Simmi entered Dr. Rohit's (there were a lot of Dr. Sippys at this hospital and so, right from the start, it had been decided that all doctors would be called by their first names as opposed to their last) cabin for her regular evening brief through, and was surprised. Dr. Rohit sat at his table, looking at his laptop screen, aghast. Simmi's first instinct was to be scared. Had something bad happened? To one of his patients? His family members? His wife?
"Dr. Rohit!" She called him, distressed. Rohit gave no reply, still staring at his screen in disbelief.
"Dr. Rohit!!" Simmi tried again, walking closer, yielding no results, once again.
"DR. ROHIT!!!" She cried, shaking him out of his stupor.
Rohit looked around, surprised. "Sim… Simmi? When did you come in? Mujhe pata hi nahi chala!"
"Sir, is everything okay?" She asked him, worried.
"Huh?" Rohit replied, clueless.
"Sir, is everything okay? I mean… Sab theek haina? Aap bohot tension mein lag rahe hain!" She exclaimed.
"Tension ki hi toh baat hai, Simmi!" He told her.
"Kyu sir? Kya hua? Can I help?" She wondered. Rohit was a wonderful boss, even if he threatened to fire her at least thrice a week. But, that was just who he was. He threatened everyone with the same thing. Everyone knew not to take him seriously.
"Look at this!" He cried, shoving his laptop in front of her face. Simmi looked at the screen, eager to see what was causing him so much distress.
It took her a minute to understand what she was actually looking at. As comprehension dawned on her, she looked at the screen, and then at Rohit, then back again, trying to piece together just what had been the reason for his outburst.
"Sir?" She asked him tentatively. "Iska kya matlab hai?"
"Oh god, Simmi! Ab yeh bhi main batau?" Rohit shot back. "Tumhe samajh nahi aaya kya?"
"No, sir. Sorry, sir," she immediately replied.
"Dhyaan se dekho!" He ordered. "Chodo. Main hi dikhata hu."
Simmi nodded immediately, getting curiouser by the second.
"Look at this!" He pointed. "3.1! Only 3.1!! Every week 3.5+ se seedhe 3.1? How is it possible?!"
Simmi couldn't help but laugh at that. She never knew he could be so cute. It was such a welcome sight to see her always sarcastic boss this way.
"Tumhe hasin aa rahi hai?!" Rohit cried incredulously. "This is serious, Simmi! We have to do something about it."
"But… Sir… Hum kya kar sakte hain?" Simmi asked him, actually interested in what he was planning to do.
