High On Life

46: Day One At Camp

"But..."

She cuts me off. "No 'but's' Nida. You're doing as I say, okay?"

I sighed, wiping my tears. "Okay."

"Chalo, aur batao, what time will you reach there?" She asked.

I glanced at my watch and told her. "In approximately an hour."

"Okay In Sha Allah. Pohanch ke call kar dena." She said softly.

"Okay. Love you. Muah. Bye." I said, sending her a kiss through the phone and she giggled. "Love you too, princess. Bye."

I hung up and debated with myself over whether I should for an entire minute, and finally spoke up.

"Sorry." I let out in an unhearable whisper but it seemed like he heard it because he responded with. "For what?"

"For all that just happened." I replied, still looking away.

He stayed silent and then after what seemed like eternity, he retorted. "Always there for you."

His reply made my heart melt on the inside. After all that happened, he's still there to express his concern for me.

I got bored so I took out my phone and played all the random games that I had once installed but never played. Anything to avoid me from remembering that terrible dream.

After that dreadful 6 hour bus ride, the bus finally came to a stop in an extremely beautiful and scenic place.

The buses unloaded all the students and ours was in the process too. I clutched my handbag and was about to get off when I saw Shehry asleep in front of me.

I had no other choice since everyone had left the bus already.

"Utho. We've arrived. Get up." I slowly shook his shoulder with my hand and he slowly opened his eyes.

"Oh, sorry." He said in his sleepy tone and quickly grabbed his bag, getting up and walked to the door.

I followed and we both stepped out the bus. The view was so breathtaking. Just perfect. We were somewhere near the mountains and there were a few water springs here and there, a beautiful lake and lots of greenery.

We strolled over to where the rest of the classes were and saw our prinicipal giving instructions.

"Okay students, since we're here, I want you all to stay collected okay? That building over there is where your rooms are. Since there aren't many rooms so you all have to decide amongst yourselves who's going ro be sharing with whom. Remember minimum 4 people in one room because we have a lot of students and luckily for us, the rooms are large enough. So, just decide. And remember, there's no restriction on freshmen with sophomores sharing the same room. Now go ahead, decide, settle down all your stuff and meet the school staff here in around half an hour."

The prinicipal ended and I saw Hafsa and Hussain approaching us.

As soon as they stood in front of us, Hafsa and Hussain both spoke in unison. "Four of us sharing a room. No questions !"

I rolled my eyes and just reluctantly picked up my bag and so did Shehry as the four of us strolled towards the building.

We went in and took a room for ourselves.

"Not bad for a room in the middle of nowhere." I spoke, glancing around the simple and subtle interiors of this room.

"Yep. No lie there. You guys can take that bunk bed and we'll take this one." Hafsa pounted and they both nodded in agreement.

We kept our bags in a corner and walked to the beds.

"Hafsa, which one do you wanna take?" I asked her.