chapter 24

                                1Nazma tried to snatch the cell phone from Zaini's hands but this time Zaini did not let her do that. "Give it to me", said Nazma pulling the cell phone."The cell phone is locked. Do you know its password?" said Zaini pulling back her cell phone. Nazma left the cell phone immediately with half a heart.Zaini opened the message. Nazma was hanging over her. Zaini scrolled on the screen but the message was empty."What is this?" said she."What happened?""There is no message. It is empty!""But why? Why would he send an empty message?" said Nazma in disappointment. "How would I know it?"Both the girls sat for a while in silence. "How was your test?" asked Nazma."Oh yes, it was brilliant!! All thanks to you! Dr Park checked the test right away in front of me and he was surprised. He smiled and asked me to rest for the whole weekend", said Zaini happily."I knew it!! What were your colleague's reactions?" asked Nazma."They were on duty in the ward at that time. I wish I could have seen their facial reactions once", said Zaini."Be careful what you do from now onwards. You have caught the eye of Ji Hoon and your impression is not good at all. Whoever had made a negative impression on him in the past, was thrown out of the hospital though he never let hard-working people leave the hospital", said Nazma."I don't like him at all. He behaved as if he was doing some kind of favor for me by scolding the pranksters!!", said Zaini."Whatever!! By the way, you don't like people much. You don't like Kim, you don't like Ji Hoon... Do you like your boyfriend or not??" said Nazma in sarcasm."Of course, I love him""Show me his picture at least"Zaini showed her a few pictures of Prague."Wao!! Nice. You have a good taste in the case of boys!" said Nazma and giggled. Zaini smiled and then the two friends talked about each other's college life, ate, and watched movies together.                                  2The next day, Zaini woke up a little early as she slept early the last night. She was feeling really hungry but she had no mood for Maggie. She came out and went to look for food around. After a while, she found a small open restaurant. After she finished her breakfast, she thought of calling Huma."Hello, so you got the time to call?" taunted Huma."Now you also don't get started! I am still settling here and there have been a lot of things happening here", said Zaini."My ears are all open. Please start", said Huma.Zaini laughed at her and said, "Ah! This is what I miss here a lot. I don't know why Prague is not like you. You patiently waited for my call and now you want to hear me out but Prague, he called here and there and dug about me.""He is your boyfriend. He was worried for you.""Aren't you worried for me?""I am but I trust you. I know you will call me whenever you have some free time", said Huma."Exactly!! This is what I expect from Prague", said Zaini."I don't know what to say. I don't find him wrong either. It is just that you both have different mindsets. You tell me what had happened?" asked Huma.Zaini told her the whole story about being pranked, about Ji Hoon, and waking up late and getting punished. She was about to tell her about Kim Min Ho and the drunk incident but something in her heart asked her to hide it. "Oh My God, how are you handling the things there!? I would have left the hospital and come back. But, why were you late for the hospital?" said Hema."I told you I had a couple of drinks and I overslept", said Zaini immediately as she was busy crossing the road to go back to her flat."No, you just said that you overslept", said Huma in confusion."Oh, I forgot to mention it then", said Zaini as she realized she had skipped it at first. "So you had drinks alone?? Were you that stressed? It's good that you make it to your flat otherwise you know it, you cannot handle the drinks. You should not drink alone. What was Prague's reaction when you told him about it?" asked Huma. "I have not told him about it yet", said Zaini in a slow voice cursing herself for telling this to Huma. "Okay, I think you should not tell him about it ever. He will not be able to handle it. He will get furious. You won't believe it, he is worried about you all the time. You talk about space in a relationship and he talks about at least talking 3-4 hours per day. He wants to know everything happening with or around you", said Huma."How do you know all this?" asked Zaini in surprise."He called me when you were not taking his calls. He told me how he feels about you leaving for Korea and how he is so worried for you", said Huma.Zaini didn't like it. "Hmmm... He is over-worried. I hope soon he will accept the fact that I can handle myself well and he does not need to worry for me. How are your engagement arrangements going on?", said Zaini and changed the topic."Everything is going well. The event is on the next weekend. I will miss your presence", said Huma."Awww... Me too. I wish I could come to your engagement", said Zaini although at the back end of her mind, she did not like that Prague talked to Huma about her. "I wish it too. Let's catch up later on. I have to go shopping now", said Huma.The call was disconnected."I hate you Prague!!" thought Zaini.Zaini felt like calling Prague to argue with him but soon she ignored her thoughts thinking she wanted to rest for the day rather than ruin her day.