Tittle-Tattle...

"Its nice we're going for a team-lunch after a long time!", exclaimed a colleague of mine! We all acknowledged it... I along with my friend (a colleague-turned-good-friend), and two other colleagues were on our way to a restaurant to join other folks.

The terrific traffic, the warm air, the corporate etiquette... suffocated me and my friend.:D From the above statement, we sensed that a conversation is about to begin...

Colleague 1: Btw, howz the release going? [with a smirky smile]

Colleague 2: Well, you know the ongoing issues...trying to resolve one after the other. Hey, heard you had been to an exotic location during your vacation...

I and my friend exchanged a dignified smile at each other :) [You need not  converse with your close friend to know what'z going on in their mind. A brief look is just enough :D] We did sense how colleague 2 changed the topic desperately. :p

Colleague 1: Yeah!! It was great [with an excited tone] But we had to return back soon... :( 

Colleague 2: What happened? You didn't want to come back to work is it?

We knew how Colleague 2 is good at extracting information. We eagerly looked at Colleague 1, awaiting the answer...

Colleague 1: Oh, the little one was not feeling well, we had to come back soon

Colleague 2: aah, the little one I had seen on FB... how is the cutie-pie now...

Little one??? We exchanged a blank look....we had heard Colleague 1 talking about in-laws, but little did we know about this little one. We were quite impressed about Colleague 1's multitasking skills with a little one being at home... ;)

Colleague 1: She is quite OK and independent now...

Colleague 2: I love her brown hairs and shiny skin...

We messaged to each other, shiny skin ok, but Indian kid having brown hairs... something unusual alwa?

Colleague 1: Yeah, thatz her trait! now she sleeps in her own room

Colleague 2: Thatz great! who looks after her?

Colleague 1: We actually lock her in a room. Me or my husband go to home for lunch, so its kind of manageable...

Lock??!! Something is not right!!!! We knew we are missing out something... We were keen on listening to further conversation...

Colleague 2: What have you named her?

Colleague 1: Her name is Andy and she doesn't howl like our neighbor's dog....

Gosh!  This time its a dumb look! They are talking about a DOG, in fact a puppy!!!!!

While they continued to share their experience about the upbringing, we tried to suppress our laugh and our doltishness as well!!!! :D ;) :p :(

Through out the team-lunch we had no guts to look at each other face...The moment we looked at each other we knew we would burst to laugh, recalling the incident!!! :D