I wake up in the morning at my usual timing and I am feeling really fresh which is weird because, usually after such eventful day like yesterday I never ever has a proper sleep. However, ignoring all these thoughts I get up from the bed, put my phone on charger then I go to washroom and it take me around thirty minutes to get all ready. After this I pick up my bag pack plus packed lunch box and leave the house.
Soon the cab I book, come and while I am opening the door of it driver stop me and start yelling at me,
Driver: Hey!! Stop I am just fed up of your type of passengers, look at this, you people are so arrogant and selfish. You people call us anytime you want and order us to go anywhere you want to go, the way you guys behave with us is so rude and mean. I am not going anywhere or taking you with me, just get lost you moron.
Before, I could do anything or say he just leave with his car and I left behind here all confused thinking, what exactly happened and in particular, what I have done wrong in this whole situation. However, ignoring all this I move forward and look for the local transport so that I could reach for the practice at time. I start walking the direction of bus stand but I got trip over at a stone and fall down, my knee got hurt and it start bleeding.
Seeing I look for the water bottle in my bag, but unfortunately I forgot to keep it in the bag so, having no choice I look around to see anyone who could help me by in cleaning it. After five minutes I guess, I found one girl walking towards the bus stop with her bag, so I ask her to help me,
Siya: Hey!! Can you please help me, I got little hurt. Umm I just need some water to clean it.
Hearing my voice girl look at me and start laughing at me which is weird, because I am unable to understand what so funny in this situation. However, after waiting for a minute or so, she start walking to where I am sitting on my one knee now and when she reached where I am, rather than helping me she start making fun of me,
Unknown Girl: Huhh girl like you is such a burden. You are so weak, pathetic careless and see now you got injured too, like this you are being dependent on me as well as on others too. Let me guess, I think you are a shitty looser and I am not going to help because you should learn to be strong, not to be weak crying on small issues.
Before I could say something else or react in any way, this girl turn around and walk away. Huh what is happening today, just like that cab driver she humiliated or make fun of me and walk away. However, ignoring all this I took out handkerchief from the bag and tied it around my injured knee, I tried to stand straight but when I am unable to do so then I decided its better to go home because of the pain in my injured knee.
I turn around where in the direction I have to walk for my home, but soon I notice the area which is forest now and I got confused because how come suddenly city changed into a wild forest, wet grass, wild plants and dirt everywhere. This actually increase a bit panic in me as well as confusion too so, I close my eyes for few seconds then open again, hoping that view may get change but nothing happened. However, ignoring all this I start limping towards my home direction, after walking for few minutes I suddenly feel like my legs got stuck in something wet as well as muddy and to this I look down, find my feats got stuck in the swamp. I just thought how more bad this day can go on.
However, I start shouting for help but no one come for some minutes but after that, some people come two of them I have seen sometime back today only. Here, that cab driver, that unknown girl and three other people too, though those three people some how resemble to be as my father, granny and aunt. To be honest is quite weird, I don't know why I am feeling like this is not reality but I don't know what to do. However they all start speaking together, all of their words are bad, insulting.
You are weak, careless, immature, selfish and arrogant. I look around to see if anything or anyone is here to help me because I am damn sure these five people standing here are not going to help me. And this time I see a beautiful black and green color butterfly, who came near my face and flying near me only, then suddenly she start flying towards the direction of my right side and seeing her going far from me, my inner voice told me to follow her. After trying really hard I get myself out from the swamp and start following the butterfly, though I am still listening to their hateful words but somehow this beautiful butterfly giving me confidence to move on, stay positive and suddenly I woke up with a jerk
Soon I get relaxed, knowing that it was just a bad dream but thinking about that beautiful butterfly I smile. Soon I heard that my phone is ringing so, I took a long sigh of relief, lean towards my side table to pick up my phone but before I could do so the call hang up. So, I just picked up my phone from the side table and check the phone which showed me that Ketty called me. After seeing this, I message her
(Texted Message "....")
Siya: What's up?
Ketty: We are going out for the party, me, my boy friend, you and Erik too.
Siya: Where are we going?
Ketty: We are going to my boy friend's room and yeah I have already texted Erik So, no need worry.
Siya: Okay, when we would go there?
Ketty: During lunch break we will leave, wait I want to ask what would you two preferring to drink?
Siya: (Thinking for sometime) Umm Vodka for me and whiskey/beer for Erik?
Ketty: Cool, see you in the school bye.
Siya: Yeah bye.
(....) End of Text Message
I connect my phone to charger, then go to washroom and start getting to fresh up. While doing so, I recall the whole bad dream like a movie it come in front of my eyes and it makes me feel frustrated. Though, I choose to ignore all this and start humming my favorite song, I am also feeling exciting thinking about todays party because I know effects of alcohol will definitely going to ease up my mind.
Once I got ready I pick up my bag, put fake smile on my face as well as fake confidence and go towards the kitchen to pick up my packed lunch. While I am walking that direction a thought come to my mind which is,
Siya: Why do I sometimes I feel like, another is person inside me too. I mean I can easily switch from sad, upset and depressed mood to happy and cheerful mood and rarely person knew my true emotion. This switching side of me sometimes confuse me but it also make me feel comfortable because it lets me blend in almost every type of situations.
Thinking all this I enter in the kitchen and greet my mother happily, she react in same way then I pick my lunch box as well as fill my bottle with then. Finally, after likely five minutes I leave the for the school in the cab and in an hour an a half I reach there and got busy in my football practice. Today, half day of school pass smoothly without any scene or chaos, as soon as the lunch break bell ring, my phone start ringing too so, picked the call which is off Ketty
Siya: Hey, what's up?
Ketty: (Yelling) Where the hell are you?
