I can see myself in front of a huge mob, while I am standing on the dais, the anchor at the podium calls out my name and there I go, I could see an extremely old figure with a shock of white hair on the stage too and he was holding a medal. When I reached out to the old man he handed me the medal which was made of pure gold having the carving of a famous Swedish Physicist Alfred Nobel on it, due to which it was obvious that the medal was non-other than the noble prize and the man who handed me the medal was Sir Albert Einstein! After receiving the medal I received a standing ovation from the crowd after which the anchor of the show said, " Now I would Request Dr Steven Clovis to address the crowd with a speech." I reached out to the podium and when I was about to say a word, I woke up due to my mother's yelling.

"I have never seen anyone sleeping so long, get up you lazy boy! it's already 6 in the morning!" She said in a yelling tone. "Mom calm down, it's just 6 and my college starts at 8, I have two whole hours to get ready!" I said in a creepy sleepy voice. "That's what I am saying, it's 6, you should go out for a morning walk, the airs so fresh!! Now get up or else I have to get violent".She said, With a lot of difficulties, I woke up, went to the basin, splashed some cold water on my face and went for my morning walk. I could see many old people walking and jogging around on the roads, and as Croquet Island is located amongst the ocean it's very cold here, As I moved 4-5 blocks ahead I encountered a terrible organism. 

The road through which I had to go had a huge herd of dogs, fortunately, they were sleeping, I sneaked quietly past them assuring myself that everything would be fine, as I was moving through the gang I accidentally stepped on the tails of one of the dog, it was looking at me with his piercing terrifying eyes, we stared each other for another moment when he BARKED! Listening to the call the whole squad woke up, I realized that it was the endgame! I had only one option and that was to run, and obviously, I went for it, the bad news was the dog squad too were following me at top speed, after running for about 15 minutes continuously I escaped the '5 stars wanted level patrol'.

My heart was beating very fast, I could feel it very clearly. I saw my wristwatch and it was 6:20 am, After taking some rest, I started my journey to my home, I was going through the same road, where I had encountered the not so friendly guests, fortunately, they weren't present this time, I was a bit relieved this time. As I was about to reach my home I heard a car coming towards me at full speed from the hind side, I shifted towards the right immediately but unfortunately, my destiny has written only bad luck to me since the year 2018, as I accidentally tripped into the sewage just beside the road. I was instantly covered by the dirt and I looked like a beggar with untidy hair and clothed drenched in sewage. 

I returned home when my Dad saw me in the queer outfit, "What happened this time?" he asked, "Oh nothing special it is normal for me now. " I answered and went to have a bath. After getting ready, I had my breakfast, as I was about to leave for my college, I was stopped by my Oma and she said, "Hey don't forget to put on your masks and go slowly and steadily through the roads as the traffic has increased-" "Yes Oma! I am not a kid now, I know all these things!" I said irritatedly to which she replied, "Don't you dare to teach me anything, I am your father's mother after all!!" I understood that it's nonsense to fight instead I negotiated and let it go.

Before going to my bicycle, I stopped and put my hands in my pocket and removed my secret weapon to ignore all the tensions of my life, my earphones!! they are a vital part of my life since the Covid 19 period. I put my mask on, had my earphones in my ears kicked the pedal of my bike and started my journey to my college. As I was on my way, I figured that an adult on his motorbike was racing through my lane on the wrong side, I initially ignored him as he was away from my way, but when a truck headed towards him at full speed he changed his direction and came to my lane, I held my brake tight while he went on with his bike at top speed as if he didn't care. I murmured, "That son of a bitch should better learn to drive his bike!"

I continued on my way to my college, and deep inside somewhere I was feeling very happy, it was because the results of my Physics test were going to be declared, I had given the paper with full determination and I was damn sure I would score more than 90 percent, I had scored really low on my previous tests in fact since class 11 and wanted to rise back again. I reached my college when it was 7:45, I met my friends and we discussed our paper and its result, I was surprised to find out that most of them found the paper very hard and all of them had low hopes this time for their paper. Every lecture that day went good for me, I answered many questions in chemistry and biology, also I solved my maths problems faster than anyone, for which I received appreciation from my teachers. 

Finally, it was time for my Physics class also it was the last class hence I had decided to have a burger at McDonald's to celebrate my results, My teacher started to declare everyone's results and called everyone, one by one to take their papers one by one. I was taken to know that almost everyone, even the students who would top other examinations could only manage 80 per cent in this one, then sir called out my name, my heart started beating very fast, and when very I mean it, I made my way towards sir with a light smile on my face, when I reached there, sir said, "How many do you think you got Clovis?" I replied with ecstasy, "Sir to be honest I found the paper relatively simple than other papers hence I am hoping for the best." The teacher said with a smiling expression, "Well you are right Clovis, you have performed exceptionally well in this test if we check your track record, you got 56 per cent in this test well done." I was shocked due to this incident, I felt that all the colours of my life have been taken away, my life seemed meaningless, the test for which I had studied so hard and was so confident about had let me down, all I saw ahead of me was darkness, Sir was telling me something but I was unable to hear anything it felt like someone had lowered the volume, the only thing I could hear were my thoughts, what will my parents think of me when they will see this bullshit! Sir handed me the paper and I went to my place, still in shock.

