I was on my way to class but today I took a B.E.S.T bus instead of local train. The class was a little late today. I like to travel by bus instead of taking local train at least you can sleep on your seat if you get it.

I almost felt like sleeping but the guy sitting right next to me asked 'how much time does this bus takes to come again if you miss it'? I answered, May be 15 minutes or half an hour. He said, thank you.

Within no minute he started talking to me like we knew each other from childhood. I wasn't interested in talking but I keep on answering him. This is the first time I found a guy as a 'chatterbox'. I was like pathetic!

He told me, he basically belongs from Delhi, and his name is Nimesh. And by profession he's a mechanical engineer and he is only here due to his job somewhere in Worli. I said okay with a smile on my face. He asked me, 'what are you doing and what your good name is?' I answered, Surie Malhotra, trying to fulfill my dream by becoming a doctor. He asked, what kind of doctor in a very understanding tone making me to understand that we need to plan everything beforehand then only we'll be able to focus on an aim in our life. I know he's right but right now I just wanted to clear my competitive exams with flying colors. I said, one thing is clear not a veterinary and he too laughed with me.

I wanted him to stop but he was like a radio whose off button had stopped working. I only noticed the track of my bus which soon was going to reach my stop. Aafia called me up asking where I am. I replied, just about to reach and she hung up. He asked, late? I said as usual. I'm never on time anywhere. Meanwhile in the middle of him saying something to me I excused myself and got down from the bus as my stop came.

As soon as I reached I started narrating the whole story and my pals started bantering 'Nimesh'. I said C'mon! Forget it. They asked me how he looks. I said, I hardly focused on him, no eye contact, the only thing I noticed was he was dressed up in some ink blue lining shirt with dark blue pants and also carried an office bag in a little stylish way but his face is totally blur to me. They were like Shit! And we laughed out loud.