The Train Girl

It was “THE MOMENT” of my life she called out my name and was on her knees in the middle of the railway station, at that moment everything went bizarre for me didn’t know how to react, at the same time everything about her flashed in front of me like Ms PowerPoint slide show like her dimples, how I met? How our conversation started?

Well it all started when I boarded train no 6042 chennai-allepey express, something are peculiar in the kerala state, one can board the reservation compartment with an unreserved ticket and occupy the reserved passenger seat, so when I boarded the damn train I found my seat being occupied by her, I was in to dilemma whether to ask her to leave the seat or share the seat with her (well I don’t mind sharing my seat with a girl)

But still it was my seat I reserved it so I asked her “this is my seat can you please get up”, she did that and I happily sat in my window seat as train started to move out of station I started to plan what I have to do after reaching to Chennai and was also thinking about the events that happened thought the day, as I turned my head to get a better glimpse of the girl there was some similarity I felt as if I meet this her earlier I thought of asking her “have we meet before?” but It would have been a cliché dialogue that a guy always ask towards a girl, so I controlled my urge to ask the question. After some time she asked me whether she can keep her luggage under my seat I sensed this as a nice opportunity to strike a conversation but the train was too crowded and I could she from her face that she was really pissed off for making her get from my seat so I said ok I don’t mind keeping her luggage under my seat and then I asked he “Where are you going” she then told me she is going to thissur(a wealthy town in kerala).As the train started to move out of station I was slowing slipping in to state of semi sleep finally the train pulled over to thissur.

I was looking for the girl she was no where to be seen but her luggage was still under my seat for a second I got scared whether there might be a bomb in the bag and could blow of any min as it comes in bollywood movie ‘a Wednesday’ fortunately she came took her luggage went and sat behind me which I didn’t notice as I got up to buy water bottle I noticed her and I asked her “your station has arrived” and that moment she told me she was going to Chennai, well I thought what ever and carried on my usual business.

It was almost time for me to go to sleep, so I wanted to switch off the light since I wasn’t getting sleep because of the light I got to switch of the light I saw her sitting and reading tinkle (kinder garden stuff) I asked whether I could switch off the lights she said its fine, I was about to switch off the light then suddenly I felt an urge to ask her the same old cliché question and this time I had a courage to ask her so I asked “Are you working in *****?” and cursed myself asking that question since there was no way she could be working there in the same office as I am if we did we could have bumped in to each other as my office is not a huge one, but to my surprise she sad yes and she working there but unfortunately she was working for the same company in Chennai branch and recently quit the company for various reason and after I introduced myself and she told me her name what she is doing now, as the train started moving in to late night so did our conversation grew lately.

As our conversation grew she told me she was going to friend’s marriage that was happening in Chennai after some time we exchanged the numbers, and that’s how my friendship started with the train girl.

As the time passed away we used to meet, become fast friends if at all I meet a meanest, sweetest girl it has to be her we used to go to our hometowns by the same train but on one fine Friday evening she was there on her knees in ottapalyam railway station , that day before I started I called her several times she didn’t pick he mobile I got anxious first then thought she might be busy so I went to railway station even I couldn’t find her there, so when the station stopped at her ottapalyam railway station her home town I got down from the train I was waiting for her thought she would bump in to me but never expected she would be falling on her knees as she got down from the train and started walking on the station she saw me got surprised didn’t watch her stepped on the banana and fell on her knees. That moment was “The Moment” of my life I find it comical I never knew a girl would fall for in literal sense.