He didn"t talk anything when I gave it to him . There was a moment of silence between us which made me worry . I didn"t understand what he was thinking as he had no expression on his face .

He unwrapped the box and opened it .

Dream Catcher ? , he said .

I nodded as a yes , I know it"s kinda silly to believe in this dream catcher but I hope you sleep well .

A slight smile took place on his face when he took it out from the box and held it in his hand .

You made it ? , he asked me slightly brushing the dream catcher with his thumb .

Yes , I said in a low voice .

It"s beautiful , I like it . He exclaimed .

I"m happy that you liked it , I replied .

That"s it . That is all I wanted , I wanted to be the reason for a smile on his face and all my hard work and those sleepless nights were worth for his smile .

Beautiful ?.... it"s not fair at all , my cousin came to where we stood .

Did you ever give me a gift ? , atleast a chocolate on my birthday ? , you ungrateful sister , he continued to embarra.s.s me.

He was right I never gave him a gift , I only attended his birthdays for food and cake while he always bought me presents for my birthday every year .

That shows that I"m important to her than you are , Austin mocked him and took his bag from Justin who brought Austin"s bag to give him . He put the dream catcher I made for him in his bag carefully .

My heart skipped a beat when I heard Austin"s reply to Justin .

I didn"t know how to react .

And also that proves that I"m her best friend and not you , he added .

I thought I was your best friend , Justin sounded dejected but he wasn"t serious actually .

You thought but you never were , you better accept this bitter truth bro , Austin said .

I don"t know why but I felt that I was being teased by them .

Fine , I won"t talk much because today is your birthday but atleast show me what she gave you , he asked Austin .

No , was the answer Austin gave him .

I saw Rachel taking a letter from a kid who actually came to give her the letter .

You are such a moron Austin ..... He said and looked at Rachel .

Great realisation , Austin said .

I thought it must be a confession letter so I went towards her to tease her excusing myself and took the steps while Justin chose shorter way by jumping like a cat from the railing and headed towards her before me .

He took the letter from her and read , he tightened his fist as he read the letter .

Who gave you this letter , he asked the kid coldly.

Instead of using his mouth that kid pointed towards a guy who was standing in the corridor and watching us . It was Jake , he is Cindy"s cla.s.smate.

Justin put that letter in his pocket before I could take it from him and read it ,he followed Jake who started to run the moment that kid pointed at him .

Justin chased him and held his collar . I don"t know what they spoke because we were little far away from them but I saw Jake giving a punch on Justin"s face .

Austin ran towards them after he gave his bag to me to hold .

That kid gave me that letter to give it to you , Rachel said and continued , I thought of teasing you so I opened it but before I could read it Justin took that letter from me .

What?, for me ? , wait let"s talk about this later , I said since I wasn"t in a situation to listen to her.

We both followed Austin to a certain distance and stopped moving further .

Guys , behave yourself and move back , he commanded them .

He repeated his words as they weren"t leaving each other"s collar.

Few seconds later ,they both stepped back and then Justin took out the letter from his pocket and gave it to Austin .

I looked around , ThankG.o.d n.o.body saw them , there was a wall between the guys and the students who were standing far away from us , hence n.o.body saw what was happening at that time .

Justin came towards us , his lips were bleeding . Rachel was almost to tears but she was controlling herself .

Why would you let him punch you , should"ve punched him back , I said out loud enough for that guy to hear.

I heard Jake shriek in pain when I was searching for my bottle in my bag.

I saw Austin walking towards us adjusting his neck tie . I was shocked when I saw Jake taking support of the wall , he wasn"t even able to stand after taking a punch from Austin .

I only held his collar but you ... you being a school president punched him , Justin chuckled .

He deserves it , he said and he took us to our cla.s.s room .

Since he had a spare keys of our cla.s.s cupboard ,he opened it and gave us first aid kit .

He took cotton and a cream with him .

Are you serious ? , Justin asked him .

Austin left without saying a word . A moment later I realised that he took that cotton for the guy whom he punched .

Rachel took the cotton and gave it to Justin but he didn"t take it and told that his hands were not clean .

I took the first aid kit to put it back in the cupboard . The kid who told about Jake dropped his lunch basket in shock . I picked up his basket and gave it to him . I turned back and saw Justin who was ready to leave.

You guys done ? , I asked to which Justin replied with a hmm .

After that Rachel rushed to washroom to wash her hands . Justin told me that he would drop us .

Thankyou for the gift Austin said before leaving . I wanted to ask him what happened that he had to punch him but I couldn"t talk much since my cousin was beside me . I only nodded to him with a smile .

I was curious to know what did he even write that they were angry especially Austin . I saw Justin fighting with other guys since I was a kid but I never saw Austin hitting someone .

I thought of asking Austin since I knew my cousin wouldn"t tell me .

They both dropped me at my house and then Justin dropped Rachel at her house .

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Isn"t that common to think that a girl likes a guy when she specially makes something and gives it to a him ?

I don"t know what made Austin think that I gave him that dream catcher just because I considered him as my best friend . I dunno if he told me indirectly not to expect more than friendship from him or was it because he had no clue about my feelings .