Mumbai Diaries - Part 3(The One where they Meet)

Few hours before...

"BC, is that my station?"

Nauman tried to decode what Gaurav might have said.

While he was trying to make sense of it all, his eyes set upon a set of eyes even more restless than his. He kind of wished her eyes would rest on him, but ofcourse this was real life, so nothing of that sort happened.

Nauman stood thinking of all the pickup lines as he had mugged up during his desperation days. But he kind of knew that pickup lines won't be necessary on this girl, not in a 'him like a casanova and its going to be easy' kind of a way, but in a way where being genuine would easily work.

He approached her making as concerned face as possible.

"You look lost."

"Can you tell me from which train number will go to Churchgate?" she asked.

"What? Trains don't have numbers here..."

"Ofcourse they have, how else they will distinguish one from the another?"

"Well that's true, but.....wait a minute....are you travelling in a local for the first time?"

She nodded embarrassingly.

"Can you help here? Just tell me the train number...I will find out the rest"

"Ohh, enough with the train number. You will need to wait on Platform 3, the Churchgate train leaves from there. This is platform 1.
And you see that train going...that is leaving for Churchgate. So you have solid 20 mins before another one comes."

"Okay" she said feeling a little relieved.

"So, first time huh? Did you move to Mumbai yesterday?" he asked hoping to use these 20 minutes effectively.

"Nah, I have been born and brought up in Mumbai only."

"Huh...weird"

"Nothing weird, have you seen the rush here." she explained her predicament.

"So why now?"

"Just a bet to get a gift."

"Care to explain?"

"I will get a new phone if I get a selfie with the Churchgate station."

"What kind of competition is this?"

Before she could answer, they were interrupted by a sea of passengers trying to get on the train. They moved to a more central spot on the platform.

"Do you live here? Weren't you waiting for that train?" she inquired.

"Ohh, actually I am waiting for my friend, who will be coming shortly here. He just got victimized to the passenger love and couldn't de-board."

"Ohh that's scary."

"So please board the ladies coach only. And which reminds me that you should install 'm-indicator' into your phone."

"Give me your number, I will text you the link to download the cracked version."

She gave her number with a wry smile and proceeded to uninstall 'm-indicator' from her phone.

"You know once I was on the beach and drew a heart on the sand with my name on it...and the next I know is 7 boy's names written inside the heart. Please don't be one of those boys."

"No I am not, I am Nauman, by the way"

"Ooh, I already like your name. Nauman, as in Roadies wala Nauman?"

"Yeah"

"My name is Jaya, by the way. I should leave now. And yeah don't forget to text the link, you don't want me to be lost in Mumbai".

"Sure"

They parted ways. He saw the confused girl bumping into people, asking for directions to her train.

...Back to Present

"Did you call her yet?" Nauman asked Atush.

After being flustered in the laser tag game, they were back to the pub, enjoying last few moments of their weekend.

"No dude, let me get home atleast. I have tomorrow's go live to look for. I have my boss hanging on me like a clingy girlfriend already."

"Oho, so we have a triangle here."

"I can bet I will receive a message in next 10 mins regarding his concern over the developed code."

Everyone looked at Atush's screen. A notification sound did came, but it was on Gaurav's phone.

"Shit, its my sister. I have got to buy a new phone now."

To be Continued...

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