How I Survived

02

I woke up to the phone ringing.

It is my kind of alarm daily and I knew who it was.

Without opening my eyes, I lifted the call.

"Good morning Dakshi, I remember today's work, by 8 o clock I will be ready for the tour, ok?" I said.

It was our daily routine. Dakshi is my bff and she used to call me,kinda wake me up and it was my duty to tell her that day's work!

"Tour!!!"

We both shouted together.

I was very much excited.

I ended the call and got up from bed.

An hour later I was ready to go with my friends, for the tour.

My mother was not happy in seeing me go.

"Ma, come on, I will be returning within a week. There is no need to worry. Everything will be fine. " I said.

Gash, only that day if I had known something like this would happen  ....

Soon we all reached Ketan's house.

Ketan was my friend since 9th standard.

He stayed here in Chattisgarh, along with his mother. His father was in the army.

"Where are these other guys? It's getting late" Ketan said looking at his watch.

I took my phone and called Ishika. I spoke to her and said "Ishika has started and she is on the way"

"What about Maneesh, Ranjit and Pratik ? These people are always late." Dakshi said unwrapping her choclate.

"Ketan, call these fellows and say we are leaving without them" I said.

I felt a blow on my back, and I turned back. It was Ranjit. "Ahh" I shouted.

"Now tell me? What were you saying? Are you are gonna go leaving us three behind?" Ranjit said walking infront of me.

"Yes, we will go" I said firmly.

Though we fought all the time, we liked each other so much.

Ishika was just in time.

The plan of the tour was Ketan's. So, he was the one who organised.

We started from our place, Korba in Chattisgarh and planned a tour visiting different places of interest.

We spent each night at one place.

Raipur, Raigarh, Bilaspur and finally Dhamtari.

It was the last day of our tour and we started to return in the morning.

Our plan was to return by night.

On the way back everybody talked of nothing but the Amrit Dhara waterfalls.

It was so good and we clicked many pictures.

"What are you guys talking about?" Dakshi said.

I turned to my side to see what was going on.

I realised that the boys were planning something.

At a point they stopped the vehicle and Pratik took over the driving.

Soon, it was evening.

" Girls, don't freak out, we are going to spend this night in the forest, and we will return in the morning. Ok? " Maneesh tried to tell that as calm as he could.