"You hardly ever keeps quiet more then 5 minutes." He said turning the wheels at corner.

"Humm" She replied back with a light sound only staring out of the window of her seat.

"What's wrong Silvi ? If you don't wants to go then why are you going?" He turned his sight towards her while still driving ahead.

"Please concentrate on driving. I don't want to miss the flight." She odered gesturing at road ahead of them.

"You know well that I can drive well even while involved in texting with you. Why are you behaving like this buddy? What's wrong?" He said helplessly pulling hairs back, from his forehead.

He looked back at her again, in expectation of some reply but she sat still in her place, next to him.

"Come on Silvi! Reply Damn it!" He said annoyed yet in much calm tone.

Yet there was no reply from her. He looked at her for few seconds then pulled breaks all sudden.

"Either you are going to answer my questions or none of us is going anywhere!" He announced with annoyance at her indifferent behaviour.

"Fine! You stay here as you can but I have a flight to board in an hour." She said fetching her shades from the dash-board.

"Damn it Silvi! I am damn serious! Answer me or I don't know, what I will do today." He grabbed her wrist tight before She could turn away to open the door of car.

"What do You want to listen Precious?" She replied back with same anger.

"Why are you leaving? When You know there is only a week left for my wedding?" He inquired still holding her wrist in mid of them.

"You know the answer. It's not about your wedding. I got transfer, it's not about my choice. It's my job, it's compulsion." She said snatching her hand back from his clutch.

He just took a deep breath closing his eyes and restarting the car, "I just can't understand why are you lying to me? What are you trying to hide?" He looked at her with a side glance to assure that she has not gone and continued, " You know what? I had a word with Martin about your transfers and this so called compulsion." He looked at her again to see the horror visible on her face.

"I guess you know what he must have told me!" He said exhaling the annoyance.

"What? I don't know, and why are you so bothered about it? It's fine. I have lived half of my life in this small town, roaming around the same places," she took a small pause as if her thoughts got blocked and added, "around same people."

"That's why you asked your Martin, your Boss to transfer you to New York branch?" He interrupted her words bluntly.

She looked at him in shock! And horror as if he had caught her red handed, assassinating someone!

"I... I just, I just needed it." She hardly stuttered .

"You needed what Silvi?" He pulled the breaks once again. And turned to her at his seat only

"I needed a change. I needed relief." She said looking away from him and quickly stepped out of the car.

"You needed change. You needed relief from whom Silvi? You used to love this small town, it's people, this place it's all was your life. You used to say that you were scared of big cities. You were scared to get lost if ever stepped out of this town! And now, all sudden, You want change! Why? How?" He quickly stepped out and reached her to hold her arm before She could collect her bag from the back seat.

"Leave me! I want to leave! Isn't it enough explanation for you." She tried to push him back but instead stumbled back herself.

He quickly held her shoulders to make her stand back properly.

"Ok! Ok fine ! I accept you want change but why right now? Martin said you can join there even after two weeks! Then why right now?" He inquired still holding her, trying to look into her eyes which She was avoiding.

"Because... I..." she started to stutter again, this time she failed to find ant further words and gave in.

Tears were visible in her eyes.

"Hey, stop this please." He pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her to hug her in warm embrace.

"I know there is something wrong. Something is bothering my Silvi. Just tell me please! I can't see you breaking from inside." He whispered against her head and kissed her head softly.

"Who said all this to you?" She questioned, standing still in his arms, tears were rolling down at her cheeks.

"You really think, I need to be told this? We are together since our school days Silvi. I could see it in your eyes. All these days, during my wedding preprations, shoping etc.

Every time you laughed, every time you cracked a stupid joke of yours, I saw something breaking in your eyes." He said reliving the firmness around her.

But as his hold turned light around her, her arms rose up from it's place and hugged him firmly. She rest her face on his shoulder and whispered, " You saw what?" As if she was trying to confirm that his words were not her imagination only.

"You heard me right Silvi. I can see that you are not well, I was just waiting for you to tell it to me , yourself. I thought to give you some time and space. I would have talked about it defiantly after the wedding. But here you are leaving, all sudden, today only." He confirmed hugging her warmly once again.

All sudden as his hold turned a bit firm around her, She burst into sobs and hysterical cry.

He had to hold her tightly as he felt her slipping away, as if she would crash on ground any moment.

"Silvi please stop crying and tell me." He said anxiesously.

