Chapter 2: The Next Morning
The
next morning Kevin woke up to an alarm at 5 in the morning, “Maa, why is the alarm
set to 5am?” “Because you Maa gets up every day at 5am” Replied Geetha as if
that is no big deal.
“Get to work you have a lot of work to complete get started today itself, now itself, you have to be ready for school on time to, just because this is your last working day before the holidays doesn’t mean you get to be late. Up up up up…” said Geetha while making her side of the bed, “Make your side of the bed when you are up and of, I mean now!”
‘Am I dreaming? Maa is never Like that, she never tries the hard love thing with me. She just asks me to do something and doesn’t stop until I do it in a very lovable and sweet way. What in the world happen? Is it ME? OK! Let me just stop here, I think I am going crazy. Take a Deep breath and I am of.’ Got up made his bed, brushed his teeth, washed up and froze. I hit him how this happen just the other day. What he did today in about 15 20 minutes usually take at least an hour after 7 to 12 nagging by Geetha. “What did she do to me” ‘Oops! My mind voice leaked out’
Kevin walked up to his room sorted the broken and the not broken stuff arranged some of them went thought all the broken once, “That’s a relief nothing is broken that a bit of glue can fix!...”
“Breakfast is ready.” called out Geetha from the
kitchen. Kevin ran down, the way he always does when food is being served. He
had some breakfast told her the state of his room. When he was almost done, he
smiled and thank you, like he always did, finished up his meal washed up and
went off to school. Though something about his mother’s behavior that bothered him,
he was sure that she would fix the rest of the room by the time he would reach
back.
Done with his class for the time reached home so happy that he was going to get a full one and half moth of holidays plus his room would be fixed now he was at a super high. Knocked on the door, Geetha opened the door with bright wide smile, she was look tired. Kevin was certain that she was cleaning his room. But to his surprise, it was just that way he left it. But instead found a suite case that was packed. He unpacked his back pack changed freshened up changed and sat down at the dining table. He usually has spent time with Geetha there around 5:30 every day, school or no school if they are home they spent time together having a snack with tea. “Maa does love to cook” said Kevin, “And I am pretty good at it too, ..” smiled Geetha and said “… I Know!..” ‘Oops mind voice leaked out again’
Geetha walked toward the table with two cups of hot tea a few hot samosas. Kept them on the table sat down an look at Kevin they both smiled at each other took their cup of tea, Kevin look through the corner of his eye as he tilted the cup towards him and moved his head towards the cup, at his mother; she wasn’t drinking she was look at him. The hot coffee flashed through his mind. He stopped looked up blew over gently sipped little by little. “It is something else to see the sun set with a cup of steaming tea; especially when with family. That is why I enjoy this, what about you why do you like spending time here.” asked Kevin to Geetha quite curiously. ”We sit here every day at the dine look through the glass door right bide the table at the sun set. Even though it’s not into the sea, this sight is quite a beautiful spectacle. But don’t think that is why we sit here, I know you and dad says that family is the most important of all, and you don’t keep friends aside as well. How is there so much balance, how do you do this? How do you create this harmony?”
“You are asking a lot of questions today, what fired
you up. Usually dad or I start the conversation and you slowly move in. What
got into you?” asked Geetha. Kevin sat there with a calm smile and a curious
heart. Geetha continued, “I guess you are growing us. Everything we do is a
lesson everything we see has something to tell us. Even if you already know the
meaning of the words and heard the exact same sentence if you listen carefully
there is always something new to learn.” Geetha explained, she turned slightly
and looked at the sun. Then she continued, “You lost control when you lost
yesterday, that-to to an extend that you trashed your room. Isn’t your first
lesson control in the arts, Self-control. Other than the exercises you learn to
control right from your breath to the way your body moves in force or at ease.”
“I guess that is proof…” said Kevin in a depressed voice “…that I am not at all a Kung-Fu student, if I don’t even know the first thing…..But wait how do you know that that is the 1st lesson? “ Geetha smiled and said I have packed you bag take it a come down take any books that you might need if you have any assignment to complete when you get back to school after you holiday.”
“But Maa where are we Going?”
“You will find out soon enough!”
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