Chapter 31: chapter 31

Aman - For the time being, say to your mom not to call her and make Gauri live separately within the same house. I think it’s the best temporary solution. Neha - Yeah, I also think so. Gauri stood up and walked into her room even without saying us bye or anything like that. Rajan said emphasizing, “Aman, did you see that? Did you see her attitude?”I said calmly, “Leave it, Rajan. She is angry now.”Rajan broke and started weeping, “She has made my life a hell! My mom is not saying anything to her! I don’t know why she is lying.”Gagan hugged Rajan, “Hey, don’t cry! It’s just a bad phase of life going on. It will end soon. Have some courage.”We consoled Rajan and made him normal. And it really took a long time. We had to spend a full hour just to bring him back to his normal state. Then we decided to leave his house.  We sat in the car. Vicky started driving it. Vicky said, “Where shall we go now?”Neha - Aman’s home. Our favourite spot! Hehe! I thought, “Not now! Not now! I am very tired.”Gagan said happily, “Yes, let’s go to Aman’s home. It’s a good idea.”I said reluctantly, faking smile on my face, “Yeah, come to my house.”I thought, “Neha what you said! And Gagan! It’s rightly said that friends harm more than enemies!”Vicky turned the car towards my home and I got trapped. Soon, we reached my home. This time, I served all of them with coconut water because I had purchased about five bottles of coconut water. Neha - Wow! Coconut water! I am going to enjoy. Azeez - Hehe! It’s a child’s drink! Aman - I don’t know why a healthy drink is always considered a child’s drink. If I start drinking milk then also you will say that it’s the drink of a child, not of grown up adults. Hehe! Do adult drinks are only wine and whisky? Vicky - Yes, my dear bro. Adults’ drink are only wine and whisky. Aman - What a stupid culture! Vicky smiled and said, “Call it a stupid culture if you wish. But reality is reality. You can’t change reality.”Aman - Huh!Vicky - You behave like a philosophical man. Today, I will explain you this concept philosophically. Have you ever seen the sun? Aman - Yes. Vicky - A sun is called a sun. And everyone knows that it’s a sun. Everyone knows that it’s the energy source of the earth and we can’t ignore it. Aman - Right. Vicky - Similarly, wine, whisky and various kinds of liquors are as real as sun. As the sun is a reality, the adult culture of wine and whisky is a reality. You can’t ignore the sun and you can’t ignore the adult culture. Either you acknowledge it or make a fool of yourself by not acknowledging it. Azeez clapped and said, “What a point, Vicky! You nailed it!”Vicky smiled pleasantly and said, “Thanks, Azeez. Aman, grow up!”I smiled and said, “If growing up means to adopt this adult culture, then I will never like to grow up. Well, I say bluntly, I feel it’s not a grown up culture. It’s a grown up stupid culture.”Gagan - Only you are stupid, Aman! Hehe!All laughed. Gagan - You can’t be the only wise person on the earth. Others also exist. Aman - Gagan, I am not saying that I am the best in the world. I am just saying that I will never admit, I will never say that the culture of alcohol is a grown up culture. The culture that promotes unconsciousness can never be a grown up culture. It’s a dark, immature culture. The culture that promotes consciousness can only be called a mature and wise culture. Or say a grown up culture in the real sense of the term. Realizing that we might end up in a quarrel, Neha cunningly diverted the topic by saying, “Why are we discussing mature and immature culture? We are not seventy years old and are supposed to talk about society and culture. We are still young. We should talk about romance and marriage. Hehe!”Azeez said grinning, “Yeah, absolutely correct! Aman, tell us, when are you going to settle in your life? When are you going to marry?”I giggled, “Are you relating getting settled to marriage?”Azeez - What else can I relate to?Aman - Didn’t you just see what happens after marriage? Do you think that Rajan is now settled in his life? Azeez - Yeah. I clapped and laughed, “If this is known as being settled in one’s life, then I will love to remain unsettled in my life! Hehe!”Azeez - Hey! What are you saying?Aman - Haha! I am telling you the truth. If you see with my eyes, then I am well settled now. Because I am able to sleep peacefully. Hehe! And Rajan is not settled because he is suffering every day from mental agony. Thank God, I am unsettled in society’s eyes. Hehe! Neha laughed, “This guy is crazy!”Sanya whispered into Azeez’s ear, “That’s why he is known as stupid! Hehe!”The Next SundayWe all were strolling in the park. The fresh and cool air coming from the green trees and the lush green grass was soothing our skin. Neha - Wow! I am enjoying here. The cool air, the vast spread of green grass, open space, wow! I am feeling great here. In fact, I am seeing a lot of open space after a long time. Azeez - Yeah. Normally, we lay confined within the four walls of our room. Now, we are experiencing the contrast. Sanya - After coming here, now I am feeling like why we didn’t come here earlier. We should always come here.I said smilingly but my meaning was serious, “If  you start coming here frequently, then you will get bored from this place too.”Sanya - No, it’s not going to happen like that. Aman - It happens. I remembered one real incident. Shall I tell you? (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment and please don't forget to follow me and become my superfan. You will be able to chat with me and my superfans directly.)