My Tom-Boy Girlfriend

#17 : Team Outing

Raghav's POV

🎶🎶
You're the light, you're the night
You're the color of my blood
You're the cure, you're the pain
🎶🎶

          The wait was over, everyone was ready with their backpacks for the overnight stay at the resort. Our combined gang had decided to ditch our personal vehicles and opt for the company transport. Entering into the 55 - seater deluxe bus, I saw Sasha waving frantically at me and patting the vacant seat next to her. A genuine smile grew on me and greeted her, while placing my backpack in the overhead.

"Hi Sasha! You seem to be jumping like an excited toddler".

She let out a shy laugh. "It's our first team outing at a resort. Everyone's here, no one backed-off..... So yeah, I'm kinda excited". You could see the excitement bouncing off her.

       Nodding my head in agreement, I replied, "True! True!". While settling down in my seat, our arms brushed against each other. She took the window seat while I was at the aisle. Looking around to spot the others, only to find out, that they were all scattered throughout the length of the bus.

Good for me, those buggers won't disturb us.

        It wasn't that long of a ride, hardly an hour or additional thirty minutes at the maximum. The bus grumbled to a start and kicked off the weekend gateway.

"Hey, do you want to watch a sitcom with me?". I suggested while she was mid-way in putting on her heavy-duty white-with-blazing red wireless bose headphones.

"Hmmmm, sure. Choose a good one though", Sasha replied as she placed her headphones on her lap.

I showed her the episode name in my sleek black smartphone, "How about this one?"

She leaned closer to peep into it, "Fine by me, I haven't seen it."

"Me too".

Out-stretching the right leg of my humble black wired headphones for her, she jerked her's slightly lifting it.

"How are we going to watch it together then? Let's share the earphones. Come on it'll be fun. Here take this and I'll use the other one", I said encouragingly.

"Oh! I thought —", Sasha trailed off.

"What did you think?"

"Nothing!", she dismissed it, "Okay, you can start the video now. Just come a little bit closer".

         Placing my hand on the armrest separating us, I held the smartphone at equidistant from us. As the video played, we shared laughter and constant commentary on the scenes. She tugged on my elbow and soon her arm was looped into mine. I'm sure she didn't realize her spontaneous actions.

Mission accomplished!
Not a bad start right.

🎶🎶
You're the only thing I wanna touch
Never knew that it could mean
so much, so much
🎶🎶

       Reclining against the head rest, I let my eyes gradually roam over her face, taking in her expressions while she was engrossed in the video. I slowly opened the collapsable table that was clamped to the seat in front of me. Backtracking the phone, without deviating from Sasha's line of focus; I rested it on the tray. Sliding my hands, backwards, on the armrest till it come in contact with Sasha's palm, I squeezed it. I took the opportunity to entwine our fingers tightly. Sasha didn't seem to mind it but I caught her quick glance at me from the corner of her eyes.