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Episode 5:
“Ragini!” A familiar voice called me. I can recognise this voice at any situation. The only person who calls me by my name.
My Mother!
It wasn’t the usual firm or full of love voice instead the tone was worried and full of panic.
“Ragini! Ragini wakeup” My body was shaked by pair of hands and my eyes snapped open. I look at the surroundings and realised we were in plane travelling to Germany. But why the hell was this plane shaking. And that too vigorously.
“The plane is going to crash please don’t move.”
This cannot happen! Few hours ago I was so happy. I and mom were going to celebrate my 9th birthday in Germany, my dream place. This cannot happen!
“Nothing will happen Mo-”
My voice was cut off when a pair of hands wrapped around me protectively. We were experiencing the force of gravity. The plane took no time to contact the ground vertically and all I could see was flames around me and…
“Moooooommm” I screamed on top of my lungs. No this cannot happen. She was there bruised, wounded, bleeding, burnt. She loosened her grip on me.
“Ragini run” No I won’t run.
“Help someone help!” I shouted. I coughed when I breath in smoke. I only realised we had no time or this plane will blast.
The medical team came into my vision. I breathed heavily.
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I took in my surroundings. White everywhere. I remembered things. Birthday. Germany. Flight. Plane crash. Mom.
I realised I was in hospital covered with bandages.
“Mom?” I managed to speak.
“I’m sorry” The doctor who looked like he was in his late 40s answered.
No.
“Noooooo!”
My eyes snapped open into reality. I was dreaming. Again.
I was panting. My vision was blurry. I was sweating. My throat was dry. A sharp pain in my chest. My head spinned. My body felt paralysed. An almost experience of death.
I gripped the sheets and closed my eyes to adjust my vision. I breathed heavily to compose my body. I slowly opened my eyes and took in the surroundings. I saw my friends sleeping on couches. Damn sleepover! Remind me not to have it again.
Everyone in their whole spam of life does experiences sleepless nights. Some have their own problems. But me in my whole spam of life experience nights where I luckily get some sleep. I don’t find sleep that easily. Many times I sleep for two nights in a week that too for merely three or four hours. I guess I have my own reasons. No I’m not an insomniac but my stress and fear from certain things do not allow to get a peaceful sleep of good hours. I experience nightmares! There’s hardly any sleep where I don’t think about that dreadful night of my 9th birthday.
When I was born my Mom and Dad named me Ragini. My mom loved music. When everyone including dad started calling me by Rage Mom still called me Ragini. She said ‘Rage’ didn’t suited my personality. She was right. I was a patient and calm baby. But now my temper gets best of mine and suddenly I feel the name Rage is appropriate for me. I am the less expressive one. I don’t show my emotions and thus, I’ve been titled heartless. I guess I am. After getting it broken I don’t think it still exists!
I always dreamed of visiting Germany after listening to the blabbering of my Aunt. When my 9th birthday neared I made a fuss to go there while Dad refused because of his work but mom who understood my curiosity agreed to take me.
We were in flight sleeping when I was abruptly woken by Mom. She said the plain was going to crash. My 9 year old brain couldn’t process the information at once but when it did I was protected by two arms who wrapped around me. I blacked out because of choking of smoke. When I woke up I was in hospital having burns and bruises. I was informed my mother was no more. That day every cell of my body died and I felt it. Sid was too young that I doubt he remembered mom. I didn’t knew how dad coped up but I was a mess. There were no tears in my system. I never cried since that day. Never. That day my guilt overcame my loss.
Since that day I always got these nightmares but they were scream-less. I guess every cell of my body knows never to react. I took some psychiatrist treatment but they were of no use. When Laksh and I were together I hardly got some nightmares but now they seem to be worse. I’ve fainted many times in previous months due to less sleep and energy but I just cannot change my sleeping schedule.
It was 4 in the morning when my mobile pinged.
Xavier: Meeting in 30 minutes. Everything is settled.
If it wasn’t Xavier God knows what I would have done. How he manages his sleeping schedule no one knows. I walked in the bathroom and took a shower. Xavier and Alec belongs to Canada. It was an international trip when I spot both of them. They were inseparable. After having a meeting with them I asked them to join my company and now see they are the most trusted employees of mine.
I glanced at the sleeping figure of my friends. I’ll return from the meeting and they won’t know it. I took my car keys and drove to my office.
I stopped at my office and gave my keys to the security guard to park my car. As I made my way into my office I was greeted by my employees to whom I nodded in a reply. I found Xavier in the conference room. He was accompanied by several CEOs. I greeted them and proceeded towards our meeting.
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It was 6 in the morning and the meeting was finished.
“Ms. Gadodia” I turned towards the source of the voice to find Xavier.
“Yeah”
“Your schedule” I nodded in return.
“You have a meeting at 5 PM and a charity event to attend.”
“Set everything for the meeting and I’ll think about the event.”
He nodded in reply. Charity event? I don’t do charity events. I’m not planing to reveal myself so soon infront of media. ‘Cause everyone knows not to mess with with Ragini Gadodia and it won’t take a single second for me to change their lives upside down.
