Niki...(Completed & Editing)

chp 21 "effort"

The Monday morning are the alarm about the work is going to start. I woke up from my sleep.

This was the first time the two years when I didn’t have any dreams, or may be had but they didn’t woke me up the middle of night.

I stood up from my bed and did my routine work and got ready with my dress, and went down.

As I stepped down I saw Tina was eating a bowl full of ice cream, that too early morning. And beside her was sitting Nik, looking tired and hopeless.

I made my way till the table and adjusted myself on the chair. I was just looking at Tina till Nik called out my name and handed me a cup of tea.

I took it and felt it warmness inside me, going through. I felt refreshed.

This tea was definitely made by Nik.
I held my eyes upwards to see both of them, Tina just completed the ice-cream and saw me.

“hey, good morning” she chirped. By the voice you can say she was too excited.
“morning Tina" I greeted back and looked to Nik.

“what happen? You look.... awful?” I asked Nik.

“he didn’t get sleep last night, I geuss” Tina answered instead.

“and why is so?” I asked back.

“as I wanted to eat ice-cream and as my favorite flavour  got missing from all the shop miraclally and I didn’t let him sleep till I got my flavor" she completed looking at her husband with a awe.

“gosh!! To childish. Anyway I will be leaving, or I will be late.” I said and moved till the door and turned back just to see both of them smiling to each other with a awe.

Sweet couple.

I moved out and closed the door. And started walking till I get a rickshaw.
I moved along the busy street, when a car stopped before my feet. The car I knew. It was Ronit’s car.

“wanna lift?” he asked raising a eyebrow.

“no, I am fine. I will be getting a rickshaw or taxi. Anyway thankyou” I moved little back but car didn’t moved.

It was 5 minutes and the car was still standing near my footstep.

I gritted my teeth and opened the back door to get inside, just when he opened the passenger door.

I closed the back door and went inside.
He started the engine and drag along the road.

We were sitting in a silence when he decided to break it.

“how’s you feeling?” it was like he was putting a lot of effort to sound the way he should not sound. But then too it made me flooded with the memory what happened at Karan’s house.

I didn’t say anything and with that as a cue he too went on silent mode.

I had too many question which need the answer so this time I decided to break the silence.

“why where you in his house? Did you—“ words didn’t came out. My mind and heart were scared to say the words.

“yeah I shifted there yesterday. That’s my house from now” he completed my unsaid words. And I hitched a breath in my throat. So what I was thinking was true. He shifted there.

I didn’t reacted but just kept mum, till we got to the office.

I got off the car as soon as he parked the car and without looking back straight got to the elevator and pressed the botton on the left. I was waiting of the lift when I felt the presence of someone behind me and I could sense that.

I shifted my eyes, and just confirmed my thinking. There was the man who I cannot be  tolerate at all. He was the worst and unwanted burden of the earth.

“hey, niki. Goodmorning” he said in a ever canning voice.

“morning, Mr.khan” I replied my co-worker. “And its ‘miss.nikita’ for you.”

He is just the pain in the ass. He was six feet tall, lunatic person you could ever meet. Everybody in the company, note specially every girl have been humiliated by his behavior.

But not goes with me. I never ever spoke to this person till it’s too nessarary to talk.ha Even I only talk to one person in this whole company and that Sneha. But she was on holiday with her mom and dad from one month.

That reminded  me she must be coming today. She is really mad girl you could meet.

I was lost in my thought when I heard the ping of the lift door and it opned.
Few people came out and after that I entered with mr.khan. it was quite uncomfortable when nobody was there, Just he and me.

As lift started to close it was the time when Ronit came and stepped inside. I saw ruthless smile of mr.khan drooped immediately when he saw Ronit.
That was just because, he was the only one who confronted him in front of company while treatning riya-one worker of company- from that day both are not at good terms.

I felt good as Ronit was standing between us and so that I don’t have to face that creepy face.

The door sung opened with a ping sound and mr.khan left immediately. We too started moving and left to our usual cabin.
I was just in the way when I heard my name called, or you could say just yelled. I just turned around to find the source of that sound when I was embarrassed in a tight hug.

Sneha!

I told you she is the craziest girl you could ever met.
I patted her back. I never showed her any sign of friendship and even told her that I don’t believe in any kind of friendship but she is just to stubborn that she never left me alone. I feel happy about that.

I pulled her back and she was smiling widely. Her curls and red lipstick. She look addroble. Really.

“how was your holiday, huh? You want to ask me right.” She always forms the question and answer them as well, like see this “well holiday was amazing and I loved that place. I am thinking I will go there again with my husband once I get married” excitement could be seen all over her face.

“ok girl come down. Let’s get to the work” I said and started moving. She was following me. It means she wanted to talk about something.

I entered my cabin and turned around.

“what?”

“I w- was thinking to-to propose him” she said shuttering.

“so??” I asked.

“what do you think? How will he react?” she asked going to-and-for the cabin.

This girl is hell of mood swings tell you.