My first lift!

You gotta hear to this....

9.40 a.m - I start walking towards my car, parked near the park. It is raining, and I manage to get behind the wheels without getting drenched. I see someone pass by my car, getting wet in the rain. Put on my music - as loud as ever and start driving, only to find this guy asking me to stop. I stop the car - a fine looking gentleman with amazing eyes. "Hey, can you drop me to a nearby place?". I did not get the time to think and the shitty mood that I was in, simply said yes!

We drove in silence for sometime, and then when silence was too much of a nuisance, I took the initiative to ask him where did he want to get dropped. He was not sure, but said he could get dropped anywhere and from there could take a rickshaw. I could feel a sense of fear in me - for I had never offered anyone a lift in my car. It was raining cats and dogs outside, and I wondered if I had done the right thing.

Somehow, the heavy pouring of rains did not allow me to just ask him to get down on the streets. I offered to drop him to his work, wherever it was since I had a couple of minutes to reach work anyway. But made it very clear that it was because of the rains that I did this favour on him. Cisco systems - is where he works. Belongs to Dehradun - with a classy accent and very good looks. I laughed my head out when he told me that I reminded him of his history teacher back in school, who had a very soft and fine way of talking. Impressed, was I? Not really.

Offered a cappucino to pay back in kinds, which I very politely declined. He pleased himself by thanking me a hundreth time. Just when he was about to shut the door of the car, he asked me for my email id. So much for my first ever lift to anybody in my car. :-)

Was it quite a start of the day? You bet.

(While driving back, I kept thinking why did I get so generous to drop him to work.)