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I parked my car at the usual parking space. I stepped out of my car and well me and my car did attract some attention. Soon Xavier and Alec were on my side. I don’t want them at my side in public not in school atleast. Nor do I want unnecessary attention and two most popular boys of the school will only add fuel to the fire.
“Guys” I said gaining their attention.
They looked at me as if I came from another planet. I know its shocking to be adressed as ‘guys’ by Ragini Gadodia but with Rage you should expect these things.
I raised my eyebrows questioning them.
“Huh?” Alec muttered.
“You don’t need to be at my side” I said getting annoyed. I, for at least once in my life, need normalcy in my life. The major reason didn’t kept bodyguard for myself is that I don’t need people to protect me. I always wanted to be independent and they both weren’t helping.
“But we can show you around” Xavier said. I gave him a look in reply.
“As friends” Xavier added to his previous comment.
Well I don’t have any problem with it. The more the merrier.
“Sure” I said with a fake smile, real to world fake to me. It’s been months since smiled a real smile.
As we moved ahead I realised a large crowd of students were gaping at us. Are they really this much popular.
Well what can I say about my popularity most of the girls were planning my murder here.
Misha came and tackled me in a bear hug. The whole gang was standing there Laksh and Priyanka. Priyanka clinging onto Laksh for her dear life and glaring at me. b*t*h. “Rage you’re already popular girl” She squealed excitedly.
“Oh that’s not my popularity they are Xavier and Alec’s admirers.” I replied ignoring Priyanka and her-not-so-pretty-face.
“Are you serious” Misha said shaking my shoulders. “Look at them they are drooling” She said pointing towards a group of *cough* hot *cough* boys. As soon as I looked at them some averted their eyes while some winked and whistled. Not my type. “Look at you, you’ve become so hot that my lady parts have started tingling”
What!?
“Umm Misha… I’m not that type of girl I mean I’m straight” I said suppressing my huge urge to laugh.
Her eyes widened and she smacked my head upside down.
Breaking News!! *clears throat* Billionaire Ragini Gadodia gets slapped by her best friend infront of an audience of about WHOLE SCHOOL!
“So am I” Misha hissed, her cheeks flushed with embarassment. I chuckled but soon covered it up after seeing Misha’s death glare.
“Hmm shall we proceed?” I asked her and luckily she agreed.
We actually had main subjects together but the major subjects were different. I was pursuing a degree in MBA while Misha was taking designing classes. Twins were interested in Law, Rehaan wants to be an artist and boy he is too good in it. Arjun always wanted to be the doctor while Abhi accompanied me in MBA. Laksh and Priyanka had music which they shared it with ME.
We had a common class of music in which senior batch combines with Junior batch and there we all including Xavier and Alec had to attend it.
I was walking ahead of everyone and Xavier and Alec went to their seperate wing. Suddenly someone wrapped their arms around me.
“Hey beautiful”
“Its me Rage, Abhi”
“I know” he said staring ahead. “So tell me what have you done with your body?”
“I have done nothing” I said which was true.
“So whom are you trying to impress” He said wiggling his eyebrows.
“Absolutely no one” I said already bored of this conversation.
“Whom are you trying to fool? Can’t we see how much hotter you have become? Guys are drooling over there and for a moment I also thought to f**k-” He rambled and once he realised his words he stopped his cheeks flushed red.
I laughed at hid face. “You were saying something” I said
“So tell me what have you done with your body?” He asked again.
“No o-”
“With your legs”
“With your hairs”
“With your ass”
I was interrupted by series of questions by not so dear friends. The first came from Rehaan second from Misha and third from Karthik.
Have I mentioned before Karthik is the most perverted person in this group. I should have.
I caught Laksh staring at me and soon enough we were staring in each other’s eyes. Everyone seems to notice it and the whole group became silent. I shifted my eyes and caught Priyanka glaring at me. When she caught me looking at her she smirked. That b*t*h smirked and pecked his lips. I turned around to walk to my class behaving like nothing happened.
But everything happened. It felt like my heart break into numerous pieces again.
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Lunch came sooner than expected. It was like I forgot how to smile how to laugh. This shouldn’t be affecting me. Their kiss should not be affecting me.
The gang including Xavier and Alec were sitting there chit chatting. Actually only Priyanka was speaking while everyone was listening to her with bored expressions including Laksh.
I already don’t feel like going.
I dragged my legs and took a seat beside Xavier.
“You know me and Laksh are going to a charity event today as a couple.” Priyanka spoke in a high pitched voice.
“And Laksh’s dad is like richest businessman unlike some people”
Seems like she already knows about my business.
If only she knew the height of my business.
I rolled my eyes at her. Everyone in the group looked at me as if realising the target of the comment. A chuckle escaped fom Alec and Xavier tried his best to control his laugh.
I raised my eyebrow at Xavier confirming about the charity event he told me this morning. Xavier nodded.
Shall I go to the event? I mean I can’t let Priyanka win every f**king time. But if I went there then all my privacy would he destroyed. My normal life won’t be normal again. But Priyanka can’t win this time. But my normalcy?
Ah f**k! Should I go or not?
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Will she go or not?
A big sorry for being this late. These two months were alot hectic. In the mean time I have taken my story to wattpad. My updates will be slow so through wattpad you can maintain the track of the episodes. And the story had acquired 196 rank. Can you believe it?