19| Natasha in hospital

Started writing on 2nd August 2020.

Completed on 7th August 2020.

Word count : 2486 words

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"Who told this to you?" I asked.

"CEO" He said.

What type of prank is this?

You're gone Ayaan!

I'll kill you!

I walked towards his room in anger, the nameplate CEO was hanging on the door. I barged inside the room but nobody was inside. I turned back to search for him when I collided with Adarsh, his assistant.

"Sir is in the conference room." He said without beating around the bush. That's why I like straight forward people. I stomped all the way without listening to the rest of the talks of his assistant and finaly stormed inside the conference room.

"What type of joke is this, you omelette!" I shouted as soon as I pushed the glass door. And that's when I saw a dozen of people sitting their.

They were in a meeting.

And I disturbed them.

That's what his assistant was trying to say.

I turned back to leave when I heard a voice, "Meeting adjourned." I started on my steps when I heard a stern voice once more, "Divya, stay here."

And me being a fool stayed back without even thinking. (Note the sarcasm)

"Is there something urgent for you to come here." He mocked.

"Hmm. What was that piles thing?" I asked coming near him while he moved back.

"N-nothing." He stammered.

"Really? How come I never knew anything about my problems?" I asked pacing my steps towards him.

"And what was that yeast infection thing? Do you think I don't know what it is and where it infects? You were the one who started this." He accused me raising his index finger.

"Really." I took a step and caged him between the glass table, "I started it? Who sent that prank box to me?"

"You were the one who gifted me cockroaches on that day. I was just making the day more memorable. Thank me that I never gifted you any cockroaches." He pointed as if everything is my fault and freed from my grip.

"Wait a minute." I caged him once more, "Who manipulated me for that cockroach prank. You started all your pranks but I never said anything. You know why?" He nodded in 'no'. "Because I know kindness. But your pranks grew day by day! I couldn't do anything when water moved above my head. That's all your fault. Apologize!" I accused him and he rolled his eyes.

Am I joking here?

I moved close to him and gripping my hands on the table, "You started all it which means you're the root cause of pranks. That was your fault. Apologize or get ready for your punishment." I warned him.

"Punishment! And how will you punish me." He held me by my waist and pulled towards himself leaving just three inches gap between us.

Kiss!

Kiss!

Lose your first kiss!

"Yo-you." How could I stammer at such times. Where is the confident Divya?

The door opened leaving a shocked Adarsh standing there. "I needed your sign sir. I'll come afterwards." He left not before saying, "enjoy."

Enjoy?

"Leave me." I ordered Ayaan as he was still holding my waist with a tight grip.

××

I really strange. It's been eight and half days since Natasha called me. How could this miracle happen?

What if something happened to her?

It was already evening and I was packing up, so I decided to call her.

One ring and and she picked up the phone.

"Where are you?" I asked.

"Missing me?" She joked.

"Very funny! Now tell me where you are?" I asked.

"Hospital." She said biting a fruit.

"Hospital? But why? Are you alright?" I asked questions one after other.

"Yeah. I'm alright..." I stopped her in between.

"Which hospital?"

"The nearest one from your office." She said.

"Alright. I'm coming."

I drove fastly to the hospital. How could I not know she's in hospital? Such a bad friend I am.

After asking about her details, I ran towards her room with a fruit basket in my hand. "What happened and how come you're here?" I asked as soon as I entered the hospital room filled with bouquets and gifts.

"I'm alright. Just a car accident." She said as if accident is a small thing.

"Just an accident? Is there any facture in your bones?" I asked.

"A big mark on my forehead, and just a small facture in ring finger's bone, just a little pain." She said with a smile. Her forehead had a small mark, not as big as she was exaggerating. "How come you don't know about my accident. It's such a trending news!" I never read entertainment news, how can I know about her accident?

"Seriously? You're happy that you're on trending just because of an accident!"

