CHAPTER 4

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Aarohi POV

I wake up at around 8:00 am, freshen up, and go downstairs into the kitchen and prepare myself coffee. I take my cup and go into the garden area, where my mom and dad are already sitting in their own lovely world. "Good morning" I wish them, and take a seat beside my mom. "How was your sleep?" my dad asks. "Alright" I nodded my head in response. Even though we have helpers around the house, my parents have taught us to do our work by ourselves.

By 9:30 am, I get ready and go down. I enter the dining area, where Bhai is already there, and Ayush is nowhere to be seen. As I fall into their vision, my bhai comments, "You look good !!" I smile and hug him sideways.  "Ma Ayush kidher hai?" ( where is Ayush?). Ma comes out of the kitchen saying " mujhe nahi pata( I don't know ) but half an hour before coffee, lene aaya tha" ( he came to take coffee before half an hour ). I shake my head. "He takes more time than girls to get ready." A slight push on my head and a hand ruffling my hair, indicate the arrival of the devil. I push his hand and slightly hit him while whining at him, "I JUST DID MY HAIR !!!!" I take a seat next to Bhai. " WOW!!! Do I have another brother today" Ayush comments on my outfit, taking a seat next to Dad. " BHAII!!!" I point a finger towards Ayush, and he pulls his tongue out. Before we could start fighting again, my mom command "Aab bus tum dono (now stop both of you) ONLY EATING". For the next 30 minutes, we silently eat with occasional small talk.

We start at 10:00 am to go to this laser shooting range I found online. It has only about 20 minutes to go. We go to the front desk, where they hand us the uniforms, and after we get changed, one of the staff members takes us to a room where other people are also there and explains how it works, and they put us into teams. We are let into the room and the sound of a buzzer indicating the start of the game.

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The game lasted about an hour, and we ended up winning against 3 other teams

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The game lasted about an hour, and we ended up winning against 3 other teams. We take a few Polaroids as a memory and stick one of them on the winner's board. We move to the next location on our little date. I found a restaurant called "La Trattoria del Gusto" which had great reviews and is known for its various cuisines and authentic flavors. I put the name on the navigation system, which says it takes about 30 minutes to reach.

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