Love at First Flight

“Hey you! Did you left your eyes at home” frowned an angry Tania.

“Chill gal, I guess u bumped on to me with your heap of bags” replied Rajeev in a calm tone accompanied with a sarcastic smile.

That’s how Rajeev & Tania met on their rush to catch the first flight of the day departing from Delhi International Airport to Bangalore.

Rajeev the only son of a Bangalore based business tycoon who after completing his MBA abroad returning to India to take care of his father’s business has landed in Delhi from where he will catch the flight to Bangalore.

Tania on the other hand hails from an upper middle class family but shares a disturbed relationship with her parents which in turn have made her a bit sour. It’s the marriage reception of her one and only friend and best friend Raima which is to held in Bangalore as Raima’s in-laws are there.

So after that short and sour met they parted their ways to get the check-ins done and get the boarding passes. But destiny had something else in store for them.

Rajeev after getting the boarding pass went to the food court to feed his hungry stomach. Tania was there in the same court to get a coffee. And again there comes Scene-2, Tania turned and again “clash”, there goes Tania’s coffee into Rajeev’s Brown-Benetton shirt.

Rajeev :“Woah! My Shirt dint asked for extra colour”

Tania :“Do u have any problem with your eye sight”

Rajeev  : “Its you again? But…”

Tania: “Watever” (and walks away)

Rajeev boarded the flight looking for his seat 25B and hold on there is Tania seated in 25A……”DESTINY”

Rajeev murmured: “Not Again” while taking his place in his seat

Tania: What you are doing here?

Rajeev: Well, it’s my seat I Guess

Tania looking irritated turned towards the window and Rajeev got his earplugs on

After 15 mins, Rajeev noticed Tania chanting prayers, unable to control his curiosity,

Rajeev: Hey Gal…… you ok???

Tania: Shhh!

Rajeev: Why are you murmuring hymns???

Tania: M praying

Rajeev: Reality Check: We are in a plane and not in a temple Miss

Tania: Plz shut up!

Rajeev: I will, if you can just keep your volume a bit low so that I can sleep

Tania: Can’t

Rajeev: Huh???

Tania: My first time (With childlike innocence)

Rajeev: Are you scared that you will get thrown out of the window or the plane will crash?

Tania: Stop scaring me

Rajeev: Chill, its fine………lets divert the topic. Where r u from?

Tania always kept herself aloof. She preferred her loneliness more than getting friendly with others. But at the moment talking to Rajeev seemed the best way out to get over her fear.

Tania: Hi, Delhi

Rajeev: Ah! Rajeev not Delhi

Tania: Huh???

Rajeev: Nevermind so???

Tania: So????

Rajeev: When someone tells his name, he expects the same from you

Tania: Tania

Rajeev: You were quite angry at me an hour back.

Tania: Ok

Rajeev thinking : “Strange Gal”

Rajeev: Bangalore for?

Tania: Wedding

Rajeev: Congrats

Tania: Not mine, Friend’s

Rajeev: Ok, seems like m interviewing you…… you cn also ask me

Tania: I don’t know

Rajeev: Hmmm????

Tania: You can tell me about you

At this Rajeev introduced himself and his purpose of boarding the flight.

After hearing everything, Tania replied: ok

Rajeev: Are you generally so cold or it’s a special occasion today???

Tania: Sorry???

Rajeev: Never mind

A moment of silence existed between the two.

Rajeev: Are you disturbed or something? If you want you can share with me. No harm sharing with a stranger…..

Tania: My parents don’t love me. They always scold, scream and shout at me. I envy others whose parents love them so much

Rajeev: Love must be there. They do love you may be they are unable to show it. May be u saw that they shout at you but you are unable to see their love for you. May be you also reciprocated the same way and this in turn have created scope for much negative things.

Have you ever tried to know why they shout at you. May be its for your own good. But, perhaps you are too rude to acknowledge their love. U say they don’t love you, but have u ever told them how much you love them? Perhaps not…..

No one ever said these to Tania or perhaps she never tried to listen to anyone else before this so carefully. Somewhere Tania felt Rajeev is right.

Rajeev: Feels I m right???

Tania: Was I thinking so loudly???

Rajeev: Well, so when the plane lands, u cn always try to give them a call and say that u love them. This may change things for good

Tania who was too adamant to understand or accept her mistake or listen to others, for the first time listened to a stranger perhaps she received some positive vibes from Rajeev and every word of his seem so correct to her.

After the flight landed, Tania did exactly what Rajeev asked her to. However things started to take a turn for good for Tania after that day.

While in Raima’s wedding, Tania met Rajeev again as he was a friend of the groom, they exchanged numbers that day.

All these while before their second meet in the wedding, none of them can get each other out of their mind.

While in Bangalore they did met a couple of times before Tania left for Delhi.

But they have been in contact through phone calls. After few months, when Rajeev arrived in Delhi to surprise Tania. He called her up for a cup of coffee. Tania and Rajeev by now know what is it that existed between them. Tania came with her favourite white Shirt and blue jeans. Rajeev was standing there waiting for her in his black trousers and an army print shirt.

While Tania was sipping her coffee, Rajeev suddenly bent on his knees and confessed his heart to Tania

“Would you like to be the part of rest of my life?” Rajeev said

It is a definite YES coming from Tania.

Soon with the consent of everyone, they got married and built their own small home and lived happily with each other accepting each other at their best and the worst.