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Ouch... once again I fell on the floor beside my bed with just a towel wrapped around me. Wow, The towel is so fluffy, I wish I could sleep a little but unfortunately, I can't.

I groaned and struggled to sit on my bed. Obviously, the hot shower hasn't done a great job of waking me up. Just then I received a call from my best friend Lava as in Lavanya.

"Are you awake? If not may God help me, I swear I will drag you with whatever you are wearing you, idiot. I don't know what I am gonna do with you. I don't even know whether everyone is up." Lava kept on blabbering with her rants and not giving me time to answer her questions. 

I sighed at her rants and she shouted, " God! Are you there or not you better fuc.." Too much to handle so I cut her off.

"Well, good morning to you and Can you please stop with your rants with me and wake up the rest. For god's sake girl, it's just 6 in the morning!" I exclaimed at her.

" Yes, I know! and you guys gave away the responsibility for today's plan and I want us to enjoy our day. Am I asking you to prepare a space ship? No, I just asked you to wake up early for once in your life and get ready for the day!" She exclaimed at me while I heard shuffling through the phone. She must be so nervous. I wonder why?

" Just calm down, okay. Take deep breaths, I can understand but why me and most importantly why do I need get ready so soon?" I groaned at her but I know better not to ask that question.

" I am just gonna pretend that you haven't said that but for your kind information we leave at 8 a.m. and you take your own sweet time to get ready and remember TODAY is Nisha's engagement which is at 11 a.m in the morning. If we are late, It's on you girl." She remained of me of today's engagement Program.

Yes, Today is our bestie Nisha's engagement and our gang consists of 4 girls and 3 boys that is me, Lavanya, Nisha, Razima, Varun, Ram, and Ben. We are all best friends since school. We might have got into different colleges and jobs but we made sure we are still connected and hang out in our leisure time. And today is a special day for our girl Nisha and we need to be there for her on her big day. It's a big step in our lives and it reminds me that we are not kids anymore.

" I remember that baby and I will be ready just in time. Now go and trouble others to meet at my house." I remained her and she just replied 'okay' and yelled at me not to waste time and get ready soon. I sighed and cut the call to do what she asked for but my stomach had other ideas.

So I just slipped into a fresh nightdress and made my way to the kitchen. As soon as I entered the kitchen the aroma of chicken curry reached my nose and instantly made me drool over it. What to say 'I love chicken'

"Mmm... Suguna chithi, (means aunt in tamil ) do I get to taste it now?" I asked her with my best hopeful eyes and she just chuckled at me and held out the spoon with some curry for me to taste. She blows and feeds me and I moaned at the flavors burst out on my tongue.

" Hmm... super chithi, I can't wait to savour my delicious breakfast." I expressed eyeing at the feast getting ready. 

" Okay...okay I pretty much know the look you are giving now young lady and why aren't you ready yet?" She questions with her eyebrow raised at me.

" No... Not you too. I just got my energy dose from lava and I definitely don't want one from you too," I sarcastically said to her.

That's when my mom Sumathi enters the kitchen and asked the same thing which I heard for third time today,

"Are you not ready yet?" There you go, I groaned making my chithi laugh at me while my mom looked between the two of us.

 " Am I missing something?" She raised her eyebrows at me to answer her question.

" Nothing Akka, ( means sister) I just asked her the same question 'why she wasn't ready yet' and it seems like she already got her daily dose from her friend and me and now she heard it from you too." My aunt replied to her.

They almost look similar to each other that they could pass as twins but unfortunately, my mom is older than her.

They both have waist-length black hair, perfect eyebrows, round face, fair colour but the only difference is that my mom is a little bit short when compared to her sister.

Did I mention 'sister'? yes, They are siblings.

You see my Father (Mohan) has a 'younger brother'( Manoharan) and 'sister' (Malika) and my mother ( Sumathi) has a 'younger sister' ( Suguna) and 'elder brother' ( Vasanth). So my grandparents married their children with each other.

My father got married to my mom. My uncle Manoharan married to Suguna aunt and Malika aunt married to Vasanth uncle. Since my father and Vasanth uncle was so affectionate with their sisters, they bought houses near each other so that they could see their siblings as often. God, they have a strong bond which most of them admire and at the same time get jealous of.

