The Party………

The day for the annual dinner came really fast. Alya wore walked together with Megan hand in hand. She offered to pick her up with the car. It is was held in a hotel event room. They were greeted and lead them to the banquet hall. The large hallway is decorated with grey and cream cloth. The guests filled the room with tuxedos and dresses. The tables were covered with bright white clothes. On it there were variety of dishes. Alya was slowly heading towards the table when Megan pulled her back and led her to meet the other guests. “ Come along greedy we can eat later.” They meet with everyone one by one. They saw Helea talking with Brian and moving along with him to greet different guests in the party.

They were approached by their colleagues and have small greetings. Alya on the other hand took any advantage she can get to keep her eyes on the white shirt and black bow tie wearing waiters. They carried appetizers and drinks around the room. She took every single appetizers she can get and put them in her mouth. She would talk with the person in front of her and see a plate and directly ask what this is? and shove it in her mouth. She would enjoy the delicious juicy bite size cake or the biscuit with a mousse or a jam or a biscuit with cream. She does not care about the drinks her eyes are only on the food.

Brian

These parties can get exhausting after a while. The lights he asked it to be a little dim, but they still feel bright. He takes time to get used to bright lights. Helea is right beside him talking to Aiden and Liam. There is a light sparkle in her eyes that many might miss. He had suspected that there was something going on between these two. He noticed them in the café that day at first he was a bit annoyed at the fact that she left with an excuse but looking at Aiden. He had felt they deserve an excuse. He made a mental note on catching Aiden about this. What made him more interested was the fact how much Miss Greenfield got nervous and tried to help them. It was funny to look at.

He looked around at the people attending the room. He can hear them really good. He excused himself from the group he was in and walked around he loved observing the characters around him the voices he can distinguish. A talent he picked up from his past. Thinking of his past he is reminded of Hope hospital. ‘Alya where is that girl now?’ he regrets leaving without saying anything. He did return after a year. The girl just moved from the town he could not find her and now

“ What is this ?” he turned around he saw Miss Greenfield grabbing a piece of the crab cake and bite on it. This is an interesting character who joined his office. She is shy yet progressive recently he found out that she is very much enthusiastic about the different ingredients. But that voice he thought it was Alya when the first time he heard her laugh but it cannot be her Alya the voice tone did not match only the laugh did. He felt confused.

‘She does look pretty in the grey dress, and can eat so much’ he thought

Just the first day he heard Chef Wen talking about his little new guest who was enthusiastic about the cookies like a child. It made him smile. He approached close to her and asked

“ Miss Sarah Greenfield enjoying the crab cake?”

She turned and looked at him at with a nervous face “ Sorry but they were so yummy.”

‘Only time this girl is confident is when she is surrounded by food. I wonder what else will make her confident’ he was greeted next by Megan, Liam they joined the group.

“Well there are some common faces I see” He turned around to see Mr. Austin he shook his hand as a greeting.

“ BRIAN” came a voice he recognized he felt her run close to him and grab his hand. He heard a push most probably she knocked into someone again. She can be a bit clumsy at times. Brian has overlooked at lot of the things Cynthia does the first time he saw her he thought of Cindy, but this girl is totally opposite of her.

‘ Who did she knock into this time?’ He turned around joining everyone in the group to greet Mr. Austin. He can clearly see the disappointment of the group clearly they feel hostile towards Cynthia. He noticed Sarah’s eyes it looked pissed at first then turned into soft almost teary. ‘Did something happen?’

Before he could think of a way to ask her his attention was taken by Cynthia she wanted him to meet her father. He sighed and excused himself with her. It is getting hard to stay with her these days.

Alya..

“ Did you just see that she never lets Sir have a moment of his own “ whispered Megan while they looked at them walking away. Alya suddenly felt a grip in her heart she did not know why it still feel bad . She moved from the place putting on the smile and walked a bit far she can’t wait to leave this party right now. It is starting to feel uncomfortable right now.