The talk

I wake up feeling like a mess. I stand up from the couch running my hand through my hair I look outside from the window and it's a lil dark outside and raining a lil too. I look on the watch it's past 7. I slept whole day? That's weird. As i try to process everything I hear a knock on the door.

"Come in" I say as I walk in the bathroom.

"You Feeling better?" I hear a voice and it's Sartaj 's

I wash my face and walk out of the bathroom "huh?" I asked him

"Your head was hurting. right?" He said raising his eyebrows

"Oh yeah! Its better now!!" I told him. I lied to them when they all came in my room earlier. I told them I need to take a nap because my head hurts. But I wanted to be alone and wasn't in a mood of having a nice little party.

"Dinner is ready. you didn't eat your lunch today. Let's go!!" Sartaj ordered

"Okay" I say and we walk downstairs I saw Riaz, Heena, Aisha and faiz in dining room.

"Hey how's your head? Heena asked as I sit next to her.

"She is better now! Let's eat! I'm starving!" Sartaj replying for me, making Everybody laugh.

After we finished the dinner I start to walk upstairs.

"Hey you are not joing us for coffee?" Riaz called from behind

I turned back "No.You guys enjoy." And continue walking. I came back in my room stay there few minutes but I wasn't feeling good I knew where I can feel better in this house. I open the terrace door and look. It was empty and quite But I feel peace here there's no one else! Just me. Its a lil cold because it was raining a while ago. I'm standing by railing and looking down at the garden I rub my hands together. I remember the time when we used play as kids in this garden lots of fights, lots of games, lots of laughs with lots of memories.

I found a smile on my face and suddenly the terrace door got opened make me jump I turned my head to look who is it? And it's.. Faiz!!!

"You"

"You?" We both yelled at the same time looking at each other

"What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?"

Again on the same timing same words came from our mouths. I waited few moments for answer but didn't reply so I turned back to the railing and stand there. After a minute or two he stand beside me and held the railing. There was a silence I can only hear the wind.

"It Belongs to my friend" Faiz said softly looking straight

"Huh?" I said raising my eyebrows questioning him what is he talking about.

"The shirt, It belongs to my friend and he..-he died few months ago" My eyes got wide when I hear his reply. Oh my god I felt so sorry for him and angry at myself

"O-oh! I- And I ruined it. I'm so sorry I didn't knew that. I'm so stupid" I said. God that's why he was so angry.

"Yes you are, but it's okay" i rolled my eyes at himwhich made his chuckle a lil.

"We've been friends for last four years. He was my classmate, my roommate and my best friend!!" I can hear the pain in his voice. I couldn't help but notice the way he didn't use past tense for their friendship.

I dont know what i should say to him, finally I open my mouth "are you okay?"

Faiz looked at me for a second "it would be a lie if i say im okay i miss him.. very much. We used to tell each other everything and one day he was just.. gone! Far far away. I try not to show but sometimes I really miss him so I just take a look at his things that have and it reminds me of the memories I have with him" I listen to every word that came out of his mouth.

I wanted to ask and tell him so many things but couldn't find right words I rest my hand on his hand and say "I know it must be hard, Really hard to believe that you cant ever meet, see or talk to the person who's been a big part of your life but I'm sure he must be looking at you from the heaven and laughing at stupid things you do everyday."

He looked at me and start to laugh very loud, wow was it funny? He looks so handsome when he laughs I never noticed.

"God. you are an idiot." He say between laughs. I start to laugh too.

"Hey. I'm sorry I'll clean that shirt for you and I'm sorry for yelling at you without knowing the real reason." I apologise to him

"No. Don't worry it's okay and I was a little rude to you lately!!" He says and smile. A LITTLE

"Okay it's getting late we should go and sleep." I say and start to walk as I reach to the door "Listen" He called

I turn "What? " I ask him

He take few steps closer to me and stand front of me "I don't hate you, i can never hate you" He say and walk downstairs.

