Whole the family was seated around the dining table for the dinner. "We have to start tomorrow early in the afternoon. So you decide fast what you want to do. There are two options before you. Either you can stay here on your own or you can come with us. But we won't be able to come back before the weekend." Rita Sharma told his 19 year old son, Ravi.
"Five days and if we don't finish the assignment by then we may have to stay the weekend too." Ravi's father added.
It was July and Ravi was having his summer holidays. Every vacation they spent a few days with Sharma Ji's parents at Patiala. And a few days with Rita's parents at Chandigarh. Ravi never liked to go to his maternal grandparents simply because he didn't have anybody his age there. And he found the life in Chandigarh quite different from the life in their own small town. Reeta's parents lived with their son, Sunil Reeta's elder brother, and Leela their daughter in Law in a big old house. Their grandchildren were at hostels for their higher studies the elder one in an engineering college at Pune some three thousand kilometers away and the junior one at a technical institute in an equally far off city. But living alone for five or seven days also didn't seem appealing at all specially, when all his friends were also away visiting their relatives. Two or three days were a different thing. Moreover he was tired of watching the same porno clips day in day out. It was all too repetitive and bogus. Not the real thing. And there were no new interesting video games in the market at present. May be a few boring days will do him some good, rejuvenate my waning interest in the internet the porno and the games. He didn't have any girlfriend and there was no chance of his getting one in the near future.
"As you wish. Mom." He said.
"As I wish? I didn't say anything about my wishing anything, Ravi."
"I think I will better accompany with you people."
"That's good. A good decision. You should take more interest in people around you, people who care for you. Rather than remaining immersed into your virtual false world. You decide what you want to take with you. You can pack in the morning Do you want to take your laptop with you?"
"No, mom I think I will take the kindle only."
Rita was a little astonished by his answer. She got up and went to her son and put the back of her hand on her son's fore head. "You are not running a fever?" She smiled a naughty smile. "Mom!" Ravi retorted.
She gave him a loving pat on his cheek.
Sharma Ji chuckled.
The matter settled, The family left the table and everyone went one's own way, mom to the kitchen to deal with dishes and the cutlery, Pop's to his TV and Ravi back to his room as he usually did every day to his laptop and books.
Rita was very happy. Five days with her mother, father and brother. Sometimes she felt jealous of her elder sister Neeta. She lived so close to Chandigarh and was visiting her parents every so often
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Kalpna was glad to see the trio on her doorsteps. Like always, Rita and her husband in the lead and their son Ravi hiding behind them. But he had grown so tall that it was difficult for him to hide behind her parents. 'Tall and handsome' noted Kalpna. She liked him very much. He was good at studies and was leading the school badminton team. All were proud of him. But Kalpna would have liked it better if he was boxing or wrestling or playing Football. Badminton looked a little girlish. But still she adored him. After all he was Rita's son. She welcomed them. Rita got a tight embrace and she responded back with a small peck. Sharma Ji bent down to touch her feet but was caught half way and was also given a warm hug. Then it was Ravi's turn. "My Gawd! How tall you have grown, Rita! How the time flies? Not a long time back he was running around with one hand holding his shorts and sucking a lollipop with the other." She giggled. Ravi felt her hug tighten. She was firmly pressing her breast against his ribs, her nipple, hard like a marble, rubbed against his chest. She patted his back. He felt embarrassed by her talk. His face turned red like a beetroot.
Soon they were having evening tea and chatting in the living room. Sunil, Reeta's brother and his wife Leela were on their respective jobs. They came back around six and then there was another round of hugs. Both Sunil and Leela were a little round and plump. After their arrival the talk became a little formal and restricted. Kalpna and Rita moved to kitchen to prepare dinner. Leela went to her bedroom to change and prepare for the next day. And the men gathered around the table for a glass of whiskey. Ravi was left to his own devices. He carried his knapsack to the guestroom at the back of the house and flopped on the bed.