I'm Innocent (On Hold)

7. Red silk

I woke up from my peaceful sleep as the temperature around me changes. I felt the cold wind touching my skin, whispering sweet nothings in my ears, sending shivers down my spine causing my heartbeat to accelerate so fast that I can listen to my own heartbeat.

When I opened my eyes my heartbeat picks up as an unfamiliar surrounding comes to my line of vision. I pushed back the white soft sheets and got out of the bed but suddenly stopped myself because I felt someone's presence in the dark room.

I tried to listen for any type of sound but there was only silence except the soft music of the sea crashing with the coast and the mumbles of the cold icy wind.

My whole body was shaking, I tried to look for the switchboard to turn on the lights of the room and when my eyes adjust to the darkness in the room I saw it; a bedside lamp, I turned it on but suddenly all the lights get turned on and I shut my eyes.

When I opened them I tried to scan the room for that presence there was no one except me in the room, the walls were grey and white furniture decorates the room, but the dressing table caught my attention. The mirror on the dressing table was covered with a light blue coloured shirt. I went to the dressing table and remove the shirt. I have seen it somewhere but where? I look in the mirror and saw a woman having soft skin like a newborn baby having no scar at all. Her eyes were bright and her cheeks have some natural blush. Her body was covered with red silk which touches her body very softly.

This is not me. How did I get here? I touched my face gently and the woman in the mirror does the same. I start to shake more as I took a step back then I ran towards the door on my left my steps getting heavy.

I tried to open it but it was locked.
"Please open this door. I'm locked here".I slam down my hands on the wooden door but it was heavy & big
And didn't even budge from its position.

"Nobody can hear you..... Except me". A familiar raspy voice reaches to my ears and my heartbeats slow down somehow.

I look at the balcony to my right and went near it, a silhouette of a man came to my line of sight.

I didn't know who he was but my body somehow felt the acquaintance with him. My legs start to move on their own covering the distance between our bodies.

When I got out on the balcony, the silhouette now turns out to be of a man, a muscled shirtless man, but I was not able to see his face as his back was facing me.

" who a_are you?" I asked softly and detect the shakiness in my voice.

His back tenses and that's how I knew that he was going to speak but suddenly a sharp sound started to ring in my ears.

It kept on ringing and it reached to such a level that it became unbearable for me. The man was saying something but I was unable to listen to him. I cover my ears, the soft material of the shirt touching my right side of the face. I took a step forward to put my left hand on his shoulder, feeling my touch the man turns towards me but suddenly I jolted out of my sleep.

I tried to sleep again so that I can see him but then realised the annoying noise in my dream was of my phone's.

I picked up my phone and checked the caller id, it was Shanaya.

"Hello!" I said groggily.

I was feeling irritated by her call because I was about to see his face. From past 7-8 months I have been seeing this same dream occasionally and just when he turns to look at me I would suddenly jolt out of my sleep, every damn time.

"Hey sleepyhead, I should have known that you would be sleeping but whatever let's go shopping to Tani's boutique, " she said.

Suddenly a pair of dark midnight eyes came to my mind and my sleep ran away. My last shopping experience with her there 8 months ago was enough to get on my nerve I don't want any other scenarios.

"I'm really tired now, I can't".

"Why are you tired, I know you are lying. We both attended the classes this morning together and I know after college you went to your room for your beauty nap. So basically..... YOU
ARE NOT TIRED, DONT LIE TO ME" I remove my phone from my ear because she was too loud.

"Okay, I am sorry. Now, what do you want?" I asked grumpily.

" Ahmmmm! Actually, we are going to the club for Falak's birthday party" she said.

"So then go if it's your friend's birthday why-yyy... Wait a min, did you just said: "we are going"? What do you mean? I mean I don't even know who the hell Falak is" I said to her while feeling irritated.

"I know but the thing is.." suddenly my room's door opened, startled I look towards the open door and saw Shanaya barging in while still on the call.

"..he is my best friend and I want to go but he will be busy there and I need someone to be with me and you are rolling around in your bed like a panda so it will do some good to you too." She said to me hurriedly.

" Why are you still on the call, just cut that down and I am very busy I'm not like a panda".I said in a loud voice.

She just kept staring at me. I look into her eyes for 5 seconds and sighed. " But why shopping? You already have so many outfits. If you want me to go to this party then fine but not shopping".

She kept staring at me and then smiled.

"Thank you Mehek you are the best," she said while crushing me in her arms. "Uhhh! I hate you" I huff. Oh god why!!!!