Glow of happiness

 Was it that evident that I was so happy? One of the first questions I was asked was “Why am I so happy yesterday?”.  My reply was subtle, replying “We are a happy bunch of people, after all I am not the only one that happy. There are three other people”. That was it then. It became even evident that everyone was staring and envying our team work. Swapping places and more laughter was all part of the process. The conversation our table had were so amusingly funny where it ranged from being in a relationship, cars, football, bosses, colleagues plus a little of work.

It was tea time for us, but I had to run and get something done up, as such I returned late and ended up hanging out at my colleagues table, where they were all seated. Once again, this topic about happiness came into play and I relentlessly said “We are happy people”. Some were of the opinion that the happiness was more than just being happy. The question about progression came up, but I’ll never know what the question was intended for. My colleagues asked if I noticed anyone laughed like as though that person was out of breath. Naturally, I said “No. Who laughs like that?”. Well, it turns out to be the guy sitting next to me (after the swap of place – Person A). I never noticed that his laugher sounded very tortured. Or perhaps I choose not to notice? It was adorable that they were staring to think that I was being happy for more than just being a happy bunch. Shrugging it off, I walked in and sat down. What a total 180 degrees. The mood surrounding us, turned so sombre. The laughter had died.

Over the course of an hour, the life of the party set into gear once more.  Lunch time was at 12.30pm and I had (well, was suppose to) amend something, but I found myself stuck with two of the funniest and fun filled colleagues. They bombarded me with all the questions regarding Person A and somehow or rather manage to drag another guy (Person B) into the picture. The provided me their feedback and voted that I should be with the Person B, who was from our group and had a more toned down ego. But I told them, I would any day pick Person A, as he is so funny and I would prefer someone funny over someone who is slightly boring. Let me go already, my love life cannot afford to have any more hand prints on it.

Oh man, I never noticed how happy I was, and suddenly I felt all the greened eyed people staring in envy.

The interesting part was when I had suddenly laughed; Person A asked me why I had suddenly burst into a ball of laughter. I motioned to my colleague across the room and Person A replied this “This is long distance relationship, so far away but still communicating”. I was taken aback. Over time, again my colleague asked if I was doing ok with our assigned work, and again Person A noticed this by saying “You see, he is caring as he asked you if you are doing okay”. We continued talking about work and how we felt about our work commitments and stuff. My group member was quick to make the comment that we were having a heart to heart talk. I never noticed we were so intense in our talks, it just felt so natural talking about everything – with no emotional baggage and emotional tingles.

Surely, today had been a brilliant day. More than brilliant, it is an awesome picture of memory to be framed up. I never noticed he was so funny all this while, or so easy going. He portrayed a stuck up person, whom everyone should stay as far as possible from. Sleeping a happier sleep will not be an issue today.