From Sunrise To Starlight ✨

Hijacked? it's you who look like a terrorist not me.

I quickly opened my brown shoulder bag and took out the piece of shiny laminated paper and started reading the contents out. "So the train will be leaving by 6 which is like 10 minutes from now" i said glancing at the TITAN WATCH i wore on my wrist.
It was a trek to...

Canopy hills,Kodaikanal, TAMILNADU.

We'll start from CHENNAI CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION which is where we live and we'll be reaching Kodaikanal at 4 in the early morning
(we are definitely not sleeping i guess )

We still had 5 minutes to leave so all of us got down because the cleaning staff told us that they wanted to clean but we were too impatient to place our bags so we left it in there and got down for them to carry on their work.
We were just talking and watching passengers nearby when I noticed Naina noticing something, i quickly turned my eyes to where she was seeing but i couldn't find what she was looking at there were only some passengers boarding the train.

When she saw me she told "Uhm ...Aarohi i think i saw..." But before she could complete the train whisteled and we bid  our final farewell to mom dad and quickly hopped onto the train and it  started moving and i was waving my hands looking at mom and dad .... I couldn't hear her voice because of the window but i could figure out because of the lipsing and she was saying "Be careful and enjoy" i gave a nice nod to let her know that i heard her. And then the train picked up the pace  and mom and dad were out of sight.

"Phew finally." I let out a breathe of relief. I could see the same reaction on AAISHA AND NAINA'S face. They quickly took their phones out and called their parents to let them know that we've left the station peacefully. While they were at the call i saw my seat no. It said 24 so i had the middle seat. Okay no problem.
I had no problems with the train travelling. I loved travelling in them,they are just so .. I can't tell fun! And frolic . I just love the whole blue vibe.

"My seat number is 23 which means i get the lower seat" said Naina happy about the seat she got.

"Hi partner" said Aaisha cheerfully
"I've got 26, which means I'm your LOWER SEAT PARTNER" she said smirking.

"Oh god! please keep me alive until 4 in the morning"Naina said annoyingly.

I exactly know why she reacted like this. It's because of Aaisha's stupid or i must say Fatal habits. She has a habit of scaring the shit out of Naina or anyone by showing her different videos of train or car or flight accidents or crashes when we are literally travelling in one of them. It's her favourite job. She's one evil person,crazy as hell. But we love her, there would be no fun without Aaisha's famous pranks. The trip would have been so damn Boring without her antics.

Naina had already started playing carefully hand picked playlist of melodious and cheerful songs on her bluetooth speaker. I shifted from my seat to the side lower seat and looked out of the window... I saw trees and buildings afar and could see the sun setting down painting the sky a shade of light purple and pink.. the sky never stops amazing me. As i was lost in the mesmerizing beauty of nature i felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Excuse m..., The voice said.

Without completing the word, he stopped dead in his tracks when he realized who i was . His sweet composure and the innocence on his face changed into a smirking evil face. And he said teasingly..

"When will you ever stop following me? Sweet he..."

I snapped at him before he could complete

"And when will you ever stop being the self obsessed stupid annoying self you are ? And i should be the one asking you questions because i got here first" i said glaring at him.

"Excuse me, you are the one who's hijacked my seat and is enjoying the beautiful view. So get lost !" He retorted

"Hijacked? It's you who look like a terrorist not me." I said sticking out my tongue at him.

"Come on Aarohi , stop it already" Naina said calming my now growing anger.

"Oh hii Naina...and Aaisha hii to you too"he said smirking.

Meet Jay, self obsessed self absorbed. (he thinks he looks like Damon from Vampire diaries, now you can judge how over confident he is) He's an eighteen year old guy with shabby hair a little pumped up body and filled with over confidence. He fortunately or unfortunately turns out to be my ..or i must say OUR (myself and Naina's) neighbour. We used to live in the same block until he moved away for higher studies god only knows where. He's one sweet jerk! And kept fighting me for no freakin' reason! It's like we either fight or we are not talking.
We haven't quite heard from him after he moved away for higher studies and this is how god wanted me to meet him, on our special trip jusssstt guuurrreaaaatttt!

Well we're screwed

Actually wait! he's screwed if does any of his antics, i swear to god I'm gonna avenge all those months of living without hitting him if he really plans to get on my nerves.

"Hey, come on Aakarsh what are you waiting for?" Jay said gesturing to the guy who was behind him.

This guy named Aakarsh was a guy with a fit physique, he had hair which were perfectly gelled and combed not in a nerdy student way but in a lot more cool way. He wore the same t-shirt as Jay was wearing (were they trying to go for twinning geez) although it had some logo difference but both of them wore Black (i must agree that people in general look good when they wear black it's like a --make you instantly look cool--colour. Atleast according to me it does make  anyone look good and cool and appealing)

And both of them were wearing comfy tracks. They were definitely ready for the train journey.

I could see three more guys behind them and they just walked away from our compartment as they had their seats somewhere else. They must be Jay's friends i guess, because they exchanged their goodbyes with him before leaving.

"My seat no. is 27 " said Aakarsh in the most uninterested tone.

"It's the middle seat, right here" i said gesturing towards the seat.

He lazily picked up his duffle bag put it right under the side lower seat and sat on the side lower birth without even considering my comment.
I just answered his question.
Weird.

What! is he deaf???

Anyways i just shrugged and sat on the window side folding my legs.

"So what brings you here, except for following me" Jay said smirking and winked at me sitting beside me on my seat while Naina and Aaisha were seated on the seat opposite to me.

"1) What brings me here is none of your business, Plus just to clear out nobody in hell is following YOU!
2) What brings YOU here is my  question cause you are the one who's sitting...oh sorry ...you are the one who's HIJACKED my seat" i said smirking with confidence.

"O whatever"he said rolling his eyes (when Jay is not left with any COMEBACKS he uses this O WHATEVER as his shield ...so great job Aarohi it's a win win for me)

"And you can't stop me from sitting here " he said pointing his finger towards me , "cause this seat no. 27 belongs to my friend Aakarsh and i can sit here! Do you have any problem Aakarsh ?" He asked throwing a fake smile at Aakarsh.

"No,bro" said Aakarsh rolling his eyes and looking the most uninterested person on this entire earth. What's the problem with this guy? Atleast i got to know he can talk.

"Oh goshhh same apartment,same block, same train,same compartment is there anything left?" I asked super infuriated.

He gently took the laminated paper which was placed on the train table near the window. His eyes glowed with mischief and he was smirking while reading the whole trip itinerary.

"Don't tell me that you also opted  for the Star Trek !" I gaped at him.
I was praying internally... please no no no god no please...

"Smart lady. You got it right. We opted for  Star Trek too" he said smirking rubbing the back of his neck.

Naina face palmed at his comment,while Aaisha was having her part of laughing fits... And she managed to speak in between her laughs
"Ouch! Very very ouch! We're screwed bro" she said looking in between me and Naina.

"No". I said looking at Aaisha and Naina and turned my head towards Jay.

"YOU are so damn screwed you sweet little jerk" I said giving him my  best ever evil smile