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Articles: Novels | Love You
- Mr. Varaprasada Rao Imandi
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'You need to buy a nail-cutter.' My roommates and I shared one.
'I've prepared a list of must-have medicines that you should carry.'
'Your iron won't work in the US. No point buying one here as you need one that works at a hundred and ten volts and has flat pins. You can buy one at a K-Mart or Wal-Mart as soon as you get there.'
'You need at least two pairs of formal shoes and at least ten pairs of dark socks. The East Coast has a formal dress code. And you won't do your laundry more than once a week or two.'
'How many ties do you have? And which trousers do your blazers go with?'
'Better get a haircut before you leave from here. Knowing you, you'll postpone the first haircut for too long.'
She would call me up at one in the morning to tell me to add 'one more item' to my list.
And with every passing day, I was falling more deeply in love with her.
The month swept by quickly. The day I was supposed to leave, I asked her to come with me to the airport. 'Of course, dumbo. You think I'd let you go just like that, or what?'
After packing my bags for me and checking the lists for the hundredth time, she finally pronounced me 'Good to go.'
We reached the airport four hours early to beat the rush, because it was an international flight. She got a visitor's pass to sit in the waiting area while I went ahead and checked-in my bags. Preeti had got a spring balance from somewhere and so we knew my bags were well within the weight limit. I finished the formalities and came to sit with her. We had only a few hours before I had to go for my security-check. We decided to get something to eat at the food court. And all the time, the one thing that was going through my head was that, after this, I wouldn't see her for at least another two years.
'Hey, Champ. Why so glum?' She saved 'Champ' for special days. Normally, it was just 'dumbo', 'bozo', 'ape-man', 'matchstick man', 'weirdo', or if she was very irritated with me, 'nutcase'.
'I don't want to go,' I said.
'I don't want you to go either.'
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