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Hollywood, the main entrance area of the park is a clone of the Hollywood Boulevard. Dynamic architecture and palm trees transport you to the street with the replica of Hollywood Walk of Fame !!

Khanak's excitement knew no bounds!! She felt as if walking throughout the real boulevard. The candy cart,popcorn cart transported her to Hollywood !!

And adding to her excitement, she got to meet Betty Boop, her favourite childhood character !! She hugged and Shantanu clicked, capturing those endearing moments forever !!

" Let's have lunch,I'm famished " !

" Me too " !!

Mel's Drive-In was he best option and they wasted no time in placing their orders. While Shantanu's gluttony was satiated by a Mel's Supreme hamburger, Khanak chose a Chicken Salad sandwich. They rounded off with he having a hot Caramel fudge and she a Mel's special Orange Freeze !!

When destiny decides to bring two people closer, it paves the way on it's own !! Both of them got up to empty their respective trays eyeing the bins diagonally placed against each other when the head on collision brought the trays crashing down with Shantanu landing on top of her,blinding her vision for a while !!

She was awestruck;the sensation tingled her to the spines !! The semblance on her face was groovy,lost and he could sense and see the mirror image crystal clear !!

The Lights ! Camera ! Action ! show hosted by Steven Spielberg in New York is all about special effects recreating the setting for a major hurricane about to hit the New York city. The show ends with a huge ship crashing on the railings from where the spectators watch the show and it feels like the ship targets everyone. The thrill is inexplicablele !! The moment the ship hurled,Khanak squealed and squeezed his hand like a stress ball !! And was he thrilled !!

The next stop was the Sci-Fi city where Khanak was desperate to try the Battlestar Galactica Cylon ride. Though petrified,she was adamant and no amount of dissuading helped and Shantanu full of fear and reluctance finally bought the tickets !!

" Khanak,are you sure you want to do this " ?

" Why,are you scared " ?

" Oh ! my bride,so are you !! Don't pretend otherwise " !! The crimson flush dripped and flooded someone's heart !!!

The ride was nothing but torture for him. The suspended roller coaster performing maneuvers including inversions in the form of Cobra Roll,corkscrews,vertical loop and zero-g roll. The 5 metre deep pit plunge wrenched their guts out,almost !! She screamed and he choked !! He almost puked after alighting and swore never to go back again !!

Ancient Egypt enthralled them as they set out to explore the golden age of Egyptian exploration with obelisks,pyramids and Pharaohs' tombs,a gross reminder of that era !! This time,though,they decided to give the the ride called The revenge of the Mummy a miss !! Far Far Away, the next stop, took them away to the world of Shrek, a 4D film narrating the journey to help save Princess Fiona !! They saw,heard and felt the action from their seats,courtesy Orgevision !!

" Khanak,let's skip the Lost World and Madagascar,it's not for us ".

" Why "? I want to see everything !!

" We'll do it after a few years when we have someone who'll be really interested " !!

" Who's that Shantanu " ?

" Ummm,you know when we have an age appropriate admirer for these ".

It took sometime to register but when she did,wanted to flee from there or vanish somewhere !!!

" Shantanu,I know I've never been vocal about us " !! " It wasn't because I didn't want to; I wasn't able to !! " I've been brought up very differently. My father understanding my inborn qualities reared me up like a boy, though Ma tried her best to make a girl out of me but failed and finally surrendered" . " I've grown up with boys,Gunjan being the only girlfriend that I've ever had !!! " Crush,infatuation neither happened nor did I bother; till few months ago I wasn't even aware of these feelings !!! " Your coming into my life has evolved me as a woman, though I realized over time that your feelings were genuine and knew that I felt something within but my guilt of having betrayed Gunjan was so heavy that I locked myself and didn't want to think " !!!

" But now I know for sure that I want us to be together " !!! " I still am not sure if I'm in love but want to fall in love with you and I want you to make that happen " !!! Having vented what she wanted to,she could feel a lump in her throat with her ducts overflowing with emotions " !!!

" Sweetheart, I always knew you were the best thing to have happened to me though you took time in realizing " !!! " I so want you to fall in love with me " !!!

Her eyes longed for a hug and he did exactly that !! He could feel her warmth emanating from her yearning !! Her slender frame throbbed and thudded in his embrace so passionate invoking an unknown ecstasy sweeping her away !!!

The rest of the tour,he kept her hand locked in his throwing the key for ever !!

The spectacular fireworks in the evening embarked them on a journey which was full of life,hope and love !!!