"Navin bhaiya, aur kitni der lagegi pahunch ne mein?" asked Rhea, as she put her head on Navin's shoulder, while the 5 of them were on the flight to Paris. "Der? Well… Ek ghanta aur." said Navin. "UHUN! Ek ghanta?! Itni zyaada der?!" said Rhea. "Uhun, itni zyaada der!" said Arshia, mimicking Rhea. "Tum toh aise keh rahi ho jaise pichle 5 hours tak toh tumhe der lag hee nahin rahi thi na!" said Arshia, quite irritated by Rhea now. Well, that wasn't anything new though. "Oho! Please keep quiet now, you two. Bahut ho gaya yaar, kabhi toh chup raha karo." said Siddharth. "Koi nayi baat hai kya?!" said Arjun, waking up from his sleep, but his eyes still closed.
Yes, you got it right. Six days had now passed and as Navin said, they were on board to reach Paris. Well, I know that it seems quite insensible to know that a person got a ticket for 5 in less than a week, but Navin could do anything. He was a total replica of Granny. He could cook better food than maybe any of the women in the entire world! And he could get anything done, in no time at all! One thing which was there to his advantage was that he was a Police Officer, so, usually he got some extra-special treatment from people. And so, he got 5 tickets, and that too on discount, from an Indian college friend of his, who worked in a States Travel Agency.
"Bhaiya, ek baat boloon, mujhe na bahut bhook lag rahi hai, kuch khaane ko milega kya?" said Rhea, hanging her tongue out like a dog. "Behave yourself!" said Arshia, frustrated! "Oho Arshia, kabhi-kabhi tum bhi aisi ban jaaya karo, okay?" aid Navin. "Aur agar tumhe nahin banna, toh at least let Rhea enjoy her life the way she wants to." said Arjun, sounding sleepy. "Navin, mujhe bahut bhookh lag rahi hai yaar, kuch khaane ko hai?!" said Yudi, appearing from behind Navin's seat. "Yeh lo, Rhea aur tum toh bilkul bhai-behen ho waise. Isey bhi bhookh lagi hai. Aur abhi, bilkul abhi toh tum logon ne khaana khaya tha. said Navin, amused. So what chief? Kuch toh khaa hee letey hain! Itni der se bhookh lag rahi hai. Main air hostess ko bula raha hoon. Rhea, what'll you have?" asked Yudi. "Bhaiya, I'll have… a hotdog, I think." said Rhea, nodding her head, as she could imagine herself eating all of it once again! "Oh great! I too wanted to have that! Acha, aur koi kuch khaayega?" asked Yudi. "Nope! Well…waise… Yes, I'll have one low-cal sandwich." said Siddharth. "Uff! Low-cal mein kuch maza bhi aata hai?! Khaana hai toh ache-se khaao na. Anyway, I'll call the air-hostess." Yudi quickly called the respective person, ordered everything for themselves, THE GREAT INDIAN FOODIES, as I say, and ordered tetra-packs of juice for everyone. Gosh! And what a lavish supper they had just taken!
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Edited by praks - 17 years ago