Roommate's nightmare
Roma started to feel so scared. She looked around. She was in her room and everything was perfect. She didn't understand why did she felt so scared. She looked aside. She sensed a dog was entering in her bed. At beginning she thought that it was pup. But she didn't like this idea. She began to call her parents. She started screaming for them. She waited but no one came. She began to feel so confused. Soon she sensed that this dog was going to attack her. She felt so scared and she screamed. Then she sensed her roommate Nisha was standing beside her. Nisha " What happened? Why don't you sleep peacefully at least for one day?" She didn't have any answer for it. She didn't have any reason to get nightmares like that. Her life was okay. She had nice family. She was loved by her parents. She had everything as perfect as anyone could achieve. She was not rich but she was not even poor. She was from well to do family which would manage to fulfill all her needful desires. But she didn't understand what was happening to her since she came in hostel. She was getting nightmares again and again. She didn't like it. She knew that Nisha needed to sleep and her screams were spoiling her sleep. She knew that Nisha didn't like it. She said " I am so sorry. It's another nightmare." " I know but you keep having them again and again?!! I need to sleep too. Don't you keep some pills from Doctor to stop them?" "Pills to stop nightmare? I never heard them."" Psychiatrist give them to reduce fear of mad person. You need to visit one soon otherwise they might throw you out of hostel one day." Roma was so upset by all this but she didn't say anything. She knew that it was not right. She made mistake by screaming in night. She knew that she couldn't control it but she had to do it. She needed to stop screaming. She didn't understand trick. She was not mad but still she kept feeling hurt in her soul. She didn't understand what was bothering her. She was perfect when she was sleeping in her home. She started thinking about home sickness but she rejected that idea immediately. She went to many picnic and she never became home sick. In fact she spent many days of vacation in houses of her relatives and she never became home sick. She liked to go and stay in other's houses. She didn't have any problem in staying in other people's houses. In fact she loved it. Her parents felt so shocked that she never got home sick. But she never felt that way. She always loved staying in different places. She was so confident that hostel would suit her. But when she came there she sensed it was different. She liked it but still girls were not that friendly with her. She thought that after sometime it would improve but these nightmares were becoming obstacles in entire way. She wanted to look normal and friendly. But those girls started calling her mad and it was not good news. She knew that if she kept screaming then they would started talking about her. She decided that she must skip sleep on that day. Then she could call her Mom for suggestions. She began to feel that she might need it to do soon. She started to sense that she must not sleep now. She went to window. She started watching sky. It was so beautiful full of stars. But soon her eyes started to get heavy due to sleep. She began to fall asleep again. She wanted to stay awake. But her mind wanted to sleep. She decided that she must not try it in this room. She started to thinking about places where she could sleep and no one would hear her. She began to feel so upset. She didn't want to get in any trouble. She wanted pleasant life but her life was getting miserable day by day. She didn't want to create problems for others but she didn't want it. She wanted pleasant life. She wanted happiness. She didn't understand why she started to feel so depressed. She couldn't sleep in window for long time. She needed to go to bed again. She went to bed and slept. Nisha was just began to sleep when she heard strange sound. Nisha sensed that someone was barking. She shivered with fear. There was dog in her room. She didn't understand what did she supposed to do. She started hiding herself in blanket but then she sensed that she needed to fight after all dog could easily smell human. She didn't like her situation at all. It was turning in worst way every day. She needed to move ahead with smile. But her roommate was strange. She liked Roma at beginning. She looked so nice perfectly just like her not bossy but friendly then nightmare started suddenly. Roma started screaming in night. Nisha was not much fond of leaving her house. She never liked even visiting houses of relatives. But she was forced to stay in hostel for education. She needed to become something. She wanted herself to become someone great. She needed to study for it. She was so scared to sleep in different room while Roma didn't seem to mind. But then she started to scream in nights. Nisha didn't understand why did she lied. She told her that she never had problems regarding staying away from house. Nisha began to think she couldn't able to sleep even in her house. She knew that she needed to understand that this girl had problem so as human she must adjust but she came here to study. She needed to sleep. She was so scared in that unknown room. But then she sensed that she must fight her fear. She decided that she could throw away that Dog after all she was human and stronger and smarter than Dog. She started to search in mind for weapon which were available in room. She soon understood that there was not much option. None of them had much interest in sports so there were not any equipment of sports. She began to remember all again then she suddenly remembered that stick since she needed to put her clothes on higher rod to dry them after washing. She slowly came out of blanket and ran towards that stick. Then when she finally got that stick in her hand she took breath of relief. She ran towards that voice. Then she sensed Roma was barking in sleep. She was so shocked. She looked around. She felt lucky that no one was watching her otherwise they should have thought she was killing Roma. She ran back to her bed and started to wait for sleep but she knew that it was not coming.
