Waking up

"Hey you, wake up!" this was the shout that Tarika heard, and she realized that she was asleep till now. It was through this sleep she went back to her past, the past which she can no longer live and no matter what will not be able to change. Coming back to the present she looked up and saw her sister barging over her. Although she speaks and expresses less now, she can't let anyone bother her while the activity she does often a day, i.e., sleeping, she is agitated by this call from Anamika. Looking towards her she said, "Why so hurry, I will wake up when I want, now you go back. And don't bother me".

"Oh, come on man! If you sleep like this and won't wake up now, you are sure to get late for your flight."

With the mention of her flight, still zoned out Tarika came to her senses, "Yes the flight… hmm… What's the time now?"

"It is 08:00 a.m. You slept for eleven hours straight; can you believe?" replied Anamika.

"Hmm?"

"Just 'Hmm'? I don't understand how you do your job, seriously!"

"None of your business."

"Yeah, but if you don't leave this bed now, you will miss your business by missing your flight."

"Don't worry, the flight is around 01:00 in the afternoon I won't miss it. So…" she points towards the gate and then taking her quilt she laid on the bed again.

The moment she laid with the quilt Anamika pulled it down and forced her to wake up "Tarika, wake up! Mummy is also asking for you. Don’t make her more worried about you. She is chanting since she woke up that you have not eaten anything since yesterday. Moreover, if you don't go outside now Papa will come inside to wake you up. And mind you, you should wake up before he comes in."

"Till when are you going to irritate me?" said Tarika irritatingly.

"Till you wake up".

Tarika, realizing that the only way to get away with her sister is by waking up. So, she decided to leave the bed. She stood from her bed and while staring at her companion she left the room.

When she went into the hall, she saw her father sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper. Watching her, he welcomed her to sit on the sofa and said "Good Morning, beta." Amazed by his presence in the house at this time she said "Good morning Papa! Don't you have to go to work today?"

"It's Sunday today. A weekend, do you know what it is?" exclaimed Anamika from the back.

"Oh!" sighed Tarika.

"Yes, And I don't know how you manage to work when you are like this. Sleep like a pig. You even can't keep a record of days," complained Anamika

"My work keeps me busy," replied Tarika uninterestingly.

"Don't start it again." said their mother to Anamika "Let her have breakfast at least. Go Tarika and have your breakfast and then you should go and be ready to leave for the airport."

"Ah yes," she exclaimed. I have to take a flight, she remembered.

"Be sure to hurry. I am waiting for you," shouted Anamika from her back.

"why?"

"What why? Obviously to drop you at the airport."

"No need." saying this Tarika went away to the kitchen to make her breakfast.

While having her breakfast she can hear her father saying to Anamika "why do you always barge into her. You know her condition." "That's why I don't want her to be in such a situation. I wouldn't mind if she would be mourning but this melancholic behaviour…, I can't bear it," said Anamika. After a few minutes, she listens to her mother saying "So you will annoy her more, huh? Even we can't bear it but we should give her her time and space. I just hope what you said yesterday will help, even a little help will more than enough." Listening to this she wants to say to them that she cannot bear it as well, only if she could help herself.

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