1 Accidents

"Arghh..!"

I was woken up from my dreamland by the constant ringing of my cell phone.

Groggily I picked up my phone from the bedside table while still keeping my head inside the warmth of my blanket.

" What?!" My voice hoarse and laced with frustrated anger.

"*chuckle*.....Sis, don't you think you should hurry to your clinic instead of grumbling at me, hmm…" My idiot brother's stupidly smug voice came from my mobile.

" What nonsense are you....wait what time is it now?!"

"8:30 AM" he said while laughing. " You have half an hour to get ready eat breakfast and drive to your clinic."

"Oh shit!!..shit..shit…!!!!!" I hurriedly scrambled out of the bed and ran towards bathroom. But then my door bell rang. Confused, of who would visit me at this time, I walked towards my apartment door.

Then I heard my brother's voice through the mobile that I was still holding next to my ear, " I knew this would happen so I ordered breakfast from a restaurant near your apartment. So hurry and receive it. I already paid for it so don't bother about that."

So I opened the door, received my breakfast from the delivery boy, signed the receipt while being on call with my bro.

" Hey it's your big day today bro, you are finally graduating from Harvard and will receive your degree!  So I want you to atleast have some fun today with your uni friends, ok?" I said, my voice almost pleading him.

"Come on sis, you know that I don't like socializing.."

"I know, and that's why I am telling you to loosen up a little. From the day Mom and Dad died in that car accident we both went through lot. But see know we are finally getting the fruit to all our hardwork for all these years.I finally opened my own clinic which running really nicely and now I am earning handsomely. And you finally got your degree in theoretical physics and will soon join the company that has been chasing after you for so long.

So now we should enjoy our life for which we work so hard." I lectured him.

"Ohk…." he said with a low unethusiastic voice.

" Yes that's the spirit. But no alcohol!" I ordered.

" You know that my hatred for alcohol is on par with yours. So you don't need to worry about that."

"Ok ok peace.. Also I am again sorry for not being able to attend your graduation ceremony because my packed schedule."

"It's ok. I understand that it has been only few months since you opened your own clinic so you cannot cancel your appointments just like that, plus I am NOT a kid anymore. So stop being anxious."

"Oh.. one more thing, I will transfer some money into your account today. So use that money to have some fun with your friends, ok?"

" You know sis that I am also earning money so you don't need to do that. I can afford it" his voice was laced with frustration.

" Yes yes..I know but I still want to support you. Let me have my pride of being your elder sister. Ok?"

" But sis y…tut..tut...tut…

" Hello, Sam...Sam…" Oh shit my phone is out of battery. Oh well I guess I will talk to him afterwards because….I am late…

So then I hurriedly went to bathroom to freshen up and then got changed into my office wear. Then grabbed my purse which has an Elsa (from the movie Frozen) keychain hanging from it. I dashed to the kitchen counter then grabbed one sandwich from the delivery parcel and put rest of the breakfast in the refrigerator so that I can eat them for dinner. I know I am too lazy to make anything for my dinner so this breakfast and leftovers from yesterday dinner will suffice. Again I know I am lazy, even though I am a foodie but I guess my laziness wins…* throws confetti*.

After making sure that I have all that I need, I exit my apartment, locked the door, dashed to the elevator, went towards my car in the basement garage and finally drove to my destination, i.e.  'Dr.Linda's clinic for psychotherapy'.

"Good morning Doctor Linda." My personal assistant Sarah greeted me.

"Good morning Sarah, How is your day going?"

"Nice, as always ma'am."

"Ok, so tell me what is my schedule for today."

"Today you have a total of 5 appointments. 5 minutes from now you have an appointment with Mr John Crick for his PTSD."

"Ok, I am going inside my office ,so you send me the file for Mr John Crick. Also I need you to transfer money to my brother's account right now."

"Yes ma'am, I am right on it."She starts typing on the keyboard.

"Thank you so much, Sarah."

" Your welcome ma'am."

I went inside my office and after making myself comfortable in my revolving chair I plugged in my mobile phone to charge it.

My patient's file was already sent inside by Sarah. So I started to read it.But even before I could read the first line Sarah barged inside my office.

Before I could scold her she started talking hurriedly.

"Doctor, Mr. Sam's teacher just called on the office phone number to inform that has been injured in a car accident. The teacher first tried calling your mobile phone number but it was switched off."

I became blank totally blank.I could not register anything into my brain other than  my brother being in an accident.

I cannot lose him, never. He is my only family left.

I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself.

"How is my brother now? And when and how did the accidents happen?"

"Doctor, the teacher said that the accident happened at 9:00 a.m., that is 30 minutes from now. Your brother, Mr.Sam was driving his car towards Harvard University  to attend his convocation ceremony.One of his friend was also with him. They were driving on the highway when a truck suddenly struck a car behind theirs which lead to chain collision with their car and other cars in front of them. The police is saying that the truck driver was drunk and lost control of his steering wheel which caused the truck to go off lane. His friend had some minor scratches but unfortunately your brother got hit on his head by the steering wheel. The authorities immediately called 911 and sent all the casualties to City hospital. The teacher said that right now your brother is in coma."

"Oh my…...

How can this happen to me, first my parents and now my brother!  Why do they always drunk drive?! We?!!!"

I screamed in anguish while clutching my hair. Just an hour before we were happily talking through phone….and now?!!

"Sarah..book the next available flight to Cambridge immediately."

" Yes, ma'am."

*The flight for Cambridge from New Haven is ready to take off. Passengers please fasten your seatbelts.*

"Ma'am please fasten your seatbelt."the air hostess said to me.

" Sorry, my mind was somewhere else." I apologized with a strained smile on my face and fasten my seatbelt.

" It's okay ma'am. Hope you will enjoy your ride with us."

I just gave her a small fake smile.

I gazed at the Elsa keychain hanging on my purse.

One month after our parents' death, me and my brother decided to stop grieving and watch some movies to relax ourselves and move on. But then, don't know how we got into a huge argument about which movie to watch. I was adamant on watching Frozen whereas he wanted to watch Transformers. In the end we did not watch any movie and went to bed empty stomach.

That night I realized that we do not have Dad to act as a mediator between us siblings and Mom to coax us to eat before going to bed. That night I cried myself to sleep and maybe so did my brother because the next day our eyes were swollen.

That day when I came home from hospital I bought a transformers keychain to gift it to my brother as a peacemaker. And surprisingly my brother also bought an Elsa keychain while his way home from school.

When both of us saw what the other bought, we had tears in our eyes. Then we hugged each other and laughed thinking of how similar we were despite arguing so often. We hugged, we laughed and we cried our heart out on that day. That day we realized that we only have each other now. That day we finally moved on. Still we never stopped arguing. And never stopped loving and caring for each other.

I woken up from my reverie by a sound of an explosion. The plane was shaking. Oxygen masks fell down. In the midst of all screaming and shouting I could faintly hear the pilot announcing that a flock of migratory birds hit the plane engine. Before I could clarify anything there was a big explosion and it was scorching hot.

Pain..pain...and then everything turned black and I lost my all senses.