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I joined DPS when I was like 4 – Yes 4!! Can you believe it? I still remember, on the first day – I had, like any other kid who was being left by their parents into the hands of teachers for the first time, cried my eyes out!!! I was holding on sooo tight to my mum and dad's coats that I could have been sure to have ripped the cloth – if I had held it any longer. But unlike all the kids around me, who were also crying bucketfuls of aanso because of the judaai from their parents......i actually didn't know WHY I was crying. Yes that's correct – I didn't feel any sort of ping at the thought that my parents were leaving me in the hands of another – oh no......I just happened to have seen other bache – log cry and soo....main bhii – khadi hogayi aapne aansoo-on ki pipe khole hui – weird – I know......par mere nazariye se dekhoge toh kuch kuch samaj mein aayega...you see – actually no mujhe bhi nahi maaloom ke mein aisi kyun thi. Shayad is liye kyunki, main ek lauti bachi thi – dnt get me wrong – I'm NOT the typical spoilt brat – oh no....that's the one thing my parents made sure I never became – the stuck up, show off and centre of attention types – so yeah and because of being the only child – I tended to miss out on the shararatein, masti and dhamaka that one would have with their siblings – instead I was usually found with my parents EVERYONE!!!!! – even so when I went with them on family outings – even though I had my cousins and all – main hamesha se akeli rahi hoon – shayad kahin na kahin mujhme ek ajeeb si jalan hoti thi- kyunki sab bache apne apne bhai ya behen ke saat mauj manate aur mujhe humesha tessra samaj ke bahar kar diya karte – I never complained....I mean afterall they were real siblings and I was just............... a cousin- that too distant – so I could expect nothing less than this. But I still tried to make the most of whatever I had, even though it would end up with me being found on the garden swing or asleep on the nearby sofa because boredom would get the better of me. But somehow my parents must have realised and so eventually they stopped going to relative's houses – we still met up on festivities and for birthdays but not so much now.
great..4 still remember..every thing...wow
I heard a sob of cries coming from the far corner....it caught my attention and I instantly knew who they belonged to. I froze at the sight of seeing her cry – I knew something was wrong because she didn't normally cry at any little thing - this must be big...I had to find out......but before that I had to calm her down and stop her crying – it soo did not suit her - if there was anything I couldn't stand- that was tears in the eyes of my two sweet girls!!
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I ran to her as fast as I could, took hold of her, and pulled her into a tight bear hug
Geet: PARI!!
Geet: Pari – what's up?? What's wrong? Why are you crying?Pari bol na!! It's the first day only and we haven't even started classes- then what is bothering you?
Pari continued crying – but her cries were slowing calming and as Geet lightly patted Pari's head – she looked round to see Meera - who looked equally confused.
Meera is my 2nd cousin's ................daughter – yes thats right, she is my neice – meri bhanjiiiii – only 3 years younger than Geet – perhaps that was the other reason why I never seemed to get along with the extended family – my cousins were all way too old and their kids were still little – so no one seemed to have time for the one stuck in the middle – ME
Anyways....since Meera joined DPS when she herself was 4....Meera and myself became quite close.....probably because Meera, like me was an only child too and felt the same thing as me – except she had cousins the right age for her......but having gone through a hard time myself – I was determined to never let Meera miss having a sibling, though I was technically her bhua (oh God the thought's weird enough to imagine) I took her more as my little munchkin – so we would often meet and she would share with me all her giile shikve and pasand na pasand as well as come to me first in her times of khushi and count on me to help her in gham. All in all – she found me as her elder sister – only from another mother. Pari was Meera's best friend – I met Pari when she joined DPS about 2 years ago – she seemed a little lost and frightened too. I tried to relieve her of the fear and showed her round. She really accustomed to me and began referring to me as Di(which later Meera adapted too). I liked that, no-one had called me by reference to a sister – I had felt overwhelmed and given her a tiny hug at that moment. When Meera first met Pari – she was reluctant to become her friend – mainly because she didn't quite know how to approach her. On the other hand Pari was finding moving school's quite hard – she was finding the change to be very HUGE – new place, new faces, new teachers, and worst of all she had no friends here. I being Geet the great had helped each of them approach the other and since then there was no turning back - both were stuck like glue to each other. Although at first, I must admit, I felt like Meera may begin to back away a little because of the new addition in her life, I was later proved wrong as I soon found Pari too was lacking the sisterly love in life – being the only sister with two older brothers, she wasn't quite the tomboy ish person but still lacked the girly confidence which understandably would've been put down as the boys were given more attention.
So there began our saga of our "friendship" as you may call it- they both looked up to me even though it was just a 3 year gap – and over the years I too had become quite tight with the pair – seeing them smile and laugh always brought a smile to my face and hearing them bicker over what teacher was nice was just a whole other experience. These two were angels – God sent angels for me – though they felt they were blessed to have me as their big sisterlike friend - I knew mere babaji had sent them for the empty void I had in my heart – bachpan se leke – everyone would say I was a caring little child but the problem was I often got too caring because I didn't have anyone to care for – but meeting Meera and Pari just made me feel a lot better because i could make them smile......................... Talking of smiles............................
Geet: Pari......kya hua – mujhe nahi bataye gi??
Pari looked up at me, and then at Meera- as if signalling her to tell me. I looked at Meera and before I could ask Meera spoke up
Meera: Well actually Di, U see..................... her "Big Bro" is coming here.......TODAY...
