Between Similar Sunrises
It was the first time outside her comfort zone. Outside her home which she had left only for vacations with her family, outside the reach of people she knew and loved, outside the continent that she had ever been in, outside everything that she understood. As she lay down half-awake, blinking to adjust her eyes to the light of the bedside lamp, Shyna tried hard to focus her view on the man sleeping beside her in this new room, on a new bed. She rubbed her eyes and lay there sideways, her head resting on her henna adorned hands, looking at Sunil, wondering what was in store. Not that she did not know Sunil. They had been speaking with each other for over a year now. They had gone on a few dates when Sunil had come down for the engagement ceremony to India. They had even stolen kisses in the car. They had exchanged long emails, chatted on the internet till wee hours of the night and slept with the webcam on. They knew about each others' past relationships, about their bad habits and ...