Enchanted Love

The silence in the vehicle thickened as Clara gulped visibly

“Arrogant jerk?” Alex helped her to tell at least this. But Clara knew that Alex could be anything but this.

“Fun brother” Alina spoke and now Clara got jealous all of a sudden. Alina indeed forgave Alex but not even looked at her.

“Handsome and prince charming in everyone’s life” Caroline openly admitted as her eyes had a spark looking at Alex.

“Don’t mind. But if he is not married now, I would have surely proposed to him” Caroline spoke and now Clara glared at Caroline naturally as if she is his wife at present. She couldn’t hide her jealousy so well. Alex felt cute to get her beautiful jealousy to look back.

“It’s my turn now,” Jason said, interfering with everyone.

“5-year kid who always whines for chocolate” Jason spoke and both Alina and Jason started laughing as if it is the world’s biggest joke.

“Can’t give the same jealousy title to him too because we need to give different dialogues right?” Jason added as he controlled his laughter.

“I remember Alina telling that everyone is not compelled to say,” Alex replied, shrugging off his shoulders.

“And that too this many outdated jokes” Edward added and now Alex and Edward started laughing mimicking him and Alina.

“Okay, who is left now?” Edward asked as he turned to Mira and Clara. Who will say first? Both will say, my love, isn’t it?

Clara glared at Mira to dare her to say anything.

“My kiddo” Mira spoke as Alex smiled at her. She always says Alex as her kiddo in their early days.

“I took care of Alex since we knew each other. I always make sure he is happy and comfortable with everything around him. I don’t easily get satisfied with even Jenny aunty if she is sure about his mood swings. Maybe that’s why I became over possessive” Mira accepted at last as Clara widened her eyes. Even the side character accepted her mistake. Does it mean Clara should really let everything go and start afresh? Clara wanted her to remain the same so that she could hold her anger. But what is happening all of a sudden?

“I am sorry, Clara. For everything that has happened till now.” Mira commented as the silence again washed over their faces. Clara went blank.

“I don’t want to point out anything in particular,” Mira again said.

“No, I want you to point out everything that happened till now. I don’t want everyone to think that you are such a great person as you have accepted your mistakes.” Clara snapped harshly. A single sorry can make Mira a great person for sure. But Clara’s ego can never let that happen. Mira took a long breath as if expecting this coming.

“When I met you, I genuinely felt so happy for Alex. He was damn happy with you. Even I felt connected to you. You were such a cute sister to me that time” Mira didn’t hesitate for a second. One day or another, she has to tell her side for sure. Maybe this clarification brings another maturity to their relationship.

“But as the days went by, I saw how Alex was struggling alone and you were busy with your studies. That’s when I felt you are not good enough to take care of him. I don’t want to give you any explanations as to why I felt that way. Because it is my fault that I judged your relationship with Alex. I should have realised back then that I am just a third person who can be a well-wisher but can’t become a first person.” Mira’s genuine eyes made Clara and Alina soften instantly. This girl is not an evil person but yeah, she is overly concerned about Alex.

“You purposefully left your diary on your dressing table for me to see right?” Clara asked directly to see how she was going to explain this. Maybe this will open their eyes to see Mira as a plotting evil witch of a series.

“I totally forgot that I kept the diary there when I invited you. That time, I was genuinely happy and wanted to destroy my diary to let the memories vanish away. That’s why I took the diary that day to read it for the last time. But when I didn’t find it again I thought I had trashed it after I read it. You have to trust me in this” Mira explained it clearly. Clara glared at her as if she couldn’t believe it.

“I don’t know why you think that I would let you know about my things. Even I was not ready to open up about my feelings to Alex. I never thought this way” Mira explained further.

“I got annoyed when you sent a message to my mom. And after that everything done by me was extremely wrong and even today I thought that Clara is not correct for Alex and that’s what made me do everything. I am sorry.” Mira turned to the window side with a clear explanation. Alina and Clara shared a glance. Mira did purposefully make Clara feel insecure. But that can’t be proven unless Mira herself admits that.

