Sip - 15

The same giggles which made the Angel to take a look at the girls long before, made her to notice the girls’ presence there today. “The ‘passenger friends’ that’s the way I used to call them, Amriti and Kushi. They were from different states, working at different places, don’t know each other’s mother tongue but they had one thing in common - the 8.30 train. They came to know each other only by the train. At start they shared just a smile. Day by day their blank smiles turned to known smiles, then hi-bye and then good morning-good evening and finally a visit to U-Smile” said the Angel with a broad smile in her face, feeling happy for their friendship.

“Wow! that’s cool right? knowing someone through travel and all, this is the first time I’m seeing girls like them” said the doctor with a mocking smile.

“Doctor this may not seem to be a special friendship to you. But for me it is. Only those who have many friends and not that one friend with whom we share our anything and everything can understand this feel. You know what, they come here every week like a ritual. They spend time and leave the place expecting 7 days to pass on soon.”
“Ok Ok Angel. I do agree that’s a healthy friendship.”
Angel took their orders and went to serve them stepping aside the doc. His scent was mild and I noticed it. It was worth enough to sway any girl from the Earth to his heart. Oh shit! What am I thinking. Why do I get such filthy thoughts? I’m not like this. Ok I’m going to serve them and ask that question.

“Hi Guys. How are you doing?”

Amriti replied,”Yah! we are good. How are you Miss World?”

“Ha Ha! you always do this!. Yah I’m good. So what’s with your friend? I haven;t seen her this much quite in any one of the days?”

Kushi just looked Angel and bent down as if she was ignoring her. Amriti managed the situation and said,”Nothing, she’s getting an offer in US and she’s leaving in 2 days. That’s the reason. She is feeling for not meeting by weekends.” She patted Kushi mildly and went back to the doc.

“I told you na, they are so close that she’s feeling for getting an offer in US”.
The doc didn’t take away his eyes from her even after she completed her sentence. “Hello Doc. Ok just say me your orders.

“1 cold coffee please”

She could feel the raise of pumping in her heart. To get out of this feeling she started following the lyrics of “Dekha Hazaro Dafa…” from Rustom which was getting played in the stereo. When the male lyrics was played she stopped reciting the words. She was stunned when he was starting to follow the male lines, but he waved his hands to continue it. After sometime the entire coffee shop started watching them. But their eyes didn’t move from each other. They were singing in a flow and it was in sync with the cloudy environment. It was snowing outside. Even after the song was over, their conversation didn’t end. They were talking through their eyes.

Suddenly someone was shaking Angel’s hands, it was Amriti. “Man you are so good at singing yaar. Cool!”

She then realised the place she is standing and what she was doing so far. “Thank you Amriti”

“Yes you are too good…..in singing!” said the Doc who stood there in front of his angel. 

“Ok Miss World here is the cash. The coffee was so damn good. Maybe your voice added additional flavour to it.”

She winked and moved back to her friend. Amriti and Kushi hugged each other and with little tears. Angel asked them to stay for a second.

They were surprised and was wondering why she asked them to stay. She inside a room and appeared after few seconds with two little cards. It said “Though you are there and she is here, she is always there for you to hold on”.

They both thanked Angel and left the place with heavy hearts.

“You make everyone feel special Angel. You are blessed with that magic”

She blushed which was obviously seen from her pink cheek. “I would like to play antakshari with you. Will you play?”

She felt it was so kiddish to play at this age. But she still accepted it as she could spend some time with him.But she didn’t realise that, that expectation was love. 

They played it till it was 12. Songs were stopped and chatting began. By dawn she got each and every detail about him. She now know he liked solving sudoku while sipping his morning coffee, he hate overtaking in traffic and everything. She felt that he had entered her life in just a few hours. Neither he poked her in fb, nor he shared stickers in hike but still they shared their lives. She never wanted to end this chat but that’s the truth of life, one thing should end to see another’s beginning.

It was dawn, the doc stood and moved towards the door. He stopped for a moment and looked her. She was waiting there with her eyes wide opened to listen to his words.

He was about to say something, he paused, smiled and he said,” Good Morning Angel!”

She smiled back and said,”Good Morning Doc”

By this time the sky was painted with yellow colour and was welcoming the Sun.