!!! The Namesake !!!

contd...

This time it was a Science lecture and I was an Science aspirant...not by interest (although I didn't knew what my interest was?) but by the command of my parents who where influenced by some of my elder cousins saying that, there is no future if you don't take Science. The chapter was about the Element's Periodic table, but I couldn't get anything in my mind as the Prof was too fast and also he was very temperable. And then suddenly he burst out on a fellow student, this time again the student was the same person whose name was already there on the board with me. So suddenly I woke up and tried to concentrate because it gave me a feeling that I could be the next one if I don't concentrate. But that didn't make any difference and at the end of lecture, I was zero...nothing went in my mind. I just took a sigh of relief because the lecture was finally over and the subsequent lectures also came to an end the same way. I wanted something interesting to happen in my life apart from all these stuff and was thinking about it on the way back home.

   My cycle friend Suchit who stayed in the same building called up and told me to go along with him somewhere..I had a rough day so I went with him to freshen up my mind. He took me two blocks away across our building and then we met his friend who stayed there..He told something to Suchit, but I didn't pay any attention and then after sometime they exchanged smiles and we said Bye. Suchit informed me that she, the girl whom I saw during our cycle ride last time, was staying in the same building and he gave me her other details. I already knew about her school and Classes but not her name and address which I had now. The name was 'Kruti' and the name was now echoing in my mind and heart. When I knew that she stays just blocks away across the road, I was super happy. I didn't had any words to thank my friend and his friend. He did this for me without me even asking for it. I felt it right then but now when the years have passed, I think that kinda stalking was not good and it totally didn't suit my nature at all....But at that time I was not wise and as told earlier influenced by anything and everything. Slowly... Slowly that kinda nature and habit grew in me day by day with the influence. 

  The result of test was announced in some days and I was able to score only 21 on 25 while many of them had 24 and even 25 including the topper, captain and moreover the girl from whom I had win the quiz. It was very embarrassing and even my Prof was not happy with my scores. He asked what happened when I gave all the answers correctly in the class with the minute details but failed to do so in the test paper. I couldn't answer him anything and thought, So what should I do next? I didn't knew. The only thing which was going good in my life currently, was the growing friendship with Rachit and Ashwin. We were becoming kinda besties and were having a lot of fun during breaks. We had decided that only one of us would pay the bill for the day, so today me, tomorrow Rachit and after that Ashwin. It went on for next two days...but on third day which was Ashwin's turn we went to our regular shop for Samosa...we ate it and left. I thought Ashwin had already paid while ordering, but later on he told us, he didn't taking advantage of the crowd. So we can have some thing more in our break later. It was kinda shop lifting which I didn't liked but slowly it was fun doing it...though I would pay every time when it was my turn.

   It was not allowed to go out in short break but we went to the snacks shop nearby to have something daily. Rachit and Ashwin would go to the shop and I would keep an eye on the road if in case any Prof comes early. They went to take one thing and would start eating another like farsan (kinda munching) whatever they could find (or should I say shop lifting) and even get some of them for me and we used to eat that outside the classroom.

Tbc...

!!! A Journey to Remember !!!

....It was an Saturday and I was in office doing nothing, so tried to utilized the time to update my skill-set. It went so well that I continued for two hours at a stretch instead of one or should I say two Chapters continuously. I was waiting for the ping but probably she was busy and I knew she was not well too. But suddenly I saw an "Gudaftrnun" ping with the special name she had given to me. She also answered all my questions that I had asked her in the message this morning and a "Sry" for not coming earlier... It was not at all required and I explained her the same. Then she told me to give her a nick name, as the one she had given me because she didn't liked me calling her with original name. I asked her "Ku" and she replied "I guess u meant Kyu and its bas aise hi...force nai karugi...bt i wud call u with the same name. ;P". I told her that it was indeed a "Kyu" but in a sweet way and she smiled. Also I suggested a nickname for her and it was related to what she had given to me. She gave a wide smile upon that.

