Getting up early was never her thing. To wake up early
without a reason.... duh why..? She needed a reason, rather a good convincing
reason. Unfortunately neither her mom nor her dad had one. So she and her
pillow would cuddle till 11. But today she had one. The birds were on the verge
to break the record of Adelle. The wind, she thought, was captured by Captain
Cold from The Flash comics. All night she dreamt of being chased by a yeti.
They do live Himalayas too, according to her. Then she had an awesome romantic
dinner with the yeti on the top of Mount Everest. But the yeti forgot to bring
flowers for her. She shouted at the yeti because what a date is without
flowers. That was her belief. In the dream she asked the yeti- why you chased
me so frantically? The yeti smiled and said because you have read that we exist
and we chase people in snow laden mountains. Then she burst out in laughter
then the yeti summoned her not to, because if her voice’s frequency got high,
there could be an AVALANCHE........
This what she asked for when Avinash, jokingly asked – “is
there anything that you want to before we get married?” Well she could not guess
his tone and she was not joking when she said that she wants to climb Mount
Everest.
Mount Everest..!!!! what was i thinking..? But who cares?
She always wanted to do something crazy. She did a lot of madness in her dreams
like once she chased Osama bin Laden on the streets of Bhubaneswar and killed
him over a head shot. She was chasing him because Taliban banned all Harry
potter books. Once she invited the President of Italy to her home for dinner.
And all she made for him – Dalma and gave him the biography of Vivekananda,
because she wanted him to learn how to live a life without sex. Apart from all
these things she never wore jeans. She never had any guy friends. Her family
was rich, filthy rich like, when she started to ride a bicycle her dad bought
her a BMW. When she said him she loves pizza- they went to Italy for a family
vacation. But there were other stuffs too- she never went to see a film with
her buddies. Though she had only two- her cousins. Her father appointed two men
who will go everywhere with her. On some regular college day when was just
coming out of her class, a boy gave her a yellow rose. That night she went to
the hospital with horlicks and tulips to see how many bones were intact in him.
In short she was a princess but spoilt in a weird way. The only thing that she
brought for herself were books. And she had her own library. Form bed of roses
to the thorns of ice, it was impossible. But Avinash loved her more than
anything. He convinced his future father in law. And he was damn convincing.
She woke up and went out of the tent, it was beautiful. As
if the snow has covered all the buildings of Bhubaneswar. It was freezing out
but she was excited like crazy, for her first real life adventure. For the
first time in her life she made friends during the training period. She was
amazed to know people being funny and serious at the same instance. All her
life till now, Nicolas Sparks taught her what romance is, JK Rowling taught her
what fantasy is., Jeffrey Archer taught her what drama is, but witnessing
people other than her family and servants was fun for her. she still remembers
for the first time she held Avinash’s hand. God! As if thousands of dragons were
growling fire in her body, small dragons the cute ones only.
Life is so exciting and wonderful, she never thought a joke
and a crazy idea can change so much. Well she knows right now life is all about
craziness. She knows this trip is a tour to the arms of death. But she is all
ready to experience that even. All her life someone else has made decisions for
her. Except books, her father and mother have chosen everything for her. This
trip will teach her about life. She wanted to learn all before starting a new
life with Avinash. Till now she has learned a lot from the training. But the
real task of life starts today.
She got all geared up for the climbing. It has been 4 months
without her family and servants, without her small world. This may be a one way
trip but she will never regret it. What she learnt from everything has made her
a different person now. And she also knows, when she will be back home, the
only thing that she will have of her previous life will be her body, nothing
else.
“ okay comrades, this it. We are going to live your dreams.
And I swear you will not go empty handed. Few will have an experience, few will
have a life to talk about. All geared up...?” shouted the leader. “Yes sir” all
in a chorus shouted. Avanti looked back, ran to her tent took her phone and
messaged Avinash- THANKS FR EVERYTHING. I LOVE YOU. AND I WILL BE BACK SOON.
This was the first time she said her the magical words. Then
she left for the climb of her life.
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