The day she got her wings

'First flight ? ' the most senior looking of the flight attendant asks priya as she nervously follows  the lead of the other three flight attendants.  Though at first priya was not a fan of this aviation industry but the two month of training where they learned everything about safety, service, first aid and even to tackle serious health issues  had made her love this job.
       They are ushered into the lounge where all the flight attendants , flying all across the breadth and length of the country are waiting for their call outs. The room is silent with most of the girls tapping on their IPhones or doing their final touch-ups.  After some time , names are called out for her flight and a big smile with a bit of nervousness burst on her face.
They enter the flight and go through the preliminary checks they are supposed to carry out. The worst part of these  low cost airlines are that they want everything to be done by the cabin crews on the name of cost cutting. A little later, the first batch of passengers walks past them. The next half and hour passes by in greeting.  " good morning." 'Welcome.' 'Indigo airlines welcomes you.' Thank you for flying with us '
   Priya is in the alley waiting for passengers and although at that time she's just supposed to smile at them and welcome them, she finds herself in helping them for no reason. She's fitting between Hindi,English,Punjabi and a bit of marwari. The plane is busting with activity of passengers try to fit their hand baggage, clearly twice the size allowed, into the overhead bins. She reaches out and helping as many as passengers as she can to manage their baggage and find their seats. The bags are heavy, priya realizes. And why are big men taking her help in stuffing the bags, she's not got a degree in stuffing bags. See, this is what happens when you behave that good, people starts taking advantages.
The seat belt signs is on and the captain makes annoucements over tge PT system 'This is flight 6E 253 we are flying from jaipur to chennai today. In the cockpit are capt Robert and co-captain Chris. The cabin crew comprises karthika arya, divya rana, priya mathur and Alisha. The flight will take Two hour forty five minutes to reach chennai. Thank you for flying with us.
Soon after the lead attendant ask the passenger to watch and listen to the instruction, All the attendants stand in the galley and explain to people how to put on their seat belts and what to do during emergencies or lack of oxygen, no one listen to it as they are busy checking out attendants.
This is how we most Indians are , " no offense" .
      Click. Click. Seat belts snap all around her as she walks up and down the aisle and make sure people fasten their seat belts. The young boys blush while she tells them how to buckle it. The men leer. not all their fault actually.
'Oh wait , i haven't described priya yet.
So, priya is like a dream., a dream you never want to wake up from. She has a charm which can get you stuck., stuck forever and you'll never mind. Tall, sharp features,fair complexion, a good heart, kind soul and most important those vast yet small eyes. Some qualities are beyond explanation.. i wish i could explain it precisely but i have to stop otherwise it would take ages😁 .
   Five minutes later; the metal cage is up in the sky and people starts unbucking their seat belts and getting out of the seats for washrooms. After some time People have started pushing the buttons to call the flight attendants  and they are blamed for everything from tasteless coffees to over rated sandwiches . "Why people can't understand that they don't decide the rates of meals by their own.'" Said one of her colleague in anger, while on the other hand priya was gliding from one seat to another from playing with the little toddlers on the board to helping group of elders. She was enjoying her day.
THE DAY WHEN SHE FINALLY GOT HER WINGS.
After an hour later she was called in the cockpit by the pilot who after enquiring about her experience till now, gave her a box of ferrero raocher.  These pilots never misses a chance to flirt with the attendants, i just hate them. Though this one wasn't flirting as priya told me later. But yeah, when you have such precious lady in your life every other guy becomes culprit.
After an hour, the flight lands and the scene inside the aircraft suddenly changes to a Rat Race Track where everyone seems to be Usain bolt of Rats and being defeated will bring ashamed to their glory build over ages of effort. So, they have beat everyone in the race.
Priya slumps into a seat, tired and a little thankfull that the flight is finally over.
  The lead walks up and says, " just halfway through, kid. "  you are going good for a beginner. Now, clean up the aisle, we have 20 minutes to go". Her feet are hurting and so is her back. She's exhausted from running up and down the aisle.
   The other two flights passed even earlier as it seemed. And she was left with painful back, strained forearm and a good never fading experince of her life. After being applauded by everyone on borad she was there collapsed on her hotel room, talking to her mom., sharing every bit of detail about " The day  she finally got her Wings" .