    

  I had earlier told her about me going out of town but where and when, I told her now. Surprisingly she replied with "Tu kaunsi train se ja raha hai? O_O meri heartbearts bahar nikalne wali hai...jaldi bata..." I told her it was a mid-night train and I thought her father being in Railways would be there in that train but that was only a wild guess and I didn't meant it in a serious manner. The next thing she replied was "Aur main native place ja rahi hu..meri b aaj midnite train hai..aur almost a week waha rahugi... hum log same train me toh nai? :P" Now even my heartbeats also started pumping and I was already praying to God please...please...make it happen. I told her the train name to which she replied "Oh my god oh my god oh my god!!!!!! Mera dil bahar aa gaya...dies.. :D :D". I was confused to understand anything but my gut feeling said Yes!!!Yes!!!Yes!!!

  But I was surprised that she didn't told me this earlier and I asked her the same thing, she replied that she told me about it earlier but I may have forgot. I was curious about it and asked her whether she would be available on messages while she is out of town because we both were marwaris to do a netpack and only used wi-fi at home. She replied "Hahaha...WHAT A CO ACCIDENT! ;) ;) Aur me net pack karwa ke jaugi zyada khush mat ho samjha..bachega nai tu :P ;)". Now the feeling was like "Dil Garden Garden ho gaya..." couldn't control myself and I knew it was the same on her side as well. The following message proved it so "Ye toh maine sapne main b nai socha tha ;) Ekdum filmy ho gaya :P Wo Geet Shahid wala scene ho jata parents nai hote to ;) :P"

  

  We had already discussed this movie "Jab We Met" in our previous convos but never ever thought that something like this would come up in our life. Somewhere in our heart we both wanted to meet each other but on the face, we made some or the other excuses of not meeting and then it was time for me to leave for home. So we shared Bye, only to continue at the normal time we used to talk or should I say message. That day I was going early from my shift time, so thought of traveling by train but then a colleague informed me that cab is available and I can join him....I too agreed as didn't want to get tired so early as it was going to be a long day. But one wrong decision and you get stucked in Mumbai Traffic. The Nakabandi was on due to upcoming festivals throughout the week. It took me one and half hour more then the normal time. I was thoroughly tired which was not on the list. Somehow I managed to reach home by 7 pm and had to do the packing for myself and as well as for family. Being a hosteler, last moment packing was a skill. This was also discussed earlier in the afternoon with her...as she was also a fellow hosteler. The time went away too fast during this and it was 9 pm already which was the time to message her but I had some grooming left, wanted to look perfect if by any chance we met. I took some more time today and it was already around 9.35 pm. There was no message yet.....I pinged her and there was a delayed response but it made me go Blush blush...Again some normal talks but the topic for today was related to our traveling. We discussed how Mom's take tension before the journey and how they move from place to place to check if everything is OK.

     I was ready to go but she was not and so she took a leave to continue back when we are free. I decided to leave at 11 pm from home but Mom was eager and I had to give up, so we left 15 minutes earlier. Me along with my family reached the boarding station at around 11.45 pm, taking into account the locals running late by 30 minutes and time taken to change the platform along with luggage. I saw an empty seat below the foot over bridge and settled down there, although it was dark. I took a random walk along the platform 6 to kill some time. But hardly the time flew and it was 12.15 am and there were still 23 more minutes to board the train. Soon there was an announcement that the train will come up on platform number 4 instead of 6. Mom started again, I immediately took the luggage and started walking towards the bridge which thankfully was very near. I took out my mobile and messaged her about the announcement just in case she had not arrived yet. I was getting down on platform 4 and walked straight.  (had I taken a u turn....read it later)

  

  Another train arrived from which I guessed the position of coach and walked along with my family still thinking why there was no reply yet. The time flew too quick and our train arrived, I managed to get in along with luggage from one door and asked my parents to board it from second door of the S4 coach. Coincidentally or should I say Co-accidentally the seats were not together, my parents settled down at 31, 32 and me at 70. After my parents settled at their seats, I went to my seat and climbed to the upper left berth. The neighbor on the right berth had already slept and seemed to be a beautiful girl. I took out my mobile and then saw her reply. The data was not working for her till now....I messaged her that I am now settled. I told her about the neighbor and she replied "Wo main hi toh hu ;) bt meri to kismat kharab rhti hai hamesha..tharki buddhas ya fir buck buck aunties..no mast munda :/" I knew that girls also tadofies the boys but I wanted to confirm it from her to which she replied ":P toh kya tum ladke aankhe seko and hum log chup bethe rahe? no wayz ;)" I kept on texting as we both were relying on mobile data network which would soon go off and roaming would start. By the time my home location came, I messaged her...she was smart enough to guess it right as always. I informed her about the choclairs I brought along with me in case, she would meet but now I have to eat it all alone...and as expected her answer was "Mote! akele khayega tu? paet dukhega ;)" I messaged her to come and join me but I knew it was not possible. 

