"...Was that here Before?!..."
Shreya's eyes opened due to her alarm which she was snoozing again and again from past thirty minutes. She tried to get up and then there she realised where she was. Sighed "I again fell asleep while studying." She was in the kitchen, she looked at her phone screen to check time and it was 5:30. She get up from floor, picked up her stuff and put it in her bagpack. And went into bathroom to get ready.
After exact 30 min Shreya came out, drying her hairs with a towel and suddenly her phone started buzzing. She picked up phone from her bag and looked at caller ID, It was 'Manu' (Manasi, Shreya's childhood friend and neighbor) She answered the call and said, "Hello" in a low voice. Manu imidiatly asked, "Do you feel well?". Shreya can sense the worryness in her voice. "I- I am okay...!" She answered trying to sound normal. Manu said, " You DON'T sound okay!". Shreya peeked in the another room (where her mom and sister were sleeping through curtain) and went back to kitchen stall to make breakfast. "Actually i didn't get enough sleep, so...." Shreya said. Manu sighed knowing the real reason. "I think you should leave your part time job, Sri. You were so close to get caught by your mom's questions yesterday. What if your mom got to know that her daughter is working even after she warned?" Manu said. Shreya took a deep breath before replying. "I Know but there's no choice now..." She said. "But why, Sri? You can ski- " "My mom got fired from her job" Shreya cutted manu off. "WHAT?? WHEN!?!? HOW?!?! WHY!?!?" Manu exclaimed. "Yesterday." Shreya sighed and continued, "She said she will go to search another job today." Manu sighed and said, "I don't know what to say...". There was silence for few seconds and then Manu started conversation. "Well, what about your WEIRD dreams?" Manu asked emphasizing 'weird'. Shreya sighed and said, "What about them? They are the same from past 10 years!" Manu replyed, "Why don't you try to find out reason behind that, huh? What if it relates to parallel world or pa-" Shreya cutted Manu off "WHAT?? WHAT DO YOU MEAN PARALLEL WORLD!?! God i have enough problems!" Shreya said while looking upside at the sky. Continued "and YOU! Stop giving me your StUPid conclusions about those StUPid dreams like those StUPid movies you watch!" Shreya warned manu. She heard Manu laughing from other side because of her reaction. Shreya face palmed herself. Then after some minutes Manu stopped laughing. Shreya said, "Done? If you are done then come out let's go or we will miss the bus..." She immediately ended the call. She washed the dirty dishes after her breakfast, picked up her bag and went outside. Before closing the door, "Aai, I have made poha, okay?" Shreya told her mother and closed the door behind. She saw Manu standing infront of her house. Manu smiled at shreya and indeedly shreya smiled back at her. And started walking towards bus-stop. Manu started conversation, "You know what, sri? You should go to psychologist...." Manu said. Shreya looked at her with questioning face and Manu continued, "i mean, you know you can talk about your dreams with them and-" Shreya cutted manu off and said "Manu, If this conversation is about those dreams then end this right here" Manu shrugged her shoulder's mouthing 'Whatever'.
Now they were near to the bus-stop and that's where Shreya's eye's caught a temple...which she never saw before! "Manu! look that temple! Was that here before?!" Shreya asked manu in shocked tone. "Have you gone mad? THAT WAS ALWAYS THERE!"...