Alice in Realityland #8

After a lot of deliberation, Alice decided to do it. She had a brand new bottle of ink beside her. As per what her friend Emily had told her, one will die if one drinks ink. Alice had seen girls in her school screaming out loud and crying if a drop of ink happened to stain their lips. So Emily must be serious.

Lately, Alice has been feeling quite left out. Her mother was getting angry with her for every little thing. Mom was too consumed with Rachel as her board exams were approaching. Besides, Alice was not allowed to go anywhere without Rachel. She had no friends around and her cousins were all staying quite afar. She suddenly felt that her life was unimportant to the people around her. She should by all means carry out her plan. She would definitely miss those yummy chocolates her father brought from abroad and from now on Rachel would have it for herself. It doesn’t matter. She should not deter.

Alice sneaked the bottle out of the room when mom and Rachel were busy and went to the terrace. Quite unexpectedly the lessons she learnt in her catechism classes flashed into her mind - she remembered her teacher's words "ending one’s life will lead one’s soul to the fires of hell where you will be roasted eternally!". But that was a risk she was willing to take. It was better than leading such an unwanted life.

*Without much ado she consumed the whole bottle in one go, went to the living room and lay on the sofa waiting for death. Although she could hear everything happening around her initially, she slowly slipped into a peaceful state. This must be what it is to die thought Alice, only to be woken up by her mother half an hour later. “Why are your lips all blue Alice?” asked her mother. “It’s because I’m dying mom… I drank a whole bottle of ink …” replied Alice melodramatically. “If that’s the case, for your kind information young lady, you are not going to die!” replied her exasperated mother. “ Any way, since you drank the ink, go get dressed, let's go to the doctor and get a check-up, just to make sure that you haven’t damaged your liver and kidney” added mom trying to muffle her laughter.“Oh God, how I wish I could disappear into thin air” muttered a totally embarrassed Alice on her way to get dressed. She could hear mom’s and Rachel’s laughter reverberating in the air.

* Do not try this at home!