The name MANISH

You weren’t supposed to know it! What? What did you say? I was told no one would know about it. No one was supposed to know about it, especially you. What the hell are you talking about? Who told you? “He had promised me no one will ever know” he was turning paler. I was already shocked knowing about his past. And now this stupid reason. I was losing patience with him. I had thought I would try to handle the situation maturely. But I was running out of patience now. I shouted at him “Who is he? Whom are you talking about?” I could see tears into his eyes. Obviously he was ashamed of his past. But being his girlfriend I had every right in the world to know everything about him. He should have been truthful to me. “I do not want to blow this out of proportion. Just accept you did a mistake and let’s talk it over.” I was not supposed to talk about it. No one was supposed to tell you. Why did He do this to me? “You are not listening to me Manish. You are not listening. I ...

I suddenly realized you were so quiet since long time. I tried to play the “Hero”. I wanted to impress our friend by showing I can be really funny. You gave me that opportunity. I silently thanked you in my mind and started trying to have a conversation with you. She informed you were actually a silent kind of girl. In mind I told to myself “I know”. I told her “I am sure she is actually very talkative all the time. Aren’t you?” You just smiled and looked into my eyes. Your smile was contagious. Soon you were open to me and we three were talking like childhood friends. She was impressed. I was on a high. Why not? In less than 2 hours I had made friendship with the two most beautiful girls in the compartment. It may not seem a big achievement until I add that I myself was an introvert and we had started on wrong foot. Night came with an opportunity for us to sit closer. The older people around us had started preparations for a nice sleep. The couple across the compart...