Siddharth leaned onto his car and watched the scene in front of him silently.

" Put your legs for some use." Neha huffed.

" We can't do that just with legs." Karthik exclaimed.

" Yeah, he is right! We need some energy and force also." Raj added thoughtfully.

" Then put it." Neha deadpanned.

" But Why?" Karthik asked.

" Because we need to." Neha hissed at him.

" If someone saw us they will think we are robbers." Karthik said with wide eyes.

" I don't understand who is the girl among us. " Neha muttered.

" Yeah I also wonder the same all the time." Raj said.

Neha stomped on his foot angrily and he hissed with pain.

Siddharth sighed shaking his head at them.

" You three are tall, well built and muscular. Why are you so scared to do such a small thing?" Neha bellowed at them.

" Small thing? It's not a small thing to trespass into someone's property." Karthik bellowed at her.

" Yeah..... We could be arrested for all I know." Raj said in fear and she glared at him.

Neha turned towards Siddharth who stood calmly there watching their interaction in annoyance and irritation.

Raj and Karthik also looked at him telling him silently not to accept her idea.

Siddharth stared at their faces and thought about the pros and cons.

" Let's do this."

Siddharth said and moved forward making Neha squeal loudly with excitement while Raj and Karthik looked at him horrified.

" What? You are approving this?" Karthik asked him shocked.

" Why not? If we want what we want then we need to do this." Siddharth shrugged.

" That's the spirit!" Neha said to Siddharth and raised her hand for the hi-five but all she got was a blank look from him.

She sighed and dusted the invisible dust on her jeans with her raised hand muttering something under her breath.

" We are going. You people are coming or not? " Neha asked walking behind Siddharth.

" You think that I will leave you here and go? " Raj glared at her and followed her for which she blushed looking away.

" Hey! Don't leave me alone. I am also coming with you all." Karthik runs behind them.

They all walked sand stood near the wall.

" Now what we are going to do? " Karthik asked.

" Simple..... Jump to the other side of the wall." Neha shrugged looking excited for their small adventure.

" What if we break our bones?" Raj asked nervously.

" Seriously! For what you make those abs and work outs? Put some use to it." Neha said to them and looked at Siddharth.

Siddharth has put some pressure on his hands and legs on the wall and jumped on the wall sitting on it. Neha clapped excitingly looking at him.

" Raj come on lift me." Neha said and he did as she said.

When he lifted her, Siddharth pulled her up and made her sit on the wall. And now it was the turn of the two boys who are hesitating.

" Come on you two." Siddharth said impatiently.

Karthik and Raj had done the same thing which Siddharth had done and sat on the wall beside them.

" Now what are we waiting for? Jump!" Saying this Siddharth jumped and landed safely on the ground.

" Now Raj, you jump and then I will jump so you can catch me." Neha said to him.

Raj scowled at her and jumped on the ground landing on his knees. He got up and dusted the mud on his pants.

" Now catch me!" Neha said to him.

" Don't jump on me with full force otherwise I will die." Raj whisper yelled at her.

" Shut up and catch me." She yells and jumps.

He catches her but falls onto the ground with her on top of him. They both stare at each other as their faces  are very close.

" Raj! Are you alive?" Karthik asks.

This brings them out of their staring contest and Neha gets up swiftly adjusting her top.

" Yeah..... But I don't know about my bones." Raj said getting up.

" Hey! I don't even weigh that much and you are standing alright you idiot." Neha smacked him on his arm.

" Karthik jump fast, we need to go inside." Siddharth shouted impatiently.

Karthik closed his eyes and jumped on the ground. All the three of them stare at him wide eyed stepping back instantly.

" What the hell! Why didn't anyone tell me that there is a stupid mud puddle here?" Karthik shouted looking down at his clothes and shoes which are covered with mud water now.

Raj and Neha started laughing while Siddharth just chuckled at him.

" Stop laughing you idiots! " Karthik growled at them who shut up instantly.

" Now we don't have much time, come we should get to work." Siddharth said and walked towards the house and they followed him.

They all started to look for some way to go into the house. But everything was locked and every window was closed.

" I think we should break the back door." Raj said.

" Are you mad? If anyone sees it then they will complain to the police." Karthik said to him.

" So what we should do now?" Neha whined.

" This stupid idea of getting into her house and search was yours, so you should have come prepared about how to get inside." Karthik hissed at her.

" Hey! Forgive me for not getting prepared at midnight..... At least I gave some idea not like you useless." She retorted.

" Once again you call me useless I will strangle you." Karthik warned her.

" Oh really! Lay a finger on me then I will show you what I will do to you." Neha said with a murderous look which made him growl.

" Stop it both of you! " Siddharth shouted angrily and they shut up in fear.

" I think we should try to break the back door and if anyone saw us I will manage." Siddharth said pointedly looking at the both of them.

They nodded and went towards the back door.

" Hey! It's not an automatic lock, it's an ordinary lock. So we can try to open with these Keys." Raj said showing a bunch of keys.

" From where did you get that?" Karthik asked him.