I didn't say they haven't fought with each other over some family issues and misunderstanding. They fought but at the same time, they found their way to settle their disputes. My family will always be there for each other even in the worst situation. That's why I love them so much.

I was about to reply but was again interrupted by my sisters. 

" Hey, why aren't you ready yet?" Shakthi, my cousin who is by the way 22 years old and started to work as an accountant in the same company as I work as an HR.

"It's already 6:45 a.m." and this time it was my sister 'Shruthi' who asked me and when I was about to answer her but Shalini my other cousin beat me and asked, 

" Oh my god! It's your best friend's engagement and you are still not ready!" She exclaimed with a fake shocked expression.

I glared at all of them but they didn't even consider that and started laughing looking at my face. 

"Can you guys for a minute not question about me getting 'ready' and feed me? I am hungry! " I yelled at them.

" You know empty vessels make more noise likewise when your stomach is empty you make more noise than the vessel." This time it was my grandmother and her name is 'Mangalam'.

" Kanna? Why aren't you ready..." My dear father whispered the last word but  You know he is smart.

That's why he stopped at once looking at my angry face and the others. And if I hear the word 'ready' one more time, they are doomed for sure.

Few seconds later my uncle came down the stairs and looked around us and asked,

" Why are you guys yelling so early in the morning! that too on Sunday and Shristi are you going somewhere that you are showered?" He finished his sentence.

That's it, I too have my patience. With that, I let out a frustrated sigh and stomped my way back to the living room. I crossed my arms over my chest and sat on the couch like a adamant child with a scowl on my face.

I heard a roar of laughter, which didn't help my situation. My dad and uncle came over and sat by my side to comfort me. 

" Kanna (dear) please don't be mad," my father said and my uncle brought my Milk and some biscuits on a plate. He knows me better than everyone.

"Here drink this milk and have some biscuits it helps you to calm down a little." uncle said to me with a smirk never leaving off his face. I know he is just teasing me and I can't help but smile at them. 

I very much needed this and I'm a person who does not love coffee and tea. No offence towards coffee and tea lovers

I prefer milk or boost (it's an energy drink sold in the Indian market) warm and not too hot. I know I am weird but who cares.

Everyone came over and sat with us. Then mom and aunt got others tea along with some biscuits.

" Now you are smiling." Shakthi teased me and I just flipped her and girls laughed at me.

" You guys know that I am not an early riser and on top of that it's Sunday and it's too early for me to get ready. You know I still feel sleepy..." I said while yawning. God, my stomach is settled and all I want to do nothing but sleep.

"Huh...Shristi! Get up and start getting ready. Your friends will be here soon." My mom said while sipping her tea.

" Come on, sis we will help you to get ready." Shruthi suggested and the other two agreed with her.

"Do I even have a choice?" I asked them with pitty eyes.

But they just dragged me towards my room ignoring my rants and curses. And others laughed at us.

Finally, by 7:30 I had my hair done and it reached till my waist. I usually go for minimum make up as I am not a fan of it.

It's my sisters who loves them and it actually suits them. But me on the other side just love it natural and simple. Once finished we all came down to eat our breakfast so that it won't get spilt on my clothes. I may or may not be a little bit clumsy.

"Hmm... chithi it tastes awesome! You are the best." Shruthi said blowed her a kiss and I agree with her while nodding my head at her.

She just chuckled and served others. Once my stomach is full I went to my room to wear the dress which I bought for the occasion.

 I share my room with Shakthi, but yesterday she decided that it would be good idea to sleep with others so that they can sleep a little more without my rambling, but guess what? It was a flop idea.

I giggled at her plan which went down the drains and got the dress out the cupboard and started wearing it.

Then I turned towards the full length mirror to look at myself. I kept the accessories minimum nothing too flashy. With that I picked up my phone and purse, and made my way down to wait for my friends.

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Authors note

This is the dress Shristi is wearing for her best friend's engagement.

I hope you guys loved my work, more to come.

Stay safe and happy.

#loveyourself😎

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