It was early morning when we reached my room, Prakash waited for me outside the dorm. I sneaked in without attracting any attention. I was afraid my room would be locked, fortunately, it was open, as usual, they forgot to lock the door. If it was not for the given situation, I would have been mad at my roomies. I guess they were helpful this time. The cot I used was nasty, I was away for a week. They had already filled my cot with their stuff. I couldn't distinguish, which was whose.
I wanted nothing but my mobile phone. I knew it was in silent mode, but they could have avoided piling up junk on my stuff. It had raged me up, however, I was very careful not to wake them up. In a way, it was less stressful, if they have found out I left my mobile phone back, they would have found my absence fishy and would have made a huge fuss about it. I made sure to pick some clothes with me, as I usually did whenever I went home, to carry some clothes to wash.
After packing up my bag, I left to join Prakash who was waiting down in the alley. I felt dizzy for a moment, I felt it when I was arranging my cot in the room, it might be the fatigue, I thought.
From there, we went straight to the bus stand. "Ah! I'm sleepy!", I yawned.
"I can't believe, after sleeping like a log, can you even say that?"
"It doesn't matter. I am hungry too.", I whined, "That's why I said we should pack some snacks with us."
"I've been travelling like this for years, never had to carry 'snacks' with me though.", he teased me saying how I ate more than he did.
"Do not make fun of my hunger! I would become a poor eater.", looking at me pouting gave raise to his devilish laugh.
"Come, let's look if it's time for restaurants to open."
There was not even a single shop opened at that time. After all, the Sun hadn't raised yet, it was dark and pretty cold after last night's rain. My head spun like I was gonna faint. As soon as my head started acting funny, I stopped Prakash saying, "Can we sit somewhere first?"
The Sun raised slowly and it was not dark anymore, but my sight got foggy. I was scared, to be honest, I was not getting used to these weird things happening to me. It was my cot, I knew when I touched it. Was it because the cot was the first place from where I teleported? My legs got weaker, I almost fell but Prakash had got me in the right time.
He took my hand as I was stumbling to walk and found me a seat in the waiting place. I wanted to go home already, I felt bad for Prakash too. The moment we sat on the bench, I'd passed out, I couldn't tell whether I fainted or was asleep. All I remembered was a pull before collapsing and then I remember hearing Prakash calling out my name.
"Sita! Sita!", was he whispering? But why?
I had a sore head, so my hand automatically reached my head, as if it would lessen the pain. I was unable to open my eyes even though I was awake. "Hmmm… Hmmm…", I was trying to talk before I could think of anything.
"Aunty! She is awake."
"Oh, Thank God!"
When I was awake, the first thing I saw was my mom standing beside Prakash in my room. She looked terrified and was holding a cup of water in her hand, which she fed me while thanking God numerous times. 'What! I shouldn't be surprised by this after having a couple of experiences, but what!?'