    When I was busy texting her, a girl passed by, while I had full concentration in our convos but the strong perfume she was wearing got me to look up and by the time I did that, I could only have a side glance of her. The neighbor turned around in deep sleep and I found that she is not that good. I texted her about this and also about my head bump to which she replied ":P :P guess wat color m wearing? dhyan rakha kar na..us gori chiti ko dek raha hoga na to lg gaya ;)." But by the time I got this reply it was already around 1.30 am and I was feeling sleepy, so I had texted her about it. When I read her color question....I thought she also has this girly behavior and I had no experience how to answer that or tackle it. I replied her normally "I guess white or blue or pink..." She replied to sleep and also about the network fluctuation. She would message me once she is awake. When she received my reply for color guess she confirmed "Yay...it is one of this three but you sleep now."

     Before I went to sleep I texted her saying that "Lets see if tomorrow its possible to meet and have a cup of coffee at my destination place where the train would halt for10 mins." She replied with a smile "I wud try my best..bt if nai ho paya toh samajhna parental constraint aagaya koi :) we are sho close never thot dis..bless u ;)". Then I replied to her color question that I am sure its Blue  confidently. When she received this message she replied "O_O blue???? I should try to sleep now." I replied "Kyu blue nahi hai???" I waited for sometime but then there was no reply and I thought she had already slept and so I too tried sleeping. I was too tired the entire day....traveling to office in local during peak hours, then the traffic and then packing with no lunch the entire day and then leaving again to board the train....what a long day it was and normally I should have sleep by this time. But don't know why I couldn't sleep, turned here and there with heavy eyes....tried it for almost 30-45 minutes but still could not sleep. I again turned ON my data on mobile and what I saw was her reply. It was "Blue hi hai bt tuje kaise pata ye soch rahi ti..:P tune dekha kya muje?? ye trn kahin toh ruk gayi hai.." I replied that I wanted to take a round on the platform 4 to see if I could find her but I didn't do that because I wanted the suspense to go on. By the time I am replying this one more message came which said "Kaash thoda early wali train hoti..adventure b ho jata...raat bhar sote raho bas... :/ Surat b late ayega abi toh :/" She received my reply only then and texted that "Why u got up again and I am disturbing u and could not believe how u guessed the color right without seeing me...or was it a wild guess..." And then there was a question...."Btw tumhara coach engine se kitne no. pe h? :P. Surat kitne baje ata hai? ya gaya? i dnt knw exactly..bta if u knw.." I asked her what would she do knowing this and she replied "Bas ho jata adventure wo tu mujhpe chhod deta ;) Mera coach kafi piche hai 11th frm engine :P" 

    When I saw her coach number I instantly replied her that I am at 7th coach from engine...

There was a message from her saying what would be the next stop and she herself found out that Surat will be coming at morning 4.40 am which would be too late. Now she received my coach number text to which she replied "U mean we are jus 3 coaches away? My god! Itni paas main.... super filmy coaccident :P" My face was all blush blush....and I asked her "Kya bolti hai....lets meet at Surat and do some adventure." She replied "I have to check whether the door is closed and whether the attendant is there or not???" I told her that the door would surely be open at Surat....But her reply was delayed. Then she replied "Me check kar aayi...the door is closed and the attendant is sleeping.. :(" Again one more message came saying that "Maine door kholne ka try kiya and it opened and there was a station Vapi but tu nahi tha... :P". Before this message I got a random thought in my mind that "Is it the right time to meet and end the suspense??" but when I saw the message, I was thinking she is so daring and did this to check if we can meet and now it was my turn to do something. One more message "You sleep for now till Bharuch...I would keep disturbing you like this....Surat 4.40 ko aayega...and I wud wave u from window over there.. :P" Also "You knw maine gate khol ke dekha and everybody at d platform was ghooring me i realised it wen train moved :P" I replied her "Do you think I would be able to sleep now?? hahaha tu toh pakka Geet ban gayi..." She replied "Me disturbed your sleep na...and you wont be able to sleep after you see bhoot like me..." I had told her that I would not come down to Surat just to see a waving hand from her to which she replied "Tu toh bhaav khane laga....;P Tu tension na le aur ab sho ja...Also my probs is that my coach is not connected to other coach and if I miss the train and you would get in any coach and me Geet ki gaadi sach mein choot jayegi..." I replied her "I would come through the interconnected coaches till coach 10 and you wait on your door and get down only if you see me....you would again board the train after meeting and I would board only after you do." She replied "That's ok...but if my parents woke up and dont find me here...what wud I say??any solution" I told her to say "Bhuk lagi thi ya phir chai pine ka mann kiya aisha kuch bol dena...." She replied "Wo kya sochenge...kise se dosti kar li itni raat ko platform pe .. ;P Chai wo bhi subah 4 baje and bhuk....wont work...dont worry I handle it....facewash always works...;P. Nice plan..Yeh Raj and Simran wale scene jaisa lag raha hai....Waise hum dono mil kar kahenge kya??"
 

