“Help! help!!”, Gisela screamed on the phone.
“He’s here, please come quick”, she added.
“Hey hey, relax what’s wrong? Take your time and talk. I just left your place some minutes ago. What do you mean by he’s there? Who is there?”, Her boyfriend replied over the phone.
Beep… beep! The call ended.
Neo checked his watch and it was just 3am. He had already spent the whole day with his girlfriend and just got back a couple of hours ago. He knew his girlfriend was clingy and dramatic but she wasn’t that extreme.
He gathered the little energy he had gotten from his 2 hours sleep and put on his shirt. Still very sleepy, he hurriedly washed his face, took his car keys and drove off to Gisela’s place.
“Gisela! Gigi!, it’s me open the door”, he shouted whiles knocking on her door.
After some minutes of shouting and knocking, Gisela opened the door looking fine.
“Gigi, are you okay?”, Neo asked.
“What do you mean?”, Gisela asked back.
“Gigi, you literally called me crying for help some minutes ago and you are asking me what do I mean?”
“Ohh Neo, I was watching a horror movie after you left and I thought I saw someone that looked like the killer”
“Gisela, are you even hearing yourself at all?, what is the meaning of that”
“Neo, I’m sorry, my battery died before I could say anything about the movie”
“Gigi!!! Do better, I’m leaving”
Neo went back to his place very annoyed.
Two weeks later
“Neo, are you busy? My car broke down in the middle of nowhere”, Gisela’s text came through.
“Baby, are you okay, please lock yourself in the car and stay safe. Send me your location, I’ll be right there” Neo replied and set off.
“This route looks familiar but I don’t remember anything….., aahhhhh Gisela!!!!! Gisela!”, Neo shouted hitting his steering wheel repeatedly after realizing the “middle of nowhere” was a route to the house of one of Gisela’s friends.
After another 5 minutes drive, he saw Gisela perfectly fine beside her car and right in front of her friend’s house.
“What’s the meaning of this Gigi!, Come on!! I was in a meeting and I had to lie to my boss. What’s all this”, Neo said angrily.
“Baby, I wanted you to come with me for this hangout and I knew you wouldn’t come knowing exactly what it was. I’m sorry I had to bring you here this way”, Gisela replied.
“I’m going back to the office, I don’t have time for this” Neo replied and got into his car.
Some weeks later
“Hello, is this Neo?, This is Dr Daisy. Gisela has been admitted at the hospital for some hours now. She didn’t want us to call you because of your "busy schedule" but as the only person on her emergency contact, we had to”, The Doctor said.
“Doctor is she fine? Please give me the address, I’m on my way”, Neo replied.
“Hello, please she has been discharged so we are on our way home”, Another call came through. Unable to understand what was even going on, Neo zoomed off to Gisela’s place ignoring all road signs.
“April fool!!!” Gisela and her friend screamed right after she opened the door for Neo.
“Gisela!! Ahhhh what’s all this?”
“Come on Neo, it’s first April”
“You could have waited for me to at least close from work. What sort of childish behavior is this? I can’t even keep track of how many times you’ve been doing this. I’ve been performing so poor at work because of these your inconsiderate acts. You know what? I’m tired of this. We are done”, Neo said and walked out of her place.
Gisela laughed thinking that was her boyfriend’s “April fool” prank.
Gisela called Neo so many times but he never answered. She even visited Neo but never met him at home. All her apologies were left unheard.
Neo woke up to so many missed calls from Gisela one midnight. “Help! Help!! I’m in trouble”, her text came through.
“This girl must still think I’m stupid”, he said to himself and blocked her number.
That morning
“Bro isn’t that your girlfriend? have you heard the news?”, Neo’s brother asked him.
“Did Gisela send you? I don’t have time for this”, Neo replied.
“Oh no, just see this”, his brother said.
“The body of a 24 year old lady who has been identified as Gisela Johnson was found in a pool……", the news read.
Whatttttttt!!!!!, Neo dropped his mug of coffee.
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