After all this time

C H A P T E R 7

'Woah...woah' Mithila couldn't hide her surprise from her voice.

' It needs some courage to sleep at your work place on your first day,  that too when your boss is around '
Mithila sipped on her remaining hot chocolate from the paper cup and winked at Amaya.

'You should give me some tips...it might be useful ' Mithila laughed and kept annoying Amaya.

It was evident from her smile that she enjoyed this way too much.

' Aah ....how am I going back there after sleeping like a log ??'
She mumbled, even the hot chocolate couldn't cheer her up. Amaya covered her face with her palm... ashamed.

' Pretend that it didn't happen at all..and just go. Slept ? Who?  You need that confidence. No big deal my friend...not at all '
Mithila joked.

' Yeah yeah laugh some more... it's not your problem right? I am going to die out of embarrassment  and  that kind of confidence and me ?? Seriously Mithila?'

Amaya sighed. She was pretty embarrassed about the mishap. She was tired , sure but she fell asleep right there, after telling him that she's not tired and ready for the job...wowww... she still couldn't believe herself.

She had woken up after an hour so... Scared and embarrassed all at once.
She had apologized to Adhi profusely who was so sweet and kind about it which baffled her more.

' Hey... don't worry too much Okay? What was your boss's response though?'
Mithila finished her hot chocolate and started tapping the empty cup on the table lightly.

Amaya sighed again...' That's the worst part...he was so understanding about it and said that he was glad I took a nap instead of exhausting myself. It made me feel a little bit better but still what I did was totally wrong ' Amaya grimaced.

' See....as expected, he is a gooood boss..' Mithila singsonged the words  making Amaya laugh.

' Ohho....looks like you have high expectations of him? That good was unnecessarily long ' Amaya replied.

' Of course, I am even adding points on his name based on his behaviour. Since he wasn't rude to you, he scored high marks today. Later , I am gonna calculate all of them to see if he's good enough to date you, my friend '  Mithila placed her two hands on her chest and made a heart sign and giggled.

'There you go again with your secret agenda....'
Amaya shook her head disapprovingly yet smiled.

It felt so good to talk to her about something silly like this.
She wondered how she missed out this warmth of a friendship just because she was too busy with herself. All this time she was sad about not having someone on her side when she had Mithila all along with her. She drank the rest of her hot chocolate and licked the gooey stuff from the tip of the cup like Mili does. It was childish she knew...but it was oddly satisfying.

' Ah .. I almost forgot to give you this. It came on post this morning and I think you might need a little bit of my support  maybe?  '
Mithila opened her handbag and placed a navy blue cover on their tiny table and looked at Amaya nervously.

Amaya noticed the sudden change in the mood and turned the navy blue coloured cover to the front side.
It's a wedding invitation. Vihaan weds Malavika. The names were inscrpted in golden letters in the corner and her name and address were written neatly on the right side with a golden glitter pen. Her breathing hitched a little. So it's happening. Vihaan had called her last month to tell her about the same and she knew about Malavika from the beginning too and she was truly happy for him. Finally, he was happy with his life and he deserved to be happy and she had promised him that she would attend the wedding too.
Now that the invitation was officially here, right before her eyes, Amaya hesitatated for a moment.