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Ch-1 The Flight

Summer wind sweeps across my face as I get into the taxi whilst talking to my Mom over phone, assuring her that we're gonna be just fine.

"Mom, I think I'll be okay for the next few weeks without Dad and you jumping down my neck every second," I say laughing. I probably shouldn't have said that because that earns me a scold asking me to "watch my tone" or she won't talk to me for weeks.

We are finally going to London, just the three of us-Adrika, Aditi and me, Anaya. We have been to several different countries separately before but we have never gone anywhere together, and today is the big day. We finally get a much needed Best-Friends-Only vacation.

Before getting my work published and giving up my highly-promising career as a Gynaecologist to become an author, I never knew that even authors had a hectic life. All the meetings, interviews, booking publishers, meetings, photo shoots as an author make one hell of a life! Yes, I'm being completely serious, photo shoots!

So, now you know why I needed a break from my hectic life over here. And London is the perfect getaway from the heat of our nation, India.

You can't fail to be excited by London's amazing attractions. One can see the city from above on the London Eye; or meet a celebrity at Madame Tussauds; examine the world's most precious treasures at the British Museum or come face-to-face with dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum.

The excitement as you look around you and see crowds of people from all over the world. It makes you really think about how one place can attract so many people; sky scraper buildings, glamorous clothes shops filling the high street(A girls paradise), kids in the park and cafes galore all around the city.

Many people come here in search of one thing... celebrities come here to shoot a movie which is pretty cool walking about exploring the exciting things that surround you, and you come across someone that you have watched in a movie or on television and the fact that you have been to the place that they once stood. Makes you feel fabulous as if you are a celebrity yourself.

The weather over there is nice and mild. It's surely a great time to enjoy some time-off with my girlies.

I really have a lot of time on my hands if you exclude the meetings and stuff because I'm not committed. Believe it or not but I really believe in Love-At-First-Sight and True-Love. I'm a hopeless romantic. I'm an old soul that believes in chivalry, romance and love.

I'm in love with the idea of being in love. I want to grasp it, seize it. The concept itself is beautiful. How two minds can become infixed, with raw love and tender affection. Love is magical, and many people have fallen in love with the pure idea of being in love before as well.

I have an old-fashioned heart that holds timeless love. I'm a three page love letter in the world of relationship updates. And trust me, being a hopeless romantic stuck in a hook-up culture is a special kind of Hell because I don't want to tell everyone that I'm with someone or I don't want to go out with a Tinder date and hook-up later, I just wanna sit on a rooftop with someone at three am just looking at stars. I crave a love so deep that the ocean would be jealous. I crave the most innocent form. I crave forehead kisses and good night texts. And what I crave the most is a connection. That feeling you get when you know that you are supposed to be with someone.

Imagine meeting someone who understands the dustiest corners of your mixed-up soul.

We all have heard about those cliché stories about hearts pounding when we meet The One. But that's not true. The Buddhists says if you meet somebody and your heart pounds, your hands shake, your knees go weak, that's not The One. When you meet your 'Soul mate' you'll feel calm. No anxiety, no agitation. Just pure, calm bliss.

Soul mates aren't the ones who make you feel happiest. No. They are instead the ones who make you feel the most. Burning edges and scars and stars. Old pains and pangs, captivation and beauty. Strain and shadows. Sweetness and madness and dreamlike surrender. They hurl you into abyss. They taste like hope. Your Soul mate will be the stranger you recognize.

I believe that two people that connected at heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are, or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together.

People think a Soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a True Soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A True Soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet because they will tear down your walls and smack you awake. A Soul mate's purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get it, make you so out of control that you have to transform your life.

It's all about love. We're either in love, dreaming about love, recovering from love, wishing for love or reflecting on love.

I'm a hopeless romantic that's been waiting for someone to come into my life snd see the secret self that I've hidden from the world.

Hidden till I'm sure that the person has a heart of gold and wouldn't let me down. Different from the ones from the cliché stories though. My man would be different, out of the ordinary and striking.

oOo

"Girl, let's go to Taco Bell...my stomach is making weird noises. Plus the only thing I love more than talking about food it eating it! Let's go, go, go!" Aditi says as-soon-as we enter the airport, I swear that girl is all about food.

"What did you just say?" I hear Aditi say.

"Did I think that out loud?" I ask her, going red in the face.

"Yes, you did. She's all about food," Adrika says.

"That and Hooking up!" I say with a nasty smirk.

Aditi just gapes at us, red as a rose as we laugh like maniacs.

"Now, let's go! Thanks to me, we have plenty of time on our hands to go there and enjoy," says Adrika with a smug look.

"Meh! You guys go, I'm not hungry. I ate so much at home. My Mom thinks that the we won't get good food on the flight and that I'll fall prey to their bad-quality food," I say with a sigh.

