[•Nuri's POV•]
I felt miserable as I entered through the front door. "I am home" I said and removed my footwear. "Oh Nuri!" cried Yeşim, and jumped from the couch and hugged me tightly, it feels so good to be hugged by someone when you are sick, so I let it linger. "Your body feels warmer than usual" she said, breaking up the hug and checked my temperature with her hand. "Nuri! You are burning. Go on, sit down, I will bring tea" she said. "I will take a shower and come" I said, coughing in between.
When I was out of my room, Yeşim caught my arm and made me sit on the couch and inserted a thermometer in my mouth. I took it out immediately. "Yeşim I am fine, really" I said. "Nuri, as long as you are in this house, you follow my rules" she said and put that thing again in my mouth. And after some time she took it out "Look! It's near 40!" She said looking at the readings carefully. "It's not much" I said again and got up.
"My neck hurts a bit, I just have to sleep for some time, that's all... By the way, where is Deren?" "She went to a friend's house, they have an exam coming up. I called her while you were in the shower, she said that she will come home early today, to meet you" said Yeşim and smiled, I chuckled, "Then let me go and sleep now" I said and turned, "Alright then, I will bring you soup" she said, "Yeşim... It-" "Nuri, don't make me repeat what I said" she said and went into the kitchen.
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I snuggled under the blankets, it felt so good. It had started raining again and so it was cold outside. I thought about everything that had happened and couldn't help blushing. I hugged his hand... Obviously, I thought it was my pillow. I always do that, whenever I sleep, I hug something, so I keep an additional pillow with me while I sleep. I am so ashamed, I wonder whether I will be able to go back to work? Will Ferit bey fire me, for hugging his arm? At that time, Yeşim came in with the soup and my red face thankfully went back to normal.
"Here you go!" She said and handed me the bowl as I sat up on the bed. "Girl! You made me so worried. When I saw the TV, my heart paused" I choked, and coughed for a long time and finally found my breath, "The TV?" I asked clearing my throat. "Yup, but you weren't in it. The headline said- Ferit Aras, the multi-millionaire gone missing, says Demir Fariz" I sighed, thankfully I wasn't in it, but who was this Demir Fariz?
"I was sure you were with him, so I called Özgür and he said that both of you are not missing, it's just fake news. I was so relieved" she said and sighed. I was silently sipping my soup, "So come on, tell me all that happened" she said waiting eagerly for my reply. "Well... Ferit bey said the engine was gonna burn so we had to land on the nearest island" I said and sipped my soup again, Yeşim gasped.
"So we landed on some island, a very beautiful island, but uninhabited. He said there was some short circuit, and he sent our location to Miss Nazmiya" "He is smart..." Said Yeşim, "I know right... But then I got lost in the forest, and he found me, and we fought, and then made up, and then it was night and I slept in the helicopter" I said finishing my soup.
Yeşim looked at me disbelievingly, "What?" I asked, "Why do I get the feeling that you skipped, A lot of details" she said. "What details?" "Who knows... Maybe something like where did Ferit sleep? Or, how did he find you? Huh?" she asked raising her eyebrows. "Yeşim, You don't interrogate sick people, go on now lemme sleep" I said, handing the bowl back to her.
"I am sure there is a lot more to the tale" said Yeşim getting up. "Of course Yeşim, there's a lot more to the novel, but look the girl is sick and sleep-deprived. Let her sleep! Then I will read this novel" Yeşim laughed, "You know, that idea isn't so bad" she said grinning. "Uff Yeşim! Uff!" I said and pulled up the sheets and hid under the blanket, soon enough she left me alone.
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I woke up when I heard my phone ring. I slept for so long! It was gonna be bedtime soon. Miss Nazmiya was calling, "Nuri can you hear me?" She asked, "Yes Miss Nazmiya, Is there something wrong?" I asked, sitting up, "Ferit bey asked me to call you, he wanted to know if you will come to work tomorrow" she said, "I still have like a headache, my body aches too... I don't think I can Miss Nazmiya" I said. "Okay, I will tell him, get well soon dear. Good night" She said, "Thank you. Good night to you too" I replied and hung up.
I got up and went to the living room. Deren and Yeşim were there, "Ah! Welcome back" I said, from a distance. "Hello dear" said Deren and was about to hug me when I said, "It might spread..." She smiled, "Okay, Yeşim told me everything. Are you feeling better now?" She asked I smiled warmly, "Her soup helped me a lot. I don't have a running nose now, just a headache" I said. At that time, Yeşim got a call.
