He had packed his bags. The preparation of the next 21 years of his life neatly folded into two 31inch suitcases. He even made a checklist, something his reckless spirit forbid him to do, however this time he had to make sure he didn’t leave anything behind. Except for one thing or rather someone.
She was his complete opposite. Emotions ruled her logic. Perhaps, the wiring in her brain connected straight to the heart. As for him, like all sensible human beings, logic and reasoning simply made...more sense. So they fought and they fought a lot. She armed with emotions and he with the power of logic. And then one day logic won. They fell apart never to talk again. At least that's what he thought was the logical thing to do.
But he was going, perhaps forever and she just had to see him. "Janne se phele aakhri baar milna kyu zaroori hota hain?" Her favourite dialogue from a movie.
And so she came to the airport, just in time to get one last glimpse of him. He was there taking his bags out of the car boot. Her heart skipped a heartbeat, just like it did every time she saw him driving by in the car or casually chewing on corn with friends outside her office.
She took a step forward to meet him, to fling her arms around him and give him that one last hug. Just then she noticed the airport tow away van driving towards her car. For a second, reason took over emotions and she ran towards it. But she turned around to take that one last look at him and that's when it happened. The man behind her car accelerated. And her heart skipped a beat for the last time.
