Sitting outside and decorating the wall was not bad after all. Kelvin and I were in charge of the  decoration. There were glitter and ribbons everywhere! My cousin sister joined us, just helping out.

"Oopps.. looks like we're out of glitter! I'll go get them."

Just as Kelvin left us, my cousin sister took the opportunity to talk to me.

"You know you guys are not gonna last long.. don't you? "

"Why do you say so?"

"You're gonna leave soon! What do you expect?! "

"It will if we both are strong.."

"Just stop! He's just playing the fool! "

"I trust him!"

"He can't stay with one girl. Ever Since... "

"You're just jealous Danisha!" I spat out.

Just then Kelvin came back with the glitter.

"What's up with the both of you?"

"Nothing.. I.. I gotta go."

"Anything wrong?"

"Umm.. nothing. I just.... have something to do.

I left the both of them and went to my room. I locked myself behind the doors and sat in the floor. I felt like I wanted to cry but....

"No! I'm not gonna cry! I'm strong enough!" I thought.

I seriously didn't know what was wrong with people like Danisha. Jealousy? Or trying to help me to stay away from trouble. I didn't wanna think about all this sh*t. Seriously. So I just totally dropped this matter.

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Everything was going on just well, until the strange behavior I faced at the beginning started again. The relatives and friends from the groom's side would gasp and act weird when they see me. They would talk to Kelvin while staring at me. In their conversation the frequent word I always hear is

"Nithya"

I remember him telling me about his ex, Nithya. It was all so confusing. It's not like I'm a dead chimpanzee or something! Not only that, Kelvin started  avoiding me. Something was really fishy. Either it was my jealous cousin's plan or something else. I had to find out. I couldn't let all this sh*it create problem between us. I've never liked a guy so much!  It's not like someone brainwashed him, it's just that something was really disturbing him. I could tell. I was very close with Jessy, Kelvin's youngest sister. So I asked her

"Why do all your relatives act weird when they see me? Even Kelvin seems disturbed. Is there anything he's hiding?"

Jessy hesitated. She was quiet for a moment, as if she had ran out if words to speak.

"Wait, he hasn't told you?" She asked seeming a bit confused.

"About?" I asked back.

"His ex?!"
She said.

"Of course he did! He told me the day he said he liked me! She passed away in an accident right? He was blaming himself." I said running out of breath.

"That's all he said?!" She asked.

"Yep, is there anything else?"

Jessy was shocked. Her reaction made me laugh.

"It's best if my brother tells you what actually happened. It's not right if I tell you! Go ask him."

This was confusing AF! I didn't wanna straight away ask him. I wanted to observe a little while. He would talk to me normally and everything will be going fine. But every time someone talks to him while shocked and pointing at me, he would start avoiding me. I couldn't take it anymore! I was frustrated enough! We only had like a few days for the wedding. Which means we can only spend time together for like, a week? Time was very limited and I wanted to make every minute precious. But this was the total opposite! I made up my mind that I was gonna ask him what was wrong. I was sitting in my room, figuring out exactly what to say to him and memorizing my dialogues. Lol.

As I was doing that, Kevin's best buddy, Jonathan came into my room and locked the door. (I know it sounds a bit dirty)

"Why is your face as if your gonna rape me?" I said while giggling.

He said he needed to talk to me in private. Talking inside the room wasn't the best idea. My jealous cousins would be ready to create rumors. So we went outside where the tents were already fixed (It's a wedding house, remember?) Jonathan seemed very nervous.

"What's wrong?"

"You know why everyone is acting weird around you and Kelvin's avoiding you?" He asked.

"I was just about to ask him." I said.

"Don't ask him. He can't take it.  It's better I tell you" he said.

Ok, I thought this was some kind of joke. Looks like it's serious.

"He's really confused because you existed in his life! You loved him exactly how your loving him now! And then you died, left him alone and made him suffer! Now you came back and I saw him smile for the very first time in a long time!"

Jonathan was getting very emotional while saying all this. Although I didn't understand it completely, I still got it.

"So... Nithya was me?!" I asked confused.

Then he told me the story of what really happened in detail.

"Nithya and Kelvin fell in love 3 years back. They were just an ordinary couple who loved each other more than anything in this world. Remember she died in an accident?"

"Uh huh.. "

" Kelvin was supposed to pick her up from class that day. He was late so Nithya took an express bus as she was in a rush. The bus met with terrible accident! So after getting the news, he rushed to the spot. Nithya was severely injured. Kelvin was holding her in his arms, trying to be strong, his clothes soaked in her blood. Nithya left her last breath in his arms."

"But she could have survived right?"

" She died due to internal injury and loss of too much blood"

Tears filled my eyes. This story was sad but I already knew it, so I wasn't surprised. Jonathan said

"I wasn't finished, the shocking part is, Nithya and you look
exactly the same!!!"

"You're kidding me!"

He showed me all the evidence. I still didn't believe him, it could be Photoshop or editing. Then, he showed me her funeral picture! I couldn't believe my eyes! My soul froze for a moment. Now I get it! All those gasping and staring made sense now. Well, most probably they thought Nithya just rose from the dead. No wonder he's avoiding me. He's scared he'll lose me again!

"He's also very guilty about Nithya's death." Said Jonathan.

"It's not his fault!" I said

"He feels that if he had picked her early, she wouldn't have died!" That made sense, I guess.

I've seen it in movies but I didn't know it existed in real life. I have a Clone! I mean, had. There was nothing much I could do. I just prayed for her soul to rest in peace. I wanted to talk to Kelvin about this but he looked really tired and confused. I didn't wanna increase the burden in his head. I couldn't sleep that night. I felt so sorry for him. The next morning..

Losing you're love in your hands and meeting someone exactly like her is definitely creepy! And sad too. Support me by voting! If you guyz like this story, I will continue. If not just delete I guess? So comment down. Bye Muah Muah
-Thaniya-