Pulling her head off the inbox, flooded with emails, Neha looks at her watch. Oops! It is 7.20 already and the last shuttle is at 7.30. Gathering all her belongings, she runs to the parking lot, finds a window seat and sits comfortably with her earphones on. In the next 5 minutes, the shuttle was almost full, when Neha hears her phone ring, displaying Sid's name. Sid! Where the hell have you been for so long? No phone calls, no messages. There was no darn clue of your existence. How have you been? You have no idea how much I missed you, my friend!
As Neha goes on and on over the phone, she hears a voice from nearby. Excuse me! Do you mind if I sit here? With just a nod, Neha doesn't care to look up and put a face to the voice. Little did she know that it was going to be a long wait before she heard him speak, again. After the hour-long conversation with Sid, she dozes off to sleep with the music on, waking up to a note lying next to her.
"Today was my last day at work, I am off to the U.S in the next couple of hours. I have no idea there exists a hideout in this campus that kept you far away from my eyes. I thought, I could start a small talk once you drop off the call, which never happened. I did not have the heart to wake you up either. When we cross paths the next time (I am sure we will), I will ensure that we never part. I promise."
All of Neha's efforts to picture his face, goes in vain. She has, just the voice, which she sure wants to be able to recognize the next time. Did she meet or part???
