The Third Person's Perspective

CHAPTER 11 - Are we friends again ?

Luna constantly had her feet moving rapidly, in an up and down motion, any faster and she would probably have a detached pair of feet. "It's 4:01 already, he gets here by 4 everyday, why is he late today?"
Luna grew impatient with every ticking tock of the clock almost as impatient as a pupper waiting for the human to return. She almost jumped out of her bed when the bell rang. Who else other than would show up but Karan would show up at exactly 4:03 P.M? No one but he cared enough to bring Luna notes and help her keep up.
"He's here!" her cheeks flushed with what seemed to be excitment but that's when she realised that the only activity her body would allow her was to stand up, walking was out of the equation.
She could hear her mom talk at the other end of the door.
Why do mom's love talking so much? Talking for so long.
Finally her room's door knob rotated.
"OH MY GODS! Karan ! You're here! Thank gods! I thought you'd never come back, ever again. I'm so sorry for my shitty behaviour. I didn't mean it. It was just very unusual for me. I obviously did not expect you to have something so serious. I am so so so sorry. I'll do anything to make it up to you. Whatever you say. I am the biggest jerk alive, and I was doing exactly that yesterday, I was existing as a jerk. I am so sorry. I'll-" Luna jumped into the whole apology even before Karan could enter the room, she was as fast as the the terms and conditions announcement after a life insurance commercial.
"Umm.... Luna?" The confused peaked in through the slightly opened door.
"You're not Karan." Luna slowly opened an eye and then another to look at the person who entered her room "Viraaj?"
"Um, yes, that is correct." Viraaj was his normal self- confused as ever, scratching his head, I wonder how long till his scalp bleeds, because this guy is always confused- "Karan asked me to come here. I had no plans of coming here."
"Why is Karan not here? Why did he send you?"
"I know you don't want to see me either....but like, I was forced by Karan. He literally was pleading and then he said he had to go to the hospital for something....."
"And you just...came?"
"Uh yeah...O-of course I did, why would I not? It was for yo- I mean for Karan."
"Wait, he went to the hospital? "
"Yes, yeah that's what I said earlier, wait why are you asking me again?."
"Oh Gods, oh Gods, this is not good. MOM! MOOOOOMMMM!" Luna used all the energy she had in her to get out of the bed, she ran to her mother.
"Mom! Karan went to the hospital. Something might have happened! We need to go right now!"

"Calm down Luna, I just called Mrs. Paul, she said that they are just running some tests. Nothing serious."
"Oh. Oh good." Luna let out a sigh of relief. She was running on a very high temperature and was barely able to function. This run wore her out causing her to almost lose her footing as she turned around to return to her room.
"Mom!" she yelled out as she lost her balance, fortunately she was supported by two very polite hands.
"Why would you run out like that if you're so ill, huh?" Luna's father gently tapped her head in disapproval.
"Oh Dad, it's you. I thought..." she stopped to look towards the third person in the room, she noticed him retrieve his hands from in front of him back to his side.
"Dad, help me get back to the room. I'm too tired to move."
"Well, you have pretty much established that. "
Once back in her room and tucked back into her bed, she finally looked towards Viraaj who had just been standing in a corner, motionlessly.
"Are you planning on just standing there all day long ?"
"Wha- I- No..." He was stuttering again as he moved closer to the bed and sat down on a chair next to it. "Karan asked me to update you on school for the day and get you a copy of all the work that happened today."
"Did he say anything else? About himself?"
"Yeah, he was saying something about having to visit the hospital because he has a hole in his heart, well I obviously didn't believe it. But Mrs. Paul came to pick him up and said that he'll be late for his appointments at the hospital if he kept talking to his friends.... So well , he definitely was not lying about having to go to the hospital and then I agreed to come here and I'm here now....so that's something. But why would he joke about having a hole in his heart? That's a little too much. Don't you think?"
"CAUSE HE WASN'T, YOU IDIOT!" Luna was mad and sad at the same time. She was smad. "I need to calm down. It's not your fault. Even I didn't believe it."
"Wait, wait, whaaaattttt?"
"Yes. He told me about this yesterday. I didn't believe him either. Atleast you didn't laugh at him like a fool."
"You laughed at him? Oh gods! He must be heartbroken right now. You out if all people did that to him."
"Are you here to make me feel all the more bad about myself?"
"We- No...I-I came because Karan asked me to."
"Sure he did. That piece of shit has got no chill. He should be thinking about himself right now....but no, he wants to worry about all the worldly problems that are not even related to him."
"I know it's gonna sound dumb.... and I also know you probably don't want to hear this right now but... I am confused."
Mr. Bewildered strikes again. I have lots of difficulties believing that a human can be as confused as Viraaj is...how is this even humanly possible? Just... How?
I believe Luna had the same thoughts running through her mind at this point. She probably felt like banging her head into a wall but considering the fact that she could barely even get out of the bed she stuck to using the pillow .
"There is nobody in this world who is more confused than you are."
"But... I... Seriously don't understand."
"Oh Gods, help me! Please!" Luna let out a sigh before finally explaining what Karan intended to do to.
"So... What you mean is that Karan wanted us to be friends again?"
"Yes. You finally understand! Thank you almighty, Thank you Satan for giving me the power and energy to bear with this loghead."
"So... Are we friends again?"
"That's what Karan wants. For Karan's sake. Yes we are "
"Oh, that's good! I really needed some friendly advice. "
"You need advice...from me? On what?"
"Yes. I'll tell you once you're back to school."
"Okay.... But... My advice? Are you sure about that?"
"Well... I need a girl's advice, you're a girl. As a matter of fact the only girl I can actually call a friend, so I don't really have other options."
"WOW. Now I am very curious. Tell me what it is."
"It is not that important. You need to recover first. Let's talk about it when you come back to school."
"Wha- Noooooo. I want to know right now."
"Meh, I'm leaving. Get well soon. See you in school. Bye "
"Wait! No."
"Oh don't worry, I'll get notes for you. Bye." And with that a happy Viraaj was soon out of the room.
"Why was he so happy? Was it because we're friends again? No, it definitely had something to do with whatever advice he needs. What advice does he need ? Why me? "
Luna was in desperate need of answers. You don't just leave a girl with a bunch of questions like that. Nobody is allowed to leave like that. Atleast not when Luna was bedridden. How could Luna even get answers out of him when she could barely walk enough to go to the kitchen to get a drink of water? All Luna could do was hope to get well sooner.

Author's Note : Hey Guys!
So sorry for being gone for so long. But college is taking up most of my time. It's the last month of the semester ( so it's busier than ever)
I'll try my best to get the next chapter out to you guys as soon as possible.

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