"I have told you. I have told you a thousand of times. But you never trusted. And now, when it's all about to end, you started to see it!" Her arms moved up and encircled around his neck.

Her sobs were turning bad every second but still she kept speaking, "You can see it, but you will never accept it, will you?"

He felt as if everything between them had changed all sudden. Her touch, her words, her breaths against his skin. He felt numb for a second. His arms fell down by his sides. He stood still, re-collecting every single piece of memory, every single moment they spend together.

"Seems like You got it! " She withdrew herself away from him and placed her palm on his face.

"I am sorry. I thought to leave with secret for lifetime, but your touch, your care, your words! And..." She took a deep breath to control herself and wiped her eyes with other hand but next moment her eyes got flooded as quickly as she wiped off.

"And my own damn weakness ! I blurted it all." She took a step closer to him but seeing him shell shocked, She smiled a bit between tears and quickly backed out.

She quickly turned and grabbed her bag to leave while he was just watching her moving away.

"Hold on! Silvi! Silvi!" He stepped quickly after her as she started to walk away from him.

"Silvia Thomas I said stop right there!" He said furiously stepping infront of her.

"What you want to say? You just can't leave like this! Making me the culprit!" He held her arm and pulled close in frustration.

"I am not doing anything like that. I am just leaving. Thanks for the drive, it's a walking distance from here. I will take your leave or have to miss my flight." She said casually drying her face and pushing his hand away.

He was again astonished at her behaviour. How can she made him feel as if she was in love with him and He ditched her! How can she leave in mid of such kind of conversation.

He was wondering only and when he turned, she had covered a nice distance and took the turn, from where the airport was only few meters away.

He couldn't believe what was happening around him. Yes , he was in love with someone else but that doesn't mean he had no feelings for Silvia. She was his long time and closest friend. She was there for him whenever he needed, when everyone deserted him, She was there. How can he let her go like this? So broken, so much in pain. He ran behind to reach her.

"Silvi please stop!" He ran fast and once again was able to hold her hand from behind.

"Let me go please! I don't want to spoil it any further." She replied turning back to him.

"No! I can't! Please say it's a joke. Please say you never had such kind of feeling for me. Am a fool. Am just falling in your prank isn't it?" He inquired pulling his hairs back in annoyance.

"It was a joke for you, always. Isn't it? Every time, I said that 'I Love You' , You took it as a joke. Now if you want it to take as a joke only than I'm fine with it too." She stepped closer to him and said, looking straight into his eyes, touching his face.

"Silvi... You!" He found himself out of words. Unable to understand how to react? How to understand? Or even how to make her understand that He always took her 'I Love You' in other way. He thought She took him as a friend only. Untill now, when he had seen it clearly in her eyes.

"You should have told me clearly." He just said it with tear of guilt in his eyes.

"Well, does it make any difference? As I tried my best to say it as clearly as I'm saying it right now." And she placed a light peck on his cheek, "I Love You Precious Matthew!" She whispered clearly against his cheek.

"Why you doing this Silvia? Stop hurting yourself." Tears started to pour from his eyes as well, as he felt her pain in her voice and that touch but could do nothing to heal his best friend.

"You said I should have told you clearly. I just did that only. Now say, will you stop loving Her? Would you like to fall in love with me? The same Love, I feel for you?" She withdrew back from his reach and looked straight into his eyes with tears.

"No, You can't. Because You love her. And I know the same thing you feel for her," she took a pause to collect some strength and spoke again, "the same thing you can never feel for me. The same way, I can't stop feeling it for you. Pathetic! Isn't it?" She wiped het eyes and clutched her bag's strips firmly, " See that is why I was leaving with silence. I didn't want to disturb your peace, I never intended to hurt you or make you feel guilty of not Loving me. I even never wanted to let you know."

She started to pace backwards, away from him while still pouring her heart out and looking into his eyes, " But fact is, I don't think I'm brave enough to see you marrying anyone else. I thought so but I'm not. I don't want to cry on your wedding, when You will kiss the love of your life as Your wife, I don't want to shed tears." She stopped for a flick of second and said, "Be happy, All the Best and yes I Love you that's why I will never be back. Good bye Precious, this feeling of loving you is our secret, please keep it as our Secret."

"Love is strange, Love is weird,
You can't decide for whom you should fall,
You can't control if once you start to fall,

You can feel it increasing day by day,
You can feel loosing yourself day by day,

You want to stop,
You want to restrain.
But this gentle rain,
Washes off all the shores,
Destroys everything, even complaints."