Liasion

2. Nitya Shrivastav

Wellington, New Zealand

A small body was wrapped up in a soft baby blue comforter and lost in the dream of a magical world where he was ruling the castle of chocolate with jelly rivers and marshmallow mountains surrounding the kingdom.

Seeing the beautiful smile on her cute little prince's face, a smile appeared on Nitya's face too. She admired her little world for a few more minutes before getting into the mamma bear mode and striding towards her baby boy's bed to wake him up for the new day. Sliding her hand through the waves of thick yet silly brown locks of the child's hair, she pecked her baby's chubby cheeks making him stir.

Nitya : Agastya! Wake up baby! See it's a new day, new sunshine......

But can it happen that her little prince wakes up without another say from his mamma bear. So he turned to the other side ignoring his mommy and pulling his baby blue comforter over his head.

Nitya sighed shaking her head : Agastya please get up. It's already past your waking time and mommy is getting late for work.

Still little Agastya continued to be in his dreamland paying no heeds to his mother's words.

Nitya : Open your eyes right now Agastya!

Even then did anything happened? No! Nope! Nada! Nothing!!

Nitya finally stood up and grabbed the edge of the comforter covering her son's head and pulled it downwards. Agastya slowly opened his eyes a little one after another and gave a cute one sided dimpled smile to his mother.

Agastya : Five more minutes mommy pwease!!

He even tried to attempt the cutest pout but it didn't worked on Nitya. She threw the comforter sideways on the bed and grabbed her son's sleepy body in her arms causing him to open his eyes wider and squirm in her hold.

Agastya whinned : Mommy no! I wanna sleep more.....

Nitya choose to overlook his pleas and made him stand on the bathroom sink splashing some water on his face to wake him up fully. She ignored his whinnings and applied the mint toothpaste on his blue spiderman brush and gestured him to open his mouth. Making him brush his teeth and giving him a shower, she wrapped his little body in a soft fluffy dora printed towel and took him outside the washroom.

When she unfolded the red tshirt to make him wear, he shook his small head and stepped back.

Agastya : I am not wearing this!!

He said pointing towards the tshirt in his mother's hand. Nitya breathed out in irritation seeing the starting of Agastya's tantrums.

Nitya : Wear it for now. I will change it later when we come back home.

Agastya : No mommy! I don't wike this..... I not wear it.

Nitya : Agastya please wear this tshirt for now and don't trouble me. Mommy is getting late for work baby.

Agastya : Then make me wear my green tshirt quickly......

Nitya shook her head at her son's stubbornness. She sometimes feel like she can deal with the entire world but not this mini monster in front of her. Agastya is too stubborn and smart for his age. For being three, he sure knows how to get things done his way.

Nitya again tried to cajole him : That green tshirt of yours is in laundry. How about I wash it today and make you wear it tomorrow??

Agastya thought for a while and grinned at his mother : Then what will I get mommy for wearing this red tshirt today??

Nitya glared playfully : Nothing my boy! There is not a single chance of me making a deal with you.....

Agastya shrugged and sat on the edge of the bed with his little feet dangling in the air : Fine mommy! Don't scold me then when you are late for work!