Intuition

chapter 3

Chapter 3

Entering my grandma’s house I remember all the times I have been here as a kid. My grandma used to always greet me with “Rainika! My darling granddaughter! How is my rainy?” and I always used to be like “Gran! It’s Ray! Not Rainy or Rainika!” but she insisted on calling me that and knowing her, I knew I would never win and so I always sighed and just changed the topic. I suddenly miss her so much.

I look at her, now lying white and still with a sort of serenity on her face and I know she’ll always be there for me. I can watch no further and I go into a room wanting to be left alone. And this ‘intuition’ thing that I have been talking about? Only my granny and my brother know about it. I don’t know what to tell my parents, something like '“Mom, Dad….I have am very intuitive” or “I have a very developed sixth sense”?' no thanks. They would either not understand a word or would probably think that their daughter desperately needed to go to a shrink. And so me and granny had decided not to tell anyone other than my elder brother.

So this thing that I have, is more of a sixth sense than some freaky superpower like seeing the future or reading minds. Yeah, I can look at someone and I only have to concentrate on them to have a feeling of what they are going to do next. Even regarding events. It’s just like how I could sense something bad was going to happen to my grandma. It’s very blurry and not definite at all and it does not always work. I really have to want to have an intuition about somebody to actually have it.

My grandma’s funeral got over late at night and I reached home really tired and exhausted. I just flopped on my bed without undressing and how time flew by……….I really have no idea.

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A month later….

“Morning Sunshine! It’s time to wake up...Sweetie, come on.  Get up, you’ve got school right now.”

I feel sunlight stream onto my face and I throw a pillow at this voice. “ Go away! Lemme sleep” I grumble and put a hand on my head to block sunlight. I want to sleep! Doesn’t this person get that?

I suddenly realize who it is and I spring up from my bed and right into the arms of my brother “Advet!” I shout “You’re back…I forgot you were supposed to come back today!” My brother is 2 years older than me and was in his junior college in a university in USA. He had graduated a week ago and is now going to live with us till he finds admission in a good college for further studies.

“Oh yeah? You didn’t get an Intuition about my arrival or you just plain forgot?” he asked, mockingly.

“No” I reply, guilty “I was just a little preoccupied with things and I hadn’t really thought of you, recently”

“Ouch! That hurt” he says with a laugh, then gets serious “but nothing wrong Ray is it? You know you can tell me anything, anytime. I’m always there for you”

“Yeah, yeah I know” I say, rolling my eyes at this mushy and protective big brother. Phew! I’m done with all this. I’m not a baby now and moreover, I absolutely cannot compromise on my sleep. I am very determined to use all methods possible to convince my mother that staying home and sleeping is better than going to school.

Surprisingly, mother said yes and so I go back to my bed, happy to spend the day doing the one thing I love doing the most, other than reading books, and that is….SLEEPING.....(yawn!)……:)..