Hopefully to lift us all out of the glum, gloom and doom
"Phir Se?"
"Amma Iddu. app...gibberish gibberish" Ved chased after her complaining about Sid
She was furiously braiding her hair
The 3.5 year old was relentless chasing after her
"Ammaaa..."
"Ida paar da... rakshasaney, u have troubled me FULL NIGHT" she went on her knees and warned the boy with fat cheeks
He had curling messy hair almost upto the neck
They had both refused hair cuts
"Mo... Amma MO ay-cuth"
They couldnt say "No"
Oh well.. they couldnt say many words
II had given up when their Doc said "Boys dont talk clearly for a loong time"
She knew the Doc was lying because
Shubhang was SINGING Carnatic music with every Sannskrit word
"Amma" Ved began to sob loudly
"You have stayed at Athai's house 4 times, he never got to stay da" II was weary
The AC was always running full blast
Yet she was tired and sweaty this afternoon
Nivi was nowhere to be seen
At 8 she was like a invisible superhero
Except the superhero part
She appeared to eat, get her hair braided, sing, and then she vanished
She read, read and read...
The boys sought her company, she hid from them in closets and read
Once she locked them both in there and read in her room
They trusted her to be playing and sat there waiting to be "caught" in the game of cops and robbers
They worshipped her
"Mimika"
Ved wore plaid dungarees and a orange tee underneath
"I will take u to Thatha's?" she cooed kissing him
R&B appeared pulling his ear plug out
"Whats going on II"
"He wants Siddu back, he wont come, Nandu is home, he plays, ur daughter has no compassion" II ranted
"Hey bud" R&B kneeled by his son
"Daddy Siddu... Sam Athai..." were the only words R&B understood in a 5 minute tirade Ved garbled
"How abt we go for a bike ride?" R&B offered
"Mo... Amma... tolded me... Sam Athai"
"Gawd!! I cant figure out what they say" R&B looked scared
"Take a class" II said cynically
Getting up.. and feeling a lil dizzy
"I am sooo tired, my rasam and bhindi lunch has evaporated da" she lay on the day bed in the 1st floor lounge
The bed that saw their escapade 10 years ago
"I am taking him for a bike ride" R&B said
'" I am going to the Janakpuri Kamakshi temple to sing" she said weakly
He nodded...
"Hey, keep an eye on Nivi, velila varade illey... its a Sunday and shes been in her room the whole day" II shouted
"No... she went out" R&B argued
"U NOTICE EVERYTHING ABT HER" II shouted enviously
He chuckled... walked over with his son in his arms... "I do too.. abt u" he muttered
Letting his fingers graze the tip of her curves
She let him fondle and tease, shutting her eyes.. and moaning a second
"U are in so much trouble" she whispered
"I guess" he nodded
Bending down to make his son kiss her
Sid wouldnt... R&B did... a looong erotic one
While his son played on his phone
When she got to Rohini or lets put it this way
By the time she got there she was unusually sick
Mavvy had made a panini sandwich for her and milk shake
She told herself that he must have accidentally cooked on a tawa in which he made omelette in the morning
She made her way up
Amma was watching a game show on Sun TV
Appa was polishing his brass lamp for daily prayers
"Va kanna" Appa greeted
The gate was unlocked
"Who came?" II asked
"Yaarum ille dee" Amma made a face
"Amma if I cancel will they mind?" II asked sweating as she held back her nausea
"What happened" Appa panicked
Getting up
"Ummm... " "I dont"
II ran to the guest bathroom in the apartment and appeared 15 mins later
"Amma the tawa was oily, the sandwich didnt sit well" she made a face
She looked flushed and glowing, not weak and pale
"Rendu vaalum engey dee?" Amma was sad
"Othan has gone to Sam's the other one is whining"
"Nivi?" Appa asked abt his fave grandchild
(R&B wud kill him)
"Ayyo she never comes out of her room" II was furious
II went and lay down on her four poster bed
Amma would make chai for her
II would be throwing up when she wud bring it
Appa wud summon a Doc from the 3rd floor Dr Karmakar who was his new retired friend
It would take the Doc less than 10 mins
"Haardik Suvechha Mrs Iyer.." The portly old man would beam
Amma would be shocked at first and then smile wide
"Thank you... I was afraid" she would shed a tear
Appa would come storming in
"Tiruppi kozhandeya?" (ANOTHER CHILD?) his expression a mixture of disbelief, will to committ homicide and sympathy for his daughter