Written in stars (Discontinued)

Scared

Chandhini entered the house and went upside as maid followed her and asked if she wanted anything to eat. chandhini politely refused and entered advay's room,she looked around, no sign of what happened here remained, everything was back to its place but not for chandhini.

Slowly she went out of the room to another one at the end of corridor.

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chandhini woke up wih a start, she didn't know what woke her up but she felt weird. She was scared and got up and tried to hug herself. She looked at time, it was 11 in night, her left leg hurt badly chandhini rubbed it wondering, did she banged it against anything. She took off her shalwar but could not see anything. She got up and changed her clothes.

But she was suddenly feeling sad,so sad that she started crying first quietly and then louder. She thought about advay, about Veer ,about Veer didn't wanted kavya to be near her , how ayi was always angry at her , what happened today, how advay ignored her, she thought about aditi, about megha di, everyone was happy in life, everyone but her, everyone thought she was a bad person.

The strangeness of her own thought scared her even more, no, I am not a bad person, she said loudly to herself. baba loves me she told herself, not everyone hates me. But her anxiety kept on increasing. she ran outside the room into the advay's room and into the bedroom, she grabbed her mobile and called ayi as cried uncontrollably.

As soon as call collected,'' she cried, Ayi please come get me out of here, please.''

''Chandhini?''Arnav's voice sounded on phone.

...

Arnav sat up on his bed, Khushi was inside washroom and he picked the call since it was from chandhini.

''baba,I am scared'' he heard her crying on the other side.

''What happened?'' he asked as he got out of the bed, the book he was reading falling on floor.

''I don't know, but I will die if I stayed here, please baba get me out of here.''

Arnav,''chandhini calm down where are you? And where is advay?''

Chandhini hiccupped,'' I am at his house and he went to state.''

Arnav,''Did you hurt yourself?''

She kept crying on phone.

Arnav asked again as he opened the table drawer and took out his passport, he picked up his wallet and car keys. He looked around and saw his mobile, he picked it up too and wearing the chappals went out of his room.

Chandhini,'' No,but I feel very strange baba, I feel like I am going mad.''

Arnav jumped two stairs down at a time,'' Don't worry I am coming there, everything will be fine.''

Chandhini just cried.

Arnav,''Please, chandhini don't cry please. Is there anyone else,any maid you can call to stay with you until I reach there?''

chandhini,'' I don't know.''

Arnav mentally cursed,''just keep on talking with me. Any of your friends which can come there?''

Chandhini,'' No baba, gauri is gone too,she would have come for me.''

Arnav,''chandhini stay online, ok, I am just making call from my cell, I can still hear you.''

Arnav called his secretary,'' I need a flight to delhi now, see if I can get a commercial one,if not charter a plane, it is an emergency.''

Arnav cut the call, ''See chandhini I am coming there. Now you tell me did you eat anything today.''

Chandhini,'' I had breakfast.''

Arnav,'' How about you get something to eat?''

Chandhini,''I am not hungry baba.''

Arnav,''ok, I will come there and we will eat together.''

Chandhini,''No, you will take me away from here, we won't eat here.''

Arnav,''yes, I will take you away. chandhini, please, stop crying. did you pack your bag? You want to leave quickly.''

Chandhini,'' No, I have my clothes at home, I don't want to pack bag.''

Arnav reached airport, he kept talking with her,it seemed like she was not in her senses, his worry was mounting as minutes passed. No commercial flight was available, he had to charter a plane, he did but inside the plane he had to switch off the phone and he was loath to do it.

Arnav,''chandhini I need to turn off cell, call home and talk to ayi until I call you back, I am sitting in plane right now, I will be there in 2 hours, promise you won't cry and will be brave.''

Chandhini promised. After he switched off the mobile and plane took off, he realized he should have called Khushi himself and told her to keep talking with chandhini.

...

Chandhini kept trying to call ayi but her phone was coming switched off. She sat there and rocked herself,''I am brave''she told herself loudly. I will go wait for baba at airport,she told herself, i won't stay here. she got up and got her passport and called the driver through intercom,'' I need to go to airport now, baba is coming.'' she ran downstairs to wait for driver in drive way.

...

Driver dropped her off at the airport. Chandhini clutched her mobile in her hand and went inside. she was waiting for an hour when one of the airport officials took her inside for inquiry. Chandhini told them she was waiting for Arnav but when they asked for flight,she did not knew the name or number. She sobbed as she tried to explain but they wouldn't listen,one of them sent for a doctor.

Her cell phone rang and chandhini picked up,it was Arnav telling her he had landed. One of the official took phone from her hand and talked to Arnav.

Arnav was there sometime later, chandhini leaped into his arms when she saw him. Arnav held her closer and tried to console her. The doctor was nowhere to be found, so Arnav took chandhini back with her to Mumbai after giving his complete details to the officials.

Chandhini fell asleep during the flight, she was sobbing in her sleep. As soon as they were back on ground, Arnav called his family doctor and took chandhini to his clinic.

The doctor, in his sleeping clothes,ran several tests, his burrow raised and then finally gave some sleeping pills to chandhini ,so she could sleep it off. She hadn't spoken after she had met Arnav in person.

Doctor was pragmatic, the results will be out in morning, I will check the reports myself. From what it looks like, she had severe depression attack.''

Arnav still didn't believe it,''she has calmed down when you saw her before it...''he couldn't explain it in words.

Doctor,''Don't worry,I will check for every possibility. If you don't mind me asking, she doesn't do drugs, does she?''

Arnav felt sudden anger at doctor,'' of course not.''

Doctor,''I have to check, please don't mind me.''

Arnav was silent.

Doctor,'' I thought that chandhini was still studying, was she having her exams?''

Arnav nodded,''yes, today was the last.''

Doctor,''it could be that, she didn't sleep properly and eat properly and the stress of studies got to her.

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