Temporary happiness yet a memorable one…

[I know the title might confuse you a bit until you get to the ending part of the post.]

On one of my lazy evenings my bro and his friend got home smiling and talking about something which made me watch them with an active inquisitiveness, but I thought okay, let them tell me what it is and carried on with being lazy. They were actually talking about kittens they saw at the parking lot in my apartment. I was like wow kittens! Now who doesn’t say “wow”? I wondered if I could get one and asked them with the sweetest tone ever “I want one” [with uninterrupted blinks]. Bro said he tried getting one but couldn’t as one of the kittens have scraped his skin to break loose from his hands.

I thought okay, no big deal will ask his friend to get me one. Before I could even ask, they agreed to get one for me. I was the happiest! Trust me. Owning a cat/dog/horse would make me the happiest girl. We three went down to the parking lot taking stairs instead of elevator so that we could reach there before they find a new home. I wasn’t sure about how we could actually find those kittens in that huge parking lot. I really expected some running and circus stunts, to catch one. To my surprise those kittens hid behind a huge electricity meter wall, and hid in a thin passageway behind that huge wall. There were three of them. I thought, it was easy to catch one. Later realized there was a grill to the electric meter wall and it was locked. So, it was not that easy to catch one.

Finally we started mewing so that they feel we are of their kind. Though my bros friend had this manly voice and it didn’t sound like he was mewing! I was asking him to stop scaring those cute kittens. Anyhoo, we didn’t find a way to get the kittens' attention towards us. In fact, one of the very-smart kittens decided to take a walk in the passageway, and ignore us for a while, maybe it found my bros friend really boring .We had many ideas to bring them out of that grill which was almost covered with the spider web. Bro was at his best, he went home brought milk in a tiny bowl and tried to show those kittens that it was milk and not coke. We three were totally falling on each other peeping to see those kittens through that thin passageway. In the mean time, I pushed bro and we ended up with just 2 drops of milk in the bowl, while the rest of it fell onto the ground.

Bro – I’m not bringing milk from home.

Me – neither me.

Bro and me – * look at his friend *

Later, we again started mewing. I tried my best calling them names. Saying “come to mommy” and pointing a finger at my bros friend. We ran around from this end to the other end of the passage, hoping at least one of the kittens would sit close to the grill. Nothing worked. I got really tired and gave up and was a bit upset that I could see those kittens but could take neither of them with me. Bro and his friend thought it was time to act smart and gave up those circus stunts and asked the watchman unlock the grill gate, took up a risk, entered into that electric meter room and got one.

As soon as bro came out with a kitten in his hand I started wondering what was with his hair? It seemed grey to me, seems like a good way for the spiders to build web on his hair! Poor thing worked hard to see me smile; his friend also had almost torn his shirt with all of his stunts in catching one. It was a happy moment, while I couldn’t stop saying “aw cho chweet”. I called the kitten ginger. Okay now that name has its own flashback so let’s not get into its depth. As soon as my bro and his friend heard me call the kitten "ginger" they started calling it garlic, Gaa! My sister didn’t really bother to welcome ginger home because she was too busy with her farm on facebook gosh!

I thought everything was okay now, while dad entered home, irate for some reason, and asked me to leave it from where I brought it. I looked around and bro and his friend weren’t with me, they eventually disappear when Dad comes home. I could do nothing. It was just like a sweet dream and a bad climax. I didn’t even spend like half hour with the kitten and dad asked me to leave it. I could have made an issue out of it and could have still had ginger as my pet today but the reason I left it, was because dad said “Even this kitten has siblings, don’t separate them”. I really wasn’t sure if he didn’t want to see the kittens being separated or didn’t want a cat as a pet at home. I was getting weird thoughts like running out of the house with the kitten and try using some silly dialogues like “I won’t stay here without ginger” and blah! But wasn't ready to spoil my mood. Whatever it is, I really enjoy every bit of the adventure even today. Whenever I look back and see how bro and his friend were at their best to get the kitten for me, it makes go "Aw"! That was really cute.

So, ultimately I learnt, happiness is happiness whether temporary or permanent. And when it’s temporary it’s always a memorable one. You have a chance to speak about the best times you've had with your fellow beings, and everyone enjoys doing it, don’t you? I’m doing the same.