Gosh! I made each and every person near me, miserable. At the end, it was my mistake that cost my life.

"What is she saying?" Ishan asked in a whisper.

"She is not saying anything so you too keep quiet," Drishti answered while giving him a kick to shut him up.

"Stop kicking me. We need to be prepared. If she is quiet then it means that she is plotting against us," Ishan said making me chuckle.

My chuckle got Drishti's attention. Asking Ishan to hush, she gave her whole attention towards me.

"I don't even know how to apologize to you two. Whatever happened with Ishan, it was all a joke to me. I never realized that it must have hurt him so much. And about stealing your spot, it wasn't intentional.

"You were always scared of being the lead performer and I thought that was the reason you gave me the spot willingly, I didn't know that it was taken away from you and given to me without your permission.

"Ishan is right that I needed to be taught a lesson but his way of doing things was wrong. Forget about accident murder, do you think him attacking me and hitting me with a rod was a correct punishment for my misdeeds?"

Even though Ishan murdered me and Drishti betrayed me by hiding that fact, I apologized for my wrongdoings. They deserved the apology.

Drishti didn't answer my question and kept looking at the floor, not meeting my eyes.

"Okay, don't answer. I understand that by mixing an accusation along with an apology, I made it hard to digest. Can you atleast ask your brother to tell me the details of that night?" I queried in a hopeful tone.

Drishti sighed but nodded nonetheless. She repeated everything I had said to Ishan, from my apology to my accusation and at the last my request.

"I was trying to forget about everything but that day. I crossed paths with Aman and everything came in front of me again. My embarrassment, your cruelty and everybody's laughter, everything kept ringing in my mind.

"I came home in distress and heard Drishti talking with you, discussing about your fights with your parents and Aman and instantly an idea came to my mind.

"I prepared everything and asked my friend to forward the message to you at night by lying to him that you had a fight with Drishti and she was planning a surprise for you at the Ice cream parlour. He readily agreed to help.

"I took Drishti's old school bag and rod from the storeroom and waited for you to come. Covering your face with that bag, I tied your hands and dragged you to the empty alley.

"My plan was to injure you but unfortunately while hitting you on the back, my feet slipped and the rod hit the back of your head. You had just lost the consciousness but then your head collided with the huge rock nearby and you died.

"I got scared and ran towards home, leaving your body there but after reaching home, fear coursed through me thinking that if your body was found there, everyone would know you had been hit and murdered. Hence, I returned back to that alley but this time with our car and some cleaning supplies.

"I transfered your body in the trunk of the car and cleaned the rock on which your head had hit.

"Even though it was midnight, there were lot of people on the road, so I kept driving until I could find a quiet road and finally reached the perfect spot. An empty highway whose street lights didn't work.

"Removing your body from the car, I walked a little further and waited for the right opportunity. Hiding behind the bush, I threw your body in front of the truck who was coming at highspeed and ran back to the car.

"I wanted to make it look like an accident and it was my luck that the truck driver thought you were drunk because it looked like you were stumbling when in reality your body was falling because of no support.

"I rushed towards home as I knew the news of your death would spread soon and my family would come to my room to inform me. So, I hurriedly parked the car and covered it with the cloth, not bothering to clean or remove the items from car and went to my room, acting like I was asleep.

"Days passed and I couldn't find a way to clean the car and remove the items inside it without looking suspicious. The number plate hadn't come and I stupidly thought it would take awhile for that and I still had time to clean it when nobody was at home."

We all were quiet after his explanation was finished, contemplating everything.

"Damn, I really ruined a good kid. Drishti, you know that I don't have any powers to hurt Ishan. It's upto you whether you decide to hide his mistakes or give me justice. He is a minor, so either way he won't be going to a jail.

"Whatever you choose, just make sure to make him understand that attacking and killing people is not the way to teach them a lesson. There are many other ways to do that. Until this fiasco, you have always been faithful to me. I really wish that you would have been truthful this time too.

"Well, this is a goodbye then. Just remember whatever decision you make, I would never hate you."

After saying my last words to my bestie, I left. Not from her room but from everybody's life.

I was finally at peace.