Serene's Land

Day Begins Happily..!!!

"Sereeeeeeneee...wake up..wake upp..I will be late to school because of you" My brother shouts in my ears. He always wakes up early with my mom and tortures me until i wake up. God! He is so irritating sometimes...but i love him a lot. He is my little brother after all.  

Luis was born when i was 8 years old. He was a chubby little boy with black hairs and brown eyes. He has got my mom’s hair and dad’s eyes. To be honest we don't even look alike. I haven’t got any features of my parents. My mom has black curly hair and grey eyes with a petite figure. She is short and lean. I think that is the only trait i have inherited from mom. Whereas dad is tall with an average build body. He is neither fat nor thin. He has light brown hairs with brown eyes. Whenever I have asked about this to my parents they say that I have inherited my genes from my grandma. She passed away when I was a kid and I don’t have any memory of her. My parents don’t even have a photo. How sad, right?

 In school, first everyone were thinking that Luis and I are cousins and only after  me clarifying that he is my own brother and seeing my mom with him did they believe that we are siblings. 

I didn't realize that Luis was still trying to wake me up until i felt someone sprinkling water on my face. 

"If you are still not planning to wake up I am going to pour this water on your face" Luis warns me.

I groan and wake up from the bed glaring at him and take the mug from Luis hand placing it on the table. 

"Now, it’s the revenge time..." I shout and jump towards the bed tackling Luis down with me and start tickling him. He laughs hard and tries to get rid of me but in vain. He is very ticklish. To be honest we both are.

We were so busy tickling each other that we didn't even realize mom standing and glaring at us from the doorway.

"You both keep playing like this and you are going to miss your school today" She says in a stern voice.

My mom is not over strict but yeah she likes us to be disciplined, punctual and responsible in whatever we do.

I push myself up from the bed pulling Luis along with me and ask him to go and get ready. Saying that i walk towards the door and hug my mom tightly kissing her on cheek. She hugs me back kissing me good morning.

Luis jumps on us asking how we can betray him like this. Haha..He is funny...My mom hugs us both and then pulling Luis with her she goes down.

I immediately rush to the bathroom for doing my morning routines. I keep singing the song "shine bright like a diamond" while showering. I love singing while bathing. I feel more relaxed after that. Not always, but, yeah ..  sometimes. Today i am really in a happy mood and all thanks to my brother...Hahaha...

I turn off the faucet, getting out of the shower and wrap a towel around me, walking out of the bathroom. I open my closet and stares at it for a good 15 minutes until i decide on wearing a full sleeve shirt with jeans.

I always prefer wearing comfortable dresses. That which comforts me is my fashion and not what i see others doing.

After getting dressed I comb my hair and apply lip balm to my lips and now all ready to go down. I don't prefer much makeup as well. I like to be simple and elegant. 

My mom always says that our beauty is defined by our character and not by the looks alone.

"Serene....come and have your breakfast. You are getting late." This time it’s my dad shouting from downstairs.

I put a pause to my thoughts and run downstairs to find my brother, mom and dad seated on the dining table waiting for me.

I smile at them and walks towards dad and kiss him on cheek wishing him good morning. He hugs me back and kisses me on forehead returning the wish. I sit next to my dad across from my mother. My brother is sitting next to my mom and opposite to dad. This is how our day begins, we having our breakfast together. How much ever busy my parents are they will always try their best to have breakfast and dinner together with us. My parents are doctors and they normally are busy people but still they always find time for us. That’s why i love them both a lot. After all this is my happy world.

After breakfast dad and mom hurries to the hospital and Luis and me to school. We walk to our school as it is nearby and because dad doesn’t let me drive. He thinks that I will hurt myself. For him I am still his little girl. We have had many arguments regarding this but finally he wins and has promised that once I get my license I can drive, until then no. So as usual we walk to school.

We live in a small town which is mainly covered by woods. And you know what our town is called? It’s called Wolf town. Scary, right? In olden days there used to be lots of wolves moving around here freely as it was completely filled with woods but after humans started moving in and living here the wolves started vanishing, though there are stories that , wolves didn’t vanish but they are still living inside the woods away from human sight. There are many stories in which wolves have saved humans from dangers in woods. So, the people here literally consider wolves as their savior’s and hence the name “Wolf Town”. But to be honest I have never seen a wolf here.

There are not many families in here, it’s just 40-50 families who live here and everyone knows each other. Moreover everyone’s houses looks almost similar here with the same structure of building and all houses are located near to the woods. Only the difference we can find is the paint color and how each of us has decorated our houses.

 We have a hospital in our town and that’s where my parents work and as well we have a mall where everyone goes for shopping and entertainment. I have never visited the mall till now because my parents doesn’t let me go anywhere without them accompanying me. They are over protective.

Then we have a school where everyone’s kids go including us. Normally teenagers move out of town once completing their schooling to other towns for continuing their studies as our town doesn’t have that facility. Soon even I will have to move out. I am slightly excited about it as I will be moving to a new place with my best friends. We will live on our own, though I am sad to leave my family back here. Anyways I can always visit them during holidays.