And HE Smiled...

I looked at my watch again… to confirm, yes it’s 12.45 a.m. The computer didn’t lie to me. It has been the same old story, working till late night or should I say till early in the morning. And every time it’s the new requirement from the client, and so no one else to be blamed for it…

I Turned around to check if any one else around in my cubicle, but noticed everyone has left, all I could see was their computer’s sleeping. I sometimes pity my computer, even He doesn’t get much of rest -thank me for that. Now–a-days I can feel that he’s getting older; he has stepped down his pace considerably, but in spite of that he never let me down. And that’s the sole reason why I haven’t replaced him….

Sometimes I think why am I doing all these, which stops me from proceeding any further, but then I realize that NO one else can do this better…Pushing my senses back to Work. All these have helped me in no way, neither an appreciation nor a pat from my seniors, but the urge to Live up to the responsibilities and expectations have always pushed me an extra mile.

It’s 1.30 a.m. and my eyes felt drowsy, due to lack of sleep. But I had to complete the task by Today to avoid any trouble for the onsite folks to face the client. Here I was Slogging thru the night… Just wondered how long would this continue? Days have passed, and now it’s the months turn…

Just then I realized someone saying to me some weeks back, that I lost a bit of shine in my face. I missed something….From that day I tried to figure out what it was that I lost…. And the very thought came to my mind again, Will I ever try and figure out what it was???

But then again the slave was back to his senses….. I rushed through to finish the pending tasks. It was 2.15 when I was able to complete the remaining work; the relief of finishing the task was more comforting than the time it took. Wasting no time, I booked the Night shuttle cab using the intranet site. That’s when my computer blinked as though requesting me for some rest.

I stepped out to the Reception area, where the night duty securities were busy taking rest. To my comfort picked up the news paper lying at the desk and started glancing thru…. I would have glanced thru half way, when I realized some one calling me; it was the security....With a newspaper in his hand. It was from him that I realized that I was reading an old newspaper, so was my situation. I could neither laugh nor worry over it….. I just gave him a silly smile and took the latest one from him.

Now again I started to wonder what I have lost in the last couple of months that’s when heard a car nearing the building and I went across to the door, to check for the cab. It was the cab to my relief, the driver looked familiar. He halted the car and stepped towards the door, that’s when I realized who he was. It was the same driver who gave me a drop today (or yesterday) morning. He was still at duty, I pitied for him. He would be a worried man too….

As he neared the door, I found the answer to my questions from his reactions when he noticed me….

He Smiled ….