When Neha woke up,her head was too heavy as if some one was banging some hammer on her head.Neha felt that even her eyes were heavy.It was a hard task to open them.But she couldn't keep them closed.She opened them forcefully.Then she looked around the room.She was sleeping alone.The room was such a quiet.No one was there.Even her younger sister Prachi was also absent.She saw her room.She was feeling secure after looking at her favourite things.The room was decorated by her.Prachi always liked to take her advice and she always gave importance to Prachi's choices.They both attached to each other.Then she looked around.She tried to remember very hard where was she before coming here.She just didn't remember.She screamed"Mom...Mom."Mom entered in to the room.Mom looked at her with shock as if she was from some other planet."Mom what happened?Do I have fever or some thing?""Now don't sit just sleep.You are little sick.But now every thing will be fine.Now you began to talk...""What I was not talking?I was so sick!!What happened to me?""Now relax.But sit there quietly.I will bring some soup for you.You always love tomato soup.I will bring it for you."Before she could answer Mom just ran away from room.Neha was so confused.She always loved other types of food.She never liked any kind of soup.It was Prachi's favourite and Mom was forcing it on her.She waited patiently for Mom to come.But for many time Mom didn't came back and she fall asleep once again.
After some time she opened her eyes again,she saw Doctor was checking her.So she was sick.Doctor"How are you?""Fine."Doctor smiled.Then he showed some fingers and asked to count them.She saw many movies and knew that he was checking her mental capacities.Neha told him every thing.Then he asked her name.She told it loudly"Neha."After hearing this Doctor suddenly looked confused.He started looking at her Mom.Mom came ahead.Mom"Prachi this is not funny.Why are you teasing Doctor?Tell your true name."Neha"Mom my name is Neha."Doctor instructed her Mom to keep quiet.Doctor"And in which school do you study?"Neha suddenly started laughing.She was in college.She was not a kid like Prachi."I study in college.I am not a small kid."Mom started talking angrily now.Mom"Neha enough is enough.Will you answer properly?"Neha"But I am Neha.""Then what are your subject of studying?"Doctor's this question confused her.She started reminding of subject.She used to study but she didn't remember anything.Suddenly her head began to pain once again.She started holding it."My god.My head is paining.Doctor help me.What happened to my head?"She started screaming loudly while holding her head.Mom and Doctor tried to control her.But in that pain she pushed away everything with so speed that all her things on table were thrown away.Even her Mom fall on ground.She wanted to say sorry to her.But she couldn't.Then when she saw her Mom was hurt.She began to cry.She managed to say"s.."and Mom seemed to understand it.Mom stood up once again and started patting on her head.She began talking"Prachi it's all right.Just relax."Now she wanted to scream on Mom once again.But that moment she felt that Doctor had injected her some thing and slowly she went to sleep.
When Neha woke once again she was all alone without any one.She wanted to talk to Mom.Then she suddenly heard sound on crying.She was sure some one was crying in next room.Then she began to feel that her Papa was crying.She was so surprised.She never heard her Papa crying like this.Normally he was man of strong will and she was proud of him. When she heard him crying,she just hated it.Then she started thinking what she was doing before falling sick.Every thing seemed to be blank.She tried so hard to remember about herself.Then she suddenly remembered her best friend.Of course she could phone her.Then she would help her in everything.After all she would not act as stupidly as her parents.She was not Prachi and she was sure about it.Neha started to dial the number.Neha"Hello Rina.""Prachi...Oh my god are you awake?I just always prayed to god that you would woke up one day.You just can't imagine after what happen with Ne..."Then Rina started crying,she could not say a word further.Neha was shocked.She couldn't believe it.She was Neha.Then once again Rina started talking"Neha alway wanted best for you..""Wait I am Neha."Rina kept quiet for some time.Then she spoke"Are you fine?Can I talk to your Mom?""She is not in a room and I want to talk to you.Tell me if I am not Neha.Where is Neha?"Rina was quiet for some moments again.Rina"Don't you remember she went to her botony tour.Come on she is not here.""Oh..But I am Neha."Neha found that she was screaming on phone.Then due to hear loud voice every one came running inside room.Mom quickly took phone out of hand.Neha could feel that her friend was betraying her.She was sure Rina was telling everything to Mom which would create every type problem for her.But she couldn't stop her.She just didn't understand that why her best friend was against her.Then she suddenly thought that they might be playing some trick on her.It was Prachi's favourite to irritate some one like this and then enjoy it.Neha was sure that Prachi was hiding some where..But then she thought her Mom would never cooperate in such a staunt.It was strange that even her parents were cooperating.Then she suddenly thought about that Doctor so every thing was planned.She smiled and decided that she play along with them.Then she could see their sudden shock when she accept it.She started laughing by herself.She really liked that idea.Funny and interesting.Then her eyes once again turned heavy and she went to sleep.