"I'll get you a Smothered Burrito then, I know you love it. Don't you, boo?", Adrika says and I know for sure that she won't accept a no.

"If you insist", I say submissively. After all, who says no to a Smothered Burrito? An idiot. And I'm anything but that.

oOo

About 40 minutes later Adi and Adri come back with my burrito in a small Taco Bell bag.

"Here's your burrito, but this is the Grilled burrito not the Smothered one", Adi said, handing over the burrito.

"But why? Why not the Smothered one, you know how much I LOVE IT!", I bellow.

"They were out of them, I'm sorry boo", Adrika says with an apologetic smile.

"Anya, I know you are regretting not coming with us. And if you are not, then you can just check out mine and Adri's Snap stories. That will be a special kind of hell for you," Adi says caressing her belly.

"You just watch those stories and you are gonna be so jealous," Adri says with an evil smirk.

"Ah! Don't make my mouth water!" I get up from my chair and go sit near the miniature fountain as I eat my burrito. Damn girl, it's yummy!

"It's about 10 right now, we have to go to the boarding area soon," Adrika says, setting both of us into motion.

oOo

We board our flight half an hour later, and before we are asked to switch off our phones we update our status on Snapchat.

An hour into the flight and Aditi is already flirting with the hot airhost.

"God Aditi!" Adrika said as soon as the man left,"you didn't have to get that wine just because he said so! It's his job!"

"But he's so gorgeous! Who could say no to that face?" Aditi said with a dreamy look.

"Well, I can!" I say, severely annoyed.

"Noooooooooo!" Aditi bellowed.

"No sir, we don't want it, thanks for nothing," Adrika said, much to Aditi's annoyance.

"You didn't have to be so rude to him!"Aditi said to Adrika.

"I'll tell Ranveer about this little act of flirting with a random stranger. That's infidelity! Do you want me to tell him?" Adrika asks and this finally shuts her up for good.

"Girls, stop! I'm going to sleep, or I'll doze off as soon as we get down at the airport," I say to them angrily.

"Why? This trip literally takes like 9 hours!" Aditi asks me, confused as hell.

"I wasn't able to sleep last night. How could I have caught a wink knowing that I was finally going to London with you guys?" I ask yawning. They finally take the cue and allow me to sleep.

"Okay, I think that can be arranged," they chorus together.

I find my phone, plug in my earphones and decide to play Just A Kiss by Lady Antebellum on loop. God, I love that song!

"Good," I say with a yawn and doze off as soon as my head hits the pillow.

Lyin' here with you so close to me

It's hard to fight these feelings

When it feels so hard to breathe

Caught up in this moment

Caught up in your smile

I've never opened up to anyone

So hard to hold back

When I'm holding you in my arms

We don't need to rush this

Let's just take it slow

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight

Just a touch of the fire burning so bright

And I don't want to mess this thing up

I don't want to push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might

Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life

So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight

I know that if we give this a little time

It'll only bring us closer

To the love we wanna find

It's never felt so real

No it's never felt so right

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight

Just a touch of the fire burning so bright

And I don't want to mess this thing up

I don't want to push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might

Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life

So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight

No I don't want to say goodnight

I know it's time to leave,

But you'll be in my dreams

Tonight

Tonight

Tonight

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight

Just a touch of the fire burning so bright

No I don't want to mess this thing up

I don't want to push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might

Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life

So baby I'm alright, oh, let's do this right

With just a kiss goodnight

With a kiss goodnight

Kiss goodnight

oOo

I wake up to a rumbling stomach and smell of roasted chicken. Damn, that smells yummy.

"Hey guys. I'm up," I say to Adri and Aditi, smiling.

"Hey, you're up. We were gonna wake you up in a minute. We just got the chicken. Did the smell wake you up?" Aditi asks me and chuckles when I bob my head excitedly.

"Really, this chicken is just as amazing as I thought it would be," I say to Adri and Aditi and they just nod.

"Would you guys like some coffee to wash down the chicken?" Adrika asks us just as we finish up.

"Why the hell not? And some bacon to go with it," I say just as Adri says, "Yes, please!" and Adrika just chuckles.

The Air Hostess soon comes with our coffees and bacon for me. I chug down the coffee in a minute and ask for a refill. Adrika and Aditi just gape at me. They haven't even started.

"Well, that's what I do!" I say and laugh.

After a while, it is announced that the plane will soon reach its destination, that is London!

"This trip is going to be amazing," Aditi screams.

"As long as you guys are around I can have an adventure even while going grocery shopping," I say to them, emotion thick in my voice and hug them close.

Oh! This is gonna be one friggin' awesome trip filled with cherishable moments.

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BIBLIOPHILIC BLUNDER