I
was in the queue of embarkation at the airport of the nice
port city of Arabia, the sacred land with my mom and younger
brother. We were coming back to Dhaka leaving my father
there. We were bit upset as usual. It happens each
time we leave him. Suddenly a lady from outside the
queue called my mother and she said one of her daughter is
also traveling in the same flight with us and if we could look
after her as she was going all by herself for the first time.
Then she introduced her with us and thanked us. We
passed the embarkation area and sat together in the lounge.
Then my mom started talking to her. The girl was so
strange. She talked to my mom but did not talked to my
brother or me. The flight was late and we had to stay at
the lounge for about one and a half-hour. By that time
we knew lot about her. She also asked about us.
She was two classes junior to me. She told her name but
it was so strange that I could not understand. Her
father was a doctor at Mecca. She has one younger
brother and she loves him very much. All these information we
get when my mother was trying to make her feel good as she was
traveling alone and was upset for her family.
We
bought some pastry and offered her to have some. But
she said that she don’t usually take any food during
journey. I thought she was shy and was trying to avoid
food from strangers. Anyway time passed by and we
heard the announcement for boarding on the plane. We
were travelling in economy class and she was an executive
class passenger and she was the only one. After take
off she came to my mother and said that she wants to sit
with us. My mother and brother were sitting in one row
and I was just in the front row. She sat behind me.
Then for the first time I talked to her and he also respond.
Then we talked for some time and by that time I knew about
her address in
Dhaka. That was for the first time in my life I talked
to some unknown girl and I felt something new which can not
be described.
The flight landed in Dubai airport and some new passengers
came in. One of the passengers got the sit number that
was occupied by the girl. She requested him to take
one other sit. Then we watched a movie Biman played
for entertainment. I still remember the name of the
movie. It was ‘Blame on the bell boy’ one of the
actors was very popular at that time he played
a role in the comedy serial ‘The Perfect Stranger’ Bulky
was his name in that serial. We laughed a lot watching
the movie. She was also enjoying and I had a very
strange good feeling, which I had never before. I
traveled this route
by Biman several time before and naturally it take even
hours to reach thee
destination. But this time when the flight attendant
announced that we have reached ZIA International Airport, I
was bit shocked to know and thought how
time flew.
She got her luggage quick and had no taxable item, she
wanted to wait for us but my mother told her to go.
She left and after some times I felt like I was
dreaming. I was such a fool that I did not ask her
name, phone number of address I just know where she lives
and where does she studies. After reaching home I felt
like something is missing from my life and I could not get
normal for a long time. Whenever I heard someone
saying that he or she studies in Shahin School, I asked
about her out of the information I knew. Every time I
traveled there after that I walked the whole plane looking
for the face. Still I search her. But I know I
will never get her. Now I feel that was a sweet dream
for me which left a big scratch in my mind. I know it
was nothing special for her and she must have forgotten
everything about that journey. I will always
remember it and will enjoy the feeling.
Orko.
orko_c@yahoo.com
