Dumbstruck

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Boring weekend, struggling to pass the time on hostel.

"That was a Perfect cozy morning!!", Undoubtedly no mood to Wake up.

Could hear one of my roomie saying, "Wake up people we are late,we gonna miss our breakfast!".

OMG!!, I almost forgot that.. I'm definitely not ready to stand on the queue.

We rushed to the dinning hall but as usual there was a big queue.. "Ugh, not again", I said, my friend was yelling the same on other side too.

Just a quick note, we were bunch of crackpots, six in a room but that's not all of it. We were a pretty big gang..

After hours of waiting and quarrel we managed to get our breakfast.

Back to room, as I enter I could hear my phone buzzing somewhere. "Where's my phone I couldn't find it, I said. My roomies were least bothered about it 'coz it happens often".

Somehow found it, but it was too late to pick the call. There were four missed calls, just viewed the number it was some "unknown caller". I was not in a mood to respond back 'coz "I was totally unaware of what's gonna happen in next few hours".

I just sat on my bed, looking at my laundry bag. "My god, it flooded with clothes its been 2 weeks". I was so lethargic to wash it. But my friend pushed me to do it saying,"U don't have anything to wear tomorrow".

I got down from bed and went near my cupboard to get the detergent but phone buzzed again. "Not again", I said, placing the detergent back on the cupboard.

It was the same number flashing on my screen, roomies were asking me to pickup. I did so.

There was lots of distortion but barely heard some voice. I gently told that there's some problem on their line.

Heard someone saying " Hello". Yeah, "Hello, could you hear me",I replied back.

As we continue, he suddenly said that "My parents met with an accident" and he got my number from their phone.

"Wait... What!?, Did he just say my parents...? This can't be true".

I was shocked and fainted at the moment I heard it.

The call hung up due to poor range, damn it. I kept calling the same number again and again but couldn't reach.

Rushed to the ground floor inorder to get permission to travel to my native. But, damn hostel has so many rules. They didn't allow me without a guardian.

Meanwhile, I was getting so many calls from my other friends. I was so annoyed 'coz I was expecting a call from that "Unkonwn Number".

I was disheartened and hating myself to the core.

This is where we really start to doubt whether "God exists or not".

However, I tried explaining in all possible ways but every single effort turned out to be a big flop.

I was crestfallen and totally lost.

My phone kept buzzing, it was my friends again. I was so furious,"God Lord, why, the hell they keep calling me". I texted them saying, "Stop calling and leave me alone u bunch of idiots".

I threw the phone as far as I could showcasing my anger.

I sat on the bare ground and wept until my eyes were sore. Screamed until my voice crack.

Somehow, pulled myself together and went in search of my phone just hoping for some miracle to happen.

Finally, found it. There was a text from my friends. I opened it with full of tears on my eyes, it said "Don't worry, your parents are safe with us".

I was dumbstruck.

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* So that's my first part.. Hope u all liked it.. :-)

Will be happy to update other parts soon.. Thanks for ur time. *

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