Chapter - 47
CONTINUED FROM THE LAST PART...
Me: What happened?
Vihaa: I was attending a conference related to where I work, during that only I received a call from mother saying "we are in the hospital doll, whenever your work got over do come quickly and till then don't worry son in law is with us. Well, the matter is your father has been admitted to the hospital because a stent has to be put in his heart."
Me: Ohh okay and after that...
Vihaa: (Worried and speaking in hurry) As soon as the conference got over I drive as fast as possible and reach hospital, believe me bro my car speed was so fast that I literally cover up the distance of two hours in an hour nearly. All I was feeling, anxious what if something happen to dad, I was angry at the same time because who hide such big things from their child and other than this I am feeling sad too, how can I be so much ignorant.... like seriously I ignored my parents for my career.
Me: Hmmm then...
Vihaa: After reaching hospital I come to know that the surgery is going on, I sat with my mother only as fiancée have some work to do so, he went back to office. We both come in the cafeteria, I ordered two cup coffee for both of us and together we settled down on the chairs, later she start telling me what exactly happened.
Me: Ohh then...
Vihaa: Basically, some days back he sometimes feel heaviness or pain in his chest but he keeps on ignoring. Today, they went to hospital because mother is feeling some pain in her ears plus in her knee and dad thought to get his ECG done. After testing the reports come and in that, there is 95% right artery blockage. Seeing this immediately doctor suggest to put stent there or there will be risk of heart attack and hearing this they called my fiancée because I was busy in in conference.
Me: Ohh okay.
Vihaa: You know I am happy that at least they got a son in the form of son in law relation, I mean he was there when I was not but I feel sad that they didn't tell me first.
Me: (Nodding my head slightly) Hmmm.
Vihaa: Do I am really ignoring my parents because of my career?
Me: No.
Vihaa: But why I am feeling so?
Me: Hmmm look just sometimes it happens that we are so busy in work that we are unable to pay attention to our loved ones, but there is nothing wrong in this. Okay, tell me something did you told your mother that because of work you won't be able to come?
Vihaa: No. In fact I come as soon as possible to come, after my conference got over.
Me: Exactly so, this means for you you work plus family are both important.
Vihaa: Hmmm but you know its really scary when you hear that your father is admitted in the hospital and going for heart surgery.
Me: I can understand but now don't think about all this as everything will be fine, I mean look at the brighter side, surgery got successful plus before getting any heart attack he got treated.
Vihaa: (Smiling) Yeah I am happy about it and you now what he is behaving like an excited child that he always used to be.
Me: (Chuckling) That's cool, I mean if this thing change then surely her will loose his real self.
Vihaa: Yeah right.
Saying, this she got up from the couch, start moving towards the kitchen but stop in her tracks for seconds and speak up...
Vihaa: Would you like to have some water?
Me: Yes
Vihaa: Okay.
After she walk inside the kitchen, come back in a minute or two with two glasses of water in her hands, she give one glass too me and then sit back on the couch. Together in silence we drinks our glass of water respectively but somewhere this silence is becoming restless to me because I am feeling as if as if she is still thinking about those things and I am also hearing a voice inside my head which is telling me to...
change the topic, talk something else so she could get distracted from it...
Once I finished drinking water, I keep my glass on the table in front of me and start speaking...
Me: (Irritated) You know I hate when people interfere too much in my my life.
Vihaa: (Chuckled lightly) What happened?
Me: (Inside my head, I patted my shoulder a bit as I brought smile on her face) You know there is this girl in my batch who just like to poke her nose everywhere whether she is a part of it or not.
Vihaa: (She sit calmly on the couch, raise her legs and them on the table) Okay tell me exactly what happened.
Me: (Being a little dramatic) Basically, during my first lecture I got a message from my best friend, I start chatting with her and this continued for twenty minutes. Once the lecture got over this girl who I know from the very first day taunted me saying...
"one should only study in the lecture and not play games on mobile" then one of the other girl that I just know by name talk to her in my defence saying "she can do whatever she likes to do and her personal life is none of your business." And to save situation from getting worst another girl which is actually my friend politely told that girl "she was talking to one of her mind that's it." Hearing this that girl become a chameleon and said "Hey I was just talking like a friend, I do care about you"
Uffff....
