Ever seen the “missed connections” section of the newspaper or posted on Craiglist? I have always wondered who was crazy enough to post a "missed connection" in hopes that the person they are seeking would stumble upon the post and answer back.
And then......on one July afternoon for a hot second I became one of those crazies who pondered posting a missed connections ad. And this is where it all started……..
I was so excited, this was the first time I was going to see SRK over the summer. Our prior plans had to be cancelled because he had to fly back to the motherland to visit his father. I am not trying to sound like a crazy psycho insensitive B when I say this, but there went my $200 down the drain for two 1 way tickets I had booked thinking it was a smart idea. My genius idea of that month happened to be to book two 1 way flights were on sale. (Turns out, idea was not so genius. Always buy that $15 trip insurance on these plane tickets from now on!). One airline carrier gave me ½ of my money back. The other one told me I had to spend the amount of the ticket to re-book it. Uh….no thanks!
Okay so here I am on a Friday afternoon making my way to the AirTran counter to print my boarding pass. I am super early because I am super excited to go see Mr. 4 Packs a Day Marlboro. Oh, did I mention he was a heavy smoker too? (Yes, I know what you are thinking…how many febreezes does it take to get the stink of cigarette smoke out of your clothes? NOT ENOUGH I tell you!).
My flight as at 4:30pm and I got to the counter at 2:15pm. The nice AirTran agent told me the flight scheduled for a 2:59pm departure is not full and there is a T-Storm scheduled for the city I was going to later on the day so he can put me on standby for the earlier flight. Without thinking I was like OKAY WHY NOT! Little did I know in the next 5 minutes I would have an encounter Mr. Handsome.
I raced to the gate and as I was standing in line waiting for my name to be called, there he was my Mr. Handsome. I see a guy next to me and he is wearing a light purple dress shirt with the buttons opened up with a half popped collar and jeans. I decided to forgive him for the popped collar since he was easy on the eyes. From the 10 second stare I gave him I concluded this guy was pretty cute and he’s on the same flight as myself AND he looked DESI.
I clandestinely tried to scan his boarding pass in his hand to see if I could tell where he was sitting. As I am doing millions of thoughts are going through my mind: “Where is he from?” “ Is he on his way home?” “Is he going to see his girlfriend?”, “Oh god did he just see me staring at him?” “Stop looking at him you are making it too obvious”…
“Is this the line for stanby??”….
Huh? That wasn’t one of my thoughts. Oh...oh my god he’s asking ME a question. I quickly smile and say YES.
(I replayed that two second conversation for awhile in my head.)
All of a sudden I heard my name on the loudspeaker and gathered myself, my thoughts and walked to the line and into the airplane. I glanced back but he was nowhere to be found. How did I lose him in a matter of 3 seconds?
As I boarded the plane much to my dismay I landed the MIDDLE seat in the LAST row of the airplane. I decided this was not the time to panic and just go sit down. The guy to my right was being nosy and commented on the fact that I was reading "Fifty Shades Darker"....and then he ended up spilling his sprite all over my right leg.
Yes ...............these things really happen to me.
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