The auto encounter

It was late in the evening during my commute back home. I approached the Sarjapur junction fly over, my usual sprint section. I was mentally getting prepared for the sprint up, when an autorikshaw closed upon me from the right side. Assuming that he wants to cut to the left to go underneath the fly over, I signalled him to stay behind me and kicked the sprint off. I was clocking my fastest climb over the flyover at about 45kmph. I was off the saddle, dancing on the pedals, with my heart beat audible to nearby vehicles. Soon the autorickshaw caught up with me, and slowed down parallel to me. The guy might have got offended when I asked him to stay behind! I prepared myself for a heated exchange, and looked up at the guy. The autowala was smiling at me with a thumbs up, appreciating my effort! I stand corrected now - not all autowalas of Bangalore are mean!