Rules Were Meant to Break

(Annapoorna’s POV) “Please appa, please appa, please” my little sister whined. “It’s my 13th birthday! I want just this one last thing!” I snickered as I watched her nag my dad for yet another present. “I promise I’ll be good! I won’t ask for anything else after this!” Appa’s eyes pleaded with my mother to come and save him. She looked disappointed in my dad. She turned to me, “Kanda, come help me pluck these pudina leaves, get the scissors when you're coming.” I hated plucking pudina. It took so long “can’t appa do it, he’s supposed to cook anyway”. I looked at my dad and winked. He mouthed a thank you and I watched as he hurried to the kitchen. I looked at Eesha and asked “Why do you want to join a school so badly?” I asked suspiciously. She doesn’t nag this much for anything unless she has a different intention. “All my friends go to school, and they always talk about stuff I don’t know about! How their exams were difficult or how this boy at school looked at them! I feel left out every time.” She crossed her arms and pouted “it isn’t fair! They get to go on all these cool ‘field trips’ and they talk to each other every day and they all gossip when they have lunch.” My sister has a huge ego and lots of attitude (classical younger sister). She’s hot-headed, but when she said this I could tell she really did feel sad. I never wanted to socialize. I was a complete introvert, always studying and staying at home. My family were the only humans I interacted with. Eesha was the complete opposite. She always wanted to make friends or go out. She was a complete extrovert. Whenever she wants to go somewhere, she’ll keep nagging until my parents give in. She always gets what she wants. And now she wants to go to school. I despised it. It was once a place people went to, to gain knowledge from one another, but now people just go there to talk and waste time. Maybe out of 20 students only 1 student actually wants to learn. And most of them don't have any manners or are unhygienic. And I can’t bare to imagine what it’s like to stand in front of a crowd... "Do what you want, but don't come crying to me later" I sighed as I got up and headed to my bedroom. I shut the door behind me and sat near my window. Right outside was the vast, blue ocean. I opened the windows and played my favorite playlist. I let the warm breeze blow my hair as I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. My mom would convince Eesha not to go to school, right? I have nothing to worry about. I turn and sit at my desk. The feeling of seeing my nice and organized, aesthetic desk always makes me feel better. I turned on my laptop and started reading another chapter of a kaisagi story. Everything will turn out fine, it always does... Right?