"Nihat? How are you?... Ah... Can't I cancel it? ... He said so, did he? ... Okay then, bye... Good night" She said and hung up. "What happened?" Asked Deren, "The professors have planned a field trip to a literary museum tomorrow, I have to go too" she said and sighed, "Well won't you?" I asked, "I will but how can I leave you like this here? I mean, Deren also has her exam tomorrow... We can't stay with you" she said.
I chuckled, "Yeşim, I am not a baby. I can look after myself, moreover, I feel a lot better now, I will be perfectly fine tomorrow. I am like that, I have a fever for a very short time but it stays high and suddenly goes away" I said and smiled. "If you say so... Then let me bring dinner" she said getting up.
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After dinner, we talked some more till Deren said she has to study, even I went to sleep. The next morning, I felt much better and even thought to go back to work but I didn't want to face him. Moreover, if Idris does catch a cold because of me, then I will feel really guilty so it's better to stay in. Deren left first and we wished her best of luck, then Yeşim left.
I did so many things... cooked, watched a movie, read a book, and slept even more. It felt like heaven till when I finally sat down with a bowl of grapes to watch the next movie, it was a horror film, and I wasn't the type to watch such films, but I wanted to give it a try. Whenever Deren and Yeşim sat down to watch a horror movie, I usually never went near. Even my friends from Kerala tease me saying I am a coward when it comes to horror movies, but I will prove them wrong.
The movie began with the scene of a woman who has just hung herself.
Holy God! The corpse is moving!
I can't bear it already...
The woman is shaking now...
The next scene begins after a year.
How the hell is something like this possible? I mean, nobody has found her body yet? It is still hanging from the ceiling and the whole figure has rotted, gross! Worms and insects are crawling in and out, I turned and closed my eyes so that I won't puke on my grapes.
The next scene shows, a ball getting lost and some children running around to find it. They come across this old wooden cabin near a river, they don't dare to go in because of the smell, they run back home, tell their father, then the police came and the sheriff enters the place and tells the people to 'Take her down' at that time, the corpse begins to move, cause of the wind, they think, but she is still alive.
She looks so creepy, I bet I won't sleep tonight.
Then it showed the sheriff transferred to a new place and the lady wants revenge or something and then...
My breath stopped.
The Sheriff's wife went to the basement to get something. The lights stopped working, there was dead silence, except something that gleamed at the side.
"Who... Who is th- there?" She asked shivering.
My whole body was asking me to pick the remote and throw it at the TV.
I was gonna cry, the lady moved closer, and with every step she took, my heart rate doubled.
I so badly wanted to stop it and run away but I also wanted to know what those shining marbles were.
Suddenly, the two balls sparkled better, It was the dead lady's eyes! She suddenly jumped up! And leaped on the Sheriff's wife. "Aaah!" I cried covering my eyes, I lost more than half my life, I swear I will never see such a movie ever!
Thankfully the power went off at that time. I was sweating and as scared as ever. I took in deep breaths to calm myself, but holy god! Who the hell takes such films, huh? Who does that? The freaking purpose of films is entertainment, not life-taking!
I got up to go to the kitchen and drink a glass of water, but then my phone started ringing, I jumped. I felt so scared of every voice I heard. I slowly took it, "Hello?" "Noooriii!!" Somebody said in a vicious way, it certainly wasn't a human being. I dropped my phone out of fear, it fell down displacing, the battery and the cover from it, I am so stupid. I didn't even see who it was, was it the lady? I shivered at the thought of it, of course that wasn't true, right? I put it's parts back but still didn't dare to call back.
I sat down on the couch finishing my grapes in silence, till the electricity came back. It was gonna be dark soon and I turned on the lights, it suddenly went off and on at the same time. Why the hell did I think I would be able to watch that crazy movie? I was so scared I called Yeşim, She thankfully said that Miss İkbal had informed her of some problem with the lights. People will come to fix it tomorrow, I let a sigh of relief.
After half an hour, there was a knock and a doorbell, my heart paused again, I slowly got up and went near the door. I peeped to see who it was from the small glass lens, but there was no one standing there, I turned to go back to the couch thinking it was a mistake but then there was a knock again. It was surely the lady! I knew it!
She has now come to take revenge! Why? Cause I watched that crazy movie where she kills a whole family! I wanted to distrust my mind now, but that was the only thing that I could think of. Yeşim was out with Özgür when I called her, Deren was at the bar, no other person has any reason for coming here at this time! But I 'manned' up and decided to see who it was.