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I was about to reverse the car and go back to my house, cause to be honest. I was so done with the treasure hunt business.

But, then I was already in my parents's house, might as well I will meet them. I guess the last time, I spoke with them, pretty much I cut the call in pure fury.

Now that I have accepted the fact of marriage and how my life is going to be. Let me atleast keep my family happy, as I have come to know that I am for sure not capable of making myself happy.

As I parked my car in my spot and start walking towards the gate. The eerie quite contrast to people working or walking around 24/7, made me question the silent.

After pressing the intercom, waiting for the ding sound. I think of what to message Emily, cause now that I have given up on the game she put her hard work and time into. I am feeling a little guilty.

The ding sounds resonates the quite ambience and I push open the handle and walk in.

The lights are switched off, which is very a unlike scene of my house that too at nine pm during a weekday.

Before I could comprehend my surroundings, I was attacked by blinding lights and is engulfed in a familiar huh.

I can feel my eyes tearing up as I hug back my friend of years tightly.

I slowly look up, trying to blink away my tears and look there are atleast twenty to thirty people all over my hall with balloons and matching T-shirts.

The entire hall is decorated in rose gold decorations and there is a food station with same color pattern foods with cupcakes to cake pops. They even got a DJ who is playing pop musics with a dance floor in front which has some of my friends already dancing.

"Ok! I can see that you are slowly absorbing all the details, but the silence is killing me. How is it, girl?" Emily tells with her anticipating and worried voice.

It didn't even strike me, till she pointed out that I was silent all this time.

Instead of speaking, I just hugged her with all my might. Cause one thing, action speaks louder than words and also, I was truly chocked up with emotions, which makes it even difficult to form words.

There are lot of unexpected faces like some of my cousins and school friends. I really wanted to go and talk with them, but I just couldn't leave the hands of my dear friend and walk away.

But when once people started bombarding me with congratulations and all the other compliments. I found my groove and started to enjoy the night.

As I was lightly holding the champagne glass filled to the brim and lips pulled into a wide smile. My eyes fall onto one person, I never ever thought in hundred years, I would see in my bachelorette party.

As our eyes connect, my heart starts raising as an automatic response. Emily who stood next to me the entire time since I came in, noticed my stature changed and followed my line of vision.

"Shit! I didn't invite him! Oh my god! I am so sorry Emma. I will get rid of him immediately."

I just felt numb all over my body, I mean it has been days since we last saw each other. That terrible day with accusations and cries comes to my mind in full force.

Not being able to handle the emotions, I quickly run away from that place. Entering my guest washroom, I look myself in the mirror. I legit look like, I just saw a ghost. Letting the cold water run in my hand, I started patting my hot neck with some water.

I retouched my make up and counted till 100. I left the washroom with my head held high. As I was about to go and talk with Benji and Rosie.

My eyes connect again with a pair of familiar browns, Emily nods her head, signaling me the threat aka my ex aka Adam, left the premise.

I am feeling a little guilty of not even talking to him once. I may have read his face wrong because clearly I was not in my right mind frame. But as a friend of many years, I could clearly read the pain in his eyes.

"I will get you a refill!" Benji smiles understandingly and takes my empty glass.

"It's a big change. But don't worry, everything will fall into place. Trust me, I am talking from experience." Rosie tells placing her hands on my arms reassuringly.

"But, you guys married out of love and I am..." I couldn't even complete the sentence, cause I really don't know what I am doing.

"I am very well aware, our situations are totally different. There is no right of me to compare, both the scenarios. All I am saying to you is that, it is hard whether it is done out of love or not."

She smiles as she gets cut off by her phone ringing.

Before I could reply, she starts walking towards the backyard.

A shot glass tray is shown in front of me, I start laughing at the person who brought it to me. Benji couldn't help but join me and we both laughed and started taking shots.

In no time, we are joined by Emily, Maria and some of my other old friends. After getting totally wasted. I could literally couldn't comprehend what is even in front of me.

A sudden question pops in my head, "Emily darling?"

Emily who is currently very blurry to visualize, but I can very well make out her neon tight bodycon dress in contrast to the grass we are lying down now.

