For some reason this put Arya in a mood to crib. “How boring is office on a Monday or for that matter any other day. First of all, the idea of coming to office on Monday is ridiculous and beyond that some dumb client sitting a few 1000 miles away comes for a visit just to tell us that we had all the requirements wrong.” Mia was smiling at him with an acceding look on her face. Arya just went on and on rambling about how much he hated Mondays and how clients should be clearer on what they want.
He then swayed into his personal life or the lack of it. He knew he was rambling and could not control it when he had found someone to listen to him. He just wanted to let the steam out. Arya even told her that the last time he had dated any girl was back in his college days with a tone of sadness. She just kept nodding and giving out exclamations as he went on.
They reached the destination and Arya parked the car. They both got down and started walking towards the gate. “How do I get to building 6 from here?” she asked Arya. “I’m heading there, why don’t you join me?”, said Arya and they walked towards the workplace. She went ahead into the building and enquired the security about something and went into the elevator with Arya. Arya asked her where she was heading. She replied with extreme composure “I am heading to the Trust Financial work area.” Just then Arya realized his whole mistake and before he could attempt to explain they reached the floor and she walked briskly out of the elevator and into the work area. Arya couldn’t work at all. He was sitting in his cubicle and his body was shaking all over, he was sweating profusely and was cursing himself, when a call came in from the PM’s extension.
He picked it up with his hands shivering. He barely managed to hold on to the phone, he heard the PM say he had been promoted and he will receive official communication through mail. He half fainted in his place after he heard it, thanked his PM and hung up, still shivering and shaking. It was lunch time by now and he was still in his cubicle with a great deal of fear still in his head. He decided to go to lunch alone, just as ever, he stood up and turned to see Mia standing there smiling at him divinely. With a shamefully regretful look he said “Errr……..I am….” and before he could complete she interrupted him “Care to join me for lunch? I don’t know anyone here.” They had lunch together and had a hearty laugh about the morning. Out of the blue Arya asked her if she would like to look around the city and she agreed. During the rest of the week Arya was out with Mia, showing her around the city and having a nice time himself. Somewhere during the course of their ‘meetings’ they fell in love with each other and got married. At the wedding party Arya stood up, tapped his glass of champagne and said “Mondays aren’t that bad after all, and the evidence is what I am married to. I love you Mia” and he hugged her.
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