Responsibility is Heavy…….

What is this responsibility? With great freedom comes great responsibility but what if it is like with great fear there is greater responsibility or with great responsibility there comes greater pressure of a known circle that wants to do things their own way. Or is it with great freedom comes greater greed to attain more power and jealousy to why it is not more? 5:32 am The sky is still dark but bluish. Smoke is coming out of the tea mug which is kept on the railing. It is dark red in color, but it looks black in the dark sky. There is a dim lamp light turned on in the sitting room behind her. She is standing in the balcony looking at the view in front of her. It is silent with exception of birds flying in circles in the sky. Alya wore a light pink t-shirt with her dark brown trousers. She woke up early this morning her sleep broke at first she thought of going back to sleep but no sleep came. She gave up the next moment. Out of all the other things one thing Alya never struggled in is falling asleep. She is someone who could sleep like a baby whenever she lays down. But these few days she is having irregular sleep or less sleep hours. ‘ It must be cause of all the weird things happening all around me.’ Alya thought sighing. Some good things happened some bad. She reached out and rubbed her head thinking of the two times getting hit on it. ‘ Ma would be screaming if she heard about it.’ Thinking of her mother she smiled. Finally, she is having a better connection with her Baba. Now she actually finds time to talk to the family after every other day. A single tear escaped her left eye. She did not think how much she was missing her baba. There was another thing she was missing, but it feels as if there is still something more she wants. ‘ Silly me and my greed.’ she shook her head. ‘ this is enough.’ They converse more now but it feels more like a professional type then a friendly one. Their interaction is no more than before. It made her sad she was getting too much hopeful. “ I want to ask you so many questions Brian. But I do not know how to. I do not know so much. I want to know what happened to you. Where did you go?” She looked at the sky again lost in her own thoughts. The sky is becoming clear on her right side there is a reddish sky while on the other side there the blue is getting lighter. Her teacup is getting empty only a few sips left. The wind blew stronger, but it did not make shiver rather it was becoming warmer. An old man came out of the building he stretched a bit and went jogging. Alya took out her phone from her pocket and looked at the time it is 6:12 am. Still too early for her maybe she should go out to jog like that man. She rejected the idea in the next minute. ‘ I do not want to.” She looked at the sofa and the lamp light she walked in and turned off the light. The room looked dark but the faint light from the sky made it grey. She smiled it looks nice. ‘ I am hungry again should I make a small sandwich?’ She took at the phone again checking her notepad so that she does not miss any agenda of the day. She gulped down the last of the tea. ‘It became cold.’ she set the cup in the sink and opened the fridge to take out the ingredients for a cold cut sandwich. She turned on a music in her phone. The music said. “ I believe things will change…’ 7:52 am Alya walked in as fast as she could. ‘ I cannot believe I am almost late even when I woke up early.’ She did get ready early, but she missed the bus. Her mother called and she had to hear a long lecture of why she should leave the office and shift to her place. She is having a hard time with the kids and missing her. It took her a long time to reason; she could only escape by promising to visit on the weekends. She quickly entered and almost ran to catch the lift. It was packed she somehow squished herself in one corner of the space. When the lift bell gave a ding, she came out blowing out a breath. She walked into the room. Helea was standing in front of Megan’s table they were seriously talking about something. She slowly walked behind them and greeted them. Helea, “ Hey there, Did you hear about the selection process?” Alya looked at her then looked at Megan, “ What selection process?” she put down her back. Megan gave a sniff, “ It is going to be really hard.” Helea, “ The new factory is hiring people from other sections to be shifted there.” Alya, “ Wait a minute shifted to the factory section? Why not hire more workers?” Helea fixed her glasses, “ They would hire more workers but not going to risk it in the new factory rather they would be selecting people from here.” Alya, “ That is not a bad opportunity it is good but why is Megan sad over here?” Helea looked at here and mouthed “Fionn”. Alya looked back at Megan, “ Did you guys have a fight?” Megan sniffed and shook her head and looked for a napkin to blow her nose. This made Alya more confused. Helea, “ It is said she might be chosen to go there and settle for a few months.” Alya finally nodded, “ Oh okay that makes sense it is a bit far from this place you can always visit here.” This made Megan burst out into tears. Helea pulled Alya away, “ Young love what can you say.” She smiled at Alya. “ Besides I heard something more. I heard you are one of the first to apply for the shift.” Alya racked her thoughts, “ Ah yes I almost forgot about it. I did apply but I did not think it will work out.” Helea, “ Are you sure about this Alya? It will be hard work and you will be separated from you know who.” Alya, “ Stop it, He is a very good friend now. Besides think of all the desserts I will get to eat. The new place will have a huge kitchen.” Her eyes sparkled at the thought of it. Helea flicked her forehead and frowned at her, “ Greedy.” Alya rubbed her head, “ Ouch her that hurts.” Helea walked away, “ Whatever do not forget to take the report to Mr. Heimlich we need his review and approval by today for the order.” Alya nodded smiling and waved a bye. She took off her coat and sat on the chair turning on the screen of the computer on her table. “ It is almost done just one more form left to enter. At this rate I might be with it before the mentioned time.” She laughed talking to herself. 10:45 am It took more time than she thought. After the last entry she encountered more editing while looking at the whole report. She thought angry at herself with the papers in her hand. ‘ What was I thinking? How could I make so much mistakes here?’ She reached Brian’s room and raised her hand to knock. The door was half open. ‘ This is pretty irresponsible of them.’ She knocked once no answer came. She tried again this time no sound came from the other side. She got curious and pushed open the door, there was no one inside. ‘This is strange she thought something made her curious she walked in and saw another door inside. ‘Woah I never noticed is there a storeroom here?’ She slowly walked closer to the door some words came out of it. It seemed like Aiden and Brian. She debated whether to listen or not. ‘Why do I have a feeling I will regret listening to my curious soul.’ she quietly put her right ear on the door. Aiden, “ What will you do about it now? At this rate we will lose everything. This is the second time an attempt was taken. If we did not install new cameras, this time it would be another strike.” Brian, “ I understand I even know who it is. But I have no evidence against him.” Aiden, “ Your father still wants you to get married to a reputed family? It seems a bit too much though.” Brian, “ Responsibility is a hard thing. I wish I could just leave all this.” He seemed pissed. Aiden, “ You were the only one who could fix it here. You had no other choice.” Brian, “ There was another one. I am nothing in front of him.” Aiden, “ But we all know he might not be able to get back.” They started walking. Alya made a run for it. Hoping not to get caught eavesdropping.