I Will Always Love You

Chapter 3- Missing The Bus

'Bye, Rahul. I'm gonna to miss you so much. Have fun in London okay?!' I hug him tight not wanting to let go. I'm going to miss my overprotective brother so much!
'Love you too little sister,' he laughs trying to escape my bone crushing hug.
'Yo, I'm 18 I'm not little okay,' I laugh-sob letting go of him wiping my cheeks. Rahul smiles at me before placing his hand on my shoulder.
'Aha, I'll be back for your graduation okay?' Rahul says and I nod my head. Graduation just seems so far away and I know I'm going to need Rahul when he's gone. With everything going on with mum and then there's the whole Shahrukh thing going on at school. Beep beep.
'Hurry up, Rahul you're going to be late for your flight and I am going to be late for work!' Naina yells from her car growing impatient. I pull Rahul into one last hug before he hopes across the bonnet of the car causing Naina to honk her horn again and making me laugh.
'Okay, take care of mum. I know it'll be hard before she leaves okay,' Rahul mumbles. I nod my head trying to keep the smile firmly on my lips. Naina revs her engine and the car pulls away. I wave to as I watch the car travel to the end of the street and turn until it's out of sight. I walk back into the house and close the front door.
'Kajol, are you ready for school?' my mum yells from upstairs. I sigh and walk upstairs to her room. I walk towards her seeing how sick she is; I have tears running down my face. I sit down beside her holding her hand.
'Hey you're going to miss the bus,' my mum tries to calm me down but I can't help the way I feel.
'I'll walk to school, could do with the fresh air and fitness,' we both laugh and it feels like out times before she got ill.
'Honey, I know I don't have enough time before I go up there and see you father but I want you to know I will love you always in my heart and I be always be with you okay?' My mum tries to act brave like the thought of dying doesn't bother her in the slightest, but then I see the tears running down her face and I feel her hand on my face, her cold cold hand.
'I love you too' I say holding leaning forward and hugging her tightly. I don't want her to leave.
'Now go, before your bus leaves,' my mum laughs batting me away and I smile too.
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'SHAHRUKH' Maya yells from the bottom of the stairs. I cover my face under all my blankets and turn over hitting my head on my bedside table.
'Shit, my head!' I cry out clutching my forehead before I realise the most important detail, 'SHIT I AM GOING TO MISS THE BUS.' I throw my blankets off me and get up stumbling towards  the bathroom. I clean my teeth, put some fresh clothes on, spray some LYNX and grab my bag. I hurry downstairs, making myself trip over. I hear laughing before my papa speaks.
'Slow Down, Shahrukh' papa chuckles helping me up. I grin brushing myself off.
'Thanks Papa' I rush in a hurry. I run to the door seeing the bus go passed the house.
'Shit shit shit,' I groan as I open the door and of course my mother had to stop me to say goodbye and kiss me.
'Mama, I am going to miss the bus,' I moan pulling her away. I run outside to open the gate finding it blocked by my lazy sack of potatoes which is my dog.
'Sandy... Move please, Sandy move,' I feel myself growing impatient. Why does my dog have to be sleeping front of the gate right now?! Like can this morning get any worse? Ahhh, I gotta do what I gotta do. I jump the fence and run as fast as I can but still I manage to miss the bus.
'SHIT!' I shout angrily waving my fist after the bus. Great now I have to walk to school just great! Then I hear a gate open, I turn around.
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'SHIT.' After talking to my mum I ran to my room then to the bathroom to clean my teeth, put on my shoes grab my bag, hurry down stairs-'Bye Mum, I love you!'-run to the kitchen get myself an apple. I was rushing as best I could but I could see the reflection in the mirror of my bus. I hurry to the door. 'SHIT,' I run to the gate and before I know it I miss the bus hearing it rev its engine as it pulls away. That's just great. I open the gate and I see Shahrukh standing there with a cute smile on his face. Oh God I had internally called him cute after he was such an arsehole yesterday, I need to get a grip!