  Even I didn't knew what would I say to her when I see her for the first time but I replied her "Hi bolenge....choclairs dunga tereko...". She texted that her neighbors are constantly peeping out of window to check what station it is and guess they will get down at Surat....."I wont be able to say you anything....jus thrilled... ;P" I messaged her that the girl is not back yet to which she replied "Ajayegi wapas mote! Jaise isko uske bina nind nai ayegi... strong perfume gives me headache :/ and wud she gave u heartache ;)"  I replied her "Aisi bahot aati jaati rehti...doesn't matter." She messaged that "I'll text you around 4.20 before Surat comes...lets give the phone battery some rest.. and I want it to work atleast till you reach your destination". I agreed...it was almost 3.40 am now and 40 more minutes to go. This 40 minutes I was thinking of how it would go and I should not get asleep now...because I know I am a Kumbhkaran and won't get up once I am asleep. Somehow due to curiosity and the butterflies in the stomach...I managed to spend the time and as the clock struck 4.15 am, I got down from the berth and went to freshen up myself. I didn't want to meet her for the first time with untidy hair and sleepy look with red eyes. I finished it soon and started walking towards the 10th coach from engine. But I had to pass from my parents berth and I was worried if someone was up and ask me where I was going then what would I answer them. Somehow I managed to pass them covering my face even when it was almost dark there and started walking from one interconnection of coach to other. This was the first time I was passing through Interconnected coaches in my life and saw some people up and ready to get down at Surat and some in deep sleep. I managed to reach the S1 coach by 4.25 am and messaged her I have reached. Still there was 15 minutes to reach on schedule time to Surat. My mind was totally blank during this time but the confidence level was same as on the Quiz part. I saw her message that "Surat aane wala hai na?? If my family wakes up then I would be expression less...samajh jana phir :)". Suddenly the train slowed down and I walked towards the door to find out that we had reached Surat 10 minutes earlier then scheduled time. Some people were getting down at Surat, I waited behind them and some were boarding the train.

       
   Finally I got down and walked towards the door of AC coach which was just two steps ahead. Some people were getting down so I walked some more steps and again went back towards the door with the pumping heart. But the door was closed and suddenly I saw someone walking towards the mirror near the door and then she put her neck down through the window and I saw her for the first time. I went near to the door and she came on the edge of the door and said the first word "Hi..." I replied the same and was constantly looking at her glowing face at this hour. I extended my hand for an handshake and we shared the first touch. I put my hand in left pocket and got the choclairs out saying "As promised..." which I wanted to share with her and offered her in open palms...she took them with a smile and again the touch. (One of them remained in my pocket not purposely..) She asked me "Soye nai ab tak...neend nai aai" I could hardly hear anything....firstly due to the platform noise....secondly due to her low volume and thirdly because I was shocked to see how beautiful she was. I asked "Kya..." for multiple times and then replied her with a No. Then suddenly she started some blah blah in fast mode and was looking at someone at the same time inside the coach. I couldn't understand her and asked her whether I should leave, she said "Yes" and I confirmed it again with her before I started walking towards the S1 coach door. I looked behind for a last glance and then she did some gesture which made me skip my heartbeats, I was looking at her and the platform if anybody watched us and again back to her and didn't knew how to react but my blushing face had it all conveyed to her...I started walking towards my coach through the interconnection and when I reached near the berth of my parents, my mom was awake and asked me where I went....I told I got down from train for some fresh air....I wanted to get back on my berth and reach my mobile but my mom asked me to sleep in the nearby empty berth and take the luggage up on the berth as it was getting wet due to rain. I did so very fast...got my blanket from previous berth and climbed to new upper berth. 

