Tuesday 1 January 2013

ArHi FF: Broken Melody - Chapter 7


Chapter 7: Warnings

Her heart froze. Her breathing stopped. Her icy hands were wound around the phone, gripping it so tightly that her knuckles turned an unearthly shade of white. It couldn't be. He couldn't have said it.

"What?" She asked, suddenly feeling suffocated. "What did you say?" Even as her lips spoke the words, she knew the answer. The person in her vision. Arnav. The car? Arnav's. And the accident? It was Arnav.

"Is everything alright?" Came his voice. She couldn't respond. Her knees buckled underneath her as she fell to the floor, still clinging onto the phone as if her life depended on it.

It was coming back. Happening all over again. Like a never ending nightmare. She remembered Arjun. How, despite being able to see his accident, not being able to stop it. It was happening once more. She closed her eyes, trying to tell herself that this time, she would change the ending. This time, she would not let him die.

"Hello, Khushi? Are you ok?!" She heard his faint voice escape from the phone. She had to remember the vision. Remember the clues.

The accident would take place around late fall or early winter, judging by the naked branches of the trees. That meant sometime in the next few months.

Then there was the cliff.

Where had she seen such a cliff? Hands trembling, she pressed it onto her ear.

"H-Hello? Arnav ji? A-Are you planning to go out of town somewhere sometime soon...? L-Like next month?"

Silence. "Arnavji?"

And then she heard him laugh. Her worry soon bubbled into anger. This was all deja vu. Exactly as it had happened with Arjun. He had made fun of her. Exactly like this. Told her to stop believing in the visions. Her hands clenched. And she had been stupid enough to do just that.

She felt tears line her eyes. She couldn’t let it happen again. “Arnav ji, I’m scared. For you. And this is not helping! Please! You need to tell me!”

Silence.

And then he responded. "I don't know Khushi. I mean, I'm always out of town for business meetings and things like that.... It's hard to tell. But as far as planning goes, no. I don't have plans to go anywhere in the near future."

Khushi bit her lip. This wasn't helping any. She needed to know where the accident would happen. She had to tell him. Not all of it. Just...she had to warn him.

"Look, Arnavji. This might sound really stupid but I have no other way to say this. Please Arnavji. Don't go out at night for the next few months. Please. At least, nowhere where there are cliffs. And... stay sober." She pleaded.

She didn't know why his safety was so important to her. But what had happened to her husband... she wouldn't let it happen to anyone else.

His reply was hesitant.

"...Alright. I won't. But Khushi, will you please tell me what the hell is going on?!" She closed her eyes, groaning, mentally. She had known this question would come up. And it was to this question that she never knew how to respond.

"Consider it a warning. The truth would sound too far-fetched anyways. You wouldn't believe me. I...I have to go now. I'll see you tomorrow Arnav ji.... Take care...."

And saying so she put the phone down at last.

Her job was done. She had warned him. Now, whether he listened to her or not, was all in his hands.

She gave a silent prayer to the lord above, to protect him, before she stood up, trying to steady herself.

6 comments:

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