"She was supposed to accompany her college friend to San Francisco airport to pick up some stuff from another friend who was in transit and had a one hour halt at San Francisco . So equipped with maps and directions written on a piece of paper they left in the car for SFO airport , it was 7:45 pm.
Same time , Not many miles away he was seated in a mixed state - 'nervous and excited' between the slow Indonesian female and the huge lazy sleeping Englishman.
'Excited' cos he was going to say 'hi' to a close friend after a long time and 'Nervous' cos it wouldnt be that BIG a surprise if there was a guy with a placard stating his name and company.She would easily come to know.It would spoil the fun.The plane landed and in one brilliant move he overtook the old Indonesian Lady stopping her in her track.The race to the immigrations was 'a stroll in the park' once he was outside the plane and he was first in one of the many immigration counters.Bags arrived early too and he had nothing to delare to the customs. At the arrival section , his eyes were now searching for 'the girl' and the guy from the car service.
The board at the Arrivals said the S'pore-SFO flight had arrived. Airports reminded her of the movie 'Love Actually' , it started with the Chicago airport showing glimpses of people meeting longed relatives adding a special significance to the arrivals section of the airport. Departures section was contrary.Just then she saw a figure which looked familiar...there was a smile on her face and they hugged.
What happened later....'she' wasnt speaking with 'him' cos she hadnt digested the fact that 'he' was around.It took about 3 hours for her to utter a few words.It was too good to be true.
Well , the guy with the placard did come late and was duly rewarded for his inability to reach in time.(He did have an expression which suggested confusion about what his clients were so happy about.)"
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