ALMOST MARRIED

Well folks this is not a story of mine most definitely not ,and that is only because this is the life experience of my friend ,I've heard that writers mostly portrait their own life experiences ,so a change to the contrary.

OK,enough of the preface lets zoom in ,I'm talking about December, the remembrance of snowy roads ,chilled climate and lazy mornings. well you may start to run wheels about snow in kerala ,guys i never said that this story happens in kerala now did I; as i say this story actually happens in delhi and if you still have doubts about snowing then check out the newspapers;now where was I ,yes about my friend ,well talking about him let me tell you this ,he is just the opposite of me in morals and behavior ;for those who doesn't know me ,well then let me say he's a flirt,DOG(darling of girls),charming (i think that might be something we share) and most ridiculously he has a nasty habit of running into troubles ,or well trouble is his soul mate ,wherever he goes he'll make a reason not to return. so being the person he is ,he is a packed material .

As always my inspiration, Saurabh studies in Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Medical College,(still doesn't know how he cleared the mains when i couldn't) in delhi ,as i said all this happens during December ,which brings Christmas and also vacations to the light. So as every normal student does he also booked a ticket home ,he was to board on 21st ,and i was to pick him up on 23rd,but as i said his better half held him ,which when applied to full detail means ,on 20th he went to party with his friends at a club and there he met Shweta and it was love at first sight(as he said it) ,she asked him out for a drink (i really didn't believe him there) and after they've had 2 or 3 drinks her boyfriend came ;and well ,as all men, he wasn't happy to see his girlfriend being upset ed by another man. Thank god Saurabh used to train at the gym or i can't even think what would have happened to him,i think he said Shwetas boyfriend was Sylvester Stallone in build and he definitely watched rocky ,some kind hearted guys helped as he was taken to the hospital with 2 molars missing.

so as a séria' of events he was discharged on 21st ,it's a popular tale that you cant catch a train at 7,when you start at 10 now can you , he reached the railway station almost by 10.30 and now a new challenge 'a way home' .

So he called his friend Akash Bhaiya (sometimes i wonder how he used to get such good friends ;even myself) so as his peer cheered he was given a ticket ,(yeah i forgot to mention Akash bhaiya's father is the SP there) ;well the ticket was for train at 12 it was a canceled ticket of a couple , he didn't call me up to say this so damn!.. i had to wait full 5 hours at the railway station(its an other story altogether) .

so he got the ticket with 1and half hours to go ,believing his horoscope for the month he decided not to make any more distress as his jaw was still aching with the previous ordeal ,so he went to rest in the rest room and all went fine till 11.50, that's when he went to meet the TTR and he was informed that he was sharing a cabin (i forgot to mention he got a cabin birth ,ie; two sleepers),with some other

passenger.

So vary of an unknown companion he walked towards his compartment ,when he reached there he was quite happy to see an empty cabin ,but soon he realized with a crackling pain that someone was already there as he tripped off at a stroll bag,?

"pink"

That was the color of the bag, usually girls like pink ,isn't it like that , so his excitement was sky high,he checked his pocket and found it void of my i-pod(never should have given him in the first place) so his only means of entertainment was down to his lady travel mate,so he climbed on the top birth and dozed off,he woke up hearing the door open, usually sliding doors are not supposed to creak

but 'customer service' that ain't what Indian railways specialize in ,now is it ?

he for the umpteenth time cursed and took a look at the impostor .

"SHWETA"

(oh,my i can't imagine the look on his face or hers either)

so after they recovered from their initial shock they began to gel,( I said he's a DOG)she was also from calicut and her house was near mine?..............(never seen a girl like her anywhere in 2km radius of my house ,and she knows me???????)

so as always he used me as a stepping stone for his success only this time the target was unapproachable , so they laughed off at his little drama at the club and got into others shoes or was getting too much into each others company.

she told him about her boyfriend ,his name was Ronit ,he is [the keyword here is 'is',-still] the boxing champion at her college ,by the way she was doing MBA there ,she told that she missed her train at 7 as she was caught in traffic,she never met his eyes there(so guys guess) and it was her boyfriend who got her this ticket ,so since both of them were tired ;being busy in their own ways they prepared to call it a day,and went to sleep

once on his birth , realizing that a gorgeous girl is beneath him (i mean his birth), and also his stinging jaw to say less ,he found it hard to get any sleep, so he decided to kick a conversation

(well sorry guys for not describing Shweta, I'm not that great in describing female anatomy ,but she's really beautiful ,an oval face, lively eyes,hearty smile ,a dimple on her right cheek and rather too fair for me but beautiful nevertheless so what i mean is ,'gorgeous' would just be an understatement, she has all the looks of a bollywood actress except for the height so that's her ,now lets get back)

"Do you realize that we are sharing a cabin of some couple?"

"what...,oh yeah its all just funny isn't it" she added her colours

"well that's the cycle of life you never know when and where you need to start a new story and who knows ,those we meet might be the characters"

(she has to be interested as these lines were stolen by him from my story)

"You are quite a romantic person,aren't you?"

(he was all jumping at his heart)

" i think so" he said with enthusiasm

"well good for you because I'm really not romantic"

(well for your information I can't take blame ,that's not what i did quote, it's like "everyone has a story ,everything you do makes a new story , all those around you lives in a story ,that's life ,it goes on and on so does the story"-well so screw him for forgetting my lines )

one trick gone now 99 more to go, an usual mold for a seducer

"don't you think that all these were destined to happen"

"of course no"

her answers were getting rather grumpy so he thought better to rest his case

"good night then"

no reply

he parked to sleeping mode but soon began to feel goosebumps, not because of anything else just the climate ,December night and as always Indian railways had new methods of tormenting its passengers where this time it meant the ac was unbelievably cold ,and quite radical too ,as he didn't carry a blanket,with sleeping itself being a nightmare he decided to reach for the public blanket at the bottom tiredness and the stings on his jaw (he said it really stung) made it all convenient ,so he went for an easier option

"Excuse me ,.......shweta could you just get me that blanket from down there"

(she woke with looks to make you meat, well whatever i described about her being beautiful n all lets for now take it as," a coin has two sides ")

she took off her blanket and said

"i have a better idea"

his heart was beating so fast that he just heard the rest as a whisker of a whisper

"lets ...well just for tonight .....lets just.... pretend to be almost married ...and...."

(I'm sure his face would be as bright as a new found star)

"and......" he swallowed a lump in his throat

"AND GET THE BLANKET YOURSELF"

broken hearted he went back to sleep

emotional shock could be serious but that when combined with anxiety and shame can change a man ,well at least in Saurabh's case it was for good

and the rest of the 2 days of journey was quite and flying ,its quite amazing how time can fly so fast when you just need more time to recollect yourself,'fascinating' that would be how I'd put it

he never really met her eyes after that (eyes aren't his spot of beauty really ,he likes “hardware components”)

and really wasn't looking when we passed the women's polytechnic on the way to his home,(maybe because it was 'Sunday')

now i really understand being broken hearted takes a toll on you ,maybe i should write my next story on that ,but i think the end of this story will be a real story

The least i can add to the moral of this story is that Saurabh changed for good for the next 3 days ,after that he was back to being himself but even more annoying and frustrating ,and for icing on the cake he got a new girl friend and she is my neighbor(shit)

may be "EVERYTHING 'doesn't' HAPPEN FOR GOOD" after all .