AASHI SHARMA

Her hand watch with its broken glass strikes midnight. She sighed heavily as she looked at it. She can hardly walk and collapsed at the edge of the lake. With no one around and in a place she never knew she felt an urge to let it all out. she wanted to cry her eyes out but the tears were frozen inside her eyes. The winds passed over the still lake towards her as they were to gently embrace her wounds. She looked at the sky, it's filled with stars and the half-moon in its golden shade as if someone painted it carefully. But the Moon which she always found beautiful is no longer attracted her either the twinkling stars could make her eyes sparkle. A few hours ago she was the happiest girl on the earth but now all the sadness in the universe took over her. The scenes from the past few ours started coming as reels in her mind ad she saw her reflection in the water. A few hours ago...At 4:30 pm Phone buzzing on her bed. As she lifted the call, a loud voice shouted from the other side saying 'Ms. Aashi Sharma, we did it' what?- Aashi replied, say it cleary. Did we pass the test? Yes of course, and in flying colors- said the other one. Aashi is still in shock and cannot believe her ears. She and her best friend Farah were waiting for this day for a long time. They both wanted to get into India's most prestigious design college and today their dream came true. Today is the day of the results of the admission test to get into their dream college. They both were nervous since yesterday regarding the results. Aashi had a headache since this morning. So she said to Farah to check her results and fell asleep an hour ago. So now Farah called her to tell the good news. It is probably the best day for both girls. 'Aashiiii, Are you still listening? ' shouted Farah Ye..ah, I, I am just still in shock. Finally, our dreams are coming true. I still can't believe that we did it. Yes, dumbo we did it. I told you not to get too much worried. See, you worried and got a headache and spoiled our celebration - Farah complained acting as seriously as she can. -oh really! look who is speaking about getting worried' Aashi mocked at her friend imagining her cute angry bird face. 'ok Farah, jokes apart. we will celebrate it tomorrow. For now, I am heading out to grab some meds. I have no plans to prolong this headache. I will come to your place after that.' the call ends there and Aashi grabs her scooter keys and heads downstairs. Papa(Father), We both got selected says Aashi to her father who was going abroad on a business trip. He admires his daughter and bids a short goodbye to her and goes to the airport.on the other hand, Aashi grabs her helmet and heads out on her scooty. Maybe that is the only mistake she did on that day. She wouldn't have gone out if she has any clue that her world would turn upside down if she steps outside today.