The Reunion

The time is 8.15 now. I think she is not prompt.

" Tesla, What's the remaining time to reach the destination?."

"We will reach there exactly at 8.20 sir and don't worry you can attend your reservation without any issue."

Musk did a great job by making Tesla cars. I can't appreciate him enough, he is been a good friend though, not in this life anyway.

" Hey Tesla, I would like to pay the 'Dogecoin' right now".

"Here's your QR scan coder, you can pay via your crypto wallet. If the payment can't be done by this method you can use your crypto card."

I miss that female mechanical voice, this mellow milf voice is not suiting these kinds of AI. I am at the destination, I think.

"Thank you for driving with us Tesla. Have a nice day Sir."

Mirazur, hmm nice ambiance. It's 8.23, now. Where is my table? "Google can you identify my reserved table".

" Yes, it's table 3 close to the window that has an ocean view."

Blah, this smart way of living make sometimes things irritating. I will ask the reception instead of this half-assed u-turn method. "Hey mam, can you show me the table"?

" It's there....."

Why didn't I do it before? Hmm, Someone is punctual. So Emmalene is already here. Why am I tensed? Can she identify me? Is that Emmalene? Fuck let's go and talk to her.

" August 6, 2028, Mirazur, Menton, France. Emmalene.., how are you doing?"

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When I saw Emmalene's recollection, at that instance where we died together. I know one thing that, she and I share the same pain.

"Sorry, what are you talking about? Did you mistake me for someone else?"

"I am sorry, aren't you Emmalene?"

"Yes, I am 'Emmalene Joseph', born and raised in Germany, and my parents are from India. People call me 'Emma'.

How are you, Adith?"

I don't know why I am happy. I must tell you that she has an elegant smile.

" I am fine, You are just joking right now, aren't you?

"You call it a joke, Mm, then yes. I just thought I needed to introduce myself properly. That's why I put all the drama. "

"Mm, I understand."

Waitress: " Sir, can I get you anything? "

"Oh, one moment, I will have the. 'Porc, Compote d'oignons' ."

Waitress: " What about you, madam?"

"I will have a 'Choco-Pimprenelle'."

"Thank you very much, we appreciate your patience and your order will be available soon."

Adith: " Do you know what you ordered?"

Emma: " I don't, do you?"

"No!."

"That's why I called you here."

Adith: " I don't understand. if we wanted to try something new. Why here?"

Emma: " Here, nothing special. It's just at that time, this place popped into my mind and I have not been here so..."

Adith: "Now that's fun".

Emma: " My father always told me to ' Experience something new'. "

Adith: "Experience something new, hmm. You got a new experience now, I am sitting right in front of you. 'The most complex, bewildering phenomenon of life, that is occurring to the only two people on the entire cosmos, and they are sitting on a table facing each other '. Isn't that a new experience?"

Emma slowly takes a sip of wine. She smiles.

Emma: " That's some statement.

You see the ocean, it's more beautiful at night. Come on let's go to the ocean. "

Adith: " What about the food that we ordered?"

Emma: " Adi, don't be silly. we both know we did some extremely dreadful things than wasting food".

Adith: " You do have a point, let's go then."

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" Where are we going?"

I don't know what she intended to do. It's true that 'the psyche of women is complex'.

Adith: " Beach is, that way."

Emma: "Come with me. I said ocean, not some sand, I have a 'Yacht'. You know, I am rich."

Adith: "Yeah, me too. I hold a great amount of crypto."

Emma: " Ha, I read you about in an online blog, '10-year boy bitcoin investment made him a Billionaire after 10 years '. Just like catching a fish without getting wet, ha."

Adith: "So, why did you stay anonymous? What about you in this life?"

Emma: "To be frank, I didn't trust you. I thought you might undermine the excitement of our reunion. "

"So, you are excited to see me again. Hmm, that's interesting..."

Emma: " Are you hitting on me? I know about you also. We two are alike in many ways. Here's the yacht, let's go".

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Emma: " Here we are, in the ocean. We are lucky today that the ocean is calm".

Adith: " Do you know what, If you jump into this ocean, you will feel the same warmness, that you felt during the mid-day time."

Emma: "Yes, I know."

Emma: " Hey, tell something about me."

"About you, hmm. You are taller than I imagined, You have a big beautiful nose, you have the same short hair and the short tit...."

"Stop, I am going to stop you right there."

Adith:" Ok, what about me?"

"Nothing great you look good, medium hair, nothing special TBH, an average-looking Indian boy".

" So I hope I am not going bald in this life."

Emma: "You are funny, a little funnier than I thought.

Adith: "So, tell me. Why the ocean is more beautiful at night?"

Emma: "Explain beauty to me? It's not what we see, it's what we experience. Look around, it's calm, the moon is shining on us, We can even see the reflection of stars on the water, we two are alone here enjoying the most complex reunion. We are enjoying, both of us after a long time. The excitement that we lost in our life is back. This is the beauty, I am talking about. A beauty of experiencing an aspect for the first time. We only know the sunbathed ocean, but we forgot to know about the Shining moon in the ocean. When we try to explore this kind of thing, we find what's

beautiful for us."

Adith: " Hey Emma can I tell you something."

"hmm, Tell me you pov of beauty ".

Adith: " I must say that you are beautiful..."

to be continued....