So here I was lying midway on my staircase, "No, I hadn't sold off my bed," thinking to myself and cursing my old slippers, "Oh, and you thought I was in love with them," these slippers had betrayed me today,"damn why do we fall in love ?" I was in pain and couldn't move, I knew I had to,"after all I had a walk to go to didn't I," and get to a doctor. I had slipped ten steps on the old staircase, the house was empty, I was alone, the only sound was of my own labored breathing and this wicked staircase had claimed another victim. Just 2 months ago somebody else in the family had slipped on it,"spilled some good tea too," and almost broken their neck. Lying in the prostrate position that I was, I wasn't sure whether I had broken my neck, "and if I had there were no angels singing over my halo," but my back pained badly. I turned to the right to get my hand out of under me and try and apply some pressure on it to get back up, "Aaahhh," the scream was involuntary and my mind broke up into a million pieces under the pain. It shattered my peace so thoroughly, I had been cool and calm when just lying on this staircase, "wicked too," and just the bare movement of a muscle caused ten thousands needles to prick my back. Fortunately I hadn't fainted or lapsed into unconciousness, I picked myself up somehow and limped to the couch and plonked myself on to it.
It pained even to lie down, what was I to do, do I call Raina, I thought immediately but she lived far off and by the time she reached here I might be dead already, she might even have a heart attack thinking of me lying here all alone with a bad back,"it wasn't broken, I could walk." On a hunch I called her, she picked up after two rings, "I am dead," I said in an uneven tone, and then went on to explain what had happened, my voice was cracking up even as I spoke, she hushed me up and promised she would be there in 1/2 hour, "whats half between life and death," I thought to myself, I continued lying on the couch, if I managed to curl up my legs and outstretched my arms it was weirdly comforting. In 15 minutes at the couch, I was up again and limped to the medicine cabinet, I took out Anacin, the only pain killer I found with me and popped in three of them, "self prescription, but damn did I have a choice," and curled up again on the couch and waited. There was this dream I was seeing when suddenly the door bell rang.
It was Raina, "and she sure was a sight for sore eyes," as she walked in and started mothering around me and realising that the situation could get out of hand, "to put it minorly," immediately helped me to the car. "The keys," I shouted, "I have got them," why did I remember all these things now, "how about the medical kit," I pointed to the medicine cabinet, "We don't need it now," she shouted back. I was blabbering like a new born baby, "wailing is the right word," as I managed to cram myself up into the cars front seat. If I didn't reach the hospital fast enough, I thought I was going to faint, "my back seemed to cramping," and I was swooning, "in love again huh?" I managed a seat belt, though I was sure nobody dare stop us with me wailing like a banshee all the way to the clinic.
The doctor turned out to be young guy, and he had a female intern with him, they poked my back like I was some specimen from Pluto and pronounced me not fit to move, "at least the way I am used to," for a month. It seems I had a muscle split near the side of my back, "why was I thinking of my freaking neck then," and it would require pain killers, the prescription variety and muscle re-builders to get me up on my feet like I was used to. I got up, "actually they wouldn't let me sit," and walked down with Raina to the medical shop, bought the medicine and she drove me back home to sleep peacefully.
Of Friends and Then Some
It pained even to lie down, what was I to do, do I call Raina, I thought immediately but she lived far off and by the time she reached here I might be dead already, she might even have a heart attack thinking of me lying here all alone with a bad back,"it wasn't broken, I could walk." On a hunch I called her, she picked up after two rings, "I am dead," I said in an uneven tone, and then went on to explain what had happened, my voice was cracking up even as I spoke, she hushed me up and promised she would be there in 1/2 hour, "whats half between life and death," I thought to myself, I continued lying on the couch, if I managed to curl up my legs and outstretched my arms it was weirdly comforting. In 15 minutes at the couch, I was up again and limped to the medicine cabinet, I took out Anacin, the only pain killer I found with me and popped in three of them, "self prescription, but damn did I have a choice," and curled up again on the couch and waited. There was this dream I was seeing when suddenly the door bell rang.
It was Raina, "and she sure was a sight for sore eyes," as she walked in and started mothering around me and realising that the situation could get out of hand, "to put it minorly," immediately helped me to the car. "The keys," I shouted, "I have got them," why did I remember all these things now, "how about the medical kit," I pointed to the medicine cabinet, "We don't need it now," she shouted back. I was blabbering like a new born baby, "wailing is the right word," as I managed to cram myself up into the cars front seat. If I didn't reach the hospital fast enough, I thought I was going to faint, "my back seemed to cramping," and I was swooning, "in love again huh?" I managed a seat belt, though I was sure nobody dare stop us with me wailing like a banshee all the way to the clinic.
The doctor turned out to be young guy, and he had a female intern with him, they poked my back like I was some specimen from Pluto and pronounced me not fit to move, "at least the way I am used to," for a month. It seems I had a muscle split near the side of my back, "why was I thinking of my freaking neck then," and it would require pain killers, the prescription variety and muscle re-builders to get me up on my feet like I was used to. I got up, "actually they wouldn't let me sit," and walked down with Raina to the medical shop, bought the medicine and she drove me back home to sleep peacefully.
Of Friends and Then Some
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