   She had already messaged me "My god! dat was so sudden ! main nind se jaagi ti..thank u sho much :) :) :) :) mere dadaji jaag rahe te cudnt get down sry. Muje settle hone ka tym b nai mila jus so sry dadaji was seeing thru d window dats y dint get down yaar.. my heartbeats us waqt jumped" I replied to her "My god...you are more beautiful then I imagined and its Ok. You came near till door was enough for me." The next message from her was "The chox are jus very next to me...and i jus wantd u to b at ur place nai to trn chuth jati..my hand had my hair rubber band.." I replied her with Thanks for the gesture she did at last that will make my day and asked her ki "phir aa jau next station pe... ;P. I thought we will eat the chox together but koi na next time for sure." I then received her reply "Noooways luk at u..u r so gora and absolutely justify the name *that she gave me*..trust me muje ek min aur milta toh thoda hair sahi kar leti al messy.." For the first time I was asking myself Really am I that gora...or she is pulling my leg as always, how she was thinking about her hair at that time. Then the message "Aisa mat bol muje guilt hoying..i did saw dadaji sitting, peeping thru window dats y nai utri main..issue ho jata..thanx fo jhuta compli :P and again *gesture* coz dats all i cud do widout gettin down and let u knw u r special :) :) Thanx..Surat me surat jovta milyu :P" 

I replied to her "Jhuta...meri lyf me itni beautiful frnd nai bani...kasam se aur jhuta tarif toh u kiya mera, me tere saamne kuch gora nai." then there was a message "i dnt knw y i cal u mota..u r fit n fine..i may be a bit moti in frnt of u :P" (She might have thought of me being plump like the TV series character Jethalal. ;P) I replied her  "Ya a bit...bt very beautiful and adventure pura hua apna finally." Really I didn't bothered to look at her build, my eyes were glued at her innocent face and it didn't moved even for a second. She replied "Lol a bit bol raha hai..chapu kyan chhe..nai hu main moti dat top makes me appear so ok :P butterfly top..and today got them in stomach ;)" I smiled on that and thought now I know why people say Girls are always right. I replied her how chindi I was giving her just some choclairs when I could have atleast given her some cadbury...She replied "Oye mere frnd ko chindi bolne ki zarurat nai hai samjha...paglu !! imagine me toh khali hath ti fir main kya maha garib?" I replied her, No you are not garib because you gave a very precious thing and unforgettable memory with that gesture for life. She told something which happened to her while coming to door "U knw ek uncle ne almost mere muh pe gate maar dia hota.." I replied "Abhi hai kya woh uncle waha..aata hu Bharuch mein...marte hai usko" She said "Nai usko maine hi itna tuff luk dia na..he said 4 time sorry mam :P galti meri ti main bhagi door ki taraf wen train stopd ;)" Then we disussed our expereince of that moment and exchanged GN when it was actually GM and I had only a hour's journey left and she had a long way to go. She said "Will text u in mrng...C Ya"

     

   With all this adventure and memories I took rest for sometime and then got up when my destination was nearby. I was ready to get down and messaged her the same and told her "Shayad door pe dikhu tuje wavin...have a safe journey ahead..." The train stopped on the outer for about 30 mins and was late. Finally I got down with my parents and there was crowd everywhere since it was Raksha Bandhan. My Dad asked to go towards the foot over bridge on the engine side while I wanted to go towards the backside to wave Good Bye...Somehow I managed to convince him and we started walking towards the opposite direction. I asked Mom and Dad to walk ahead. I was thinking if her coach would come nearby the bridge or would I miss it but it was exactly beside the bridge and as soon as I reached near her coach I purposely dropped the luggage down and was looking towards her window. I waited for sometime but she was not there but I could see Dadji sitting and peeping outside. So I decided to walk away....Later

P.S.: This post is dedicated to this girl who gave me the wonderful memories of my life along with being a supporting partner in the adventure.
Had I known that she asked me to go because she didn't want me to miss the train, I would have atleast stand by near my door and watched her till the train starts which was only 10 minutes later after I left.