In the course of time.

Chapter 1: Winter holidays.

Even though it was the first day of winter, the sun shone brightly and fell directly on my face through the leaves and the window. I had no option but to wake up to the heat of the sun on my face. I had told my mom last night to change the position of the bed but she was too busy handling some toilet business so the bed remained unmoved.

"Ahana!! Wake up!" That's my mom, Sophia Sen, she is the world's best mom, unlike me she loves to cook. She also loves to trouble me a lot.

"Yes Ma!" I don't actually wake up to her call, let's be honest who does?

"Ahana get up right now! Manish needs your help."

Oh no! not again. Manish is elder to me yet he cannot take care of one single, small shop.

My dad, Aditya Sen, left us when I was born, he left us with nothing but a piece of land. After struggling for years my mom got a loan from the bank and could finally start her business, a small grocery shop, where everything and anything is available.

We are still struggling to pay the bank loans but whatever money we get we try to save some.

Since I didn't have enough money to go to the school of music in Mumbai, I decided to do a simple course B.A.

"Ahana, the customers aren't going to wait for you."

"Going Ma!"

I got up from my bed and went directly in the shower. If it wasn't for my mom's constant bickering, it was the urge to pee really bad that gave me a start.

After a nice hot shower that was actually not needed, I wore my most comfortable outfit. A long sweater with black pants. The best outfit ever!

Once I went to the kitchen my mom urged me to have breakfast and then immediately leave for the shop.

I ate toast and drank tea and then left for the shop.

As soon as I reached, Manish was calmly sitting behind the desk.

"Manish, I came as soon as I could, is everything okay?"

"Thanks for coming in so early Ahana, you made it in time what can I reward you?"

"Oh please, I knew you would handle the customers on your own, but why were they here so early in the morning, isn't it just 8:00?"

"I don't know, maybe because it's not 8!! It's 12:30 in the afternoon ASS!"

"Hey don't call me that!"

"What, ASS, it's basically your name. Ahana Sophia Sen." After my father left, I got my mom's name, but she still kept the surname in respect of my father.

"Whatever, do not call me that in public, I repeat DO NOT! Or else I will chop all your hair off."

"Oh, come on, you don't have to be so mean, it's fun."

"No, it's not, it will be fun when I start calling you motu" I said with a smug smile on my face.

"Okay, let's get to work."

Manish Shukla is a year older to me, he recently shifted into the society next to mine. He is originally from another city, where his father is a government servant. After saving money for years Mr. Shukla could send his son to our city to study and work, he expects him to be a great business man one day.

Manish's mom passed away when he was just 16. Since then, he had vowed to become rich and successful one day. We support him, we weren't hiring anyone for our shop, but he seemed genuinely interested and he needed the money, also his business skills are amazing.

He and I are in the same college, he is doing B.B.A and I, B.A. We spend a lot of time together; we also have mutual friends. One is my best friend, Shanaya D'Costa. She is the same age as me and, we went to the same Church for years.

We stayed in the shop till evening and then decided to go home together.

It is not much but I am happy and this is my life.

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