ENAMOUR LOVE

Chapter 44.

We were seated in front of the doctor. Amyrah was looking down scratching the skin of her fingers and bouncing her legs absentmindedly. Why is she so nervous?

I took her hand in mine and with my other one I placed it on top of her knee. She looked at me then looked away. The doctor was looking at something in the reports.

"So, Mrs Amyrah. When was the last time you ate?" He asked and she visibly stiffened at her place. I started fondling her knee in circular motion trying to calm her down.

"Uh.. In the morning." She whispered.

"Amyrah." I called her in a whisper and she looked at me. "Relax down." She just nodded.

He asked some basic questions and she was hesitantly answering. "Aaban, could you leave us alone for a moment." He asked after a while and I nodded getting up from the chair.

"No." Amyrah held my finger while panicking. I looked at her and her eyes were screaming fear. "I'll be outside. Don't worry." I whispered softly. I've no idea why she is even reacting like this.

"Nahi please." She pleaded tightening her grip on my fingers. I looked at the doctor and he nodded. I sat back taking her hand in both of mine and fondling it. She visibly calmed and it calmed me too.

What is going on? She is behaving like the initial days when I met her for the first time. The confidence she gained all this time as if never there in the first place.

Did something happen at her college cause nothing happened between us. She was normal when I dropped her and she was even normal when I picked her up then what am I missing?

"Amyrah, I'm Aaban's family doctor from when he was 5. They trust me and I want you to trust me as well. This is your first time meeting me and maybe you are nervous and even anxious but relax. Aaban is here and he won't go anywhere."

He tried to calm her down and I was thankful for it. My eyes were fixed on Amyrah. She looked a little calm but I'm sure she is just pretending. Her hand was holding mine in a tight grip.

She nodded mumbling a sorry. "So, let's just ask some basic questions then. What is your favourite food?" He asked in a calm tone.

"Ice cream." She mumbled. She was taking deep breaths and was actually calming down.

"That's nice but the actual food." The doctor smiled at her. She was thinking and it made me taken aback. She doesn't have any favourite food? I could give my list in seconds.

"To prepare or to eat?" She asked. Alhamdulillah she is calming down but her hand was still coiled with mine and it was cold.

"To eat."

She shook her head negative. "Nothing." The doctor's eyes flicker to me then back at Amyrah. What's going on?

"Nothing? Not a single comfort food?"

She again shook her head. "Okay, how much ice cream can you eat in a go?"

"1.5 cups."

For me even 1.5 liters won't be enough.

"How do you feel about eating?" Why is he asking everything about food? Is he hungry? Should I order some lunch for him?

"Terrified." She whispered and I snapped my head in her direction. What the actual hell is going on? Terrified? Of eating? I heard people eating much when they are depressed and here she is terrified of eating?

"Shall I ask why?"

She got silent looking down at her lap. "Be honest with me Amyrah. It's alright."