The unconventional journey

I was working as a deputy manager for a machine shop in Ashok Leyland. I had plans to go home to hyderabad on the ocassion of vinayaka chavithi. I got the bookings for a bus ticket done on that day.Eventually thats a thursday and so no week end rushes and got the seat proper.
The day of my journey, i happened to make a call to madhu saying that i will be in hyderabad and may be will get a chance to meet her. she replied with the lines i got more excited:" am in bangalore yaa.."
"What?? u have been in bangalore and didnt bother to tell me that?"
"Well.. kind of busy and also mom is sick"
and it went on till i said i thought i could meet her and may be next time and all.

Suddenly after an hour, the phone rings. " Would it be possible for you to book another ticket for the bus you are leaving?" Then i thought this had to happen any way. Its all luck and yes with madhu hehehe..
To my wonder, i got the first seat for her in the bus (booked it the very evening) and was so excited to meet her up.

I went to the station about one hour before the bus. She was there already waiting with her sister and baava. YES, we have finally met again after a gap of around 10 years.
She was almost the same.. with chashmish eyes, her hair grown a little more, the dress of a typical hyderabadi/telangana girl. She was accompanied by her ever gorgeous sister and a stout, handsome guy (sister's husband). We had a casual and a very formal intro (:( i didnt like that part and i beleive nor did he. Infact i felt he didnt like me at all.. ) but that all went away.. who cares. i just kept blabbering to madhu not at all thinking about the other two people who were staring at me with looks that could blow a mountain :).

Later i came to know she got suggested to sit separately. (wtf?? i aint a serial rapist nor a psycho). am just a friend of her who have missed seeing her a long time.
this was the journey i still cherish as one of the best journeys of my life. We had our seats requested to be side by side and i dont know how but managed to get them with a lot of adjustments. She brought me my dinner(which means chapathi and aloo curry .. oh yaa curry rolled into chapathi and not separate.) Beleive me that was the first time i came to know that people of my age can really cook food.

We both decided to catch up all the ten years in just one journey. She was the first one to start and it lasted till around 5 hours. I started and ended it up abruptly in an hour. We were both getting late for the sleep. Just slept off and continued in the morning. The catch up had a lot of things.. the school.. gossips at the end of the school, the quarrels, the handsome guys and the crooks.. the time that passed by, the little happiness, the other break ups, the other hook ups,