Chapter 1

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On 5 June 20XX,

In morning,
It was 5 am.

Mom: Wake up Arnav.
Arnav: Let me sleep 5 more minutes Mom.
Mom: No, wake up. You know that you have today train at 9 am.

Arnav jumped from the bed in joy.
Arnav: O shit! I forgot it.
Mom: How can you forget this? You are going Pune to continue your studies with your friend Manish.
Arnav: Sorry Mom.
Mom: Ok, now go and get ready.

Arnav went to washroom.
After taking bath, he came out and wore a red Puma brand T-shirt. And a navy blue trouser of Nike brand.

He combed his hairs, applied cream on his face and went to the breakfast table.

For breakfast, there were two boiled eggs, a veg sandwich and a glass of warm milk with Horlicks.

He sat and have his breakfast.

After breakfast, he went to his room, rechecked all the things he had packed and wore a Apple watch in hand and Nike shoes.

He took his I-phone 12 and went to the hall.

Arnav: Mom, Dad where are you? I am on my way to leave.

Mom and Dad came.

Dad: If you need any help, just contact me and concentrate on your studies.

Arnav: Ok Dad.

Mom: Take care of yourself Arnav and stay in contact with me.

Arnav: Ok Mom. Now, I am leaving. Bye!

Mom hugged Arnav.
Mom: Bye, take care.

Arnav went to his friend Manish's house to pick him.

Arnav reached his destination and was at the door of his friend's house.

Arnav called Manish.

Arnav: Come fast Manish... I am at the door of your house.
Manish: Coming Arnav...

Manish came out within 2 minutes.

Manish: Hi Arnav.
Arnav: Hi Manish, let's go.

They reached the railway station by 8:50 am.

Arnav: Still 10 minutes are left. Let's have tea.
Manish: Ok.

They sat on a tea stall and Arnav ordered two cups of tea.

Arnav: By the way Manish, we are going to stay in Goldfinch Mumbai Hotel.
Manish: Oh.. It's a nice place. I saw it on Google.

Their tea came. Both of them started sipping their tea.

The train at the railway station arrived.

They carried there luggage inside the train and started searching for the compartment number 35. They reached there within a minute. They placed there luggage and sat on their seats.

Arnav: Manish, these seats are too much comfortable.
Manish: You are right Arnav.
Arnav: By the way, what about your Girlfriend?
Manish: Which Girlfriend?
Arnav😏: Ohhoo, I am talking about Ruchika.
Manish: She was never my girlfriend and by the way, she left me because I unfortunately spilt tea on her clothes.
Arnav: Oh, so sad.
Manish: When will you make a Girlfriend?
Arnav: I don't know. Till now I didn't met a person with whom I feel a special connection.

Suddenly, a girl came there.
The girl(shouted): Come here Advika. This is compartment number 35.
Advika came there and said: Oh, we finally got it, Rumi.

Arnav started starting at Advika.

Advika put their luggage properly and sat on the seat in front of Arnav and Rumi in front of Manish.

Arnav realized the situation and started seeing outside.

The train started moving towards Pune.

To be continued.....
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~Sahil

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