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Train to Delhi

While travelling from gangtok to delhi, I had Reservation against cancellation (R.A.C) ticket .So , i had to share my seat with this
beautiful young lady.She had the upper birth in R.A.C , But was sitting on another half on my birth which was folded to two
seats.
she looked arrogant yet was beautiful.
I asked her to put some of her luggage to her upper birth , Man….the look she gave me after that…..reminded me of my headmistress of
my highschool…..:) She pointed to the sign board just above her telling that half of my birth was hers till 10.00 pm
i decided not to talk to her after that…
I had my two friends paul and martin whom i met in darjeeling.
journey was long , and we had nothing to do so we started playing “atlas” , you people must be knowing about it right?(its a place
identifier game.)we started playing .After some minutes, another girl from the same coach(I later got to know that she was a chemistry
teacher) joined us. Then an uncle…another aunty some time later. All of us were playing except her(the satan’s mistress).
but i couldn’t help notice she showed the signs of interest to it, and so I asked her if she wanted to join..and she did. We divided into
two teams, me, her(i mean the young lady), and that chemistry teacher on one team, and the rest on the other. we played and talked
about the places we took in “atlas”(the game).
I was amused to know that paul and martain being from london and chicago knew more places in India then we did !!
over the time , i talked with her and realized that she was not arrogant(sorry for the names i called…i was just so irritated^^).
she was talking to someone over the phone and i noticed that she was using some “defense ” terms, like officer, mess , regiment , etc..
I couldn’t resist myself asking her about her job, and then came a big shock to me !
OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!
:O., SHE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE INDIAN ARMY!!.!!! I always wanted to be that for like…forever u know? any way, I
became more interested to know more about her then ever….a total stranger that is.
I WAS SUPER IMPRESSED !!
we discussed about army recruitment and how to enter and stuffs of sorts(and by that i mean about guns and stuff…..lol). So so into I
was……..
Later…there it was,a signboard stating “HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN STATION”… we bid farewell, she waved me bye and left.. .I
replied with the same …..and with a smile on my face i started to pack….just then did i realise ….”WHAT WAS HER NAME???!!!!.I
ran out seeking for her but she was no where to be seen…..

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