"Uno!"
"Uno wins!"
"Chandni you have won three times straight!"
"That's no fair!"
"I am tired of UNO."
"Does anyone have something interesting to tall about?"
"No."
Just then girls at the back started singing. Within minutes the whole bus started totally vibing with the music. We also joined in. Songs after songs we sang. It was fun.
I was deep in music singing my heart out, staring out of the window, lost in the melody. I finally opened my eyes and realised I was the only one singing and everyone was watching me. I was super embarrassed.
"Woaa.. you sing really well."
"Why did you stop."
"Yeah go on."
And I was just sitting there like an idiot frozen up. Soon the commotion silenced. After this we started munching on some snacks along with random talks. After a while everyone was sleepy. Well I was sleepy too. After all I had been up all night. I was gazing out of the window when I fell asleep.
After a short nap we were up and beaming with energy again. And we once again started playing cards.
"So I went through this phase." Started Kaveri "I started learning fortune telling through cards. From YouTube of course. And then I told my cousin that he was gonna fail Maths and he obviously started crying. Oh my God! The scolding I got for that. Then I started fighting with him. And after that lets just say holidays weren't that fun that year."
"That's so stupid!"
"Well my brother was convinced that he was gonna be magician. He learned like three magic tricks and started calling himself mage Jeevan. How stupid is that!"
"Certainly not stupider than Kaveri!"
"Shut up! Chandni you are at my side, right?"
"No, you were really stupid!"
Laughter echoed as I blended in with this group perfectly. Felt nice to think that I was one of them. One of normal teenager girls. So far this trip was really fun I hope it goes on like that.
After an hour we finally reached our hotel. We got off, and were waiting ro be alloted our rooms. Boys were on the other wing of the hotel.
"Group 6 Janhavi, Shivangi, Kaveri and Chandni, your room is room 506. Here take the keys and don't lose them. Be there for lunch at 1 pm. sharp."
"Yes ma'am. "
We went down the hallway looking for our room.
"There it is room 506."
"So who's gonna keep the keys.
"Of course the mommy."
Saying this Kaveri passed the keys to Janhavi.
"Will you stop calling me that."
"I am sorry for offending you mumma."
"You!"
Saying this she kicked her softly. And all of us giggled. The room was quite large and had two double beds. We placed our suitcases, took off our shoes. And started exploring the room.
"Nice enough!"
"Yup its quite large."
"I bet our wing is better that that of the boys."
"If yes I am so gonna tease Ayush."
Ayushmann and his younger sister Kirtika are Shivangi's cousin and they are pretty close.
"We teased Kirti about it so much. You should have seen the look on her face. And then she just started hitting Aayush."
"No consequences for you!"
"Nope!"
At one we went to have our lunch. Of course we were fooling around the whole time. They are just so fun.
"According to the planner we are supposed to visit the Amer Fort today."
Surely our incharge Ms. Bharti approached us and told us to gather near the buses at four.
The food was good. And we had a lot of variety. It didn't take us long to finish our meal and we went back to our room.
At four all of us gathered up near the buses. Once again the teachers did the headcount after which we boarded the bus and the teacher did the headcount for the millionth time. It's sad it feels like that's all they do on trips, headcount and even more headcount.
The trip to Amer fort was shorter than we expected. To reach the fort we had to climb a ton of stairs. Well I was cool with that but I could hear some girls whinning about it being so hard and how she couldn't even catch her breath. Normal trip stuff ya know!
We finally reached the top. After which they did the headcount again. I feel like all they seriously do after every single second is headcount. Guess better safe then sorry. Even twelth graders can get lost! No guys I am serious! Who am I talking to? Ahh I have gone crazy. Maybe the heat is getting to me.
So two groups were combined and then we were handed off to our incharge along with a guide.
"Group 6!"
"Here."
"You are paired with group 2 class 12 - A."
Oh there they are. Wait is that Samriddhi! OMG I had been dying to know more about her and moreover what caught Siddhant's eye.
"Hello I am Radhika, that's Urvashi beside her is Devanshi and that's Samriddhi. Nice to meet you!"
"Hi I am Janhavi, this is Kaveri, that's Shivangi and the one beside her is Chandni. Nice to meet you too."
Why does this feel like we are two parties and we are meeting in a formal event or something of that sort. Whatever they seem nice.
We explored the fort and the way it was built was amazing. It was like a piece of art something definately worth seeing. The spirit of art poured into it could be seen even decades later. The guide showed us a design which looked like simple flowers till he covered half of it with his hand and it looked like a scorpian and then he covered it more and now it looked like an elephant ear. Truly elegant! India was something in the past!
He also showed us the Shish Mahal and it was so good.
"Hey Chadni can you take a photo for me."
"Sure."
And soon girls from many groups asked me to click their photos cause I was the only one not getting my own clicked.
"Hey Chandni come lets have a selfie of the entire group." Called Kaveri.
Honestly being included after so long felt nice. I thought they didn't want me around. But I am truly living the life of a normal teen. And it feels nice. I craved for this in my previous life even though I tried denying it and now I know there is nothing wrong with that.