"Yes babe?" She tells as she rolls closer to me. As I place my head on her sprawled hands. I ask, "Where are my parents?"

She starts laughing so loudly, that it starts hurting my ears. Blindly I start to find her mouth and tried to shut it.

She dodged of my hand and says, "I threw you the best party you ever had and you ask me where your parents are. Where have I gone wrong raising you?"

She starts whining and start to hit me slowly.

"Oh stop it Emily. We are literally sprawled in my parents backyard. I am sure as hell, there is someone skinny dipping in the pool. Someone even vomited in one of my dad's favorite vase. I really have to know!"

I turn to her, thanks to her clown laugh. It sobered me up a little. I can atleast see her properly.

"I asked them to go and stay in hotel for a night, even told them I will cover the expenses. But your mom refused, actually now that I think about it. They didn't even question at all, as soon as I proposed them the idea. They were more than willingly accepting. Your grandma sure as hell, wanted to be part of it. But Benji and your dad convinced her. My god! How much fun it would have been, if she was here."

I couldn't help but start laughing and visualizing my grandma to lay on grass like us. When I was growing up, almost all of the high school parties, she did pick out my dress. Many of the parties we did throw also, she was part of some of them.

I am sure it will be a shocker to comprehend that. But that's my grandma, that's why it is hard even now, for me to wrap around the idea. The fact that she is one of the major reason behind this marriage, where I have no say.

Emily who sobered up as well, sees my change of emotions and pulls me closer to her as I rest my head on her chest.

"I am so sorry; I shouldn't have brought her up. To be honest, I can believe why granny is being like this." She gently strokes my hair.

"By the way, did you see Maria making out so hard with Thomas the nerd from our school."

Understanding her plan to change the topic, I start to remember the disturbing graphic scene and join her chain of laugh.

"I guess the worse was Amanda's body shot of Nathan, his girlfriend wanted to literally murder Amanda." I say remembering the terrific expression.

"It's his third girlfriend of this month, he is literally the playboy of your hospital." Emily says as she rolls over randomly gazing at the night stars.

"It would have been cool if cat fight would have broken out though! Would have been classic bachelorette party!" I tell poking her hip with my toes.

She rolls far from me as I start to tickle her with my toes.

Benji and Rosie had to leave early cause of the girls. The rest of us stayed back and we played truth or drink like high schoolers. It was really very funny and disturbing at many levels.

So many secrets and embarrassing recollections of school and college was brought up and we all drank the night away.

After so many years, it really felt nice not to think about hospital or exams and just let loose and enjoy. I really wanted to thank Emily. But after talking for a while she was out in no time.

I grabbed the cold water from fridge and walked around the house to make sure all were doing fine. Most of them left in Ubers or along with their sober friends.

I put Emily in the guest bedroom, which my parents made for her during our school years. I have a room at her house as well,  sometimes I can't really fathom how many years it has been since we both know each other.

I start going around the house and Maria and Thomas are crashed together in the couch, they actually look so cute together. I take out a blanket and wrap them both.

Finally the couple who were having fun in the swimming pool also came back, thankfully fully dressed. I guess the dude was someone Emily used to date in college time, to be honest, I have no idea.

I finally retire to my room, it has been three years since I moved out of the house, literally it was only to another area. But still, it feels good to be back. Last time, I was here, I was celebrating my birthday. The memory is still fresh from this year, literally that was one day, which totally changed my course of life.

I change out of the now, really sweaty smelly black dress and change to my comfy pajamas.

As I was about to set the alarm, I get a message from the hospital group. I sip my water to sober up my mind a little more as it seemed like a article.

It read, "California reports it's first COVID-19 case"

There is bunch of messages from juniors and also some of the night doctors.

Shit! It was one thing we were hoping does not happen. On November there was the first report of this unknown virus. We all prayed it to be a endemic disease, but seems like it has become a pandemic.

I message some of my colleagues and I find out it hasn't been reported in LA yet. But there is an emergency meeting tomorrow morning in the hospital.

Ok! That's a great way to end my bachelorette party. I am going to have one hell of a killer hangover tomorrow.

Seems like fun, can't wait!

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