Journey of a Lifetime

No Interruptions This Time

(Whatsapp)

RaQ: Hey! What time are y'all landing?

Sender: In 2hrs! Nervous?

RaQ: Shitting bricks :) But all good haha.

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A sleepy Shams stirs in her sleep tired from all the stomping. No need to exercise for a few days now, she thinks. She nestles further into the arms of her beloved as the sun shines brightly through the curtains. RaQ tightens his grip on her waist as he pulls her close.

"I really don't care where I am, as long as it's with you", he says staring out the french windows of the villa, quietly taking in the waves of the beach while running his hand through the waves of her hair. Shams smiles in her sleep, engulfs his neck with her hands, and plants a quick peck behind his ear in response.

"Asgard is not a place, it's a people", Shams quotes Odin. "Indeed". They chuckle as they remember how all they wanted to do last night was lie in bed and watch a movie after all the leg exercise - but alas, due to some glitch at the villa, Thor Ragnarok was the only movie playing on loop in every TV of every room and so they ended up watching it.

The theory behind this quote is - Home isn't necessarily the place you live in or the place you lay your head to sleep. Home is wherever you make it to be. With the right people by your side, any place could be home.

Shams finally opens her eyes, albeit reluctantly, to look at the most gorgeous man staring out the window lost in thought. "What are you thinking about?" she asks as she caresses his chin.

He turns around to find his beautiful woman awake and flashes a 1000-watt smile "Nothing important really. Just thinking of how far we've come."

Shams tilts her head, "Very far baby. Greece." RaQ throws her a dead-pan look, "I'm not laughing at that". She squishes his cheeks and says, "Laugh no. Please no! LAUGH." He keeps nodding no, but finally gives in, he gives her a half-hearted pretentious chuckle. She pecks him on his lips, "I'll take it!"

He dips his head in the nape of her neck, wanting to start the morning in the most delightful way possible. Shams chuckles as she catches wind of what RaQ planned on doing, and springs out of bed. RaQ who's left utterly confused as to how she managed to escape his arms and stand at the foot of the bed just looks at her in disbelief with his hands in the air and mouth open.

The petite girlfriend holds up a pillow as a shield, chuckling the entire time "Baby if we start right now, we'll be in bed for an hour. I really want to know the plans for today since this is the day you asked for 24 hours of planning." She keeps circling the bed with a pillow, trying to escape her boyfriend's sturdy arms.

"Come. to. bed. first. Shamita!" he says in a dangerously low tone. "I don't know who that is, byeeeee" she says, running out to the beach to soak in the sunlight.

"Arey pillow toh rakh ke jaa!" RaQ shouts behind her. He laughs to himself and slaps his head as he follows her out. He stands with a smirk on his face, his arms folded as he watches his OCD girlfriend run around the beach finding the perfect place to keep the pillow. She finally places it on one of the beach chairs with an umbrella on it.

Feeling the fine sand between her toes she skips her way to where RaQ was standing and halts in front of him with a baby smile on her face. He smiles at her, holds her face, and brushes away the locks hindering her sunkissed visage. "Chal", he holds her hand and walks towards the water. He smiles as he feels the cold butterfly promise ring on her fingers. He twirls his own promise ring and suddenly remembers all the 43 promises he made to her. They halt where the water meets the sand, look at the waves and feel the breeze playing with their hair. He looks at her, "Bapat. I love you." Shams blushes a deep shade of red and smirks at the view in front of her. "Not. Yet.", she warns with a smile on her face. "Soon", he whispers to himself as he laughs and kisses the back of their entwined hands.