PVR Cinemas

Hyderabad Central

That's where I went today. My first trip alone... my first major trip alone after the accident. I was involved in a hit and run last year that almost ended up killing me. That's why my parents are so concerned that I don't go out alone. Which means always having to go out with an escort.

It's not that I mind, I actually enjoy the time that I get to spend with my mom, the only problem is that they have to know each and every single moment of where I'm going and why. It's not that I can take the car and go out just because I feel like it, or go where ever just because I want to, no explanations necessary, and no need in having to go into the third degree every time that that happens. Oh, how I hate that.

And I bet the person going with me hates it too. That's why I was so happy in taking the car out today. It was just me and the open road, clogged with a lot of traffic alright, but at least it was there, and I was alone to enjoy it.

I actually drive better alone, not that nervous as I am when there's someone with me, when it's supposed to be the other way around when you think about it. Alone, I have no one to turn to protect me if I get into a scrape, but when I'm with some one I always have that person to cling onto. So, I drive like a maniac, alright, maybe not like a maniac, but no where as close to how carefully I drive when there's no one to protect me.

So anyway, today I thought I'd go and book three tickets for Avatar, for my mom, my sis and my self. The tickets are a bit steep for buying them in 3D, and besides--I don't think it'll be worth it (I hope I'm right) but if it is as good as they're saying it is, then I'll probably go for a second showing, and this time in 3D.

Anyway, I took the car out today, boy was it messy (hadn't been washed since Friday) and made my way to the theater. It's quite close by to where I live, maybe a 5 or 10 minute drive, max, and there was not much traffic on the road too. So I get to the Mall, where the theater's located and I find a good parking place.

I park the car in the -1 floor parking and I make my way towards the entry, only to find the guy who's standing there at the door telling me that the mall's not open yet, What, at 11:30 in the morning? I ask him how long will it be, and he says just another couple of minutes.

Okay I say. Well, is the entry from the other side for the theater box office open, I only want to buy a couple of tickets. Yeah, he said sure--you can go to the other side for that, so I make my way to the front of the mall for PVR Cinemas, with my leg hanging in there while I walk the whole way to the other side of the mall. I walk very slowly because of the injury to my leg. The accident that I suffered had shattered my left leg and given me a blood clot in my head.

Other side reached and I told the lady sitting in the Box office window what I wanted, and she said No, she couldn't do that. They hadn't started giving tickets for the day that I'd wanted (Thursday). Or rather they did, but only up till the 4 o'clock show. I said hold on, I'd just call up my mom and check with her.

I'd just called her up earlier to tell her that I'd reached the Mall safely and she was worried to hear my voice again. I told her the problem I was facing and asked her what to do. She said we couldn't go earlier because of the exam that my sister would be writing, and so she told me to see what I could do.

My talk with mom over, I asked the lady if she could make an exception in my case, sure to use her name and smile as pleasingly as I could. She looked at me and said, okay, she'd give me the ticket, but then she said some stuff of how I would have to go about collecting the ticket which I didn't understand, so gave up on the idea.

What did I do next, well, head for home.