Publishedat 9th of April 2019 05:07:16 PMChapter 61
She held her report close to her chest and suppressed her laugh while walking through the corridor . After walking for a while she reached her seat and sat down . She remembered his face, his gaze, the way his mouth opened in shock after hearing her, the way his eyes followed her . She was pleased indeed . Her trail of thoughts swarmed a smile on her face and brightened her heart . She was lost in a world of her own before she was interrupted,
"How did you meeting go?", Simon asked Akira after seeing her all lost like she was captured in some kind of trance .
"It was ok . Just one parameter change in the input . That"s all", Akira beamed and replied to Simon .
"Great girl . Now lemme see your report", Simon said and took the report from Akira . He had asked her earlier if she needed his help on the report and she had politely refused . So he was curious to see how this newbie had performed own her own without anyone"s guidance .
As he scanning through each page, he looked impressed . Given that she was continuing her Master"s degree, her report was of really good standard . He took the report and smacked Kirk"s head with it and said,
"Check her report and tell me how it is" .
"Ouch", winced Kirk and smoothened out his hair which was disturbed by Simon . He took the report from Simon"s hand and started going through its pages . He was also impressed with the way she had written the report covering each and every minute detail .
Akira tiny heart was elated to see everybody appreciating her work . It kind of boosted her morale and she was all pumped up . She went back to her seat and started correcting the weights which Raymond had mentioned earlier .
She had just finished changing the input parameters when she heard Kirk screaming at the top of his lungs,
"What the h.e.l.l !!!"
Simon and a few others who sat near Kirk went to his seat to find out why he was shouting hysterically . Kirk was showing everybody the last page of Akira"s report . Akira saw the expression change on every single person"s face who was looking at her report .
She couldn"t understand what was wrong with the report and why everyone was acting so weird .
"What"s wrong?", she asked .
"What"s wrong? What"s wrong you ask? You got a "Good Job" from Raymond . A freaking Good Job" said Kirk and flashed the last page of the report in the direction of Akira .
Akira couldn"t understand for a moment what he wanted to convey to her . So she came to him and took the report back from his hand .
The moment she saw the last page she immediately understood what was this fuss all about . Raymond had actually written "Good Job" on the last page of her report and had signed it as well .
Her heart was not able to contain the happiness and joy which she was feeling at that moment . She was trying hard not to give away the wide grin approaching her face . Kirk"s face was almost red with anger . He clenched his fist and asked Simon,
"I never got a good job from Raymond . Forget Raymond, even you have not given me a good job ever . How to h.e.l.l she gets a good job on the first report itself" . He was really b.u.mmed over it .
"You are worrying about yourself? Even I haven"t received a good job ever," said Simon and Akira could see that even his expressions looked all grumpy .
Akira laughed inside her head after hearing what they all had to say .
"Will you guys just get back to work and stop making a fuss about it", screamed Brian who was another graphic lead of the team . The crowd dispersed after hearing to Brian .
Akira also went back to her seat and resumed the report work .
Within half an hour she was done with her work and sent the final draft of the report to Raymond via email . Then she waited at her desk for another 15 minutes thinking that Raymond would probably ping her or send her some comments but unfortunately, he didn"t . It was almost 7 pm by then so she decided to start for home .
Before leaving her desk she texted Vikram,
"Guess what happened today at work?" - Akira
"What?" - Vikram
"I got a good job from my boss (happy face smiley) !!!" - Akira
"Good Job? Really? What are you guys in kindergarten now?" - Vikram
"Yeah go on, mock me . You don"t know the good feels of it . You are the boss . You can never get a good job from anyone . Poor you (sad smiley)" - Akira
"Well, you can give me right?" - Vikram
"Yes, I can . But no I won"t (tongue face smiley) - Akira
"What was the good job for?" - Vikram
"I made a demographic a.n.a.lysis report . " - Akira
"Heavy !!!" - Vikram
"Jeez Vikram, can you talk with me for one day without teasing me?" - Akira
"Now that"s an unreasonable request . You are my daily dose of fun . " - Vikram
"Go, I am not talking with you . Bye" - Akira
"Ok Ok . Dinner tomorrow?" - Vikram
"Yusssss . " - Akira
On her way back home Akira stopped near a pharmacy store to get the medicines which Katherine had recommended for her . While she was waiting for the pharmacist to bill her medicines, she started looking around and a young girl caught her attention .
She was standing two shops away from her, happily busy licking her ice cream cone . She looked really pretty in her ash-green colored frock and yellow leggings . But then she noticed that this girl was unmindful of the approaching traffic as she started walking slowly, perhaps intending to cross the road . Akira screamed and waved at her but unfortunately, that had no impact . She realized in a split second that she was tuned to her iPod and had no idea of vehicles honking at her or of her scream . She was about to jaywalk into the main road .
Akira had a surge of adrenaline and she immediately ran towards the girl and and pulled her back towards the pavement side . She pulled her with so much force, that she was unable to maintain her own balance and they both fell on the pavement .
"Good G.o.d!!!", cried Akira in pain after cras.h.i.+ng on the pavement .
