A Different Love Story...!! - Diya Jain (read along books TXT) 📗

wires and monitors displaying her heartbeats. He could not move, the figure lying in front of him was not the girl he loved. She looked broken. Beyond repair. He had never seen her so pale, she did fell ill many times, but never such that she looked white.

Her cheeks had lost the colour, and lips looked dry and blue. She had lost the charm she had, the bubbly, cute looking girl; now lay motionless in front of him.

 

Dr. Ishaan noticed that Aarav didn't come inside with him, and turned to face him. He saw Aarav, shocking expression on his face, and as if he had seen a ghost. He looked again at his sleeping beauty, to check if anything was wrong, in panic. She looked just fine, more angelic, only if she could have opened her eyes.

 

He turned once again and walked towards Aarav, patted lightly on his shoulder and motioned to come inside.

'Come in, she is fine. Not long before she is out of this bed. Meet her, talk to her, she can listen, if not speak. Then come to my cabin, I would want to talk to you.'

 

'I... I don't know Dr. what happened to her? How, who did this to her? I have never seen her so quiet in my life. I can't face her, all this, happened because of me. I can't see her like this Dr.' Aarav almost choked.

 

'I can understand. Come on, let's go to my cabin, we don't want to disturb her. Let's talk more about it there. I will also share the reports of her progress with you.' Ishaan said and led Aarav to his cabin.

Chapter 6

'Please have a seat.' Ishaan said, as they reached to his cabin. 'Did you eat something?'

 

'Thank you Dr. I will, later, once I know how Shreshtha is.' Aarav replied.

 

'Hmm.... But, before I tell you anything about her, you will have to tell me how you are related to her. You know, formalities, which should be completed! And, why are her parents not here yet?' Ishaan enquired, taking the reports out from his desk drawer.

 

'Well, I am not a relative of Shreshtha' Aarav hesitated a bit, 'I am her boyfriend.....'

Ishaan flinched a bit, after hearing the word boyfriend, so his intuitions were true.

 

Aarav continued, 'Well...... I was her boyfriend, she broke up with me same night the accident occurred.'

Ishaan's inner self let a sigh of relief, as he released the breath he was holding. He looked up at Aarav, a question in his eyes.

 

Aarav was not looking at him now; his head was hung low, as if in despair and shame. 'He should be ashamed of himself. Who breaks up with an angel like my Sleeping Beauty?' Ishaan thought angrily.

 

'Her parents don't know about her yet. I could not gather the courage to call them; they will be so worried after they hear about her. I wanted to come and see her first, and then tell them.'

'Shreshtha's and my parents are family friends, so we both knew each other since childhood, and we grew up together. So, I know how worried they are always of her safety, and I can't tell them that I have failed them, that I couldn't take care of their princess.' Aarav finished, and looked up at Dr. Ishaan with a sad expression.

 

'I see. I would recommend that you call her parents then. They have all the right to be with her at this time, it can also help her heal quickly. She was lucky enough to have survived after all the blood loss she suffered from, and the serious injuries she had.' Ishaan couldn't bring himself to think about the horrible night he met Shreshtha, or the wonderful night he met his Sleeping Beauty...!!

 

'She is recovering soon, but we still can't say when she will get out of coma. I am trying my best; she has the best doctors attending to her. She is not in danger now, but, getting out of this situation can take some time.'

Ishaan then continued, getting up from his chair, 'Let's go meet her. You should also call her parents by the time. And let's also have a look at Shreshtha; see how she is doing today.'

 

'Sure doctor. I think I too should tell her, how stupid I am and how sorry I feel. I hope she forgives me.' Aarav said meekly.

 

'Sure she will. Let's get going.' Ishaan smiled a bit and left with Aarav.

 

 

Ishaan started telling Aarav about the incident as they were walking towards Shreshtha's room.

