Next day morning !
Granny as usual treated him with the medicinal pill.
Elias too ate it with a sour face as it had become a daily routine for him.
Granny gave him a lunch box full of cauliflower fries separately.
Elias was in pure joy and hugged Granny for her lunch as it was not for him but for Clara.
Yesterday while they were having lunch together, Clara mentioned that she likes Cauliflower fries very much and Elias promised to bring them one day.
Then he came home and told Granny everything.
Granny too knew his sufferings and also only she knew what and all happened before Elias was born , all the tragedies, etc., But she decided to bury everything along with her.
So now school started and Elias maintained distance with Clara as Antany might be watching them today also.
Class was going on smoothly and everyone was doing their works.
Clara decided to have lunch today also but not with Elias alone but she decided to call her best friend Gracia along with her.
Elias also accepted it with a big smile on his face saying, "As far as only girls, I'm okay with it".
But Clara had a sweet spot for Antany too ....So she decided to call him for lunch.
Clara went to Antany's desk and sat there and when Antany saw her up close, his face became reddish in color.
He didn't know what to say and how to react. He was speechless.
Clara with a happy smile , "What happened? Why are you afraid of me??" and started laughing .
It was Antany's first and so far the best moment with Clara.
Clara invites Antany to join with her for lunch.
Innocent Antany thought to himself, "Why did she specifically asked me? Am I special to her? What about Elias? Did they broke up? Should I go with her ? Will it bring her a bad name for eating with me? "
Uncountable questions were swirling through Antany's head.
He got struck between whether to go or not. Antany's name was already in a bad condition and if Clara decides to have lunch with him, then her name also will be spoilt too.
Antany was, for the first time, struggling with happiness. She suddenly appeared and his whole mind changed . This was the reason for Antany to have love on her.
While he was thinking, teacher arrived with a sad look on his face.
"It is sad to announce that Ram from our class was found dead across a narrow street. The police is investigating the case seriously and it was a ruthless cold blooded murder", said the teacher to the class.
Whole class was shocked including Elias and Clara.
The members of the mocking group got frightened over listening to the teacher.
They thought Ram was just sick. And no one in the class would thought of such a terrifying thing like that.
Now the Group of five reduced to group of four!
Teacher was extremely sad that he literally cried for that student.
Not only the teacher but also the students from the class and his best friends shed tears for him.
"Pray for 2 minutes.....Rest in peace Ram !"
Clara and Gracia couldn't believe anything...."How did such a thing happened?", cried everyone.
Elias didn't have any idea about the murder but when he saw Antany, he was smiling.
Antany was smiling the whole time when the others were weeping for him because he alone knew that he was the one who killed him brutally and left him to bleed to death.
Antany in his mind, "Why do they cry for him? Is he a Saint? He is just a criminal who accused me! None of them cared about me while crying and now they are shedding fake tears for him....!"
It continued for at least twenty minutes and then everything became normal and now the most expected lunch period came.
Clara went to buy lunch along with Gracia.
Elias saw them and ran behind them.
Clara actually invited only three students from her class for lunch....Elias , Gracia , Antany.
Elias and Gracia didn't knew that Clara invited Antany also.
And also, Antany didn't knew that Clara had already invited Elias and Gracia before him.
So now, Elias , Gracia and Clara were seated in the table and Clara was searching for Antany to join.
Elias asked Clara , "It seems like you are searching for someone?"
But Clara thought Antany wouldn't come.
Everyone opened their lunch boxes and started eating.
Elias gave his lunch box to Clara and was excited to see Clara's reaction.
Clara too opened the lunch box and was very much surprised to see her favourite cauli flower fries there.
Elias was happy by seeing Clara happy.
Then Elias, Clara and Gracia shared their lunch with each other.
Gracia asked Elias about his family. Elias didn't know what to say.
He just said, "My parents died a long time ago" with his face being sad.
Gracia exclaimed , "Ohh! sorry".
But Elias with a happy face, "But I'm not an orphan and I have my Granny waiting for me everyday!".
Elias' face was filled with genuine happiness.
"I always wanted a happy family to stay with....I also wanted to experience what Love and Care feels like and I'm sure that one day I will also get a happy family", said Elias.
Clara got a little uncomfortable as she saw tears stagnated into Elias' eyes.
Elias noticed Clara and continued ,"That's why I'm discussing plans with Clara for my dream to come true".
Elias and Gracia started laughing and Clara was blushing. Elias was of-course being naughty on that.
Elias asked Gracia about her family and Gracia decided to open up.
Gracia told about her family that her father passed away last year and they underwent financial crisis as her mother was a home maker. But as for now, she is working in a corporate office for a salary that is required to maintain one month of expenses.
Gracia was also sad while describing about her family and Clara once again noticed everything.
"Why don't we change the topic? The main reason for this lunch meeting was to know each other's happiness and not sadness", stood Clara and spoke.
Then Elias asked Clara about her hobbies and Clara said, "I'm interested in playing badminton and playing piano. I was also helping Gracia in her research".
"What research?", asked Elias to Clara and Gracia answered.
"I'm currently researching on THE TWELVE STONES OF SAVIOUR which are said to give immortality!"
It was basically her father's research and he passed away mysteriously. So Gracia decided to continue his research with Clara.
She showed Elias her drawings and what are all the things she found out till then.
And when Elias saw the drawings one by one, he became very uncomfortable and began to sweat.
Some strange voices suddenly appeared in his head.
He suddenly entered into a void and was travelling in it while hearing strange voices.
"Elias! Elias! Help me! Find me! The monsters are attacking me! Bring me the stones!"
Elias , "MOM!!! Where are you mom? I will definitely find you no matter what!"
Then Elias was pulled into something and there he saw a mysterious person standing in the dark.
"Are you sure you will be able to find your mother?", asked the strange person.
"Of-course! I will definitely find her!" answered Elias.
"Then what about your father? Don't you have no intention to find him? He also loved you the same way your mother did , didn't he?? " asked the strange person.
Elias didn't know how to answer to that question.
To be honest, in his dreams, only his mother would appear everytime and that made him obsessed over his mother alone.
Elias ran towards the strange person and he saw black auras surrounded all over him and Elias couldn't take any step forward as his aura was very much stronger.
"The day will come when can we finally meet" said the strange person.
Then he pointed his hand towards Elias and Elias saw some glittering things in his hand.
Then suddenly Elias went flying and Elias was scared like hell and began to shout, "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH".
And opened his open and Clara and Gracia started laughing at Elias.
"Ohh....It was a dream then", Elias thought to himself.