I am someone else…………….

Have you ever been titled as someone else then what you really are? It is a recognition, but it is an incomplete one. It is not enough but it works as a peacekeeper for a time being.

Tick tick tick …. Click

Before the alarm get to ring Alya closed it. She woke up before it was time. She slide off the bed eyes with dark circles. She walked slowly to the washroom her eyes red. She has been crying again. ‘Tich’ she made a sound of being pissed. ‘ Enough is enough this is not going good I had enough ’ she washed up roughly and took a shower. She was in a hurry to get dressed. Today is another day like every other day. She put on her outfit for the day. She put her hair into a tight bun on the back. She picked up her bag and walked out.

…….. 8:30am….

Alya back with in front of the computer and typing. She kept herself busy for the past few days. She was so submerged in her screen she forgot her surroundings. So much that the ringing from com phone made her jump and scream. “aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAhhhh” screamed Alya. She clutched her shirt fisted her right hand on her chest close to her heart. She jumped up and picked up the phone and bowed sorry to the room as quickly as she can. It was Helea “ Sarah Mr. Heimlich wishes both of us to join him in the room to discuss the offers bring the file number BE2611 up here with you”

“ Oh yes right I will be right there” said Alya. She hung up the phone and quickly took the file and headed towards the office. Halfway there she felt a thought dawn into her walk become slower a thought dawned into her. ‘I will be facing Brian soon’ Alya thought about it. It made her feel sick and bluish purple. She stopped in front of the elevator clutching the file like a pillow and mouth felt really sour. ‘Ugh why am I feeling this again this will not do’ thought Alya. A hand reached out and touched her shoulder. She jumped “ What are you doing? Let’s get on come on quick” said Helea.

“ You feeling okay? You are acting strange these days.” said Helea. She looked at Alya with concern and a bit annoyed look. “ Uh no no I am fine just I am not getting much sleep.” Said Alya. “I am reading this book you see it is so interesting it is so hard to let down and sleep” Alya fake laughed it is so hard to make things up as an excuse. Helea turns into this professional worker without any detour type when in work. She smiled and replied “It is okay to have a hobby, but you must focus here”

They walked out Helea walked out first and lead the way. The door opened to the familiar office Brian was sitting on a big table.

“ Give me the file” he said. Helea took the file from Alya and gave it to him. He gestured to settle in the sofa. There were this cream-colored sofa with bright wooden outline settled on the right side of the room. Alya took a seat on the long one beside Helea. Brian walked towards them took a single seat on the right side of them thankfully he was closer to Helea then her, thought Alya.

They talked about the promotion sales that occurred in the shop. Alya kept taking note in her phone more then she put her thoughts. She just nodded and answered only once or twice to a question. “Miss Greenfield you do not like this flavor?”

Brian’s question came as a wake-up call for Alya. She looked up to see Helea a bit pissed and Brian having a piercing look towards her. She was nervous but something changed instead of cowering inwards and mutter sorry she decided to speak out.

“ It is a great flavor for grownups, but it is dark for kids.”

“ That was the whole idea for the flavor” replied Brian he had that not a big deal type of look.

“ Yes! but think of it. Chocolates and Ice cream whenever you mention them it means kids. It means colors. If there is no flavor to accompany this one it might get one sided” said Alya.

She felt like she crossed the line. She bowed her head and said sorry. She felt like disappearing in the sofa behind Helea.

“You have a good point I was having a thought about this. What do you think Helea? ” said Brian.

“ Sarah has a point Sir instead of just one kind we can laugh a sweeter flavor to mix with the dark flavor I believe in fact some of the older customers might have a bit of problem” said Helea.

“I will tell the RD to work on it” said Brian. They talked more about the suggestions to make it work with this flavor. The most obvious choice was vanilla. A simple sweet flavor could work but vanilla is mild sweet not high sweetness that they wish for. This time Alya joined the talk she for the time being forgot the fear the nerves the dread feeling.

The discussion went on for almost two hours. Before they left Brian said

“Miss Greenfield I like my people to converse more then be silent work on that.”

Alya thanked Brian and walked back she talked with Helea about the discussion, but she kept thinking ‘Brian thinks that I am more silent type. I do not talk much.’

She felt disappointed for she was the opposite of what was described. She smiled and thought

‘This is for the best’

‘It is okay I will be someone else. …’

*Note: RD = (research and development department)