Diah was the only friend I had ever made because it was easy to relate with her , we both came from broken families and we both loved writing and both wanted succeed in it , to us it was a must we succeed because if we didn't we will forever remain pitiable , through our circumstances we made a somewhat foolish or rather childish pact, that it was either we both fail or succeed together , no one was going higher or lower but at the end of the day ....I broke that promise.
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RHEAS RESIDENT.
Diah looked at the paper in her hand , " the riding lyre"," I never wrote anything, it was only the title I had made on the spot....", Diah could feel her chest tighten , " you must be kidding right now ....", she sneered , Rhea leaned in closer almost startling her , " I mean....", she glanced at the paper that Diah was clutching , " write it yourself....", " ha.....", Diah snorted while Rhea grabbed hold of the door handle when she suddenly felt a tugged on her arm and nails digging in, " did you really think I will just let you go just like that.....did...did you even hear yourself just now , hey...", she said as she tightened her grip on Rheas arm making her wince in pain , even with her sharp and reverting tone , despite her tight hold her hand still trembled , " when you start something ....finish it.....", Rhea tugged her arm away somewhat roughly , it would definently bruise up later, " it is yours so why do I have to finish it...,if you presume to be the brilliant writer you so claim to be, can't you at least....", Rhea sighed softly catching her breath , frustration clearly lacing through as she dug her hand into her hair, " can't you at least write a chapter...", there was a pause , a silence that seemed way to intimidating and then....there was a snicker and before it was known Diah burst into an abrupt laughter , " ha.....", it was short and then, " HAHAHAHA.....", it was loud as she rested her head on her car seat laughing hysterically like she had just heard the most amusing thing ever , inbuilt in her laughter you could hear the seeping seed of hatred and despair , " ha... , you talk like you aren't responsible for any of this, why play innocent now huh....Rhea.....", " Diah...?", "WHY?....., you want to throw this all on me ...", her voice getting louder , cracking , at the corner of her eyes a blob of tear was threatening to fall out.
"Ha.. ...", she sighed before rather aggressively wiping it away and her face returned back to normal like nothing ever happened , Rhea clenched her fist by her side , biting her lower lip, she hated it , her past that was built on selfishness were all coming back to hunt her , " Rhea...", Diah said her name so sweetly as she moved closer to her , she looked at her as if studying every feature on her face then she smirked , she slowly raised her hand , not giving a warning neither being cautious , she dug her hand into her side of Rheas hair, " why do you always make me feel like a bad person huh...when you look at me with those eyes of yours.....", her smirk fell , something dark and wicked settling in but Rhea remained steady , she was genuinely not surprised at this , Diah was meeting her breaking point, it was a last minute act of survival , acting surprised, crashing out, charming by sweet talking, these were all a careful layout so that Rhea would take back what she said instead of directly asking, she adopted these methods in getting what she wanted , " it makes me feel pathetic", she said as she slowly retracted her hand from Rheas hair, some strands intertwining with her fingers , she fully removed her hand then cleaned it on her cloth with an expression that preceived no more than disgust.
" I will give you time to think it over, several things must be going through your mind and you probably don't even know what you are saying.....I will....", " I've thought it over ....", Rhea scoffed as she interrupted her with what she had said . Then Rhea leaned in closer and Diah could feel her breath hitch at the sudden closeness, she hated how she always felt pathetic and ran out of words when it came to Rhea, " I'm not asking for any of your accomplishments that you earned with my booknor am I planning to report this , I have no interest in anything you have to offer ...my mother and fathers debt I will figure out how to pay that, and it is also a given ....", she stared coldly into Diahs eye , that icy glare that felt like she was uncovering and dissecting every inch of her, a mixture of soulessness and hope , something thought to be impossible both collided at the same time , the Rhea she had so desperately wanted to pull down felt like a completely different person like she had been reborn to something unfathomable.
Rhea sat up straight, she looked relaxed, determined more than ever and.....that scared Diah, " I'm not asking for an apology, not because I know you won't bother apologising but.....your pride won't let you....we are both like that and now... I don't want to live like that anymore, so from now on...just leave me alone", saying that Rhea opened the car door and got down leaving Diah who just looked absolutely furious ,she rolled down her window , " ARE YOU DOING THIS BECAUSE OF DANIEL , YOU CAN TAKE HIM BACK...I NEVER EVEN WANTED HIM", she yelled , desperation clouded her thoughts as she didn't care if her actions right now came out as shameless, Rhea felt a small smile creep onto her lips , an overwhelming sense of peace seemed to envelop her as she tilted her head and looked up at the sky , she had never really noticed how beautiful the sky looked in the day.
She could feel a strange sensation in her, it was that if happiness and a pang of sadness, she had once considered Diah as a friend because they had both loved and wanted the same things and at that time it felt like they both understood each other but.....at the end of the day they just ended up breaking each other.
" Live well....Diah", she whispered under her breath just for herself and she walked away from her past..., though she knew she would never escape it and once in a while she will think about it and will still regret it, she knew she will still do things that she will end up regretting but...that was for later , it was time for her to start all over and....to leave it all behind, she was going to embrace whatever came to her now and...will finally let her chains break.