Chapter 5: Acquaintances
"Um. Hi Kathir. "
Kathir was in deep conversation with a tall blond woman when I had approached him. I'd waited for the conversation to finish before I tried again to get his attention.
I wasn't really one to have a noticable prescence among people. I also wasn't one to confidently meet new people. Kathir was my only personal link to this place so getting him to introduce me was a better idea than me gawping at people.
"Kathir, I think someone is waiting for you" the woman said smiling and nodding my way. I was starting to like this woman.
Kathir literally swerved round.
"Hi Nithya. Good to see that you're on time. This is Sandra. "
"Oh right. You're the new addition to our team! This is gonna be great. " She jumped while saying the latter.
"Nice to meet you too. Maybe we could talk more at lunch " I said smiling.
Kathir guided me around the office introducing me to everyone. My office room was joined to Kathir's and another new guy's office.
"Our project officially starts when the guy for the position turns up. Anyway Nithya, I have to get to sorting out admin for you new people here but pop into my office and ask me if you need anything. For now here's your intro pack. "
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I daringly walked up to Sandra's table. This felt like secondary school all over again. I sincerly hope it was not like that because the last time a girl with higher social status acted all nice to me and invited me to her table, she was actually tricking me and poured my stirfry all over my uniform.
Sandra did strike me as genuine. As I came into her eyeline she exclaimed
"Nithiyaaaaaaaaaaa!" Wow, this woman had quite a lot of energy contained in her slender figure. "Come sit next to meeeeeee!"
The guy next to her, his name was Ed, said "She is hyper that there's a new project and it is because you got employed so she loves you so much right now. "
"Shut up Ed. I was really impressed by your application essay too. Anyway, how about we get to know about you. So what do you like to do in your spare time?"
"I like reading, watching and listening to murder mysteries. The classics are what I prefer. I also love playing basketball although I'm no good. It keeps me active. How about you Sandra?"
"I love watching movies luke Rom-Coms and don't ever ask me to watch horror films because I was haunted by the first five minutes of the conjuring. " she shuddered.
"She didn't tell you how she was running out of the cinema with her arms in the air screaming at 100 decibels," Ed said teasingly.
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Kathir hadn't texted me after work yesterday which was different as he had been constantly sending messages a few days before. Maybe he was a chill person after all.
"Emma's on the phone for you. " called my brother from the other room. We were both cheap skapes so we used our landlines to contact each other or any free messaging services.
"Nithya, how was your day. I need details now. " she was squealing, the crazy thing. Since she worked as a blogger, she didn't have a workplace other than home so me going to work was a big deal for her.
I told her about the chilled mood Kathir seemed to be in and Sarah being really nice.
"I have to meet these people. Well good luck for tomorrow. Call me if anything exciting happens. "
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The next morning I walked into my office to see a guy sitting in my seat. He had green eyes that moved to and fro as he was reading the piece of paper in front of him. His dark brown hair was short and neat. Before I could slyly grasp what this guy looked like without direct eye contact he said,
"Hello. I'm the new guy here, this is my desk right?" His voice was genuinely enthusiastic as he asked this.
"I'm Nithya, this is kinda my seat. I'm sorry. I think yours is there," I said pointing to the next room.
"Oh right," I noticed a red tinge to his pale complexion. I didn't normally see anyone with such contrasting features. He quickly stumbled over to his seat.
He let out a cute tiny grunt. Woah I just called a boy cute. Aaaah I can not crush on him. Parents will not like me even considering him as he isn't tamil.
Okay so in a minute of seeing this pretty faced boy I have fantasies of marrying him? If that isn't creepy I don't know what is. Well it's a good thing that he can't read my mind and be exposed to my creepiness. Aaaaah what if he can?
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Author's Note:
Okay so this is my first AN. I hope you enjoyed this.
This story is close to me because some of the characters have traits that resemble people I have come across an even me. However none of these events are actually real so no one can use this against this story or to assume my life.
On a brighter note I hope this chapter gave you more insight into the new characters.
I dedicate this chapter to my friend that I will put on link when I am on the computer. She is an amazing person and also motivated me to write this chapter. Sorry for posting much later than I promised.
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Mystery / ThrillerNithya is a smart, shy and loving girl. At her interview she meets a caring guy, Kathir who works there and helps her when she has an accident. From this meeting she finds out that a big part of her missing. Chuck in tamil parents, a hilarious brot...