Chithra in the street

1.   Game

She backed off panting heavily after she ran for several miles under the baking sun. She cannot run. No more. She had enough with running and her tongue is about to sink and felt numb. She hit her back on the rough wall behind her. While her eyes still focused on the street in-front of her, she inspected the wall carefully with her mild tan skinned hands to find a way out, an exit or at least a hole to hide.

“Not now…. Please……. Not today…..” she murmured to herself.

It wasn't really easy to run in that street, where Chithra lived. Two feet street only good for walking, though the bicycles and dharme's cart runs once in a while. The other road, road which leads to her school is good. She wondered how she ended up here without running up there. She could have found a nice place to hide by this time if she continuously ran that way. It was Hema, the reason behind the taken bend was her elder sister. She was walking towards her. Facing her will be a big problem than facing the boys who, at the very moment reaching her.

"Chithra........." Somebody called her name out loud. Boys were there now. infront of her. 

"Chithraaa....." Again somebody screamed her name. She came to the reality with that voice. So did the boys. 

"Oh! NO!" Kamal, Nimal, Sunil, Kapila, Chooty Thilake, Thissa all the boys and Yamuna said together as a respond to that screaming voice. 

Little Kumar who is known as chutta shut his ears with hands. Some boys were already turned to the opposite side to run.

Her Mother Karunawathi has asked her to stay in while she 's out in the field. Hema was the in charge of her and the household. But Hema has asked her to wait outside the house until she comes from the library. She felt relieved. It is she who gave her permission to play. True that she didn't ask her to play but still... she said go out and wait. 

To be continued.....