THE WAIT
They were complete strangers, but both loved winters, the cold, the serenity the playfulness of wind. That night every distant noise was audible to them. Very few trains had stopover there, with few passengers n even fewer shops the station was quiet. They both were waiting for their respective trains. Both of them were sitting on the same bench, and also were experiencing same feelings, but were oblivious to the presence of other. Lost in their own world they were simply smiling to themselves. Both of them were expecting calls at 12 o clock. This was the night of 13 th Feb and by 12 o clock they might get the call. Pallavi and Nisha both were young, newly in love, and were enjoying every moment of it sitting there on the bench. They looked at each other, despite being strangers felt familiar, ‘all lovers resemble’, they thought, smiled, at each other and again got lost in their own world. Pallavi looked towards the trees on the other side of the platform, ‘He loves nature, s...