My Identical Twin

Do identical twins actually come from the same egg and sperm? I would say "No". It's not like I didn't study the basic biology but I have a twin but from another mother. By the way, I'm so sorry for hurting the emotional sentiments of biology students. But in my opinion, everyone have that one identical twin in their life and should have. I'm talking about a BEST FRIEND. By the way, taking my apology back.
It was a fresh school day of the 7th standard but not as fresh as it sounds, 40 wicked students screaming and rambling for no reason, switching the desks and chairs and making irksome noises. But this didn't piss me off, the reason being I was also one of those evils. And there comes my class teacher Mrs. Seema Yadav wearing a saree and carrying that sweet smile on her face which is once in a blue moon which amazed students to a great extent. But wait, I can see a new face alongside her, wearing an evenly ironed uniform, braided hair and mirror-like polished shoes. She looks timid and apprehensive and then Mrs. Seema announces, "meet Ojal, your new classmate" and then she starts introducing herself, gradually through her introduction I got to know that she comes from a defense background which makes me respectful towards her but at the same time a little liable even though I didn't do anything wrong. Mrs. Seema makes her sit with Shreya who is one of my closest friends in the class. Everything was fine till yet but, what I saw in the recess period was offensive and unacceptable, it was Shreya ignoring me trying to be "good friends" with Ojal and I was left alone. I was feeling degraded and miserable and there was a sense of jealousy too towards this newcomer.

A couple of days later, finally it was sports period. All the girls of our class were on the basketball ground and there was something cooking in that blistering heat between Ojal and Shreya which I was not aware of. Soon they broke the silence and an argument began, both of them were on the opposite sides of the ground sitting and bitching about each other with their respective group and I was in the middle standing with an unclear mind about whom to collaborate with. At present, it feels so childish but 5 years back it was a in dire strait for me. After analyzing the situation, I stepped towards the newcomer and I think this was the emergence of our lifetime friendship. Right after the bell rang, we headed towards our classes and wait, what is this newcomer doing, holding her bag and coming to my seat and asking me, "can I sit with you?" And you can predict what I answered! It was of course a "yes"

In the beginning, it was a little awkward but somehow I think we both had that spark which was pulling us together and it was hesitating anymore. The days passed and we got to know more and more about each other, every single day we were discovering something new about our likes and dislikes, family, friends, studies, career and various other stuff, even today we meet we explore something or the other new thing about each other. We had the best time of our lives together ranging from sharing our lunch to bunking classes and fake phone calling parents. The secondary school was the best time, we were always together in the classes, on the school trips, the assemblies and orientations, the practices and even in the washroom, I mean just till the basin area and the medical room. Our friendship reached a stage where the whole session and teachers knew that we were blossom buddies, we both were in multiple groups but that didn't make us feel as comfortable as we feel with each other's company. And so even after being part of class groups at the end we were only ones together left. So what our class teacher of 10th standard complaint about both of us that we always talk and laugh and disturb the whole class with our stupid jokes and guffaw in the PTM but somehow we managed to persuade our parents as they were also aware that there's no way these rascals can acknowledge.

In 2020, Senior secondary school a gigantic part of our life started and also the covid. With no research and interest we opted for commerce with maths. The 11th grade was shitty, some of the infinite reasons were that everything was online, we didn't meet for 6-7 months, health issues, and many more. But right after the 11th was over I think this was the time when we actually realized how difficult the life is and going to be ahead, it was the career stress because both of us were perplexed about our future which started creating anxiety and stress. Soon Ojal decided that she wants to follow her father's steps and decided to prepare for NDA(National Defense Academy) exam and I was still clueless. Due to online studies and not able to focus on academics both of us faced a huge collapse in our exams, which still hurts a lot as it cut deep. Finally, I also made the decision about my further studies on which my work is in progress. It was one of the darkest time of our life because both of us was going through something or the other which cannot be mentioned.

And now coming back to the present, I can proudly say that Ojal and Khushi are now mature enough and can make decisions of their lives on their own. I find myself the luckiest in terms of having a best friend who always has a present mark in the attendance whenever I need her. I think calling her whenever I feel heaviness is now a reflex action beacuse I know this is the only person who is not going to judge me and will always be on my side. Whatever we both go through our amity can cure anything anytime. A plate of momos with that one person and that's all I want.