My
experience of our meeting
Almost after a 1 year of online interaction we met. It was a
short and sweet meeting that helped us bond stronger.
Almost a year ago I had a message from a newly
made friend, checking why there are no updates from me. We had barely known
each other, so I couldn’t consider her to be my friend either. Her concern
triggered my interrogations. Who are you? Why you want to know about me? Which place
you live? How all this happened and lots and lots of queries.
It all started a year ago when a friend or I don’t know
whether its right to call her friend that time as we barely knew each other, so
she said there are no updates from my said then started my interrogations on
who are you, why you want to know about me, what will you get from this, which
place you live, how all this happened and a lot lot lot queries.
She answered all my queries calmly and what I found in each
chat session and mails that our wavelength was the same. As we continued to
talk I was surprised to know that we understood each other and that we both had
got habitual to each other.
We were keen to meet so we can see each other as we were net
friends. Finally God helped us meet. She had some work in Ahmadabad and I was
passing the same station that same day. Although that involved a bit of waiting
for her, for around 1 hr.
I was looking out of train window, as train was approaching Ahmadabad
station. I got up from my seat, holding my younger kid in my arm and elder one
ahead of me. I reached the door of train, it was slowing down, few passengers
were standing inline. They asked me do I want to get down? As I had 2 kids they
asked with consideration. I replied yes! I told them that I have to meet
someone and reach back in this train so they showed a sweet gesture by saying
that in that case you should get down first we will go afterwards. I was too
excited.
Train hit platform and started moving slowly, I was looking at
each face on the platform. Although I had seen lot of her pics but yet I had
doubt whether I will recognize her? After say 1 min I saw a lady talking on
phone sitting on a bench. My train was still slowly moving and there that was
her, how can I miss it or it’s not possible that I was mistaken, yes she was
her.
After another 30 sec my train stopped I rushed down on
platform and started moving in her direction, but she was also moving in the
same direction, it means we were losing time ….aaaahhhhh that was bad, I
shouted Ishaaaaaaaaaa………. But in hustle bustle of train she couldn’t hear me…I
increased my speed and suddenly she stopped, she had heard me. I again shouted
so she could locate me and we waved hands. I turned around and hoped she
understood that I wanted her to follow me to my coach as I had 2 kids and I
couldn’t miss the train either. That’s how I reached my coach and so did she,
all this happened in span of 50 sec, and finally WE MET.
I hugged her and said “finally we got to see each other”. It
was funny, good, beyond explanation. I felt as if I had met a long lost
childhood friend and completely forgot that it was our first meeting.
It was truly memorable 15 mins. Till then we had interacted
lot with each other online. We didn’t realize that we were meeting for the
first time. My elder son was excited to give her a strawberry as a gift for her
son. To his bad luck the strawberry fell and he couldn’t give it to her. Soon
my husband too joined me and they greeted each other. He left us after
introduction and exchange of few words, as he understood that we wanted space.
All I want to say is Thankx to my husband.
After 15 mins my train
got green signal and it was time for us to depart.
It was a wonderful meet but we had to move on as we both had
commitments to fulfill.
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