Episode 1

Geetha 32 years old
i stay in royepettah and my office is at OMR.
my work time is 1pm to 10:30pm
some time i do O.T till 1 in the night
it is one such night my scooter got stuck in madhya kailash
it wasn't fuel, the tank was half full.

It was a bad day at work, my BM asked was this my first job. In front of the entire team.... ass hole!
To be honest i did an OT today just to feel better about myself.

the road was empty just the passing of few cars now and then

my mobile battery is completely drained. Even if my phone was on it wouldn't have been much of a use. i dint have anybody to call, i dint have a boyfriend and my dad is in Bangalore. I cant call any of my girlfriends at this hour so its out of the question.

without much option left i started pushing my scooter
i can reach royepettah in forty minutes.

i was so tired. my head was aching, i badly want to crash to bed and rest my back.

at around 1:30, i could hear a bike slowing down behind me. i tried looking in the mirror.
but the head light of the bike was so bright that nothing was visible.

the bike slowly hovered to my left side and stopped.
it was a scooter.
a boy, must be around 26 was on the scooter looking at me.He was wearing a helmet.
a black bag, converse shoes
an expensive shirt,must be wills and a big G-shock watch.

boy

can i help you?

i didn't stop, i just hate these sudden road side heroes. i just kept moving completely ignoring him. 

i am not gonna satisfy his urge for feeling good by helping me. I am pretty sure he wouldnt have stopped if it was a guy.

he stood there, he was little shaken by my rudeness.

I looked at him in the rear view mirror without him noticing ofcourse.

He was looking at me.

Then he made his second attempt.

Boy

i was just trying to help... you dont

have to get all uptight about that!

where did you learn to be

 rude to nice people

Did he just criticize me?

i turned in rage

he jerked in fear

suddenly he looked harmless.

Geetha

can you tow?

i asked in straight tone...

boy

i dont know to tow!

Geetha

how are you planing help me out?

boy

i can drop you home!

I gave him a stare and started moving again.

he was still on the scooter but moved, pushing with his legs. Advanced few meters and stopped

Geetha

what about my scooter

Boy

you can park it here somewhere...

i didnt stop but started thinking about it. I can park my scooter and get a cab but even if my phone was on i wouldn't have done that because if I take my scooter home i can leave it to the mechanic in next block by tomorrow morning and get back to sleep other wise i have to take him all the way here to get the scooter back.  I want to end this traumatic night asap but i dont want to loose my sleep hours tomorrow morning.

I signaled him what... with a rude face.
his face shrink-ed further.

Boy

go safe!

he clicked his auto start button and started off. He was angry but more hurt.
Even before he could go far i hit a ditch and fell flat over my scooter. My hands are scratched. It was bad.

I could see his break lights beaming in the far end of the road.
He came back for help.
stopped near me and streached his hands down to me
smiled and said

Boy

i am Nikhil!

i was like, Seriously????

My instinct is not alarming me about him. Because he looks decent. Maybe because he is lean, i dont think he can overpower me if he plans to do something stupid.

But i know i would really feel bad about myself if i ride with a stranger.

To be continued...