SOMEONE I KNOW

Sana's POV

Sana:

Present:5

Its a early rainy morning with freshness everywhere.Not a heavy rain,just a beautiful drizzle.Am standing in the balcony with steaming hot chocolate drink in my dark green coffee cup.The breeze carrying the humidity brushed my face.I felt a cocktail of emotions on seeing the rain washed road and occasionally passing cars.Somewhere it reminded me of him and his painting,which made our fates to cross.I closed my eyes recalling that day for a moment when suddenly I felt a tap on my left shoulder.

I turned to face my dad with a tinge of gloominess lingering in his eyes.He is smiling,but my blood rushed to my ears and my stomach ached.I felt a surging fear now.

"Good morning dear.Hope am not disturbing you."

"Good morning dad...No.Absolutely not..woke up early.can't go back to sleep.so..."I said raising my coffee cup.

"Oh..Its actually nice to wake up to rain.Isn't it?!"

"Yeah..It feels good.."I smiled.

He nodded and stood there not saying anything.Then after a few seconds,

"Dear..If you don't mind,can I ask you something?"He asked.

"Uh..yeah..sure dad."I said faking my calmness.I can feel my stomach twisting with some unknown feeling.

"Do you still consider me as your best friend dear?!"

"Yes dad..why?!You are my first and best friend,always!"

"Hmmm...But we don't hide things from our best friend."He said with a clear sadness in his voice.

I actually wanted to tell him everything and cry like am not going to cry anymore.Instead I stood silently.He quietly looked at me,but didn't speak a word.

"I know.You will somehow overcome the hesitation and speak out.But I will not probe you anymore about it dear.You know that I will do whatever it takes to make things easier for you.Know one thing..Allah will always have the best of plans.A 'no' from Him is always for a better 'yes'!.So ask Him,leave everything to Him and forget about it.Okay?!"

I smiled faintly and nodded.I know he is feeling horrible inside,but I am unable to say anything because I don't know to what extent he know about my loss and how he know and actually what he is talking about!.Then I went inside.He stood there staring at the sky which is clear now.

Rizana is up already,working on her project which she have to present this morning in college.I went and pulled a chair to sit next to her.

"How are you feeling now?Better?!"She asked her eyes without leaving the laptop screen.

"Am fine.Just that day I skipped my breakfast...otherwise am okay."

"Oh..Sana,can I ask you something?"She asked not even now turning my side.

"Why am I hearing this for the second time today?!But..yeah.Ask me."I said without smiling.

"Who is Arshad?"

My head spinned with my breathe losing its rhythm.

"Wh..what?!Why?!"I almost turned pale.

"You was saying that name repeatedly when you was unconscious in the hospital.Who is he?"She asked now looking straight into my eyes.

"Mom and dad?! Do they..."

"Yes.They know.But they didn't wanna ask you about it.Told me also not to.But you never keep secrets from me.From when did you stop sharing with me?!"She asked now angrily,with some authority in her voice.

I'm at the verge of crying when suddenly she raised her voice.

"Don't!!Don't cry!I want you to say something.Why didn't you tell me anything about that person?!Who is he?!"

"Its too painful to talk about.."I said swallowing my sobs.

She sat there staring at the screen.I was sitting there like a corpse.Then with a sigh,she stood up,placed her hand on my shoulder and said,

"Okay.Talk about it when you want to."

She left me sitting there with memories painful as bad as drilling a cold nail straight into my skull.