Chapter -5:
...Winter Break...
(December, the start of winter break.)
“How’re
you going to spend your vacation?” Theo asks me on the way home. That leaves me
thinking, “I don’t know, I mean it would be nice to visit Thiruvananthapuram,
but my father has some really important surgeries so we can’t go and besides it
would be best if we went there during spring break, the weather is a lot nicer
then,” I tell him. He scratches his head, “well, I hope your father has some
important surgery then too, not that I don’t want you to visit your home but
it’s just that my birthday is during spring break and I want you to be there.”
Theo makes that stupid face again as he says that and I can’t help but laugh,
“I hope he does, too.” We laughed for a while, and he told me that his birthday
was on the thirteenth of April, apparently, he’s about half a year older than
me. “When’s your birthday?” He asks me, “The twenty-first of December,” I
answer. He gets lost in thought for a few seconds, “Well, that’s near Christmas
and during winter break, it’s pretty soon. What are planning to do on your
birthday?” Theo asks.
“Nothing
special,” I tell him. I have absolutely no plans for my birthday. “Back in
Thiruvananthapuram, we used to have a family feast on my birthday, and then
head off to the beach for stargazing. We’ll still have the feast, but I can’t
exactly go stargazing on the beach in London.” I explain. Theo frowns at that
thought, “That sounds way more amazing and special than a simple party. But you
have friends now, you don’t want to celebrate with them?”
I bite my lower lip, “I don’t know, I
don’t have many friends and I wouldn’t prefer a party, rather just a nice fun
get-together would be nice, and at night, someplace quiet. The loud noise of
the city is very overwhelming.” Theo looks up at the sky, lost in thought. He
stays like that for a few moments and then turns to me, “Well, maybe we could
do just that!” I’m confused, “what do you mean?” Theo perks up at the thought
of whatever he seems to be planning and says, “I want to talk to your brother,
only then can I make this happen, can I come over tonight?” Alright, now I’m
really confused, but I tell him yes anyway. It would be nice to have something
to look forward to on my birthday.
I wave goodbye to Theo and walk over
to my house. He said that he would come to my house around six o’clock. I knock
at the door and, as usual, my mother opens it. My mother recently got a job in
the local high school as a maths teacher. She had been teaching in
Thiruvananthapuram as well, so I wasn’t surprised that she was accepted really
quickly. My mother’s really good at math. Because of her job, she now comes
home just about ten to fifteen minutes before I do. I have some snacks and chat
with my mother for a while and then go up to my room. I sit down to do a few of
my assignments.
Two hours go by with me doing my assignments.
I get up and stretch. I walk over to my bookshelf and pick up the last book I
was reading. I just have a few pages left. I sit down on the swing and read.
Five minutes later, I’m finished. I place the book back on the shelf and look
for something else to read. I come to realize that I’ve read every book on my
shelf. Well, it’s vacation time so it wouldn’t hurt to go and buy a few new
books. I think to myself. I grab my scarf and head downstairs. I walk over
to the living room, “could I borrow some cash?” I ask my mother. She turns to
me and asks me what I need it for and I tell her that I’m going to buy some new
books and she hands me a few pounds. I go to a nearby bookshop and head
straight to the section of fiction. I grabbed six books, though I wanted to get
a couple more, this was all I could read in this break. Yes, I know what you’re
thinking, there are so many! But let me tell you, I’m a very fast
reader.
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