The Snowy Eve

"Tempting Engagements" , Fate Or Fatal. - I

The dew droplets on lush green leaves of the tree and the mist in the air , the sun rays coming from the foggy and cotton like clouds making the water drops shine like the pearls , the mild warmth is creating a coziness in the atmosphere , though there is silence in the environment which is making at mysterious and full of suspense but the chirruping of birds is forming the musical tunes with melodious rhythm in the surroundings and killing the solitude and alarming or unpleasant calm and peace of the place or the wonderful garden made around the attractive and beautiful hills and the forest or the woods but in this farm house or the bungalow there is suddenly something happened which makes everyone bother and created and awkward situation for them , the two sisters or the siblings were arguing , and no one exactly knows what to do and when this heated argument turns into the quarrel or the fight , between these two sisters , and the one which is the elder sister is almost near her adulthood or the adolescence , though still being a teenager is immature and irresponsible sometimes. She is authoritarian in her nature and she is impulsive and restless in her behaviour , as it is quite obvious and genuine because there is an adrenaline rush in her body due to her young age and it is very difficult for her to patience in her attitude . She want to be independent and carefree . She want to take her own decisions and wants to make her own rules for living life . So she rather care for the others too much and just want to dominate everybody . She is extrovert and outgoing and follows her own whims irrespective of thinking about their consequences , and in this process she become insensitive for her younger sister or the sibling , she used to tease her and make fun of her , who is just nine years old and still needs care and proper attention , moreover she is not like her elder sister , she understand things very slowly and she has even difficulty in expressing them and she faces difficulties in learning different things and telling her feelings to anyone , though is very good in making very beautiful and thoughtful drawings , with so many colours and patterns , they look very pretty and descriptive , they are attract everyone and everyone appreciate them and praise her because of this extraordinary talent and the skill to impress anyone , she has also the ways to catch everyone's attention and getting everybody's consideration , she is blessed with the divine attributes provided to her by the almighty or the god , she can also live life like others and is also like others , it's just that she is not perfect as nobody else is perfect, she likes nature and it's blissful beauty , this place has magical things , which are spell bounding , like the river flowing nearby and the cascades in the forest or the woods , though it is next to impossible for everyone to be a part of this mesmerising place or the conditions but the father of these two sisters is the reputed , respected and well known government officer in the city , he is the judge or the magistrate in the court, he is someone who has many information and knowledge about the legalities and he almost control the law system due to his profession and position , he is the person with approachability and for him it is easier to get access to this farm house or the bungalow , this affordability makes this place or the rest house , for him and his family , a favourite hotspot for vacation nearer to the city , it is a escape from the regular routine or the hectic schedule of the entire family from their offices and other institutions in the city , they are able to relax themselves in such soothing conditions , away from the hustle and bustle of the city life , they used to often come to this outstation and create memories and unforgettable moments but from two or three years , they or the entire family do not visit this place , this is after one year of the death of the mother of these two sisters and the wife of the judge or their father , they have came here due to some official reasons of their father and the childhood memories , though they all were reluctant to come to this place as they were from the past few years , but the father who is the judge has a meeting scheduled with some government officials and also know that his wife use to admire this place so much and was very attached to this place and it's atmosphere and the environment , moreover they had together spend a lot of quality time here and make pleasurable memories. He remembers each and everything and still he is hesitant in staying at this place even after a long period of time. He has charming and dashing personality and is particular and punctual in nature , due to profession , he has a tendency of being strict sometimes , but he likes his daughters very much and adore them like their mother used to do but after her death he feels lonely sometime . After seeing the two sisters quarrel or fight , he could not be able to resist for a long time and interrupted in between and scold both of them , he was afraid that this quarrel would not affect them adversely , that they might harm or hurt each other badly , he told them that the disturbances both of them are creating is making everyone tensed and everyone is getting panic , they have already made a lot of chaos here and he warned them not to mess up the things more than enough , he that already we have come here at this rest house or the bungalow after a long time , though we are still hesitant and reluctant to come to this farm house but due to official purpose or reason and the nostalgia related to the the time we spent here as a family during vacations and the fun activities we did together and the your childhood memories brought me back here after one year of the death of your mother , your mother also like this place very much and appreciate and praise this place , she is very much attached to this place and is fond of spending time here with me and both of you , it's not just the favourite getaway or outstation for her sometime before but also yours and my desired choice or priority for planning vacation trips. But from sometimes or few years , do not feel like to visit or come to this place , may be some issues related to the past , though we often come here and use to forget all the tentions and problems related to our hectic city life . But now even this place bother all the time . I don't know why but I feel alone sometime though you both are with me and also even at this place . His elder daughter said to him that she is no more