Treacherous Train Journey_(2)

It was my first assignment as a professional trek manager. Trek was near Mumbai, the details of which I cannot share with you but I can say that I was leading a group of 30 young men and women. I had to catch Vidarbha Express from Nagpur for the overnight train journey to Mumbai. I boarded the train and settled on my birth. There was a group of men, an old man, a young woman probably in her middle twenties in my compartment. We all got acquainted as the train begun its journey. Sun was setting and the conversations started.

I was sitting opposite to her and our eyes met multiple times as we laughed on the arguments of the old man. Her name was Nakshatra. She was a research assistant at a Pharmaceutical company in Mumbai. She had black curly hair, brown eyes, asian complexion and pink lips. She was not too tall but had a good persona. I gathered some courage and strike a conversation with her about Generic medicines. She explained to me many things and though am an engineer by qualification, I was grasping all of her jargons well. She was impressed with my overall knowledge and smart arguments. We talked till 8pm. Train halted at a station and we got down for quick bites. She paid for me as well as she was elder than me by 4 years. This made me uncomfortable but who doesn’t like a free treat? We made our way back to the compartment and unboxed our tiffin as well. We ate and then resumed general topics.

The lights were going off one by one and soon the whole coach was dark except for our compartment. The old man requested us to switch off the lights so we did. All the people in our compartment were asleep and we were still sitting. It was getting cold and she asked if I had brought a blanket with me. Surprisingly, she took the blanket and covered both of us inside it. This brought us closer and our arms were touching as we sat side by side. I was getting nervous and was now expecting unusual things out of this night. Suddenly a chill ran through my body and I shivered. “I cant bare much cold. I am devotee of Sun and worship fire”, I said with a smirk and we both laughed at it. She took my hand and placed it between her thighs under the blanket. It felt warm. And it felt sensual as well. I did not know where this all was leading us. It got more cold and We moved closer now.