It was now time to leave. ‘Zia. Its more than an hour we are chatting’ zia looked at jai not knowing whether he was happy about it or upset. ‘Ohh.. are you late?’ ‘No re. I mean time ka pata hi nahi chala. It was nice spending time with you. I hope you are not in a hurry’ absolutely not.. is what zia wanted to say.. instead.. just to showoff zia said ‘But now we should leave right . I mean now what will we do?’ Zia was hoping jai would request her too wait for some more time.. but… ‘Right. Fine. W should leave. Lovely ya. We should meet often. Nai?’ ‘Hmm yeah’ zia’s voice lowered as she was in no mood to go.. But she had no option left.
Both zia and jai started walking towards the station. Zia was quiet all the way along. She wished time reverses and once again she is with the love of her life. Jai was busy talking to a friend on phone all the way walking. After about 10 minutes.. Zia pointed towards her train coming . Jai extended his hand to bid a goodbye. As zia placed her hand on jai’s, her hand became numb. She tried to grip her fingers to hold his hand, but her fingers were motionless. Jai noticed this and gripped zia’s hand… for a longer time. His one hand was holding the phone .. his eyes looking at zia’s pale face.. he pressed zia’s fingers a little more than required.. the warmth of jai’s hand melted zia’s body from top to toe.. She took a deep breath and without looking at jai she whispered ‘Bye jai’ and disappeared in the crowd..