Breaking the Rules

Friends with the Boss

In the next couple of weeks, I was busy with understanding the new project and my role in the project. Since I reported directly to Rahul, we used to meet a lot to discuss various things. He wasn’t that rude anymore since he figured I didn’t like it whenever he talked rudely to anyone. Rather he started showing his authority in a subtle way which was more scarier than his rude way. But I liked this new Rahul more.

Sahil and I met as usual at the café thrice a week and twice in the past two weeks, Rahul joined us too. He found out a lot of things about me and Sahil and we found out this new fun side of him too.

Tonight we decided to go to a club. Although I never went to a club ever, I thought to go with Rahul and Sahil since I knew I was in safe hands.

I wore a navy blue color, one side off-shoulder knee-length dress matching it with black jewelry and black heels. I mean they were not really heels, just flats with a little less than a one-inch heel. I didn’t wear many heels since I don’t know how to walk properly in them.

I was waiting in the living room for them to pick me up. My parents were not home as they had a party to attend too.

It was five minutes to 8:00 when they arrived and I hopped in the back seat since Rahul was driving and Sahil was in the passenger seat. Soon we were outside the club.

We entered the club and Sahil spotted the best place for us, it was a booth close to the bar and dance floor.

“What would you like to have?” Rahul asked as we settled down.

“She only drinks wine Bro,” Sahil replied before I could so I just smiled, Sahil went to place our orders.

“Why only wine?” he asked out of curiosity.

“It’s a secret,” I said and he furrowed his brows.

I giggled at his expression.

“Its actually a trick not even Sahil knows” I whisper yelled keeping my hand near my mouth.

“And what is the trick?” he asked copying my actions.

“Well, If I take a wine then I have to sip it slowly, till the time others will finish two or three drinks, I would finish only one. Hence I am the soberest one so nobody can mess with me.” I said and he laughed.

“I must say that is a very clever trick. But I don’t think you go with strangers then why do you have to be sober, you can loosen up.” He said and I nodded.

“I can but I don’t want to. If I am with my close friends then I am already in the lightest of my moods so don’t really need a drink for loosening up. Like I am with you and Sahil, I know I don’t have to pretend to be sophisticated or professional with you two so I don’t need a drink to have fun. But I am still taking a drink because I don’t want to be the odd one on the table.” I said and he gave me an expression like he admired my thinking and my trick.

Sahil came with our drinks. He brought one glass of white wine for me and two glasses of whiskey, two cocktails of some bluish-green color and three shots of vodka for them.

“Why did you bring three shots?” Rahul asked.

“Because today Sanju will also have a shot with us.” Sahil declared and I frowned.

“No, Sahil I won't. You know I don’t do shots.” I said and he insisted.

“Its okay Sahil, leave her alone if she doesn’t wake to drink it, I will drink on behalf of her,” Rahul said and I smiled t him with a slight blush on my face, he looked at me smiling too. We were both smiling looking in each other’s eyes when suddenly we heard Sahil whistle.

I punched Sahil’s shoulder and Rahul kicked him. We were having fun talking about people in the club when I spotted a familiar face and I tried to hide behind Rahul.

“What happened? Who are you hiding from?” Rahul asked.

“Pranay, Shikha, and Nidhi are here at the booth diagonal to us,” I said pointing at the people from our office sitting.

“But why do you have to hide?” Sahil asked.

“Yeah sure, why not. They all know we are best friends and think I got Panache as a favor from your brother and now when they will find me here alone with both of you, do you think they will keep their mouth shut? I don’t care if they talk s**t about me but they will slander Rahul too and I can't let that happen. He is the face of the company, the company Ram Uncle loves.” I said and Sahil understood what I meant. Rahul kept looking at me with a complex expression on his face.

“I have an idea, lets got to the dance floor. I know none of them dance so we will be safe there.” I said and got up asking both of them to follow me.

“You guys go, you know I don’t dance and besides when none of you would be here, they won't get anything to talk,” Rahul said as a matter of fact. Sahil and I moved to the dance floor.

We both were dancing like crazy kids when suddenly I got pushed from behind which made me fall on Sahil. Sahil held me firmly preventing both of us from falling.

“Are you okay?” he asked and I nodded.

We started dancing again when someone grooved himself on my hips. I turned around and found a man with a stupid evil grin on his face saying sorry.

I knew he wasn’t sorry and he did it on purpose so I kept my senses on alert and the next time he tried to do it I turned Sahil making him stand on the spot I was spotting. The man ended up grooving on Sahil’s hip and Sahil turned glaring at him.

The man was obviously drunk and looking for trouble, so he looked at me and said, “Sorry I thought it was her.”

That was it, the next second a punch landed on his face making him spit blood.

“You thought it was her, you want to touch her? I will teach you a lesson you pervert. How dare you look at her.” Sahil kept saying as he kept landing punch after punch on his face till his nose started bleeding.

I tried to remove Sahil from Man’s body, Rahul joined me and we both pulled Sahil away from the man. The bouncer who saw everything threw the man out of the club saying sorry to us.

We didn’t stay at the club after that and left for home with no knowledge that this whole ruckus was shot by a few people on their phones and would make the headlines tomorrow.