The boy in purple sweatshirt

Chapter 8

"I was just being sarcastic! Okay?Shut up", Tabu scowled..

" Give me the plate of Lobster.I wanna take a pic of that",Fabiha said.

"Oh please!That won't make the lobsters alive", Tabu laughed.

" You could've given me the plate by now then instead of givin lectures!",she yelled at Tabu.

"Woah!Woah!Easy gal!Easy ", Tabu laughed.

" Shut up ",Fabiha apu laughed.

" Hey!Let's play sumpthin!",Shetol apu suggested.

"Name-Place-Thing-Animal?", Azmain said.Shetol apu & Mishkath apu gave him a disgusting look.

" I don't think I'm a kid",Mishkath apu rolled her eyes.

"Truth or Dare", Toby suggested. He appeared in white polo-shirt & black-tight ripped jeans.His chocolatey brown hair is moved to the side stylishly.

" Hey!",Shetol apu said.

"Come!Sit", Ishmam apu gestured to the empty chair between me & Ekap bhaiya.

" Hey man!",Ekap bhaiya said.

"Hey!Sit", Shejo Khalamoni came with a barbeque sauce.Shocked?
" Look WHO's here!Alan",she hugged him. He smiled.

"Your going to Saint Martin, right?Look I want yuh there", she said. He nodded. " Yeah along with Mom & Dad",he smiled.

He sat beside me anyway.

More shocked that Khalamoni hugged him now when when she was asking for an explanation this afternoon?

Well yuh can see- aha!Yuh can READ the flashback.

FLASHBACK :

"WHO's he,Kaienath?", Khalamoni asked.

" A friend ",I said confidently when Ishmam apu gave me an are-yuh-kiddin-meh look.

" Friend?But he looks so...",she looked at him.

"He's an American ", I said.

" Wha-he what?American? ",Shetol apu sounded surprised.

" We're all friends ",Siam said.

" Ummmm....Yeah.Me,Siam,Kanu are friends with him",Tabu said.

"When did yuh go to America to be Friends with him & invite him here?", Khalamoni asked.

" We met him here 2 days ago!We all became friends.Yuh know at the beach, restaurent we met him again & again.He's a tourist.Co incidentally we gotta meet him here too-",I paused as her eyes became more big.She's angry? Oh no!She's moving towards Toby.He laughed nervously where She's serious.

"Do sumpthin", Tabu elbowed me.

" Keep calm",Boro mama told Khalamoni but she kept walking towards Toby .

"No problem! ", Abbu tried to convince her but still....

I think she would slap Toby? Oh no....

Ishmam apu mouthes 'oh god!".

Khalamoni approaches him.

She raised her hands & all of my cousins covered their eyes with their hands when I kept looking at em with a complete blank expression.

" WELCOME to Bangladesh dear!",Khalamoni laughed & cupped his face as if he's Siam to her.My cousins uncovered their eyes.

"Yuh seein em?", she gestured to where we are standing.

Toby nodded.

" They're all not Just Cousins! They're siblings from different mothers & father who are the siblings from the same mother.They're all milk brothers & sisters.All of em are best siblings to each other.They're all my kids and",she looked at Toby from us.She kept going."My kid's friend is also a ma kid to me",she smiled.Toby grinned.She hugged him.

"I thought you'd slap me hard", he said.Everyone laughed.

" Okay so tonight we're having a family barbeque party here at the farm house of a friend.You're invited",she smiled.

Present:

Now, we are here. At the farm house, having a family party & discussing about tomorrow's plan :SAINT MARTIN'S ISLAND.

Ammu,Mejho mami,boro mami,shejo Khalamoni are preparing delicious dishes.Abbu,Shejo Uncle,Boro Mama, Mejo mama are sitting near the pond & talking about news or sumpthing and laughing.

And WE are sitting in the yard of this FARM HOUSE.It's Abbu's friends farm house. So abbu took it from him for tonight.

After dinner, we'll be back to hotel. It's not so far from the hotel.We just needed a family time.that's why we chose to come here.

Moinul bhaiya set fire to the dry leaves & straws placed in the centre of this place.We are sitting surrounding this fire🔥🔥.

"So,Truth or dare?", Toby said.

" Truth or dare",I mocked him all of a sudden. Am I for real?

He gave me an impressive look.

"You're a coward to play dare", I laughed.

" I'm not a Coward tho.I can prove that",he looked at me.I rolled my eyes.

"Let's get back to the game topic", I yelled.

Moinul bhaiya brought pillow. We all gave him an are-yuh-outta-your-mind look.

" Seriously Moinul?",Shetol apu looked frustrated.

"Why would yuh bring a pillow for TruthorDare?!", Ishmam apu said.

" Man,You're outta mind",Ekap bhaiya scowled.

"Have yuh gone crazy?", Tabu said.

" You should see a doctor!",Mishkath apu said.

"Bhaiya,I think yuh haven't heard us properly", i said.

" You're a ninny-",Azmain was cut off by Moinul bhaiya.

"FOR GOD SAKE,SHUT UP!SHUT.THE.HELL.UP!", he yelled.

" Shut up",he yelled.We all put our index finger over our lips.

"I was just...", Tabu paused knowing he was throwing death glares.She muttered sorry' and bhaiya kept saying what he tried to say.

" I was wondering what about we play Truth or Dare along with a pillow instead of a bottle?",he smiled.

"Yuh mean we'll pass the pillow along with the music & the person who'll have the pillow at last will have to choose between 'truth' or 'dare'?", shetol apu asked.

" thas ma sistah ",he clapped.

" great",Ishmam apu laughed.I gave him an impressive smile tho!

''You became smart in my company",Tabu grinned.

" Tabzy,I've not brought a bottle for game but I could bring one hit you hard",he tightly smiled and she rolled her eyes!

This is gonna be a Night to Remember . All the bright stars in the sky and we're sitting under that sky.

"Yeaa!You're right!But what do you mean by 'we'?", Toby whispered as he cocked his eyebrow at me.Shit!I thought out loud?

Sure,I did.