24th March 2010
Dear Diary,
I woke up feeling strange. I didn't know what was happening. There's this weird feeling in my stomach and I feel like I'm going to vomit. I tried to get up but it's like I wasn't able to move, my legs feel shaky and my hands feel unmoved.
"Khushi, you're awake?" It's Payal Di. It took me a moment to understand everything. We weren't at home. The room is too small, and the walls are a clean, bare white. There's a small TV in the front whilst a group of files stood near the end of the bed.
"Di'.Di, where am I?" I began to feel restless as Di soothes my back. I don't understand! What is happening?
"It's okay, Khushi. You're at the hospital." I stare at her like she's crazy. Hospital? Since when was I in a hospital? "Don't freak out, Khushi. Nothing is going to happen. Everything is fine." She smiles at me, but her words seem false, as if rehearsed.
"How did I get here?" I tried to think back but I just can't remember anything. It's like everything is blank! My head began to hurt and I became more confused.
"'.You've been here for a couple of days now." Di tells me. She bit her lip anxiously, as if in deep thought. What was she thinking about?
"How many days?"
"This is your sixteenth day since the beginning, and third since you've woken up." I look at her blankly. Someone please tell me she is kidding? How can I be here for sixteen days and three since I apparently woken up when I can't even remember a thing? I began to giggle, looking at the seriousness transplanted on her face. She has got to be joking, right?
"Please, Di. Don't make me laugh. Tell me you're joking." I giggle anyway. But her face expression doesn't change. She looks as if she's numbed and I feel even more confused. "Di?"
The door opens and in comes in a man. He is tall, dark with dark stubble. He looks tired. As if he hadn't slept for days. His eyes are red, as if he had been crying his eyes out. He looks at me, and I look at him. I feel like I've seen him somewhere'.
"Hello, Ms Gupta. How are you feeling today?" He says to me, putting on a smile ' clearly fake. I shrug, not knowing what to say. His face seems so familiar but I just can't place where I've seen him somewhere before.
I gawp at him, he seems exactly like the guy I would go for ' if I had to ' smart, suave and handsome. Maybe he's a model as well as a Doctor! Maybe I've seen him on the TV! He smiles at me and I don't know how to reply. Second thoughts, maybe he has been here before? That's why he seems so familiar. I can't seem to remember much, so maybe this is the truth.
He pauses, and looks at me in deep thought. What was going up with people and their thinking? "I'm Doctor Raizada," He says with apprehension. "I'm your Doctor. Do you remember anything Khushi?" He says my name and I feel a flutter in my stomach. I liked the way he said it. He made it sound so beautiful. I shook my head, still feeling blank. He smiles at me again. "You had been in an accident which left your brain slightly weak. You may have some problems with your memory." His words again like Di's seem false, like he has rehearsed this so many times. "So, let me ask you again' Hello Ms Gupta. How are you feeling today?"
I don't know what to say but still put on the fake smile that he has also been adopting and reply, "I'm fine, Dr Raizada." He nods and simply leaves without saying anything. I don't understand? Did I say something wrong?
"Khushi, what do you want to do today?" Di asks me as if she's been saying the same sentence over and over again.
"I don't know." I shrug. I just feel' numb. I glance at Di who is eyeing me carefully and put up a smile. "Let's just talk?"
She nods. "Sure, what do you want to talk about?"
"Hm'" I try to think about what to talk about when my eyes glance at Di's stomach. She seems' more plump. Her stomach, that is. I gasp and fain a stern look. "Di! Have you been piling on the jalebis since I've been stuck in here?!" I laugh, pointing to her stomach but she remains quiet. She looks at me almost in sadness before putting up a smile.
"Shut up, Khushi! It's not like that'."
"I'm sorry!" I laugh. "But seriously, you do seem a little on the big side, I mean not that it's bad and all. But it's different." I try to be quiet before saying too much. A moment goes past in silence and I have the urge to say something. "Di, remember our dreams?" She looks at me wondering what I'm talking about. "Our dreams! When we'd think about our future husbands and how we'd have a big Palace!"
"Yeah, Khushi' I remember." Her voice seems so distant yet she's here, besides me. "I remember clearly."
"I just wonder who my Prince Charming will be'" The Doctor's face comes to mind and I find myself blushing. I curse myself wondering why I was thinking about such a man. I don't even know him!
"You'll find him as soon as you get out of here." Di reassures me.
I smile at her and nod. "IF I get out of here."
Looking for my Prince Charming,
Khushi Kumari Gupta.
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