Half life

Days Lost Never Come By

"Amanda please get me a glass of water I'm dehydrated" Dad said immediately we walked back in to the sitting room after we were done dispatching the shopped items from the trunk of the car to the kitchen.

"Ok sir" I replied then walked back to the kitchen to get to get a chilled bottle of water and a glass cup.

Then returned back to the sitting room with the bottle of water and a glass cup and placed it on the table

"Let me help you with that sir" Aunt Mena offered, standing up to help Dad open the bottle of water.

"No. You don't have to worry about this, I can still do this myself" Dad said as I walked back to sit on the sofa.

"No sir I insist, let me help you with it" Aunt Mena said grabbing the bottle of water from Dad's hands"

" It's okay. You can

go ahead " Dad said and sank back in to his sofa.

" Here sir" Aunt Mena said, handing him a glass of water after she poured some quantity of water into the glass cup.

" Thank you Mena" Dad said with a smirk on his face as he collected the glass of water from Aunt Mena, then gulped it down his throat all at once.

"You need me to add some more sir?" Aunt Mena asked, still standing beside the table like a maiden before her slave master

"Yes please but just a little this time" Dad said handing back the glass cup to her

"Ok sir" she said collecting the glass cup then poured a little quantity of water into it this time slightly below the previous water level before finally walking back to her seat.

"Aunt Mena!" I called after she sat down

"Yes dear" she replied

"I also want some water as well I'm dying of thirst." I said in a serious tone

"Oh dear. I'm so sorry. Hold on let me get you a glass of water from the table" Aunt Mena said with a tonne of concern all over her voice then walked back to the table and poured some quantity of water in to the glass cup and then walked towards my sofa with it.

"Here dear" Aunt Mena said, handing me the glass of water

"Thank you so much Aunt Mena but I'm not thirsty I was just kidding" I replied laughing out hysterically.

"Jeez! Amanda why did you have to do that?!" Aunt Mena said softly obviously pissed off while Dad joined in the laughter and we both shared a good laugh

"Mena, I have told you countless number of times not to pay attention to Amanda but you wouldn't listen. Please stop taking her too seriously she is a drama queen" Dad said after the laughter had died down.

"Well I guess I'm still not used to it" Aunt Mena said softly, walking back to her sofa

"You better do or else she will stress out the life in you" Dad said

"Ok sir I will try" Aunt Mena replied

"Amanda please behave well and stop playing those silly pranks of yours on innocent Mena. Do you understand?" Dad said

"Ok Dad I'll try" I replied

" Now that's much better" Dad said

"Who is more tired and famished than I am?" Dad asked looking at no one in particular

"Me!" I replied sharply

"You don't have to Amanda I know so already even without you saying it" Dad said

" How about you Mena are you not exhausted as well?" dad asked

" Well… I am… I'm tired as well" Aunt Mena said stuttering

"And you didn't reply when I asked that question that first" Dad said jokingly

"Well… I felt it was not necessary for you to know" Aunt Mena stuttered

" I see. Well I want to go upstairs to get some rest" Dad muttered

" Ok sir" Aunt Mena replied

"I guess you don't need to be told on what to do or you do? " Dad asked staring at Aunt Mena

" Well I suppose I do but may need a little help to understand better sir" Aunt Mena replied

" Well just in case you need anything tell Amanda to come get it for you from me and once more thing please make yourself comfortable and feel at home" Dad said then began climbing the stairs.

"Alright sir. I'll if the need arises" Aunt Mena replied and we both sat in silence with everyone lost in their own thoughts.

"Amanda!" Aunt Mena called softly after Dad left for his room some minutes later.

"Yes Aunt Mena" I replied

"I want you to help me out with something" Aunt Mena said

"Ok. What is that?" I replied looking towards her direction

"Well, I was thinking you could help me come up with something you think I should prepare for lunch" Aunt Mena said

"So please can you help me out? because I'm clueless about everything as we speak now" she added

"Sure. Why not? I will help you figure it out right away just give me a little time to think then I'll get back to you" I replied

" Thank you. I will be waiting then." Aunt Mena said

"Common Aunt Mena you don't have to thank me" I replied

"Well if you say so I accept" Aunt Mena muttered

"Yeah Aunt Mena I said so" I replied

" Ok just think I'm waiting" Aunt Mena said

" Sure I'm on it. Just give me a few minutes" I replied

" What about Mash potatoes and bangers?" I asked after thinking quietly for some minutes

"You mean mash and bangers?" Aunt Mena asked

" Yeah. Why the question? Or you don't like it?" I asked staring at her, quite confused about her sudden change in facial expression

"No I do. Never mind it's fine I was just thinking maybe we should make salads, tomato soup or sandwich instead not bangers and mash potatoes" Aunt Mena said

" Well then… go for tomato soup because Dad may prefer it to the others" I said batting my eyelids

" Well that's not so a bad idea anyway" Aunt Mena remarked

" Why I just won't recommend salads is because we have had a dozen times already as lunch during the week though you weren't around then" I said softly

" In that case then salad is totally out of the plan. Maybe we can have it some other time but certainly not today" Aunt Mena said

" Yeah" I replied

"So which of them are we going with, sandwiches? Mash potatoes and bangers? Tomato soup? And salads...sorry salad is out already" Aunt Mena asked

" Well for me, let's just go with the mash potatoes and bangers because Dad would love to have it after a very long time again. Actually we haven't had mashed potatoes and bangers for like ages so he'd be very glad to have it for lunch" I said

" Ok fine enough of the talking already. I guess you win this time around. Mashed potatoes and bangers we will have then" Aunt Mena said then we sat back in silence

" I think I will have to go upstairs as well to get some rest because I'm feeling sleepy already" I said rubbing off sleep from my eyes as I managed to stand up from the sofa I was sitting on.

"Alright dear. Go ahead and get some sleep you obviously need it because I can't afford to carry a supergirl upstairs if she decides to fall asleep here in the sitting room" Aunt Mena teased

"No worries ma'am supergirl is going upstairs now" I said, flashing her a weary smile then began to walk slowly towards the staircase as Aunt Mena gave a shout laugh.

Taking a simple but light step, I began to climb up the stairs slowly till I got to the doorway then briskly walked to my room from there and laid down on my bed.

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