It has been exhausting week for me. If you plan a week
holiday in your hometown especially at the Diwali time, you will be exhausted.
You need to plan holiday in advance, at least 3 month so you can get a
reservation of your home town for a return journey, which generally is not case
even if you miss it by one day. After reservation, the journey is also the most
painful part because the Sleeper class seems to turn out a General class, you
can’t move out of your seat as there will be no place to put you foot even in
the train. Welcome to journey in the Indian railway in festivals.
I was in Allahabad waiting for my train; it was late for
about 30 min. which for me was a normal time. I was looking at the platform
number 1, I could see lots of familiar face. The station was full of people, I
don’t how could so many people turn up to board the train. Thank god! I have
the confirm seat, well the last time I say the waiting list it said 560
something. It is India anything can happen; here rules are less knows to people
then Jugaad. Everybody tries to find her own jugaad to get seat in the train.
“Is this you, shaan”, somebody broke my thought process with
her voice. I looked back at the direction of voice which just came from my
back. She was standing there, smiling at me.
“Soz, what a pleasant surprise by you, It has been long time
since school we have met”, I replied back to him in a warm manner. I look at
her in a surprised manner, We shook our hand and I offered her seat with me to
sit down. Let me tell you who Soz is, she was my best friend ex girlfriend that
is the best how I can describe her. Other than that, we have been class mate in
school for 2 years; she used to sit just behind me in the exams. Our friendship was always has been of Hi and
hello just because she was girlfriend of my best friend. I never liked her but
never hated also, I was always natural to her. But after her breaking up with
Salmaan, I hated her and never talked to her. But here she is in front of me
and I don’t know how to react.
“So, Shaan what you have been doing these days”, she asked.
I don’t know how to reply, I don’t want to talk much to him but somehow I
replied to her, “Well as you know all commerce student case, Did my B. Com and
after that just doing My MBA from Greater Noida college, what about you, where
you have been. No news of yours after that ….”
I stopped; It has been 4 years of that incident but I still feel bad
about that, I don’t know why?
“Well, shaan. I left the city and moved to Delhi after
school you know, And just started to do CA. Right now I am doing my training
and final exam preparation, just have no time to other thing at this time”, she
replied with such an ease. She continued, “I have been seeing you updates on
orkut and facebook, you did some good things in life and especially your music
rocks big time, I became fan of you guitar playing”, she finished with her eyes
looking at me and ever smiling face. What just she said, she followed up me on
facebook on orkut. I have been so mean to her in last few years and yet she
followed me. That was strange for me because I never wished her birthday wishes
also.
“Well thanks for following up, you know I love the music as
always but you never send me any request on facebook”. I replied to her. She
said, “Well because I was not sure about that you will accept my request or
not”. Her answer was so true, if she would have send request few years back I
would have rejected it.
I continued, “So any one from school whom you are in touch
with”. She replied, “Nops, I just not have been in touch with anyone. Even on
facebook also there is no one added on my account”. She smiled after answering
this question. She continued, “you should have been in touch with most of them
I think, that has been your nature ever since from school to keep tracking you
friend.”, I knew what she want to say. I replied, “Sort of you can say, just on
facebook and orkut. Only few have been in touch with me over phone”.
A railway announcement broke our conversation, my train Shiv
ganga has been again delayed for 30 min. it seems to me those kind of day,
where all things are coming to be as unexpected.
“Well seems we have more time to talk, thank god we met
otherwise It would have been hard to spend time in this station”, she given her
opinion. I looked her at once and thought why someone could fall for her. She
was not that beautiful, only her eyes seem to be so much expressive and her
smile makes it more beautiful. Her hairstyle suites her more now, she was
better in term of dressing and also her voice has become much sweeter since last
time we talked. Wait a minute, am I falling for her. No, that can’t be
possible. I can’t fall for my friend ex girlfriend.
“You hairstyle seems to suit you more now, shaan. And your
eyes seems so intense now, I never noticed you have brown color eyes. It so
much suited you.” she broke my thought again. She is flirting with me, or I am
thinking too much on this matter. I was not able to decide with her wrong
single and my mind still stuck in the past. I replied, “Well thanks; I think
you are first one to compliment me about my eyes”.
It was becoming a strange night; I am talking to the same
girl whom I used to hate few years ago. Life is so strange, I used to hate her,
now I think she likes me or I like him. You should not be falling for your
friend ex girlfriend, that can’t happen but why I can’t control myself.
“Ok shaan, look like my train has arrived so it my time to
leave. It was nice meeting you again after a long time. Well take my phone
number, so you can call me any time in Delhi”. After saying this she gave me
her number and walked toward her train. I looked toward her and saved her
number on my phone and send SMS on her phone.
My mind only had one question at that time can you fall for
your friend ex Girlfriend?
