... my brother

.. He was a chubby kid, chubbier than me, he climbed up the ladder as I stood below scared to climb it even though I was 2 years older than him. After around half an hour he came down and told me how the first floor of our house looked...

.. I flipped the page, it was 5:30 in the evening I hadn't yet studied many things that I wanted to study. I heard a knock on the door, when I opened the door he was standing outside the room, he had a plate with cheese sandwich/pizza kind of thing,' Why dont u eat this' he said and gave me the sandwich. He was good at concocting delicious snacks...

.. I centered the cycle in the verandah and we started the badminton rally. It was fun to play long rallies. It was one of the forms of excercise I liked. When there were more guys we would make teams and play cricket. Being the only girl and playing cricket with 4-5 guys was not a problem :)...

.. we both pressed the keys hard, the game of tetris was almost like a war. It was the only 2 player game I could play well on the computer...

.. 'I can't wait for you to go away' he told her, 'I am waiting to go too' I snapped back. After I left, I realised how much I missed him and home. 'I go nuts in this house, it is too lonely' he told me. I could survive alone in the house, I loved it there, I had been alone there for many hours...

.. 'nothing bad can happen to us', I once told him, in an attempt to reassure him, I guess I was trying hard to convince myself the same thing.

.. 'so what are the specifications' I asked him. He gave me the specification and I wrote the program in 5 minutes and gave it to him, explaining everything that I had done. '.. u r a genius' he said. I had heard that from others too. I felt great when I could help him. I had helped many people study, do their projects, homeworks and assignments. Helping him and making him happy gave me a high that nothing else did. It was my duty I felt to help him and protect him...

.. I carefully selcted the shirts and t-shirts for him after asking my friend to try them on. I had picked a game of Battleship earlier during the week, we used to play that at our cousin's place and I knew he would love it. My friends teased me, '..tera bhai hai to kya shana hai woh'. I knew that my trip back home was going to be a big distraction for him, with his exams approaching, but he had asked me to extend my stay.' Dont do natak ok' he told me,'just shut up and stay for a week more'. I agreed and extended my ticketing...

.. he drove to the airport to pick me up and missed college that day. 6 weeks later after his exam he drove to the airport to say bye to me. He made it in time, he hadn't eaten the whole day...

There are moments when he had disappointed me and moments when he suprised me. We had stood by each other during the tough moments, celebrated each others happy moments and voiced our fears to each other. I don't want to sound too corny, but I hope he becomes really successful in whatever he does. I want him to have the best in life, because I think he deserves it....