Next day Roma woke up fresh but Nisha was feeling so sick. Nisha was so upset by last night's entire incidence. She wanted to change room but she knew that she couldn't demand it so soon. She started her year just now. No one knew her. So if she demanded such thing now then they would feel she was over demanding and spoiled girl. No one would believe that she needed another room. She must tolerate. Then finally Roma went ahead for her class while Nisha started to get ready luckily they were not in same division. They had chosen different subject. Nisha felt so distrubed by Roma that she wanted to be away from her as much as possible. She began to feel so upset by all. She decided that she didn't want to spend her entire day with Roma. Roma was observing her. Roma was sensing hatred developing towards her. She knew that she was distrubing Nisha but she was not doing it with intention. It was her problem. She never wanted to harm anyone but still she was doing it. She wanted to sleep peacefully but she screamed. Roma tried to smile towards Nisha and said " I am really sorry." Nisha " Last night you were barking like Dog in sleep. I could have hit you with stick. I was so scared. What is wrong with you?" Roma was so confused. Then Roma started laughing. Roma " Your joke is wonderful. But we can talk about it later now I want to sleep." Nisha wanted to stop her but then she felt that it was waste of time. She started to get ready. She saw in mirror her face. She could see her face as tired. She didn't able to sleep at all. Nisha sensed one thing that she needed to do something about this. She couldn't survive like that. She needed to sleep. Nisha got ready and went in her classroom. Her classmates were already inside. She had group of few friends. When she entered, she immediately started crying. They all looked at her with shock. " What happened?" " I can't tell Madam to change my room but my roommate is such big problem." " What did she do? Boss on you?!!" " No..no she is kind girl." " Then what's wrong?" " She scream in nights. Yesterday she was barking." Everyone in room started laughing. It was joke for them. But Nisha was suffering from it's results so she knew that it was not joke. Roma was actually destroying her life. Nisha " It might be funny for you but not that much funny for me. I mean I can't sleep." They all looked ashamed. Then bell rang. They all went on their benches. Nisha began to sense that she was getting sleepy. She knew that she wanted to stay awake but it was not happening. She was getting restless on each day. She needed to go to sleep on that moment. She opened her eyes forcibly. But it didn't work for long time. Soon she fall asleep and her teacher noticed. She screamed on Nisha " Why are you sleeping in class? Why didn't you sleep last night?" Nisha felt so confused. " I am asking you!!" Then some kid from behind screamed " Her roommate was barking in sleep last night." Everyone began laughing but Nisha couldn't control her tears. Teacher sensed something was wrong. She told Nisha in soft voice " Go to restroom and wash your face." Nisha immediately went away. It was embarassing for her. She never did backbiting. Even today she was just discussing her trouble because she was so scared that she would be thrown out of hostel and college. But she knew that now it would become gossip. She didn't want to insult Roma. She just hoped from heart that they would consider it joke. She just wanted to turn back time and delete entire incidence. She didn't want to disgrace Roma this way. She wanted her to be happy. She wanted her to enjoy hostel life too. But now she sensed that she spread rumour about Roma. It was truth but still it was going to cause Roma lots of harm so it seemed unfair. When she returned to classroom everyone started concentrating on their books. It was normal. But she knew that they all were going to discuss it behind her back. She didn't like it. Then she observed that her teacher was looking at her in strange angry way. It was clear to her that she did biggest mistake. She didn't understand how could she correct it but she knew that she must correct it. She knew that she needed to correct it. She felt so upset by it all. She turned her attention to books. During this entire time she hoped that news wouldn't go out of her class. Then finally recess bell rang. She just ran out of class as fast as she could. She was so confused. She wanted to correct her mistake. She decided to talk with Roma and apologize. But it was so problematic. She slowly searched Roma's classroom. Finally she found it. She soon managed to locate Roma who was chatting with her friends in full confidence. Nisha sensed that it was possible that this news might not reach