The Biking family - V (By Mark Bradshaw)

All along Aparna was the quieter one who suddenly became a celebrity in her town. Her sis Rani was living in a different town having her own life. Her routine was limited to mostly dropping off and picking up her 8 year old daughter Bindu from school. Her daughter's school was hardly 1/2 a km from home. So, she walked everyday to school to drop her off. Vegetable shops and provisions were a stone's throw away. She was happy doing what she did.One day, she was talking to Aparna as a routine and asked Aparna to come over for the weekend. Aparna agreed and said she will come over with Ragav and Ganesh since both of them will be available. Ragav was excited about travelling. However, going by bike was not a possibility since travelling as 3 adults is not allowed by law. A law abiding citizen she was, she refused to break it at anytime. The cool biker babe in her gave way to the law abiding citizen. Ragav started making sales pitches saying why they should go by bike. Aparna was not convinced about it and hence asked Rani to come over. Rani agreed as it was quite sometime since they both met. 3 months seemed like eternity. Rani's hubby Raja agreed and the Raja-rani along with Bindu started riding. Raja started riding and Rani was riding pillion with Bindu sitting in between. 30 km through the 150 km ride, Rani felt like riding. It was not unusual for the couple to swap riding positions as they were quite used to it. There were moments when Raja would read a book while Rani was at the helm. Such was his confidence on his sweetheart's riding skills.The weather station predicted there would be heavy rain in the afternoon and they had heard about some highway thefts in the route. However, such things don't panic this unconventional couple. Rani was riding at 70kmph when she saw something at a distance. It appeared like the highway thieves were in action. After all, anyone's skills will be tested under these circumstances. Seeing a saree clad lady at the reins, this was easy pickings for the thieves.Rani slowed down a bit as they came closer to the culprits. She waved at the gang and said "Hi". The gang was baffled. Here they were trying to rob and she is welcoming them. They couldn't believe what they saw. As they inched closer, Rani asked Raja and Bindu to hold her tight. They did and the bike almost crawled @ 10kmph. The thieves thought they made good their booty. Rani was wearing her jewels and was fully decked up as a village girl would. Raja knew what is coming and couldn't help smile!!Suddenly, the bike roared to the top gear and Rani went from 10 to 110 in 20 seconds. The pillions were holding her tight. The thieves were left shell shocked and started chasing her. They almost caught up with her. When they did, she braked all of a sudden causing loss of balance for the thieves. The thieves lost control of their two wheelers and fell down. Rani was back on track deftly. The battle with the thieves was won hands down by Rani and family. In the mean time, local villagers who came to know about the thieves' presence and got hold of them. She then sped at her usual 70 kmph and once again swapped driving positions about 40 km before Aparna's residence. Aparna welcomed her sis and brother in-law along with her cute niece Bindu.When they got back home, Rani explained the incident and the whole family was laughing their heart out. Rani came to know of Aparna's bullet and congratulated her for the bold decision. She has never seen her sis so happy. Ragav was thrilled about the biking exploits of his aunt.That day Rani was just not a Rani. She was a Maharani adorned with all her jewels. In a game of chess, the queen is the most powerful one. That day the Queen did prove it.Moral of the story: "Dont mess with a saree clad biker."