IN MEMORY OF A CONVERSATION WITH MY BEST FRIEND

 Yesterday my  best friend tells me that I am so obsessed with k pop, that we are not talking  to each other like old days.. She tells that she hates my cousins for dragging me into K pop.. I laugh and points out that it's my nieces who did that.  She stays silent for a moment and says that she is happy for me if the k pop bands are making me happy.. I smile and tells her this is just my passing fancy and soon I will lose my interest as it did in many cases.. She asks me whether am happy to which I answer about a the girl who once told me that am that type of a girl whom mothers will find perfect for their sons.. I send my best friend screen shots and we together recalls our college and hostel days. My best friend speaks about three long essays I wrote about how much I miss college and I tell her I have deleted the posts. She didn't ask why but confesses she won't go back to that days if she gets a chance.  I use the hash tag #wersamebro and we laugh. And I tell her how excited  I was when I saw a message request from Jackson Wang and how disappointed when I found out that was a fake id. She laughs when I tell her that I even found myself in a white gown, beside a crying Jackson when I said "I do". She teases that he will cry even in the thought of it... We share our fear of escalators and she speaks of her so called silly problems like "how can we go to airport".. finally we decide to start a campaign for stairs so that escalators will be banned eventually.. 

And then when the blue ticks disappear, I go back to my book.. a smile in my face.

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