IAL Chapter 8: Rain

I was going to put this up in two parts but I'm in a good mood and I felt like you guys have had enough suspence. Enjoy :)

 

Chapter 8: Rain

Arnav was broken out of his trance by the sound of his phone ringing inside the car. He had stopped crying a long time ago and was just sitting outside his car staring into space. The rain was still descending upon Dehli with force but he hardly took notice of it. He sat there foolishly hoping that the rain would wash away everything, the good, the bad and the ugly, so he could have a clean slate, start anew. But unfortunately, life didn’t work like that.

He slowly got up and got back in to his car. He looked at his phone and it showed that his sister had messaged him 5 times and called 12 times.

He decided to call his sister back. On the first ring, she answered, “Chote where are you? I have been calling for ages, I even messaged you. You promised me that you wouldn’t go to work on Akash’s wedding day.”

“Di I’m not-”

“It doesn’t matter. You won’t believe what happened. Your jijaji fell down the stairs.”

Arnav gritted his teeth at the mention of him. “Really?”

“Yes. He’s badly hurt so I was trying to call you to see where you were.”

“How the hell am I ment to help him, I’m not a doctor!”Arnav said coldly.

“Chote! What’s gotten into you? I called the doctor and he’s working on Shyamji. I thought it would be nice if his family surrounded him in his time of need that’s why I was calling you. So I want you home in 30 minutes otherwise I’ll never forgive you.” With that she cut the call.

Arnav stared at his phone for a while before whispering,“You’re not going to forgive me for what I’m about to do anyway so I don’t think it matters Di.”

He started the car and sped away. A plan was already forming in his mind.

 

 

NK was in Anjili and Shyam’s room with the whole family when he finally remembered where he had left his camcorder. He quietly left the room, making sure no one saw him, and dashed to the roof.

When he arrived and saw it was raining, his heart fell to his stomach. He couldn’t believe he wouldn’t be able to capture Payal and Akash’s special day. He was about to leave when something stopped him.

Maybe the camera was waterproof.

He clung on to this small hope and stepped out on to the roof. He looked everywhere until he found it. Thankfully, he had placed it on one of those garden swings with a roof so the camcorder didn’t feel the full force of the rain. He didn’t know how he was going to get the camcorder of the roof as he didn’t have an umbrella. He saw that there were some decoration boxes on the swing that weren’t that damaged. He picked up the camcorder and placed it in a box to prevent it from further harm and ran out of the roof.