Chapter 19

Next day while I am going to the school,

I keep on thinking how life is strange. There are not as many happy moments as there are moment of sadness, we humans like to celebrate sadness more than happiness. Everywhere there are only fights, one woman does not respect the other one and they degrades each other. But shouldn't it be like they should be shielding and supporting each other. Though I don't get the chance to explore the outer world more but seeing such things in my house within the family make me feel more disgusted about it.

With these thoughts running in my mind, I reached school and go for my first class. I attended this class with Zoe only as Ketty is on leave today. During the class weather suddenly become rainy, seeing this me and Zoe look at each other smirking as we know because of such weather terrace would be open for longer duration. So, as soon as class got over we run out the class with our bags and reached terrace and here we feel like we got the heaven because the pipe of the water tank was broken, so small part of the roof was filled with the water.

Me and Zoe look at each other with a huge grin on our faces and jump in that small part and start jumping crazily and singing loudly. Some of our friends were already there so they asked to took our pictures but we ignored the camera continued playing in the water so, pictures are perfectly candid. Later with our wet clothes, especially our jeans we move toward canteen while giggling and after reaching in the canteen we give our orders and with hot chocolates we sit on our seats and Zoe initiated the conversation.

Zoe: In such cooling weather drinking hot chocolate, its like blessing. I just love this drink.

Siya: Yeah me too I just love drinking it but for me weather is not important because I can drink it anytime.

Zoe: Ohh cool. What cuisine you like the most?

Siya: Chinese Cuisine and what do you like?

Zoe: Chinese and Italian cuisine.

Siya: Ohh Okay.

We become silent for sometime, bell ringed and Zoe pick her bag leave for the library. Here, I lean on my set more comfortably and continued drinking my hot chocolate. After few minutes canteen door burst open, my eyes locks with him for a second I guess and I can see anger and rage in them and I got bit nervous, scared and uncomfortable because I know in such situation he behave rudely. Though all such feelings I am feeling are internal and from outside I am behaving bold, confident with a smile on my face.

However, as he coming close to me I can see he is getting more calm and relax but his eyes showed sadness. He finally reach in front of me and took the seat on which Zoe sitting before, then he initiated the conversation.

Erik: Hey

Siya: Hey. Are you okay?

Erik: Yeah. I come late today and skip my first class.

Siya: Ohh okay

Erik: How many more classes you left with and at what time your all classes ending?

Siya: (Confused and hesitantly a little) Umm two more classes left but I have a gap of more like two hours in between them. Around two I three in the afternoon I would be free. Why? What happened??

Erik: Ohh okay. Nothing happened as such. Just thought to bunk the school, and visit a haunted and abandoned place. So, I am taking you out with me too because it had been a long time since we did an outing together. And yeah I am not asking you, to come with me but its more like an order for you to follow.

Siya: (What I am to you a fucking slave or maid? Why can't it be a more sincere and gentle request? O common! now why I am reacting like this, as if I am not the one who wants him to smile or laugh and so I have to suffer now. I smiled faked) Okay.

I bottoms up my remaining chocolate shake, I stand up from seat and goes to throw it away. When I reached back at my seat, I pick up my bag and before leaving I talked to him.

Siya: I am going to library for studying.

Erik: I am coming too, with you.

Siya: (Rolling my eyes) Okay.

While walking towards library, he continued the conversation.

Erik: We will be leaving in an hour and I have already seen and selected the place. So, you just have to come, roam with me and there is nothing else you have to do it.

Siya: (Emotionlessly) Okay.

Here, in the library I plug earphones in and start working on my assignment though my whole focus is on the noodle of my thoughts.

Siya: (If we want a person to smile or laugh, do we have to do anything or say anything which can provide pleasure to them? There dominant behaviour is really worth it? May be this is the only way my mission could be achieved. I wish I could express my views to anyone or share things with someone but the point is with whom and how to do it.)

Erik tapped my shoulder so, I plug out my earphones and look at him. With my eyes only Erik, I hint him to continue what he want to say.

Erik: Its time to leave, come lets go.

Siya: Okay.

With this we pick our bags, took our leave from the library. Within ten minutes we start traveling for the destination and from seeing the route I recognized the destination most probably the one where I had already been there with my team mates. Though the difference here is that, I am not at all excited and joyful like before.

We reached there but guard is here today so, guard told us not to go inside the theatre but we can visit the palace in the middle of the forest. After listening to this, Erik mood changes from excitement to sulk. However, we move toward the forest and here I can see his eyes shine in excitement and with this he start clicking picture of the nearby area plus taking his pictures too.

Here, seeing him enjoying himself and I took a big sigh sit on a tree in a laying position, looking at the sky and it make feel at peace immediately. However, out of sudden I hear the click sound of the camera loud near me so, I jump down from the tree and look in the sound of the voice and I can see Erik is clicking my picture and I just ignore it and let him be. After few minutes Erik spoke up..

Erik: Hey can you click my photos.

Siya: Sure

With this he start posing and I start clicking his pictures. This is one of that task that I hate the most rather than clicking the picture of nature or our surrounding why to click our picture more. However, now I have become his personal photographer and its too boring and frustrating because it happened for 20 minutes. We leave that place in an hour, we decided to spend some time in near by park, just to relax and sit. So, in this park we sit and start enjoying the weather which is good from the morning.

Erik: Do you believe in ghost or spirits or paranormal stuff?

Siya: Yes, but I have never seen it. So, technically I have no idea of the reality. Why?

Erik: I believe in them. I want to try summoning them and I want once to speak to them. Lets try something, why not summon them?

Siya: This would be stupidity I guess.

Erik: It would be fun, lets try some rituals. My mom is not home as well as other family members today so, we can do it at my home.

Siya: (Though I am hell scared, but I don't want to show it) okay cool

With this we leave from there, took the cab and reached his house. After reaching his house we relaxed for some minute then he got up from his place bring a lit candle in then covered the whole room with curtains to make it look dark. He asked me to sit in front of him, hold his hands and then we closed our eyes and he start chanting something. After this we open our eyes and I can see the lit of the candle is blinking, this whole scene make me shake a bit and I can feel chill ran to my spinal cord.

He looked at me smirking and I look at him confusingly. After few minutes he does something which scared me to the hell....