Fantasy Heroine Fantasies

[ddey333]

She leaned against the door frame in a manner that was strangely alluring. For a moment, I actually forgot my own name. But I recovered quickly and replied,

"Jack"

"Aishwarya," she replied and extended her hand.

"Yeah, I know," I laughed nervously, still very much star struck.

We shook hands. Her grip was firm, and her hand was smoother than I thought possible. She felt real, she looked real and her perfume smelt real, but this whole exchange still felt like it was a dream. Meeting Aishwarya Rai just should not factor into my daily schedule.
"I hope I didn't wake you," she said with surprising sincerity.

"I'm glad you did, or we wouldn't be having this conversation. I love your work," I said, whilst trying hard to lower my enthusiasm.

"That's very nice of you to say. What do you do for a living?"

"Lawyer. Well, a graduate lawyer anyway. I'm still at the bottom of the food chain."

"Still, you're a lawyer. That sounds exciting."

"Says the famous actress."

She laughed. "You sound South Indian."

"I am."

"What's with the hotel room? Did the girlfriend kick you out of the house?" she asked with a wry smile.

In the back of my mind, a small part of me wondered if the girlfriend remark was just to see if I was single. Another part of me thought I was a fucking idiot for even thinking she would be interested. But then, she did seem very normal. And I know many relationships that have started with innocent conversations like this. But the mere thought of the word "relationship" entering into this train of thought meant I was having delusions.
"Actually, I'm from out of town. I'm just in Singapore for a few days on business; mainly observing court proceedings. What about you? I swear I saw you on the news earlier tonight."

"IIFA Awards. I was supposed to fly into Singapore this morning, have a press conference and then attend the function, but my flight was delayed and I only arrived about 5 or 6 hours ago. I barely made the function. And now I've been subjected to almost two hours of interviews."

"Time to get a new Manager I think."

She gave a tired laugh. "I think you're right."