bachelor-o-logy

"You are What???"
"Am coming to visit you"
"Am alright Mom"
"You don't want me to come?"
'Emotional blackmail' he thinks, "No mom, I so want you to come, but I hate the idea of putting you through so much of trouble". he says
"It's no trouble beta, you are my son"
"okay mom, am eagerly waiting for you. It will be fun. By the way when are you planning to come by".
"I have got my tickets done for 12th of next month"
His heart sank, that's just a fortnight away "okay mom, can't wait to have you here. Love you".
"love you too beta"

He sank in the mattress on the floor with an exasperated thud, letting the fact sink in. He gave his room a dejected stare."Damn so much has to be done and all in a fortnight", he muttered to himself. His clock sang 9 o'clock tale. "Crap am late for office". He half ran, half jumped, half kissed the floor, got ready, gulped his breakfast, half wore his shoes, picked the keys, forgot his helmet, locked the door, remembered he missed his helmet inside, opened the door, curesed himself, picked the helmet, locked the door and drove to office like shahrukhan drove the rickshaw in main hoon na.
Inspite of the breaking news of his moms arrival, the day started usually. Pragarbh is a 26 years old bachelor,  from the beautiful state of assam, working and staying in Gurgaon. He stays with three other guys of his kind...belonging to different regions and working here. their wasn't a huge  flat but a comfortable one. A hall a bathroom and a kitchen on the ground floor, and a set of stairs leading to two rooms with balcony and a bathroom upstairs.
Pragarbh logged into his system but couldn't concentrate on his work. All of them had been living a perfectly happy bachelor's life, he thought, less utensils and no fridge. Speaking of which he need to buy both. He had told his mom that they have a full fledged kitchen and a fridge.  He made a mental note of all the lies that needed to be covered in next fifteen days. His day ended in a frenzy of both office and home.
"I have a news for all of you", declared Pragarbh
"So have I", said Vyom, his other room mate.
"My mom is coming in for a month's stay next month. In fifteen days that is", he said
"Oh shit, so are my mom and sister, just earlier, next week that is." bombed vyom.
They all stared at each other in desperate amazement and suddenly everyone burst in to laughter. "Man its going to be helluva month", said his another mate.
"Lets get to work". The third in the meanwhile went out to get their life saver alcohol and smoke, and the fourth got busy in arranging dinner while Vyom and Pragarbh discussed the game plan.
"We will have to say goodbye to these beloved ones for a while", sighed Pragarbh.
And they drank like there is no tomorrow...and made a to do list.
Buy fridge
Buy bedsheets and pilows and pillow covers
Buy missing utensils and food materials....and the list went on.
The clock sang 3 o'clock in the morning and all the four had been sleeping over their alcohol, half eaten dinner and the list.

The next day brought in the hefty-wefty schedule for them. Run to office, rush back home early, go shopping, finding things, arranging money they keep running short of. And night came. They have been sitting and talking when the phone started ringing. Pragarbh looked at the screen telling him its his girlfriend's call, he went to the balcony to take her call.
"I need to tell her that all this, That we might not be able to talk late nights", he said as he walked into the room.
"Shit I am going to have a tough time to keep her from talking to my mom and make her understand this", Vyom made a face as he said this and they laughed.
It took them a lot of hard work and fuss to finish the task, but they did.
The doomsday came and they went to station to receive Vyom's mom and sister. As he saw them he jumped up and down squeaking like a 5 year old child, and as pragtcharbh stood at a distance watching them embrace each other he realized no matter how much fuss he make to deny it, but he is actually looking forward to see his mother. In all this busy scheduled how has he missed motherly love and concern and someone to take care of him. He couldn't wait to see his mom now, as he walked towards Vyom to greet his family.