I do not think I am the right person …..

Brian The message from Aiden made him angry and worry about the situation. He rushed back to the office mentally making notes on how to handle the presentation. “Is there any good date to postpone the presentation?” He walked into the office and asked Helea who was waiting for him. Helea almost ran to keep up with him, “ There is no other date for the BOD and the new proposal also needs a promotion date.” He walked fast to the meeting room and opened the door. It looked a mess, papers here are spread out on the table. Three cups were present beside three people in the room and a small empty plate in the middle. Tom was sleeping with his mouth open leaned back on the chair. Alya had her legs up on one of the arms of the chair and leaned on the other arm and slept hugging herself. Her hair half untied the bun pin was almost coming out of her hair. The door made Aiden wake up he looked disheveled and exhausted. He walked towards the door and handed the pen-drive to Brian. It is all here give me a few minutes I will freshen up and join you. Brian took it and handed it to Helea. Tom moved a bit waking up from his nap he yawned blinked his eyes and went back to sleep. “Take your time. Was there any changes I should know? Brian walked towards Alya and covered her with his coat. She moved a bit and went back to sleep. He brushed a strand of hair from her face. Aiden, “ There was a mismatch in the data. It was solved we have a new budget now.” Brian looked at Tom it is as if he is searching for something, “ The old one is not matching with the new one?” Aiden, “ Yes, we were saved by the data getting erased a wrong information was given to us. Do you want me to inform him?” Brian checked the laptop screen in front of Alya the data sheet was different some red marks were seen in it. ‘ There is indeed a change’ , “ No get some rest. They have worked hard tell them to take a holiday today. I will handle the rest for today. I want to see his face today.” Aiden, “ Do you really think he is behind this? It could be a misconception from our part.” Brian, “ This time it could have been a bigger problem. I want you to check both cases, Check the link make sure no one get any word of this.” He got out of the office and went to stand in front of the lift. Just two hours left before the meeting starts. The lift door opened Liam and Tyler was standing there. Liam, “ Shall we get a last check on the papers?” Brian nodded in agreement. Alya

She felt warm, and a light but sweet cologne smell was there. It made her smile she slowly breathed it in more but kept her eyes closed. Something lightly touched her forehead; she wanted to open her eyes and see but it felt too much work. She heard someone talking but the words did not feel clear. ‘ I must be dreaming. I should sleep more.’ Her mind went blank.

10:30am

A warm light fell on her it made her blink twice and open her eyes. She saw the light was coming from the window in the room. The shutters are open, she heard someone snoring it was Tom. He was snoring and drooling on his part of the table. She smiled and moved to a sitting position the coat almost fell from her lap. Alya caught the coat quickly, it was this thing that kept her warm. It had a light sweet cologne smell which made her smile, she knew whose coat it was. It was Brian’s he was here. She folded the coat in her arm and stood up yawning and stretching her hands up. The door opened with a knock. This broke Tom’s sleep he looked up yawning. Megan entered the room. “ Morning sleepy heads. Anyone of you want breakfast?” she looked fresh and tidied up holding a tray of three cup of tea. Alya put her hand on her hair, ‘I must look horrible.’ “ Hey you look good. I thought you will be sleeping in today.” Tom yawned got up stretching, “ What happened to the meeting? Did we make it on time?” Megan smiled, “ It is still going on, we are waiting for the results. But do not worry you guys made it on time.” She handed the tea to them and took one for herself. Tom, “ Good I am going for a day off.” He walked away taking the cup with him he yawned again before leaving. Megan laughed at the state of Tom, “ I think you should take the day off as well.” Alya scratched her head thinking of her to do list, “I have a little bit of the work left.” She took a sip of the tea and blinked her eyes to get rid of the drowsiness, “I will just take an early leave after I am done. I need to wash up.” Megan smiled, “ I got you girl.” She ran out of the room and came back in which felt like a few minutes. Alya took another sip of the tea, “ Did you just become the flash?” Megan put down a small box like bag in front of her, “ I had to stay late and work sometimes. So, I have a backup kit in my locker.” The box opened to have small bottle of perfume and toiletries in sections. Alya, “ Woah Megan you are so great. Thank you so much.” She slowly walked to the washroom rubbing her eyes with the Megan’s bag. She looked at the mirror in front of her, some hair strands came out of their place her bun was coming undone. Her mouth and face dry and dull. She turned on the water and splashed water on her face and quickly washed out all the previous make up. She looked up to her face in the mirror again the wet drops slowly fell down from her chin. ‘ I need to sleep. I better finish quick and leave.’ She put on the make up to hide the tired face and quickly freshen up. ‘ Alright I do not smell bad or look hmm the hair. ‘ it was not staying straight in the bun tie. She sighed and opened her hair combing it with the small clip in the bag. ‘ This will do for now.’ 11:45 am Alya was typing really quick with a half donut in her mouth. The growling in the stomach made her hungry more. The work was almost done but a clinging thought is making her stay in the office. She could not leave without knowing the situation of the meeting. ‘ Why is it taking a long time to end ?’ But her curiosity could not win against her eyes they started burning again and she felt sleepy. Alya let the thought go and packed her bag. A grey colored coat stay neatly folded on the corner of her desk. ‘ I should return it back to him. But I do not know when he is going to be free.’ She felt disappointed and took the coat in her arms to walk out. The lift stopped she walked out but her legs stopped in the midway. Some of the people in suits are leaving through the front door Tyler and Liam is with them. She took a turn and decided to tale the back door out. ‘Why isn’t Brian with them?’ she thought and walked out the steps and came to a halt. Brian was sitting on the steps alone. He was engaged in thoughts looking into nothing. Alya scratched her head and quickly went back to the canteen and return with two cups of tea in her hand. Brian was still in the same position unaware of her approaching him. She bend down with the cup of tea in front of him, “ Want one?” Brian looked back and took the cup with a smile, “ Thank you, You are still here? I thought you left.” Alya sat beside him, “ I had a little bit of pending work to be done I was leaving now. Are you alright? You seemed distracted. Did it not go well? ” Brian looked at the cup with slight sadness in his face, “ No everything was alright. I was thinking of the consequences if we failed. It was hard on everyone.” Alya, “ O you are getting serious there. You should relax more often. People are there to help you out. You can rely on us a bit.” Brian smiled at her, “ I do not think I am the right person to run this company.” Alya stick out her tongue, “ Ah you think too much. You had a rough time too just relax.” She took the last sip of tea in the cup and stood up to leave. “ Ah I forgot thank you for this.” She held the coat in front of her to him. Brian stood up and took the coat from her hand, he put it on her, “ It is cold now. Give it back to me later on.” He smiled and went back into the building. Alya smiled putting a hair strand back and left smiling.