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Presenting chapter 9. Enjoy!!
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Chapter 9: The Late Night Call
I am running, hard and fast. My feet are hurting but I don't stop. I have to run, I repeat to myself continuously. Something was following me; as I turn my head to see, I see that they are too many. Their eyes glowing in the darkness, I can't figure out what they are, but they are coming fast. I fall tripping on a stone on my face. I try to get up but it's all vain, as my foot is now bleeding badly. I try to crawl but there is a wall indicating a dead end behind me. Those figures start approaching me, they look like wolves but slowly they transform into humans. I can't see their faces properly but I know who they are. They are coming towards me, all the figures are combining and they form another shape. A monster, a big scary disgusting looking monster, I am terrified.
I try to get up, the blood stopped, the wall behind me disappeared. I try to run again, I stumble again but this time two strong arms hold me by my waist. The person whom the arms belonged to pull me up and I lift my head up; I can't see their face but I could see he was smiling.
He comes between me and the monster protectively, his back towards me. He runs towards the snarling monster, a shining sword in his hand. He jumps and stakes the monster in its heart; it winces with pain and slowly disappears.
The darkness is lifting as he comes towards me. I still can't see his face. "Who are you?" I ask him softy.
"The one who will slay all your monsters Ariana, you are not alone anymore" he smiles, his voice is familiar.
He is walking away, I shout standing there for him to stop and come back. I run towards him to catch him but he vanishes in thin air and all I could hear was "You will find me soon".
And for the first time the dawn breaks.
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I sit up suddenly with a startle, sweating badly. My head is spins a little as I reach for my phone from the side table; it was just 2:45 in the morning. I groaned and lied down again, waiting for sleep to come but it was no use, I wasn't sleepy anymore.
After 15 more minutes of lying in the bed, sleep was nowhere near. I heard my phone beep and immediately picked it up to see an unread message from Reyan. Why was he awake at this time?
I opened the message
Reyan: I'll b pickin u in d morning, don't go on ur own.
Me: Ok fine. C u at 8 then?
I replied instantly without thinking.
I wondered what Reyan was doing at this time awake and I wanted to know it badly. Maybe he was talking to someone, but at 3 in the morning, why would he talk to someone, unless...unless it's his girlfriend. He never mentioned he had a girlfriend although I won't be surprised if he had one. He is smart, intelligent, caring and not to mention hot. If it was a week back I don't think I could complement a guy by his looks, I wonder what made me change. Is it Reyan? How could he influence me in such a short period?
My thoughts were put to a halt when my phone beeped again.
Reyan: U awake?
Me: Yeah cudnt sleep. Bad dream.
Instantly my phone went off and Reyan's name appeared on the screen. I picked up calming myself.
"Hello" I said a little breathless. I wonder why?
"Are you okay?" He asked, his voice a little huskier, maybe he was sleeping before.
"I am. It was just a bad dream" I told him in an assuring voice.
"You want to talk about it?" He asked concern clear in his voice.
"It was just a stupid dream, nothing to talk about, I just couldn't sleep afterwards" I said not wanting to tell him about my regular nightmares.
"As you wish" He said slowly.
"Why are you awake this late?" I blurted suddenly and slapped my head for asking that.
"I got a call from my parents, I was talking to them when I remembered I should tell you that in the morning I will pick you up so we can go together" He explained.
"Why were they calling so late?" I asked ignoring the fact that his wanting to go college together made my stomach tingle.
"They are in Barcelona right now, visiting my uncle, it's just late evening there so they called me" He told me
"Oh...I heard it's a nice place, so you miss them?" I asked him, stupid question.
"Yeah, I am used to dad not being at home as he travels a lot because of his job but I miss mom more as I've never lived without her" He said, sadness in his voice. He really does miss them.
"I know the feeling, my parents too are not always at home, once in a month they go for 15-20 days and other days they are in office working late most of the time" I told him
"Isn't it unfair of them to leave you alone like this?" He asked a little louder this time.
I laughed at that.
"Why are you laughing?" He asked confused.
"Because it's not what you think. I am really close to my parents; they are the most understanding parents I know of. They might be working till late but one of them keeps calling me every hour checking up on me. My older brother keeps tabs on me and my grandparents are always at home" I told him.
"Wow, that's awesome, you have an older brother?" He asked.
"Yeah, Hridhaan, he is 4 years older to me; he's now working in Los Angeles for a production company. He's in financing, he visits, but not very often" I told remembering the last time Hridhaan visited 2 months back.
"How is it to have an older brother?" He asked.
"You are a single child?" I asked.
"Yeah I am" He said, I could imagine him nodding.
"It is fun most of the time; petty fights, quick make ups, a hand in all the mischief and a protective shield all in one." I told him.
"It must be pretty great" He said
"Don't you have cousins?" I asked him.
"Some but there is not much contact" He said.
