Chapter Thirty-Three : Awaited Arising
Rehan
*present*
I was sitting beside Tanya
holding her hand in mine eagerly waiting for her to eyes to open. It was late
night and yet Tanya was sleeping. I called on to doctors to find out the reason
as they said she will be gaining her conscious back by the evening. Doctors had
stopped her drugs and had kept her on observation from last 48 hours. Even
doctors weren't able to find out why she wasn't opening her eyes yet.
They asked me to keep
the patience as each body works in its own way and no one can accurately
predict anything about it. As asked I pulled myself a chair and sat beside her
holding her hand waiting to see her opening her eyes.
It was mid-night and the
chaos inside the hospital was disappeared as if it never had ever existed.
Everything was calm and cool, sleep had started to gain control over my mind
and I had started feeling dizzy. I lay my head near still holding her hand as I
hoped to see her eyes open.
There was a sudden vision
where Tanya and I were married and were on honeymoon in her favourite
destination. The one that she wanted to visit so badly. We were playing with
snowballs on mountain peaks of Switzerland. As we were tired with the snow
fight she held my hand and started guiding me towards the end of cliff. I kept
warning her to be careful about it but she was just in a different mood. She carelessly
jumped and kept pulling me to show me the view from the cliff. Suddenly the
snowy layer under her feet cracked and she fell from the cliff.
"TanyaAA!" I shake
my head and realised that it was just a nightmare. I poured some water into the
jug as my throat was sore. I kept the glass back as I saw some movement in her
fingers. I rubbed my eyes to check if I wasn't dreaming once again.
Nothing happened this time. I
pulled the chair closer to her bed and held her hand in mine. I felt her pinky
finger twitch again. This time I was sure this wasn't a dream. I started
rubbing both her palms as the movement increased. Suddenly she gripped my
finger in her weak fist. A huge grin spread across my face.
I continued to rub her palms
and foot soles. Her head moved a little
and she slowly opened her eyes. I jumped and screamed a little in joy making
the chair fall on the floor behind me making a loud noise.
I kissed her forehead as she
kept looking at me. "You should have asked me for a visit to hospital. It
would have been a lot easier than lying on this bed." I said as she had
now opened her eyes fully and was staring straight into mine.
"Shut up Rehan." I
smiled and caressed her cheek as she spoke in a very low and unclear voice.
"Just wait for a few
seconds, I'll just call the doctor on duty and be back." I said getting up
and kissing her forehead. I headed out to look for any doctors or nurses on
duty. I signalled a nurse to come here from the nurse station by pressing the
nurse call button provided inside the room.
"What happened? Do you
need anything? " The young nurse said peeking in through the door.
"Yes, Tanya, I mean the
patient has gained conscious could you please call the doctor?" I
requested as she nodded quickly and closed door behind as she went on to call
the doctor.
A few minutes later a female
doctor arrived with a few more nurses which carried some stuff with them.
“Please move out for some time. We need to check the patient." The nurse
asked me to leave them alone. But I didn't wanted to leave her alone. "SIR
please?" She emphasised over the 'Sir' and I had to leave the room.
I peeped in through the
circular glass window on the door. The nurse noticed me and stared at me giving
an annoyed look as she pulled the curtains covering the glass window. I really
hated that nurse for the moment as she was keeping me away from Tanya. I tried
to sit for a while but couldn't as my mind had started to overthink once again.
I was circling outside the door looking towards the floor and sweating
nervously.
A few minutes later doctor
opened the door and gestured me that now I can go inside. The nurses placed a
new water jug that was filled with water and placed some fruits alongside.
"If she feels hungry,
feed her these and nothing else. This lukewarm water is only for the patient.
You can drink from another jug." I nodded as nursed instructed me.
I sighed relief as the nurse
closed the door and left us alone. I glanced at Tanya she was staring at the
roof. I held her hand and kissed it as she looked at me and smiled.
"What were you
thinking?" I asked her as I caressed her cheek.
"I was just thinking
about us Rehan." She replied. Her voice was much louder and clear than
before. Slowly her smiled drained off her face and she had tears in her eyes.
"Hey! Hey! Shsshh!!
Don't cry and stop thinking about it now." I cupped her face as a tear
droplet rushed down her cheek.
I wiped the tear off her face
and caressed her face. "I think you should sleep now. We'll talk about it
tomorrow." I said as I pulled chair near to sit and held her hand in mine.
I caressed her forehead as she dozed off to sleep.
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