a prop - by Her

She did not tell him that she might go with him on that road trip to Melbourne. Still pondering....she did not take these things too seriously.


He resigned from his job in Adelaide, started packing up and getting ready to go back. Worst case scenario, if he could not find anyone to go with him, he would most probably go by himself.

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2 weeks before he was due to leave...


She found a little golden metal ball in her power box, the golden ball was attached to a red string, and a small note. 'Every story needs a prop,' he said.


She smiled. She knew what the story was about.


It was a story that was written by him long time back. The story about a king who wanted to grant his sad and lonely princess daughter a smile. The king asked the princess what type of man would make her happy. She said, a man who would get her the sun. The king gathered all the officials, the wizards, the geniuses, the scientists, the knights and all other people. The king announced, 'my dearest daughter is very lonely, and she has asked for a man who would get her the sun. Whoever who's able to get her the sun will inherit my throne and my daughter as his wife.'


Then everyone tried but only to fail. Some died, some were severely injured, some were eaten by monsters and dragons on their way to get the sun.


One day, the jester knight who has observed the princess thought to himself, 'maybe I can try, I might know what she wants.'


He went up to the princess and asked, ' my lady, may I ask, how do you like your sun to be?'


The princess looked out of the window and said, 'just like that.'


The jester knight asked again, 'What colour do you want your sun to be?'

Princess said, 'just like that too.''


Jester knight,' Very well, I will get you your sun tomorrow.'


The princess was pleased and nodded her head , no one has asked what she really wanted.


The jester knight went home and worked the whole night. The next day he came back to the princess with a little golden ball, 'my lady, isn't this the sun that you wanted?'


The princess held up the little golden ball between her thumbs and asked what was inside the little sun.


Jester knight said, ' My heart, since we were both growing up in the castle I have adored you from afar. And now I have brought you a sun the same size and the same colour as that one, and encase within it a little golden heart that is mine. '


The princess's eyes were filled with tears of joy. For truly she had found a man that would do anything for her.


And of course, like all fairy tales, the jester knight inherited the kingdom and married the beautiful princess, and they lived together happily ever after.


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She knew what this little golden ball was about. The silly man later said that he saw it in a perfume shop. This golden ball is about 4 centimeters in diameter, was designed to hold perfume in it. However the ball was already reserved for a customer.


The owner of the shop said she had one at home. He said he really needed one to make his story complete. The story was written for a girl whom he really admired. Okay, the shop owner said she would bring it in the next day.


He finally got his golden ball and left it in her power box.


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1 week before he was due to leave Adelaide....


He dropped by her place, begged for 15 minutes of her time....please....


They ended up talking for more than an hour in the car. She was really tired, and she had a long day the next day ...but she did not really want him to go. Time was tight and he was going to leave Adelaide...


He gave her a big wall clock, the Coffee Clock , he named it. It was a beautiful brown coloured clock that he bought from some random shop. ''Please keep the clock, and I know that you love your coffee...' he said.


But he was actually going to say, 'please remember me whenever you see the clock. '

(Long overdue) She said yes to the invitation - by Her

(It has been a long overdue post...I hope I'll remember all the details,, up to this post it's about events that occurred in July 2008)


So they began to develop a beautiful friendship between them. The blue and the yellow bubbles coexisted in her mindscape.


She did not know where this would go. Like she had been mentioning in the many posts in the past, she did not want to venture into any relationship. She just wanted to be left alone.


And this friendship with him was good. He was kept at the periphery of her world, one foot in , and one foot out. Don't go away, yet don't come too close, please.


At this stage he was getting ready to go back to Melbourne. That's another reason why she did not want to let herself fall for him. How could she leave Adelaide and her comfort?


He made an invitation to his group of friends here. The offer was very tempting: a road trip with him in his car to Melbourne, a day or two of city tour, free accommodation and a complimentary return flight. A few friends of his expressed interest but for some reason it didn't work out at the end.


It just so happened that she had a few off days in that week (or maybe it was God?:P)


She thought...why not. She's never been to Melbourne. She's never visited the beautiful Great Ocean Road, and she really wanted to have a mini holiday and take some good photographs.


So she took the offer. Yes, I will go with you.


He was ecstatic. He began his careful planning for the road trip. What he did not tell her then was revealed at the later stage. If the travel companion was someone else, it would only be a straight drive to Melbourne. If it was her, it would be a 2-3 day of road trip on the Great Ocean Road. And he secretly hoped she would take the offer.