Just Friends [√]

Chapter 19 :" Scared out of mind "

One Week  Later

                   
Gauri was driving back home because she couldn't step inside the school today not after seeing him .Her colleague Lokesh Mithran had been a good person , so good that he smiled at her when she visited him in the hospital. As if she wasnt the reason he was in one .

     
It happened five days ago when she went to supermarket without Arun who had decided for some reasons to go to an get together with his friends . She didn't like it given the fact he had doctors appointment soon but he promised he will be fine. 

  
And when she ran out of cooking oil ,she decided to buy it on her own than wait till Arun gets home as she planned to cook something special for him , so the party of two Gauri and her son went to the near by super market .

  
It had been raining that the sun wasn't quite shining bright , it should have been a sign but all she cared about that moment was to get to the shop and head back home without her son catching cold .

 
Her son was an angel and probably a saint when he was healthy but when he got sick then he turns into a little monster ,that both Arun and Gauri always side with prevention is better than cute concept when it comes to their son .

 
It might be the reason she was in an rush that when she felt a hand on her shoulders ,she panicked and pushed it away which let the person balance slip as he fell down .

  
Unfortunately she was near the stairs which resulted in him tumbling down the stairs because of her . Her mind grew blank as she saw the familiar face  and then she noticed his wife rushing past her to get to her husband who she pushed down .

  
The only reason she didn't give in to the panic attack had been because she was busy shielding her son from seeing the blood . She couldn't even go to the hospital with them as his wife asked her to take Rahul home first .

  " I am a nurse Gauri ,he is fine . Take your son home ," Keerthana spoke up,  as if she wasn't the reason her husband was wheeled into an ambulance and Gauri did drove back home all the while keeping an eye on her son .

 
The moment she reached home ,her hands found the phone to call him and he promised to go to the hospital on her behalf, and once her son settled down to sleep she let the panic grip her as she waited for Arun to come home. 

When he did her heart stopped a little to see him so upset, and she feared the worst until he told her that the injuries were severe but not life threatening.

He listed out the fractures as if Gauri could comprehend them at the moment but she listened because she need to know the hurt she caused someone just because they happen to know her .

" Gauri ,Listen to me . Lokesh asked to tell you it wasn't your fault and not to beat yourself up for it and I took care of the bills and made them agree to let me compensate for the days he can't go to work,  " Arun reassured her, but still it wasn't enough ,money can't erase pain and but it was all she could do thanks to her generous husband .

"Are you okay , I am sorry . You were sick and because of me you can't even catch a break or rest,  " She spoke up,  a little later when they were eating dinner . 

" About that ,since I was in the hospital. I checked if the results were out and guess what I am fine and you need not worry about me at least,  " he told her,  and she agreed because on that gloomy day she needed that silver lining .

The next few days she went on automation mode ,work and home trying to forget her little accident except when she visited her psychiatrist who assured her that it wasn't her fault ,everybody kept saying it wasn't her fault still she couldn't quite forgive herself .