All the boys had started shivering, they looked more than nervous, the confidence they had while they were harassing me disappeared in a matter of few seconds.

He turned to look at me, his eyes had turned red with anger, he was ready to beat the shit out of the boys, all I had to do was to give him the signal.

"What happened?" He asked as he looked at me seriously, it wasn't the usual flirty look he gave me, it was look full of anger.

"I was in the class sited alone, they came inside and when I tried to leave, they started harassing me, one of them even wanted me to kiss him." I said it all in one breath.

"Which one?" Arnav asked as I pointed towards the one who had forcefully pinned me on the wall, I wasn't going to act like I cared, because guys like this dint deserve forgiveness, if they managed to forcefully keep me in the classroom one day they might even turn rapists, so they deserved punishment and I wasn't going to stop Arnav from punishing them.

Arnav gave the guy a tight slap and then jumped on him suddenly as he started punching him while the others begged him to let him go, he stopped punching him and started beating the rest of them, all of them at least got a punch or two and a few slaps to teach them the lesson.

"If you like a girl, show her your feelings for her to like you back, don't you ever dare to force any girl ever again, I wouldn't care if it's Khushi or someone else, next time I find any of you doing something like this, I swear that will be your last day on earth now buzz off!" he shouted at them as they all ran away and disappeared in a matter of few moments.

It wasn't as terrible as I thought it was going to be, and I was glad it wasn't that terrible, they just needed a lesson, they got it.

"Thank you." I said to Arnav who just nodded and then I walked away as I headed to the parking, it had been a long day, I just needed to go home and sleep.

Oh wait, who said I was going to get a goodnight sleep? There was a fight happening tonight which I had to stop, and I dint know how.

I unlocked my car and got inside and just then the door on the other side opened as Arnav hoped in, he settled down like it was his own car or maybe he was thinking I was running cab business and I was a cab driver.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Making sure you reach home safe, now drive!" he ordered.

"Do you have some sort of split personality or what Arnav? As far as I remember, earlier today you told me I'm nothing to you and all that rubbish and now you suddenly care for me."

"Well if it would have been another girl in the same situation, I would have done the same, now drive!"

I shrugged as I switched on the engine and drove, we both sat silently in the car, neither did he say a word nor did I, maybe being strangers to each other was actually going to work out.

I parked the car outside my house, he walked out and so did I, he waited out there until I opened the door and entered inside the house, I peeped through the window and he had already disappeared. It was difficult to understand men seriously.

*****

"Khushi! Stella's here hurry up." Mom shouted from downstairs.

Stella and I had decided to go watch the fight tonight together, plus try our best to stop the boys from fighting if that was possible, although I was a hundred percent sure it was impossible, but hey, what's the harm in trying.

I rushed downstairs grabbing my sweater and I put it on, Stella was standing with mom talking about school.

"I'll be home late, please don't wait for me and sleep early." I kissed mom on the cheek as I rushed outside followed by Stella.

"What's the plan now?" Stella asked as we got inside the car.

"I don't know, but if it gets worse I don't mind calling the cops, it's still better than anyone getting killed isn't it?"

"Wow what a plan." Stella said sarcastically as she started laughing at me.

"What's so funny about the plan, I'm just trying to stop two people from killing each other."

"Khushi, they are the bad boys I mean don't you think they already have it all figured out? Calling the police isn't going to help, they'll escape and plan another fight, it's not a big deal for them, so think of a way of ending this for once and for all."

"How about I call Arnav's brother and ask him to talk to them? Arnav listens to him, he does what he says."

"Not going to work either, his brother also belongs to a gang, he would support him instead."

"Then what am I supposed to do?" I asked angrily, I was tired of thinking, everything I thought of wasn't going to work anyway and there was no way I was going to let Ryle get killed.

Stella said nothing, it looked like she was also thinking of a way to stop this, obviously there was something brewing between her and Ryle, she was not going to let her maybe would be boyfriend in future die before that.

The parking lot was full of cars, we were lucky to find a spot to park our car, neither Stella nor I was able to manage to think of a way to stop the fight tonight so we figured if it would get worse we were just going to tip the cops, if the fight wouldn't stop at least it was going to be postponed and maybe then we'll have enough time to figure out how to stop it for once and for all.

