(!.SS--My Sunshine In The Storm.!)Pt5-Pg10 - Page 7

Sorry for the delay...I want to dedicate this part to my bestie jai whose been my definition of friendship and understanding since the day i've known him...Love you lots partner...Thank you for everything :)

PART 5

At 6 in the morning...Arohi opened her eyes only to notice that her phone had neither a message nor a call...Her alarm clock couldnt be late she thought maybe it wasnt time for a good morning just yet she reasoned with herself and went back to get some well deserved sleep the festive week had left her with sleepless nights,dark circles and lots of tiredness...

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Abhi was suffering from a terrible jet lag since he'd landed in the US...at first he couldnt sleep at all... The excitement of the new city and endless shaitaanis he could do here was enough to drive his sleep away but he missed arohi...his masti partner...he wished she were there with him it would have made the happiness complete... and now after the initial excitement faded away he couldnt stay awake...he was heck tired and homesick...and this time difference thing was the worst part cause everytime he felt like calling arohi or talking to her it was the wrong side of the clock in india...they'd barely talked properly since he came here...it had been a week...and most of all he was thankful it was her cousins wedding this week...she wouldnt miss him much being absorbed in the functions and being with her entire family...But it would be different from today everything would be done by now...there would be work...and daily routine...she'd miss him in every part of the day they used to spend together be it the travel to the office...the breakfast lunch and dinners...just randomly bunking office like they used to bunk college...or his waking her up...and thats when a thought crossed his mind

Since the past five years there was never a single day arohi had woken up without his wake up calls...He grabbed for his phone hoping that he was wrong and that she had gotten used to waking up by herself by now...she had an important meeting today...

the phone was ringing for quite some time before a still sleepy arohi answered it...

"Goood morninggg" she said in her usually chirpy tone...

"Tumhari good morning abhi hui hai?!!"

"Meri good morning ABHI ke bina kaise ho sakti hai dumbo"

"you are supposed to be in the meeting by now dodo..!" abhi said in an angry tone and it finally hit arohi

"oh shit" she hung saying this and quickly got ready and rushed to the office all the while praying that she wasnt too late...

Abhi didnt know to laugh or to be angry or to be concerned...how can someone be so dependant on another person...arohi's morning couldnt start without abhi's call how could he matter so much to her...But that was arohi for you...the people in her life were her life...

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Arohi reached office just in time for the meeting...but her boss was furious never the less and he didnt let her go without giving her an earful of how unprofessional she was and how she should better become a housewife rather than an IT professional...all arohi could manage to do was keep her cool and listen silently...She attented the meeting and then after it was done instinctively dialled abhi's number to go for lunch alongwith...it took her a minute to realise that he was not there to share her lunch with her...it would be a long time before they shared another lunch together...

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Arohi stood there for a second realisation dawning upon her that her best friend was so far away that he wouldnt be able to stand by her every moment now...with a lost look and memories spinning in her head she moved towards the cafeteria after sending one last mail...

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Abhi braced himself for what laid ahead and opened the mail from arohi...what he read was something he wasnt expecting...

I hate you..!

Your not my best friend your like inception...you've messed with my head somehow...I almost missed the meeting...got scolded and shouted upon by my boss...and now i dont even feel like eating...the happiness seems incomplete and the troubles seem doubled...all cause i am so used to you...

Your not just a text away anymore...when someone upsets or hurts me i dont have the security that you'll take care of it...

I miss you idiot...I miss talking to you 24*7...your the worst thing that ever happened to me...I hate you the most...

I hope your taking good care of my sunshine in US [sunshine is arohi's nickname for abhi] warna you'll have to pay real bad for it mr.abhinav

Currently really irritated,nostalgic and angry,

Aru.

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