A new beginning

The school ended without a farewell, exams, or memories of our last high school year. Students born in the early 2000s have guessed it!

The Pandemic took away one of the best years of our life, the last school year. Most people would have hated their school time for many reasons. But for me, it was different. One of the best phases of my life I had was when I was in school.

Now came the next phase of one’s life, which is college life. Our first year we couldn’t go to the college. our classes were in online mode. For my second year of college the classes were shifted back to offline mode and now the time has arrived me to go Delhi. Without any expectations, I packed my bags. I just laid down on my bed, looking at the ceilings with a lot of questions in my head about whether I would survive in a new place with a new culture and with new people around. It's not just one or two kilometres away, it's 2631 km from Delhi to Kerala. I have never stayed that far away from my home in my entire life. While all this thought was running through my head, I felt her arms on my belly pushing me closer towards her. I could feel my Amma’s heavy breath, but more than that I noticed her deep eyes. I felt like her eyes were talking to me. It was telling me to stay with her. She wanted me to go to college in Kerala so that I could be with her for more time. But she didn’t say any of her thoughts. She wanted me to fly high and achieve what she couldn’t in her life. Just like all typical Indian mothers, she started to give me advice, but I felt it was more like warnings rather than advice. I hugged her tightly with my right leg on top of her body and I kissed her cheeks. There was a moment of silence between us after some time my Amma asked me;

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“Have u ever fallen in love?”

I chuckled and said, “Not yet, but I think I am anti-romantic, Amma, and I don’t believe in love.”

Turning towards me, she said, “While that’s what everyone says before they fall in love.”

“Well, not me.”

That night she told me something that I still do treasure in my heart: “love is like a burning flame, play with caution. I am never telling you to not to fall in love and I can’t say you won’t get hurt in love, but you should be always wise and don’t let the flame to consume you fully.”

She kissed on my forehead and hugged me tightly and as usual she bit me in my hand and that’s my Amma’s love language. 

Thinking about not sleeping with her in my enormous bed tomorrow night, I closed my eyes. I wanted to cry but I couldn’t because I knew inside that if I cry, then she will be more upset. With all this thought. I drifted off into a deep sleep.