I fed her some more of my water and then handed the bottle to her, directing her to take more sips because this will help her. She did her seatbelt and obeyed me, taking small sips of water as I started driving. "How are you feeling?" I asked her.

"Haan... mai theek hoon," she was pressed up against the window as far away from me as possible.
"What were you doing at the bar?" I asked her inquisitively, i know she's going to get the wrong idea of me but i just want to make conversation.

"Uh... I mean I was planning to actually have fun and celebrate this time." She replied with a slightly bitchy tone on her voice.

"Actually same, I got accepted too and i thought i'd treat myself to a mocktail because i don't actually drink alcohol ahaha." I agreed with her, maybe she would loosen up with me more if I act relatable. She just sarcastically laughed at me and then turned to face the window, resting her head against it. Okay, maybe I'll just stay quiet. I checked the time left on my sat nav: "8 minutes until you reach your destination."

After a couple minutes of silence, I glanced at her and noticed her head was falling. Yep, see this is why I plan ahead. I've always been the responsible one during my college days, i've had to do this with many of my mates.

(authors note: i'm making the car layout how it is here in UK, so i'm pretty sure our passenger seat and driver seat is the other way round to most countries) 

I reached my arm out and gently supported her head by cupping my hand and placing it on the left side of her face, then guiding her head to lay on my outstretched arm. 5 minutes until we reach, that's okay.

"Hey Avni... Avni I think we've reached." I stopped the car and lightly tapped her cheeks a couple times. She jumped up "IM SORRY PLEASE MUJHE MAT MAARO!" what??

"hey hey hey... shhh it's okay i'm not hurting you, are you okay?" I was so concerned, what made her think I was hitting her? She blankly looked around for a couple seconds.

"oh... no nothing i'm fine I um... must have had a bad dream." I didn't buy what she was saying but i didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable, so I brushed it off too. "Oh okay that's fine, I think we have reached your house now, Neela Aunty asked me to open the front door for you so let's go."

She seemed reluctant but I think she always listens to her Neela Maa, so she nodded her head and undid her seatbelt. I got out of my side of the car and opened the door for her, she got out and allowed me to give her some support as we walked towards the door. I scanned her up and down and noticed she was acting off again, slightly out of place and startled.

Grabbing the key from under the plant pot, I unlocked the door. "Here you go, please get some rest and remember you have to go to the group meeting tomorrow!" I let go of her waist and indicated her to go inside, to which she didn't take a step forward. I looked at her: She was breathing heavily and her eyes were moving around rapidly. They closed.