Ziraj tales..

enter the bestie

As Zish entered the car she had a feeling that she was entering a new phase of life. Like this was a new step in her boring life but then she rubbished the thought as her mind was already a jumble and she was starting to have a headache. The medicines that his mom had given were starting to wear off and fatigue took over her once again.

" hello this is Miraj, Zishaya's friend, do you know where she stays?" zish opened her eyes slightly but her eyelids were too heavy to comprehend what was happening and she slipped into slumber again wondering why she was feeling so drained out. It was unusual for her. Whenever she got sick or was hurt she would recover within a few hours, and she hardly fell sick. Her immune was very strong, exceptionally strong as her doctor had once stated, and that is the reason she was physically stronger too. Then her thoughts too stopped and she felt her heart drop into her stomach when she found herself on a deserted street all alone. It was dark all over and the sky was a wierd orangish brown color. The place looked like it had been devasted ages ago and the debris still stinked of blood.

" you are dreaming honey, dont be alarmed." his affectionate voice said from behind and Zish knew who he was as she had been longing for years to hear that voice again. " Daddy are you trying to communicate with me or is this all my imagination?" she asked hoping that he really was with her and

not just a dream. "it is what you would like it to be..." they was an aura of doubt in his voice, like he was trying to tell her something but couldn't decide if he should. "I miss you daddy, miss you so much!" she said as she felt teardrops on her cheek. " well enough of crying, everything will be alright now.." he said in a soothing tone and with that she drifted out of her dream.

When she woke up she saw that they had reached and was surprised to know that he knew the way.

"how do you know where I stay?" she asked as she rubbed her eyes and let out a yawn. "I called up your 'bestie' and told her about the situation" he said calmly and just the "ZISH! Wat the hell happened? are you alright? are you safe? who did this? I told you not to wear grey didn't I???" she was bombarded by questions by the owner of the annoyingly sweet voice of Ria, her childhood bestfriend.

Once Ria was done with her blabbering she looked at Miraj and her eyes became the size of a saucepan. "Miraaaj! What are you doing here? You both know each other? How come you never told me? How is this possible, my best friend and cousin know each other without me being aware of it!" all the while Miraj had an affectionate smile plastered on his face and Zish's head was pounding too harshly for her to notice what the fuss is about. "Please dont screech in my ears. you know my headaches." "Did you dream again?". Ria caught her full  attention now that she mentioned the dream. "Can we please go in?" Zish said with a sigh that involuntarily escaped the bruised face of hers. "Yeah sure, sorry to keep you waiting outside..." she said and ran inside the building when Zish handed her the house keys.

" Il see you later then. take care and I have saved my number at your phone so you can give me a call or a text message or uhm whatever, thats like if you need anything from me. Not that you cannot text me or call me casually-" he cut off his rant as he noticed Zish looking at his and a mocking smile playing on her lip that was still partially swollen. He had asked his mom to heal her completely but his mom had said she will become suspicious then. She also noticed the aura of them that they use to identify each other. Not that it wasnt obvious otherwise but it is just a check point in the list of how to identify a god. That Zish noticed it surprised them all. There was also something else that bothered Ira and Natasha but they said that they will talk to him about it once he reaches home.

"I will call you once I feel better. Thank you so much for what you did for me today. I will be forever in your debt." she said over dramatically completing the sentence with a hand raised to her forehead ala damsel in distress. " I was just saving the poor man from fury's wrath"  he said and winked at her. That wink sent a chill down Zish's spine and she was once again on a momentary sensational overload. "Zish I thought your head was pounding. I have been waiting for you for ages now. And Miraj I need an explanation later." with that Ria grabbed Zish's wrist, very gently ofcourse,  and took her inside to her apartment.

" How do you know Miraj?" Ria asked once they had settled comfortably on her bed with hot chocolate to soothe their taste buds. "Oh wait I have to call Mom and let her know Im home Il tell you the story later." Zish leaned towards her bag but winced as a sharp pain shot up from her diaphram to her ribs. " I already called her while waiting for you. You need bed rest and sleep, will talk once you wake up." " hmm sounds good, please be here when I wake up I have to talk to you about many things." and with that Zish drifted into slumber once again....

Ria's POV

While Zish was sleeping I thought Il call Miraj and get to know what happened actually. He was my cousin and I had made sure that they don't come across each other because Zish can sometimes pinpoint abnormalities. She even has her reservations towards me but that does not hinder her friendship as we are friends since ages with no ulterior motives. She had asked me a few times,  if I had something to tell her but since the timing was not correct, I had to keep secrets from her even when I didn't want to. I had to keep her away from my family as much as possible because of her senses being sharper than usual, courtsey her genes and advancing age. Now that she was approaching 19yrs of age her strength and senses were developing very fast and I was warned to keep my distance from her till she knows what is going on, that is if she has to. So Miraj being in her presence came as a shock to me. I had to know what happened and how Zish ended up being so badly bruised. So I took my phone and called him up . He explained to me what happened and I felt relieved once I knew what had happened. But there was something off about the situation and I had to figure that out...for now I chose to spend time watching friends till she woke up. Many questions were still unanswered...