"It's alright. See my fans are so good." She said glancing each corner. "Do you know who my doctor is?" She asked. I checked the front part of the bed which had the patient's details, and her attending doctor was none other that Dr Dhruv Gupta.

What a big coincidence!

"It's a high profile case so hospital decided him to be my attending doctor. It's that same man I met in your party. He's such a hot guy. I bet if he was an actor then all the girls would be drooling over him." She said all those things about my brother and I wasn't able to control my laugh. Hot! Drool!

"But there's a problem." She said and I nodded my head in 'what'. "There's a doctor who constantly hitting on him. She such a bitch, always finding ways to stick to him. I'll kill her. She'll always be a bitch, can never change. In childhood she wanted everyone's attention and now too." She started her non stop cursing.

"You know her?"

"Ofcourse! How can I forget her? Samaira the bitch." She said, venom dripping from her every word.

In the meantime, the door opened and Dhruv in his hospital get-up came inside to check the only patient. Natasha was looking at him like a hungry lion who wanted her prey as soon as possible.

"Divya. You're here?" Dhruv asked when he saw me sitting on the visitor's chair and I nodded. He checked her condition quietly and left.

"Natasha, by any chance do you want to be my sister in law?" I said sarcastically as I've never officially introduced him to her.

"He's your brother?" I nodded.

"How come I'm not aware of it? Leave the past." She paused, "That's a great thing. You can help me!" She said.

"I think I won't. That's your own battle, so you've to fight on your own. Wish you luck." I said.

"Alright. I can fight her back. I'm not someone who would sit and cry. Don't worry about me." She said enthusiastically.

"Fight her back? First take care of yourself. Your bones are already broken." I complained.

"Okay Mumma!" She whined and I rolled my eyes.

××

I reached back late at night.

All thanks to Natasha and her late night talks!

I heard a huge shout as soon as I entered the house. Who could it be?

Of course Ayaan.

He ran towards me in his trousers and t-shirt as fast as a cheetah and captured me, I mean hugged me in a bone crushing hug. Is he a cheetah and am I his prey?

"Where were you?" He asked.

"I was in hospital with Natasha." I was shocked. Why is he acting so caring? Must have lost his mind! "But why does it concern you?" He loosened his hands and looked at me angrily. "I mean I'm not a child. I can take my care myself."

"Really? Do you even know the crime rates of our capital? And you're travelling alone at night! This is not cool." He said and I couldn't say anything. He was true about the increasing crime but still, I'm an adult take care of myself. "Why were you not picking your phone?" He asked.

"Out of battery." And before he could say something I already started, "I always carry a power bank. But while chatting with Natasha I wasn't aware of my phone. So, I didn't get a chance to attach my phone to the charger." I said. We were still in the same position. He was holding me by my shoulders.

I cleared my throat so that he could free me but I think he's really a stupid. His hands were still on my shoulders and was standing very close to me, looking at me. "What?" I snatched him out of his Lala land, "Leave me!"

"Have you eaten?" He asked.

"Yes. No. I mean a type of." I've eaten some chocolates in hospital.

"Let's go and eat." He dragged me towards the dining area. What's going on in his mind?

"Do you even know how to make food?" I asked him seeing the table filled with various dishes. I don't want to eat uncooked food and be a victim of indigestion.

"Trust me! You won't find a better chef." He says with full confidence.

"We'll see." I took a bite and surprising it tasted good. "Hmm. It's good. But where did you learn this?"

"In my college and internship days. I was the worst cook in the world. The only thing I could make was instant noodles. Then I learnt how to cook as mom always told me 'an adult should know how to cook and survive'."

"I never asked you whole story." I said eating off the food in my plate.

"I just wanted to say." He said. After completing the food we walked into our respective rooms when he shouted, "Good night!"

"Good night." I said and slept on my bed after the night skincare.

×× ××

- N A T A S H A -

Who am I?

The Natasha Mehta!

The famous actress.

