The Last Goodbye

Chapter 21

It was the second of march and Divya and her friends were scheduled to leave for IV on 4th, however there were a lot of things that were to be done before they could leave, as just like that Ms. Jain had called in for a meeting to explain and give out certain instructions to them. As Divya got off the train she dialed Nandini's number, the timing for the meeting was not yet set and she wasn't in a mood to go to the college, and she as well had a few things that she wanted to discuss with her.

"where are you?" she asked the moment the call got connected.

"Dude I just woke up, I am still in bed, come home we will leave together." Taking a huge breath, Divya whispered a small yes and made her way towards Nandini's home. The door was locked from inside and she could see her Dadi seated there, the bed right opposite to the door was empty, it was at that moment it struck her, the death of Nandini's grandfather about a month back had surely slipped her mind. The house seemed so empty without him, she missed the way he would look at her a bit confused who it was and whenever the eyes would fill with recognition they would lit up along with a smile. It was something so minute that at those times she would really miss out on them, but now that she was not welcomed with that familiar feeling, she acknowledged it.

The small while that she stood outside the door waiting for Nandini's grandma to open the door, she realised how certain things we think are quite so usual, something that was ordinary, but the days when the ordinaries are not met with, do we realize how special they were.

"Hello beta, Nandini is still sleeping, go wake her up." Nandini's dadi said, as Divya greeted her and then made her way inside. However unlike what Dadi had said, the room was empty, seeiming Nandini might have gone to the washroom she went and sat on the bed and kept her bag at a side and fetched her bottle. She soon heard the small rustling in the room as Nandini walked in while adjusting her clothes.

"ohh you are here. I had gone for potty," she smiled sheepishly and got on the bed.

"I don't really need any details."

"ohh but I want to tell you, what's your problem?" Nandini asked as she sat in her bed wrapping herself in her soft blanket that she loved dearest.

"My problem is I am tired, now pass me that pillow." Divya took the pillow and laid down her legs stretched towards Nandini's head, as Nandini's legs got stretched towards her head. The two got engrossed in their respective phones, the Ac still on along with fan, in the scorching heat outside the cool air was so soothing for Divya, she was about to fall asleep when Nandini's phone rang it was her mom instructing her on a few things, Divya shifted a bit to get a more comfortable position in the small couch that they were sleeping in and groaned in irritation on how loudly Nandini was speaking, she kicked her slightly and said,

"Don't scream, it's irritating me."

Soon much to Divya's pleasure Nandini ended the call, but then now Divya was wide awake, the sleepiness was long gone however she didn't want to get up just yet...she was so comfortable wherever she was.

"Let's ditch the meeting and stay back." She proposed.

Nandini let out a sarcastic laugh and said, "ohh really, actually even I am tired I don't want to go." For a few seconds the two sat there once again engrossed in their phones as Divya then showed Nandini her outfits for IV, as Nadini as well did the same. After about an hour or so Nandini decided it was time for her to go and take a bath, and while she did so Divya pulled up the blanket and layed down with her eyes closed thinking over the upcoming trip.

She was quite anxious to know how this whole trip was going to end up like. A few days ago when she had met Parth, the two of them had had a very interesting talk, she didn't know what was to really come out of that one but the last three days had been quite hectic for her.