MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE Chapter 2

There she looked out the window door where in a distance she saw the green tall trees covering the yard like a fence lookin straight at the trees she danced to her favorite music taking a run and then a turn and ending with slow ballet steps.  Then she had her friends over she showed her dance to them Every morning she woke up dressed in front of the mirror wearing her yellow mustard color top and black leggings putting her medium berry lipstick on.  Brushing her dark curly long frizzy hair staring at her black beauty mark on the left side of her cheek. Lookin at her son and admiring his looks and giving him a name bangatsingh.  Then she called her friends and told them about her son and when she said bangatsingh  they laughed and said you are so funny She was very persistent and so she went to the golds gym and did yoga the instructor of older age white hair tied in a bun wearing a nice gym wear taught yoga she complimented her. She said you look nice in the morning with your gym wear.  Then she kept approaching the gym and asking to teach Bollywood she met the marketing manager wo she taught was very pretty in her black hair big eyes as she was walking out she helped her put her son in the van  As the marketing manager helped her she started to tell her about her Bollywood dancing  the manager gave her names of places that she could call.  When her son was nine months she was told at the golds gym if she got liability insurance she could do a workshop.  She only slept four hours. She started going to the mall asking to put her Bollywood flyer up at the mall in all the sores in the back room and managers agreed and said yes.  She gave it to all her bible study friends and asked them to come then to the instructor at kumon where she had her daughter do reading tutoring.  After that she saw a flyer that a lady was looking for a nanny position she called the nanny up she had put her flyer at the Indian grocery stoe also  she spoke to the nanny I'm looking for a babysitter she asked the nanny to come and stop at her hose to meet  the nanny with dark black hair and fair skin thin and hair tied back and medium height came over.  The girl invited her as she was just cleaning her house. She asked the nanny if she wanted something to eat the nanny said nothing  after some time the nanny came and watched the children and cooked whatever the girl liked as the girl went to the gym.  What should I make today asked the nanny.  The mistress said nothing then they both laughed she said then she said make roti and chick peas.  The girl went to the gym came back and danced I front of the nanny then sometimes she would ask her to stay longer and the girl would say I want to make Mexican food for you and they and  her children had mexican food. The nanny told her you are very innocent and very friendly later the girl started going to the mall she would get her makeup done and the they would tell her you are the pampering queen one day she went and one lady said hi then many ladies came around near her and said hi. So she went in the basement one day and read about segment fragmentation and singular and plural nouns as she dozed reading her paper  in the basement.  She then went upstairs to play with her son.  Then one day her bible study friends came one of the girls said oh she knows hindi and she  has a friend the girl was cooking lentils and had her fair skin son with big eyes Lying on the hoppy as she near her big conter gas stove with her iPad danced to an old Indian song from a movie in 1993 called prem Granth  she moved her hands one hand up the other forward shaking her Side and hip and tappin her toes so into the song as the lentils were cooking with the whistle sound amazed looking at her son laying and staring at her dancing.  Then she invited her bible study friend wearing her pink striped shirt and black skirt big eyes short black hair asking what she taught about religion and politics and which is important the girl said religion is important.  The ladies came a third time with the one who spoke Hindi  the girl invited them and showed them her dress wearing a green bluish top and black pants and no makeup with hair down she danced in front of her new friends as one of them said your son is so cute.  Then they showed her how they had music on their iPhone of all the Indian music and she danced some more to another song.  She started getting up every day and dressing her best and strolling her son to the mall speaking to all the managers saying she wanted a curvy dress then telling them how she auditioned and was having a workshop.  She talked to them on how she wrote short stories about  herself  and showed the manager her poem on her I pad wearing her long curvy flowered cream yellowish colored dress with pink flowers then trying a big hat on lookin in the mirror askin the sales associate to take a picture of her Present day it was fathers day she cooked lentils and paneer and chicken with bamboo shoots and potatoes and curry and adding Thai curry sauce with a mild blended taste adding some salt pepper and chicken still having a blended taste with a cream yellow color smelling having a curry taste having no hot spicy taste in the chicken sauce watching her son moving his chair and pushing it in the other side.  Then telling her daughter to get dressed and take a shower in her room upstairs as her son took his sisters shoes and put it across the room. The mistress loved to talk about herself.  She would tell her friends she had a gift of writing poetry. One time she remembered an incident when her daughter, just six months fell of the bed. She felt the pain of her daughter so emotional, her mind turned the incident into writing a poem they fall they weep cuddle them up in a pretty dress titled Angels from heaven.  Then she said it was like she had a magic wand and as an incident happened, she could take the wand and point and it would turn into a poem. Like she had powers from her brain.  