Bounce on the Couch

The song came on. And she looked at her younger sister, the bouncing, twirling, air-guitar playing bride, and saw what she expected: a mouth wide open and eyes to match indicating immense love for 80’s rock. Her sister’s love for this song, hard to imagine, surpassed the previous ones and she had to express her love for the words "I don't want lose your love tonight" in a more honorable form. And that’s how two suits, an evening gown and a wedding dress ended up jumping up and down on the couch.

When Leila went for it, her dutiful sister followed her and as she ascended she saw Ali quickly take off his shoes, and leap up. Eiman, the play seeker, soon joined them. Its unclear how they all knew what to do, or where Ali and Eiman had been only seconds before, but it was as if there was a radar sent out invoking their childhood reflexes for play.

To balance themselves on the classy ballroom couch they put their hands on each of their shoulders and bounced in synch, though far off from the beat of the song. Looking at them, it was apparent that these four had done stunts like this before, though it had been 20 years. As their arms linked to one another, something far bigger than the song was at play.