How does an 11 year girl feel when the annual exam is finally over? All her efforts of the whole year to secure at least 95% for getting a laptop from her Dad is now finally on a bunch of papers but she gets the laptop or not is a mystery till the results are out. Now is the time of celebration; with the exams over and results not yet out and her 12 th birthday just a few days away. As per the plan, Ashika and her family were on their way to the railway station to catch the evening Intercity express which would take them to Bhubaneswar, Ashika’s maternal grandparents‘home. As soon as she stepped in the parking area of the railway station she heard a familiar voice calling her name. As she turned around, she saw Sandhya; her last year’s benchmate cum a very good friend, waving at her. Ashika ran to her and found out that she along with her family was going to Bhubaneswar by the same train and she was happy that she would have a friend in this journey and she would not be bo