5 of them looked surprised finding a rather raunchy looking man sitting there listening bhojpuri song on his java cell phone loudly.
"Oi....uncle ji it's our cabin, get up" She said mimicking in a boy's voice entering their cabin
"Kisne bola"
[ says who...... ] He asked back looking at them deadpanned chewing paan.....his whole lip was orange from it's juice, Insiyaa grimaced
"we have tickets, we booked it, entire 2 bogie.....for whole trek team.....get up" Rahat argued
"get up.....uncle" Sankalp said that too sounding tired and irritated
"dekho bhai,...yahan hum bohut phailese baithe hai.....hum nahi jaane wale hai....pura train khali para hai kahi pe bhi baith jao....koi nahi aane wala, jao"
[ listen I've been sitting here for a long time......I'm not leaving, whole train is almost empty, sit wherever you like, no one's going to complaint ]
"I'll get Sumen.....ye humare seats hai, aur main instructor ko bulane wale hu, get up and get out"
[ we're calling our instructor ] Shawkat barked looking absolutely pissed
"yes! where is it written......go sit wherever you find your name" That man mimicked in english which only managed to make Shawkat's face red with anger.....he almost bared his teeth and pounce on him but stopped by Sankalp.....he gave him a bottle of water from his backpack
Insiyaa was irritated too by the stubbornness of that annoying man......when she heard Blaze cleared his throat and let out another irritated sigh as well.
"so aap wahan se nahi uthne walee"
[ so, you are not getting up ]
"kaahe uthe bhai....hum paihele baithe the"
[ why should i....i sat here first ]
"okay....."
and with that she snatched away her backpack which was heavy because of the weight of her cloth and soft, from Rahat and threw it on that man's lap, he jumped on his seat, shocked......and then she grabbed her another bag and sat on that man's lap as well in Indian style folding both her leg....
The annoying man cried out in protest....."oi....ye kya hai.....baithne ke jagah kam padgaye kya ke meri godi mein baith gaye aake.......ye kaisi jabardasti hai bhai...utho uthoooo...badtamiz ladke"
[ oi....what is this, don't you have any place to seat ? so, you'd sit on my lap, what the hell, get up, get uppp.. you rude boy ]
"aapke godi....."
[ your lap.....? ]
"ha....aur ni to kya"
[ ye....or else what ]
"where is it written....." She asked wiggling her eyebrows, the old man looked flabbergasted.....
"yo_
"out.....we won't call the ticket master.... no we will take turn sitting on this lap the entire 22 hours journey if you don't get out NOW''
She said narrowing her eyes keeping serious expression which was extremely difficult because of how Sankalp was wheezing while controlling his laughter whereas Shawkat sprayed out all his water on Rahat's face, wetting the front of his t-shirt as well......
"cheeeeee.....yaar"
[ yuck, duuddeee ] Rahat groaned loudly wiping face
even Blaze's shoulder was shaking and Sumen the instructor was watching all of these with mouth hanging open.....
at the end the old man jumped of the seat and abruptly left the cabin cursing in bhojpuri loudly....it was so bad yet so entertaining
"bloody bihari!" Insiyaa muttered shaking her head....
after that, almost immediately Insiyaa became famous......thanks to Sumen! because obviously no one else from outside witnessed all that....and yet everyone knew about this occurrence
She knew that no man in this trip would dare irritate her or harass her because of the glare Shawkat was throwing at every direction at every specimen of opposite s*x, present in that bogie time and again but.....everyone, literally everyone would avoid talking to her altogether?
Now, that is not what she signed up for, what was the difference between her being at home with baba and here with her brothers then, she came all the way to have fun, surely some interaction with strangers would not do any harm but who was going to tell that to Shawkat!
translation : which rat will tie the bell around cat's neck ?
She shook her head and pull a orange covered book of her favourite author RobThier out of her bag and started reading, by far Lilian Linton was obviously among her favourite characters,....she was highly inspired by her intelligence and witty remarks. But she will never say that out loud, her brothers will burn down all of her adventure books from Raichand havelli's library to ashes.....those books are the only way for her to feel any adventure or thrill or rush in that CAGE she calls house.
what else she could do there in that train......she can't even check him out openly like other girls there, who were purring and awing and oooing at anything and everything Blaze was saying which really irritated her,.....
and her brothers!?
one is busy sulking and other is busy with Sankalp Singh Rathod doing god knows what!
probably drinking and flirting with other girls. Every now and then she would peek through the side of her book to take a look at her front. Her face turned all red when one time he caught her doing that and raised an eyebrow.....she hurriedly hid her face in her book!
damn!
Busted!!
It was midnight and their bogie was maybe the most not happening bogie in that train.
because, even though no one was sleeping,....and everyone was staying in their respective places, their own berth or cabin! But some are playing antyakshari (game of the ending letter), some are playing cards, or never have i ever......
In their cabin......only whispered curse could be heard!
"f**k, f**k, f**k!" Shawkat whispered with a scowl in his face, still contemplating the fact that his sister was really here in this train with them......still couldn’t believe that she did all those things she herself confessed of doing.
'Shawk!' Rahat rolled his eyes on his behaviour
'stop overreacting, will you!' Rahat said getting a little angry now
'Oh! Don't you 'shawk' me now! Baba will kill both of us.
We. Do. Not. Take. Kid. On. A. Men's. Vacation....we can't!' Shawkat whispered harshly
This is soo... Illegal!
It was suppose to be a bachelor holiday, booze and girls' He cried out again
'A kid ??' Blaze asked raising eyebrows
'Ah!..you don't know!
This madam here ran away from home with money without informing anyone, lied to the instructor about her age, actually she is not even 18 but 15 years old going on a trekking trip to Manali' Shawkat animatedly answered to Blaze while glaring at her
'You are 15!' Blaze turned his head towards her and asked.
Even if came as a surprise, he wasn't really surprised at all, no wonder she looked so small, fuller face.....baby fat all over her!
still growing!
"Y..yeah!" She replied not meeting his sharp blue eyes
''Shawk! take it easy man!.....you are not alone here. Beside we decided to do this trip together right ?
Something fun and adventurous! Then what's the problem ?..... Let her be, leave her alone and for god sake stop glaring her. She came all the way knowing the risks, maybe she was too excited to meet both of you. And you guys know how uncle is! Just relax ok! We'll see whatever happens after the trip.
Let's not waste our journey on something that will definitely happened in future no matter how hard we try to avoid'' Sankalp said trying to make Shawkat understand, meanwhile he just turned his back on both of them and closed his eyes saying he was sleepy.
"Geee...thanks for the encouraging words" Rahat grumbled before closing his eyes as well
by that time Insiyaa was soooo ready to cry........she looked at Rahat with teary eyes. It's not like she wasn't not feeling guilty of what she did since yesterday.....
But right now after hearing their conversation, she was feeling 10 times more guilty. She had no idea how was baba, what is he doing right now, he must be worried sick because of the stunt she pulled.
She knew in a way Shawkat was right but she can't undo it now, even if she wants to, she already on board with 3 boys who are practically her family and an insanely handsome man who was now maybe enjoying how one of her brother is insulting/chastising her. She was completely and utterly embarrassed.
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