NOT PROOFREAD

This is dedicated to the special person, out there Khushi1803

" Neil " avni called for the umpteenth time that day.

"Yes, avni " neil muttered.

" Neil, Tabse phone pe ghuse hue ho! Mujhse baat kar sakte ho na? " avni pouted.

He was sticked to his phone from past 4-5 hours. Avni had waited, waited and waited for him to come to her and speak like he used to do.

But no!

Khanna saheb has different priorities, she thought.

" Bas 10 min aur avni " neil reasoned.

" Tum humesha aise hi kar rahe ho, neil. What areyou even upto? " she asked furiously and approached him only to see playing PubG in his phone.

Seriously? She groaned.

Ye addiction kya hain yaar, kahi bhi dekho PubG. God! They should ban it!

" Neil! Kab se khel rahe ho! Tch! Tumhari priorities change hogay hain neil, i know! " avni complained resulting in the fresh stream from her eyes.

Neil's attention was now totally on his lady love. Sh-she was crying?, he thought.

Shaking his head " Nahi avni, Ye— "

" No need of explanations neil. Mujhe pata chal chuka hain, tumhare priorities kya hain. And, usme definitely main nahi hun " avni said whilst wiping her eyes.

" Par avni- "

" No neil it's okay! Go on. Play! Wo important hain na " she uttered.

Aww, so cute! He thought.

His wife looked angelic. In those tears, red-running nose, cheeks with natural blush because to her sniffing, puffy eyes and her messy hair.

A complete beauty.

He could never find someone like her.
She was beautiful inside and out.

His Venus!

This thoughts made him chuckle.

Hearing him chuckle when she was crying was the final blow!

" What the hell, neil. Tum has nahi sakte! " she said and started tossing cushions on his face.

Feisty! He thought.

He got to see many variations of his love in a few minutes itself.

Slowly, steadily " Avni, dekho - " he tried to be even with her and tossed out the last pillow from her hand and took her in his arms successfully distracting her.

"Avni, tumhe pata hain ki how much i love you. To phir ye nautanki kyun? " neil asked looking down at her.

She snuggled more into him " Wo-wo kya hain na neil " avni stuttered afraid to explain him as he might go all macho-man over it.

" Yes, avni batau! " he insisted.

" Neil, tumhe Abraham Lincoln train story pata hain? " avni asked curiously.

Neil nodded in a no, urging her to narrate the story, which she was maahir in.

" Abraham Lincoln  was an 16th president of U.S.A from 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American civil war, its bloodiest war up to date. " she stopped to see her hubby indeed interested in listening to her or just pretending.
But to her surprise he was nodding and told her to continue.

" A little late they had a pretty boy and named him- Willie! But unfortunately, due to some issues his son had died in white house itself. But the couple did not loose hope— "

" What? The baby died? What the hell avni. I don't want to listen to it. Ridiculous! " neil said and grabbed her more close as if he was afraid something would happen to her.

" Neil, c'mon! Thoda aur hain. Please! " avni pleased him.

But no, being a stubborn man he didn't want to continue the story where a kid had lost his life in such young age.
He didn't even visualise the whole world, yet!

Thinking the only one option, avni started her scheme into action

" Fine, neil! You have no time to listen to my story too. You are that busy playing PubG. I got to see your priorities now! " Avni bawled.

Oh no, he thought.

" Okay avni! Stop crying please baby! I'll listen to the story jaan, please continue! " he said to her pecking her temple.

Grinning brightly " So, as i told you willie was dead in the white house itself. After his death, some say willie's mother tried to talk to him but in return she did not get any kinda response. But when his father- Abraham Lincoln was grooming himself before the mirror, he swore he saw two shadows in it. And, it seemed like willie's " Avni stopped perplexed looking at neil who was so engrossed in the story.

Taking the chance " Boo " she yelled. Making neil kiss the floor.

Laughing hysterically she continued the story.

" So, he discussed this shadow-thingy issue with his wife and his friends. After certain days, lincoln also died! Then this train had begun. It i— "

" Wait! Tum kya horro story kyun batha rahi ho, itni raat main? " neil asked her.

" Nahi neil, ye toh train ka story hain " avni explained.

" Train? Kya train " neil asked tiredly.

Her lady don was a walking encyclopaedia. She was aware of all this kinda weird stuff.

Bless the soul, for tolerating her.

" The haunted train neil. Now shut up and listen! " avni said.

" Where was i? Umm, Yeah! So The train, The haunted train begun. Just as every other train it will start by giving an announcement. There in America , it was generally of a female. But guess what, this train's announcement has a voice of male. And it starts precisely at night 12:00 AM. And also the train cannot be seen to the naked eye. It is invisible. But, the sound of the moving-train can be heard and smoke can be seen at the top " avni said in a deep voice making neil afraid for his life.

Avni just chuckled and snuggled closer to him to make him feel less afraid and continued the story!

" It generally travels with willie's and Lincoln family's dead bodies as a funeral " avni yawned.

" Jaan, you should sleep now! It's not healthy to be awake this late " neil reasoned her.

" Nah, baba! Last main hain hum. Please " avni pouted.

Can anyone resist this?

The answer is a simple no!

And that's how avni started narrating the remaining story.

" It travels 444 countries every year, with those bodies. Just like, being a president abraham lincoln went. And you know what? Even the soldier at the door remains to stand that way, his skeleton is arranged in such a way that he seem to be guarding. Everyone used to tell, the train became haunted after Abraham Lincoln 's death. " avni huffed.

Took a breath she was holding.

" Hogaya? Ab chalo. Let's sleep! " neil dragged her to the bedroom.

" Neil! Itna jaldi kyun hain tumhe! Waise you didn't ask me the prime reason of narrating this story today, after all these years! " avni told him.

Curiously " Kyun bataya ab? " neil asked her, half expecting the answer.

" Wo na, let's go there na! Let's see if that Train really exists? " avni asked hopefully.

Not ready to deal with her emotions
" Okay, but abhi nahi. You are not in the state to travel " neil said rubbing her bulged tummy.

" But neil, abhi toh 4 months baaki hain. Please na! " avni tried to persuade him.

" No avni! No can do. Main tumhara aur mere bache ka risk nahi le saktha! " neil said sternly.

Realising he had miffed her " Baby, we will try to go after when we see our baby. Okay? Humara Baby ka dhyaan bhi rakhna padega na? " he tried to convince her.

She seemed to ponder over what he said just now " Baba, you are so genius. I am proud of you and I love you so much " she said convinced and pecked her cheek in reward.

Chuckling at her antics he fasten round her hands over her " I love you too jaan! In fact i love you both, more than you can ever imagine! " he confessed.

Avni pretend to be silent for sometime and when neil thought she was indeed asleep
" Neil, The Abraham Lincoln haunted train? " Avni asked in sleep.

" Haan baba! Will go! " neil said.

" Paka? "

" Haan pakka! " neil said and let the sleep consume her.

But he took a mental note that, he will indeed make her wife, far from all this stuff.

Over information she has!

So, heya guys!
Just tried a new one.
Don't kill me, if it's boring!
Have fun!
Hakuna Matata
Seneca