The Ola Ride

I got attentive, and said to Akhil, "Did she just say you Aarush!?" His emotions got disturbed and he said, "N... N... No... She said Akhil, I... I heard that..." I thought maybe I would've heard it wrong. Anyway, I focused on the slow wind outside my window. I noticed that he was admiring me and smiling slowly, but anyway I was ignoring. So, I continued in sharing my feelings with the nature and he focused on me.

Then, I said him, "Don't you have the other sides to see the view...!!! I mean the window in your side....!!! Am I looking so horrible and weird that your mind is telling nuisance!!??"

"Horrible not even in my dreams, you look adorable same as our college time... ", he said in dreaming something about me.

"Excuse me, WHAT!!!??" I shouted and looked at him with my eyebrows up and down.

With the expression of puppy face he started his words, "You are sooo... Wow! I... I... Mean... Sorry ... I was thinking something el... Else... But, it's you there.... Means it's NOT you in my thoughts...!"

He watched in the other side with embarrassment. Later, after 10 minutes of silent air inside the cab, he noticed that, we're driving to wrong way. He asked the driver about it, as if he's familiar with the place we were traveling. On the other hand, I wasn't in a condition to handle my emotions. I was confused how we have been lost, that too in the late evening hour. And it's hardly, we can do anything. By the time, he was confirming the place with the driver and called my aunt. Lately, we come to know that due to some lack of communication between my aunt and driver, we are here now. Driver heard the wrong place and we are actually six-seven hours away from our destination. Till then, Akhil was convincing the driver to ride up to our destination, but it's really hard for him to travel long back. So he suggested us to book another cab and can easily reach there.

It's already 6 in the evening, booking a cab, waiting, and then no dinner in between, six hours of the journey would be wasted. Also, one day of my trip is already lost. So we decided to stay somewhere in the hotel for tonight. And, allowed the cab to drop us somewhere safe and well known hotel for staying. Though he agreed, but, he argued for the extra payment that we had traveled extra hours of his time, also he took the charge for the way till hotel. And, it's not our India where drivers are agreed after five minutes of bargaining. So, he had to give all of his money. I was carrying some money and we somehow managed ourselves to pay the bills in the hotel. Unfortunately, the cash I am having now will only permit us to book one room. As the hotel's card machine is not working for today. All bad days are welcomed in just one day.

I saw Akhil, booking the cab for tomorrow and it's almost done for 8 in the morning. We went to upstairs, to our temporary rent room. They said they'll send our luggage to our room, so we followed the room service boy. The room was quite big and comfortable. The only thing we found something special was that we have separate beds for each and it's separated with a light curtain in between the two beds. I was happy to see that and quickly run and jumped in the right side bed, then slept for a while. I was tired and yes, he too. He said he is going to use the washroom first, as he really wants to have a shower, so as to remove such sleepy mood. The moment he closed the washroom's door, the main doorbell rings. He shouted, "Please open it Rooh, I think the luggage have arrived!!"

With laziness, I opened the door and guess what it was not our luggage but, the cab driver who dropped us in this hotel. I greeted him, but his eyes was consistently searching for something, I thought he might be interested for Akhil, I said him peacefully, "He just went to take the shower, what do you want sir!?"

And he said holding one small bag containing Akhil's some pocket diary and some important cards and one wallet, "This belongs to Sir, will you please give him!? And, I just need one autograph but it's fine, I'll meet him on some other day!!" He just walked off after saying this.

I wondered, why he want an autograph for this stupid man Akhil, he is not even a Rock star or any music director... Aaahhhaaaa... Maybe for his nature... Forget it.

I then opened the bag and checked what things are there. My eye catches his credit card which slipped from his half opened wallet, shockingly read the name as "AARUSH KHANNA"!!!!!! But, one trauma was not enough to grasp, another was standing outside the door already.

(Door Bell rang)

I opened it and found two Indian Soldiers saluting me and said, "Are you Miss Rooh, daughter of Sir Commando Randhir Shikhawat?"