Siya: Still, in the school. Why?
Ketty: (Yelling) Are you mad? How can you forgot, we are supposed to be leaving by now for the party and here you are irritating me with the formalities, me and Erik waiting here for you. Now run fast and come here. (She hang up the call, before letting me speak)
I start walking towards the, gate while thinking that what is wrong with Ketty and why she is yelling so much. However, ignoring all this I keep moving in my track, once I reached there I go and stand in front of them. Seeing me there Ketty yell at me,
Ketty: (Rolling her eyes at me) What kind of behavior is this? I told you to be on time and now look at the time why are you late, see cab is also here waiting (pointing at the direction of the cab, standing).
I wanted to say many thing to her, especially I want to yell at her because I know I am not late but I just walk in the direction of the cab, reaching there I go and sit in the cab at the back seat and soon those two also enter in the cab and it start moving towards its direction. After sometime from the corner Ketty who is sitting beside me, she is sitting with a sulking face and seeing this I internally rolled my eyes. Within few seconds I received message on my phone and when I look at it, I raised my eyes in confusion but read it,
Message conversation - Erik & Siya (....)
Erik: I always heard silent treatment can do wonders but now looking at your friend's so called face, I can understand it better.
Siya: Huhh what are you trying to say, I am unable to understand.
Erik: She yelled at you in front of the school gate previously and you gave no response to her, rather you silently come and sit in the cab, this is called as silent treatment.
Siya: Ohh I just had it all, I don't know what to say and this is why I become silent and do this.
Erik: Whatever, this is defined it as silent treatment.
Siya: Huhhh cool.
Message conversation ended (....)
We finally reached at our destination in around two hours, though where we actually reach is at the gate of the society and after sometime cab leave us here. However, before anyone of us could say do anything else a familiar voice yelled Ketty's from the distance,
Unknown Voice: Ketty!!!!
Hearing this we three turned in the direction of the voice but before I could say or do anything or simply look at the guy, Ketty run in the arms of the guy and hugged him tight and here guy hided his face in her neck. After likely waiting for five to eight minutes they broke the the hug, this time I see his face and this shocked me plus filled me with anger because in front of me here Seth is standing who is the ex boy friend of Ani.
Seeing this I keep my hand behind my back, I tightly make a fist of my left hand and swiftly changed my emotions from anger to happy one by putting a fake smile and confidence in me. However, Erik whisper my name which breaks my trance of thoughts and together we walked in the direction of where they two were standing. When we stand in front of each other, I cannot see or feel any change in Seth's demeanor, I guess may be he don't remember who I am so, I ignored it for now.
Soon, we four enter in his 1bhk house, there everything is set. I mean there is one single bed, two bean bags sitting there side by side and there is a small table between three of them plus there are some extra cushions kept on the bed. Once scanning the whole room, I look at the table again where a bottle of ginger flavor vodka, a bottle of coke and four beer canes kept. After sometime we got settled, before anyone of us could say anything Ketty initiated the conversation,
Ketty: Erik & Siya meet my boyfriend Seth and Seth these two are my friends.
Siya & Erik: Hey
Seth: Hey. Umm Siya I know we have met years back, I do have commit mistakes and even Ketty also knows about it and I am here tying to change my self.
Siya: Okay. (Though, internally I am thinking "changing my self" as of changing yourself can bring all the thing back in track. My Ani won't be coming back soon or may be never but here he has moved on and trying change himself after committing a sin, what a joke it is)
However, as soon as the conversation ended Erik start making my drink because he always like to do it and Seth make Ketty's drink. Today, I am going to drink to get drunk so, shot after shot I keep on drinking and this way I drink five shots, soon I start feeling totally wasted. On the other hand Ketty is wasted too but Erik and Seth are fully conscious I guess because they are talking to each other.
However, soon I start feeling dizziness in my head so, I lay my down on the cold marble floor and its coolness making me feel so good. Soon I can feel something warmth near me so, I look in my left and I see Erik is lying beside me slightly touching my left arm, though after sometime he look at me then put a cushion under my head and again lay straight back. After having alcohol in my body, I am not uncomfortable with his touch and I guess this is because alcohol removes all the fear or anxiety from the mind.
After some minutes I changed my position so, now I am laying on my stomach and this way I am facing opposite to where Erik is laying. However, I guess I fall asleep in this position because now when I open my eyes and got up in the sitting position only, I look at my left side and here Erik is laying in the same position where I was minutes before, to my surprise Seth is also laying closely beside him.
I look towards the bed and there Ketty is sleeping which is weird because they (Seth & Ketty) are couple so, why sleeping separately but I ignore it and check my phone to know the time which says its four in the evening and its time to leave this place to each home on time. I kept my phone back in my pocket, try to wake Erik up by shaking him lightly and after some minute he woke up plus Seth too woke up. It take us (Erik & me) around 15 minutes to get ourselves ready, after that we leave the house as Seth assured us that Ketty will leave after an hour and will be safe with him here.
As soon as we leave the house Erik initiated the conversation,
Erik: (Sounding disgust) I want to tell you something, while you and ketty fall asleep then Seth licked my back of the neck. Though, I tried to stop him but he was too drunk to listen to me plus I don't want to wake you up to by shouting at him.
Siya: (Eyes open wide with surprise, not knowing what to say just opening and closing her mouth few times) O shit. I am so sorry.
After saying this I laughed out loud because I found to be disgusted, hilarious and soon Erik too started laughing at loud. However, soon we both got sober up and called cab for us separately, after waiting for five minutes it came and we bid our goodbyes and leave for our home separately. Once, I reached back home I got fresh, eat my dinner early and call it a night while thinking of today, thought it started on the bad note but for the first time I laughed with Erik from heart and the day ended peacefully.