She kept her hands on her head for a moment before lifting her head to look at Sherin who was staring at her.


    "What do you think of this, Sherin?" Ashley asked, shaking her head slightly and pushed away her te of food, suddenly losing her appetite.


    She knows Sherin wanted to say something even after all they both talked about this.


    She was with her from yesterday and she kept mum from the time that happened but busted out suddenly and yet, she tried to be as polite as she can until now but didn''t leave Ashley''s side.


    She was thankful for that and she knows how Sherin analyses small details in the situations which sometimes Ashley doesn''t think of and she knows Sherin will never lead her in a wrong way.


    "I don''t know, Ash. But I don''t think your boyfriend is being honest. No offense but I just said what I think." Sherin said honestly as she sipped her coke.


    Ashley frowned and gestured to her to continue. She grabbed her coke and took a sip of it but ignored her food and waited for Sherin to speak who looked conflicted. "Sherin, just tell me what it is. No offense now. I feel kind of messed up inside." Ashley pressed more, making Sherin sigh.


    "See, this is just my opinion. I don''t think Ivan is loyal to you after what we sawst night. Or maybe he is… I am not sure. It just might be a drunken mistake too but I don''t feel that he wasn''t that drunk to lose his sensespletely and think that some idiot is you.


    If he was that drunk, he wouldn''t have honestly recognised you when he saw you and he wouldn''t be scared but more like swaying here and there due to the alcohol. He stuttered a bit but didn''t at all look like he was drunk to me. Or maybe he just looked like one to only me." Sherin said, choosing her words wisely because she knows Ashley is so possessive about her people.


    Ashley looked at her nkly before nodding her head slightly. She couldn''t remember whether she felt his manly cologne mixed with alcohol. She couldn''t think that Ivan would ditch her. He is the guy who held her close when she needed someone the most and epted the way she was with all her ws and broken pieces.


    It was very hard for her when she had to run away and he stood as a rock for her at those times. She shook her head as if dismissing the thoughts.


    "Let''s not think about it for now. I have a long day today and I don''t want to think about this by affecting mypany in a bad way." Ashley said more like to herself but Sherin just nodded her head.


    She knows Ashley will definitely think about this at the end of the day and that''s what she wanted. She doesn''t want Ashley to fall for the wrong person even if he was the one she was dating for many months.


    "Fine, let''s talk about something else then. Shall we?" Sherin asked and started diverting Ashley about the school days where they used to have a lot of fun gossiping in free periods and used to roam around the school because they were simply bored but we''re sopetitive when it came to studies.


    It used to be so fun and they used to have the bestpany around them, loyal friends and supportive teachers.


    "You don''t want me to start telling how you nted your ass on the ground when your crush asked you about your day''s ns so that he can hang out with you or when how you embarrassed yourselfpletely eating only spinach because you showed him off that you diet when in reality you hate those types of food." Ashley said smirking mischievously, making Sherin scowl but smiled sheepishly at that.


    Ashley grinned in victory. Sheughed at the memory. They used to be so shy and bold at the same time. They can flip any guy with their words but when it came to their crush, they used to go red easily.


    "I still remember how you used to look with freckles on your nose and old granny sses with two pigtails and used to be a need." Sherin said and Ashley rolled her eyes.


    "In Fact you know that I even have a picture of it." Sherin said before grabbing her mobile and unlocking it before opening her gallery and surfing through a few pictures before she found Ashley''s picture when they were in high school and showed it to Ashley.


    Ashley frowned as she knew Sherin didn''t have pictures till a few months ago because she lost them when she lost her mobile a few months ago and this one was a new one. But pushing it aside, Ashley grabbed her mobile and looked at the picture.


    It was a picture when Ashley was in 9th grade and was the first in the high school and she was Hugging her dad in it looking so happy as he kissed her cheek, her face beamed at the appreciation from her parents, her nose slightly scrunched up setting her sses and her smile contagious.


    Ashley''s chest tightened at the old memory but dismissed it, shaking her head slightly.


    Sherin started to eat her food while Ashley swiped the screen and saw a few more pictures of their old days.


    The next picture was on Sherin''s birthday. It was in Ashley''s home, her parents were excited to celebrate Sherin''s birthday because she was like a daughter to them as well... Sherin and Ashley were hugging each other, goofy grins on their faces and Ashley''s mom behind them, with her hands around their shoulders with a soft smile on her face.


    Ashley felt as if someone shoved a hot iron rod through her throat. All the memories slowly starteding back to her slowly, many scenes shing in her mind about the old days how happy she used to be with her parents which were now making it hard to breath. Ashley stood up abruptly, making Sherin raise her head.


    "I''ll just go to the restroom ande back in a minute." Ashley said walking away with Sherin''s mobile while Sherin shrugged and continued eating, smiling to herself.


    Sherin wanted Ashley to go back to her parents. She was missing herself and also her parents and Sherin does know this and now she is hell bent on taking Ashley back to her parents. She wants the reunion between them to be like how they were before Ashley ran away from her house to achieve her dreams.


    Ashley walked to the restroom and opened the door before entering inside. She closed the door before walking to the mirror that was there in front of the mirror and looked at herself in the mirror. Dark circles were prominent, she looked older than her actual age, no goodies in her face, only a stern look or her lips pressed in a thin line or more bad only days filled with fake smiles.


    She never wanted this.


    Her parents, Ivan, everything is starting to be so overwhelming for her. She took a deep breath and opened her eyes, the person in front of her was very different from her and she knew that. She was never like this.


    She used to be an easy going girl and everything about her used to be just happiness and peace. Her parents were so strict yet good to her because she acted in grades and never crossed a line that they drew for her.


    But now, she ispletely different. As if she was never the girl she used to be. She looked down at her phone just to realise it''s not her phone but Sherin. She identally brought her phone instead of hers. But she did took an advantage and unlocked her phone.


    She at more beautiful pictures of her old school days as she came across a few pictures that she saw this morning in Sherin''s mobile.


    She stood there for a few minutes looking at herself trying to regain herposure when the mobile rang.


    Thinking it to be from the hospital, she lifted the call...


    "Hello..." Ashley called.


    "Hello, Dr. Sherin." The assistant said.


    "Yes... Her best friend. Tell me..." Ashley replied.


    "Yeah... I just want to inform her that, she can''t have a day off tomorrow as her schedule is busy for the week. I just requested a lot to higher officers for her today even when she can''t... I don''t really want us to fall in trouble. So, Can you inform her about this?" Her assistant asked and Ashley sighed.


    "Alright. I will inform her." Ashley answered.


    "Thank you so much." Her assistant replied and she ended the call. Shaking her head with a determined look on her face, she walked back to Sherin after washing her hands and sat in her ce and Sherin was done with eating food by then. She was just looking around drinking coke slowly enjoying it.