Felt and Fell

Seventeen

Zoya

It's all his fault.
Yes it is. I'm going to blame all of this on him. I am running late for my office because once I start talking to him, I became unable to understand the pacing of time and thus.. ended up talking to him up until 3 this morning.

'I too need a coffee.' I told one of the interns working under me, as she was making a cup herself and went into my cabin to put my bag there.
By the time I returned to the coffee machine, she had poured it in the cup.

"Thank you so much." I said, almost hungrily smelling the aroma.

"You're welcome, ma'am." She said with a smile. Aditi is a talented girl, I genuinely hope she gets a good job. "Tired?"

"Kind of... Couldn't sleep last night."

Coffee has the best smell in the world.
Warm, soft and everything good... It's probably my brain's malfunction that this smell makes me think of him.

"Why?..." She looked at me with those naughty suspicious eyes that only a 21 year old could have.

"Uh hn!...keep your nose out of it." I pinched her cheek. In past few months, I've grown close to her a lot...We kind of catch each other's vibes but I try and keep the friendship out of the workplace. I don't want other interns to feel that I am biased towards her or towards anyone.

"Zoya maaaaammm..." She whined.

"Bring me the Mehra's file. Did you do the research?"

"Yeah, I did. But I have a few doubts..."

"Come to my cabin," I said and went with my coffee.

~

I was done explaining the situation about The Mehra's company to my interns. As a business analyst, understanding data and the market environment is my job and I love my job. It's so fascinating how a few numbers can change the lives of everyone sitting under this roof and working for this company...and how I am the one who's here to understand the language of these numbers....my phone buzzed and I dug it out of my desk and smiled at the name.
Aditya.

'I'll be waiting for you.
7:00 pm ?😘'

My heart fluttered at his text, I held my phone to my chest and shook my legs on the ground. Exciting work for the day.

Exciting Aditya for the evening. 

Life, like this...feels perfect. 

'Okayyyyyy' I replied, making sure that the number of y's will tell him how I felt. Numbers always tell a lot. 

  '😘' Another kiss

Talking to him yesterday had wiped all my doubts away. 

He understands me. It made my heart flap into a somersault.

He likes me. It made me giddy.

He is ready to wait for me...he wants to wait if it's for me...It was..he was driving me crazy. I had decided myself on this, I won't ruin this because of my overthinking.