Modern Airport Love Cliché
I am updating and re-posting old blog entires with new titles.
This was originally posted on 22 July 2005 and was titled Airport Phone Call!
The tone rings for the third time. This is the first time you’ve felt so nervous calling your girlfriend (ex-girlfriend?).
“Hello? What’s going on?! Aren’t you meant to be flying to Hong Kong right now?” she’ll answer.
“I got off the plane!” say.
“What?!”
“I’m not on the plane! Listen, I did some thinking and I think we’re worth another try.” You’ll feel your heart beating hard at the entrance to your throat, you hold your breath so it doesn’t escape. Your grip tightens around the plastic shell of the phone.
She sighs and there’s a shudder of a tear. “Listen, we said our goodbyes and we both came to the conclusion that this wasn’t going to work…” She’s given up hope.
“No, you listen. I love you. I love you like crazy and I’m putting my foot down. It does not end like this. I’m not about to run halfway across the globe to realise I’ve made the biggest mistake of my life.” The cliché sounds obvious and echoes in the back of your mind but you don’t care. You’ve got to convince this girl to change her mind about you.
“I love you too but this is stupid. We can’t…”
“Just come pick me up at the airport! We’ll talk things out! Nobody else knows I’m still in the country and I’m willing to spend as long as it takes to make us work.”
There’ll be silence on the other end. And then, “Ok.”
And with that, she’ll get in her car and drive the one and a half hours to the airport. You’ll hang up the phone and return to reading the magazine you bought for the flight. The air hostess will ask if you want peanuts and you’ll ask for champagne. Somewhere out there, your ex-girlfriend is stuck in traffic and wondering if she’s still in love.
That’ll teach the stupid bitch.
