Arshi SS: The Ghostly Girl

Chapter 8

"Khushi? NO" Anjali said stepped backwards.

"But....di, why are you sweating?" Arnav asked looking at his sister.

"You're sweating Chotte. Not me" Anjali said giving a nervous laugh, "Well, who is Khushi? Why did you ask?"

"So you don't know any Khushi?" he asked again.

"No" she said.

"She is lying!" a voice came near him and he looked to his left to find Khushi leaning on his door. He opened his eyes wide and looked back at Anjali who was frowning at him.

"What happened Chotte? What are you looking at?" Anjali asked frowning and looked at Arnav's left at the door.

Arnav looked at his left to find Khushi smirking and then at Anjali.

"Di....her...see...." he stammered and pointed to his left and stepped backwards into his room so that now he is inside the room, Anjali is outside the room and Khushi stands in the middle leaning on the door side.

"What?" Anjali asked.

"She can't see me" Khushi said looking at him, "In fact no one can, except you and Anand!"

He gasped and walked backwards.

"Chotte..." Anjali ran to him and held his shoulder, "What happened? What is it?"

"Find me the truth Arnav!" Khushi demanded, "I want to know who killed me. I want you to find that for me!"

"Chotte" Anjali cried but Arnav just started at the door to find the woman staring at him as she finished her sentence.

"Start from your di and find me! Find the truth!" and with that she turned back and walked to the wall disappearing into it.

"Chotte!" Anjali shook him and Arnav looked at her. "Nothing di! I'm just a bit disturbed. Can you leave?"

Anjali frowned and nodded.

"Last time di, do you know Khushi?" he asked showing the newspaper to his sister.

Anjali gulped and said, "No"

"I thought you would since she is of your age and was a Delhi native. You both must have gone to same school right?" Arnav asked.

"No Chotte. I don't remember seeing her!" Anjali said and Arnav nodded.

Anjali walked away and Arnav closed the door. He leaned on it and turned to his bed but jumped back in surprise.

There was Khushi lying on his bed looking directly at him.

"She is lying" she whispered.

He gulped and walked two steps forward. "If you know the truth, then tell me" he said.

Khushi's eyes grew dark and in a second she was before him. Arnav gulped but she held his arm. Arnav looked at his arm and bit his lip seeing the tight hold.

"You want me to tell? Do you want me to remind you of every promise you gave me? Every moment we spent together? DO I NEED TO REMID YOU EVERYTHING ARNAV SINGH RAIZADA?" she shouted with the hold on his hand growing tighter by every second.

"I cannot go to past!" she said in anger, "All I can do is travel around the world like a lonely soul, which I am, because I've not yet acquired my salvation. Because I haven't got my justice yet! I want to know who killed me and only you and Anand can help me! Because only you both can see me AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONLY YOU BOTH SAW ME MOMENTS BEFORE MY DEATH!"

Arnav froze and looked at her. "I don't even know you" he whispered.

Suddenly he felt a tight slap on his face.

"DON'T ACT!" she screamed.

"Khushi..." he said, "I'm telling the truth. I saw you for the first time at the river and..."

He couldn't finish his sentence as he saw tears rolling out of her eyes and dissolving into her cheeks. She looked at him with her broken eyes and turned back to disappear into thin air.

He took a deep breath taking maximum air in and looked around. Her words started to sink in him.

Find me the truth Arnav

I want to know who killed me.

Do you want me to remind you of every promise you gave me? Every moment we spent together?

I want to know who killed me and only you and Anand can help me! Because only you both can see me AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONLY YOU BOTH SAW ME MOMENTS BEFORE MY DEATH!

He found himself dialling Anand.

"What is it bro?" he heard his friend's voice.

"Please come here!" Arnav said in a scared and cracking voice, "I cannot do it alone!"

"What happened Arnav? Do what alone?" Anand asked.

"She.....Khushi!"

"The ghost?" Anand asked.

"We know her" Arnav said.

"Yes. You saw her at river and I took her out for date!"

"No we know her before her death!" Arnav whispered.

"How?" Anand cried.

"I don't know" Arnav whispered.