Life of an Indian failure{completed}

Reason 1 (contd.)

I can't say I wasn't scared, because I was pretty scared.

I had a debate in my mind on whether or not I should tell Sid.

"Tell him! He deserves to know!", one half of my brain said,

"Are you crazy, why do you want to freak him out?", the other half retaliated,

"No! You don't even know what it is for sure! Just tell him, Alia!",

"Okay, don't blame me, when he's freaked out!",

I did a virtual face palm, for the conversation happening in my head. I decided to tell him, I should. I didn't want it to come out as a surprise when dad finally walked up and broke the news.

"Sid, I need to talk to you", I said, solemnly.

"Now didi? I'm watching Tom and Jerry!",

"Yes... Now", I said, slightly agitated.

"Okay, okay", he said turning around to face me,

I showed him my phone, that had the message dad wanted to give us, I was deeply hoping for a calm response, I didn't want to scare him,

"Okay", he said handing me my phone,

"Okay?", I asked,

His face was emotionless. He nodded and looked back at the TV, and sunk in.

"Sid!", I said, irritated,

"What?", he asked,

"Aren't you worried!?",

"No? Why would I be?",

"Because... I don't know!!",

"Stop over thinking this Lia, it's probably nothing, chill ",

I scoffed at myself for thinking he'd get scared, I went back into my room, and started studying. The monthlies were beginning soon.

Even though, the monthly tests are hectic, they give you great practice for the boards, huge amounts of practice! Because if they weren't there, we being the procrastinators we were, we wouldn't have started studying until the last moment.

They're just like our exams, except that they're there every month, that's the only difference, and also these marks aren't counted in on your internals, they're just practice.

I was in my room for about 2 hours, studying about the - 'Salient features of our Constitution'..

"It contains lofty ideas, deep human thoughts, beliefs and knowledge,"

I recited, yup, I remembered it. I closed my book, and stretched a little. I got up and went to the kitchen, fixed myself something to eat, and sat on the recliner to watch TV.
Sid was there too, he was watching - 'Avengers: age of ultron'

Don't get me wrong, here. I loved the Avengers. I was the one who had taken my brother to watch that movie in the first place. But when you watch the same movie around 50 times, things get a little boring. So, I reached out for the remote.

I had almost taken it, but Sid caught on to it,

"No! Lia, no!", he said, as he tried to snatch it back from me,

"Don't you have to study?", I said, pushing his head away from me,

We got into a typical brother-sister fight, I pushed him down and snatched it, after giving him the, I almost sat, but he got back up and snatched it from me,