.

 COLLEGE DIARIES

              EPISODE:82

                                 ...The next day, when I came from martial arts training, I found grandma on the telephone, constantly dialing a number and when she dialed the number for about the tenth time, I couldn't resist myself, I asked pretty casually,

"Umm...who are you trying to reach?"

"Anna."

"Mom? Why?".She sighed and kept the phone back in its place.

"Because I'm worried...I need to know where she is, it's been two days!"

"I told Lucy the same thing the other day, grandma. You need NOT worry! I swear she's fine!"

"How do you know?", she asked, taking a seat on the couch. I took my snacks and sat next to her,

"Even if she's not fine...I am not the one to care...", I said.

"Remember, Daisy that she's your mom after all."

"Right. She's my mom. A mom who thinks I'm going out with my 'boyfriend', a mom who hits me for no reason at all, and also, who won't support me for the right."

"But Daisy! She loves you!".I looked at grandma,

"But is that even believable?! I mean who treats her own daughter like that!!! Honestly, at some points in life, I just thought her to be my step, grandma! But I just never had those guts to come and ask you the same question!", I said without stopping but then realized the look on her face had changed and it had not changed to anger but sadness so I quickly added,"...sorry...I just talked way more, but honestly, this is what I thought".She shook her head,

"No, Daisy. It's not about that, you know? It's human tendency to behave in exactly the same way that the opposite person is treating us in...but have you ever thought it the other way?".I shook my head,

"Have you tried calling her till now?", she asked.

"She's not going to take my calls..."

"But at least, she will know you called? That you care?".I laughed,

"I wonder if we should even disturb her...she's probably resting in a hotel room!".

"DAISY!", she shouted at me with a hidden smile.

"Okay, okay, grandma! Fine! I'll give her a call and talk to her...that if she wants to!", I laughed and went upstairs to my room. I tried calling her once, twice, thrice, four times. But no! She's so pissed of me that she won't pick up! 'Great!', I thought to myself and instead decided to leave her a text asking where exactly she was. And as I was messaging her, I felt deep, I felt that I didn't want her to be sad with me. Though, at first, I couldn't believe my own instincts. But grandma was right. I loved her though I didn't know if she did too.

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    The next day at college during lunch, I found Sophie and Ethan already in the cafeteria and they were in a deep discussion looking at some sheets of paper that were neatly arranged on the table. As soon as Sophie saw me, she hurriedly gathered the papers and cleared them off the table. They both were hiding something from me and I didn't like it.

"What kind of a best friend are you? You left me alone and came here all by yourself?", I said angrily. She smiled,

"I had some work."

"Work?", I asked looking at Ethan who just shrugged his shoulders and smiled a hidden smile that I saw anyway.

"Can I please be a part of your secret?", I asked again, looking at Ethan this time. His eyes sparkled with a charm that I adored as he smiled and said,

"What secret?".I rolled my eyes and took my chair.

"Liar. Anyway, don't tell me. Sophie? Did you complete that assignment?"

"One page remains", she answered. After the lunch break was over and as we were going towards our class, Sophie whispered in my ear,

"Don't even think I'm trying to steal him, okay?".I smiled,

"Why would I ?"

"I understand your looks and you looked....", she said and stooped and looked at me.

"I looked..?"

"Jealous.", she said with a laugh. I nudged her elbow and laughed,

"What nonsense!!!"

"Don't even lie now!", she said and surprisingly she was right! I had that tiny amount of jealousy deep down in my heart when I saw her sharing a secret with him but I didn't know that I would be so bad at hiding my feelings...

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