Dedicated to my Mom, always strong and beautiful. The best and the most humorous and loving Dad. To my partner in crime, my amazing brother and My dog, my baby, My late pawed brother, Lucky. (Wish u were here.)
In the midst of the busy world, I swiped my way into the house that was warm and comfortable, legally and emotionally my home. Mom dropped me at the gate as she had to attend a meeting.(that too because I forced her. She doesn't want to leave me alone.) I wheeled in my living room, where I was cheerfully welcomed by Lucky, my handsome, smart, intelligent, loving, sweet and cute Russian labrador. He jumped on me as soon as I entered, making me wince in pain. He licked my face and wagged his tail. Sebastian, already in his studs and jersey, juggled his football, entered the living room. The moment he saw me, he put the ball down guilty. (It's often so funny when my family thinks that doing anything involving legs is an offence to me.) I smiled as he pushed my wheelchair furiously to my room.
"Shall I go....?" He asked hesitantly.
"Yaah. Don't ask me, okay? I can manage it myself." He smiled and picked up his ball, marched to the door and turned back,
"There is cake in the fridge." With that he slammed the door shut behind him. Lucky exchanged glances with me, as if saying:
"Should we?"
"Yes, why not?"
A few minutes from our silent agreement, a small vanilla cake stood in front of us on the table, which we ingested happily. He then rested his jaws on my lap, his glass-like dark hazel eyes, boring into mine. In between his teeth was his favourite and the only toy he has, Buster the bear. Those eyes contained too much in themselves. Innocence. Understanding. Compassion. Submission. Beauty.
Finally, his blonde lashes dropped as he slept there. Little had I realized that I myself was drifting into a dreamless sleep when my phone (ARRGH) buzzed.
1 unread message
I think u r cute
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And so, I did. On clicking, popped up a small message. Fate expected me to smile on reading this, but no, I didn't. Instead, my eyes welled up and I switched off my phone.
"I am not cute. I am a freak!" I cried to myself. Lucky got up to his paws as he saw me crying and picked up Buster The Bear and dropped it in my lap. I accepted his gift with a short laugh and hugged the drool- covered blue bear to my chest. I fell asleep by the time my Dad picked me up and placed me on the bed, stroking my head and covering me with thin sheets.
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Sasha dragged me to the backseat.
"Sorry, Gemma. I am borrowing her for today." Gemma didn't say anything as she tried to hide her mutual dislike for my other friends.
A hand hit me from behind.
"Aaron. Can you NOT?!"
"I don't know, I get tempted to do so." He winked. I sighed and sat on the seat. (Ouch.)
"Anyone who heard about the deadly condom?" Announced Uwais.
"What?!" Maple and Sharon said together, scowling, turning around to face us.
"These guys." Sasha muttered. The rest of the lesson involved deep discussion between my friends about how a woman choked her torturing husband to death using a condom (wtf.)
Sasha got up from her seat while I struggled to get the burger out of Uwais' hands. Suddenly, the pain in my hips rose to an unbearable height, which was deafening and torturing. I couldn't feel my surroundings. My skin was getting hotter as the pain shot up to the whole body. My hands fell limp to my sides and the voices became distant. So distant that they it became impossible for me to distinguish between the words. The seat still felt cool against my thighs.
The vision didn't exactly black out but it was minimal and blurred, and from behind the wet lashes I could see the huge figure of Uwais, hovering over me along with another boy (Aaron?). Someone called my name. The pain had taken over the whole of my body. My veins pounded hard against my skin. I was being picked. There were many people around me. Air kissed my face as the stretcher flew through the corridors. A voice - the only voice I heard clearly- was the same, droopy, lazy voice, the voice that made me smile. Unwillingly, I recognised it's owner.
"Can I...Can I get in the ambulance with her... pl..please??"
My body gave up all the major senses. The pain settled slowly, turning into nill-ness, an infinite sleep, into zero.
I don't remember anything after that, except the distant sirens.
