The Best Assistant Ever [SwaRon]

Shweta

@2111_shweta

This is my first ever attempt on SwaRon. The first memory or scene flash I had when I thought to write on SwaRon was the IndiaFest scene where Swayam and the team tells Sharon that he is THE BEST ASSISTANT EVER! I've tried my best. I hope you liked it. This also contains Rey, sorry I can never ignore him.

(Thanks Sustad aka --Ta_Sha-- for the edit. I know I irritated you like hell. Thanks for tolerating me)

I was standing by the glass window that stretched from roof to floor in my office. I was having a strange feeling since morning, though I wasn't yet able to decipher if it was a good or bad feeling. The knock on my cabin door disturbed my thought process.

"Yes?" I asked the receptionist standing at the door.

"Three candidates have arrived for the interview. When should I start sending them in?"

"10 o'clock would be perfect."

Smiling at me she left. I was back again to my thoughts when my phone rang and smiling wildly at the caller id I picked it up.

"So?" I asked though I knew why he had called. I knew he was smiling widely right now.

"I did it. Dad's finally agreed and now he is off to convince your mom!" I glee at him. I was so happy our hard work had paid off. I knew uncle will succeed in convincing mom."

Come to the office ASAP. We have interviews to conduct, if you remember"

"Ya I'm on my way, but I'll be late. Good luck with the interviews" he chuckled.

"Mr. Reyansh Singhania I want you here in fifteen minutes!" I warned him.

"Yes Miss. Sharon Rai Prakash!" he replied obediently.

I ended the call. So he won't be here and I alone will have to choose an assistant who'd work for the two of us. We both were partners of equal shares in this company. This was the first time when we would be appointing an assistant because of the new dream project coming up.

I looked up at the door when I saw a handsome man walk in. So what if I'm the CEO, I'm allowed to appreciate good looking men. I asked him to sit on the opposite chair. I went through his resume. I must say I was impressed.

"Mr. Singh your resume is quite interesting. You may be the one that we are looking for."

"Thank you Miss. Rai Prakash."

"Do you have any prior work experience?"

"Yes. I was working in RES Consulting NYC before I left for India, due to personal reasons."

"RES is a big company. Why did you leave your previous job?"

"I wasn't sure if I would ever return back to New York."

"It was nice talking to you. We would let you know."

The second candidate entered minutes after. His resume was up to mark but from the smugness on his face, I knew he would be a trouble for us. Hence I quickly wrapped it up.

"Jenny send in the third candidate after ten minutes" I instructed the receptionist.

Where in the world is Rey! But good that he wasn't here else he would have strangled this smug for checking me out. I felt disgusting with his gaze on me but had to behave cordial. I called up Rey again and he didn't answer. Letting out a sigh, I told the receptionist to send the last person in.

"Come in" I said on hearing the knock.

I froze in my seat on seeing him in front of me after ten long years.

"Good morning." Goosebumps pricked making the hair on my neck to stand up. I couldn't get my voice hence gestured him to take a seat. He did so by keeping his resume on my desk.

I picked it up and brought it in front of my face blocking his view. Controlling my thumping heart I kept the file on the table and smiled at him.

"Swayam Shekhawat" I was amused. I had never expected to meet him ever after college.

"Sharon" He made my name sound way better.

"I'm surprised to see you here."

"Well.. I thought myself quite able to fit in this job."

"I'm afraid you are not." He knew I was being playful as his smile increased even more.

"Well then I'll prove it to you that I am."

"Challenging me are you now?" I raised my eyebrow.

"Who can win from Sharon Rai Prakash!" He made it sound like it was a universal fact.

"Still the same right? Trying to impress me with sweet talks" I smirked.

"This is an improved version of him! At least now you're not boiling up seeing this face" He chuckled.

"How can you say that? This might be the silence before the storm."

"I still think I know you better than you. I.." he was stopped midway by the sudden opening of the door.

"Rey when will you learn to knock before entering?" I shouted.

He seemed oblivious to it and ran up to me and twirled hugging me. He nearly crushed my bones. I struggled to get out of his hold but.. anyways no complaints.

"I'm so happy. Your mom agreed. Dad's a genius!" He had this huge wide grin on his face. Didn't that hurt?

Swayam's POV:

I nervously knocked on the door and entered in to come face to face to the love of my life, Sharon Rai Prakash. I have been in love with her since college days. From the look on her face I knew she was shocked but happy to see me. I felt happier, if that was even possible. She was talking normally with me which was a huge achievement for me as in college she used to just boil in anger on seeing my face. I was talking to her when this human barged in. I hated him. No not because he was bad or anything. He was really good and humble but was close to Sharon, and that's the reason why I hated him. Alright not hate, but I was damn jealous of him. He went straight to her and twirled around picking her up. Dude can you stoop this PDA, you two are not alone in here.