“I can never forgive you for all that you did to me. You are apologising for what you did to both of us. But you are not even mentioning what you did to me?” Clara snapped as she gritted her teeth.

“In every situation, you tried to act as if you were his wife and always made me feel low on myself” Clara spoke in a single line. But the depth of the line can be visible to all as how she would have felt at that time. Even now.

“What will you say now?” Clara turned to Alex’s side with so much anger questioning him

“You will support her that she can’t act like that and I am the one who misunderstood everything?” Clara asked Alex directly. Back then, she was scared of this support from Alex for Mira and that’s why she never shared this with him. But now she can’t keep quiet.

“How many times should I tell you?” Alex asked as he grabbed her arms a little harshly, making her flinch suddenly. His eyes showed extreme annoyance but full were of love.

“I will believe your words alone. I don’t need any proof for anything.” Alex stressed again as he didn’t leave her eyes.

“That’s the problem, honey. You never trusted me.” Alex voiced out in pain. Clara blinked twice to absorb his words. Did she overthink about everything that at times and let these all happen to them?

“If you think that I am playing a game again by hiding that, I am sorry. I don’t have enough courage yet to admit all those cheap things. I can’t afford Alex’s hatred. I don’t have anyone besides Alex and Edward.” Mira spoke as she buried her face in her palm. Why did she do all of these? Will Alex ever talk to her again? Will Edward be able to see her like before? While doing those, she didn’t feel that she would regret it someday. But when Alex spoke to her about her and Clara in his life, she became very clear about everything.

Alex just went blank with her confession and also Clara’s blames. Why didn’t he see everything back then? He sighed lonely as he didn’t want to dig deep into the matter to regret it more. Mira did act like a third person between them and the fact alone is too much for him to bear. Moreover, she made Clara feel like shit. Will he ever gather the courage to ask about minute details of those incidents?

“Can you all shift your gaze please?” Mira yelled startling everyone as tears didn’t stop from her eyes. She already felt so terrible having a reality check. Why did she change so much?

“About that picture which was sent from my mobile to Alex’s family group?” Clara asked after pausing a little. That puzzle still didn’t fit anywhere. Mira looked up finally to meet Clara’s eyes.

“Still I believe it’s you” Mira spoke but not harshly.

“Maybe you were angry and trust me now I believe that I deserve everything. So please don’t lie on that matter” Mira wanted to see if she really did it or not.

“I was angry. I am angry. But you can never understand me. I am not like those to vent out my anger like this. I will never do such things” Clara wanted to clear it again. Now everyone looked around to see who else would do that. Is there something more to the story?

“Sorry to say this. If I didn’t do that and even you didn’t. Your mom should have done that” Clara didn’t regret her words at all. Mira widened her eyes not at her accusation but at the sudden realisation.

“That day, my mom was nervously checking something on the phone. But I didn’t ask, nor did I check if it was her phone or not.” Mira replied with so much guilt. Did her mom do these all?

“She was hurt as Jenny aunty was so cool about the matter. Jenny aunty asked us to not care about anyone. So I guess she wanted Jenny aunty to feel the same insult or maybe more” Mira could totally fit everything now to the picture. Her mom is that kind only. For her, her values and respect is the first thing. If it’s tainted, she will destroy everyone.

Mira can never express the feeling right now. She felt torn physically and wanted to jump out of the jeep. She should have just stayed aloof just the way their parents wished. She shouldn’t have wished for friends. she shouldn’t have longed for happiness. She doesn’t deserve anything in her life. She felt her life ending this way. There is no future for her now as the people around her would never talk to her after this. She is again alone with no people for her except for her parents and now they are also not in her favour. Tears burned her cheeks and lips as she wobbled silently.

Alex doesn’t want to drag the matter so he eyed Edward to change the atmosphere.

“Didn’t we play something?” Alex asked them to change their topic easily.

“I guess only you are left to say something about me,” Alex asked Clara with a smirk as she sighed tiredly.

“Just one word about Alex in your life!” Edward asked her. Clara hated to be in the centre of attention as she cutely wets her lips to search for words to answer his question. But what will she say?