U R Mine

Chapter 8

I went deep into my thoughts. I started drawing on my plate with my fingers, thinking about my dream. " whats wrong windey? Seems you lost interest on chocolate cakes? If it is so.. you are most welcome to offer them to me. Hehehe.." saying this Max dragged my plate towards him. " hey..leave my plate. I will have it for myself. I dont want to share my chocolate cakes with you." I gave a smirk ,dragging my plate back to me.

All of us completed our dinner. Our granny completed it a bit earlier. She asusually went back to bed. We all four decided to play. Hmmm???? What to play??????

Hide and seek...... Cullen shouted. Yeah...that will be fun. We all started odd-man-out. By the end of it... i was supposed to be the thief. Well..thats not a big deal to me. When Max and Cullen were small, mom always used to make me the thief though it was their turn. She used to comfort me saying " windey..you are grown up. U need to know what is the better thing for a child to do. If Max or Cullen was the thief, then they might go out in search of you, or enter into dusty areas to find you." Ufffff... what nonsense...wont they get into dirty areas if they were to hide. But i dont want to go against my mom. So i used to nod my head everytime compromising myself. Its my turn even here...in granny's house. Bit annoying. But its ok..

I closed my eyes 1 2 3 4 5 6..... 50. Ok guys. I am coming.. the hall was pindrop silent. I could here my own breathe out. I slowly walked to the dinning room , raised the table cloth and bent down hoping to find someone hiding there. But no one was there. I went to the kitchen, searched behind the door, beside the fridge but could find none. I decided to go up stairs, then suddenly a sound..like someone was running ,stamping the dry leaves... it must be Max for sure. I opened the back door and creeped out. I must ensure that i stamp no leaf so that he doesnt feel my presence. I carefully made my steps and suddenly the running sound stopped. I saw a shadow by the wall. He might be hiding behind it. I slowly walked to the wall and "got you Max" i shouted in excitement. But there was no one behind the wall. A small doll..was lying on the grass. Who might have thrown it here? It didnt look beautiful. So i didnt make an attempt picking it up. I am sure that i saw a shadow, but there was no one. There are many trees allaround. It might be the shadow of a branch, i comforted myself. Again....again i heard a rustling sound. I quickly looked towards the sound. This time, i am sure that i have seen a man's shadow. Tall, lean..."Jake...Uncle Jake..must be running. I gotta catch him" I followed the sound and it led to the outhouse. Then suddenly the sound stopped. I noticed some light coming from the window of the outhouse. Seemed like a light was switched on inside. None was living there. It wasnt switched on when i came to the outhouse this morning. Suddenly " Got you windey... you are the thief again. Hahahaha" Max said touching my head. Thats the rule. If any player touches the thief's head before the thief finds them, then he becomes the thief once again. But i was not bothering Max's presence and constantly looking towards the window. " Windey are you ok? " he asked patting me. " you are looking dull since we came here. Arent you comfortable here? " . His questions brought me to myself. " nothing like that Max. Dont worry. I am allright. " saying this i turned back to the outhouse again. But there was no light this time. "Max did you see any light from the window when you came here?" I asked." No windey. Its just like as it was now. Why? Is there anything wrong? ". " No Max. Think i was just imagining things. it will be allright if i have a sound sleep. Come lets go inside. " i said.

We went inside. Uncle Jake and Cullen were waiting for us. " i need a sleep badly Uncle Jake. Do you mind if we windup the game? ". "Of course not my girl. Take rest. I will meet you in the morning. I will bring you some tiffin. Bye Max.. Bye Cullen. Had a very great time. Love you guys. Bye...". " Bye Uncle jake. See you tomorrow." Max and Cullen waved him.

I walked to my room without a word. " windey..did you forget anything? " Cullen came running behind me and asked. " No Cullen. I think i didnt. i cleaned the dining table, locked the main door.. and whatelse do i need to do?" . " may be nothing to do. But something you missed telling me.". I thought for a moment and " hey love you Cullen and always will". " you will never forget it. But you did that today. You werent like you since morning Windey. I didnt like it that way. You shouted at us afternoon. But you had never done that before. And now you forgot telling me love you. ". " hey Cullen.. i am alright. Just a bit exhausted with the packing yesterday. I will be alright by tomorrow. Now go to bed. Dont think any of this again. Good night" . " good night windey" saying this she left to her room. But she wasnt convinced with what i said. I could clearly see that in her eyes.

Anyways...tomorrow is gonna be fine should be the every man's hope. I went to my room, covered myself with a blanket and closed my eyes....