LOVE SIMPLY IS

Chapter 5 Worries

A high pitched voice of my cellphone ringing somewhere in the room, brought me back to reality. Water was flowing out of the tub on the floor of the bathroom. I turned off the shower and stepped out. I looked for my cell phone and found it near the pillow and without even looking at the screen I picked it up.

"Hello Daniel here."

"Hey Daniel this is Dr. Alexander here." came a voice from the other side.

I recognised his voice immediately. I was silent for a moment. Dr. Alexander or as I preferred to call him Dr. Alex, was a renowned doctor I have known. He was my father's friend. He had been the only person from my past life that I was in contact with since the time I came here.

Right now I was feeling nervous as he never called unless it was an emergency. And now that he had then that meant that something had happened. I prayed for him to be okay.

"Daniel , are you there ?'

His voice made me come out of my thoughts and I replied, "Y-yes Dr. Alex, Hello, Sorry about that. How are you ?"

"I am fine Dan. How are you ?"

"I am good Dr. So you called ?? Is everything OK ? Is he okay ?"

There was a pause and then he said, "Well that is why I have called you."
There was that pause again which made my heart beat race up in my chest and I couldn't resist to ask, "What- what is it doctor ?"

"Daniel just please listen o.k. you see Leon is not responding to this treatment as we had thought and I am afraid if we continued then his condition will only get worst."

Hearing those words felt like somebody has ripped my heart out of my chest or something. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Leon was my only family. This couldn't be happening, not now of all times.

Gathering all the courage I asked,"What are you saying doctor ? Why isn't he ? You said everything will be fine. Then why ?"

"I am afraid I have no answer for that. I don't know why but more than his mind his body is rejecting any sort of medication or treatment which has got me really worried. So we are planning to move on with advanced level treatment."

"But are you sure that it will work too ? I mean with this not working how come the advance level will work ?"

"Well it totally depends on patient's physical as well as mental condition. To be true in his case I wasn't sure to go for any advance level but seeing his will to live and despite everything happening his strong desire to live has made me change my mind. That is why I am suggesting you to do this."

I didn't say anything for a few moments and as if he could read my mind, he said,"He needs you Dan. Don't give up now."

"I won't. Leon is my only family and if he wants to go for it then I will support him no matter what. You can start the treatment as soon as you want doctor."

"Well then we will start it right away. Since you are his guardian you need to come for some paperwork and you have to deposit the amount today only."

"I'll be there by 1."

"And Dan I know I shouldn't ask you but I hope you understand that I am still bound my hospital protocol." He went silent for a moment as hesitating to aske me this and then " You understand that this treatment is a..a.. little expensive. So will you be able to..I mean in case you can't I can help you...you can always ask me."

I knew what he meant and I could understand his concern. He had always been like a father figure for me and Leon both. But as much as I appreciated his concern and love for us I couldn't take his offer. I didn't want us to be a burden on him. That was the reason I started working and he knew that. I had been taking care of Leon and myself since that time. I never regretted it for once. Even though I never get to spend the money and earned on myself even though I had to work part time to meet the expenses from that time to now I had come to a more stable situation. And I didn't want anything else more than Leon, my best friend, to be perfectly fit and healthy.

"Don't worry Dr. I can take care of that. You start with the treatment . I'll deposit the money tomorrow." I confidently replied assuring him that nothing could be more important than Leon.

"Ok then. Take care Dan."

"Thank you doctor and you too."

I ended the call and sat on the edge of the bed. I couldn't stop the tears forming in my eyes. My heart ached for Leon. The mere thought that my best friend was in pain and all because of me had been kiiling me for I don't know how long. I looked at my bandaged hands and realised that my pain was nothing compared to what he was going through.
All this and the thought that what if the treatment didn't work and something happened to him ??

No, no I couldn't loose him. I just couldn't.

"Breakfast is coming through."Kris's voice made me loom towards the door where she was standing with a plate full of morning eatables, in her hands and a sweet heart warming smile plastered on her face.

I saw her and forced a smile towards her. As if realising what was going inside me, putting the tray on the bed she walked slowly towards me and put a hand on my left hand making a grip. I sat quietly without making a single movement. A moment later her arms wrapped around me as if holding me to not let me fall piece by piece just like ke the tears in my eyes.

"Everything will be alright. Don't you worry."She said after pulling away from our little reunion.

"Yeah I hope so."

"O.K. so I am leaving. You better hurry up, get fresh, have your breakfast and meet me at cafe."she said while picking up her bag from nearby table and making way towards the front door.
"And Dan," she stopped and looked at me with a motherly love,"take care of yourself."

I smiled and nodded. She kissed me on the cheek and left. I closed the door behind her and calmed myself once again. Thinking and deciding about what next to do I headed once towards the bathroom.

As I stepped out of the doors of the hospital with my face tucked in my jacket collar, my hands inside my pockets and my head covered with a hoodie, my phone vibrated. I pulled it out from my back pocket of my jeans and saw that it was from Mrs. R.She had messaged me to meet her at her office. As she wanted to discuss some new contract which required an urgent treatment.

Suddenly I remembered that I still had that packet with me which I had to hand over to her. I checked it and found it safe in the inside pocket of my jacket as it was the same one which I was wearing last night when that happened. Painful memories ran through my mind once again but I shoved them aside and decided to move on. I couldn't let anything come in the way of my aim.

I checked the time on the screen and realised that there was no way I could go to cafe and get to office in time. So I texted Kris that I would be a little late, put it in my bag and waited on the bus stand. As soon as the bus came I picked my bag from the side railing and got on. About thirty minutes later I was standing in front of my office building again. So much changed in this one day but still it looked like still the same. Pushing all the thoughts away I stepped in and made my way towards Mrs. R's office. But what I didn't know was that each step I took there actually lead me some where unexpected.

So this took me a long while to update but I still managed for which I am happy actually. Though I still feel it's not much and I will try to be regular from now on. Hope you guys enjoy it. This story still contains some grammatical errors and typos and is unedited. So apologies from my side once again for that.

And guys please read it, enjoy it, vote and comment.