Black Blood

Chapter 2 : Depression.

I woke up in a hospital bed, with a bandage on my wrist and a drip. My head had worse head-ache than the one I used to have after studying for the whole day. I tried to reverse my thoughts back to how I ended up here. And what I figured was that it was all blank my thoughts were blank. The last thing I remember was my mother asking me to eat dinner and me skipping it because I had alot in my head after finding out about Anna michael.
Anna michael. The name always ringed a bell in my brain but it was never clear to me who she was.
"So you woke up."
I heard some distant words only to find out that they were of some person in a white coat standing besides me. Wait, was that a lab coat? I was in a hospital?
"Uh yes. Can you tell me why I'm here?"
"Not an appropriate question after attempting suicide. You should thank your parents they brought you here on time."
I what???? The last thing in this world would be me killing myself. I mean I have a perfect life, why would I even think of it?
"Wait. I didn't try to kill myself. Are you out of your mind???"
I replied astonishingly, almost screaming at the doctor.
"Hey calm down. Lets start from the beginning. You must answer some questions."

  Then he asked me about how my life was before all this. Which was completely normal to me. He already knew about my conduct at school. Which was also completely normal.
Then he suggested I might have had depression or anxiety after hearing about Anna's death. But his words still seemed fake to me.
"Don't overburden yourself. We have taken some tests. Everything will be clear soon. You need to rest now."
With that, the doctor left me with a long stream of unending questions in my head.
Why would I do it?
What kind of tests did they take?
I was completely lost somewhere in my head when suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder.
On opening my eyes I saw mother with swollen eyes and a smile on her face. She hugged me.
"I'm glad you're back." Sob. "I thought I lost you."
I didn't know about her but I sure was losing me.

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"I don't think they are forgetting what happened to Anna soon. Rumors are still there. I wonder how she lived with all of them." Arora said with a sigh.

It had been a week since that happened. My parents somehow made sure that the news didn't spread. They faked a week long leave for me telling that I had been suffering from typhoid. I refused to meet Arora and John the whole week. But the week had passed and I was back to school where Anna's death was still going hot. The week to me was normal . But I started to experience heightened feelings of anger and killing everyone in my sight which I controlled. My parents insisted that they were the side effects of depression and that I needed to be away from school for sometime.
"Don't worry they'll forget it sooner or later." I reply
"Guess you're right Lee. And  by the way you still have to pay back for last week. It was hell for me."
I wished to tell her it was hell for me too but then how would she beleive?
She would probably freak out and leave me. So instead I said
"Okay. So how about we go watch a movie tonight?."
Her face brightened up immediately.
"Seems like a nice idea."
"It sure is." I managed a smile.

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A confused expression, fair face with dark brown eyes, black hair and a tough physique looked at me through the mirror
"Okay lewis get a hold of yourself." I said to myself. It had been more than a week  and I should probably had let things be the way they were. The depression would go away soon.
I dressed up in black jeans, white shirt and joggers along with the silver chained red stoned necklace Arora gave me. Arora and I were together for about two years now, even our families were happy with us, they had planned our engagement when we both turned sixteen.
                 
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"Hey" I greeted her as I picked her up from her house. Surprisingly she was wearing a white shirt too, which fitted her slim physique quiet well and made her looked beautifully decent. On her thin lips she had put on a red gloss that matched her long eyelashes and fair skin really well.
"Hey. You are fifteen minutes late."
She had always been a time keeper.
"Am I??" I acted as if I was checking the time and then smirking I faced her.
"Yes I am because I know you like waiting for me."
"I sure do." Her chubby cheeks blushed. "But what I don't like is to be late for a movie. So give me the keys." She ordered instantly, hiding away her blush.
"Uh what?" That wasn't fair. She drove really fast for a person to stay well awake in the car. She loved driving very much.
"I said give me the keys. NOW."
Her tone hardened.
"Okay okay." Smiling, I offered her the keys,  "Take them."
                   
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So here it goes the second chapter.
It's completely raw I might edit the mistakes later sometime. But this is it.
-Ramsha