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Chapter 2 - The Conversation

And finally she left Vihaan's hand when it seemed all cloudy from the window. There was a mere silence for a while until the girl spoke. She said, " Hey, I'm Kaushiki. Kaushiki Sharkar from Kolkata."

With a lot of courage Vihaan shaked his hands and replied, " Hello, I'm Vihaan Sharma from Shimla. We guys are actually on a trip to Sunderbans."

" Wow, you guys are really gonna enjoy over there, its such a beautiful, seraphic place full of flaura and fauna."

" Then why don't you join we guys?"

" No. I'm sorry. I don't wanna spoil someone's friendly trip that to a place like Sunderban."

" You won't spoil it at all. Instead it will be of great help to we guys. See we don't have any idea about where to stay. What to do after reaching there and even how to enjoy over there. You can go like a guide to us."

" I think I've more work to do rather to become a guide."

" Oh! I'm sorry."

" It's all right."

Once again everything went silent untill the air hostess arrived and asked, " Do you need something for both of you, sir?"

Kaushiki suddenly replied, "I'm sorry, we aren't together."

"I'm really very sorry ma'am. May I help you in any manner possible?",said the air hostess.

"Bring me a cup of black coffee please."

"And for you sir?"

"A cup of mushroom soup will be fine for me."

" Thank you sir. I hope you are enjoying the journey."

The air hostess left after serving both of them with their needs. Vihaan was actually so debilitated as he had travelled a long journey to Chandigarh without any rest. After the food, he immediately went off to sleep. And it was then, when the announcement came, " Excuse me ladies and gentlemen, please tighten your seat belts we are about to land. Thank you!" Vihaan woke up and tightened his seat belt. He saw Kaushiki was once again so desperate and behaving oddly. Vihaan said, " If you are scared, you can hold my hands. I don't have any issues regarding it." Kaushiki with a broad smike on her face held Vihaan's hand and closed here eyes untill the plane landed. And here came the announcement, "Attention please, ladies and gentlemen, we have successfully landed on the ground. Please ensure your belongings are with you. We hope the journey was of satisfactory to you. Thank you and have a nice day." It was then, when Vihaan was collecting his luggage. Kaushiki came and whispered in his ear, " I think we should meet again some day." And she left.

The hangover wasn't over and Vihaan heard some screaming from behind. Naman ran to him and shouted, " Bhai, tuney ladki pata li." ( Brother, you got a girl. ) Vihaan was all red, he was so embarrassed seeing his friends shouting like some crazy dogs in the airport. Raghav enquired, " Whats her name, man? " Vihaan returned to his conscious world now, and said "Guys, just relax. Why you all are getting wacky? Everything is fine, we are inside an airport, right? Behave properly guys." To this Mohit screamed to laughter, " Guys, see who's speaking about manners?" And all began too laugh. Naman just turned back and realised they were inside an airport and should leave now or it will be too late for them to get a hotel. Naman said, " Guys, I think we must leave now or we won't get a hotel to spend the night." Everyone took their luggages and moved towards the exit to find a cab.

They got down outside a hotel called, The Silverline Hotel. Vihaan said," Guys I think we should first of all check out the rooms before booking it." Naman replied," I think we mustn't waste much time. I'm too starved and drowsy. I need the bed urgently. And anyway its just about a night." All agreed to this and they booked the rooms changed into boxer and shorts and went to the dinning hall of the hotel to dine. As they all entered the hall, everyone stared them as if some animals from the zoo have been escaped and entered into a restaurant. The hall was so alluring, its interior was perfect including those cosy sofas and some beautiful ladies to serve. They actually ordered a lot of things including 4- large chicken pizzas, tandoor paranthas, chicken gravy, french fries and some bottles of champagne. And atlast the yummy Strawberry Rhubarb Cheesecake as the dessert. And now everyone wanted to go and have some dance but they rather preferred to have some sleep.

It was 8 am in the morning, when Vihaan woke up. He realized they are getting late for the next journey. He shouted, " Guys, mount up. We are gonna miss the bus. Its already 8'O clock now."

Everyone got up at once. Naman screamed, " Shit man. If we miss this bus, we won't get any today. Hurry up guys." Saying this he jumped out from the bed, ran into the washroom, took the brush and at the same time began packing up his things. Now everyone hurried and now Raghav was too worried. He need to go into the washroom urgently as he had gorged a lot last night. He ran into the washroom locked it. Meanwhile everyone got ready and were niw waiting for Raghav. It was almost 20 minutes, he was inside the washroom. He shouted from inside,"Guys, I don't think I'm coming out. Its too hard for me. I shouldn't have gulped down 8 chicken legs." Naman screamed, " What the f*ck man! You are coming out or we guys are going to break the door. You cannot ruin our trip."

"Alright, alright! I'm coming out just give me 2 minutes."

Now everyone relaxed but were tensed about whether they are going to get any bus or not. And finally Raghav came out and everyone rushed towards the exit. Arranged cabs and reached bus station. There was a single bus standing named, Kiran Transports. Everyone just got relaxed and looked each other and smiled.