117 THE BONE FIRE

"Ayan, I did not mean that", I said as I was feeling millions of butterflies in my stomach, 

"Then what did you mean, sweetheart", he again whispered in my ear, oh my god, what I think is that I am gonna mad, 

Ayan kissed my forehead, and about to kiss me again, but thank god, his phone started ringing, Ayan cursed under his breath, but I heard him, he pull his phone out from the pocket,

and it was Neel who was calling, and my throat becomes dry, and breath got hitched as I saw his name, I thought why he was calling him, and I realized that I forgot my phone in my tent, and then I cursed my self, 

Ayan gave me a look, and stared him back, what will Neel say, 

"Hello", Ayan said and I heard Neel's voice, 

"Ayan, is Jhummi with you, someone told me that she is with you", Neel asked and my face lost all the colors, my body becomes pale, 

Oh my god, Neel got to know that I am with you, now what will happen, I was scared and panicked, 

"Yes Neel, she is with me, actually she was going to walk alone, and I saw her, so I thought I would be not safe for her to go alone in a strange city, so I went with her, is anything wrong", Ayan asked him in a casual tone, 

"No, nothing is wrong, you did a good job, actually I was also feeling the same, that she should not go alone, it is good that you went with her, by the way where you guys are", Neel asked and I took a breath in relief, 

Firstly, I could not believe what Neel said, but then, it sounded so damn good, he behaved so fucking awesome, 

"We are just a few meters away from the lake, eating ice cream, just coming back in five minutes", said Ayan and passed a smirky smile to me, 

"Ice cream", I heard Suhani's scream, she is equally mad like me, 

"I do not know, I also want, now", said Suhani and I heard Neel took a deep breath, 

"Okay, you guys stay there, we are also coming", said Neel and Ayan agreed and hang up, 

Ayan pulled me into a hug, although I was relaxed after hearing Neel, still, my heart was beating so fast, 

"Hey, relax, nothing happened okay", said Ayan and caressed my hair, and I nod, as I put my head on his chest and hide my face inside him, and he was just caressing my hair, 

But I pulled myself back as I know Neel would be here anytime soon, Ayan passed me a relax smile and tucked my hair behind my hair, 

And in next two minutes, Neel was here with Suhani, he was holding her hand so protectively, and Suhani seems like she was feeling so damn good, 

And just at that moment, I felt really bad for myself, I also want to hold Ayan's hand in public, just like Neel and Suhani they are so damn lucky, and Ayan quickly observed me and noticed my sad face, and he even tried to ask me what happen all sudden by his eyes, but I shook my head in nothing, 

Suhani came near me and holds my hand, and I happily holds back, 

Neel went towards Ayan, and they talked about something which I could not hear, 

And then Neel went with Ayan to bring ice cream for the four of us, the shop keeper was staring at Ayan as he noticed what we were doing just some time ago, and I pray to God that he should not say something,

And thank the goodness, he did not speak anything, 

"How did it was going", Suhani whispered in my ear, and I smiled shyly as she teased me, 

"It went good, but I was so scared when Neel called him, I was so fucking scared, I thought I am doomed", I said and Suhani put her hand on my shoulder, 

"Yes, I was also scared, I just did not get know who told Neel about you, he said that a boy told him that you were with a boy outside", she said, and I thought who could say to him, 

I mean, I know everyone knows me in my college, but only a few people know Neel, and I guess they got to know about him on this trip, but that does not mean they should tell him about my single detail, that made me really angry, 

But before I could say anything else to Suhani, Neel handed me the ice cream with a warm smile, 

And I happily took the ice cream, I know it is my second ice cream, but you remember that I could not eat that properly, so obviously I wanted one more, and I got that, 

"Why you are sad", Suhani asked me, and I just passed a stupid smile, 

"I want to be with him publicly, I mean, I want to hold his hand in front of everyone, I want to tell everyone that he is mine when I do not even know if he is mine or not", I said and Suhani patted my back, 

"Of course he is yours, you stupid, when you guys are sharing a wonderful time, then why you are thinking that many stupid things", Suhani said to me, 

And I nod my head, I know what she was saying is right, but still, I do not if he gets change, or what happens in the future, I just do not know, 

I just do not even want to think about this, I will see what will happen, now I think I should focus on my ice cream, 

We all finished our ice cream and headed towards the tents, 

As we reached there, everything was ready, a fire was set in the middle of the ground, and many students were sitting around it, 

We all went and settled in the seats, it was looking so damn awesome, 

It was still like a dream for me, it was so beautiful, and it was just like I ever imagined, exactly likes romantic films, 

Suhani and I sat together, and Neel sat with Ayan and Raghav, everyone was chatting with one another, I was feeling so fucking awesome until I realized that he was staring me again, 

I turn my gaze to see him, and he was already staring with one of his creepy smiles, argh, he is so fucking irritating, I sighed in anger and turned my gaze because he was still not looking somewhere else when he saw that I am not liking it, 

Suhani asked me what happened and when she saw the anger on my face, she got why I sm angry, and she put her hand on my shoulder, and I passed her a small smile, 

Mr. Ban came with some of the other teachers and sat in the middle, and the atmosphere was so beautiful and hot, because of the fire, as we all were sitting around it,

And after that Mr. Ban shared some of his life-changing incidents, and told us about so many things about the place which we did not know, it was a little boring but it was not that bad, 

We were liking the way he was sharing his life with us, and after some time Mr.Ban left us alone saying goodbye and good night to us, and told us to sleep on time,

As Mr.Ban left all the students started cheering and shouting, and one of our batchmates suggested to play the most popular game, and the other students cheered, so it was the approval, that we will play TDS, truth, dare, and situation, 

Suhani and I were also so damn excited, and we were also shouting with the top of our lungs, 

A boy named Jay, arranged the bottle, we do not know from where, and we all sat in a circle, and then Nitin started explaining the rules, 

"Everyone must follow the rules, and have to do anything which we will choose, if you choose truth, then you have to answer the question with honesty, and if you choose dare, then you have to complete the dare, and you all know if some choose the situation, he or she has to explain that, am I clear", he said and all the students shout, 

The game started and Niting spin the bottle, and the bottle stopped on Keshav and Purvi, and all the students again cheered them, "Truth or Dare", Purvi asked him and he chose the truth, now it was Purvi's turn, she can ask him anything, 

There was a smirk on her face, "Have you ever seen a girl bathing", Purvi asked and all the students started saying, "Answer, answer", Keshav's face become red and he nods, 

The atmosphere was echoing with cheering and shouting.