That day was a bit different from the other usual days...not that anything special had happened.

it was just that it was going to happen......

                                                                             VERY SOON.

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there was a rush in my house. someone in my home was getting married. and believe it or not, it is always the prime time for the adults to ask children what they want to become. and the usual answers-

-"someone bigggg"

-"doctor"

-"scientist"

-"bill gates"

my usual dialouge was the third one.

I was very small. too small to understand what a scientist is. but as "scientist" was a huge word, and was used with such an ease in my family, that i thought it was the easiest thing to achieve in the world...

                                                                                    i was always a bright child. a good orator, a dancer, a singer, a listener....but you know, it does NOT mean that you will become a scientist right?? I mean, you CAN, but is it the only choice???

For some 10 years or so, from the age of 5(seriously!) to 14 years, it was a smooth sail. but i didn't know that a storm was already on its way.....

trrrrrrrrring!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was in my school,when the the period bell rang.

"yuhoo!" screamed jaya. "free period afterall...."

we all sighed hopefully.

we were very busy that morning.we had to go for a singing competition to lucknow,as we were selected for the regional level. and finally, there wa s a free period. so, everybody was busy chatting.

me , deepshi, and two of my best friends, tushar and prakhar, started playing truth and dare.my other two best friends, arushi and jaya, were busy talking to utkarsh, some seats away..

"oh palak! your turn! truth or dare??? " deepshi asked.

"truth ofcourse..."

"name a thing or task that you would never thing of doing." said tushar.

i looked at all three of them.a bunch of memories flashed by me. Eight years...this is the time period of our friendship..i could not imagine my life without them.so i said:

"i can't even think of leaving anyone of you"

"awwwww" deepshi said and the other two smiled at me.

"boys don't awwwwww!!" tushar said.

and for the next some minutes,our game continued.

we were in class 10. and from so many years, we were all so sure of taking science stream in 11. or maybe, we used to think that it was the only choice.whenever anybody used to ask about this,he /she would simply ask-"so,maths or biology"???

i mean, no one did not even bothered to ask if one REALLY want to take science.

                                                                                                 so it was a so -called-belief that after 10th, science is the only option.....FOR ME.

but i did not know that while i was playing truth and dare, the truth of my life darely came to existence..