The train was late by one hour. I was going to die of boredom when she walked by. She went past me, turned around and asked if she could sit opposite me. I would have said yes even if she would have asked if she could poison me. I nodded and she sat down. "Horrible weather, I tell you" she randomly spat out. I nodded again. "What is that? Are you solving a rubik's cube?", she asked. Now she had my attention. I told her to give me two minutes and I solved it completely. She seemed pretty impressed, I thought. I passed the cube to her. She said she would shuffle it so I could try again. Two minutes later, I handed it back to her, completely solved. She gave me a look of amazement. She asked me where I was off to. "Hyderabad", I said. The next few moments have been etched in my memory forever. She came closer, looked into my eyes and said, "I am a straightforward person. I like you. Here, take my number and call me when you are back. Why don't we meet for coffee?" I nodded like a puppy. Off she went, with my heart and off her partner went with my bags while I was distracted.
