The blue sky was dotted with fluffy white clouds that drifted lazily in the gentle breeze.
The blazing midday sun shone relentlessly on her bedroom windows. A still bleak golden ray of sun fall on her face through the little gap between the thick curtains, making her squeeze her eyes in her sleep. Ariena opened her heavy eyes with a lot of efforts and glanced to the side table to check time on the clock.
Her eyes were wide open when she saw it was going to be afternoon soon. She sprinted the blanket away as she sat on her bed with a swift move. But soon she regretted her actions when she felt the agonizing pain in her head, "Aahh.."
She groaned because of the killing headache, massaging her head she tried to find her cellphone in her bag kept on the table beside the bed, to see if there's any message from Stacey and others, as she was sure that they must have called her when they didn't see her in the office today in the morning and would be worried about her.
Only then she noticed that her phone was out of battery, she immediately plugged it for charging as she dragged herself towards the bathroom to get ready for the day, cursing again under her breath, " Ah I hate hangover... I'll never get drunk again... My head is going to split into two because of this pain... Should I apply for a leave, it's better to rest for a day... Aahh"
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"Madam... first have this soup it will help you in your hangover.." said Ramy while putting the soup bowl in front of her.
"Thanks Ramy...and please bring some painkillers for me as my headache is unbearable "Ariena picked the spoon but stopped in middle making a crumbled face.
"Okay.....Do you need anything else Madam.." Ramy asked seeing her not eating the soup to which she answered with shaking her head a little and presumed eating.
After finishing his soup she turned to Ramy who immediately gave her the painkillers to relieve her headache.
Ariena was about to head to her room to get some more rest, when she suddenly turned and asked, "Ramy, did Andrew called to inform that he reached there safely, you see last night my phone got out battery and I noticed that in the morning.."
Ramy moved closer to the stairs and replied, "No, he didn't call back, but Mr. Ron did call late night and have asked me to tell you to call him back when you return from the party. I didn't tell you in the night because you were sleepy and Mr. Smith had asked me to let you rest..."
"Thanks Ramy ... you can go now.." answered Ariena embarrassly as last night she really did act like an irresponsible person. She turned and moved upstairs to her room with her heads down.
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After reaching her bedroom Ariena instantly picked up her phone and switched on to check it. She was surprised to see so many calls from Ron and even Andrew had called her before his flight. "Did something happened that I didn't have the idea.."she mumbled under her breath when she noticed that Stan too called her, "Why everyone tried to call me... oh I'm feeling nervous.."
Ariena first dialled Andrew but his phone was not answered. She felt disappointed and search for Ron name in her phone.
Ariena was quick to apologise, for the inconveniences Ron had to face because of her, as the call get connected, "Hey Ron, how are you doing... SO SORRY, yesterday in excitement I didn't even checked my phone and was not aware that it was out of battery... I'm really SORRY for acting so CARELESSLY..." she emphasized on some words to make sure that Ron gets her point.
"It's all right you don't have to apologise to me so much , instead it was not me who wanted to contact you it was Andrew.... and please don't ask me why because I don't have any idea about that.... " Ron answered her with a sweet smile on his face in a calm way as he continued, "By the way Ariena, you didn't tell me what was the celebration for... "
"Oh so sorry I didn't mean to do that, ....To tell you the truth I got a big opportunity in my career, I got qualified to participate in CINA and not only that my group designs and ideas got approved by Stella for Matilda's Spring Fashion Week ...." Her excited voice could be heard by Ron.
"Congrats..That's so wonderful news, I'm really proud of you...", Ron wished her first and then teased her a little bit, "Such a big achievements deserve that blasting celebration.."
"Hey.. I already have apologise to you then why are you still teasing me..." Ariena complained against his teasing.
Ron gave her a hearty laugh and said, "Sorry for the teasing but on serious note last night I got really scared when I didn't able to get through you, I really don't know whom to contact. So, please if you don't mind can you share the contact details of your friends in case of emergency, if any in future... " he became serious as he continued, "And just to remind you, give a call to Andrew in the evening as he really sounds upset before flying off for not able to get in contact with you. His schedule for the day is overloaded, so he might not be able to answer you now so gi call him in the evening.... and congratulations once again for CINA... I'll talk again, right now I have to go some work had come up... bye"
"Thanks and I'll send you my friends details soon and surely contact him.... bye Ron.." replied Ariena as she end the call. She rest her head on headrest of the bed while musing over the thoughts about Andrew, 'So he is busy with his work right now that's why he didn't answered my call, I thought he's again ignoring me ... but why and what he wants to talk to me... '
She was in a deep thought and got startled by sudden ringing of her phone. She checked her phone and cursed herself for being so forgettable. She picked the phone and apologise again, " Hey Bruce, I'm so sorry for not contacting you earlier but I'll not be able to make it today because of my severe headache. Can you please help me in applying for the leave please...", her tone was so pleasing to the ears.
Bruce smiled as he answered her, "I knew that you three wouldn't be showing up today so I've
already applied for your leaves and have called you to inform you the same. So don't take tension and rest for the day .. okay"
"Thanks Bruce ....you are really understand us so well.. haha.. bye.... see you tomorrow..." replied Ariena with a soft chuckle.
She set an alarm to wake up early in the evening and lied down again on her bed covering herself with the comfy silk blanket. She instantly closed her heavy eyelids as she was feeling extremely exhausted and the buzzing pain in her head was making it hard for her to keep her eyes open.
'Most probably after waking up she will feel nice and will try to call Andrew, currently she needs a good sleep ' she told to herself while drifting off to her sleep.