learning to love each other - part 5
by parthianstories@yahoo.com


mina and rina were now very happy, and in their excitement, mina ran
her fingers through michael's hair, and bent down and kissed him on
the top of his head.  rina did the same with tom.  kevin johnson took
this opportunity to hand them each a copy of the script for the movie,
and asked them to read through it.
and with that, he bid them goodbye, and said that he hoped to see them
the following monday at 9 am.  once everyone had returned to the hotel
rina said :  "i haven't really had anything to eat yet, and i am
starving.  why don't
we have breakfast here ?  afterwards we can go back to my room so we
can get better acquainted and possibly watch a movie."   that sounded
like a very reasonable plan, and everyone agreed.  so everyone went to
the cafeteria, and had a hearty breakfast.  afterwards, rina led the
way to her room which was located on the thirtieth floor.  they all
headed to the elevator, and entered, and the doors closed shut.  the
elevator was on the smaller side, and it slowly made its way upwards.
 inside the confines of that small space, with the bodies of the guys
situated close to those indian amazons, their hearts started to race,
and their anxiety level climbed.  finally, after what seemed like an
eternity, the elevator made it to the desired floor.  the doors
opened, and the guys said :  "ladies first."  smiling, mina and rina
exited, followed by michael and tom.

once they were at rina's room, rina opened the door to her room, and
the guys entered first this time.  mina entered the room followed by
rina, and they both had to duck to clear the doorway, which was
noticed by both michael and tom.  once everyone was inside, rina
closed the door to her room, which caused the anxiety level of the
guys to increase.  the women quickly sensed the anxiety of the men,
and suggested that maybe they should watch a movie, and try and get
better acquainted.  the guys however were too anxious, and instead
insisted on discussing their reservations about going on with making
the movie. sensing the tense atmosphere, the girls relented, and asked
the guys about their reservations.  tom and michael went on to explain
that aside from their incompatibility due to their differences in
size, there were also too many cultural differences.

the girls countered by saying that these differences could be viewed
as challenges that could be surmounted, and that the audience of a
movie could always relate to this theme.  the guys were surprised by
the eloquence of the girls' logic.  but in the already tense
atmosphere, this only added to the guys' anxiety and insecurity.
sensing that their only shot at a movie was slipping through their
fingers the girls' eyes welled up with tears again and they said :
"oh come guys !!  you promised that you would give us a week to
reconsider !!"  the guys responded :  "girls please,  we are not
saying that we won't do the movie, you just have to realize how
uncomfortable this is for us !"  at this point, each side tried to
explain the logic behind their reasoning once more, without any
progress.  tom and michael were the first to lose their patience, and
michael finally said :  "why this is ridiculous !!  you girls are now
in western society, and when in rome, do as the romans do !!  we are
already making a sacrifice by agreeing to go on with this movie.  you
can at least try and conform to the cultural norms of your host
culture.  this could be your sacrifice !!"
Now it was tom's turn, and he said :  "since the industrial
revolution, white men have proven themselves to be superior to
everyone in intellect, and have ruled the world !!  furthermore, i
always thought that in eastern cultures, women were supposed to be the
submissive ones, and for submissive women, you girls sure seem to have
all the answers !!"

upon hearing this, mina and rina were extremely insulted, and once
again, tears started to flow down their beautiful faces.  mina turned
to rina and said :  "you know rina, it seems to me that we are dealing
with a couple of typical delusional white males who are stuck in
another century !!  what do you say we teach these guys a lesson,
knock some sense into them, and put them in touch with reality ?"
upon hearing this, a large grin formed on rina's face, and she replied
:  "you know mina ?  i think that is an excellent idea !  why don't we
get started right away ?!  after all, filming for our movie starts in
only a week, and the sooner we start, the better !!"  and with that,
rina went to the door, picked up the 'do not disturb sign', placed it
on the outside door handle, locked the door, and dead-bolted it for
good measure.  upon seeing this, the michael's and tom's heart sank,
and they nervously asked the girls :  "w-what do you girls think
you're doing ?!"  the girls responded in unison :  "don't worry guys,
you are about to find out !!"

end of part 5