She held her report close to her chest and suppressed her laugh while walking through the corridor . After walking for a while she reached her seat and sat down . She remembered his face, his gaze, the way his mouth opened in shock after hearing her, the way his eyes followed her . She was pleased indeed . Her trail of thoughts swarmed a smile on her face and brightened her heart . She was lost in a world of her own before she was interrupted, .
.
.
"How did you meeting go?", Simon asked Akira after seeing her all lost like she was captured in some kind of trance
.
.
"It was ok . Just one parameter change in the input . That"s all", Akira beamed and replied to Simon
.
.
"Great girl . Now lemme see your report", Simon said and took the report from Akira . He had asked her earlier if she needed his help on the report and she had politely refused . So he was curious to see how this newbie had performed own her own without anyone"s guidance
.
.
As he scanning through each page, he looked impressed . Given that she was continuing her Master"s degree, her report was of really good standard . He took the report and smacked Kirk"s head with it and said, .
.
.
"Check her report and tell me how it is"
.
.
"Ouch", winced Kirk and smoothened out his hair which was disturbed by Simon . He took the report from Simon"s hand and started going through its pages . He was also impressed with the way she had written the report covering each and every minute detail
.
.
Akira tiny heart was elated to see everybody appreciating her work . It kind of boosted her morale and she was all pumped up . She went back to her seat and started correcting the weights which Raymond had mentioned earlier
.
.
She had just finished changing the input parameters when she heard Kirk screaming at the top of his lungs, .
.
"What the h.e.l.l !!!" .
.
.
Simon and a few others who sat near Kirk went to his seat to find out why he was shouting hysterically . Kirk was showing everybody the last page of Akira"s report . Akira saw the expression change on every single person"s face who was looking at her report
.
.
She couldn"t understand what was wrong with the report and why everyone was acting so weird
.
.
"What"s wrong?", she asked
.
"What"s wrong? What"s wrong you ask? You got a "Good Job" from Raymond . A freaking Good Job" said Kirk and flashed the last page of the report in the direction of Akira
.
Akira couldn"t understand for a moment what he wanted to convey to her . So she came to him and took the report back from his hand
.
.
The moment she saw the last page she immediately understood what was this fuss all about . Raymond had actually written "Good Job" on the last page of her report and had signed it as well
.
.
Her heart was not able to contain the happiness and joy which she was feeling at that moment . She was trying hard not to give away the wide grin approaching her face . Kirk"s face was almost red with anger . He clenched his fist and asked Simon, .
.
.
"I never got a good job from Raymond . Forget Raymond, even you have not given me a good job ever . How to h.e.l.l she gets a good job on the first report itself" . He was really b.u.mmed over it
.
"You are worrying about yourself? Even I haven"t received a good job ever," said Simon and Akira could see that even his expressions looked all grumpy
.
.
Akira laughed inside her head after hearing what they all had to say
.
.
"Will you guys just get back to work and stop making a fuss about it", screamed Brian who was another graphic lead of the team . The crowd dispersed after hearing to Brian
Akira also went back to her seat and resumed the report work
.
.
Within half an hour she was done with her work and sent the final draft of the report to Raymond via email . Then she waited at her desk for another 15 minutes thinking that Raymond would probably ping her or send her some comments but unfortunately, he didn"t . It was almost 7 pm by then so she decided to start for home
.
Before leaving her desk she texted Vikram, .
.
.
.
"Guess what happened today at work?" - Akira .
.
"What?" - Vikram .
.
"I got a good job from my boss (happy face smiley) !!!" - Akira .
.
"Good Job? Really? What are you guys in kindergarten now?" - Vikram .
.
"Yeah go on, mock me . You don"t know the good feels of it . You are the boss . You can never get a good job from anyone . Poor you (sad smiley)" - Akira .
.
"Well, you can give me right?" - Vikram .
.
"Yes, I can . But no I won"t (tongue face smiley) - Akira .
.
"What was the good job for?" - Vikram .
.
"I made a demographic a.n.a.lysis report . " - Akira .
.
"Heavy !!!" - Vikram .
.
"Jeez Vikram, can you talk with me for one day without teasing me?" - Akira .
.
"Now that"s an unreasonable request . You are my daily dose of fun . " - Vikram .
.
"Go, I am not talking with you . Bye" - Akira .
.
"Ok Ok . Dinner tomorrow?" - Vikram .
.
"Yusssss . " - Akira .
.
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On her way back home Akira stopped near a pharmacy store to get the medicines which Katherine had recommended for her . While she was waiting for the pharmacist to bill her medicines, she started looking around and a young girl caught her attention
.
.
.
She was standing two shops away from her, happily busy licking her ice cream cone . She looked really pretty in her ash-green colored frock and yellow leggings . But then she noticed that this girl was unmindful of the approaching traffic as she started walking slowly, perhaps intending to cross the road . Akira screamed and waved at her but unfortunately, that had no impact . She realized in a split second that she was tuned to her iPod and had no idea of vehicles honking at her or of her scream . She was about to jaywalk into the main road
.
.
Akira had a surge of adrenaline and she immediately ran towards the girl and and pulled her back towards the pavement side . She pulled her with so much force, that she was unable to maintain her own balance and they both fell on the pavement
.
.
"Good G.o.d!!!", cried Akira in pain after cras.h.i.+ng on the pavement