After we managed to put all the things in one bag and other essentials in two backpacks we finally went to bed by 1 am.The entire packing took a whole night.This is exhausting.Minni was excited as hell but I am not even sure that what I will do there once I go. Oh… by the way were going to Manali. It's one of the most beautiful hill stations in India located at the footsteps of the great Himalayas. Once I informed my mom about this so-called crazy expedition, I went back to sleep.
Next day I woke up screaming and shocked as to how all of a sudden I am all soaked in water.
"Where am I?How?Flood!flood" I asked, jumping in fear on my bed.
Then I looked down to see Minni staring at me with one of her eyebrows up. After studying her properly I can finally see the reason I am all wet early in the morning. That bucket!
" Your highness.. May you please take a shower now and get ready quickly?Let me remind you we have a train to catch!"she says and her voice louder than ever.
Okay so we are going on a train.
"I do not think I should take a shower, see" I turned around to show her what she just did to me.
She narrowed her eyes on me and gave a huge grin.
"Just go… you stink" She said with her wrinkled nose and then lifted up the bucket she was holding.I was quite suspicious so I smelled my clothes…
"Gross" I said.God knows what was in there. Eww…
"Now hurry up!We will miss the train because of you. "
"Okay." I agreed and went straight for a shower.It was only 5 AM then and that shows I got to sleep for only 4 hours or maybe even less.
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I stuffed some food in my mouth as quickly as possible even though I could have choked to death.It was not me, Min told me to hurry up . That is why I could not enjoy my meal today.
After dragging the luggage out of the house we both were standing in front of the main gate waiting..…... Wait!
"Why are we standing here Min? You said we were late. So why are we still here? " I asked her realising what I was doing.
"Oh… I forgot to tell you. Lily will be here soon. We willl go together"
"Wow, I don't even know with whom I'm going"
After waiting for like thirty minutes there was still no trace of Lily. Now even I'm getting worried. What if we miss the train?
"Where is she? " Min stomps her feet quite frustrated.
"I think she is not coming.Maybe we should cancel the plan." I really do have a death wish. She glares at me with piercing eyes.
"I'm sorry" I looked away.
"Maybe you are right" Did I hear it wrong. I turned back to look at her but the smile on her face is definitely not giving good vibes.
"What? " I asked softly.
"Yes, we have to do it. Whatever it takes" She states and grabs my wrist, then starts running. Where ,I don't know?
Now that she runs as fast as possible holding my hand and me and our luggage just flying behind her, I could see people all around giving strange looks to us. Maybe it just seemed fun to them to watch a live telecast of a little girl running with a kite as she tries to make it fly in the sky.
Impressive.
We finally arrived to our destination but the announcement goes like:
"Something train no _____is ready to leave the___platform_____from the station in 5 minutes. Blah blah blah..…." I don't know all the words those speakers said but at least I got an idea that we were late and that too after flying all the way from our neighborhood to the railway station.Seriously?
Min grabs my hands now tighter.
Okay.
So, now I believe I have got a certificate for being the bestest,the greatest and the most amazing ….flyer.I slipped,tripped and ran but made sure to keep my pace with her.She dragged me to the 1st platform then down the stairs. Oh I don't even want to talk about those stairs. They are scary. Finally the train came into vision and I let out a breath.We lifted our suitcase on the train.I was just about to get in the carriage after Min when suddenly the train started.
What?
Now I'm running like a mad person after the train. Though it was not moving that fast, my legs were not working at all.
"Faster.. Faster" She screamed.
"Yeah.... I am coming"
"Hurry"
Neglecting everyone's eyes on me I tried to run. I don't even want to go on this trip but there is no other choice. The house keys are with Min,my clothes are with her.Oh God help me. Min stretched her hand out so that I could catch it and she would pull me in. No, I can't. If this was a scene from a movie,I can guarantee this is much more thrilling than a Bollywood movie. I have got a few viewers as well who owe me money because nothing is free.They only need some popcorn. I can feel cheers around, screaming Go! Go!.Even my inner self is cheering for me.
Now Min was gone too far already.I was not giving up anyway.Somehow I managed to catch the door handle attached to one of the carriages leaving a few more of them in between me and Min.I got up there somehow.
This is called a movie with a twist.
I still could not believe that I finished a marathon race.I looked around for some water but the view I saw in front of me even worried. Where am I? Who are these people?
'Ahh... Not again'
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