A Sunday Travel

She was so much irritated that she started to kick every stone in that platform, towards the rail track, as if it’s the one which makes her to wait so long, impatiently.. Now and then she looked to mother giving a pain look, and she could see there is only a plain emotion.. Minutes ago her mother tried to console her, giving some excuses.. But now she felt her mother too started to feel annoyed..
They were on their way back to home from Ernakulam to Trivandrum. When they reached at railway station, got to know that most of the trains running delayed as somewhere rail track is being repaired..The next train which is travelling in their direction was after 15min as per regular schedule and now they are waiting for past 45 min, still nothing information about the same.
Suddenly a whistle blew.. Her eyes shined with happiness and looked around... "shey no" it is on the other track, a passenger train.. She kicked the platform with her shoes angrily, but mother shooed and rolled her eyes at her like she is making awkwardness to them as she caught other's attention, whoever also waiting. She just sank into a nearby seat.
She was really disappointed.. This unending wait is not only the reason that made her angry and sad, but what may happen in near future by this wait, that is the main reason for all her problems - She is going to miss today's episode of her favorite cartoon show "Denver the last Dinosaur"!! Mere thought of missing itself made her eyes filled with tears.. She let a deep sigh and controlled her emotions from rolling out!
After a moment of silence, “did I hear that whistle again... no may be my imagination.." Suddenly the loud speaker busted in her ears, "attention please..." she only cared for the last lines, "expected to arrive shortly".. she let a sigh of relief and mother too made a smiling face... she was not so happy, even the sight of train, creeping like an ant army, towards their platform, only made her to curse on its tortoise speed!!!
As the train came late, there was a huge crowd, struggling to get settled in compartments.. Somehow she got window seat itself, but crushing like paper as the number of people who made on to that seat were more than that seat could offer! And by appearance, they are a family of sticks, so everyone takes granted on them:-/ ...
The temperature inside the compartment began to rise.. Sweat started to roll down from every face... The train still in no mood to move.. "what??.. For whom this train is waiting for? The driver?" her murmur was little bit high pitched.. Some of the passengers around her laughed on her comment. Mother gave a slight tap on her back and said "Keep quiet".. She looked angrily to mother, then stroked off her head towards the window keeping her eyes outside, randomly.... carelessly!
"Is that a wave at me??... hey.. Don’t think so... it just a vague movement.. May be for someone else.." she took her attention from that to chirruping sparrows and walking passengers on the next platform. She was still annoyed. Her hope is diminishing seconds by seconds, as the train not yet started to move. They surely were going to reach home late. She felt so restless.. Yet again her attention caught to that window of that train, standing on the track which is far after the next platform, and also there is another train in between, which is not going to anywhere, anytime soon. She now clearly felt that wave is meant for her only. It’s a male hand, up to elbow, could see check shirt pattern. She tried to watch more closely, she felt like saw two eyes too.. She just took back her head and tried not to give attention to that position, but somewhere in her mind, she was actually thinking about the same.. "Why is he waving at me?.. Maybe not a good person.. Shouldn’t give attention to a stranger.. No.." her last no mistakenly fallout from her tongue, her mother looked at her, and said "so you don't want coffee?".. She was like when did she ask that?!!!.. Whatever, she missed this too-Coffee..
She felt its becoming too much for the day. Everything going negatively.. She put her face on her palm which is resting on the window base. Just looking out through the window, she saw that man also made his hands like she done. She felt conscious and took back her hand, that man too.. He was actually imitating her.. Now she is on verge of losing her patience.. She could not change her face to inside the train as everyone sitting in congested, giving a suffocation feel only..Nothing can do now!! She let her attention to get caught by that person.."Let me see the extent to which he goes!!!" she could see only his hand gestures.. Making some funny gestures through his arms and a red lace!!
Eventually she started to enjoy it and a smile spread across her face :) ..She began to try the gestures like he does, some small shapes were easy, but some like twisting fingers with one another were difficult.. When she done it correctly he made thumps up on that, otherwise down.. It was actually continuing like a game, but suddenly he started to wave.. Then only she came into sense that his train was the one that let out the whistle, the sign of its departure.. She felt sad once again.. But he made a gesture of smile and a thumps up, may be saying continue to smile or be happy :)...
She felt a blankness at first.. But her hand continued to make gestures... She let her smile to be there on her lips.. Also tried variations in gestures.. Trying letters of her name "Z I Y A" and then her parents, sister, friends...In between she missed one thing too - that her train had let out a long noise and made a small movement towards her destiny..
A gentle breeze gave a tickle on her face.. She raised her head towards window to see what's happening.. "Hey trees are moving backward?... oops train is moving!!" She made a big smile and looked around but almost everyone in that compartment was in sleepy that none noticed her smile or the train's movement! She put her face on window grills and start to enjoy the cool breeze..Until she saw a train on next rail, some distance ahead, a passenger train.." hey is n't it that, in which that man went??" .. She get confused.. That train was on halt.. And her train now moving in little bit faster.. Her train came near to that and started to cross it.. She looked carefully but with difficulty.. "Hey there.. Check pattern.. Waving with red lace.." She put her hand out of the window and started to wave back. She felt so happy.. She doesn’t know if he would know that the waving hand is of her. But then too she doesn't want to miss this chance.. She was sure in her heart, he would know some way that this wave is from her, for him.. She continued her wave up to the distance that she could see that red lace and then it gone.. Or correctly, she went away from them..Moments of silence came on to her.. But she was in content only..
She continued to making hand gestures, taught her sister and mother.. Made some puzzle words on that and she continued playing with them and also smiling..Somehow they reached Kollam, the last halting station before reaching theirs! But she didn't even noticed how the time passed.. She looked out for tea/coffee sellers.. But her eyes and ears have drawn to the TV screen present on that platform... For her real surprise, it was actually showing the opening song of her favorite show "Denver the last Dinosaur". She couldn't even believe her eyes and ears!!!She just wanted to scream her heart out, but the only thing came out was the full fledged grin :D.. She hooked on to that without ceasing her wonder feel!! Train halted there for many more minutes as there was a train to pass from Trivandrum. Almost 20minutes later, her train made a loud whistle and started to move.. She tried to watch the show until it gone out of sight! There was no limit to her happiness.. She didn't see the show completely, yet she could watch it almost... It is everything than nothing.. "He is surely a Magic Man.. :).. He waved his Magic stick, no,no.. Magic lace and took away sadness and sprinkled Smileys.." She believed on what she felt and thanked him thousand times in her mind.. For sure, she never going to Forget that Magic Man ever.She was humming, dancing, waving and making funny gestures throughout the way to her home... Image Source: https://pixabay.com and https://giphy.com, https://steemit.com