Stage 2 Contd.

School life does not get over just like that...So here goes...

Leaving back a lot of struggles in their life Deepika's family move ahead in life with full confidence and joys. She goes to a different school as they plan to shift to a new home. It's their own. They managed to get a home with momma's and papa's earnings and savings. It's a CBSE school and she finds it very difficult to cope up with other kids and methodology of studies. She gets embarassed when all talk in English and not the regional language. She wonders how can she then pick up the new language. It was initially difficult for her to understand the subjects. The school was very different with a different and a peculiar culture. Every Friday they had bhajan classes and every 2nd Saturday and cultural activities to participate in. She got active in various sports then. She participated in every game possible be it indoors or outdoors. She actively participated in many APSC games. And was average in studies by then. She just somehow managed to run behind teachers and get those grace marks to escape the red report card. She had total fun in the class too with her friends. Initially forming gangs and then the whole class becomes a gang. Deepika was very famous for her sports activities. Guys nad Gals played together. She had many crushes during her school days. And was also very aggressive. She had slowly turned out to be a very short tempered gal fighting her first position in the sports podium. She wanted to be in the top only in sports and not studies... ;) She traveled to and fro to school by Lady Bird. Lady on the Lady bird was always free to fly anywhere she wanted. She had to join tuitions to successfully complete her studies. She made friends wherever she went. She was more of the 'go-hit-the-floor' kind and not serious about her career or whatever crap her elders talked about.

She was just being herself. Lil did she realize when her parents will shift her to normal matriculation school her life would take a U-Turn. Papa and momma were scared if she scores bad even in higher secondary then her life would be spoiled. But they did not understand her life lied in Sports. She wanted to do big in sports especially in badminton and carom. She had to change her school. The new school proved to be a hell for her. No PT hours and generally the small ground was occupied by boys and hence girls were not allowed to play. Deepika had to spend her PT hours sitting in the library(which had no good novels even) and watching out at the ground with tears in her eyes. She succumbed all her pain. She went back home fought terribly with her papa and momma(who had by then taken VR and was back to her family).

Momma to Deepika was not an acceptable change. Deepika wondered all these years it was her papa who could stop her from doing anything; but she wondered why does momma too have to??? She wanted to be set free. Her Momma was furious at her for MISTAKES that she did. And Deepika in turn wondered 'Who is she to bother me?'. Life went on pretty much disturbed. One day when she had a terrible fight with her momma, Papa said 'Either u live in this home or momma'. Deepika was shocked at the option. She decided to move out of the home. Deepika was a spoiled girl. Her bhaiya had gone to another city for his higher studies. No one to control the situation and then Deepika walked out with her luggage. She went to school hostel which was no less than a jail. Food and people were a terrible stuff there. She had to live here for at least 4 months and then her exams would end all her pains. She managed to live in that jail.

Her bhaiya was shocked when he came to knew that his laadli has moved away from home. He comes with papa to meet his laadli. Deepika's warden wouldn't have trusted him to be Deepika's brother if he had come alone. Warden was very mean. Then Deepika comes out of the jail sees her bhaiya waiting for her. She runs to him, holds him tight and cries out all her pain. Bhaiya hugs his laadli and tells her to come back home. Deepika is very adamant and she refuses. Deepika gets only 15 minutes to meet her bhaiya. She keeps looking at the watch and just prays if time never runs!!!. Bhaiya goes back home giving her sweet memories for her life to come. It was the only memorable moment for Deepika in that new school.

She managed to write her exams and run away from hostel. She was released form the jail (without the bail :P). The Lady on the Lady bird was free again. She went merrily to home with papa; and back home when she saw her momma, she did not understand what has happened in the mean time but she hugged her momma and cried her Saree wet. They had started understanding each other. Deepika started realizing what her momma actually mean to her a lot. The family was happy again. Though Deepika's bhaiya was not with them he soon joined them for a family retreat. All go to their native for Deepika's uncle's marriage. It was fun all over again.