"Oh...Hridhaan and I were in the same school you know, he was always looking out for me; I used to ask if I am a burden to him. You know, he would meet me at the lunch breaks and we would go home together every day, I would run to him whenever I needed help and he would spend our common free time with me. He always said he never spent time with me because it was his duty, he did it because he loves me too much to let me get hurt" I told him, a fond memory appearing of both of us.
"So what happened when he graduated?" He asked.
"Nothing much, he would come to pick me up from school whenever he was free from college or was on a holiday, people knew him, he was really famous in the school being the head boy and because of him, people knew me because I was never the socializing one" I said remembering the old days.
"So people would come to you because of your brother?" He asked, very curiously.
"Only some of his fan girls, no guy would come near me because they were so afraid of Hridhaan" I chuckled.
"So you never had real friends?" He asked again.
How could he know that? Wasn't I talking about my brother? Impossible, how could he know I never had real friends, my friends, if I can call them that, were with me because my brother was Hridhaan, there was no other reason.
"How...wha...It's not really Hridhaan's fault, I never took interest in making friends. I was the quiet nerd who used to sit in the corner reading course books or romantic novels" I told him honestly. It wasn't Hridhaan's fault I didn't have friends, I never tried.
"A nerd huh? I could definitely see that" He said, I could imagine him smirking.
"Yeah so what's wrong in being a nerd, at least I never went to those stupid house parties and got arrested" I said defending myself.
"Don't tell me you never went to a house party" He asked as if it was something unbelievable for him.
"No, never. Hridhaan never let me, he always said it was dangerous" I told him.
"I get it, having another sibling that too older one is total waste of life" He said laughing.
"No, it isn't" I said pouting, then realizing he couldn't see it.
"Don't pout Ariana, it is the truth, you wasted half of your life in being a good girl" He said.
How did he know I was pouting?
"So you were the bad boy huh?" I asked him, getting curious.
"Yeah I was kind of; I was a partying type, had girls around me almost all the time but I got bored of them. I am a changed man now. No longer that Casanova" He said, I could see him shrugging.
"I could never have thought you were a bad boy Casanova" I said trying to imagine him like that "So what made you change?" I asked curiously.
"Someone" He said, a sudden excitement in his voice.
"Who?" I asked curiously.
"A girl" He finally said with sudden breathlessness.
"A girl? Is she your girlfriend?" I blurted regretting my words and there was a slight burning inside me.
"Getting jealous are we?" He asked in a teasing tone.
"No, I am just curious that you never told us about your girlfriend" I said defending myself. Why would I be jealous? The burning increased.
"No, never had a girlfriend. Flings many, no real girlfriend" He laughed "I am certain she will be soon, but not yet" I could sense longing in it.
The burning increasing every time he talked about that girl.
"Don't worry, she will like you back soon, it's hard not to like you" I said without thinking.
"Ariana are you saying you like me?" He asked smirking.
"I don't" I said hastily my heart beating fast.
"You mean you don't like me?" He said amusement in his voice.
"N...no, I...I mean you are a nice guy...yeah... a girl would be stupid to decline you and you don't even flirt with other girls so she might notice that too" I told him, putting my hand on my heart trying to calm it.
"If you say so" I could see him smirking now.
My hand stumbled around my alarm clock and it fell, I bent to pick it up and saw the time.
"Reyan, do you know what time is it?" I asked him, suddenly panicked.
"Must be 4" He said nonchalantly.
"No Reyan, its 6 in the morning" I told him.
"Are you kidding me?" He said, now panicked.
"No I am not, Reyan we have auditions today, how can we be so careless?" I said worrying.
"Ariana, what you said is quite double meaning" He said and I swear I could feel him smiling.
"It's not the time idiot, I am really worried. What if I slept in the auditions or what if something bad happened if you get sleepy while driving or maybe lifting something heavy" I was rambling now.
"Ariana calm down, breathe in and breathe out" He instructed me.
I did what he said 3 times and it made me calm instantly. "Now what Reyan?" I asked him eagerly. I liked taking his name, I don't know why. I've been doing stupid things lately and this is surely one of them.
"Okay, just do what I say" He said.
"Okay" I said nodding then realizing he can't see me.
"Go and bathe right now and then sleep, shift the alarm to 7:30, this way you could get an hours sleep, believe me, it's enough right now, I'll do the same" He suggested.
"Sounds good, I'll do it now" I said agreeing with him with a smile.
"Okay, see you at 8 then?" He said.
"Yes, see you" I said and we hung up and I rushed towards the bathroom to bathe, still smiling from our conversation. I learnt quite a lot about Reyan and all of it was pleasant. I still can't believe he was a player, he never looked like one. Maybe that's why they say never judge a book by its cover. I wonder how many hearts he broke. Who is that girl anyways?
I wondered when the burning sensation returned. Should I see the doctor? Or should I tell Riya about it?
I rushed into the bathroom and quickly finished bathing thinking about Reyan and the unknown feeling. I lied down again, instantly falling into a land of dreamless slumber.
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