A memorable bus trip!

Its 5 pm on a friday evening! I pack my laptop, take out my bike and rush to my flat in Bangalore! Have a bus to Goa at 6:30pm. After a tiring week at office, it feels really good to go home! Home sweet home! The place where I can always look to when I find lost in this hostile world!!! After a 5 minutes ride, I start packing my bags. I stuff the whole lot of unwashed clothes in my bag. Fill another one with other essential things, and hurriedly leave the flat! Luckily, find an auto-rickshaw just below my flat. "120 Rs", says the auto-wallah. Having little time to argue, I just jump into the auto. "I'll not give you a penny more than the fare shown by the meter", I say stubbornly. "Kya saab, petrol badh gaya hai! Chai ka daam bhi badh gaya hai! Give me 20Rs more than the meter fare". I agree to give him 10Rs more than the fare...

I reach the bus stop at 6:15pm. I've learnt my lessons the hard way as far as travelling is concerned. I make it a point to reach the bus stop/airport well in advance. I head straight to my window seat, and make myself comfortable. The dude sitting next to me was quite friendly! He was basically a tourist from the UK, who was on a short trip to India. Wait a minute! Who is the girl in the seat just before me? To my utter surprise, she is a good friend! A friend on whom I had a secret crush (And I still have)! And who is the monster sitting next to her? She looked to be in real discomfort with the seemingly ungentlemanly person! I ask the man if he would mind swapping places with me! "This is my seat. I don't like seating behind." Then I request the dude sitting next to me to swap places with my friend. Understanding the situation, the gentleman quickly agreed. So I offer the window seat to my friend. And there we start talking endless stories. But alas, just like Einstein mentions, "Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute." This certainly seemed true. The bus came to a halt. Time for dinner. So we head to the hotel for a quick dinner. I decide to tell her about my feelings towards her. Its now or never! So post dinner, I just think about how to bring out the topic! And suddenly, she asks me, "Didn't u find any chick here?". I just say! "Not yet". "Didn't you have a crush on someone?" She continued. Now is the time I thought. "Had a couple of crushes. In fact I had a crush on you". I just didn't know what to expect. But the friendly person that she is, she just smiles. "When?" "Since college!!!". Not knowing whether to proceed or not, I just keep quite for a minute or so! Then I ask her about her crushes! This should make the discussion a bit easier I thought! "A few crushes here and there. But never beyond a few days!!". Finally, gathering up some courage, I say, "I still have a crush on you! Do you like me?" There is silence now! I don't know whether it was the right time to tell her. I take my eyes off her! And just start staring at the back of the seat before me. This can certainly be thought of as the most boring way to propose to any girl! Then suddenly she says! "Why did you take so long to say that?". And she just rests her head on my shoulder. And all of a sudden, I was flying! From where did this come? Did I actually propose to her? I could never muster enough courage in the past two years! I always feared that I might lose a good friend. This is proving to be a wonderful day! Looks like the stars are pleased with me for some unknown reason! Or maybe there was a mistake! As I turned to look at her again, she is already fast asleep, resting happily on my shoulder. And I try my best not to move! However, its really difficult to win against sleep. Especially when you don't want to sleep! And before I could realize, I fell asleep...

"Wake up dude", I hear a sound! Its Shivram, getting ready for office! "Its already 10 am. Boss will start shouting!" I wake up steadily, realizing its a monday morning! Friday evening is still another 5 days away! Time for office!!! Same old routine. I lazily ready myself before heading to office!!!