December 10th, 1984
It’s a bright, sunny day today. I see a beautiful white fairy who wants to give me candy. I want to eat it so much but my mom says no and she pushes the fairy away. I don’t like it and start crying. This is not fair. Its my candy. And my fairy. If only there was my Nano instead of my mom, she would have let me have that candy.
I dont like my mom.
Well, atleast right now, i dont.
Brrrinnng. Brrrinnng. The phone rings and the fairy goes away. I open my eyes.
Oh well. It was just a dream. Im still lying in my bed. My father is still reading the newspaper and my mom is still getting ready. We are going somewhere, I think. I don’t understand why my mom takes so much time to get ready. She hardly wears any makeup so why does she need so much time. And why cant she give me my feeder. I need milk.
Right now. As in “Right Now”.
So I do what I do best. I cry. Loudly. My mom looks upset. Good. Serves her right for ignoring me and taking so long to get ready. But, oh no, its my father who has to go and get my bottle. No. That didn’t work. So I cry more until my eyes fill up with tears and I hear my mom say “She is doing a big drama. She cant be hungry”.
That shuts me up. My mom knows me too well. If only it was my Nano here. She would have scolded my mom and taken me up in her arms and rocked me back and forth and said all the cute words in the world.
I love my Nano.
Finally. My parents are ready. We are going somewhere. I hope it’s somewhere nice. As my dad starts driving and talking to my mom, I realize we are going to visit my favourite person in the whole wide world. Nano jaan. She is my dad’s favourite too. He adores her, and keeps telling my mom that she should be like her. I love such conversations.
Oh. We are already here. That was fast. As my nano opens the door, I jump from my mom’s arms to my nano’s and squeal with joy. She smothers me with kisses and hugs me tightly and ignores my running nose. She instantly takes out some candy for me, breaks it up into small pieces and puts them one by one into my mouth.
See. That’s why I love her so much. My mom raises an eyebrow, my nano raises hers twice as much. My mom’s eyebrow goes down.
Victory !
And then I spend the next few hours in heaven.
Love. Kisses. Candy. Food.
A new red sweater and a doll.
Did I tell you that I like playing with my nano’s ears? And I just love her warm and loving face. She has a beautiful face by the way. Infact, she looks like the fairy im always dreaming about. I touch her nose and try to put my finger in her mouth. She bites me. Ouch ! My nano is playful too. And she always tells my dad that im her favourite grandchild.
Ofcourse. Why wouldn’t I be? Im adorable.
And now I see my dad getting up. No. Its too soon. I don’t want to leave. My mom starts gathering her things and I cling desperately to my nano, not wanting to be separated from her.
I see my parents go outside as my nano follows them with me hanging onto her. As my dad starts the engine, my mom tries to take me in her arms. I refuse. I clutch my nano’s shoulders with what little strength I have.
And then I do what I do best. I start crying. Very loudly this time. And with tears. No. No. I don’t want to go. I love being here. My mom doesn’t hear me and tears me apart from my nano.
My tears are for real this time. No drama. I promise.
As soon as I separate from her, I feel sad and lost. I cling to my mom’s shoulder and stare at the person I love the most. I don’t want to lose her. I don’t want to be away from her. My dad starts driving and my mom tries to get my attention by talking silly and trying to lure me with my new doll. I don’t want that doll. I want to go back. I want to go back to my nano.
And with my tearful eyes, I look back at her. She is getting smaller and smaller but I can still see her waving. My mom tells me we will see her soon again. That makes me feel a little better and I close my eyes.
After all, its only in my dream that I can get candy when my mom is around !
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