BACK TO HOME

Still, somehow I managed to get good result in final exams of 10th grade.

My parents and my brother were proud of me.

My brother already know what I've been through few days ago.

He consoled and scolded me at the same time before.

Later, I got to know that my brother got job offer in U. S. A.

I used that as my my Trump Card and I convinced my parents to let all of us including them to shift our lives to U. S as I've told them that I can't stay without my brother.

I just want to get rid of everything and everyone to forget what I've been through before.

We all settled well in U. S. A, but still my heart was left in India.

I somehow tried to clear up my brain though I couldn't completely, atleast I was better than before now in all things.

....BACK TO PRESENT...

The flight landed off at India.

Few persons who were there at the flight waked me up.

I slowly opened my eyes with tears within my eyes.

I wiped them off and thanked them for waking me up.

When I entered to India back, I felt like I got something back I missed these many years.

Right from the airport, I went to my old house in India.

When we were moving to U. S then, my family had given our home to my mother's parents( my grandparents ) so that they could take care of it.

I went to my old and real home then.

I greeted my grandparents there.

Through these many years, nothing has changed in our home, that atmosphere and those memories were still as beautiful as before.

When I was roaming in my house, i recollected all those memories that I had with my brother and parents.

Those funny quarrels, those games, etc... nothing seems to be changed despite the time.

But still, not all memories will make us smile, few of them hurts more than the happiness.

Then, I went to visit my school.

Our school has not been sealed away yet.

More surprisingly, the principal of that school now is 'Sanay'.

I talked to him for some quite time.

" How long have you been the principal to our school?" I asked.

" Not so long, it's like maybe 3 years or so, but what about you, it's been a while since I've ever seen you, I was very much surprised by seeing you now, you don't seem to change a lot" sanay said.

" Don't be joking, anyways, I came to India after these many years to just meet all of you" I said.

" I have almost all of our friend's numbers, but last time I've talked to them was like an year ago, everyone are quite busy man" sanay said.

" Busy? Those idiots have grown better then, but let's all meet once like a gathering part or something else" I said.

" Gathering party? No need of it, let's all meet first and go to any vacation or trips, we love trips, don't we? " sanay said.

" But you are principal bro, how can leave the school and come to trips?" I asked.

" I'll manage somehow, let's all meet then" sanay said.

I asked him to call only arman, alok, divya(alok's girlfriend) and...sashank along with his..... girl friend.

" Sashank? Are you really ok with it?" Sanay asked.

" He's our buddy too, a lot of things might have happened in past, we can't change any of them, but he's still our friend and even his....." I hesitated.

" Stop it man! Don't dug out it all the time" said sanay.

" Alright! I've got no problem with him, so let's call him too" I said.

Sanay has called the people I asked him to.

We all planned to meet in the apartment where sanay is living in.

We've done some arrangements in the garden area of that building which is in 1st floor.

I mean it's a kid's playground which looks like a garden, it's present in the 1st floor of that apartment.

Alok and Divya have attended first, not to mention, except in studies, everywhere else they both are first.

Arman came later.

We all talked for sometime.

Then I've heard car sound and went down to see who came.

But, it's just some random guy living in that apartment.

I was about to go back to the garden after getting a bit disappointed.

Then I've heard another footsteps approaching and then I've heard some kind of girl's voice calling me "Lin ..." Very cutely.

I was very sure of that voice, it kind of reminded the moment when she first time called me my name, it's like at 7th or 8th class.

How can I ever forget that voice, even her voice haven't changed that much.

I turned back my head slightly and right from the start, I know it's aira.

She was much more beautiful and cuter than before, she's even way adorable than before, her black outfit suits very well ofcourse.

I don't know why, when I've seen her again, some kind of an emotional feeling entered my heart.

She came to me.

" What were you doing down here?" She asked.

" Nothing! I was waiting for whether someone else will come or not" I said.

" How are you anyway? I didn't expect you to be here" she said.

" Better, what about you? " I asked.

" Yeah! Fine" aira said.

I had almost eliminated all the fear that used to live in me before.

" Oh! So does everyone are here?" She asked.

" Yeah! Except you and sashank, everyone else had came" I said.

When I mentioned sashank's name, the glow in her face disappeared and even her smile too.

I felt like i shouldn't have mentioned his name, but the thing is what actually happened between them seems to be some kind of a mystery.

I know i shouldn't ask her now, this is definitely not the right time.

TO BE CONTINUED...