26. THE WORST DAY OF LIFE!!

MANNAT’S POV

“Are you okay?” somebody was asking holding my arms and giving me support. I opened my eyes, pain was killing me… I felt my neck was broken or something.

“Hu…Hussain!” where is he… kahan hea wo? Kesa hea wo? I tried to get up but the man’s grip got tighter on my arms.

“Don’t move… you are injured” my head was dizzy

“Where is Hussain, please let me go to him…. Please” I didn’t care I was injured or anything, where is he, I tried to get out of his grip. I could hear sirons and noises….

“hey! Sir… we got him, he is bleeding heavily” I heard from the back and the man holding me turned, I froze at my place.it was about hussain, he was bleeding… Oh My God!

“Please let me go…. let me to to him, please” I said and he got up and tried to pull me up, I whined in pain…. My arms and neck, oh! I was bleeding too… my head was so heavy. I saw an ambulance and a nurse jumped down… she ran towards me and took hold of my arms.

“oh! Girl you are badly injurded…..”She looked at my neck

“Please ….. how is Hussain, please mujhe us k pass jane do, please I beg you” tears rolled down my cheeks and she holding my arms turned, I saw a couple of men holding a stretcher heading towards the ambulance. It was he…. Hussain! his one hand was hanging down the stretcher, soaked in… soaked in blood.

“Hussaaain” A shriek escaped my mouth and I jerked her hand away…..and ran towards him, stumbling in my way. And my feet felt like jeely… like I was about to faint… about to die. He was lying on the stretcher, whinning in his breaths…. His chest going up and down, vest torn and covered with blood. This time it was his blood…. Really his blood!

“Hussain!.... Hussain aankhen kholo! Please Hussain look at me…..” I almost fell on his stretcher when somebody grabbed me from the back. I shook him tried to wake him up. His eyes half closed, lips trembling … as if trying to say something. I took his blood soaked hand in mine…..

“Hussain! uthoooo…. Ankhen kholo, mein kuch nai hone doon gi tumhen. Please look at me” I yelled out, holding his hand which was warm because of the blood that was coming out…..

“please!... you two need to be taken to hospital, please calm down”the nurse who was holding me from the back, tried to pull me back but I grabbed him, putting my head on his chest…. His heart was beating, he was alive…. Hussain was alive!

“Hussain! utho na! please” the nurse finally pulled me and the men took up the stretcher, one holding his wrist in his hand.

“We are loosing him…. Hurry up, his hearbeat sinking…. Quick” he yelled aloud and my heartbeat stopped for a moment.

“Hussaiiiin!... choro mujhe!.. Hussain” I yelled out trying to get out of the grip on my arms but Hussain was now inside the ambulance….

“Hussain!!!!” I yelled out and the next thing I felt was a swear pain in my head, in my brain… as if it was about to explode. I held my head in my hands and next moment everything was blurr and there was oitch darkness afterwards.

WAQAS’ POV

I was with Shehry in the hospital after he got the stitches, Atif came right there when I informed him abiout his injury….

“You feeling okay?” Atif put his hand on Shehry’s shoulder and he smiled weakly.

“yeah bro! am perfectly fine” Shehry smiled, he looked pale… kafi khoon beh gaya tha but still shehry was that kind of a person who normally never losses his cool.

“Cheetah hea sada bhai…… Cheetah! Ek bar bhi stitch lagte hue roya nai” I said patting his back and he chuckled.

“Yeah! remember Shehry, Waqas had that plaster on his arm….. kitna roya tha ye gadha” Atif said and gave a high five to Shehry, who tried to raise his hand but then whined in pain… his hand was having that bandade going around his shoulder.

“o na ker yar…. Na hansaa!” he said and put his head on the backpost of the bed…. “chaker se aa rae hen yar, sir dukh ra hea” he added and I touched his forehead.

He was still having the IV in his hand… he had a bottle of blood and glucose, now the nurse was coming to take it out.

“yaar bari hot nurse hea qasam se……” I looked at the nurse coming towards Shehry, who looked up at me and smiled not knowing what the hell I just said.

“saley! Chiter na kha leen” Atif said gritting his teeth and the nurse slowly removed the IV from Shehry’s hand.

“you feeling okay?” she asked flashing her long eyelashes and Shehry smiled nodding his head.

“ye to booked hea…. Is per line mar ker kuch nai mile ga” I said it aloud and she smiled again, idiot! I chuckled and Atif punched lightly in my abbs.

