Unknown Emotions..
1090 Words
Surrounded by colleagues who were congratulating him, Anthony felt lost more than feeling triumph of his success. He felt his heart heavy but was unable to figure out the reason behind it. "Did I drink too much?" he wondered.
The men envied him and the women threw flirty glances at him. It was one of the biggest day in his life, but the success was not helping him to calm his raging emotions down. He wanted to get out of the crowd and wanted to rush home.
Max who was keeping a keen eye on Anthony's changing facial expression, smirked to himself and asked "Should I get you another drink? Or should I get you Sarah?"
" Ha.. what?" Anthony came out of his thoughts as he heard Max mentioning something about Sarah. The rest he didn't even listen.
Clearing his throat Max said "No I mean I hope Sarah is fine now. Did she reach home?"
"Ya she messaged me after reaching home." Anthony said in a voice with a hint of sadness. He didn't understand the unknown emotions that were torturing his heart.
"Max I am done with the party. If I stay a little more in this noise, I too will get a migraine." Anthony said getting up to go.
"Ya right. Since Sarah had a migraine and left, its obvious that you too would be having the same now. That too after she left alone without you, your intensity of migraine will be more." Max smirked.
Huffing Anthony turned to Max and said trying to hide his weird feelings that were going inside "What do you mean?"
Even though Anthony tried to sound normal, Max understood that Anthony was feeling incomplete without Sarah. He knew about Anthony more than Anthony himself knew. But he also understood that its next to impossible to make Anthony understand anything. So not wanting to be a constant nagging friend Max spoke "No I mean Sarah also had migraine so you too might be having one considering the amount of noise the crowd is making, right?"
"Ya" Anthony said absent mindlessly wondering if he is feeling upset because Sarah left him suddenly without meeting him before leaving.
"OK man,I should be going. See you tomorrow." and Anthony rushed out of the hall avoiding anymore delay.
He waited impatiently for the valet to get his car. As soon as he got inside the car he drove away, forgetting to the tip the valet. The valet cursed Anthony for being rude.
But Anthony just wanted to get away from everyone. He wanted to reach home as soon as possible. A low voice within his heart was trying to make him realize that he was getting restless because he wanted to be with Sarah but his mind tried convincing him "No I just want to get home and relax. It has got nothing to do with Sarah."
Feeling angry with this sudden influx of weird and unknown emotions he drove as fast as could. As he reached home he got from the car and walked through the garden. He stopped on his tracks and looked up at his house. Looking at his house had always given him a sense of pride and boosted his ambitions.
But now he felt nothing. The feelings inside him were far more powerful than he thought it to be. He remembered Sarah mentioning earlier over phone call that she would be sleeping and he had to open the door with his key, so he searched his pockets for the key. But soon remembered that he had left his key inside his drawer.
But a smile lighted up his face. He realized that since he had no key , he will have to ring the bell and Sarah will have to open it. The thought of seeing Sarah gave him a boost.
But again he shook his head and convinced himself " What are you thinking Anthony? The wine really has got into your head. Don't act stupid."
He breathed deeply before ringing the bell. His heart was pacing faster. The door opened and his heart abruptly slowed down. He was greatly disappointed not to see Sarah. Instead of her, he was greeted by Bianca.
" Hi brother in law. " Bianca greeted him warmly.
"Hi. Why are you still up ?" Anthony asked.He wanted to ask about Sarah but didn't want to sound like an obsessed husband. Wait obsessed husband "Are you stupid Anthony?" he scolded in his mind.
As if answering his unasked question Bianca replied "Well Sarah had asked me to open the door for you before she slept off. She told me you have forgotten your keys back inside your drawer."
"OK. Thank you and sorry for having kept you waiting. Goodnight." Anthony said trying to hide his disappointment.
"Good night and bye. You see tomorrow am leaving for home. I got selected in Arizona State University. And by the time I leave you will be sleeping. So wish me luck." Bianca said smiling.
Both the sisters had the same infectious smile.
"Oh that's great news. Congratulations, Bianca. Well I cant promise whether I can wake up early or not , but wish you luck for you new life and get home safely." Anthony wished her genuinely. He really felt happy for her. For a second he regretted for bad mouthing about her to Max.
"Thanks brother in law" Bianca gave him a sisterly hug." Goodnight" she wished and turned to go. But remembering something she turned back and said "By the way Sarah is sleeping with me today. She had a bad headache and slept off while I was giving her a massage. Hope you don't mind."
"Ya I don't. Goodnight" He said with a smile. A smile that he forced himself hard to make. His heart sank the moment he came to know that he wont be seeing Sarah until next morning.
He stood their motionless for sometime trying to calm his heart. "Why am I behaving so stupid? What's wrong with me? Just calm down Anthony, just calm down. Just sleep over it. Tomorrow everything is going to be normal again."
After regaining some mental strength he dragged himself to the bedroom. He lazily changed into his tracks and laid down on his bed.
He kept looking at the empty side of the bed, wishing badly to have one look at Sarah. Gradually he dozed off.
The fear of losing someone you love makes you realize the truth that lies in your heart.
- Writer