As soon as I stop speaking Vihaa laughed out loud, seeing her like I just smile because this gives me a peace but the moment I noticed she is going to stop laughing I pretend to be angry...
Me: (With pretend angry face) Huhh here I am telling you the scene happened with me and you are laughing at me, how rude.
Vihaa: (Still laughing but lightly) O please stop it, no need to be so much dramatic. I know you were talking about this just to distract me or make me smile.
Me: (Rubbing the back of my head slightly) Yeah but the scene was real, I mean this really happened today. I am not lying.
Vihaa: Hmmm I know and I can understand. You know there are some people who are interested in what is going on in the lives of others. These people will try to interfere in our activities, taunt us, and may even insult us but whenever you will ask them directly that why are you doing this, they will talk to you in way as they are the most nice and innocent people. And seeing this behaviour of theirs you will be like... Was this the same person who had talked to me so rudely a while back?
Me: (Thinking for a while) Hmmmm and this person can be anyone, like a family member, friend or enemy?
Vihaa: This person can only be your loved ones, family member or a friend but can never be your enemy because one the best part of person being you enemy is that they will always attack or say awful things on your face and not on your back.
Me: Hmmm got it.
Vihaa: By the way thank you.
Me: For what?
Vihaa: Being there with me for a night and talking to me.
Me: No need to be thankful and yeah remember that dialogue... no sorry and thank you in friendship.
Vihaa: (Chuckled lightly) Yeah yeah I know.
After saying this she yawned, rubbed her eyes like a baby and she speak up again,
Vihaa: (Checking the room clock) Come now let's sleep, I am very tired today. Tomorrow we both have to get up early in the morning and anyway it's time to sleep, it's 11 o'clock.
Me: Hmm okay.
She got up from the couch stretch a little then start walking towards room where we will be sleeping together. Silently, I followed her steps in on my right shoulder, we entered in a room which is a bit small room, with a queen size bed in the middle and around the bed there are enough space for person to roam around. Just in the front of the bed, the TV is hanged on the wall, a wardrobe is also in the left of the room... just four to six feat away from the bed. And there is a washroom too which is in the extreme right corner, well it seems to look like a narrow galley type.
While I am looking at the whole room just by standing at the door of the house I hear Vihaa's voice, which breaks my trance.
Vihaa: Hey, kiddo come inside and sleep.
Me: Ye.. Yeah, umm may I go to washroom, I mean I actually need to pee.
Vihaa: (Showing directions with her fingers) Of course you can, just turn back and use that room's washroom.
Me: Okay.
I step inside the room, keep my bag near the bed, I walk back outside the room and enter inside the another room which she just mentioned. After doing my business in the washroom I come outside, I enter again in her room only to found her lying down on the bed under the blanket waiting for me. I close the door behind me, walk towards the bed and lay down on the right side of the bed. As soon as I got settled down on the bed, she switch off the light and saying me good night she immediately fall down but here I started hearing voices inside my head....
how can I fall asleep that too early?
i am not feeling sleepy, what to do?
should I move outside of this room, lay on that couch and read something till I fall asleep? but no I can't do it what will Vihaa think of me doing so? What if she thinks I don't want to be with her in this room with me?
Unintentionally, I start breaking my nails of left hand with my right hand fingers and those voices keep getting loud inside my heads...
what if brother is really addicted to drugs and alcohol, what if he is in real danger. How will I protect her?
what if I fall asleep and had an another nightmare come and Vihaa come to know that I am a looser?
These voices goes on and on making me feel exhausted and tired, out of nowhere I start hearing some faint music in my head with these voices. And I tried to focus my mind on that music because I have noticed this many times earlier also that music does really help me in relaxing. The more I focus on the music, the intensity of other voices becomes less and with this music I start tapping my fingers on my belly.
Soon I started humming with this music with fingers tapping on my belly, I am enjoying it and just like this those voices disappear and my mind start getting relaxed. Somewhere after an hour may be I fall asleep calling it a night with a hope in my mind of something good will be there in the tomorrow morning.