Next day when she wake up,she started pretending to be normal.She smiled at Mom.Then she didn't say anything to her when Mom called her Prachi.She thought that Mom would be shocked but instead of that Mom smiled happily as if her wish was fulfilled.Then she drank that soup.Mom gave her Prachi's clothes.Neha was shocked.How did she suppose to fit in that clothes.But she tried them.But fit her perfectly as if they were made for her.Neha was surprise that they even made the clothes for that joke.It was really too much.They were wasting money on a joke.Neha couldn't believe it.It all seemed like some thing out of thriller movie.No one could make clothes for a joke and how could Prachi convinced them.She had to control their mind.Then she started laughing.It all seemed like out of Robin Cook's book.She wanted to remember it's name.But suddenly her brain went blanck.Now a days she began to forget everything.Then she thought that the person who was sitting there couldn't be actor because few minutes ago.She injected her.Neha was confused again.Her parents were acting like her enemies.It was too much.Then she looked at her dress.She must wash her face before going out.When she was about to stand and go to bathroom to wash her face.Her Mom came there.Mom screamed"Don't walk.Doctor told us that your leg was not fully healed and walking might be risky."Now Neha was sure that Mom was lying.Few minutes ago she was pushing and kicking.Her Mom didn't want her to go inside and see her face.After all they couldn't have done plastic sugery for just one joke.Neha started laughing after thinking that joke.Her laughing startled her Mom.Her Mom was shocked.Then Mom tried to show everything was normal.But Neha could feel that she was going to phone her Papa immediately.Neha was so frustrated.What was wrong with her?Why did she have to laugh?Then she suddenly felt pain in her leg.Her leg had swelling.Her Mom was telling the truth she must had hurt her leg.Then she remembered,when she had pushed her Mom.Her leg was hurt.Then she trully could stand on it.She was confused again.
That whole day Neha was just sitting on bed and watching T.V. She wanted to phone,but Mom took away the phone after that call to Rina.Now Neha was sure.Rina was bad choice.She needed a true and faithful friend.Then she looked out of window.It was lovely scene outside.That moment her eyes went on her reflection on window glass.She was looking exactly like Prachi.They had done plastic sugery on her.Neha was shocked then she thought that it must be a mask.She started trying to taking it out.Her nails were hurting her.She could clearly see scraches on her face.But she was sure that it was mask stick to her true face.Then she started feeling pains.She was about to stop it and call her Mom for help.When her Mom saw it and started screaming like mad woman.Her Mom started telling to stop her.She quietly told her Mom"Mom I was just trying to take out that mask.Can you help me?""Prachi it was your face.Can't you see it?There is blood on it.Oh my god you scrached yourself.I have to call Doctor.What's wrong with you sweet heart?Why are you acting like this?No one is blaming you.Prachi your our only daughter now.""What?Mom are you out of your mind?"Then instead of answering her Mom brought medicines and started treating her wounds.Neha no longer seemed understand what was happening around her.She was no longer sure about her name also.She just let Mom do whatever she wanted to do.Then after some times Doctor came and he started to treat her.She began to feel pain and she started crying.Doctor"Take it easy.You will be alright now.""Doctor it was not mask.Did you do plastic surgery?""What surgery?This is your face.""But I was so sure that I am Neha.I can't be Prachi."She started crying.Doctor sat beside her on bed and patted her on her hand like an uncle."Prachi,will you listen to me quietly?"She just nodded her head."Neha is dead.Let me tell you everything properly.That day you all went to picnic.You were...."Then she slowly remembered her red dress and Neha's blue dress.She was no longer Neha.She was Prachi.They all were on vacation.All adults wanted to relax so they sat on sand on beach. But all kids wanted to go near water so they all started insisting.But adults were strictly against it.But due to exercision slowly every adult went to sleep.Prachi saw even her friends were sleeping.She wanted to go inside water.She was best swimmer of her class.She slowly went near the water.No one noticed that she was escaped.Neha was busy in talking with Rina.After all they were best friend and they had load of college gossips.Then slowly Prachi went near the water.
At first water Prachi felt that water was so cool for her feet.Then she began to enjoy it's touch.Slowly she began to get tempted by need of going inside.She went more and more inside.She could feel nice touch of water.Then she saw that tide.It was biggest tide.That tide could easily take her away.She wanted to run back to shore.But she could not.She was taken by that tide.She just couldn't reach on the shore.Due to force of water she fell in water.Slowly tides started going over her head.That moment she heard Neha's scream.Then she saw that Neha and Rina were entering in the water.Then she felt water was going inside her nose.She couldn't breath any more it started hurting her lungs.Then she felt hand around her arms.Neha was holding her.She pushed her out of water.Then Neha forced her in Rina's hand.Neha"Take her to shore."Then Prachi felt that she was taken to the shore and on that moment a tide came again a big tide.Then Prachi could clearly heard a scream from Rina.She forced herself to see what was going on and she saw Neha was taken inside the sea.At that moment she felt that it was not fair.It was her fault.Neha should be alive and Prachi should be killed.While telling his story Doctor explained he every thing.He told her that how her guilt forced her to keep quiet until now.She was shocked to hear that for 6 months.She was not speaking a word.She was feeling so guilty that when she woke.She turned herself in to Neha to reduce her guilt.He told her that These were symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and she would be fine now.But Prachi was no longer cared about herself.She just wanted her elder sister Neha alive and her mistake to be removed from past.But she knew that it was not possible so she strated crying loudly.But no one stopped her because they knew that it was good for her health.
The End
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