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As soon as Maddy went to meet him, they quarrelled for a while and then, the guy punched him on the chest, it was 3:30AM and no one on the street. It wasn’t just a punch, he had a pocket knife in between his fingers which nobody observed, and stab on the chest.

Maddy took a moment to realise and the other guy ran for help, Maddy’s school friend had encouraged the guy to go for another stab, and then went another stab, Maddy started to run, and he stabbed him on his back.

After running for almost a kilometre, Maddy fell on the street near his room. By then the others had gathered and they started looking for a car to go to the hospital. The passing guys denied help and crossed. Somehow a bike was arranged and Maddy was taken to the hospital.

It was the eve of Diwali, and no doctors, the junior doctors were operating, it was more of an experiment for them. Maddy passed away within an hour of treatment. With no proper doctor, and no conveyance, we lost our friend to a brutal attack of anger. The untimely death shook the class; the news reached the entire college. People started pouring in the hospital.

The hardest part was informing his parents, they landed and it was a heart wrenching scene to see the parents crying. Nobody knew what to say, it was all over.

It’s then I realised, what life had in store was a mystery, no reason for death, but then gone. We cried, trying to console each other, we tried hard to control but somehow it wasn’t going to stop. It was Diwali when he passed away, and we started getting calls from home, but somehow we couldn’t tell what had happened, none felt like telling them that something like this has happened. We stayed away from home and news like this would put the family members into a lot of tension. We tried sounding happy and managed to wish them back.

I cried and cried, was scared to step out of our rooms, stayed in all the time, and exams were two days away. We all gathered courage, called people home and studied together. That week had taught me that life isn’t just about us; it is about the ones back home. We had lost a friend but they had lost a son and a brother.

Life wasn’t full of surprises it is also about shocks. The fear had reached a peak; I had to tell Shreya,

I called her up

“Hello, Shreya”

“Happy Diwali, rabbit”

“Same to you” I managed to say with a lump in my throat.

She knew something was wrong, “What happened?”

I narrated the story and she listened without uttering a word.

I was shaken totally, and was losing my mind. She spoke to me like I was a kid, and tried to calm me down.

She started talking, she advised me to listen to the Hanuman Chalisa, and she mailed it to me. It is only after that I felt better. 

Comments

  1. Surojit1 March 2013 at 16:22

    excellent writing skills... bro. loved it so far !!

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  2. Prateek1 March 2013 at 17:32

    Thank you Surojit, keep reading that's the motivation.

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