“You can go home now…. just complete the formalities on the reception” she again looked at Shehry and said.

“yeah! okay… thanks” Shehry said and she left.

I held Shehry’s arm and he got up from the bed, we came out of the room and headed towards the reception. Suddenly we heard noises…..

“hey! Get aside…..get aside… move! leave the way….” I looked at the back I guess some emergency case was there… Allah khair kare!

We saw few men all dressed in labcoats were dragging the stretcher ….. no, there were actually tow stretchers.

“oh! Its that accident case I guess” I heard the receptionist saying.

“His pulse is sinking, his BP is going down, hurry up!…. Get aside!” one of the nurse around the stretcher shouted, looking at the meter over the stretcher. The nurses standing there rushed towards the first stretcher, one of the nurse held the person’s wrist in her hand and I froze in my place…. Poor he! His hand was soaking in blood. Buhat he kharab accident hua tha shaid.

“yeah! its Sheheryaar Asif… he is discharged can we have the payment slip” I turned back towards the receptionist, and he started doing something on his computer… checking out the total bill and taking out the receipt I guess.

“theek hea na tu?.... pain to nai ub?” meanwhile I looked at Shehry and he shook his head smilling.

“Am fine… pain has gone but… I dunno my head is heavy, its like as if am gonna faint or worst… puke” Shehry said making a face…. “I just hope Hussain theek ho, call ker zara use” he said and I took out my phone from my pocket dialing his numbers I held the phone near my ear.

The receptionist extended the receipt and I held it….. suddenly the bell rang and my eyes Furrowed… the bell was ringing and with every second the sound was coming closer to us….

“Hussain!” I heard Atif almost yelling and I turned to face him….. my eyes followed his gaze and I froze in my place, my cell phone slowly slipped from my hand.. going down on the concrete floor.

“Saaaaain!” I hurried towards the stretcher, it was… it was him on the stretcher, I pushed aside the nurses …

“Saaain!... what happened? What… what happened to him… Sain, uth!... uth Sain” I took his face in my hands but he didn’t open his eyes.

“he had a road accident, please you stay here….he needs quick medication please control yourself” the nurse tried to push me aside.

“Waqaaas!...... shehry!” I looked at the back and found Atif on the floor on his knees, holding Shehry in his arms… Shiiittt!

The nurses dragged the strecher pushing me aside…. And my eyes shifted to the stretcher followed at the back…… Mannat!  

“how is she?.... is she okay?” I asked, they were almost running towards the emergency room and I followed them… nobody answered anything. They took both of them inside and I ran back towards Shehry and Atif.

“Shehry!.... Shehry uth yar.. behosh ho gaya hea ye… he looks pale, kuch ker Waqas!” Atif almost cried holding him in his arms and a junior doctor came running towards us. The one who gave Shehry the first aid.

“what happened?...oh! nurse! Nurse..hurry up take him inside” the doctor ordered the nurse….

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“yar! Shehry sambhaal apne apko, khuda k liye rona to band ker” he was hugging me tightly and his tears kept on rolling down, he was loosing himself and I couldn’t get mein kisi sambhaloon….. Hussain ko ya Shehry ko.

“Come sit here”…. I made him sit on the sofa outside the emergency room of the City Hospital… “ have this… ch! Pi le yarr”I raised the glass of water to his mouth but he shook his head.

“Kia ho gaya ye….. Waqas! Agar usey kuch ho gaya?” Shehry took a sip, and looked at my face with teary eyes, I shook my head and hugged him back. Patting his back I tried to assure him… all is gonna alright.

“he will be alright Inn shaa Allah! Tu sambhal apnea p ko Shehry” I wiped his face.

“Shehry you have to be strong…. Uncle aunty and Maha would be here anytime soon, contain yourself man, you have to face them as well. Don’t do this” Atif patted his shoulder.

“Mom.. Dad” Shehry looked at my face worry and tension evident on his face and I couldn’t answer him this time, dunno how aunty uncle and Maha gonna react. They were on their way to NewYork….. the news of Hussain’s accident was in media till now and in past few hours we attended dozens of calls from Pakistan, India nd ofcorse from friends and reletives living here…. Its been almost 2 hours and doctors didn’t tell us a word about his condition.

 I couldn’t look at his body twice… his vest was all torn and soaked into blood, face all raged, the doctors said they were loosing him…. His breath was uneven and heartbeat was sinking.  Tab se ub tak mein or Atif… we just failed to tackle Shehry here in the waiting area, ro ro ker bura hal ker diya tha us ne apna.

