“Hey, how has it been?”
Mary passed a pint of Stella Artois over to her while she tries to fit herself in the already crowed sofa. The others, are either cheerfully or depressingly singing themselves away at the karaoke set. They were now singing Queens’ We are the champion.
“That’s the fifth time they’re singing this tonight”
She took up her pint of beer saying, “Don’t they sing any other songs?”
“There are if you’re a fan of Bon Jovi’s Have a nice day or Scoprions’ Wind of Change..”
“Oh my, tomorrow is going to be Hangover’s Day for everybody…”
Both girls broke a laughter that was barely audible masked by the deafening voices of their colleagues. It seemed that they needed this little stress reliever. The whole team was stressed out for the past two weeks handling the Nexus project assigned to them. Calculation were normal, but most of the team had to go into the field and collect data. To their credit, the takeover process was smooth as silk. That’s why they were all here tonight, celebrating, all cost under the company’s tab.
“So what’s the plan for the weekend?”
“Owh, erm…probably on the couch watching some rented movies…”
“Wow, is that all you gonna do? Your aggressive boyfriend won’t like it since you passed on every single opportunity to go for lunch this whole week…”
She almost spilled her beer, choked a little, before Mary handed her a tissue.
“Now…”, still recovering, she said, “he’s not my boyfriend…Just an old friend I knew back in my teens…”
“Isn’t he a persistent one? You could actually consider him..”
“No way, he’s just…a friend…”
She poured herself a bit of beer out of a different mug, taking a sip of it. Realising that she liked that better than the earlier one, she poured herself a pint full of it, drowned away nearly half of it in a gulp.
“Owh my, you sure you aren’t in any trouble?”
“No…it’s just that I’m kinda *hiccup*…appy…and *hiccup* at the same time…”
“Anybody would…him coming every single day asking you out for lunch. Well, not entirely good looking but he’s passionate. Only you would give him a pass. If I were you…”
“Hey Mary!! Come over here, you need to sing too!!” Some voice apparently transpired the small crowd in front of the television.
“Alright!! Will be there shortly!! Pre-emptive song selection: If Tomorrow Never Comes for me please!!”
Seeing her now lying half-asleep on the couch, Mary took her winter jacket and wrapped around her warmly, making sure that she’s comfortable before moving towards the others joining in the fun.
*hiccup* If tomorrow never co…*hiccup*…mes…*hiccup*
*hiccup*Would you know *hiccup* how much *hiccup* love you? *hiccup*