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Age: Fourteen.

“That rude Rajawat girl you remember?” A sound reached my ear, and I lifted my eyes from my phone to look at him. The other guy nods his head and Kartik, the one who is talking about the girl I think he is talking about continues.

“Aavya got kidnapped. Her parents are going crazy, and do you know—” I jam my phone in my pocket before running out of the park I promised to meet my friend at. My friend can wait if he wants to, but Aavya can’t if she needs me, as her best friend, I need to be present there.

My shoes pushed back the road, and I ran towards her home. The pain in my shoulder is getting intense, it's not an injury, it's because of the punishment my coach gave me after I showed up late for swimming training. Hence he asked to practice for two extra hours.