'I found her inside her car; some unknown vehicle had tossed it like a toy. By the time I reached, she had lost a good amount of blood. I took her to the emergency ward, and by the time the treatments would have started, she slipped in Coma. Her brain didn't get enough oxygen due to the bleeding. I could not ask her whereabouts, nor had she left any ID or something in her car.' Ishaan narrated the event.

 

'This girl never listens to me. She should not have gone out this late in the night and that too without a wallet with her. She is like that always, fierce and mad when angry.' Aarav said, and Ishaan somewhat disagreed in his mind, thinking, that his Sleeping Beauty can never be so mad at anything. To him, she was the most peaceful person on Earth.

Chapter 7

(Shreshtha's POV)

 

 

'I don't know where I am going, but all I know is; I don't want to see Aarav's face again. How could he do this to me, how could he leave me just like that? I loved him, and he did too. We spent our entire lives together till now and today he tells me he is bored of me. Bored of my love and care! To hell with him, I won't ever talk to him again.' Shreshtha was thinking furiously in her head. She wasn't crying anymore, she was fuming with anger.

 

Shreshtha had been so angry that she could not see the huge truck looming in front of her, dashing towards her at full speed, and before she could realise, it was dark and quiet.

 

She felt numb for a few moments, and then the pain started. First her head, then hands and then her legs. She could not move, and could not see clearly. She felt some warm liquid running through her hands and back, and she realised, it was her own blood.

 

'Someone h..e..l..p', she could not even speak, let alone move. She was losing consciousness and now her only hope was God himself.

 

 

After a long time, someone passed from that way. She could hear the sound of tires screeching near her, and footsteps approaching. She wanted to call for help, but could not. She was exhausted. Then she felt someone pulling her out of the car. 'Ouch! That hurts', she said angrily, but the words never formed.

 

 

Someone was splashing water on her face, and she realised, she was thirsty. It might have been a long time she was lying there. And then she felt two strong and warm hands holding her, and all she could think was of Aarav.

 

If only she could see him once, she will say that she still loves him. She wants to be with him. Someone shook her, and she thought it’s her Aarav.

 

She hardly opened her eyes, and saw a hazy image of someone in front of her. 'Aarav is back, he is with me. I knew he can't leave me alone', she thought. Just then she called his name, and the world turned dark.

 

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Shreshtha woke up in a completely different surrounding, so many people around her, all in white uniforms. She wondered if this is heaven. And then, the sharp pangs of pain in her head and body made her realise that she is still alive, but not able to move. She tried to speak, but found a mask on her face. She looked around and saw the people around her move so quickly she barely registered a single face.

 

She called for Aarav, and before she could say more, the darkness engulfed her again.

 

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She can't open her eyes, she tried a lot to move but her body won't listen. She lay there completely motionless, wanting to cry, scream and see the light. She could hear everything around her, but could not respond. The darkness around her was frustrating.

 

And then, she heard the voice, the voice of an angel. He was saying something about her being in Coma. That she had lost a lot of blood and her body is weak.

 

He was talking to her, she felt him near her. And then she heard him asking for her name, and she tried to respond, in vain. And, she heard his angel call her 'Sleeping Beauty', and she smiled inwardly, blushed maybe.

 

Her angel would come and talk to her everyday, and she would feel so relaxed. She also recognized his smell, fresh cologne. Everything about him seemed heavenly to her, only if she could open her eyes and see his face.

 

And one day, when she was feeling all low and drained more than ever, she waited for her angel to come talk to her. And then, she heard another voice. She tried to relate and thought that Aarav was here.

 

She was so happy she wanted to jump and hug him right there, but she could not move. And then, she realised that the sound faded away in distance.

'What!! He left me here... Alone?' she thought in despair.

 

That is when she remembered, the main reason she was here. It was because Aarav broke up with her. She hated him instantly and two silent tears rolled down from her eyes.

Chapter 8

Ishaan and Aarav reached Shreshtha's room and Aarav tentatively opened the door. His heart was still beating at