to her so she turned back and went to her classroom. Roma was happy about everything when suddenly a girl appeared and asked her " Did you truly barked yesterday in sleep?" Roma was so shocked. She couldn't believe this nonsense. In fact she totally forgot that Nisha mentioned this in morning. Roma " This is another gossip don't pay attention." Everyone started laughing on that girl. That girl looked nervous but still she said it with full confidence. " Her roommate said this in her class." Roma was so upset now. She suddenly remembered incidence of morning. She couldn't believe that it was true. She knew that she might scream in night but she couldn't bark like dog. She was so upset with Nisha. She decided that she would talk to her in evening. It was not right that she was spreading such roumour about her in college. She was planning a future in college. She wanted to shine in college became something good and big. She wanted to prove herself but Nisha was destroying her dream. Roma decided that she must talk with her.
When Roma gave angry look to Nisha, Nisha immediately sensed that Roma knew what she told in college. Nisha " I was not intended to.." " You were insulting me before all and now you are telling me about your intentions? I know them very well. You wanted to destroy my future since you hated me from first day." Nisha was so shocked. Nisha didn't want anything like that to happen. She did all by mistake. Nisha " I just wanted to sleep." " Then go ahead and change room. I don't mind." Roma said with full confidence since she knew that there was not any extra room and no one was permitted to act like that. Nisha was so upset by this argument that she decided to keep quiet. Roma started screaming on her " Do you feel I am Dog? How could I bark like Dog in night?" Nisha didn't say anything but she knew that Roma was barking. Nisha decided that she just needed to say sorry. She just smiled and said " I am really sorry. It was just a joke. I know it was poor quality joke but I did to.." Suddenly Roma began to laugh. Roma " I know to impress class!! Right?" Nisha just nodded. In her mind Nisha decided to use headphones to avoid distrubance in night. Nisha knew that arguments would just create more troubles for her. Nisha smiled and said " Sort of!! But that boy said it before teacher and then it turned in wrong way." Roma made sad face. Roma " I know sometimes such things happen. You are not someone who born with skill of impressing people like me. But you will learn it slowly." Nisha was so frustrated. Nisha didn't impress people but she didn't even talk in night. Nisha just nodded. After that Nisha sensed that Roma had strange kind of superiority complex. She began to keep telling different things which were great in her. Nisha was so frustrated by all. And whenever night began Nisha began to feel strange fear. She started to feel so restless. She couldn't keep headphones inside her ear for entire night. She needed to remove them. And when she removed it, then finally entire trouble started. She started hearing strange voices which Roma was creating. It was creating worst effect on her. She just couldn't sleep at night. Next morning she kept watching her worst face. She was looking worst every day. She needed to feel fresh. But it was getting worst. Her studies were not getting much better. She began to feel so tense. Finally one day her teacher called her. Teacher " I am observing you. You getting worst every day. What's wrong?" Nisha started crying uncontrollably. Nisha " Madam I can't sleep. Her roommate keep talking and screaming and I can't sleep at night due to it." Her teacher looked confused. Teacher " So you need to change that room?!!" " Yes but it is not easy. I tried to suggest her to do something about it but she kept denying." Teacher started to feel tense. Teacher sensed that this was going to destroy Nisha's life but she didn't have much option. They didn't have extra room and if they shifted another girl there then results would be same. They didn't want to just shift victim. It was not promising. Teacher " You can't keep demanding like that. This is not your house. You need to adjust. You can't say that your room must not include sounds." Then teacher paused. Let Nisha accept first line. Teacher " I know you are getting home sick. In fact parents unknowingly sometimes pamper their kids too much. Then they find it hard to adjust but give yourself sometime. Then you will adjust." Nisha began to feel guilty. She started to think that it was all her mistake. She supposed to adjust or supposed to do something. But she didn't find any option. She kept listening to teacher's suggestions but she knew that those all suggestions were useless. She tried