A Sew Through Time [Banbudh And Budbak]

22: My Best Friends

Opening her eyes slowly, she found herself in an empty room. Her head jerked backwards, lying on a white bed. A smell of disinfectant lingered in the room, the walls were pastel yellow with little white flowers. Near the bed laid a little table containing a bottle of water and beside the bed was a plastic chair.

The door of the room opened with a low creak.

Khushi looked up.

"Oh you're awake" Ajay closed the door and walked towards the bed. Grabbing the chair, he sat down and began flipping the pages attached to a clipboard.

"You"

He looked up.

"You're that..." she paused, trying to remember, "I saw you in school"

Ajay placed his hand on her head. The anti-memory ring made her memories hazier,

"Better?"

"Who're you?" she inquired, head jerking backwards.

"A doctor" he tried to smile, opening a little packet and emptying its contents in a glass of water. Churning it with a spoon, he beat it on the rim and handed it to her.

Khushi stared at the tiny cyclone in the glass.

"Drink it"

"Is this... Glucon D?"

"Electrolytes. You'll get your energy back after drinking it"

She kept the glass on the table and pushed it to his direction.

"What happened?"

"I don't like this flavour. Get me the orange one"

Ajay sighed, "Alright, now listen up"

She looked up.

"I'll conduct a quick aptitude test. It will determine your IQ, and according to that I will cure your dizziness" he lied.

"Oh?"

"Are you ready?"

She nodded slowly.

"Alright, so my first question is, which one is your left and right side?"

Khushi showed him with the help of her hands, tapping her shoulders one by one.

"Excellent" he smiled and wrote into the pages, "Now the second question: Name any element on the periodic table"

"H2O"

"That's... not an element on the periodic table...." he scratched his forehead with the back of his pen, "Okay to the third question, spell the word 'experience'"

Khushi easily spelled the word.

"Now spell the word 'ambidextrous'"

"A. M. B. Y. D" she paused, "Dexter's-"

"Got it" he wrote into the pages again.

"Where am I?" She asked, her head turning around, "Where are my friends?"

"You'll meet them soon"

"When?"

"Sooner"

"How soon sooner?"

He felt irritated, continuing to write the observation in the page.

Khushi felt disoriented as she tried to remember. Badri and Budh were with her, they were searching for clues till some people showed up. The realization made her eyes go round, making the effect of the anti memory ring fade away.

"You got quiet, anything wrong?" Ajay looked at her.

She stared at him.

"Uhhh, kid?"