OS - Beer It *Thank You Note Pg-6*

BEER IT

He sat there alone... there was a buzz around him, yet he felt lonely. He knew why. He ran his fore finger round the rim of his half filled beer mug and sighed. A waiter appeared with a big pitcher of beer and placed it on the table for two. Dev smiled at him and immediately returned back to his grumpy expression. A sip from the mug followed by another deeper and longer sigh. It was becoming a routine.

Dev looked around and saw a group of youngsters playing truth or dare, he smiled at the thought of being care free and having uninterrupted fun. He had missed his childhood as well as his teen years in his struggle to be successful but he didn't complain. He was happy with the outcome of his hard work. He was reason for his mother's pride, he was the reason of the smile that had now become permanent on her pretty yet old and worn out face. He was contended, yet he felt empty and again he knew why.

He took a sip again and his eyes fell on a couple sitting right opposite to him. They were in love and it was totally visible. How happy they were. Dev's mind travelled through the in numerous memories of her to a night when she had got drunk for the 1st time. Dev gave a sudden chuckle, which itself surprised him. He looked around to see if someone else had noticed.

Taking another sip, he slid over his chair to comfortably fit his perfectly shaped long body in a relaxing position. With his legs pulled straight under the tiny table, he rested his strong back on the back rest of the chair, his hands folded over his broad chest, he breathed in... instructing his mind to take him back to that very precious night.

He had entered the bar alone with a thought of being happily alone for the night, till he had set his eyes on his mother's nutritionist, Dr. Sonakshi Bose, who according to him was the most boring and kill joy lady he had ever met in his whole life. A layer of surprise had appeared on his olive orbs seeing her seated at a table near him. "What is Ms. Bose doing here...?" He had thought mentally. His mind trying to find a reason for such a shocking event when he noticed her fun loving sister Elena walking up to her with 2 shot glasses in her hand... "Sona, you have to try this..." Yeah, she did have a loud voice. He settled back on his chair, knowing that it was going to be fun watching the very own self controlled Dr. Bose drink up Vodka shots.

Thirty minutes and she was out of control. He had never thought that things would go out of hands. He had rushed to their table to stop a struggling Sona from climbing it up... but she managed... He was struck by her agility. He had always thought her to be on the weaker and slower side. Well this thought was somewhat influenced by his Mami ji who always commented on her figure, "She is so thin, that even a light wind could blow her away..." Sona stood up on the table and yelled, "HELLO... PEOPLE... ELENA AND MR. OBHODRO..." Many people turned to her. He recalled how his cheeks had turned hot due to embarrassment. "Ms. Bose... Come Down" He had glared at her, which had turned out to be futile... "IT'S DR.BOSE FOR YOU..." She had yelled back... He felt many eyes on him and he had to give them a sheepish smile, "I'm Sorry..."

"GAON WAALO... OOPS... BAR WAALO... UMM... NO... SONA BE SOPHISTICATED... PUB WAALO... YEH JO OBHOD... DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK IN ENGLISH?" Sona asked... which had broken Dev's trance.

A boy had replied, "You sound sexier in Hindi..." He had felt like punching that fellow to death, but all he could do was make a bootless try, with very little help from Elena to pull Sona down. Sona jerked his hand off her leg and began, "OKAY BUDDY, HINDI IT IS FOR YOU... HAAN SO WHERE WAS I?" She had paused to think. "HAAN... YE JO OBHODRO HAIN NA OBHODRO... MAIN ISSE PYAAR KARTI HUN... BUT YE EK TUBELIGHT HAI TUBELIGHT... ISILIYE... SOOCIDE (SUICIDE)... NAI... KUCH ORIGINAL SOCH SONA..." He had received the shock of his life, while people around him applauded Sona's confession . He recollected how he had stood still till he heard Elena yell his name only to realise that Sona had puked on his shoes... Gucci had puke on them... but he didn't care... neither did he mind... He looked at Sona who was now sitting on the table... "Dr. Bose... I think we should go home now..." Saying this he had lifted her on his strong arms and had walked out of the pub with Elena at his heels. " Mr. Obhodro... I love you" She muttered softly before finally resting her head on his broad chest. He had just smiled, he wasn't sure how he was supposed to react to this and above everything, he wasn't sure whether she was going to remember it the next morning.

Dev lifted up his mug to find out that he had emptied it... He sat up and leaned over to get the pitcher and poured himself some beer. Just then he heard a known voice which instantly filled his emptiness.

"How could you start without me, Dev? No wonder I call you Obhodro." A big smile appeared on his face. She came and pulled an empty chair next to him. Dev turned to her with a fake serious face. "You are late, Sona..." He said.

"I'm sorry Dev, aunty was not leaving me and I think Mami ji has a doubt that I am with you..." She declared while gesturing a waiter for an empty mug.

Dev's eyes widened when the waiter brought the mug... "You are going to drink?"

"Yes, it was a long day... I need a drink or two" She leaned to get the pitcher, when Dev caught hold of her hand.

"Are you sure you can handle it?" He said raising an eyebrow.

Sona looked at him and suddenly bent down... "What?" Dev uttered... She got up and held his hand... looking straight into his eyes she asked him a very valuable question... "Are you wearing Gucci today?"

The End.

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