Night Changes

CHAPTER 33

  As the rays of the sun hit my drowsy eyes, I let out dinosaur sounds and stretched out as much as my limbs allowed without tearing.

Suddenly it hit me: Shit..I was supposed to leave today.

When I cried myself to sleep the night before, I had managed to doze off in an hour or so. But no sooner had my eyes closed, the nightmares started striking. Again.

All these days, that is a few days before Sam was born, the nightmares of my family burning never bothered me. I was happy then, to say the least. My mind was preoccupied with numerous good thoughts, so I never got a chance to ponder over the negative thoughts. But yesterday, I got the worst nightmares I had gotten in a while. So bad, I almost puked at the middle of the night.

I was getting a lot of negative ideas from this. Is going to Yorkshire that good an idea?

I sighed.
Don't over think, Aly. Don't.

I dragged my lazy ass to the washroom and having a warm bath, I quickly put on my favorite grey hoodie, denims and sneakers. I put on the beautiful watch Ritz had bought me as a goodbye gift the day before.

I stole a glance at the mirror. I looked pale, yes, but still presentable. My favorite physical feature of mine, my wavy raven hair looked a little bit messy, so I ran a comb through it's length. I really wasn't in the mood to style it.

I hopped down the stairs and found Ritz baking my favorite New York Cheese cake.

"Ritz! You're really baking at this ungodly hour in the morning?" I asked with a tone of disbelief.

"Uh..yes. Thought I would bake something good for you," she said, not meeting my eyes.

I went over to her and pulled her to a teddy bear hug.

Not-to-my-surprise, she was shedding tears.

"Ritz, I promise I'll keep in touch, and I'm not going forever, I'll be back in an year!"

"We're gonna miss you so much, Aly," she sobbed.

"I know..I'm sorry," I couldn't hold back my tears either.

Ritz sniffed and cleared her throat.

"It's okay,Aly. You're doing it right. I support you. Yes, I'll miss you, but do what your heart says," she gave me a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

"You ladies still not over your crying session," Rohit leaned over the door frame, with Sam in his arms.

"C'mon Ritz, she's going away, end this on a good note!" He smiled.

"You're right, Ro. No more tears, we're gonna bid farewell to Aly with a smile,"

Rohit walked over to me and after handing Sam over to Ritz, he said,
"Sorry for everything I said to you. You might have committed mistakes, but that's something we all do. Sorry for lashing out on you, I was too possessive of my friend," he gave an apologetic look.

Rohit wasn't too much keen on interacting me since, well, the 'incident'. So this was definitely relieving. I seriously thought I was gonna leave with him being mad at me or something.

"It's fine, Rohit. Your anger was justified, and thanks for understanding,"

I smiled and he pulled me into a hug.

"I hope you have a great life ahead. Thanks for helping me out, and we'll miss you,"

I went to Sam and gave the longest hug I've ever given to someone. Only I know how much it was hurting to leave her. I can reluctantly admit that after Ritz, I was gonna miss Sam the most. Yes, a tiny bit more than Jassi. Sam was a part of me already, I could feel it.

We ate our breakfast in silence, the tension in the air could be cut with a knife, to be honest. This was so unreal. Even a week ago, who could've guessed I was leaving everything here and moving in to Yorkshire? Nobody was prepared, to say the least.

Finally it was the time to depart. Rohit was driving me to airport, and I don't even wanna describe the amount of crying and hugging Ritz, Sam and I did before getting into the car.

We waited patiently as my flight wasn't there yet, and I read some weird teen magazine to pass the time.

At last, a lady voice announced the arrival of my plane and we stood up to board the plane.

Rohit impatiently looked around and asked me to wait for some time. Well, I was confused to say the least, but we waited till the last moment.

"That's it, Rohit. I'm sorry I can't wait anymore, I'll miss the flight. I gotta go," I said with a hint of sadness in my voice.

"Yeah, you're right. That's it then. See you in a year. Please keep in touch," he looked at me, disappointed.

Who knew Rohit would be that sad at my departure? That was really heart warming, I felt a pang of sadness in my chest. He was officially added to the list of the people I was gonna miss badly. He has always been the happy young man, the good husband to my best friend, an awesome colleague and yes, a friend to me.

"I will," I assured him, "I love you all and I'll miss you guys too," I smiled sadly.

I turned over and slowly dragged my suitcase behind with me. My new start was a flight away. A wave of emotions rushed all over me and I felt sad and nervous, not a slightest bit excited.

I walked over to my new life at the other end.

We had some good times, didn't We? Goodbyes are bittersweet.

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