I arrived at the station. Chaotic as always. Commuters entering into the train like their whole life is dependent on it. People rushing,Vendors passing but I had my seats in a reserved coach so I was just sitting there reading 'How Breath becomes Air' from Paul Kalanithi and then it was time ,The train was on time and actually came a minute early(Rare experience in an Indian Railway)
So I was boarding my train from Surat to Dehradun.
It was an AC coach .The coach wasn't crowded .I had the lower berth.Suddenly a girl enters in the coach . Turns out she has the seat right in front of me.She wore a Black Tshirt and a white pant.She was looking surreal. Like she had been crafted by god. So beautiful. So cute .
8 min. were left in the departure of the train.
I observed that the girl started watching something on her phone. She plugged in her earphones, but the audio was still audible to the other person. I heard some familiar voices and peeped at her phone. Turns out she was watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. I asked her ,a bit hesitantly"Watching F.R.I.E.N.D.SHuh?"
"Yes", she replied,She had a soft tone.
Suddenly a lady in her mid 40s enters ,She was trying to push her luggage and i helped her.
As a formality that lady tried to initiate a conversation . "Thank you beta ,What do you do ? "
" I am a transponster aunty, my job is IT procurements manager with the specialization Statistical analysis and data reconfiguration "(A F.R.I.E.N.D.S reference) I replied and wink to that girl while saying that with a quirky smile.
The lady obviously was confused but didn't bother to ask anything and said in a very Indian tone " Good Good" and then went to sleep ,She had the side upper berth.
" So a Chandler fan ,I assume?" she asked.
"Who Isn't?",I replied.
Then we did a bit of chit chat ,Where she was from,What was she doing etc etc.
The coach was relatively empty and it was 11:30 in the Night ,The lights were turned off by that lady as soon as the train started.
Suddenly that girl calls asks me if I want to watch and offers me one of the earbuds of her earphone. Now we are watching Friends with a single piece of earphone sitting next to eatch other. We laughed together , Hi-Fi'd each other at some scenes and also felt emotional for each Ross-Rachel scene. The episodes we were watching had the "We were on a break" thing going on.
It was a 25 hr journey . Time flew by 3 hours we saw it without any interruption. Suddenly a bright white light hits my face. It was 6 in the morning. I turn my face to the right side and found the girl sleeping on my shoulder. She woke up because of my movement,
* Akward silence *
A minute later she says
"Good Morning, Transponster" .
We still had a few hours left in our journey,We got freshen up ,We ate,Did a bit of talking ,We slept again in our respective berths .
The last 15 mins of our journey.
She says "It was such a great journey,You are a really good companion"
"Hope my future wife thinks the same ",I replied
"I think you would make a good boyfriend" She said.
I was a bit confused,"Is she hitting on me ? , Is she giving her honest opinion?"
We stood near the door as we were close to the station.
The train is coming to a halt.
" Hey,Add me on Facebook or Instagram !"
"Ofcourse,I would love to talk to you"I said.
Suddenly i had a realization and asked her "Hey ,Oh Shit,I Didn't ask you your name and neither did you ask me mine "
Both of us were in awe and laughing stupidly because we spent 25hrs together and didn't know each other's name.
While laughing she says,
"Anyways I'm -"