Replace Your Heart // Michael Clifford fanfic

Day Fifteen.

"We're goooing to Shimlaaaaa!" Nikhil yelled as we all sat in the car.

We convinced Alyssa to not leave and how everything should not be stretched too far, and be solved. Also, we'd have to take a bus because Deepak did not come here, he asked us to come to Shimla on our own with the help of maps, smooth, I know. So Alyssa agreed and apologized too, and everything seemed fine now.

"I'm literally so excited!!" Alyssa squealed.

"But, it won't snow," Akanksha laughed.

"But Kiara said-" Alyssa started to say something but was cut off by Nikhil.

"She was kidding, they didn't even reach there, that time,"

"Ughh, but there'll be rain, right?" Alyssa asked.

"Obviously," Nikhil shrugged, "Cold rains, like really really chilly,"

"That's awesome!" Alyssa grinned.

"Why do you love the cold so much?" I asked Alyssa.

"I don't know.. its exciting and cozy. The heat bothers me," She answered.

"Ohh, okay," I nod.

"What did you guys even do the entire day in your room? Like, you only came out for lunch..." Urvi trailed off.

"Uh, we uh, were talking," I managed to say.

"Talking or exploring?" Urvi wiggled her eyebrows.

"Can you guys be like normal cousins and feel uncomfortable to talk about it!" Alyssa buried her head in her hands.

"Anyway, do you guys really want to go to Kolhapur?" Rahul asked.

"I wanted to see our land, like.. how we can get the work going," Alyssa replied.

"What land?" I asked.

"Land for school, I don't even know why," Nikhil replied.

"Land for school pretty much tells you why?" I answered.

"No, I mean, I don't know why she wants to build schools across the country... that too, free ones! I mean, where's your own profit?" Nikhil said.

"My own profit? My own profit is that those kids will do something in life after getting the education?" Alyssa replied.

"C'mon, Alyssa. This is not the 1950s. I mean, its good that everything is working out and you'll be 18 next month and you are going to take responsibilities, but this is too good to be true," he shrugged.

"I think its pretty cool," I interrupted, "Starting street schools and stuff...that's pretty cool."

"It won't be pretty cool when literally nobody will come," Akanksha said, "Like, you know these people, right? Alyssa, they don't want to work hard, they will come for a day or two and then they won't," 

"Don't want to work hard?" Alyssa turned to Akanksha, "See, I'm not only going to start street schools everywhere. I am going to have proper schools with fees and all of that, but places where street schools are needed, I am not gonna stop. They will come, I know they will,"

"But what if they don't?" Akanksha asked.

"What if they do?" Alyssa challenged.

"See, you wanna make a change and all that, but don't lose yourself out there, don't forget about yourself!" Nikhil replied.

"Look, I cannot do this profit thing, you know?" Alyssa answered, "I am thinking about myself and not losing myself by doing this. I actually want to do this. Its been my dream and its not all, these street schools aren't the only one in my target, I want to start NGOs and hospitals, too. This is just the start,"