CELEBRATION EVE

 It was the celebration eve when all her family and friends were home and that’s when he rang up and invited her to celebrate the eve along with his family and friends and that too without any prior information. That night she was in dilemma of what to do.
She was confused because “yes” to have a visit can make her miss celebrating the eve with her family and friends and saying “no” can sound offending to the strong relationship they shared for the past years. What to do? Throwing dust at the eyes of her family and friends she went ahead with the invitation she got. He came and picked her up from the highway which was 10 minutes away from his home. She held him tight as they travelled with those unpleasant roads and moreover with her continuous direction to take the pleasant road he left all her words unheard which made her annoyed. Travelling through for 20 minutes they reached home.

The house was well decorated with lights and crowded with families and friends all around. Though she felt herself like a stranger, they all greeted her with a welcoming smile of joy and happiness and guided her to a table towards the front-right-corner to witness the musical performance which was going on. Though physically she was witnessing the musical performance, her eyes were searching for him , as he had mentioned her to walk ahead and he would follow up after parking the bike. She could feel him around but her eyes could not see him. She felt so strange in the midst of everyone, sitting alone. The musical performance was almost to be over, till then he didn’t turn up to her. Once the performance was over everyone stood up with from their respective chairs and moved around to chit-chat with each other, that’s when she was feeling more restless. Though she was surrounded by many still she was all alone .her eyes got stuck on a glass window pane as she walked towards the window pane she realized it was him with a bear bottle in his right hand and bear glass on his left hand. As she moved towards him she could feel something is wrong. Her heart started to beat faster, as she went near what she saw was something different which she had never witness in the last few years.  All that she witness was he being fully drunk, out of his mind, yelling useless.

As she entered the room all that happened was unexplainable. It so happened that out of frustration and irritable situation that was made he threw the glass which on his hand on the floor and to the utter surprise she had a narrow escape from the hit. As he walked towards her she turned her back and walked off and made her way out of the room and towards the gate. That’s when she overheard the elders saying what’s wrong with him since evening he started all these and is still continuing. With all the incidents she came through from the very beginning of inviting without and prior information, the bike ride and son were all with a disturbed and unconscious mind all these made her realize that she was with a person whom, she had never met before as she saw a totally different personality, literally a stranger. Without a step backward she moved forward towards the gate.

As she was waiting for a taxi she realized that it was too late at night and no taxi will be available and rang up to her friend who was at home with her family celebrating the eve. Without any further question other than about the location he came and picked her up .They didn’t have any conversation throughout the ride  until he dropped her home and bid her good night and found her lost with the darkness of the night fighting with the thoughts  that would have screwed up her mind. Without any glance on her family and friends she went up the stairs  towards her room and took her seat on the window slab where she shared her painful tears with the darkness of the room and slowly unable to handle the pain she dozed off just beside the window slab, without realizing that her phone was continuously ringing the whole night until he laid unconsciousness under the bright moonlight on his garden bench.

With a painful heart both of them end their celebration eve under the witness of moonlight without any thought of what turn will their relationship take the next morning.