I cleared my throat to get his attention and nearly air fisted when he left my Sharon. Okay when did she become mine?

"Hey, Swayam right?"

"You remember me?" I didn't expect him to.

"Yeah who can forget the love sick puppy" He chuckled earning a glare from Sharon. A smile crept up my face on seeing her glare at him for me.

"What brings you here?" Rey asked.

"I have applied for the post of her assistant"

"You mean our assistant?" He asked.

"We both work together, so we just need one assistant" Sharon explained sensing my confusion.

"Actually Sharon we both can keep different assistants. I can hire some hot chick you know" he winked.

"I'll kill you if you do that!" Sharon glared at him.

That glare still looks amazing on her. I sighed inwardly. Wait, why is she glaring at him?

"I guess I must leave" I interrupted them even though I didn't want to leave.

"Hey no wait.. interview isn't over as yet" Sharon smiled back. They both sat across me and began asking me a line of questions.

Half an hour later, Rey suddenly got up and stretched his arms wide, indicating he was tired. I collected my files and stood up taking their leave. Sharon extended her hand to me which I gladly accepted and left giving a curt nod to Rey.

Sharon's POV:

"Why are you giving me that look?" I asked Rey when I found him half smirking at me.

"You didn't tell him the time he needs to report for work tomorrow." He gave me a knowing look.

"That's because we haven't yet finalized our assistant." I turned around not able to meet his gaze. He knew me too well.

"Oh come on Sharon, at least stop fooling yourself. The moment I saw him here I knew he was appointed. After all who can deny that.."

"He is the best assistant ever!" I completed his sentence and he just shook his head at me.

"Don't let your ego get between this time." Rey left leaving me alone to think over my life and the decisions I've made so far.

I vividly remember how much Swayam claimed that he loved me. He would go around the college with this lover boy look and I would never appreciate him. In fact I always pushed him back as I thought him to be inferior to me in all aspects. But the truth was, I too loved him, though not with the same intensity as his. Whenever I thought I would give this relation a chance, he would do something that would belittle me in front of his aura. He made me feel inferior about myself and that's where my ego would click in and I would ignore him completely. There was just one person who knew of my feelings for Swayam, that was Rey. He always tried to get us together, but I kept retracting back. But now no more. I will accept my feeling in front of him, hopefully.

Next day in office.

"Oh my god, someone's looking sexy. Red skirt, leather top. What's the occasion?" Rey can never stop flattering me with his comments.

"Later alligator. Let's get working" I smacked him on his arm when I saw him approaching me with a flirtatious look in his eyes.

"May I come in?" I heard a knock on the door followed by Swayam's voice. My heart began thumping loudly as he came in.

"Thank you so much for appointing me." He can never stop being humble.

Okay did I tell you that we appointed Swayam. Obvious right?

"Sharon, make Swayam feel comfortable. I'll get going. I have to check the work going on at the site and later have a date with Charlie." Rey informed me picking up the project file.

"Dare you go out with her! If I see her anywhere near you, I swear I'll kill you!"

"Peace out girl. Supervision will get over in a blink, what am I supposed to do later?"

"If that's the case, you stay here and work, while I go with Swayam to the site and I'll explain him his work as well."

"Cool with me. Have fun!" He winked and left keeping the file in his hand back on my table.

"Shall we?" I turned to Swayam.

"After you" he gestured me to lead.

Swayam's POV:

Am I dreaming? Sharon Rai Prakash has asked me to accompany her. Wow that's unbelievable. I loved it when she told Rey that "WE" would go together. But then why was she so concerned about who Rey goes on a date with?

"Bored of me?" She asked me making me come out of my reverie.

"No. That I can never be."

Okay Swayam you need to stop sounding desperate. But I saw her blush. Maybe I'm just imagining too much.

"If you are done flattering me, can we start our work?"

And the boss is back!

"As you are well aware that ours is an architecture company. We have designed most of the buildings in this locality. Until now, Rey and I were able to handle our work without the help of a third person. But since we are now launching our dream project, we needed help. We needed someone to help us keep connected to office while we handle this new work and I'm glad you came, as now we need not worry about office matters."

"Are you saying that you two are trusting me with the entire office?"

"Yeah and for the next few months we will just be visitors in the office!" She giggled.