interested in spending time here at this place , she is missing her friends and known which lives in city very badly and too much as she can't imagine to live apart from them for even sometime , she become restless and loose her temper , she is missing all the fun from her life in the city and want to go back to the town and continue her routine life . Moreover she is irritated and frustrated with her younger sister and can not tolerate her any more , her father said to her that she have all the means and medium to get connected to her friends and known in the city or the town , she had the computer , the mobile phone etc to stay in touch with her friends and do chatting with them or can message the or have conversations with them directly with the assistance of the smartphone and also do video calling with that , other than that she can spend her time and can consume it judiciously by exploring the nearby surroundings and do different activities for enjoyment here like she can go for fishing to the river flowing nearby and can witness the sunset which is gorgeous sight to see sitting by the side of the flowing brook , and can visit the waterfall here in the woods and can also go for trekking in the mountain or the hilly region and can also watch the sunrise as it is different from the town or the city , and it's adorable and beautiful , he also warned her to behave properly and decently with her younger sister and to take care of her , treat her with the patience and do not be ruthless with her as she is very affectionate and emotional and is full of sentiments , and she should not offend her , otherwise she will suffer the consequences of her misdeeds and he also told her that he has come here to this farm house because of important official meeting and it is difficult for him to avoid it or miss it at any cost , it will not be possible for him to leave this place until and unless this meeting is over , so she should be calm and keep patience till the time this meeting last and as soon as this meeting get over , they will leaving for the city here , and till that time she has to cooperate and try to bear with her father and her younger sister , she should not be creating any more difficulties for him as after the death of her mother both the daughters are the sole responsibility of their father and it is really getting difficult for him after the death of her wife , to handle them and their upbringing is becoming a burden for him and he is really finding it hard to take care of them properly . He said to her that the time since we have arrive here , you have been busy with your smartphone for the whole day long and also in the night talking to someone in particular , most importantly you are engaged in chatting and messaging already for whole time with your friends , even in the journey , don't know who is that person with whom you are busy with , is he a trustworthy person or not , what are his intentions , I don't know at all , you are still not that sensible and you needs proper attention otherwise , as due to your activities and because of your carelessness , everyone else will be in trouble and facing consequences and problems , please don't create or make it tough for me to handle both of you sisters and don't become unbearable and intolerable , I hope that the person with whom you have become so close that you are being irresponsible towards your family and not fulfilling your duty towards your relations , is in nature should be genuine and fine , I hope that person will not spoil you and you will not violate any rules and regulations or any laws in her company , otherwise I will be punishing you , so you better mind this fact , stay and keep yourself within the limits of manners. Moreover , I don't want to hear any more complaints , otherwise things will get complicated. This place is mesmerising and is a compliment for us. Instead of utilising your time , you are wasting it and making a fool of yourself by engaging in degrading activities . The elder daughter replied , she said to her father that do not commit a mistake to thought that she is a toddler , and he can manipulate or handle her according to his whims , she is a grown up girl and not to a kid anymore that she will do only that or what ever has been told to her by her father , she is almost an adult , know very well to take her own decisions and can choose her way of living her life , she is an independent individual and will prefer to live a life of freedom and would rather not be a slave of his father , no matter how influential his position is or how extraordinary his designation his , but she is not a robot and will not be following his orders or his wishes , and will rather follow her desires and dreams , she told that the person she is engaged with the whole day long through chatting or message or call is her boyfriend and she likes him very much and he and her are now her priority and she will giving them all the importance than any one else in her life , and she told her father not to utter a wrong word against her boyfriend and don't need to create his image that he is unfaithful and disloyal , she loves him and will marry him only in the future , don't try to create a dispute amongst them , she know very well that how she has to live her life and she will be fulfilling her dreams and she told him he should not dare to intervene or interfere in her life in upcoming future otherwise all the relations will get destroyed , she will not be tolerating any more interruption from her father in her life and she will die without her boyfriend and can't thought of getting apart or separated from him.She told her father that if he pretend to act as a tyrant with her than she will be misbehaving with all of them and will make everyone's life miserable . The father is astonished and could not believe that his elder daughter would behave like this , that he will guilty of his upbringing , he told her that the children of your age should be worried about their career and their bright and prosperous future instead of being a rebellious person you should be acting sensible and behave properly and keep patience but you are rather creating a nuisance and you careless and reckless attitude will ruin your life and make it a hell and your irresponsible behaviour will be a reason for consequences and problems which each and everyone will be facing and also suffering from your misdeeds , the promise I made to your mother before her death Will be broken , if I will not be able to inculcate discipline and manners in both of you and will not be able to take proper care of you and stop you from getting