Gini Mathews - Tejasswi Prakash

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Christmas. The celebration of joy and fun. The whole world welcomes it with utmost joy and grandeur. It's all about Christmas trees, plum cakes, Santa Claus, carols and the most important thing gifts. I love gifts. Who doesn't love gifts? Matty surprises me through his gifts every year. I, being a prankster surprise him in a strange fashion. "Did the train arrive?" A lady's voice broke my trance. I shook my head in no. She mumbled a thanks and left. Here I am, waiting for the train along with my friends, who belong to the same town as I. Kotagiri. A small, misty, scenic, hill side town situated in the Nilgiris. It has been a part of my life till now. I miss it a lot, as I stay in chennai for my high schooling. I am in the last year of my schooling. In a matter of 2 months, I'll finish my schooling. I had been waiting for this day from the time I departed from Kotagiri last year after Christmas vacation. My heart thumped in joy as the thought that I'll be in my home within a day hit my mind. For me, Christmas is all about family, friends and the most important one, fun. I remember how mom used to call my name loudly to make me attend the prayers in the church. I think she wouldn't have read bible that many times as many times she calls my name. She has to drag me and pull me to go to the church. "You lazy monkey! Walk fast!" She would shriek. I smiled remembering that.

"Hello? Ha Shravan, tell me baby!" Sasha's voice brought me to reality. "Shravan? Who's this shravan now? Wasn't it Dev last week?" I asked her bluntly. She gestured me to stay quiet. I rolled my eyes. Duh! Sasha would never change. Sasha. My best friend from kindergarten. She is also from the same town as I. I raised my eyebrow as she ended the call. "Shravan, my new boyfriend." she told me. "How do u manage to get new boyfriends easily?" I asked her. "Re, this time I am serious. I am in love!" she chirped happily. "Love? What crap?" I asked her angrily. "Well, you won't understand about it!" she replied back in the same tone. I looked at her with null expression. This is what I hate being called. Why do others think that am not able to understand love? But, that is the truth. Seriously, I don't know what the hell is that.

Love. The emotion I hardly go crazy over. Because, I hardly know about that. I have asked what the heck was that to many people. Some say that love is merry. Some say love is a melancholy. Some say that love is a mystery. Some say that I am too young to know about all these. But Matty says that love is a melange of all these. How people say that they fell in love with a matter of few seconds? How they can name some of their unknown feelings as love? These questions of mine are unanswered. Mom thinks that it is best to be unanswered. But, never in my wildest dreams, I had foreseen that this Christmas is gonna change my life FOREVER.

"Look, the train has arrived. Come, let's check the list to find about our seats." Sasha told me. I nodded. My eyes scrolled down the list to find my name. At last, I found it. There it was. Gini. GINI MATHEWS.

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