A task at Hand

Pushing myself harder, I finally got out of bad... I entered the washroom and stare my reflection on the mirror "It's gonna be okay", I mumble to myself again. I wash my face with some cold splashes of water and brush my teeth, by the time I reach the common living room I find mansi cuddled on the sofa with her coffee and her cell phone, totally engrossed in something as soon as she hear me coming, " Hey, I made Coffee, you want some?", "It's drinkable?" I tease, rolling her eyes mansi replied, "Looks like someone got their sense of humour back, after an early morning crisis", I ignored her comment and went back to the kitchen to get some caffeine based distraction. I had a long day today, and I can't let my emotions get the better of me. We went for breakfast and tour around the living quarters the company provided temporarily for us. I enquired mansi about the new company's environment to get familiarize before my first day. DSA was one of the top digital solutions company in the country, It was an honor to work for such a brand, the CEO Mr. Himanshu Kapoor built the company from the scratch, and I was really looking forward to this new experience in such environment, even though it made me nervous but it was a good kinda nervous. At 8:00 mansi left for her office, while I left for dad's hotel. We had some last minute shopping to do, so from his hotel we decided to buy those last items from our checklist. After roaming and tiring ourself in the hot July morning, we decided to have lunch. we went to a nearby restaurant when dad begin, "Honey, we still have to buy your mother's favorite sweet, she very strictly reminded me this morning". *My mom has a sweet tooth, even though my mother is the epitome of endurance at times, but when it comes to her favourite sweets she becomes really nasty* shuddering at the memory of her angry image, I shift my gaze and thoughts to my father, "Don't worry dad, you should go to the hotel and get your luggage, I will get the sweets and meet you at the train station at 4:00.", at first my dad seemed Skeptical about my idea, but after thinking for a while he nodded in agreement.

*I know my father still See me as a child, who can't take care of herself, but that's not true I am much more capable than I look and I gotta prove that to him* After finishing our lunch we went to our respective destinations. The sweet shop whose sweets my mother wanted was on the other side of the city it took me one hour to reach there and buy the damn sweets. *Finally! I am here and it's only been 2:20 p.m, according to Google Maps it would take me half hour to reach the train station. Well done Jas! see you didn't needed help, I self patted myself in my mind, but I still have plenty of time left, Oh I know what I will do, there must be a mall nearby, I can go there and spend some time there, it would be better to wait in the air conditioned super market, than the hot and dusty railway station, I can even look for a farewell present for dad* finally, I stated locating a nearby mall on my google maps and found one that was a 10 min walk from the sweet shop I turned my heels and started walking according to my GPS. I was window shopping when I saw a wrist watch shop, this reminded me that while coming to pune dad's watch got broken while handling my suitcases, I felt a light bulb blinking at my head and I went inside the shop. It was already 3:10 p.m, when I finally bought the watch, even though I still had more time I decided that it was better to get going towards my final destination as soon as I opened my phone to book an uber for the station my phone started ringing, it was mansi, I immediately picked up her call, "Hey mansi what's up?", " You won't believe what happen, harsh is moving to pune, near us", at that moment, my mouth immediately became dry, everything became blank for a second and I felt dizzy, realizing that I was still on call with mansi, I tried to contain my emotions while acting casual, "But, how? I thought his company placed him in banglore?!, so why pune now?", " Well, apparently, banglore was his temporary training location, after his performance, they have decided to shift him to a more central location of the company. isn't it so cool, all three of us together again, just like college", * a shrieking scream was going on in my mind, at that moment*

"it's really great, really really great!",I responded even realizing that I am not handling the information properly." Hey Are you okay, what happened? " mansi inquired, at my funny reaction. " I am fine don't worry about it,Hey listen, can I talk to you, in a while.. okay bye", I hung up realizing I didn't even wait for her reply, but the bomb of the information she has given me twisted my thoughts weirdly.. memories of the past knocking their way up. *No it's not the right time Jas, it's not even a big deal, control yourself. I tried to calm my elevated heartbeat by deep breathing but I knew, nothing was registering, I was already being pulled in my past's demons. The once I tried to leave behind home. Suddenly, My phone started buzzing again, It was dad's call, "Honey, I will reach the station in a few minutes, where are you?", " I am on my way dad, I confirmed with as much strength, I could muster. I pulled my attention to the present and started to walk towards the exit door after booking my taxi, it was already 3:20 and I knew I would be late to catch up with my dad, if I didn't hurry, so I started mildly running towards the entrance. I was on the escalator and tried to get in front of people by crossing over them, I knew I could wait but my panicky state contributed to my misjudgements, I almost reached the top when my leg slightly slipped and the girl in front of me got tugged in forward direction. Her balance got lost and she fell on the titled floor on all her fours. Her coffee fell on the floor too, as soon as she turned to me her eyes blazed with ranging anger.

"I..I am really sorry, I didn't... mean to.. to.. ", I tried to explain while helping her to get up, she shoved my hand away from her bluntly. " What the hell, don't you have eyes or manners?!", she shouted, "I am really.. sorry, I didn't mean to", I tried to sound confident but the anxiety of the moment got the best of me... suddenly my phone started buzzing again, it was my uber driver. I asked him to wait for me, while I tried to clear the matter at hands out. The girl when finally got up, with the help of the guy along with her, maybe her boyfriend. She gave me a disgusting look, while accessing my clothing and me from head to toe. Clearly, my action of talking with the uber driver didn't suit well with her, suddenly she started babbling and creating a scene, "I know girls like you, bloody savage!, You spoiled my dress, do you have any idea how much this dress cost? A person like you can't even imagine to afford these expensive clothes. If you can't walk straight don't go to public places", Even though her words triggered me at that moment but I knew I can't waste any more time here, else I would miss my dad on the station, so I tried to solve the situation as fast as possible, " Listen, I am really sorry for your coffee and dress and I will try to compensate, give me your number I will contact you but I really have to go right now", I tried to act civil but she wanted something else, "Oh you want to compensate, how's this for a compensation?", she suddenly took the cold drink from her boyfriend's hand and splashed it over my face and clothes. Shocked and completely baffled by her action I tried to retort when my phone started buzzing again, It was my father's call. This wasn't the time jas, I reminded myself "I don't know about your clothes but your shady act clearly suits your bi***y personality", and with that I left the scene. It was already 3:40 when I climbed into my uber. Exactly 30 mins later I was outside the railway station. I knew I was late, but trains usually were a bit late and out of schedule, hopping for the best with the sweets and dad's gift tightly clenched in my hand, I called my father, " Daddy, I am here, on which platform are you?", he sighed, "The train has already left Jasmin, you missed it, I tried to call you but you didn't picked up, now go back home", there was crisp criticism in his voice and even though he didn't said a word, I knew what he meant.

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