everything but nothing could stop that voice. She went back to her classroom. She started to feel so depressed. She sensed that now she needed her Mom's advice. She told all to her Mom on mobile. Mom " Why didn't that girl do something about it? " " I think she can't." " But then how did you supposed to sleep?" " I don't know Mom. But I am getting depressed day by day." Her Mom started to feel nervous. Mom " What about other things? Did you like other things? Like.." " Mom if I don't get sleep nothing is going to help me." Her Mom took deep breath. Mom "I was against sending you hostel from beginning. Now you needed to at least complete one year then you can come back. I will start finding colleges for you from now." " Mom it isn't easy. We know that I am not getting admission there so I shifted." " Then you could change your career." Nisha didn't like it. She wanted to complete her degree in her favourite subject only. Nisha decided that she would manage. She took deep breath and said " Don't worry Mom I will manage." Nisha began to feel so much tense. But she decided that she needed to do it. On that night she forced herself to wear headphones. She felt uneasy but finally she managed to sleep. She began to get at least little bit sleep. But she was not resting as much as she needed. It was not right. Roma was enjoying pleasant life at her cost. Nisha began to feel frustrated. Soon their exams came. Nisha tried hard to concentrate on her books but lack of sleep was not giving her much success. She started to feel so tired of her life. Sometimes she just wanted to jump from window but then she felt so scared. She knew that mostly in suicide case patient survive with handicap. Only in rare cases they get success. She read this in one book so she decided that she would not attempt it. She kept calling her Mom. Finally one day her Mom said " Why don't you send me one picture on mobile of yourself? I want to see you. Or do video chat?" She liked idea. She immediately disconnected call and began video call.
Nisha's Mom was expecting a sad face or depressed face but she saw a sick pale face which was like face of person who was ill for long time. Mom " My God what happened to you? Are you sick?" " No Mom. I am not getting sleep." " I think I have seen enough. Just give this exam. If you pass,you can see Doctor and stay. But if you don't you are coming back." Suddenly Nisha felt strange relief. She wanted to go back. She knew that she would waste one year but she began to feel fear of losing her life. She couldn't survive like that. Everyday was getting worst. She took deep breath. Then she tried to study but it was useless without sleep. She couldn't understand it. She was feeling so sad. It was her favourite subject. She really wanted to read those pages and study them. She decided that she could read them in night. But she couldn't keep light on others would start complaining. She didn't have any way to study then suddenly worst thing happened. Day of her examination came but she couldn't able to wake refresh. She started to fall asleep even during exam. Her teacher thought that she was sick so she sent her to room. She called her Mom and told entire incidence of that day and cried. She was so frustrated. Nisha " Mom I can't study here. I want to come back." Her Mom was determined now. Mom " I will talk to your Dad tomorrow. We will take you back to home." Nisha kept crying. She knew that all her dreams of career destroyed. She went in room and started packing. She managed to pack suitcase when Roma came in room with smile. Roma " My examination went great what about your?" Nisha screamed on her " I hate you!! Because of you can't even able to get sleep of one night." Roma was so scared. She was so upset. She didn't do anything. But she could see anger in eyes of Nisha. She started remembering all. Roma " I might have screamed on few nights but still." Nisha was so angry. She just went ahead and slapped her. Roma was so shocked. Roma screamed "How dare you will call teacher!!" " Go ahead and call. I am planning to leave this college already. I don't care." Nisha went out with suitcase. She kept sitting in hostel's door. Many teachers screamed on her and tried to sent her back. But she kept sitting until her parents didn't came. When her parents came they apologized and she was forgiven since no one wanted issue. She went away. Roma saw her going out. Roma shivered with fear. She still had strange feeling of pain in that cheek. She didn't understand why did Nisha needed to create such big issue out of her talking in sleep. Roma went back in her room and started studying. She tried hard to concentrate on her books. But something was wrong. She kept feeling scared. She looked