Everyone was celebrating Diwali in all possible ways firing crackers, lighting lamps everywhere and visiting friends and family and so on. They all welcomed another diwali expect one, Soumya who"s sitting inside her room, looking outside the fireworks like a kid. She was wearing her sister"s old lehenga which suits her well as her sister"s comment.Sometimes she felt life was a cruel play with name of fate, especially to her. Her life changed completely because of an accident. Now she was caged inside her room. But now a good thing happened in her life. Her new friend. She got a good friend in him. In those days she was getting close to the unknown guy who was helping her to forget the pain.
Sumi and her parents had gone to a marriage function leaving her all alone herself in the home. Her mother was willing to stay back here with her daughter but Soumya insisted her to attend the function. And a.s.sured them that she could handle herself. So they left after making sure the door locked from the outside. Because when they didn"t want to disturb her.
Now she was in her room reading a novel which she had no interest to continue. She closed the novel and kept back on the table. She stayed there without doing anything as listening to her surroundings. A creepy atmosphere started to envelop her. She looked around to make sure she was safe in her closed room. Yes, she had closed her room from inside. She needed to change her mind. She wanted to find something to distract her fearful soul. She held out her hand and took her cellphone.
She began to message hoping he was free.
S: Hey
As usual his reply came making her heart beat faster.
He: Hi
What"s up
She smiled knowing he"s waiting for her message. She was the one always start their chat. His reply came the very next second. That made her surprise.
S: Alone here
Family went to a function
He: Why didn"t you go?
S: Not interested
He: Oh
Now she could feel a relief as he"s sitting beside her. She didn"t know why but she always felt like whenever they"re chatting.
S: It"s raining here
And there?
He: No but cloudy
She got into the topic more as she disclosed her like him.
S: I like to play in rain
and do you?
He: I am not a kid
playing in rain
His reply made her frown. She was not a kid either but yet she liked to play.
S: Oh funny
I laughed
He: I am serious
I am a grown up man,
an eligible bachelor
Her fingers withdrew when she read he"s an eligible bachelor. That meant he might be the same age as her or elder than her. Whatever it"s, a foreign feeling began to live in her. After getting not a reply from her side, the man messaged.
He: Scared sitting alone?
For a reason she didn"t get surprised. He always succeeded to find out what"s going on in her.
S: How did you know?
He: That"s why you are
chatting with
me to forget the fear
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S: That"s not like
I"d like to chat with you anytime
It feels good....
She gazed down at her own words, quite fascinating. Where did come this reply? Did she just reply or heart said it. She knew that he"s doing something to her. His reply made her to come back.
He: You make me feel good
She could feel a pit of knot in her stomach. What he was doing to her. Did he realise, what he had just said. His words made her nervous, a good feeling of nervousness. She liked it.
He: Hey
She smiled making him impatient. But it didn"t last long as she heard someone knocked on her door. She startled. Her eyes fixed on the door.
It"s still raining heavily outside. So she couldn"t hear their car"s sound.
He: Hey you gone?
She hurriedly typed as fast as could.
S: Someone"s knocking
my door
He: Did they come?
She knew that if they were her family, they would call her name. But here no response came other than knocking.
S: I don"t know but knocking
Not saying anything
He: Don"t get panic
Maybe it"s your family
She wheeled herself near the door trembling in fear. She knew that her parents locked the main door. But the person was knocking on her door. That say someone got inside.
"Who"s there?" She asked.
"Sumi...." no reply came so she called again. "Ma...."
"Sumi, I know you are there...." she clutched the armrest of the wheelchair. "Sumi, please say something..." fear completely swallowed her. She didn"t know what to do. If the person tries to harm her she couldn"t fight back. She was a handicap.
He: Who"s there?
S: I asked but not replied
I am scared
She confessed. There was n.o.body with her now. She was all alone herself in a home.
He: Don"t scared
Nothing will happen to you
S: I don"t know what to do
He: I am with you
That simple sentence made her feel better and gave courage to face the hidden one behind the door. She wished if he was really there now.
The knocking did not stopped for once. Anyway she had to face it.
She opened the door praying for her safety. She peeked into the partially open door. There was no one. Her fearful eyes searched everywhere to spot the homebreaker.
"BOOM!!!" Sumi squealed jumped before her from nowhere. Soumya flinched holding tightly on the armrests. She almost died a few minutes ago.
"You scared..." Sumi entered the room while laughing loudly.
"It"s not funny." Soumya shouted. She was fuming. Can"t she see that her sister"s condition?
"But it"s..." Sumi commented.
"I know it"s you..." Soumya wheeled to her. "Why didn"t you answer me when I called you?" Sumi gave her sweet smile and got inside the washroom to change. "Sumi..."
Soumya didn"t wish to talk with her more. It"s not the first time she did something like. She liked to scare her sister.
At night when she opened her profile she got his messages.
He: Sorry sorry sorry
I couldn"t with you then
d.a.m.n this battery went dead
He: You ok?
Who"s that?
Your family?
He: You know I was
worried about you
I couldn"t sit here without
knowing what happened there
He: Please talk to me
You"re scaring me
He: Please.....
Her eyes went wide in shock. He was worried about her. She couldn"t believe a stranger was concerned about her. She was glad at least he cares about her. Without wasting any second she typed.
S: I am ok
It"s my sister
She played on me
S: I can"t believe you are so much concern about me
After a few seconds his reply came making her smile.
He: Thank G.o.d you are fine
S: Yes I am
He: You can"t imagine
how much I worried
Her breath hitched. What he was talking. She couldn"t help but ask.
S: Why?
Am I so important for you?
She was waiting for his reply but it didn"t come out. So she apologized.
S: Sorry
I didn"t mean anything
He: I want to meet you
S: What?
I know you are joking
He: Nope
I want to meet you
S: No, you can"t
He: Why?
You scared to see me?
S: No
She lied. Yes, she was scared to meet a stranger.
He: Then why?
S: Why do you want to meet me?
We are good now
He: Don"t tell me you
don"t want to see me.
I know you do
That"s true. She also wanted to see him in really. Though she had already seen his photo. But it"s just a photo she wished to see the real.
He: Tell me a place and time
I will come
S: Please give me time
He: Ok two days
She felt he"s commanding to her.
S: Ok bye
She stopped after reading his reply.
He: Don"t try to hide dear
I will find you.....