BEHIND THE RAINBOW

               Without knowing what exactly was happening to her, Jane glances at her
in the rearview mirror. She knew that something was wrong with her face. It took several seconds for her to understand that the dark channels of blood had already begun itsway from her nostrils, across the top of her lips, andalongside the corners of her mouth.She was clumsilysearching for a piece of tissue inside her purse and could immediately feel asense of numbness Oh! Holy Christ, where is Scarlet? She was thrown outside,as the car smashed against the wall, Jane remembered faintly She took her inside and drove to the nearest hospital

     Did the back wheel move throughher? Jane was not sure about that too

          Endless hours of pain and agony ..
Jane knew that something has happened to Scarlet. She could faintly hear them discussing amongst themselves .She couldn't stop herself from enquiring about her friend. Chief surgeon replied to it; he knew that if put under pressure that might worsen her condition further. From his reply, Jane understood thather friend is traveling through the narrow thread between death and life. She remembered how much exited they were, when they came to know that Scarlet won the scholarship to pursue her higher studies. It was like a dream come true for both of them. A  small party; they didnot get enough time to organize a large scale one as two elements were definitely not there in required amount. One was money and the second was time ..

             Doctor and the nurse came running to Jane's room hearing her scream to the top of her voice What's the matter? Now the doctor started loosing his patience ..I want to see Scarlet right now .That was Jane's demand. Nurse answered to her question, you can't see her now, her condition is critical. Jane broke down in to tears and told them that,"Scarlet has to report tomorrow at the university and her chartered flight will leave within an hour." That's impossible; Miss Jane.

              The party was really wonderful andher friends wanted them to make a toast out of their happiness. She forced Scarlet to have drinks too. Jane remembered how heavily drunken was she when they left theparty. Scarlet limited her drinks to a peg or two; she knew that she had many more things to be completed before her journey, which included visiting her mother's cemetery.She didn't want Jane to drive; it was her decision that finally changed their destiny.

       She woke up again after a while to hear that her friend had suffered from severe bleeding before she died. It took several seconds for her to come back to her normal sense ..She is gone, beyond the horizon. Arrangements were done later, after the procedures; for   Scarlet's funeral. Jane was taken in a wheel chair after a lot of persuasion; even the doctors agreed to it as it was of humanitarian concern. They were only a few. Jane was also asked to put a handful of mud on the top of the coffin [Christian custom]. Immediately it started raining, Jane remembered how they enjoyed rain and these thoughts drained her eyes once again; As she looked up once again she could see Scarlet smiling at her  "Behind the rainbow" she have accepted her fate with a smile .