I don’t know what is gonna happen when aunty and uncle are going to arrive here? Uncle called and I couldn’t tell him everything so just briefed him about the accident and lied that Hussain is alright… I just couldn’t tell him about the swaerity of his condition.

“why the hell nobody is telling us anything?” Suddenly Shehry got up and yelled over a nurse coming out of the emergency room… “please! Please tell me if he is okay?” Shehry added pleading and we both stood up and went near him.

“look! We are doing everything to save his life…. Calm down!

“What calm down? you are freaking us out…. Nobody has come out and its been almost 2 hours now” Shehry raged up once again and I put a hand on his shoulder to calm him.

“Much blood is lost… and, and his spleen is ruptured. We are trying our best. You please, take care of him” the nurse said to Shehry then looked at me and I nodded slowly.

“O Khuda! Kia ho gaya yeah” Shehry held his head in his hands and we again made in sit on the sofa.

Atif stood up and went near the window….. he never cry or even weap in front of anyone, he is the one who always stays or may be pretends to be strong, but I knew this time…. He was crying, but didn’t want to show his tears. He has been the closest to hussain… or jis hal mein aj hum ne usey deha tha…. It was completely unbearable. …. I felt tears coming out of my eyes too, I silently gulped down and rubbed the tears rolling over my face.

The nurse was again going in when suddenly I stopped her and she turned to face me.

“How is the girl?” I asked thinking about Mannat.

“She was not that bad when we found her there… but…..first, can I ask you what is her relation to your brother?” she started saying then stopped thinking something and asked…. Out of blue.

“umm…. They are friends” I said and she nodded.

“Actually she was better before she saw him….. in .. in that condition. We took her out from the bushes at the side of the road and she was bleeding on her neck and arms. She reacted terribly founding him and then she fainted. The doctors are trying, I hope she is gonna get conscious soon” She told me and then patting my shoulder she went inside.

I turned back towards Shehry when I saw Seleena and Hammad… along with an elderly couple running towards us. Panic evident on their faces, are they Mannats’ parents?

“what happened Waqas? How are they now? how is Mannat?” Hammad took hold of my arm and asked. I looked down unable to contain my self anymore, I rubbed my eyes and looked up at their worried faces.

“Mannat is unconscious… and… and Hussain is, he is badly hurt” I tried hard to stop my tears and Hammad slowly hugged me, I hugged back and he patted my back assuringly…..“theek ho jae ga sab Inn Shaa Allah” he said.

“Beta, can we see her? Have you seen her?” the woman asked and I shook my head.

“No, aunty actually the doctors didn’t come out yet, the nurse told me about their condition” I told her and she sighed in worry, the man put his arms around her shoulders and tried to relax her.

“Are you… her parents?” I asked and they shook their heads

“no, they are my parents…. Actually close friends of Mannat’s” Hammad said and I nooded.

Seleena sat down with Shehry patting his shoulder and Hammad went up towards Atif.

Its been another half hour, I was talking to Asif uncle on phone when suddenly I saw the doctor coming out of the door, without even saying bye I hung up…. And literally ran towards him. He was gathered by all of us suddenly…..

“How is he?” Shehry asked impatiently.

“His spleen is ruptured and the enternal bleeding was too much…. We did the initial medication but….

“but?” I cut him in the middle.

“I think it’s the liver that is damaged… but am not sure, we have to operate and find out. But that cant be done right now, his condition doesn’t allow this” the doctor said looking at our faces.

“And how is Mannat?... the girl I mean” Uncle who was standing near me asked.

“she is… well…. she had a mental breakdown” he put his hand on Uncle’s shoulder and our eyes went wide.

“Oh my God!” I gasped at what I heard.

“ya Allah Rehem!” Aunty couldn’t bare that she turned and took the seat, I saw Seleena went near her.

“Can we… can me see them? Shehry asked, his eyes again teary.

“Am afraid… you cant. Your brother has to be taken to the CCU and the girl is under observation. I hope u people understand” the doc said and left us all standing there.

We stood there, nobody uttered a single word… CCU means.. means he wasn’t good at all. His liver was damaged, spleen ruptured. Oh my God! Save him please… please… and Mannat? She had a mental breakdown. Oh God! Save them… kia bighara hea in dono ne kisi ka, please save them. I was getting myself mentally prepared for Asif uncle and Aunty… dunno how they would react, Shehry had to be strong. Aese roe ga to Aunty ka kia bane ga. I rubbed my eyes with my sleeves and headed towards Shehry.