Thursday, March 7, 2013

Watching the movie " Pretty Women". Usually the movie would make a girl think when will I have MY fairy tale. But it made me think of the fairy tale I had. We had known each other only for a few months. But those few months were enough for me leave everything behind and move to a new city with him.

When the hero takes his heroin to the opera, on a private jet, my mind raced to those beautiful moments I had the pleasure of living through. I had never travelled to another country, let alone travel Business class. He told me we were going to send quality time some place secluded. I said I trusted him. The next thing I knew, we were catching a flight to Thiruvananthapuram. I thought to myself, wow, what a holiday. I was going to Kerela for the first time. As we stepped out of the terminal, I found us walking towards the international terminal. And then we got into to the next flight. We were ushered to out Business class seats, served champagne and I had the window seat. Looking down, I could see the clouds under the air craft . I looked into his eyes, he was looking at me to see my reaction.

I don't think words are required in situations like this. Just the look on my face was enough for him to know he had achieved what he had set out to achieve. Unwittingly I hummed " aaj mein upar, asaman neeche" . Yes, literally and metaphorically, the sky was below me and I was overjoyed. We smiled at each other, I rested my head on his shoulder. As we were descending, I could see, water, in different shades, forming rings of aqua blue, green around small islands. Groups of islands,surrounded by waters in all shades of blue-green. The most beautiful sight I had seen thus far in my life. The only thought that crossed my mind at that point was, "even if I die this very moment, I have no regrets. I am content, I AM IN LOVE."