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Rashmi rode quickly and confidently through the early
morning streets of Mumbai and they reached Panvel in no time. Seeing her
driving, Manish had relaxed by now and was confident he was in good hands.
Through this distance he had sat gingerly behind her unsure of where to place
his hands. Being a decent guy, he was careful to keep his hands away from her.
Rashmi stopped at restaurant for some coffee and breakfast. By now, the embarrassment had gone down; Manish was starting to enjoy the ride with this beautiful girl and was excited.
"So did you enjoy the ride so far?"
As they had their breakfast, Rashmi entertained him with her various biker stories. She seemed to be a really experienced biker. Manish was impressed. She had once biked with a charity group from Delhi to Chennai at the age of 21 to raise woman empowerment awareness. Another time, she told him about a scary experience when her bike broke down in the middle of the night while riding through Bihar in a slightly dangerous area and she had to push it along for over 3 hours before she got to a garage. Manish was frightened to hear this and admired her courage. Rashmi was also thrilled to see his reactions and was happy to see him impressed.
Finally it was time to go. "Manish , be comfortable
this time around. Wrap your arms around my waist. So long we were in city so it
was fine, but now on the highway we shall pick up speed and I don’t want you to
get blown away!"
As Rashmi zoomed ahead Manish gingerly wrapped his arms
around her trim waist. The combination of the warm feeling of his arms around
her waist and the boom of the powerful engine below her gave her a thrill. She
was starting too really like Manish. She expertly navigated through the myriad
bus, truck, car and bullock cart traffic that came along her way and was
zooming at 110-120 km/hr.
Rashmi was an expert rider and knew the fun was in the
journey as much as the destination and wanted Manish to experience the same. She would often slow
down drastically and point out something to him. Then all of a sudden she would
suddenly accelerate and surge ahead in a burst of speed. This would frighten
him and he would hold on to her even more tightly, which was what Rashmi
wanted.
Rashmi was an aggressive driver but never rash. She knew her
capabilities and drove with total control. At times she would overtake a number
of vehicles from the opposite lane and cut back just in time. Manish enjoyed
the thrill of these moments as he held his breath while she raced to make it
back in time. Manish till this date had led a sheltered routine boring life. He
was a sincere boy and his childhood and teenage years was spent in studies. Now
he was a workaholic. He never had any extracurricular activities and this was
actually his first highway bike journey in his 26 years!
As the journey went by they both took of their helmets.
While Manish was a cautious person, he was now completely confident of Rashmi
and had totally let go. He felt a thrill as her long hair blew into his face.
Neither remembered when it happened but Manish rested his chin on her shoulder
as he held her waist. He was starting to feel warmth . It was an amazing
feeling like he had never experienced before.
After some time, Manish spoke up.
"Dude this entire open space is your bathroom. What are
you a guy or not?" Rashmi said with a mischievous grin.
She laughed and playfully ruffled his hair. "Let’s go!"
They soon reached their destination. They did some
sightseeing and grabbed lunch. Over lunch, Manish revealed to her that this was
his first bike trip ever and he was really enjoying it. "Stick with me Manish
and there will be many more such trips to come."
They biked about some more in the vicinity and had a good
time. Soon it was time to head back. Manish groaned when he heard this.
"Remember Manish, it is not about the destination, but the journey. And we
still have the entire journey back to Mumbai so cheer up!"
The return journey was much the same. By now, Manish was
sure he was in love with this girl. Rashmi too had really started to like him.
She appreciated the fact that she could be herself around him and not put on a
show. Plus he was decent looking and smart.
It was soon dusk and Rashmi educated him a little bit about
highway driving and how it was necessary to be extra careful when light is
changing. Manish listened attentively though it probably wouldn't matter anyway
as he certainly couldn’t see himself driving!
They soon neared his home. His home was located on a one way
street and if Rashmi dropped him till home she would have a long detour back.
So Manish volunteered to get off and walk as it was a short distance.
"Ok."
"Great. Let’s have another trip soon, shall we Manish?"
"Yes lets" He was visibly excited.
"Awesome. Good night."
Before he could complete his good night, she had zoomed off
into the night like some superhero. "Wow", he thought, "she is
really my dream girl." With that he went up the stairs knowing fully that
the night was going to be a sleepless one.
To be continued............
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