A Cold Shoulder - 2

 The decorum of the bar is exactly the way one expects. The temperature is mild with noises coming from the DJ. People are plainly throwing themselves up in the vibe of the rocking numbers played. We take our seats beside the table, above us are neatly decorated hanging glass racks. 

"Now this is what a weekend looks like! Woo-hoo!", All three of us gulping the tequila shots in a row. Bollywood songs are adding a taste to the night. Banerjee soon started checking out girls with his flirty gestures.
"C'mon atleast one girl would be fine for tonight. I have a great number of Durex in my pocket! Haha." Banerjee and Control are like poles apart. Getting laid is his only desire maybe, even before he die.
"Go go, there's one in white dress, she seems nice! Go check her Banerjee"
"K...dude mera toh waise v ho jayega...tonight am gonna find one for you!"
"C'mon Banerjee, these girls are not his type reh", Mishra supports me.
Mishra and Banerjee go to the floor dancing, not completely, more kinda checking people. I love them both rehh.
"Excuse me, is the seat occupied?" I hear a voice. Right behind me. It's more of a nervous voice, maybe she need help. I turn around. I can't see her face. It's covered with a white cap, with a blue star to the right side of it. The beacon lights hardly fall her face so that I can atleast identify her face.
"No no. Please seat."
"Thank you"
I turn towards the floor. Mishra and Banerjee are freaking high. I even notice Banerjee dancing with the girl in white. Aah! Fast....nice! But, my mind is just thinking about the girl sitting beside me. I want to initiate a conversation, but she seems worried. If my asking any questions bother her? Still, I gather some courage to ask her.
"You are alone here?"
She looks up, removes her cap, her long strand of hair falls down over her denim shirt. Her eyes are glowing just like the starry nights. In a moment the lights fall at her face, and I become completely blank. It's her innocence that has been dragging me now towards her.
"Yes sir. Actually, I came for a date..." I suddenly feel something bad, she continues checking her watch, "..but now seems like he has ditched me"
"Oooh. Oh no..I can so sorry to hear that."
"No its completely fine. This happens with me very often, used to this."
I start thinking in my freaking head, why would some guy ditch a girl like her, I mean how! She waves the bartender and orders a suds.
"Okay. So now? Heading home or...?" I ask
"No no...gotta spend some time since I am here."
"Alone?"
"I am totally fine with you."
"Mind, if I join you? There's my friends on the dance floor, and I totally don't want to go there!"
"Walk?"
"Yes please!" I go to Mishra and ask him to drop Banerjee at my place. Maybe the girl too is gonna join them. Whatever.
"Am Kunal, by the way. All call me K."
"An alphabet K?" She smiles. She looks even prettier now.
"Yes, and your name miss?
"Aisha with an A"
"Oooh...that's nice."
We walk slowly beside the bar. The wind is blowing really fine and it's really silent out here. The base can be heard a bit, though.
She takes sips of the beer, her fingers trying to run through the strands of hair that keeps falling across her face due to the breeze.
"So you work?"
"Yes, at a Call center. Outsourcing department basically. You?"
"Great. I work in TCS. HR department."
"Amazing."
"What is amazing about it?"
"No I mean money, reputation....haha"
"O' well, that's not me. See, I came here for a date, and no sophisticated dress okay. Just a shirt and pants. So you can analyze with your outsourcing mind, what I mean actually!"
"Aah. Okay so now I can relate why the guy ditched you tonight? He prefers sophistication"
We both laugh. "Lame joke, I know"
"It's too late yaar, I think we should head to home."
"Okay I can drop you, if you don't mind." I ask her.
"Uhh...won't you have a problem?"
"No...come."
"Sure." We zoom towards her apartment. She have told that she stays in company accommodation.
"Okay. Well, it's 2 o'clock. Maybe you can stay here tonight? If you don't have a problem?" She suggests.

.....to be continued....