Chapter 5: Thoughts and Lots

It was around seven in the morning now. Saniya thought of taking a shower before going to bed. She was still thinking about Arjun and was much impressed by his mannerisms towards her. She really had a very good time with him. She went to bed after that but, couldn't sleep at all; not because the sun had already risen, it was actually because she couldn't stop thinking about Arjun now also! She closed her eyes for inviting a deep sleep but was restless and started smiling, remembering those moments when she was with Arjun a while ago.

It happens with most of the people when someone meets an attractive person in their life. We feel a bit lonely and start missing our college friends soon after completing our studies, which makes us search for a new friend. Saniya was also in that same stage of life which made her show interest in Arjun's friendship. He was the first guy whom she met in her youthful days; she was quite impressed by the way he approached her and took her for a walk last night. She found him to be very jovial and interesting too.

Arjun, on the contrary, was a different kind of person. He loved making new friends and travelling to different places to discover new contacts for some specific reasons. After reaching his flat, he also took a shower just like Saniya did, but then unlike her, before going to bed he did not think anything about Saniya; instead, he took a beer from the refrigerator and started drinking it. In a few minutes, he finished off 3 bottles of beer and then drowned into a deep sleep at 7:30 in the morning!

In the evening later, Arjun and Saniya met again, at the pub Tranz. Saniya actually wanted to go somewhere else instead of the pub as she was short of money for buying the entry ticket, but the gentleman bought her ticket and took her in the pub with him. They enjoyed drinking and dancing together till it was midnight and it was closing time now. They still had with them the entire night, to stay with each other. They walked up to the beach again, talking casually. Arjun was the only guy with whom Saniya could share even her personal life, without any hesitation. This brought her real close to Arjun.

They returned to their respective rooms for some rest, but only after sunrise. Again throughout the day Saniya was restless and lost in his thoughts, dreaming the moments she spent with him. Arjun on the other hand, was busy consuming beer rather than thinking about Saniya.

Around 3 o'clock in the afternoon when Saniya was in deep sleep she was buzzed with some text messages on her mobile. She woke up and rushed to check for Arjun's message, full of excitement; but Saniya was disappointed to find that not a single message from Arjun, not even on her Whatsapp. She tried to console herself, thinking that Arjun must be sleeping still and therefore didn't contact her.

At the other end, Arjun already woke up at around 1 o'clock in the noon, and then went out to have his lunch and to buy more beer for himself. Saniya had ordered her lunch from the hotel room service and then she thought of taking a nap, but couldn't as she was restlessly checking the messages, at short intervals, hoping to get one from Arjun; which didn't happen at all, further worsening her anxiety.

In a desperate state, she started with the crazy activity of checking Arjun's last seen on the social media. This is common about the young girls in a similar situation. She then searched out his Facebook account and sent him a friend request. She dropped a few messages on his Whatsapp also! 'Hi Arjun, it's me Saniya, please call me up as soon as you have got up, let's go out again today evening.'

It was now 5 pm, still, Saniya didn't receive any reply from Arjun and she had started missing him now. She had been waiting eagerly to hear from him and had waited for his message all day, now she couldn't stop herself from giving him a call. Alas! There was no response from the other side, though she kept calling up again and again.

Arjun was still laid upon his bed after drinking bottles-full beer in the afternoon. Since Saniya had started feeling lonely now, she came out of her hotel and started walking towards the Holiday Street to hunt for Arjun's residence. She kept on asking people on the street about it, but no one gave her proper info. She had now walked up to the end of the street but couldn't find where he was! She now felt depressed and decided to return back to her room in disappointment. Still she kept on dialling his number, but his mobile was switched off.

Around 7 in the evening Arjun got up from his bed and found that his mobile's battery had got discharged; he placed his cell phone for charging and then went for a shower, without switching it ON.