spoiled , you should rather be supporting me in this cause as already your mother's death is a big loss to the family but rather you are disobeying me for a stranger . You still needs regular attention and a sensible guardian. She did not listen to her father or rather do not care about what he is saying and ignored him without considering or giving importance to his words and went to her room and shut the door very rudely instead of carrying that argument any more further. Her also went to his room after that incident and become serious and also started to think with focus and worry . The elder daughter was upset with all this which has happened outside and tried to divert her attention from this irrelevant conversation with her family , so she decided to think about her friends and her boyfriend and her past life in the city and the moments she enjoyed with them together or listening music but she was not able to concentrate so she thought how use to have fun during her school time , she use to bunk the classes with her friends and go to watch movies with them without telling her family , she her friends used to spent hours in the cafeteria and the coffee houses , talking or gossiping about each other and cracking jokes on each other and many people , how they use to do pranks on other , which are sometimes not just hilarious but also dangerous , she use to go to club and pubs secretly with her friends and boyfriend without informing her parents or making many excuses like one is that she is going to her friends house for combined studies and will be staying there at the night but in the late night they wake and leave for disco and night club where they use to do parties and she also consume alcohol and smoke cigarette sometimes , though aware of this fact that she has not take the consent of her parents for these , they will angry on her about her habits of consuming liquor and cigarettes or drugs in their absence or unknowingly , but still she continued to tell lies to them , have fun by creating fake explanations and statements and even though it was harmful but she did not stop herself from doing this . She then start thinking to remember about her boyfriend and the pleasurable moments they both share together , though she is still immature to do this kind of activities . She and her boyfriend for their entertainment , use to go for long rides on the bike , away from the city in those places which have less crowd or isolated and often spent time together and get close enough and use to hold each others hand and hugging each other tightly and getting touchy or sentimental , they use converse in romantic way like the couples or married people do and become sensuous in their behaviour with each other , they use to kiss each other while conversation , they talk about their future together and make promises to each other about not leaving each other for whole life and staying together the whole life , they consider their parents idiots or stupid who will never understand their intentions , that how easily they manipulate them and enjoy their life , they are trying to built an intimacy in their relationship and are always engaged with each other on video calls or doing chatting on the internet. They also went to disco , pubs and night clubs , where they dance together closely and get cozy and cherish or enjoy the moments of their life , and relishing or taking advantage of their freedom in this young age or the age of over confidence and immaturity , they think that the way they will be living this life , where you consume alcohol, drugs or cigarettes is making them modern and is the real way of living and cherishing or enjoying the life but they both did not understand the fact that they are actually wasting and destroying the foundation of their life , this is not fun or luxury which they both are doing or is habitual of , it is indulgence , which is not spoiling their reputation , career or life in the future but also harming their parents and relatives , for the time being now they are just untruthful to their parents but no one exactly know that when these evil habits will make someone a criminal completely. They use to flirt with each other , dance intimately with each other or getting sensuous or romantic at public places or amongst friends friends , teasing each other or giggling and fun together , but really they do or don't understand the meaning and importance of trust and loyalty in the relationship or the relationship itself or is there is something which is hidden between both of them , it's not that socialising is bad or going to parties is not good or watching movies together and spending time with friends is unacceptable but everything has a limit or there is height of everything , otherwise the vices are considered as crimes if they cross their barriers , or restrictions , hurting sentiments of different sections or creating wrong impression on different people of society by doing mischief or unfriendly things at public places like theatre , getting touchy or physical, misguiding your guardians and elders is not decent and unfamiliar or troublesome or taking disadvantages of your power and resources is unacceptable. On the other hand , her father is thinking that the history repeats itself and the quarrel here at this similar place few years back had changed our lives to a great extent though it was between different persons or who were so called mature enough to handle or solve any problem of the life , this argument between him and his elder daughter has remind him of the similar incident which took place few years back and it is still affecting everyone's life , and it was the incident that had stop them or they have to resist the temptations to come to this place which was use to be a valuable experience for him and his family. How he and his family together have a delightful and amazing time here and also they use to have gatherings with the relatives , colleagues and friends here , they use to celebrate that entertaining moments and use to have dance , singing and party together , they go for picnic here in the woods nearby or by the side of the flowing brook or the river , throw pebbles into it , do fishing and play cards , use to cook food on the fire or grill the meat on the burning wood logs by putting a grilling stand , they enjoy the evenings by having wine or the tea while watching the sunset and for trekking on the mountains in early morning and also do live in tents and do campaigning at hills , they use to do gossips and giggle around about each other , they use to tease each other and taunt each other here ,

- Adit Bhatnagar