I had an accident the night after our party.

How?

I was shopping peacefully in a mall when a crowd of fans came after me. But not all fans are good ones. Even counting them was not enough to note their strength.

So I did the only thing possible.

I ran away.

But I don't know what's up with the paparazzi. Don't they have anything to do? How can they be present wherever I go? Who knows?

I got into my car to run away from the unwanted paparazzi, and drove away in full speed. Just then I got the thought of my soulmate and my other half. I hope that doctor Dhruv is the one.

That's the last thing I remember before crashing my car to a tree.

I woke up in an unfamiliar surrounding. My right hand was attached to a those painful salines. Another hand was was covered with bandages. My whole body was paining terribly.

After some time the doctor and his team entered.

He checked my condition and went outside. I couldn't see his face as it was covered with a mask but his eyes looked quite familiar.

I came to know that a finger bone of my left hand's ring finger is broken.

On the first day I was prescribed to go for small walks. Bathing was not allowed. Before going down I checked my face, (perks of being a star) which is beautiful all the time. But today it had a big half-inch mark on forehead.

How can I live with this mark?

What about my career?

Due to the pressure of nurses I had to go down for walk, by hiding mark with my side bangs. The nurses even asked for a selfie, so being a polite star I fulfilled their wishes, carefully hiding my mark.

Isn't this same hospital where I came that day when my ankle sprained. And this is the place where I saw Dhruv for the first time.

I hope that he would be the one treating me!

Coming back my eyes went towards the details plate in front of my bed. Guess who the doctor was? It was Dr Dhruv Gupta.

Dhruv! The same man whom I met in the party and shared my first kiss with.

So my wish is fulfilled!

But he must have seen my scar! What should I do now?

On the second day when I went outside my room I saw him. A woman was following him wherever he was going. But it didn't look like the professional work, she was clinging onto him.

I couldn't check her face but by her appearance she must be a doctor. She was an irritating clingy woman who moved behind Dhruv, while he had an ice cube face. I don't know why it felt like a deja vu.

Don't she have any work to do instead of clinging onto him?

And this followed everyday.

Once by chance I saw her bare face. The land beneath my foot slided seeing her face.

She was the same Samaira.

The one whom I hate the most.

The one who always made my life a misery.

The one who always did mistakes but blamed me.

The one whom I hate through my guts.

An unwanted cousin!

I knew the she's a doctor. But when did she come back India and why is she working here and flirting with Dhruv all the time?

And the days passed like this - she hitting on him while he having his straight serious face. Why is she being an adhesive?

Well there's nothing new in this?

She always did the same.

Hitting on guys and playing with them.

Had her first kiss at the age of 8. Lost her virginity at the age of 14. Going to an extent, she once tried to elope when she was just 16.

She just knows one thing, how to steal other's man!

Yet, she never loves them.

I know it's her choice to do what she wants, but she used boys. She never loved them.

I remember a boy who loved her genuinely but she cheated on him. It's not always men who cheat.

She just leaves them after using.

It was her who always made mistakes but threw me in the pit.

And always blaming me for her faults.

We don't even talk to each other as I know it would only create unnecessary fights and she would be shouting like crazy people.

On my fifth day she came in my room to check my condition. But why? Am I not a patient of another doctor.

She was checking my left hand and knowingly pressed it hard which pained like hell. She hasn't even changed a bit, still a crazy minded lady.

"I'm fine doctor, your should go. Your other patients might need you." I smile forcefully.

"No, it's alright. You're a celebrity. I should take your care well. Right?" She kept her hand on my left hand.

"Right." I kept my other hand over hers and dug nails into her skin hard. "But you don't need to worry. I'm an adult now. I can take my care on my own. You've already took my care in my school days, now it's my turn. (Note the sarcasm)" I smiled. She rolled her eyes and went out.

And that's how days were going in hospital, me trying to win his attention while she trying to hit on him!

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