7 Chapter 6

< Alina >

I don't know if I should be laughing or consoling Racheal now. Does she really think it's a ghosts' work? I mean like seriously? Ghosts in the 20th century? Like in this technology age, she still believes there would be ghosts? And Joe? Joe being ghost? Oh God! I might just burst out laughing now. It's almost like I'm not sitting in front of the Racheal I know. Who is this dim wit? Joe might come back as a ghost and thought of it is very fun but the possibility of it is very less.

I hold Racheal's hands and slowly try to convince her that there ain't any ghosts. I have to tell her what's been happening or she might just keep thinking about ghosts.

"Rachael... Racheal!! please stop thinking about ghosts now. Listen to me Carefully okay? Yesterday night was very wierd. I hardly slept. I kept on thinking all these incidents and my sleep had just left me, never to return. Around 2 am. I heard noises. My name! being called and for a sec I too thought about ghosts n all. But! My goodness! It was you who were calling my name asking me to get up. I then start watching you. It was very weird to see you like that. Murmuring in sleep n all. So, you were trying to wake me up, but then maybe I didn't budge. So you sigh loudly and try to get up from the bed. You slowly walk to the stand and pick up the phone. It wasn't even ringing! And then you speak something. You hardly slam the phone down. And, then I come back to bed. All these events were happening in your head, your dream, your sleep! Nothing happened in real!"

Racheal looks shocked and totally confused. "Why? Why Alina? Why would something like that happen? All of a sudden? I never had this thing. Sleep walking? I don't belong this shit."

"Racheal, I know it's hard to believe. But, this is the truth. I saw it happen. You know the trauma of loosing Joe has created the sender of fear in your head and also maybe the guilt and regret too might have caused you to think someone might actually want to kill you. But there ain't anything like this. No calls, no rings, no creepy voices, nothing at all!"

< Racheal >

Wow! Seriously? So all of this is a result of trauma? I can't believe this. I'm happy but sad too. Happy that there ain't any caller, sad that I'm going through a trauma, and I don't know how to get over it.

Wait! How does Alina know I feel guilt, regret and that has also played a part in this trauma? Is it that evident in my face? Scary!