HER

"Hello...."she cried...But the line had already disconnected.She tried calling again.No reply.She texted...Her texts were seen but still there was no reply...

'Jon...please...I have loved you even before I knew who you were rich.Please let me explain.Please answer my call'

She waited...but still there was no reply from him.Her heart was tearing apart...He could have simply said no...But his words were like stabbing her straight in her heart.All she could do was kneel infront of her phone and cry hysterically...

"Why?why did I tell him that?"She sobbed...

All she could hear was his words echoing in her ears....

She just wanted to run away from the voice...She opened her door and ran downstairs....Suddenly...her legs slipped and she fell down...

"Ouch...."She had rolled down her bed and fell on the floor.

"Sandriya?Are you alright?"her mother asked as she opened her room door to check.

"Mom...Mom...I"she started crying...

"Its okay honey...Mom's got you...Its just a nightmare...Everythings fine"her mom hugged her tight...

"Mom..."Sandriya couldn't help but cry in her mother's arms...Losing him,even in a dream,looked more scary...

"Now sit here.I will go get you a glass of water"her mother said after she congirmed that her daughter had calmed down.

Sandriya sat on her bed wiping her tears...Her hands were still trembling because of the dream...She took her phone to check the time...It was 8 pm...She had been asleep for 2 hours...She had unknowingly fallen asleep waiting for his reply...So none of this had really happened...Her heart let out a sigh of relief...She then opened the inbox as there was a notification.It was a text from Jonathan...

'I will call you later' it was received 30 minutes ago...

"If he calls,I better not ask anything about this..."she told to herself.One nightmare was more than enough to break her heart...So going through the same in real life...she can't take it...

After a few minutes,her mother came back with a glass of water.

"Relax a bit and come down for dinner dear"her mother instructed before going downstairs.

She waited a bit longer for his call,but sge didn't receive any.So she went downstairs to have her dinner.

The family of three sat down on the dinner table...

Mrs.Andrews had made Sandriya's favourite dishes...The three then started eating...

Midway through their meal...the door bell rang...

"I'll go get it"Sandriya said as she stood up...

"I'll go dear"her father interupted before he went to open the door.So Sandriya sat back on her chair...

"Hello Son...Its been a long time I saw you"Mr.Andrews exclaimed.

"Yeah uncle.How was your trip?"

Sandriya choked on her food when she heard the familiar voice.

"It was good.I came back yesterday.Didn't Sandriya tell you?"he questioned.

"She did.She was in a hurry to meet you that she didn't even tell a proper goodbye to me yesterday"Jonathan complained.

"Come.Join us for dinner"Mr.Andrews invited and the two men went to the dinning tables and took a seat.

Sandriya was confused to why he was there at that time.If he were to ask her something in person,she won't be able to face him in the eye...That would be a tough situation...

"Why are you straining yourself like this?"Mrs.Andrews asked in an angered tone.She was clearly still mad.

"How can I give you these homemade chocolates if I didn't come here?"he said stretching out a box of nice wrapped chocolates.

"Aunty,these are only for beautiful ladies...so eat it yourself.Don't give them to Sandriya"he teased.Hearing the statement Sandriya pouted...

Mrs.Andrews started laughing...

"You are not angry now,are you?"

"How can I be angry at a sweet boy like you?"Mrs.Andrews smiled.

Jonathan made a thumbs up sign at Sandriya,as if telling her,he has calmed her mother as promised...

After they finished eating,Mr.Andrews sat on the sofa reading newspaper...

"Uncle,Can I take Sandriya for a walk.Promise it won't take long"Jonathan asked.

Sandriya was stunned...She was hoping he won't ask anything as long as her parents were around.Now what was she gonna do...She tried to signal her father to say no...

"Okay...Be back soon...Its already late yoing man"

"Okay Uncle...thank you"

"Shall we go?"Jonathan asked turning to Sandriya...

"O-kay"she answered with hesitation...If he does ask her something...as long as she kept her mouth shut nothing was gonna happen...she thought...

After a walking a distance...he finally opened his mouth...

"Do you really wanna know about HER?"

Sandriya looked at him with a blank expression...But looking at her eyes he could tell she was curious...

"To be honest...there is no HER...That day I was just refering to someone who will be special in my life may be in future...If someday I meet someone like that...I fear how I will be able to protect them...A wealthy life is not always happy...It comes with a price...I fear that something thrown at me will harm them...Just like what happened with you...Seeing you in a coma and seeing you face a bullet because of me...thats already too much for me..."his voice trembled...

"You have said that a lot of times already...You were always there to protect me silly.Even so...I won't regret dieing for you"she let out a smile.

"Shut up will you?"his voice echoed threw the empty street...Sandriya was stunned by his sudden change in tone...

"I don't want you to die for me...Stupid...I-I want you to live.I want you to be happy and cheerful"

"I will.As long as you are here"Sandriya hugged him,burying her face in his chest...

"I am sorry"he patted her head.

"I am okay...Lets not talk about this again...okay...I don't care if you are rich or if you are surronded by danger...as long as we are together thats all that matters to me"she said softy grasping his shirt...

"Okay..."he too nodded gently"come now lets go home or your father is gonna kill me"he chuckled...

"Okay "she said before pulling away from him...The two then headed home....