A Series of Unfortunate Events

A mild winter morning greets the city of Hyderabad and everyone wakes up leisurely looking for a good day ahead. Even the birds are singing to welcome the little warmth that they could feel in winter. The sun is slowing rising, taking it's own time. People are already planning a nice weekend holiday. Everything is just perfect!

But hold on! The story I am talking about is not about beautiful birds singing, or the red sun rising over the city skyline. This is the story of a guy who faces a series of unfortunate events. Every step he puts, every turn he takes, always sends him down the wrong path.

He woke up to the same morning that the brids saw. Nothing was more different for him who, after taking rest for a week, was eager to see the face of his college. He woke up early, made up his mind that he is going to college at last, already feeling guilty that he didn't go yesterday. His holiday mood hadn't worn off, yet he was determined to make it to the only place he could study. He managed to catch his bus just in time thinking of the horrible outcome of missing the only comfortable means of transport to college. He got in and saw the bus nearly empty. He was mildly surprised that there no takers today, "That's a bit weird", he thought. As usual, he was lost in his world with his iPod. After a nearly sleepy journey he reached college at last. He checked his watch. 09:08am. "I'm early", he thought. He saw a friend in class and started talking to him. They kept talking till past 9:30 and there was no one else in the class, unless of course, you didn't count 2 girls sitting with their books already open. The 2 boys continued to discuss about how they spent the holidays and by 10:00, they see only 2 other boys in class. The lecturers were surprised that there are 6 people in class today. That's because they saw 1 yesterday. They left the students to themselves, who were already planning to get out. Our hero was already kicking himself for coming instead of peacefully sleeping. The first unfortunate event hit him hard. Its a long and tiring journey back home. "Damn it! I should have found out from someone." Poor guy, he never knew that most of his friends wouldn't come. His friends plan out a visit to a local Multiplex to watch a movie. "Oh God! I hate movies!". No one seemed to have heard. They make a quick dash to the theatre and buy tickets for a Telugu movie. "Oh God!". None of them heard it again. He is forced to watch the whole movie, which carried a tinge of humour in it. He almost considered plugging his iPod back into his ears during the song sequences.
  "Finally!!". The movie was over. They all got out quickly. Now a new desert stood before them. They were in the middle of nowhere and transport back home is another huge problem. Yet, they somehow managed to find their way home.
  He had to stand in the public buses which were obviously crowded, and spent some good money for a 3 wheeler ride as well. He had some fore-thought and went to his mom's office first to take the keys of his house. What he hears there is another shocker. The usual lock got spoilt and his mom used some other lock and it's keys were given to the neighbour. He had to go walking all the way home because it was way too close to travel by bus, but was a bit far to walk down. Walking under the sharp sunlight, he felt it really difficult to go on without having a proper lunch. Only when he finally reached home, he heaved a sigh of relief. "Alas! I'm home!". Those were a series of unfortunate events our character friend faced. If you're thinking this is the end of the story, you're right. But then...
  "Why isn't the internet connecting? Damn!", he thought. And unlike stories with happy endings, problems have only just started for our hero...

Credits:
Hero: Johny
Friend at college: Sudershan
Other Friends: Chakradhar, Gowtham.
Inspired by: A Series of Unfortunate Events (Jim Carrey)