Wednesday 2 December 2015

First Day at School

After a two month long hiatus, the schools are reopening. Aami is happy today. The schools are opening again and like any other twelve year old she is happy that she can go back to do what she likes best, which is to go back to school and back to her life of happiness. Unlike Aami, her kid brother resented the thought of going back to school and if it were not for Aami, her brother would have had a hard time even to wake up on time to go to school. Aami liked to pamper her brother with all the care he needed and she felt a kind of joy in seeing her brother go to school with her every day. Her brother loved Aami for all the care and attention she showered on him but still couldn't love the trip to school like his sister did.

Just like any other day she woke up early in the morning to prepare for her day. Just like any other day she woke him up from his lumber. She didn't have to waste time to prepare his bags. Being the first day he had done it in advance. Being the first day she didn't have to bother about his class work either.
                                     

 Just like any other day the two of them walked to school. Just like any other day she dropped her brother to his class. Just like any other day she would make sure that he was comfortable in his class. Unlike any other day her heart would cry as she left him to fend for himself. Unlike any other day she missed to pack his lunch. The pain was unfamiliar and but she knew that he would never miss his lunch for the rest of the year.


Just like any other day she would go back to the front of the school, find a comfortable spot for herself, open her bag, put on show the numerous pens, pencils, erasers and what not. Just like any other day she would wait for the kids, parents, teachers, drivers and the rest of the visitors to the school to come to her, as she was the only source of hope for kids who forget these in their home. She saw her brother in each one of those kids, who didn't perhaps have a sister like her to pack their bags and she felt the same happiness in selling them the pens and pencils, as she would, while leading her brother to school. Just like any other day she would wind up early and wait for her brother. The first day of school was good for Aami. Her bag was empty and so was her pain. She knew that her brother will not miss his lunch any more. 

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