Memories..

Every morning, at about half past seven, I see the kids in my apartment complex leave for school waving a bye to their mothers...The scene, invariably, reminds me of my school days and the millions of incidents that are mere memories now...One such is here....

It was a Friday evening. The day we had to dissect rats. That day, it took longer than usual to complete the procedures and at the end of it, I was relieved..and exhausted. I trudged along, with a couple of friends and stopped at the end of the street. 'It's not fair we have to repeat that prism experiment..we didnt copy right!' 'Quarterly round the corner and I am scared!!', 'Lara is setting the chemistry paper..' and so on...By the time it ended, it was half past five, a good two hours after the school bell rang!

I was wondering what Unit Test we had on Monday as I climbed up the stairs. I saw the door wide open and heard excited voices from inside...'Must be guests', I thought. 'Anu! you're late' cried my mother..'Dissection and some discussion after that..' I told her and eyed the guests..The girl looked familiar... 'Meet Mr.K, and his daughter' said my dad. He turned to the daughter and said...'You might have seen Anu..she's in class..' 'I know..' the girl said..'12E1 right!'..'Ya right..', I mumbled..'She'd come to my class during the election' said the junior...'Election?!?! I didnt know you were..' she didnt let my dad complete..'Oh..she was hitting the cupboards with plastic bottles and screaming...' she said, matter-of-factly..I was aghast!! A quizzical look crossed dad's face... 'It's the regular kind of campaigning'. I chose the words with care... 'Oh..I was wondering what happened to all those extra bottles I kept in the refrigerator!'. That was my mom. 'My friends wanted some..so I took a few from the fridge!'..The girl was clutching her stomach and laughing...joined by my sister..I glared at her... 'Is the election over? or will you be needing more bottles?' asked my dad. 'It's over and our candidates didnt do too well...'

On Monday, K's daughter came to meet me..'I hope I didnt say anything I wasnt supposed to...' she said. 'Not at all!'