After college, I left for my home immediately without waiting with my friends, all the hard work I had put in for this test went in vain, I felt like crying and wailing, locking myself inside my room and cursing myself for those good for nothing marks, I literally felt like I had been kissed by a dementor!! I had heard all the way along that you have to give input to get desirable output, but in my case no matter how much I study I always got low marks, my graph of progress seemed to be stagnant, neither it was moving up nor down, I felt stuck in my current position, I wished I could get my good old days back where I would get my output instantly in the form of my marks, I was not able to understand what was the problem with me, why wasn't I progressing?

I reached home, met my mom and handed her my paper, I had assumed that she would be disappointed with my marks, but instead, she said, "Cheer up kid these are good marks if not the best, you are making progress and I know it is slow and steady, Marks are important only for passing, but your goal is not limited to these marks and this test, I had said, am saying and will keep saying that you are born to do something special." I just nodded during the conversation and left for my room after she finished, even though she didn't said or depicted it but still she expected more from me, I don't know what it is but I can read people's minds just like Charles Xavier!!

I went to my room which was in the basement of my house, it had a bed, my Imac to one side while my bookshelf to the other, it had many books but majority consisted of books related to space, right from 'The Brief history of time' to 'Theory of everything be Hawkings on whom I am named after, I also had the Harry potter series, Percy Jackson series, the divergent series and the LOTR series, have I mentioned I am a great reader. My bookshelves and my parents were the only things due to which I resisted my tears, it might seem a small issue but the person who experiences it face a lot of trauma! I sensed that I needed a change of mood hence I took my earphones and my mobile, told mum and Oma that I was going for a walk and ran outside. It was about 4 pm at that time, I started to wander the streets while my favourite songs buzzed through my head, simultaneously I watched the other people on the street, there were many mimes and violinist around performing their hobbies to make a living,as Croquet Island had once been a french colony it was influenced by the European culture especially French and Italian. 

I myself am half french and half german as my paternal side, the Clovis family belongs to an old french clan while my maternal side the Schmidt family used to work as ministers since the Holy Roman empire, I am told so by my mum, Julia Schmidt who is the only Pschologist on the Island, hence almost everyone here knows my mother. My father on the other hand is a Cosmologist and he works for the CSA, short form for 'Croquet space agency' it is due to him and his colleagues that CSA Is known all over the world as a leading space agency, and is ranked 6th just before ISRO or the 'Indian space research organisation'. 

I reached a garden and decided to spend some time there, it might seem crazy what I am about to say but I like to observe people, there's a famous dialogue by Sherlock holmes where he recommends us to observe things rather than just seeing them, I could see children about the age of my younger brother playing around on the slides and the swings, I could also see old men walking around in the park living according to their routine. I saw children playing cricket and football on the fields, on a nearby tree I saw a nest on one of the branches, it had like 3 small chicks, after sometime I saw a crow coming towards them it had a bunch of worms in its beak, it carried them to the chicks and they started feeding on them.

After spending some more time at about 5:30 pm I left for my home, being a much better person than earlier. As we start everything in physics by considering t=0 I too need to start from the initial point again. On the way I met my friends, on the streets again and they love me so much that they started to chase me again! oh those bastards, I don't understand why these creatures have to attack me everyday, there are so many people on the street except for me, why don't they bark at them!! I reached my house just before time at 6 pm. I called Mum but instead Oma responded and said, "Your mother had an emergency meeting in India hence she left just half an hour ago, she will return tomorrow evening." "Okay, by the way Oma I am feeling hungry can you please make something for me, pleaaaaseee." I asked her on which she said, "Yeah I was about to ask you about it, I'll make you some omlet and rice, just wait for 15 minutes honey." "Thank you Oma, love you" saying so I sat on the sofa, where my younger brother Albert was already sitting and was watching his boring nursery rhymes on the TV. I said to him, "Hey Albie, I guess it's my turn to watch TV, you have been watching it since a long time." he intentionally ignored me, then I said, "Oma, what happened to those chocolates, which Opa bought from Sweden?" "Chocolates? yeaaahhh!!!" He raced to the kitchen.

After watching TV and having my dinner I went to my room, I decided that I will finish the book by Graham Hancock which I was reading the previous night, I sat down on my bed, had my glasses on, took the book from my nightstand table and started reading. It was gifted to me by my best friend Julie Abagnale. It was a very interesting book and it talked about aliens visiting earth in the olden times. I was spell bound by the critical information given in the book by the writer, after I finished reading the book completely at about 11 I kept it on my bookshelf again and decided to sleep, while I was about to do so, I started wondering if whatever given in the book was true, and if it was will the aliens visit us again? I wished that if they did so, can they abduct me please as right from the starting of the period of lockdown I longed for an adventure beyond reality. Wishing so I closed my eyes and went to sleep.