"Here to watch your friend die?" I heard Arnav's voice, I turned around and saw him with the boys, they all were smirking proudly like they were doing something good.

I got hold of Stella's hand and pulled her along ignoring Arnav and his gang, we headed inside where a huge crowd had gathered already waiting for the fight to begin.

Ryle was standing with some boys talking, he walked towards us as soon as he saw us."Is it a must to do this?" I asked him worriedly.

"I want to end this for once and for all Khushi, please don't try to make me rethink my decision because it's not going to happen." Ryle said.

"Fine then go die!" I said angrily as I walked away from him, I was seriously pissed on him, fine Arnav meant nothing to me so it was understandable that he wouldn't stop the fight for me, but Ryle was my friend, why wouldn't he just listen to me?

I stood in a corner as he talked with Stella for a while and then he walked towards me once again, I looked away from him.

"Stop being angry Khushi." He said.

"Oh I forgot I was supposed to be clapping happily when a friend of mine is committing suicide that too for some stupid reason, I mean fine Arnav was talking to Stella, so what? What's the big deal?"

Ryle stared at me in confusion for a moment and then smiled and that smile was irritating the hell out of me!

"You never understood it did you? This fight has nothing to do with Stella Khushi, this is something else about the past, something terrible." Ryle said as he looked lost in thoughts and just then Arnav and his gang walked in and everyone started cheering.

"I need to go, I know you are against it but I hope you'll pray that I win this." He said as he walked away leaving me in confusion, if it wasn't about Stella, what was it about?

Stella walked towards me and stood next to me as we looked in front of us, Arnav and Ryle were standing in front of each other ready to kill each other and honestly right now I dint know what to do, I dint want Ryle to get hurt but I also dint want Arnav to get hurt either.

Arnav punched Ryle's face and the crowd screamed while Ryle gave the next blow on Arnav's face and the other half of the crowd screamed.

At first it was okay, they were just a few punches but then it started getting worse, they had started bleeding and all I could see was blood and nothing else, both Arnav and Ryle were terribly hurt, but one thing was for sure, Ryle wasn't as weak as I was expecting him to be, I dint even think he was going to last this long.

Stella and I clutched each other's hands as the fight kept on getting worse, they were literally kicking each other, banging heads and what not, I had never ever seen something like this in real life, it was torturing my mind and where Stella was standing strong and still, I was already feeling weak seeing all that blood.

Tears started rolling down my eyes, the sight was too painful, there were two schoolboys fighting to kill each other and instead of people stopping them, they were cheering them, what kind of people were they?

I knew it was getting worse and I kept on feeling terrible that even though I had planned on calling the cops, the idea somehow just slipped off my mind and I was there like a lifeless statue, not being able to do a thing.

Ryle got punched twice more and he fell down on his knees so did I, he was terribly hurt I knew it was only a few moments until I'd lose him, and I dint think I was going to be able to stop it, I was going to watch a human being die in front of me and I was so damn weak that I couldn't even stop it.

Arnav kicked him once as he fell down on the floor, he jumped on him and punched him severally and all I could do is watch as tears rolled down my eyes.

Arnav stood up once again preparing to jump on him and give him the last blow that was definitely going to kill him and all I could do at the moment was wonder how did I even think that he was a good person? If he was, he wouldn't be here ready to kill someone.

I saw him jump and I was so terrified, I don't even know how but I let out a loud scream as I completely broke down, I dint have the strength to see someone die in front of my eyes, I dint care if people thought I was weak, there was no way I could watch this silently.

Arnav's hand stopped just an inch away from Ryle's face, he was looking at me with anger on his face, he stared at me for a moment and then looked back at Ryle, he prepared to punch him again and tried once more but his hand stopped right where it had last time, his eyes were looking at me painfully this time, he clenched his fists tight and inhaled a deep breath as he gave it a last try but it looked like something was stopping him, he stood up and walked away angrily leaving the whole crowd disappointed.

Stella rushed towards Ryle while I sat there, tears still running down my eyes, I was shocked to an extent where my whole body felt numb, the only thing that worked were my eyes shedding the tears.