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I ran to catch up with her.
"Don't mind him, he's always not soAnand," Shreya rolled her eyes as we got into the elevator for the second time. I didn't comment. This time we stopped on the tenth floor.
We walked in silence towards the cabin of the development department head. Knocking twice on the door, Shreya entered when a muffled 'come in' was heard, "Anand sent the new recruitee here."
The older lady who was sitting behind the table groaned, "not again! He has been doing that for three times in a row now! Who does he think he is?"
"I don't know what he's trying to do. I'm just following what is been told to me," Shreya shrugged. The older lady turned to me with polite eyes, "what's your name, dear?"
"Rynah Kundra, madam," I gave her a bright smile.
"Nice name, Rynah. I'm Susan D'Souza, head of the development department," she paused there to get out of her seat, "You getting recruited for the design team implies that you must be really good. Unfortunately, our designing department head has been having his head stuck in clouds lately, not wanting to come back down."
She had a frown etched on her face but recomposed herself as she continued, "I shall talk to the CEO and other board members regarding this matter and make sure you get back in your rightful position. Till that matter can be taken care of, you expose yourself to the office environment and help us a little with the development. I am not going to put a regular workload over you, knowing that you will be shifting back to your department soon. Shreya will show you the necessary areas of this company and introduce you to your temporary team leader. Welcome to our little department."
She smiled at me making me respond to her with another smile and a 'thank you'.She looked at Shreya who nodded and lead me out once again.
I was shown around the office, the different rooms, departments, and other important areas. The cafeteria was on the ground floor and every department had different lunch hours. Soon, I was led back to the development floor and introduced to the team lead, Prem Verma. Prema was a charismatic young man who just had a few more years of experience than me. He was really smart to see, and a rather adorable guy.
"So Rynah, how did you find the office?" He asked randomly when Shreya left me in his care as he led me towards the team room.
"It's good, apart from the fact that I remember none of the areas or their routes, it's fine," I smiled looking forward.
He chuckled, "I can relate. It's will take a while but you will get adjusted soon enough."
"I am hoping."
"By the way, this is the team room, where team meetings and discussions go around. Almost every team has some allotted time to access this room. Now, it's our time," he winked as he opened the door for me and allowed me to get in. I blushed as I walked in.
There was a long table with several chairs placed around it before a projector, a graffiti art saying 'time flies' laid beautifully across the plain wall to the left of the projector.
Colorful paper Planes were hung from the ceiling as a contemporary show stand stood magnetically on the end of the room beside a water dispenser. Few lights illuminated quotes kept on a shelf. The red and black checkered floor spread across the room.
Few of the people sitting at the table looked up to see me, others didn't even bother and continued working on their laptops.
"Guys! This is Rynah. She has been temporarily placed in our team. I need you guys to be cooperative with her and help her get used to the working around here," Prem announced grabbing everybody’s attention.
"You are that recruitee who was supposed to be in the designing team, right?" A geeky looking man pushed his glasses over the bridge of his nose.
"Um… if you say like that… yeah," I shifted my weight on the other foot.
"What did you do to be kicked out of that department even before you official join it?" I turned to look at a well dressed lady around my age enter the room. She looked like a diva, holding her purse in one hand and acafe coffee daycup in another.
"Jaspreet, behave," Prem warned making her roll her eyes before she clattered her heel against the floor while walking and took the nearest seat.
"Sorry about her, she's doesn't have any filter," Prem apologized.
"Doesn't matter much, all the high schoolers are that way. Takes some time for them to mature," I smiled innocently as I saw Prem's eyes widen a bit as amusement took over features.
I turned around to find the geeky guy and few others trying not to laugh and Jaspreet gaping at my words, "Excuse me!"
She was about to start something which I avoided by turning back to Prem and asking, "Is there a meeting going to take place now?"
"Ah, yes! We've got the first part of the project to be coded. They will be sending us the documentation at any moment now. Mrs. D'Souza strictly explained to me to keep the load less on you, can understand why," Prem nodded as he headed towards the head of the table. A peon dropped by handing Prem a sealed package.
I took my seat three chairs away from a scowling Jaspreet.
Prem stood before us as he flashed a bright smile, "Let's begin."
