An exciting train journey

I left my office at 9:20 PM to catch the Cheran Express. I was allocated RAC 7 when I booked the ticket. I checked the status of my ticket online and confirmed that I was allocated s11,7. I hired an auto , shared with another companion and headed to Central. I reached Central at 10:00 PM. I saw the LED display and confirmed that the train was in 10th platform. I planned to get a parcel from Mary Brown for dinner. But it was too late. So I went to see where I am put in. Gosh ! I was walking and walking for nearly ten minutes, almost covering the length of the train. I glanced at each compartment, just eager to know the different peoples and their activities inside the train. In S9 there were full of girls. I wondered what would have happened if I got there!

I reached my compartment S11 . I went in. What a shock!. Five girls and one couple. I am alone. I realized that I didn’t had dinner. I went out of the compartment to look what was in the store. I bought a bottle of mineral water,an Amul’s Cool Coffee and a GoodDay biscuit and I saw something is moving behind me. It was my train. I went in to S9 which was near to me and the bunch of girls were all over there. I wondered whether it was a Ladies Compartment. Somehow I went into mine.

My berth is side lower. TTR came and the checking was finished. My berth seat was made flat I thought everyone are going to sleep. But it didn’t happen. As the berth was made flat I was leaning on the side window and the cool breeze entered all over me. So I was facing almost all girls except one who got side upper and she was sitting beside me.

1 and 2 are occupied by a couple. 3 is empty. 4 is occupied by a girl. She is good looking with an innocent look. She was wearing Salwar Kameez with spectacles. She knew that I looked her and she looked me. I turned my head. 5 is a girl who looked homely and little fat but good. 6 is another girl. She was hearing/listening music /radio. I was wondering how 3 is empty and there comes the most beautiful girl ,she was sitting in upper berth. She was wearing yellow color chudithar tops with black dots and a jean. She was reading some novel. I saw her and she too saw me. As usual I turned my head .

I couldn’t keep my legs properly because as ours is near toilet , people crossed me often. So I sat in 3 and I am now facing the girl with novel. But she was in upper berth! I looked her frequently. I got a call from home and I answered. I had two luggages with me. One I kept down in my side lower and another I couldn’t keep as there was no space. I took the luggage and asked the one with spectacle whether I can keep my luggage down. She was staring me without saying anything as if I asked her something wrong and at last she nodded her head. I thought what the *&%$ she was thinking about me.

After thirty minutes, the couple seems to get ready for sleep. So they were arranging and everything was set. Hence, all the berth was set. And the girl who sat beside me went to the side upper. So everyone was about to sleep. So I went back to my side lower and pulled out my blanket and pillow which I used to take whenever I travel in train. Wow, now I could see the girl with novel more clearly from my berth.

But I am sure none was sleeping except the couple. Because the light was not switched off. Sometime later the light was put off . Alas! I thought how the beautiful girl would read the novel then. I saw her and smiled. She too reciprocated. What she did was something weird. As ours was near toilet and the light was very bright near ours. She lay down and aligned according to the light and I could see her face.

Sometime later I saw a head peeped beside me near toilet. I thought it was just my thinking. But soon again the head peeped and when I turned back someone hided himself and again this happened, this time I saw him and I asked what he wanted. He told that he want to keep his luggage under my berth. I said ok. The luggage he was talking about was a neat fast track polythene bag with something inside which was almost weightless. I was wondering why can’t he keep that with him. I got the point he was trying to steal my luggage thinking that I have slept.

I got up and I took out my luggage. The girl with the novel looked at me and was trying to say something. I took out my tee shirt and went near toilet and exchanged my shirt. Then ,I kept my luggage inside the inner right lower berth where I previously kept my other luggage.

But still this guy was not going. I acted as if I was sleeping. He came behind I opened my eyes immediately. He cleverly replied that he was standing for a long time and he want some space to sit. I allowed. Because I am not going to sleep either! I was waiting for TTR and at last TTR came after fifteen minutes. I asked him to confirm his seat. He told that I have asked him several times. I went to TTR and complained about him. TTR told that his ticket was not reserved and he should be in unreserved compartment. He was sent off from there and was later complained to police who was patrolling our compartment.

After all this mess I came back to my berth and I saw her novel was lying down near my berth. I thought she was fast asleep. I thought of not disturbing her and kept her novel near her and a voice came from inside her blanket “Thanks”. I said “its ok. Good night”. She replied “Good night”. What a loser I am, I ended my conversation. Yet to learn the art of flirting, as I am not interested in serious relationship.

I slept after an hour. I woke up at 6:30 next day exactly five minutes before the train reached Coimbatore. The girl with the novel was the one who woke me indirectly when her blanket went past me in the wind while she tried to fold it. I went for face wash and by the time I came back the station was reached. I was the first to get out of the train from my side. I didn’t dare to look behind. I went out and hired an auto and the auto headed to the bus stand. On the way, I saw her walking with two luggages. I thought of waving her a good bye. But I didn’t and there ends my journey.