Oh Fish!

It was a Saturday evening. I was coming back from work the usual way! The usual seems to be more mundane, boring and dead for somebody like me who hates routine... The unusual me was thinking the usual stuff of how to get rid of the usual everyday life? Partying happens once a while, vacation ends even before it begins; socializing is something I do even more than the usual. And at the end of the day...all this is also part of my usual self- to get away with monotony.

While this thought was flocking my mind, I walked past by the 'alchemist'! The place, people and everything were there ever since. But the idea struck me for the first time. There is a pet shop on my way home. And me being a die hard animal lover, I would sulk every time I used to see the place thinking that I don’t have the space to keep a pet (Donna is far away). I would even go to the shop pat and play with a few dogs, cats, parrots, singing birds and move on sulking that I can't get them home!

But that day the impulsive me was at its best. The shop owner thought that I came for the general animal therapy. But to much of her surprise I asked her to give me a pair of Gold fishes. And even before she could take them out for me, one of them jumped out of the aquarium right next to my foot. The owner quickly put her back in the aquarium. I dunno what went in me but I decided that I wanted the same fish which came out with the one which comes out along with her while taking her out.

And there I got the two golden beaus. What I felt after I held them is inexplicable. I felt connected with them since I dunno when. The bliss, the solace, the peace… I felt within was something I had not felt in a long time.

It was time to name them. Since it is silly to stake your life and jump out of the pool no matter how excited you are, I named the one that came out of the aquarium Silly. And the other which came out willfully of the pool was named Willy.

Now I have two new roommates, two new kids, two new soul mates whichever way one wants to put it. But it’s an ultimate bliss to see them, flap their fins when I’m around, flaunt themselves when someone comes to see them and kiss each other when they feel nobody is watching.

Silly-Willy u’ve painted my life with love! Welcome home!