Off course she loved to show off her dancing.  She would tell her friend I've auditioned and done a workshop, now I dance free style in front of guests. Adding on, Anyone that has seen my dance loves it, they always say I dance well.  So now I like to dance more and I can choreograph to any Indian movie song.  She then tells her friend, I was a dancer in my last life.  How do I get steps on songs on the spot as I hear the music. The nanny came and cooked,  the mistress would dance and say watch me this is what im doing for my workshop the nanny would sit on the big white sofa In front of her and watch.  The girl would say left up hands over right down twice side up up down opposite both arms down down then on the word arzoo meaning wish pose or make a turn spinning both arms around over the head doing that step over each time with the word arzoo then pointing four steps forward then four steps backward with arms crossed over to chest saying you don't know how much I love you my friend translating the words in Hindi then she would ask the nanny to join her. The nanny danced facing her copying the steps  as the girl started with the stretches dancing to a slow rainy song swaying her arms and then going with the Hindi words bheegi bheegi raton mein meaning rainy rainy nights swaying her arms done like rain droplets falling then doing her stretches. The nanny followed along with the steps. Afterwords the nanny told her you dance very well. Then the maid came.  The girl showed the maid the steps of the workshop the maid said you have a smile and you look so happy when you dance. The maid told her I'll tell someone if I know to come to the workshop.  The bible study friends told her they would give the flyer out to other people.  The nanny told her I have sighned the form and me and my husband will both come. Then she talked to her nanny and showed her writing to her.  Her poetry angels come in our lives the nanny told her you write well.  The nanny and the mistress were both becoming friendly with each other.  She would sit in her back porch and sit along the stairs while the nanny would color her hair. They would talk as the girl shared her stories about herself the nanny would encourage her and tell her you are pretty you have good features sometimes the nanny would share pictures of her son and his wife on Facebook and show her pictures of her son She had a good support group her bible study friends who watched her dance. They told her you dance well. Then they would join her reminding her to describe her moves left left up up helping her practice for her workshop telling her to slow down a little.  They would cheer her good I like this step it works the upper arms and it's a workout.  Each Wednesday her after bible study they became her support group and watched her dance and copied her steps.  She danced in enthusiasm. Her friend Rajesh who she spoke on the phone from California. He was ten years older than her and she knew him before she had gotten married. A medium skin tone, medium built with the medium height black hair and black eyes and a humble personality.  Telling her every time do not seek the results the fruits just do your job is what it says in the bible.  Know your dance as you can do it in your sleep the actors and actresses, they practice so much at three in the morning after a having lessons with their guru. Then, he said you have to practice your steps over and over that you can do it with confidence   Do it for the love of dancing do your writing for the love of writing.  Then she would say I never practice but every time I dance I dance well everyone that has seen my dance says I'm good. Present day There she stood near the counter front kitchen exactly at 4:00 pm again. Her daughter downstairs taking piano lessons. Her son now 21 months sitting on the corner white sofa like a judge with erect confidant posture watching her dance carefully from the corner towards the front as she danced, him observing carefully and nodding up and down and saying um Hun yeah over and over again like he was a big judge. The next day as the tv was on an advertisement of dance and her son pointing to his mom as telling her to dance then him bopping up and down with the music rhythm smiling and nodding once again. She amused looking at her fair round big eyes thick hair son with so much love feeling so happy when he nodded as she danced with the advertisement on tv. soon the nanny left to India she told her about her past how she raised her children alone. Then she went and taught one one song at Tae Kwon do, doing an abs workout, She had a habbit of showing of so she sent it to all her friends, and family members.  Her friends got back to her That I liked your dance, Its easy steps and it’s a good workout, Some said it looks interesting and its fun. Others said, Good job, Hearing this, she got encouraged to dance more, so she would listen to her songs some more on her cell phone on you tube.  She would dance in more enthusiasm.  She remembered at her work out, How her bible study friends told her, it looks so much fun, especially when you do your face expression and your hand movements. Some of the people told her your so graceful with your hands and feet.  The Mistress felt looking back during her workshop time and now, she had gotton a lot of feedback.  Present day she even got support from her husband, She talked to him in the car one day.  She told him Do you think you could make business cards, He told her first if you want to teach, its not a daydream world, you have to get in shape like an instructor.  Him trying to say, loose a little weight and get toned. So you can market yourself.  Eat healthy. You have to be able to say I lost ten pounds in two weeks.  Even her friend told her you are a little chunky, loose five to ten pounds.   So she started to join some sculpt classes and swimming with her son, and stopped eating bread.  Copyright@Vinita Singh May 2, 2013