How Could I say 'I Love You'.......... Part 7

Metro trains do not play a big role in the developing the love between the hero and heroine in Bollywood yet. The reason is pretty simple - very few films are shot in Delhi though the no. has risen significantly since release of RDB. But I believe that real life love stories do get a chance to blossom in these metros. I never knew that soon my own story would begin in one of those morning metros moving towards Dwarka.

 I noticed her on the final day of the first week of the college. The train was pretty crowded that day and even I couldn't get a seat to sit. But standing while travelling in the metro was not something new for me. I had numerous such rides with parents and friends since metro began in Delhi. I was standing in one corner with earphones plugged inside my ears when I saw her for the first time. A quick glance for few seconds was enough to conclude that she didn't belong to Delhi. I could see a mixed feeling of anxiousness and irritation on her face. Outsiders often get irritated when their very 1st journey in the metro doesn't turns out to be smooth. She was feeling uncomfortable in clothes (T-shirt and jeans) as well as I could see her moving uneasily every couple of minutes. She had a new set of glasses on her eyes and she kept adjusting them. A bulky bag on her back was a source of another trouble. With every passing minute she was getting more desperate to put it down but the crowd density was not allowing her to do so.

I was amused at this particular creature standing right in front of me. The journey to the college took around an hour and mine was the last stop. She finally got a seat to sit but only at the penultimate stop. She got down from the train with me at Dwarka only. I forgot about her once I got down from the train.But when I returned in the evening I found her standing on the platform with the same worried expression. I didn't pay much attention. She didn't carry any charisma to attract me at all. I turned my mp3 player on and boarded the train without giving a second glance at her.