Priti, Kush and I walked into the house. Mom, dad, Maasi and uncle were sitting in the living area laughing and chattering.
"Maasi" I ran to her and hugged her.
She hugged me back lovingly and patted my back. Then pulled back and held me by my shoulders and looked at me from head to toe.
"You look so pretty darling! I see you gained since the last time I saw you!"
"And I see you've gained some tummy too" I replied laughing hard.
"Silly girl, you calling me fat???"
"Did I now?"
She punched my arm jokingly.
I then turned to uncle and touched his feet.
"How are you doll?"
Uncle always calls me a doll since childhood.
Maasi is Mom's younger sister and has taken care of me in Dehradun since I joined school. She got married 5 years ago when I completed my schooling. Maasi and Uncle both love me as their own child.
"I'm good popo!"
"ohh my! the aloof CEO is so childish!" he said dramatically to which everyone burst out laughing!
"Don't you think you're forgetting someone?" Mom said sarcastically
"Oh Mommy, I love you, are you gonna spank me for this petty mistake?"
She rolled her eyes at me and then let out a chukle.
"Sir, Shukla is here!" the butler told dad
"Let him in"
As Shukla walked in, he looked as he was flushed out of the remaining life he had. Then suddenly looked at me and then looked down.
"Hello chicken!" I said to him which Priti and I burst laughing. As we were not at work, we were behaving as normal teenagers, but I am somewhat spoilt and bad.
"What chicken Roop?" dad asked me, to which I replied, "I'm hungry. Ask Shukla ji about the details!" then took Priti and Kush and strode towards the dining room.
"What have you done this time?" dad asked Shukla.
"Sorry sir! I was not able to set up mam's helicopter by time and instead booked her flight tickets."
"You already know that she has an aloof image on front of the media and always tries to escape them!"
"I apologize sir!"
"What was the punishment this time?"
"Madam rolled 5 die together and I had to do the number of push ups it showed."
"What was the number?"
"24"
"Did you succeed?"
"I was barely able to do 21 sir"
"And she spared you?"
"No sir, the number of push-ups I was unable to do... that number of hours I was asked to..."
"Asked to?"
"Act like a chicken for those number of hours"
Dad burst out laughing, and so did Maasi and uncle.
Mom snorted and then spoke to dad, " you've spoiled her too much!"
"I've made her stronger than ordinary girls, she knows how to protect herself, and not just sit there disobey her own self. And if this makes her getting called spoilt, I don't care at all as long as she knows how to take control over things"
Mom never favored dad for spoiling me and wanted me to be a good girl. okay, that I may not be, but at least not that typical bad girl too! I belong somewhere between good and bad, shifting constantly to whichever side feels comfortable.