Green Saree

"Good morning, wake up or else you will be late for the lectures" my roommate shouted. It was a regular April morning with lots of sleep in my eyes and hurry in my mind. I woke up, dressed and was out for the college. I was waiting at the bus stand, as usual, everything seemed to be normal except that girl who was standing at the opposite side of the road. She was wearing a green sari but the color of her sari went brown due to the mud and dirt. Her face was almost covered with her long hair and she was also looking weak.

I wouldn't have noticed her until I saw her picking a bread piece from the road and eating it. I was disgusted at first but after looking at her thoughtfully I felt pity. Luckily I got a text that my lecture is rescheduled. So I thought to go near to that lady and help her out, as I was crossing the road, I was becoming familiar to her, something was recoiling in my mind. She was already staring at me with her eyes filled. I went near, with curiosity and little fear. I tried to look into her face but couldn't find it clear. Still, we started talking, I asked her "who are you, what happened, why are you so puzzled..?"

She said in a heavy voice "You know me very well, you know what has happened to me. It's just, uh don't remember."

I was not able to understand what exactly she was trying to say but deep inside I can feel her. 

She again said "That night you were waiting at the bus stand, it was lonely and raining too, no sound, no movement nothing. Only one could hear was the rain. You tried to get a cab but there was no one to help. It was already late and now the rain has stopped. Suddenly, you felt someone behind you, you turned but found no one. Till now your heartbeats got fasten up, you started walking faster than before, you could hear some voices from behind, some type of cheap comments and you just thought to get home fast and safe. You were shivering and was really afraid, you could hear the voices coming near and nearer and now really close to you.

Suddenly you stopped, there were four to five in numbers, you were so afraid that you couldn't even look at there faces, you continued looking towards your feet. They started talking to you, they started laughing, looking at your fear, they were enjoying seeing you afraid. You somehow gathered up some courage and tried to escape, but you were trapped. Don't you remember all this, Adira..?

I was stunned was living that night all again. They molested me I could live every moment of it again. That fear, that dreadful night I just can't forget anything about it. But suddenly, my mind clicked,

'How this lady knows all this, who is she, was she there that night..?'

I turned towards her, but she was walking away, I tried to stop her, I asked her "who are you, how you know all this, were you there that night..?"

She just said, "you know me very well, only I was there with you that night.."

"Do you remember what you were wearing that night..?"

And she just walked away, I could only see her green sari fading in the light, actually my green sari which I was wearing that night..