Geet: and??
Meera: and well...Pari thinks ......
Pari interrupts: No I KNOW he's gonna ruin everything!!! ( as a fresh bout of tears come to her eyes)
Geet: got irritated......Pari and Meera were confusing her beyond doubt and Pari's nonstop aansoon ka nalka wasn't budging to turn off.
Geet: Pari – STOP CRYING NOW!!!!!!!! –Pari flinched...Geet softly: I'm sorry Pari...but if you don't tell me properly and keep crying like that then I won't be able to help and besides what would all the kids around think – haii Pari is a cry babay – shame shame - NONONONO they can't think that – because we all know shes a strong girl – haina???
Pari gave a small smile at this....Meera took this as a cue to tickle Meera so she would end up laughing a little.
After a few laughs...Pari takes a deep breath and starts explaining her dilemma
Pari: You know I told you about my Big Bro.....the one who was meant to have joined much earlier, when we moved house, but because there was no seats available, so had to be put on waiting list.
Geet: hmmm....
Pari: Well he's finally got his seat and he's joining from today – he'll be in your year I think
Geet: hmmm but what's so upsetting about that?
Pari: What isn't Geet Di?....Everything is wrong............You don't know my Big Bro
Meera/Geet: Excuse ME!!!! Pari looks at them surprised.....Geet looks at Meera amused
Meera: Pari do not insult us by saying we don't know your brother – the amount of times you have spoken about him - it's always Big Bro this, Big Bro that......non stop and if it isn't about your Big Bro, then it's about Dev this and Dev.....(Meera abruptly stops as she looks towards Geet with a sense of fear in her eyes)
Pari notices the uneasiness in Meera's voice
Pari always sensed the uneasiness on Meera's face whenever Dev, her younger of the two older brothers was brought up in a topic. She also noticed how whenever he would come and talk to Pari, Meera would always excuse herself or make a stupid excuse and go away from there. And she'd noticed how she'd avoided even listening to anything about Dev – even if it was just in the presence of Geet. Pari thought it was perhaps because Geet and Dev didn't seem to get along as such and so perhaps Geet had forbidden Meera from socialising much with him and to avoid him at all costs. But she noticed how Geet didn't show any signs of irritance when Meera mentioned him today – in fact Geet looked lost, as to why she had stopped and was trying to read her expression of fear.....before things got out of control here Pari needed to try and divert the attention back to herself, the last thing she wanted was Meera to feel uncomfortable – afterall she was her one true friend – she hoped that one day she would be able to tell her the real reason for her actions – but for now she needed to break the awkward silence.......
Pari: No you don't get it (Pari holds Geet's hand – which makes Geet turn her attention towards Pari now), Big Bro is very strict and not sooo – how do you say "husmukh" types...he's very quiet and down to earth types......
Geet: soooo........
Pari: Soo.... thing is......when he comes, he'll be watching over what I do or who I talk to or play with. Geet was about to say something but Pari continues
I know you guys will say he's being a protective brother and all but he's WAY too protective, I mean look at my Dev bro, he's also protective of me but he doesn't keep "tabs" on me 24/7 – he even lets me have boy mates and lets me talk to them and play with them, but when Big Bro will come- everything will change because he doesn't like me talking to boys let alone play with them and then I'm just gonna lose all my friends and......(Pari stopped as she realised she had spilled the beans about her inner feelings)
Geet: couldn't hold herself anymore after hearing what Pari had accidently let out whilst rambling on about her brother and laughed out loud – uncontrollably –
Pari: It's not funny Di (whilst suppressing a smile herself at being caught out)
Meera tried calming Geet down a little but it didn't help – Geet had gotton the giggles and everyone knows once Geet starts giggling – theres no stop.
Maan's POV:
DPS!!! Ah ha – My new place for the coming year – FINALLY! It took me over a year to manage to get my place settled here – my parents had been trying for long before we moved house, they were hoping to have me secure a place before actually moving house, but things didn't go according to plan and we had to shift in a matter of weeks. I still attended my old school but had to be dropped and picked up by dad and take a long 30minute car journey. My sister and brother had already been secured places and were doing well in the school too. My parents carried on trying to get me a place in another nearby school but none were able to offer...until finally one day they had sent a letter home asking if we were still interested in joining for me. My parents did not want to risk losing this opportunity and jumped at it instantly and a week later – here I am – in the school grounds of DPS!
The ground was HUGE – much bigger than my old school one. It had a climbing frame area at the far far end – I presumed it was the nursery kids' area and then a football ground marked out as well as a basketball pitch. They had a big grassy area too which was freshly mowed it seemed, as there was some moist still present and heaps left at old places. There were kids all over – and parents all seemed to be busy having their chats about the summer they had and discussing the different shows and the twists that have taken place in them.
The ground looked busy – more busy than the Broadway shopping street and it was duly noisy too what with the kids screaming, crying, shouting and the yells from mums warning them to be nice and careful and others chattering away. But amongst all this, i could hear something else.......a sound – it was ever so musical....it had a catch to it......it seemed sooo magical......the sound was making me smile and within seconds I hadn't realised I was on the verge to let out a laugh, but I soon realised and straightened myself as I didn't want to catch useless attention. I went towards where the sound was coming from......it was sooo sweet and merry. I walked towards where the benches were as the sound seemed to be coming from near there. The first few steps I took – I couldn't really see any faces, but the closer I got, the more clearer the face became and I suddenly notice her........
Cricket