around. She knew that ghost didn't exist but still she felt fear of one. She smiled at thought of ghost. She always kept thinking about ghosts when she was alone. But she never thought of them as enemy. She thought of them as entertainment. She always felt that those ghosts would help her to show light in her life. She began to feel tense about all. She was so scared. She never slept alone. She didn't like this idea. But it was clear no one was coming to stay with her. She knew that no one said it on face but they all knew that she was talking in sleep. She knew that from next day everything would change. They all would blame her for what happened with Nisha. They all wanted her to do something about it but she didn't understand what did she supposed to do. She did all needed. She tried to read good and comedy books in night. She tried to keep her eyes open. Then she found only one way to escape from all. She just pretended that she never talked in night. She kept feeling scared about it. She always kept feeling frustrated about entire incidence. She knew that she needed to stop talking in sleep but she couldn't. Now Nisha left. She would suffer. From next day she started sensing kids were talking about her behind her back. They were discussing Nisha.Roma planning to become president of some cultural group but on the spot another name was suggested and all agreed to it. She felt so upset. But one girl patted on shoulder and said " Many didn't like what happened with Nisha. They didn't blame you but still!! But you will become vice president. " She nodded and compromised. But she soon sensed that she was scared now. She began to sense that many were becoming curious in her matter. Then one day she sensed someone was knocking on her door. She didn't dare to open. It kept happening frequently. She started to feel scared. Finally she did complained to teacher about it. Then in middle of night she was woke up by screams of teachers. They were telling her to open door immediately. She did it. Teacher asked " Where is that Dog?" " Dog? Which dog?" " I heard barking of dog from your room." Another girl from other room said " Madam Roma bark at night herself. That's why Nisha left." Roma started to cry. Teachers didn't believe it. They spent large time in searching for dog but soon they sensed that it was meaningless. Roma started crying. She knew that entire hostel knew this so soon entire college would knew this. Her life was doomed. She didn't have option but to tell all to her parents. She wanted to hide this from them. Then next morning her parents were informed by hostel about it.
When Roma's parents came, they came with one man. Her Dad introduced him as psychiatrist. Roma's Dad " Actually we never thought Roma have any problem. This is something new." Principal was shocked. " Are you telling me this never happened before?" " Yes and my daughter spent large amount of time with relatives during vacations so we never thought she could have this problem." Psychiatrist " Actually I feel Roma is feeling home sick but she is trying hard to hide it. She always took pride in not feeling home sick but when she came to hostel it all started. She began to feel so scared. She didn't want to express it so she tried to hide which lead to this horrible dreams. Only if you have mentioned this earlier we could have solved problem. I will take her few sessions and she will be fine." " But why did she bark in sleep?" Roma " Since I am scared of dogs. Once I saw a man got bitten by dog. That man is still keeping Dog happily as pet but I am scared." Psychiatrist smiled and said " Will you do another thing?" " Yes." " Will you give me number of this Nisha?" " But why?" " I don't want her to lose her year. She just missed one semester I am sure she could cover it." " Yes she can. In fact this case I might give her little previleage in next examination since it was our mistake too.." " Then call her we will handle it." They called Nisha's parents who were upset at beginning then they agreed to come after convincing of psychiatrist. Teacher was told to let Nisha sleep with her for few days. After few sessions Roma stopped screaming. Then psychiatrist also gave treatment to Nisha on her depression. It was helpful. At beginning Nisha didn't chatted with Roma. Then slowly it all became fine. Nisha managed to get good marks in next examination. She was so happy. Then one day on psychiatrist's suggestion she slept in Roma's room. It was perfect night without dreams. After that slowly every thing became perfect. They started sleeping peacefully. Soon they even became best friend and started joking about those voices which Roma used to create in night.
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