I just smile in relief that we can actually have a Talk its surprising but nice. I lock the terrace door and came back in my room. Heena wasn't here So I went outside the room looking for her. I hear laughs from the balcony so went there if she is here. They all here in balcony heena, Riaz and Aisha are talking with ice cream in their hands and faiz & sartaj are playing games on their and trying to beat each other.

"Heena you aren't coming to sleep??" I asked her she was busy eating her ice cream

"No! I'm gonna sleep today with aisha and you are not feeling well so it'll be good for you too!!" She says

"Okay I'm gonna go and sleep!!" I say and came in my room close the door and changed in my pajamas and went to sleep i was definitely feeling a lot lighter maybe because out The talk we had. I fell asleep. In dream there is this a very beautiful big house and there's a guy too he is walking front of me holding my hand.. I'm wandering around the house with his hand in my hand. He open a door I walk in and jump on the bed he lay next to me he rest his hand on my waist and pulled me closer.

I open my eyes and found a manly arm hugging me from behind oh god there's a guy in my bed I screamed and he screamed too. Weird I can't see his face because it's dark suddenly light gets on he turned it on.

I screamed again and jump off the bed when I saw it's faiz.

"What the hell are you doing in my bed?" He yelled as he stand up wear his shirt

"Excuse me? This is my room"

"What nons-" He stop talking when he look around the room and realise it is my room "-Oh this is actually your room"

"Well ofcourse its mine! What are you doing here in the middle of night?" I yelled at him

"That's why the bed wasn't on the right side!!" He tells himself. I raised my eyebrows asking him "huh?"

"I thought it was salman's room. Your room is close to his and have the same door so I-" he try to explain but cut off in between

"And what about things you were doing in your sleep?? Tell me what you were you imaging or dreaming about??"

"Listen I'm sorry but i-" Again I didn't let him speak and I said "leave! Now!!" He left the room and close the door behind him

God what was that? Ewww faiz in my bed and god knows what he was imaging when he was doing that.

I woke up and it was 6:30 in the morning I couldn't sleep very well after the night clash with faiz. God I don't want to think about that. I wash my face and tie my hair up in messy bun and walk downstairs because I need coffee.

I walk in the kitchen and saw .guess who? Faiz sitting here with a cup in his right hand and phone in left.

"Seriously? Why The first face I see in the morning has to be yours?" I said annoyingly as I walk closer. No one else is up just me and faiz it's a lil early for them to wake up.

"You're lucky cause you are seeing my handsome face but I have to see yours in this beautiful early morning" He say looking at him phone and take sip of his coffee. I roll my eyes on his reply

"Oh puh-leaz!! You and handsome!! Wake up from your dream and live the reality stupid!!" I snapped back taking a dark Coffee in my hand and sit across faiz.

He didn't look up at me then i remember about last night And I start to laugh I just couldn't stop laughing "Why are you laughing?" Faiz asked annoyingly. looking up. I didn't answer just kept laughing.

"What???" He question again getting irritate and put his phone down on the table and looked at me

"Nothing!! Just got a flashback from last night." I say between laughs. He just stared at me blankly because I can feel it was embarrassing for him.

"that look on your face when you realise that wasn't your room I wish I had a camera to click it" I laugh harder and harder

And he start to laugh too. "Oh God my stomach hurts" I say I got tears in my eyes cause of laughing.

"You are strange. Last night you were boiling with anger about it and now in the morning laughing like crazy at same thing." He say between his laughs.

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Sartaj, heena and riaz are watching faiz and sahiba from upstairs, horror and disbelief filled in their eyes.

"Tell me you both can see what I'm seeing or am i hallucinating?" Riaz struggling to believe his eyes

"You're not hallucinating. They are laughing together, having coffee on the same table, under the same roof." heena replied

"They must have been possessed by something. This definitely can't be real" sartaj said in disbelief