There was something wrong in the atmosphere of the room as I entered. I reckoned the room. Everything was fine as far as I could guess. The furniture was perfect, my dear shining laptop lay there, books were fine and it was sufficiently cool.
So, what caused this anxiety. I shook my head telling me it was my day of peace. I had many plans for the day. The exams had just got over and it was my day of peace. No one ever disturbed me what I did in my day of peace.
I never went out on my day of peace. Time always seemed to run faster on my day of peace.It was my favorite day - day of peace.
But it wasn't to be, that once......
It was only after 2 p.m. that I realised some movement outside our gate. Then, a doorbell. I wondered who would it be. Father opened the door and when I went up to have a look before retiring to the other room to celebrate my day of peace, I saw it was her...
I wasn't at all disturbed by her presence. She was also happy, we being meeting after a month or so. She came in with her mother. She was my cousin sister.
After greetings and all, disregarding my interests, she made it to the forbidden room. That room in which I had shut all my childhood games, though neatly, when the pressure on the course came like a tsunami on us. I had to go with her, to that room, just to make sure she took up nothing that might trouble me - she was only 2 year old.
She reckoned the cupboard. Taking fancy to a bright cardboard box, commanded me to take it out. I took it out. I knew it was my doom - Chess. She asked me how to play that. I tried my best to explain, but even the most solemn of all games failed to tempt her and she called off the match that had not even begun.
Before I could return from my room, keeping back the box, she had already attacked, in her full force, on my lp (sorry, I will remember to say it - laptop). Still, she opened it. It wasn't difficult to push a button to open a laptop. She commanded me to open games. I said I had none. She, pointing to my collection of CDs kept nearby, said those must be loaded. I looked bewildered. None would have imagined that 9 full games had to loaded just to play for 15 min(because she didn't play a game more than that).
I tried to enlighten her that one needs a driver software to install one which I didn't have (I had, but to make up a reason). She didn't get it but atleast gave up the fancy. Clicking on the icons expecting to get some cool game. But What opened were - Maya, Unity, Eclipse, Virtual Dub, Adobe Flash etc. She didn't like it and gave up at last.
She than began like she was the interviewer, interviewing me for a job. Asking what caused an earthquake. I thought and said, tectonic plates. Ignoring the first word, retorted that whether earthquakes eat in plates. I then said the earth is divided in layers. She cross-questioned - What are layers ? I thought and said that I didn't know, must be because of fury of gods. To my relief, she understood this, however mocked - "Padhai karo. Sab bhool gaye" (Study harder. Forgot everything studied). I didn't answer.
Looking for something good, she came across my little table, used for studying on bed. It had two games which I dreaded and which I was made to play.
So here I was, a person who mastered Grand Theft Auto games, to whom Assassin's Creed gameplay poised little trouble, who completed whole Call Of Duty 2 in just one hour was here, and playing what - Ludo !
She knew how to play. Although I had to do the counting and all. She went far ahead while I didn't even start. She laughed at me. Before I could enlighten her that it was all about Probability (some 1/3 chance to even start), she won and mocked still.
Until evening this continued. Her mother summoned her at 5 p.m and waving goodbye, she went off.
I just thought one thing before I entered my room, that "Was it a day of peace ?" What do you say :)
