How Life Unfolds !!

And then the day came , I woke up in the morning , this morning was unlike those Quatidian mornings , because from this day on I would step down the cruise of dependency and will board the flight of independence .

I was moving to the IT HUB of India,Bangalore.

It was 11 am in the morning , I was done with my packing . Meanwhile one of my college friends came .

I was so delighted to see her.My entire college life began to play in front of my eyes,like I was watching a movie.The fun we had during lectures,bearing with the boring lectures by playing games on mobile at the last bench,discussing and flirting with the boys. Now even those horrible professors seemed like Angels to me.

I was jolted back to reality and invited her in . I was elated as she handed me over a box of dhokla ,  which her mother had  specially made for me , which I  relish the most . I packed the dhoklas along with the lunch which my grandmother made for me with all the love .

The car was waiting outside , it was time to leave . I began to feel nostalgic , I hugged  my grandmother and my friend and left for the airport with my father and brother .

On the way to the airport , I had a sea of emotions shaking up my heart and mind. At one end I was sad that I had to leave the comforts of home and go to such  far away place,but on the other hand I was happy that I was going to be independent and make my parents proud.The fear of losing old friends and family was overlapping with excitement with meeting new people and begin a new phase of life.

All those days after my placement,I was so excited that I was going to Bangalore.But now that the day had come, I was torn between the extremes of emotions forming in my mind.I started thinking about my entire life,my childhood,my parents,sister and everyone else,even people whom I hated. I looked out of the window to capture the view,as if to keep it in my memories permanently before leaving this place.

I checked in at the airport , I had a hard time pushing the trolley , it was the first time I got to know that how hard it is to push a trolley , until I realized that the front wheel of the trolley was broken .

I pushed the trolley and somehow I reached the counter .

As I was walking towards one of the five check in counters , I found the one of Air Asia . From a distance I could see the board hanging in the middle of the counter . As I approached the board, the sign on the board appeared more and more conspicuous . It said C L O S E D .

I looked again at the board with my eyes wide opened . To my astonishment , it said C-L-O-S-E-D . No one was standing there at the counter .

My heart skipped a beat . I found myself in the middle of an ocean of chaos .

Meanwhile , a tall handsome guy with no expression on his face came and said , “Mam the counter is closed now , you can’t board the flight .“

My brain stopped working . My whole face turned pale . In the midst of all the hurricanes and the ocean of thoughts circulating inside my mind , I consolidated myself “My faith is much more bigger than this situation , this cannot happen to me .”

I started pleading “Please sir , you can't do this to me . It is an emergency , you will have to let me in.”

He responded “Don’t you know that you need to keep at least one hour margin for the check in ?” I can’t do anything . You have missed the flight.”

I was shocked.I tried to regain my composure and started convincing him.I pleaded with him to give me the boarding pass .

Finally it worked.He started showing some signs of surrendering to my requests.He seemed convinced . He said “Alright, get your baggage weight checked , I will issue a boarding pass for you . “

A million watt smile appeared on my face .”

As he checked the baggage weight , it turned out to be 10 kg more than what was allowed .

All of a sudden I realized I misunderstood the terms cabin bag and hand bag . I kept 10 kgs extra in the cabin bag , which I was supposed to put inside the handbag .

I was in a troublesome situation . I couldn't even go outside and hand over stuff to my father , because of two main reasons .

First , I was already running late . Second on the way to airport my father already told me that the luggage was too much and I might have to pay an extra amount for that.

And what he said turned out to be true .

I was totally totally confused and nervous.I was silently praying to God to sort out this mess that I was in.

I tried convincing the guy to allow the extra baggage,but he was very adamant .He flatly refused to entertain my request .

I could not believe my bad luck.I was travelling alone for the first time,going away from my family and friends and the beginning started out to be so bad.I started thinking about what will happen when I reach there.Suddenly the guy at the baggage counter called my name,”Ms.Sethi,your flight is about to leave. Do you want to check in your luggage or not?”.

I came back to my senses and started thinking about what to do next. Finding no other alternative,I paid him ₹ 2500 with a heavy  heart. I was crying so bad inside, but was just holding back my tears.

I thought this is the end of it .Life is not fair. That person handed over the boarding pass to me .

I grabbed it from his hand and ran towards the hangar. The flight was about to take off and they were making announcements for the remaining passengers to reach as soon as possible.

When I reached the floor from where I could see my flight, I  again saw the guy who handed me the boarding pass.He was smiling at me and playfully said,” Have a happy and safe journey,Ma’am!!”

I felt like punching him in face but he was kind of cute,so I dropped the idea and said”thank you”!.

I rushed to the plane to find out that everyone was waiting for me.People were staring at me as if I had committed a murder.

I put my head down and sat on my seat.

And then I started listening to songs on my phone .