Bon Voyage

6. Reveals and Crowded Dinner

  "Investment in travel is an investment in yourself." ~ Matthew Karsten  

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I roll out of my bed and take a long shower. 

This is it. I think. Last full day before days and days of adventures i presume. To be honest i will dearly miss this place but i am so ready to go out and explore this world like i always imagined.

These past few days in my life have been madhouse. There were always someone coming to meet me and say goodbye or me and my friends going to shop for things last minute and the parents organizing the big sumptuous dinner everyone was looking forward except me. 

Why you ask. Let's recap. 

I spitted out my drink on an arrogeous man who made me walk around the mall and get him a new t-shirt and embarrassed me in front of horde of people.

Well, i think you asked for it.  

Oh! really? then stop thinking.

And today he is coming to the dinner and also i don't even know his name yet.

I practically begged my so called best friends to tell me how they know him and his name, but being my friends they always leave me hanging without telling anything about him like he is a CIA agent or something.

I get in my sweats and a t shirt and race to the kitchen to eat something.

I make a cup of coffee and wait for the bread to toast. Neel comes down the stairs and pours himself a glass of juice.

"Morning sis" 

"Morning" i reply

"Are you excited about the dinner tonight?" he asks me.

"I don't know really! I have mixed feelings about this dinner."

"Well then are you excited about the trip?" 

"Of course i am" i say happily

"You know Sid is also coming to the party! he is so cool, i am excited to meet him again" my brother practically bounces of his chair while saying this.

"what? you know him?"

"Yes! you don't?'' He asks surprised.

I just stare at him in shock. All this time my brother knew him and I didn't have a clue!

Amazing right? 

Oh please brain not with your bullshit again!

"He was in your school remember? The nerdy Siddharth whose father owned a business and sent him away to USA to study business before even school ended." my brother explains. 

I wave my hands as to tell him to go on.

"You used to be friends with him. He and Naina were really close because their fathers were friends."

I couldn't stop staring at my brother. I was shocked. Mystery boy is Nerdy Siddharth or should i say WAS NERDY SIDDHARTH with whom we lost contact. After all those years he is back and i couldn't recognise him. I mentally slap myself.

You should literally slap yourself.

Well in my defense he has transformed. I couldn't even imagine him being a nerdy kid once who wore harry potter glasses. No offence to potterheads.

I make myself one more cup of coffee and slip in my room like a zombie still processing the information my brother just gave me.

I should be at least relieved that i know him really well.