The Voice within [Completed]

Chapter two

Anamika's POV

I woke up to a very bad headache and I don't remember anything after the dance with Anwar.

And I was not in the gown I dressed up for the dinner instead I was in a short skirt. Something I don't remember of owing.

Am I in my home? Oh yes I am! Which other room in any house would have an odd combination of red and black?

I look up at my phone

78 missed calls from Anwar.

I looked at my self in the mirror. I looked weird. I wasn't myself at all. My hair was all messed up and my wrist had a wound which was neatly plastered.

I walked into the bathroom and knew I needed a shower very badly.

I slide down into the water, letting it block out the sounds around me. I wish the tub would expand so I could go swimming, like I used to on hot summer Sundays in the woods with my father. Those days were a special treat.

There is a vague memory which strikes me as the water covers my body and I immerse myself completely in the thoughts and the bathtub.

I was in the boat which was passing through the river and there was a girl  who was giving me a crooked and  creepy smile. Few minutes late darkness engulfed her . The water closed in around her, filling her with a deep dread. She held her breath as long as she could, too long in fact. Red and black splotches danced in front of her and she couldn't remember if her eyes were opened or closed. The coldness she had felt upon entering the water was completely gone. A desperate hot wave had come over her, warming even her frosted toes. Her heart was beating rapidly in panic. The urgency for air was more apparent than ever. There weren't red blotches in her field of vision.  She opened her mouth, gasping for air.

I began crying since I didn't want her to die and I blamed myself for her death.

I suddenly pulled myself out of the water. This memory had almost drowned me.

I walked out in my bathrobe and again today the clothes I plan of wearing disappear. This can't be some co incidence. It has to be a plan of someone who is doing this on purpose or else I'm forgetting things.

It can't obviously be a plan of someone since I live alone. So it has to be the second option. I am forgetting things.

Forget? What am I forgetting about? Anwar!

Suddenly the door bell rings.

I quickly put on the dress right in front of me which looks Tom boyish but I don't want my guest to be waiting so I change into that immediately.

Good job Anu! I heard a voice

Ignoring that I rush to the door to find a surprised Anwar staring at me in disbelief.

Oh it's you! I was expecting to see you though the voice said.

I move him aside and look around to see who is actually talking when I heard an evil laugh.

"Why're you laughing?" I asked him as he looked at me in shock.

"Excuse me Miss Anamika Bose I did not laugh at you" he said in a calm way.

There was disappointment in his eyes. I could sense that.

"Let's go in" I said

"Are You sure?" He asked me hesitantly

"Of course Anwar this is almost our home" I said emphasising on the word our.

Haha you wish! The voice said.

"How did you hurt yourself Anu?" He asked catching my arm.

Why are you so bothered?Also my business is my business none of your business. The voice said

"Shut up" I said all of a sudden.

"But I didn't say anything" Anwar said.

"Not you! The voice!" I said

He gave me a weird look.Now he must have assumed I'm mad.

"I'm sorry I thought I heard someone say something" I apologized.

"See Anu I know you're upset over what happened that day but honestly I was so carried away with the emotion-"

"Upset over what?" I asked nonchalantly.

"The thing I shouldn't have done" he said guilt being the expression on his face

"What did you do Anwar?" I asked scared.

"You are trying to make me feel guilty right? I mean I know I shouldn't have proposed you but I can't even deny the fact that I'm so madly in love with you Anu!." He burst out.

I was shocked to death. Anwar Afzal the man of my dreams, someone I've wished to have in my life forever had proposed me and is completely guilty about it now. As if he did not want to do it. As if he did it forcefully.

"I'm sorry if you regret it. The problem is Anwar I kind of don't remember what happened that night" I told him

"I don't know Anu. Until the dance you were fine. And after that you kind of were not yourself. It was as if someone else was there. As if you were possessed by a spirit." He said

What? Me being possessed? Is that the voice I keep hearing?

"And then?" I asked him nervously.

"Then I was so lost in the moment that I kissed you but you pushed me away and walked away in anger" he said

"It's been two days since the incident Anu . You didn't receive my calls and neither did you read my messages. I thought you were upset so you did not but even when you did not lift the call from the clinic I got scared and here I am" he added guilt evident in his brown eyes.

Did he just say he kissed me? How the hell can I forget that? And why would I push him away when all I want is him?

"Anwar it would be the most special moment of my life if that happened" I said putting my head low. "But I honestly don't remember anything about it" I said sadly.

"Well I can remind you of it." He said with a smirk.

This guy out of 7 million people? Didn't you find anyone better? The voice said 

"Anwar I really do-"

My statement was cut off short as he crashed his lips on to mine. His lips brush mine. Not innocently, like a tease but hot, fiery, passionate and demanding. I want to pull away before I lose myself but I can’t seem to…In this minty moment, my senses have been seduced and I can no longer think straight.

“I love you Anamika” he whispers slowly, prolonging each letter as if to savor them. I smile, my heart fluttering at his voice as I clasp my hands on either side of his face. Never before has my name ever felt so wonderful a one, I think, as I lean in for another.

"I take the kiss as a token of acceptance then" he said smiling.

"Acceptance? For what?" I asked him my face turning completely red.

"The fact that you are my girlfriend now!" He said

"Take rest Anu. I'll see you in the evening" he said as he left.

My thoughts kept lingering on only one fact after he left.

It's been two days since the incident Anu.

It's been two days since the incident Anu.

It's been two days since the incident Anu.

That means I was asleep for a total of two days?