The last time i was talking about an angel was the time when i was going home.. Now this is the time when i was returning... Luckily i had a chance to meet another angel on my way back.. i was going to take a flight from Delhi..the flight from Varanasi got late and i reached 20 min before the flight from Delhi....
The airlines people did not allow me to board the flight.. i was almost in tears but couldn't make a show in public.. finally i paid a fine and booked the next flight to Bangalore with the same airlines which was @ 8... i would probably reach @ 10.30- 11.00 and then 1.5 hrs back to my home... the thought of traveling alone @ night freaked me out.. my parents were fully stressed back home but there was nothing they could do from there.. they asked me to call my cousin after reaching Bangalore but firstly i did not want to trouble him and next my ego did not want to take anyone's favor..( wrong decision on my part )
i was all alone waiting at the Delhi airport and cursing my luck.. then finally i boarded the flight and it reached airport at around 11.00.. at that time i did not know much about Meru cabs.. Dad had asked me to stay at the airport and then get back early morning.. but morning i had to go to office and also when i reached airport i came to know that there is no such facility as staying in airport..
I had no other option but go out and take the BIAS buses.. Though i am non- alcoholic i took God's name and prayed for some dutch courage;);).. i asked the bus people and found there is no bus that goes till my area but there was another which comes near my area but it was very risky as from there i had to take an auto.. and it would be around 1.00 am when i would have reached near my area...
I was contemplating what to do but then i thought.. lets go.. as there was no other option left.. The reason i did not want to take my cousin's or any friends help was simply because i had not come to Bangalore depending on anyone.. what if i did not know anyone here.. we should always try to be self sufficient..
So now when i was about to board the bus.. i saw another guy asking about the area i wanted to go and then he also was about to board the other bus which was going the nearest to our area..
I don't know what vibes i got, i thought the guy was descent and i again asked the conductor in front of him and then he asked me where i am going.. he said we could share the auto from there.. don't know why i agreed..i felt he was a nice guy.. poor him he slept off in the bus.. my few friends who came to know about this mishap called me up and offered help but it was difficult for them also as even they wouldn't get auto at the wee hours of the night.. so when my stop came it was around one and i saw that guy was still fast asleep.. out of my helping nature and also that i needed that guy to help me get an auto atleast i thought of waking him up.. "excuse me, the stop has come".. he woke with a start.. we got down..
Like a fool i had jam packed my suit case and it was extremely heavy.. he helped me put it down from bus.. then when we got down, the area near my place.. which is over crowded during day... was scary and eerie at night.. the auto person asked 100 bucks.. the guy got irritated and he suggested we should cross and take auto from other side.. autos were very very few in nos.. and i thought .." gosh, why is he bothering about money.. its important we reach home safely.." but i kept mum..
he offered to carry my bag to cross the part as it was quite an amount of distance we had to cross..chivalrous.. :) he did for some distance but i did not want to take advantage so i carried .. actually somehow dragged my suitcase.. finally we got an auto for 60 bucks.... but while we were crossing.. don't know why he said.." if i was alone i would have walked only.." he had all the rights to say that.. but truth really hurts.. poor him i was actually a burden at that time.. but i really needed his help.. finally we got into the auto and he offered to drop me first.. though his place came first.. i felt bad and offered him 40.. he took only 30.. saying he actually wouldn't have taken money but then.. i don't know but in auto i asked him from where he is coming.."chennai..".. i told him how i had missed flight and got in this trouble.. he shouldn't think that i am half mad to travel so late at night.. once i got down don't know why i asked his name.. thanked him.. thanked god.. for sending an angel..who got me home safely..he stays near to my place.. but i never got to see him again.. perhaps because in that DARK NIGHT and ANXIOUS situation i hadn't noticed his face properly.. though i think he was cute;);)
Later i actually smiled at the whole situation.. it was just like a movie.. "JAB WE MET;);).." ishstyle.. but thankfully not literally.. and when we were walking to get an auto it seemed as if.. "HUM RATLAM KI GALIYON MEIN CHAL RAHE HAIN ITNI RAAT KO":):):)... quite an imagination i must say.. but at that frantic situation nothing struck me.. all this funny thoughts came in later.. i wish i would have actually met SHAHID.. but whoever he was, he was really really helpful at that hour of need.. otherwise don't know what would have happened..............
Heheh..oh yes. I know this story. You had narrated it to me at GNR ;) again, awesome!! :D some guts you have,girl! Btw, I like the title of your post "angels, but thankfully no daemons". hehe. Nice!
ReplyDeletethanks a lot babes!!:)
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