ESCAPE IN YOUR ARMS

SURPRISE!SURPRISE!

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"SAMVIDHAN , COME HERE DAD WANTS TO INFORM YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.", MOM TURNED THE LIGHTS ON AND TURNED THE FAN OFF.  CLASSIC INDIAN MOM THING, TURNING OFF THE FAN SO THAT I WAKE UP.

"I AM COMING DOWN AFTER A SHOWER MUMMA",I SAID YAWNING. IT WAS 7 IN THE MORNING, ONE HOUR PAST THE USUAL TIME I WAKE UP, I HAVE ANIMES TO BLAME. I TOOK A SHOWER, PUT ON MY UNIFORM AND GOT READY FOR SCHOOL, I WAS ALREADY LATE. WHEN I WALKED DOWN THE STAIRCASE, DAD WAS ALREADY WAITING FOR ME WITH KEYS IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND HIS BAG IN THE OTHER ONE. MY DAD WAS A PHYSICS TEACHER , IN MY SCHOOL, YOU CAN IMAGINE MY LIFE. HE KISSED MOM'S FOREHEAD LIKE I WASN'T STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM AND WAVED HER BYE. MY MOM AND DAD WERE SO IN LOVE, PEOPLE WERE OFTEN MISTAKEN THAT THEY WERE CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS WHO GOT MARRIED, ONLY  THEY WEREN'T. THEY HAD AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE AND FELL IN LOVE QUICKLY AFTER, THERE'S WAS A LOVE EVERYONE SECRETLY DESIRED, ME? I WOULD RATHER NOT COMMENT.

"HOW IS SCHOOL SAMVIDHAN? YOUR COACH TOLD ME HE WAS PLANNING TO PROMOTE YOU TO THE TEAM CAPTAIN IN A WEEK, CONGRATULATIONS." 

"YOU COULD'VE LEFT IT AS A SURPRISE DAD."I SAID CALMLY, EVEN THOUGH I WAS AGIGATED, BUT IT COULDN'T  BE REFLECTED IN MY VOICE.

"I WOULD'VE, IF YOUR MATHEMATICS TEACHER HADN'T TOLD ME YOU WERE BARELY PASSING THIS TERM. HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO REMIND YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD GRADES?", DAD KEPT GOING ON FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES OF HIS USUAL LECTURE.

"ANYWAYS, I HAVE SOMETHING MOREIMPORTANT TO DISCUSS, REMEMBER THAT GOVERNMENT JOB I APPLIED TO IN MARCH? I GOT IN, I HAVE BEEN PLACED A JOB IN RAJASTHAN, IN THE RAJASTHAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, WE JOIN IN A WEEK. ", HE CONTINUED.

"WAIT . DID YOU SAY WE?",I ASKED.

"YES,YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE YOUR SCHOOL IF I AM GETTING A JOB THERE.", HE REPLIED.

"WAIT, THE RAJASTHAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL? YOU MEAN TRIS? ISN'T IT THE SCHOOL WHERE ABHIMANYU STUDIES?",I JUMPED WITH SURPRISE, MY JOY HAD NO BOUND.

"THEY GAVE ME TWO OPTIONS, TRIS OR ST. MAYER'S INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, I HEAR THE TRIS CAMPUS IS BETTER", MY DAD LIED. I KNEW , BECAUSE ST. MAYER'S HAD THE LARGEST CAMPUS, IT WAS ONE OF THE BESTEST SCHOOL NOT ONLY IN RAJASTHAN BUT ALL OVER INDIA, IT HAD OVER 53 SCHOOLS SCATTERED ALL OVER INDIA AND ABOUT 148 OVER THE WROLD.

"DAD, THANK YOU SO MUCH, I PROMISE I'LL STUDY MORE SINCERELY AND NEVER LET YOU DOWN", I TIGHTLY HUGGED MY DAD FOR A SECOND BEFORE HE JERKED ME OFF, YES, TYPICAL FATHER INSTINCTS.

"MAKE SURE YOU DON'T BREAK YOUR PROMISES THIS TIME SAMVIDHAN.", HE REPLIED, HIDING A SMILE HE THOUGHT I WOULD MISS.

I HAD CALLED ABHIMANYU THAT EVENING, I TOLD HIM ABOUT ATTACK ON TITAN , THE ANIME THAT HAD KEPT ME UP TILL 2 LAST NIGHT. I ALSO INFORMED HIM THAT I HAD A SURPRISE FOR HIM, THOUGH I KEPT THE PART OF ME MOVING TO RAJASTHAN AND STUDYING IN HIS SCHOOL TO MYSELF FOR THE TIME BEING, AND AS SMART AS HE IS, I BET MY STAMP COLLECTION, HE WOULDN'T SEE ME COMING, LIKE LITERALLY COMING.

WE HAD PACKED ALL THE ESSENTIAL STUFF, IT WAS FRIDAY AND MOST OF OUR STUFF, WAS ALREADY SHIPPED TO THE TEACHER'S QUARTER AT RAJASTHAN. WE WOULD REACH THERE BY SATURDAY EVENING.IT WAS A LONG 17 HOURS TRAIN RIDE, AND THE FIRST 12 EPISODES OF BUSINESS PROPOSAL HAD HELPED ME AS A DISTRACTION DURING  THE MOTION-SICKNESS. NO, NO ONE OTHER THAN ME,MY PHONE AND MY LAPTOP KNOWS ABOUT ME WATCHING KOREAN DRAMAS. I HAD STARTED WATCHING CHINESE DRAMAS AND KOREAN DRAMAS WHEN TANYA MENTIONED THEM, BUT AFTER WATCHING 3 DRAMAS, SHE WASN'T THE REASON ANYMORE, I ENJOYED THE STORIES SO MUCH I HAD BEEN WATCHING THEM FOR MY OWN SAKE.

I HAD TAKEN A 4 HOUR NAP , AND WHEN I OPENED MY EYES , WE WERE IN RAJASTHAN.

IT TOOK ANOTHER 1 AND A HALF HOUR TO FIND THE TEACHER'S QUATERS, WE DIDN'T UNPACK FOR THE DAY AND JUST SLEPT, EVERYONE WAS SO TIRED BECZUSE OF THE LONG TRIP.