" When Neha said about the plan of sneaking into Anu's house so that we can find any clue, I grabbed a bunch of keys from the man near our house who makes keys for any type of locks."
Raj explained grinning.

" Wow! You are a genius." Neha said and jumped on him hugging him tightly.

" Good job. " Siddharth said and took the keys from his hands.

" Atleast we don't need to break the door." Karthik sighed in relief.

" It will depend on our luck whether the keys will open the lock or not." Raj stated.

" Either way I am excited for this adventure!" Neha jumped excitingly.

" Was she always like this? " Karthik asked looking at her wierdly.

" Yeah....." Raj laughed at his expression.

" Shut up both of you! " Neha glared at them.

Siddharth tried all the keys one by one but none of them opened the lock. There were last 4 keys left to try and everyone are praying internally that lock should open.

The last second key of the bunch opened the lock and three of them squealed happily while Siddharth sighed in relief leaning onto the door.

" Stop squealing! You will wake up the neighbours." Siddharth whisper yelled at them and they stopped.

They opened the door and entered inside the house which was dark and dead silent. Raj walks straight and searches for the switches. He stumbles few times in his way and finally finds the switches.

He switched on some random switches until a light was on and all of them look around the empty house. All the furniture is there as it is.

Siddharth looks around walking into the house with tears in his eyes as it was the house of his love. Karthik switched on some more lights and started searching for bathroom to clean himself first.

The house was neat except for some dust here and there. Raj and Neha started looking for some clues as they saw Siddharth was too emotional to do anything.

Siddharth observed each corner of the house kitchen, living room, hall, balcony.....everything. He looked at some newspapers which are placed in a shelf to see if he can find something.

While Raj looked onto some other shelves and Neha looked in the dustbin. But they didn't find anything.

" Found anything?" Siddharth asked.

" No..... We will go upstairs and search in her bedroom." Neha said and moved towards stairs.

Raj, Siddharth and Karthik followed her lead. Siddharth's heart was thumping loudly in his chest at thought of him entering into her bedroom.

Looking at his face Neha thought that they should leave him alone for sometime in Anu's room.

" You check her room, we will go and check other rooms." Neha said and sighed at other two to follow her.

Three of them went away to other rooms while Siddharth stood outside her room gulping. He took a deep breath and opened the door of her room.

He met with the darkness and he stepped inside in search of switchboard. He switched on the light and looked around her room which is clean and neat.

He walked inside and saw there was a wardrobe, double bed, a desk, a chair, a side table and a vanity table. Everything was kept sorted and neat. The light pink colour of the walls, small cute bed with pink bed sheets made the room look simple yet cute just like her.

The thought of her in her room made him smile. He imagined her sleeping on the bed, sitting on the table, getting ready near vanity table, reading a book on her desk........

These all thoughts made him feel overwhelmed with emotions. He wiped away those thoughts and looked for what he came here. He searched for some clues about where they went away. He searched every corner of her room thinking he would find some papers or tickets or any writings but he couldn't find none.

He came near the desk and looked at the notepad to see if anything was written on it but nothing was there. He checked all the drawers of the vanity table but he didn't get anything.

He froze looking at the wall at the side of the mirror of the vanity table. There were photo frames on the wall. He slowly went towards the wall and looked closely at every picture.

First picture was Anu's in which she was smiling brightly, looking young, beautiful and happy. Second picture consists of her parents. Third picture was their family photo with three of them smiling. Fourth and fifth pictures were her childhood pictures with her parents.

Tears spill out of his eyes as he glanced at other pictures.

Sixth picture was Siddharth's which was taken from side. He was looking straight at something and she took the picture from his left side. He smiled with tears looking at it and was happy that she framed and kept it in her room.

Seventh picture consists of both of them which is similar to the one which he had at home. She was smiling widely at the camera and he was looking at her lovingly. He cried looking at the picture. He took it out from the wall and cried holding it onto his chest.

He frowned looking at the eighth picture. It was his photo which looked like it was taken recently and it was taken in his office. He was sitting in his chair wearing a blue business suit looking into his laptop. He had his  beard grown and his face was etched with deep frown. He wondered when she took his photo that too from so close. He laughed at the thought of her taking his pictures without letting him know.

He walked to the bed and sat on it laughing. Soon those laughs changed into sobs and he cried vigorously thinking about her illness and whether she is alright or not.

He touched the bed with his hands where she had slept once and lay down himself on the bed. He can smell her. He sniffed again and he smelt her scent still lingering on the pillows and bed sheets. He inhaled her scent again and again till he got satisfied.

He turned around in the bed and  frowned when he saw something between the bed and side table. He sat up straight and pulled it out to see a diary.

His eyes widened when he thought if it was her diary. His heart thumped loudly in his chest when he opened the diary. There were some dry rose petals and when he cleared them he saw her name written on it.

He looked down the page and saw.........

If by any chance anyone found my diary then please don't read it. There is nothing interesting in it except the thoughts of my sad and depressing life. I am sure you wouldn't want to read about depressing life of a girl.

Siddharth gulped loudly reading her words and touched her hand writing with his fingers. He debated with himself whether to read or not. But he  should read if he wants to find out where is she as she might have written something about where she went.

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