The Final Lap
'Triiiinnngggg!!!', sounded the alarm bell. Arjun extended his arm from under the blanket and hit the snooze button. In five minutes the alarm went off again, again he hit the snooze button, pulled the blanket over his head and slept peacefully. The alarm rang for the third time and this time Arjun switched it off and thought to himself, "mom will wake me up when it's time, I don't need the alarm". He slept like a log. The rays of the morning sun entered the room through the window and lit up his face. He woke up, sat in bed and stretched himself wondering why his mom had not woken him up. Suddenly he realised he wasn't at home, he was at the National Athletics Academy in New Delhi. He was training for the races at the upcoming commonwealth games. "Oh my God, it's seven thirty already, had to be at the training ground at five", he said to himself. He rushed out of bed, quickly brushed his teeth, wetted his hair, wore his uniform, put on hi...