The couples leave for the airport and Vikram bids them goodbye.
Kalpana
starts praying to God as this is her first time and Raghav was sitting relaxed
beside her.
Raghav
starts laughing and says “First time I am witnessing my tigress so scared.
Love, hold my hand. You’ll fear will vanish. Trust me.” He kisses her on the
hand and assures her that she will be safe.
Kalpana
cuddles him in her arms and rests her head in his shirt. Raghav holds her in
his arms with one hand and caresses her face with the other.
Kalpana
closes her eyes and starts breathing heavily as the flight takes off. Raghav
kisses her forehead and says “Love, the flight has already taken off. Now,
there’s nothing to get scared off. Open your eyes.”
Kalpana
opens her eyes slowly and feels safe in Ragahv’s arms. She looks at him and
then at his hand which she has been holding tight for quite a while. She
notices marks on his wrist which were formed as her nails dug in his skin. His
wrist and palm had turned red.
“I’m so
sorry Raghav. Your hand is bleeding.” Kalpana says while blowing hot air on
Raghav’s hand.
“I’m
fine love. It’s not hurting.” Raghav assures her.
“I’m
sorry.” Kalpana says while kissing Raghav’s wounds.
Raghav moves forward and
says “What did you say?”
“What? I said I’m sorry.”
Kalpana responds.
“You and saying sorry to me?
How many miracles today?”
“Enough now. I’m going to
sleep.” Kalpana starts yawning
An hour passes by…
“Sir, do you want a drink or
snack?” The hostess asks which makes Kalpana wake up. She looks at her with a
surprise and asks “Are you offering this for free?”
Raghav turns to face Kalpana
requesting her to stop talking with his eye movements but Kalpana ignores him.
“Yes mam. There is no cost
for these drinks and snacks.” The hostess answers with a smile.
“OK then. I’m taking this
and you can bring more snacks for my husband.” Kalpana smiles and looks at
Raghav who is currently frowning at her as she picks up 5 bottles of soft
drinks and 7 burgers from the plate.
“You are going to finish all
of this?” Raghav says sternly while pointing to the snacks.
“Of course. I can finish
this all and I need to order for more as well.” Kalpana says teasing him.
Kalpana starts chewing the
burger and finds the taste weird. She looks at Raghav who has been watching her
all this while and says rudely “What do you want?” She looks at the burger and
then at him saying “I’m not going to share this with you. And don’t look at me
like this. My tummy will start paining.”
Raghav covers his face with
his hand and rests his head on the seat. “What is she doing? God please don’t
say what happened that day in the restaurant will happen here again. It’s so
embarrassing.”
“This meal is so tasteless.
It has no spices, nothing. How can I eat 6 more burgers? Did I make a
mistake?....Ummm no, I dint. When they can charge so much for one ticket, why
can’t I not make use of their services?” Kalpana thinks as she keeps munching on
the burger and with each piece she feels like spitting it out and then takes a
sip of the soft drink. “At least the drink tastes better because it is my
Indian desi drink. Jai bharat mata ka.” She says while remembering her mother
land.
The hostess comes and serves
Raghav snacks and Kalpana asks her for a beer which makes Raghav drop the plate
from his hand. He faces Kalpana who looks at him in confusion.
The
hostess says “Yes mam. We will get you hard drinks.”
“You
are drinking in a flight?” Raghav says while gritting his teeth.
“Why
are you burning yourself in anger? You can drink for our wedding night so why
can’t I do the same here? We are paying for this.”
Kalpana
looks through the window and screams which makes Raghav jump off the seat.
“Wow! I can see a balloon in
the air.” Kalpana says excitedly.
“What happened Kalpu?
Everything’s fine.” Sunaina gets up from her seat and asks her.
“Nothing bhabi. Everything
is fine.” Raghav assures her and whispers in Kalpi’s ear “That’s a cloud Kalpi.
What’s wrong with you? Why are you screaming? Look, the other passengers are
watching us with a frown.” Raghav says in a worried tone.
“Let them watch. In any
case, they are so boring. No noise, no excitement. Just sitting here like
corpses.”
“Kalpi, this is a flight and
not a local train where people will be screaming and jumping. Please relax and
for heaven’s sake, please keep quite till the end of our journey. I beg you.”
Kalpana murmurs to herself
and keeps cursing Raghav.
After 2 hours…
“What was that?” Kalpana
asks the hostess as she feels the flight shaking.
“Sorry mam. There was an
issue faced by the pilot and now everything will be fine.” The hostess answers.
“I am worried. What if this flight
crashes Raghav? I will die. Mummy, there have been so many incidents recently.
Why dint I realize this? We should have gone by car instead.” Kalpana holds
Raghav’s hand and rests her head on his shoulder.
“Don’t think negative love. We will be fine. By a car, we would have reached
next year.”
“So a boat would have been fine. Why
a flight?” Kalpana speaks softly and starts getting nervous.
A child who keep listening to the
conversation starts giggling and Kalpana looks at him angrily saying "Why
khi khi khi? It's not funny." This makes the child giggle more and he says
"You're so big and getting scared while I'm only 7 and am so courageous. I
don't get scared for such silly reasons."
Kalpana growls and says "You
think I'm silly, you small mouse." She wants to get off her seat when
Raghav holds her hand and forces her to sit down pleading the boy to stop
teasing her.
“You’re drunk dear and now go to
sleep.”
“What do you mean I'm drunk? I just
took 2 sips of the beer.”
“I’m joking love and see bhabi and
Sammy. Both are sleeping in each other’s arms. Now you too go to sleep and
relax.”
Kalpana turns behind and feels happy
while watching Sunaina and Sammy cuddle each other and sleep.
After few hours, the flight lands
safely and the couples walk to the airport.
Kalpana goes to the washroom
and Raghav stands outside holding the bags.
Raghav calls home and
informs Vikram that the journey was safe and now they have reached Paris. He
keeps talking on the phone and engages in a long conversation with Vikram. He
notices a girl walking in a similar costume like Kalpana (blue top and back jeans)
and follows her.
After 10 minutes, Kalpana
comes out of the washroom and does not find Raghav anywhere nearby. She checks
her pocket for her cell phone. “Oh no! Raghav has my cell phone. Where has he
gone? Idiot, he left me alone here?”
Raghav keeps walking behind
the girl and follows her blindly. She enters the restaurant and Raghav too
enters behind her but after sometime, the girl goes out of Raghav’s site.
“Now where did she go?”
Ragahv says to himself.
“What happened son?
Everything’s fine?” Vikram asks over the phone.
“Yes dad. Dad, I’ll call you
up later.” Raghav cuts the call and starts searching for Kalpana.
Kalpana asks a passenger if
she has seen Raghav and she starts describing him saying that he has worn a
white shirt and blue jeans and the person answers her “Je ne comprends pas (I
don’t understand).”
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