Shut the fuck up! were the words Mahira wanted to shout at Mayur when he kept reminding her that acceptance letters have started to arrive and they were going to get the emails anytime, but everyone was around them and their Mum would have scolded her for a month if she said that. She rolled her eyes as he refreshed the page and waited, what even was he waiting for? Even he's not that dumb to wait for an email from Oxford or Harvard, they're not that smart. He sighed, taking another sip of water as he refreshed the page again and from the left corner of Mahira's eyes, she saw their father throwing his head back in frustration, even he was tired of this boy!

Today, at seven in the morning, he'd woken up everyone because Zach let it slip that they were going to get the emails for Oxford and Empire State University today. Mahira froze her bed again because of him and now after four hours, the email still hadn't arrived, and he has declined to move from his laptop untill he sees it. He didn't even let their father go to his job, and it was just the fourth day of him on it. A day off on fourth day! What would the Manager say? You may ask, but he'd gotten the job of a manager so the manager wouldn't say anything, but the owner surely would. It wasn't the same hotel as before, but the previous manager had resigned two days after the other half returned due to personal issues and given the fact that Shivam had worked on the similar position for almost fourteen years, he got the job pretty easily. Raghvi, on the other hand, was still trying to find something to work on, both Mahira and Mayur had suggested her to draw and upload it on internet, but she didn't seem so sure about it.

Mahira saw Chaitra getting up from her seat and walking away from the table after muttering something about 'one coffee not being enough for this crap' and their mother glaring at her for using the word. Mahira couldn't help but smile at the fact that nothing much had changed for these three, they were still all the same. While they... "We got in!" She may have not heard it if she wasn't sitting beside Mayur, did they get in Oxford? She asked herself, already knowing the answer was going to be a 'no' and looked at the screen, it was an email from Empire State University as she had expected. "We got in!" Mayur said again and Chaitra stopped in her tracks, turning around as rushing towards us, their mother got up from her seat as well, though their father looked at Mahira's face and she shook her head, getting up from her chair letting the two blipped ladies get a look at it.

She walked towards her Papa, "Empire State University," she said, sitting on the chair beside him, glancing back at the trio with the flashing screen, all of them had a huge smile on their faces. Chaitra congratulating the twins but the smile on their Mum's face vanishing as soon as she read the email. Mahira looked back at her father who smiled at her, "he got the scholarship too," she said to him, smiling back at him.

His smile widened with proudness, "well I'm proud of both of you," he whispered, squeezing her shoulders with his left arm, "you're gonna blow it there!" she let out a small laugh at his choice of words, turning her gaze to her mother, who didn't look very sure about the university. She'd never really liked USA, much less anywhere around New York due to so many supervillain attacks. They wouldn't have even filled out the forms if it wasn't because of the blip and the sad memories that Doncaster brought back every moment. The main reason for filling out forms for all the universities all over the world but Europe was the blip, they had never expected them to return.

Raghvi somehow managed to smile through all the stress and congratulate them, not speaking her worries out loud, "Mum, we'll be alright! I promise," Mayur said, he must be thinking the same things as Mahira, "we'll take care of each other," he promised, holding her left hand in his. There was the tone in his voice which meant assurance and by the smile on her face, they could tell that she believed in him. In them.

She looked at him and then at her, "you will," she started, "like you have all these years," there was a part of Mahira that ached at the mention but the other one focused on the way she trusted them. She was proud of them too, "you two gotta pack a lot!" She smiled, getting up from her chair, "we need to go shopping!" She exclaimed making the three kids and their father groan, shopping with her was exhausting, but there still were smiles on all their faces. They joked around like usual, it was almost normal again but it will always stay almost, it'll never be completely. When Chaitra was busy complaining about how they were going to start their school session from the beginning, Mahira and Mayur's phones dinged.

Zachboi
Halloween partayyyyy! Tomorrow obv!!! WEAR THE COSTUMES!!!!!!! LY!!
-YOUR FAV BOT!!

Mahira smiled when another message accompanied it.

Zachboi
BOY**
NOT BOT!!
STUPID ASSHOLIC KEYPAD!!
YOUR FAVOURITE BOY!! OR SUPERHERO!!! (because I am technically one ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯)

Mahira laughed a bit, opening her mouth to ask her parents about it when her phone dinged again.

Peacock
not my fav.. mahira's maybe but not mine

Zachboi
*offended* who's urs then Peadick??

You
Guys! Language please! We're at the dining table!

Peacock
someone ;)

Zachboi
why're u at dining table?? what time of meal is this????
Will message you in private Peadick!

You
Will explain you later Zachary!
Stfu now
Byee

Mahira set the phone aside and looked at Mayur who was still on the laptop, typing something. Ignoring him, she looked at their mother who was looking at her questioningly, looking around she found their father and Chaitra mirroring the action. She sighed, "It was Zach, he invited us to the Halloween party tomorrow," she explained, and they all nodded, getting up from the table and going to the works they had to do before someone dragged them all here and made them sit for four hours! Well not exactly four but you get the idea when I say, they've been there since the breakfast. Mayur shut the laptop down with a smile on his face and a small blush on his face.

He looked at Mahira, "ready for the party tomorrow?" He asked before getting up from the table and walking away. They'd decided to go as the Avenger twins, the Maximoff's, but since she was the older one, she was to wear blue shirt and a white wig while he would be keeping his hairs brown and wear a red Coat and a red Skirt, Zack's idea and Mahira agreed because it was going to be fun this way. Especially seeing Mayur uncomfortable made her say yes with double excitement. Her phone dinged again, and she looked at it.

Zachboi
Got in MIT fuckas!!
HERE I COME AMERICA!!! BE READY FOR THE FIRE!!!

She shook her head at the childishness of the boy and went to her room. After debating with herself for almost half an hour she finally logged in to her e-mail. Filling the ID, she wasn't really sure about and no subject she wrote the message.

Hey!

I got my acceptance e-mail from Empire State University today. I know you won't reply to me, I'm not even sure if this is you or not. I'll be going to America, somewhere closer to you perhaps. I hope I'll meet you again soon. Please reply this time at least. Please Rohak!

Yours,

Mahira

Without any further hesitation she pressed the send button and fell on her bed. Her thoughts filled with memories of him untill sleep took over.