Just before Diwali vacations, we had a big seminar in college. The whole programme ended by evening and by the time I boarded the train, it was already past 7'O clock. Since it was a saturday, there was huge rush in the train. I could find a vacant seat with a great difficulty. As I sat down, I saw her standing near the door with the now familiar troubled look on her face. I don't know why but I suddenly had an urge to ask her to sit in my place. Perhaps it was because I had observed that she was as tired as me and needed a seat more than me. I was still contemplating how to offer my seat to her and whether it would be right or not when the person sitting next to me began to get up from his seat. I seized the opportunity and called her.
Only air escaped from my mouth as I suddenly remembered that I didn't know her name. Fortunately she was looking in my direction and I could gesture and tell her that a seat was vacant. She was hesitant initially (obviously due to my past behavior) but then thought otherwise and came and sit beside me.
It was a pretty odd feeling for me as she sat near me. I was still wondering why did I do it? I had avoided any sort of contact with her in the past and my this step might undo what I had been trying to do for so long - getting intimate with any girl. I was engrossed in my weird thoughts when I heard a sniff of low intensity. It was a followed by a couple of other sounds which are quite familiar to any human being. I froze in my seat for a second.
The girl whom I had just helped in getting a seat was crying.
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