The one I've loved Chapter 18

It has been two and a half months since I started writing my thoughts in my diary which was given by my father on my birthday . I loved the diary , it was both pink and white in colour and had a lock too . I never had any intention to write a diary at that time but then I just wanted to keep it with me .

I met Rachel when I was 7 years old , as far as I remember ,it was my aunt Helen who introduced me to her . We met occasionally during parties at that time . Since Rachel ,Justin and I were of same age ,we used to played together , Justin always pinched her cheeks slightly just to look at her face turning red and he never missed a chance to see her reaction whenever he teased her , it was a kind of satisfaction for him to tease her and that didn't still change today . Even though Justin always teased her ,he took care of her whenever she was depressed . He knew her before me as their mothers were best friends . I was ten years old when Rachel's parents took divorce . She always cried , it was very difficult for her to see her parents getting apart in front of her . Justin's mother brought Rachel to her house for few days and then Rachel was transferred to my school . My aunt and my uncle love her a lot , sometimes I wondered if Justin was their own child looking at the way they used to treat her . I often used to go to my aunt's house to meet her and play with her . We grew together and we never hid anything from eacthother . There were times we argued and didn't talk to each other but at the end we always used to sort it out at the end . I never thought that things would change between us .

It was in the month of august , five and a half months ago . Just like everyday I went to fill my bottle to see Austin . He changed a lot in these two years , he looked handsome than before . I filled bottle and glanced at him before leaving and then I left , while coming towards my class I saw the notice board . It was about the competitions held by our school to select few students to participate in Q . A . E . S .

Q . A . E . S( Q Archdiocese of Educational Society) is one of the largest chain school in YYY country . There are 20 schools and are managed by the Archdiocese . Every year competitions are held by Q . A . E . S in the month of February in which students of all those 20 schools participate in the competitions . The competitions include sports , cultural , elocution and essay writing .

Rachel came and stood beside me , she looked at the notice board and then at me , she understood what I was thinking just by looking at my face .

Are you sure about this , she asked me .

I nodded to her and said a yes .

what do you say ? shall we participate in this year's competition ? , I asked her and raising her hands to her shoulder level and taking a step back she said , " not even in my dreams . "

I laughed looking at the way she replied .

Okay , I'm not forcing you to participate with me ,I said while laughing .

Thankyou for your kindness , let's go to the class now since you saw your guy , she said and grabbed my wrist and we headed towards our class .

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Sometimes , things we do unintentionally cause a big change in our life . It might turn out into a good thing or a bad thing . That time I didn't know that my wish to participate in the competition would be a cause for a change in our friendship .

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