Dear Life, Love Saturday

Dear Life, Jet Lag is not my Best Friend

Hi,stranger!

Actually no, you, my beloved reader aren't a stranger, you are my fellow guar- Okay, trailing off!

Thank you so much for actually reading this stuff....obviously you are reading this, if you made it this far. Man, I'm telepathic.

Anyway, thank you...the starting was quite boring wasn't it? Don't leave the movie theatre yet...trust me, it gets better. At least it does, according to me. 

It would really help me, if you guys comment about what you thought about my story so far. Ya'll know, constructive criticism and all. 

Hmmm...I guess that's it.

A warning FYI, this chapter isn't all sunshine and sparkles. Okay? Okay.

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The almost golden liquid was swaying gently to the rhythm of the plane. Three crystal clear ice cubes were floating calmly on the sparkling liquid.  I marvelled at the sight  for a few more seconds, before taking another sip of the ambrosia.

Mmmm. It was as delicious as it looked. It reminded me of Tom Cruise...What can I say? They both look gorgeous.

See, ladies and gentlemen? This is what a 9 hour plane ride does to a teenager; she starts fantasizing about Iced Tea.

But even Iced Tea souldn't make me forget what I was leaving behind. I had partially left my home already (the plane having left Paris but not France as of yet) . And truth to be told, I was internally crumbling. 

It had been a month since I had gotten the news. 

I still had my suspicions as to why my parents remembered me all of a sudden.

My parents and I have a very messed up relationship. It probably had something to do with the fact that they had literally stopped loving me. (Not exactly, I just have a thing for exaggeration..)

There's a concept called the Attachment theory. It basically defines why we, humans, feel a lot closer to some of our species than the rest. The humans that we are most attached to in most cases are parents.  It is essential for a new born child or a tenet (in cases of adopted children) to be close to atleast one person through their childhood.

When I was born, the first six years of my life were awesome. I was the Starling pride. I was pampered by both my parents. Then all of a sudden, my parents got these huge ass promotions. This made them really happy. But happiness always comes at a price doesn't it? 

Slowly but most definitely, they started spending less time with me. The few hours they managed to get for themselves, they would be too tired to do anything. This had a toll for me as well. I was getting less attached to them as well. Eventually, they were almost like strangers to me.

This all happened to me in a year. 

I didn't even realize what was happening till, my shrink told me about all this to me a couple of years back. (LONG story, don't ask. Involves a camera and a Khaled Hosseini book.) 

I thought back to my last day at school. Everyone was in tears. My best friends were bawling their asses off. I promised them all that I would stay in touch. As part of best friend tradition, they each gave me something.

Natania gave me one of her yin yang earrings. She said that we would be connected by this. (When she said this, I cracked up. Connected. Natania had slapped me.) Eva gave me her favorite movie's copy; Wall E. (So ironic...Eva gave me Wall E) Rachelle gave me a tight hug along with the Hogwarts Special Box Set. My jaw had hung all the way to the floor when she gave me this. I strangled/ hugged her as tight as I could, that girl knew what I liked.