The Story So Far !!! Cal & Anya...

When Cal dropped her to the airport this time, Anya's parents got a whiff of their relationship. He came home and helped her pack. He even boarded the cab, with her, right in front of them, but they did not say anything at that time. She was going away for a month and it was troubling her to no end. As it turns out, this was one of the worst journeys of her life. Soon, you'll find out why. 

A colleague wanted her to carry some luggage, for his friend in Accra. She agreed without flinching because this person is highly respected and she enjoyed working with him. As Cal and Anya met him at the airport, the luggage turned out to be a big bag, larger than both her bags together. He even agreed to pay for the extra baggage. Anya obliged. Cal and Anya spent some good time together and soon it was time for her to board the flight. After constant deliberation she went in with with a lump in her throat. And then, the troubles began.

The extra baggage cost more than thirty five grand and her colleague had only given her five grand. Anya did not have that much money in her personal account and her corporate card was declined. There she was standing in the airport, with the flight authorities, waiting for the payment to go through. And she had only five minutes before she could board the flight. She looked at Cal through the glass doors with tears in her eyes. He called her and assured that everything will be fine. Anya paid for the baggage till Mumbai and decided to ask her colleague for the money before she could take off to Dubai from Mumbai. She had a four hour wait there anyway. The forty five minutes on air was the worst time of her life. Somehow that instant, she decided that she did not want to travel anymore. And she wanted this to be her last journey ever, without Cal.

She reached Mumbai and her colleague was not in a position to send her the amount to take the luggage to Accra. She called Cal and started bawling. Middle of the night mind you. Around 2 am. He asked her for sometime. Soon she got a call from an unknown number. Reclutanctly she picked up. It was guy who was Cal's friend's friend, saying that he shall come and give her the money in half an hour. She finally took a deep breath. Promptly, in about thirty minutes, he arrived. He was a stranger Anya had never seen before. He gave her thirty grand just like that and left. Anya wondered how Cal had managed to get this done. In an unknown city, at 2 am. At that instant, she fell in love with him a million times more. She called and cried her heart out. He sat awake all night talking to her until it was time for her to board the flight. She paid for the extra baggage, and finally boarded the flight and immediately dozed off peacefully. With Cal's thoughts and with a smile on her face. She knew she had made the right choice, but this incident just sealed it for her.

Anya arrived in Accra and got rid of that extra baggage. She called her colleague and informed him that it was done and asked him to send across the money as a cheque to Cal. He agreed. Anya was onsite this time to render some trainings. So she was busy all through the day. Like the previous time, Cal kept her company until she went to sleep. Even though it was past 3 am for him.

Somehow thirty days passed and Anya came back. On the return flight to Dubai, she made up her mind that this was her last travel alone. She did not want to be away from Cal any more. She bought her final set of chocolates from Dubai airport and stood at the terminal awaiting the boarding call. Anya was so lost in Cal's thought that she was waiting at the wrong terminal. Anya was so busy writing a love note for him that she did not even check the monitor ahead of her. She went on writing poem after poem and just before ten minutes to take off she realized that they had not called out yet. Anya rushed towards the monitor and saw that she was seven terminals away from the right one. Dubai airport is like Neverland. You can get lost very easily. She grabbed her cabin baggage and rushed looking for directions. It looked like a scene out of a movie as she arrived at the terminal just before they were about to close it. She was the last one to board and everyone looked at her like an alien from Mars!

Anya arrived in Bangalore and saw Cal waiting for her. She threw her luggage and pounced on him, constantly telling him that she would never leave him again.

Cheers,

Priyanka!