A memory came to her mind .

She had entered junior college Ashay was eleven . Her parents were out of town .

It was night, Ira nestled on the sofa to watch TV .

An old cricket match was playing on it . She couldn"t help but look stupidly at the teenager watching it .

"Ash . . . "

"Sis, We can watch a movie!" He said and took the remote control to switch the channel .

As a serious person, Ira would never watch TV . But with the new digital TV set-top box, it is convenient to watch movies .

After some consideration of Ira"s likes, Ashay chose a suspense movie . He didn"t see the name of the movie, it turned out to be a horror . The only impression that the whole movie left was dark and b.l.o.o.d.y .

She was watching the movie when a mutter entered her ears . Ashay flinched every three seconds with his hands covering his eyes .

"Don"t watch . "

"No, I am a big guy . " With determination not to be seen as a coward, he tried to watch the movie . Her attention now was bot on the movie but on her brother . He would close his eyes, even his ears in every horror scene .
Though he thought no one saw him, she realized this big guy was scared . When she turned he had this weird posture .

"What happened?"

"Toilet?" he said .

"Go . "

"Go together . " he clutched her sleeves and said meekly . Ira had no other choice but to drop him at the door of the washroom . She held in the giggle .

"Stand at the door, okay . " He built the courage and went to pee .

"Sis . . . Sis . . . " He called from the toilet .

"Yes," She knocked the door .

After few seconds,"Sis . . "

"Yes?"

"Sis . "

"Say something . How do I know you are out there?"

"Ok . "

They got back and continued with the movie .

Ira felt a sinking on her shoulders, she turned her head to see Ashay snuggling in her . His shoulders trembled as he leaned on her .

"Don"t be scared . It"s okay . " The movie didn"t even reach the interval . Even if the movie scared him, he was more scared to leave Ira and walk back to his room .

She sighed, caressed him to lie down on her lap . She then pulled the coat hanging on one side of the shelf and covered him . Though she continued to watch the movie she did decrease the volume .

When the latter half of the movie was finished she lifted his head and kept a pillow there . next morning he complained about her leaving him alone .

That was the last time he borrowed her lap .