There's no place I'd rather be

The year was 2012. Whenever I hear anything about that particular year,I (most people like me) would remember the whole theory about the world ending. To be very honest I was scared shitless at that time. I was too young to die, I thought. I hadn't really seen everything I wanted to see. I never had a phone, or a car or a drivers license (all crucial to 10 year old Aditya). The thought of me not getting to live the life I dreamed of where I was a badass character with a lot of ultra cool gadgets, was indeed sad.

December 21st was a very eventful day in my school. The hot take of the day was how the world was going to end. We had all done our fair share of research (we watched the movie 2012 even though we didn't understand all of it) and we were debating on the topic. The specifics really did not matter to me; would it really matter how the world ended if it was in fact going to end?. I wondered what I should do if I were to breathe my last breath that very day. I would ideally die doing any of these things,I thought : driving straight into a crater in a black Porsche (at least I would have driven a Porsche), or be in some fancy resort in a really beautiful place. I said goodbye to my friends(only half jokingly): "I'll see you guys if we’re still alive tomorrow”.

I was not too keen on sharing my worries with my family back then( they still make fun of me for things I did 15 years ago, so I can say I had my reasons). My grandmother,fighting back laughter, tried to convince me that the world was not going to end today. I sat there in my room, my table next to my sisters, doing my homework while my grandmother sat in the corner of the room reading a book. I could barely focus on my homework, the question of where I should die if I were to die that day still nagging me. I thought about all the places I could be, but even the fanciest of them did not seem like the right place to die. I took a bite of the snack my grandmother had made that day. I couldn't help smiling as I picked up my pen to get back to my homework. I thought : “You know what it's fine if I die right now. Right here, right now would probably be the best place to die. I may not be driving a Porsche into a crater, but I will be with the people I love the most, eating the most delicious snack ever when I die and that's pretty cool too.”