Woah! To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I couldn't believe that Sharon trusted me so much. Seeing the shocked look on my face, she continued, "Don't be so startled. You've always claimed to be the best assistant, now it's your time to prove it!"

"You have no idea Sharon, I mean ma'am, you have no idea how much this trust means to me."

"Dare you call me ma'am again. That makes me feel so old!" She made a cute disgusted face which I couldn't stop admiring. Realizing my eyes were on her, she immediately masked her emotions.

"So where are we going?" I asked her. I just wanted to keep the conversation on.

"Rey and I.."

Will Rey ever stop coming in between us. I mean even if he is not physically present, he is always in the talks. Stop taking to yourself and don't dare zone off on Sharon, I heard my inner conscience speak.

"We had dreamt to open a dance school and after a lot of convincing, our parents have agreed to let us proceed with our dream. All this has been possible only because of Rey."

Again Rey! Focus dude focus!

"He is really special to you, isn't he?"

Wow I'm so jealous that I can't even take his name!

"Yes! He is after all my best friend!" She had this proud smile on her face and I couldn't stop feeling happy for her.

"Was this the reason you didn't want him to go on a date?" I dared to ask.

"Not entirely." I furrowed my brows and she continued, "Charlie is my friend and I don't want Rey to mislead her. I mean he unintentionally leads the girls he date into thinking that they have a future with him with just mere friendly conversations. I have warned him, but he just can't ameliorate himself. Can we stop talking about him, please?"

Did I hear right? I did a happy dance in my head.

"So what do you want to talk about?" I asked her.

"You."

"Me?"

"Yeah, what were you doing these years?"

"Nothing great as such. I was working with my dad but then I wanted to pursue something else and hence came here. Later I found out that you were in search of an assistant and I applied."

"Just like that?"

"May be I wanted to meet you again." I couldn't look into her eyes.

What if she asks the driver to stop and throws me out? Why couldn't I keep my mouth shut?

"I'm glad we met!" I snapped my head at her. Her smile told me how happy she was to meet me.

Does that mean that we have a chance? Okay stop dreaming! She is just happy to meet me, her old friend, that's it!

We halted in front of a three storey building. The infrastructure was beautiful. I'm not surprised why. I followed her in and admired the beauty. It clearly reflected her personality. I followed her further in and saw her look dreamily at a sign named rehearsal hall. Taking a deep breath she opened the door. It was exactly the way she wanted our college rehearsal hall to be, but we couldn't make it due to monetary issues. I dreamily walked inside and touched the large mirror. It felt so good to be here!

"Where are you lost?" She asked shaking me out of my thoughts.

"It's beautiful. Just the way you always wanted!"

"You remember?"

"Of course I do!"

"You told me earlier that you wanted to pursue something else. What is it?" She completely changed the topic.

"I thought you know" I raised my brow, mocking her.

"Dance?" And she yet again she managed to wipe that off my face!

"How did you? I mean.."

"The way you are looking at the academy shows how much you missed dancing."

"Dance was and will always be a part of my life!"

"Then why did you join the company?"

"I couldn't stop myself."

"From?"

"Loving you" It involuntary slipped out of my mouth.

"Prove it!"

She played a sensuous number and walked towards me. After ten years I am getting this opportunity, grabbing it I danced to the tunes with her. It felt a totally different world, to have her so close to me. If this was my last day on this planet I would die happily. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi0yQfNuzbo

As the song ended, she had wrapped herself around my torso. Honestly, it felt heaven. Just then I realized that my shirt felt wet. Peeling herself away from me, I looked at her to find her weeping.

"Sharon, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Did I do something wrong? If you want I'll stay away.."

"I love you Swayam" I froze.

Did she? No, I'm just imagining.

"I love you" She crashed her lips to mine.

That's when I realized that this is no dream but reality. I wrapped my arms around her and deepened the kiss.

"I love you too Sharon, always have, always will" I confessed.

Sharon's POV:

I had finally mustered courage to speak my heart to him. It felt so light. It felt so right to be in his arms, that sense of protection was overwhelming.

I broke the hug and looked up at him, "Thanks for coming back Swayam."

"Thanks for loving me back."

"I have always loved you, but couldn't ever tell that to you."

"I know and I'm very happy that you confessed. But now it's my duty to get you home safely. It's getting late, we should leave."

"Swayam, why don't you join Rey and me in the academy?"

"If I can, I would love to. But right now, I am your assistant."

"Quit it. Become my partner!"

"I will surely sweetheart. But if I quit you won't get another one, and let me remind you I am THE BEST ASSISTANT EVER!"

Posted: September 12, 2015