Bollywood ishtyle love story @ work

I had a team member from Delhi whose name was Soni. We were good friends as we were of the same age and had lot of fun talking and spending time together. The oldies of the team i.e. my client John and my lead Raj and the other team members thought there was something FISHY.
It all started when my boss Mr.John was checking a list of To-do's on a board. He was asking me "Is 1) done?, Is 2) done..." There were 10 on the board , and all 10 were done. So i stopped listening to him and i just started saying yeah..yeahhhh..and out of nowhere he asked 'Are you looking at SONI'??...i said "yeahhh" and then he asked "Are you guys goin out?"..I said yeahhhhhh and then he asked "is 7) done" i said ya...and then i realised wat i said and when i raised my head towards John., he had a BROAD smile, his lips goin from west to east and his eyebrows doing a hip hop. Before i could correct what i said, the business team walked in and we had a meeting that lasted 5 hours and i did not get a chance to clarify.
Next day, my dear John was @ Soni's desk already helping me out. He was saying this to her 'I think Srini(Me..) likes you very very much. I think you both make a very good pair'. Immediately Soni calls me and says 'What the hell man, I thought only Indians think like this'. And dont ask me why, for some reason I was enjoying this and decided not to clarify anybody. And boy, it was such a wonderful decision, without which i would have not been writing this :-)
She works on 30th floor, and we sit on 20th floor in a conference hall.She comes to the 20th floor whenever we have a meeting. So, we always communicate thru the messenger.
So, the next day I was asking her for her birthday treat. She was not ready to give, saying it was over like 2 months back. But i was forcing her and the last sentence on the conversation was..'Me: You have to take me out for lunch'. Then she did not reply, and we were all set for a meeting. I have a presentation to make. As fate has it, i just plugged in the projector, and was making some final adjustments and this lady pings me 'Ok lunch tomorrow, you and I only and nobody else..ok??'. And i had 3 of my business team, 3 of my solutions team , my 5 team members, the IT director and the manager staring at this and everybody had a smirk on their face. Again i just ignored and in walks soni after 5 minutes. And gosh everyone started pulling our legs. "Looks like its a busy day for soni tomorrow". And she thought it was abt work and she replies 'Oh ya i committed for something, and i have to make sure i do the justice' and the others reply..'ya ya, we all know and everybody laughs'. She has a confused look and i continue enjoying it ;-)
Next day 4pm i was waiting on the ground floor for somebody and this lady comes from back and hits me on my head with her handbag and starts talkin to me. Then i see the time, and pointing my hand towards my watch i ask 'You leaving already? its just 4pm' and in the background i see Mr.John and rest of the team members walking with their coffee. Then she left and im done with meeting whoever i had to and I went back to my place in 2 minutes from then. The moment I open the door of my conference room, John and others have a confused look and say..'What, are you done with ur 'Koffee with Soni' already?, we just saw you down'. Then I replied 'No we did not go for coffee'. Then Mr.John walks slowly to me and says 'Listen Srini, dont let petty things come into your relation. Relations are very important and you will come to know only when you lose them.' I was really realy really confused..And then one of my team-members clarifies saying 'We saw you down and you were shouting at Soni, showing your watch scolding her why she kept you waiting for so long..Man we cant believe you did not go just because she kept you waiting'. Again i just ignored, and did not give any explanation. Smile was my answer
I was living in suburbs till this time, and she lived in downtown. Our lease was over and we also decided to move to the same apartments in downtown because its very close to office. But everyone thinks i moved because of her:-)
Then the next day John informs Soni that I moved to downtown and she smiles and says 'He moved to MY PLACE' and John thinks i moved to her place i.e. i shared my apartment with her. Again., I just ignored :-)
There were tons of instances like these. Jeff would find me waiting for the elevator and asks me 'Oh goin for coffee....with whom?'. Before I could answer, the elevator opens , and soni smiles at us and he says to me 'Ok you dont have to answer'. She was just goin in her own direction.
Days passed by, we started having fights @ work. Nothing personal about it, but @ work we had serious differences. We started fighting openly and the icing on the cake was appraisal. She got a raw deal in appraisal and she decided to quit. I tried to talk her out of it but was not successful.
I must say it was a joy working with her. She was one of those girls who made you LAUGH. She had a fabulous sense of humor.
One fine day she quit, and went back to India and lived happily ever after :-) . Its been 7 months since she left and even now my business team asks me 'Do you miss Soni' for which my answer as always is just a simple SMILE :-)
PS: Hope you enjoyed the post. Everything posted above is purely fictional.