Their Story

Pulped Fiction Some facts pulped to fiction, just for the heck of it Their Story

I don't like him. The first time i saw him, it made my blood curl.
He is a newbie in the team and introduced to us, i only catched his first name, Ralph.
His feature is strikingly familiar with my ex boyfiend. Especially those eyes. I couldn't shake off the thought that he might indeed be connected with that person.
Since his module is diffent from mine, our interactions was minimal.
Then a few weeks past, a new project is about to kicked off. Ralph and me are owners of one big module. we talked little by little, although he was the one who will always start the conversation. Days gone, we were comforatbly bantering each other, sometimes saving each other's ass and sharing thoughts. Finally, i asked him if he was
any way related to my ex-boyfriend. He confirmed not even by a single blood nor he was friend with the guy.

"Is that the reason you were not talking to me when i was new in the team?" he asked beaming a smile.

I nodded sheepishly.

"Well, i don't know what happened, but whatever your decisions and deductions, i'm with you" he added.

"Touche!" i teased him

THe project went on full roll and it is really taking its toll on us, we're spending more and more time in the office than in our homes. But heck, the whole team were taking it all good. No single one was used as a scape goat , nor got stepped. No playing of favorites, everyone was important.
Of course there are times that my moral was really low, and suddenly i will see a box of fries placed at my side. Lana and Ralph bought it for me, my best buds. And on times that am in the middle of a heated discussion, Ralph will tap me on the shoulder and say "let’s just finish them first, then we'll reply" . And this never failed to cool me down.

One night, my friend Lana and I were busy changing some values in the configuration panel, Ralph came to my area:

"Hey I have a story to tell you guys" he started.

Me and Lana have out mouth open and said "uhmmm....Now?"

"Yeh, i mean, i'll just talk here, you go with what you doing" then he seated comfortably on top of my side table.

We just shrugged our shoulder and continue what we were doing.

Ralph then narrated:
" There was this frail girl who everyday goes to this small book shop, every day she will purchase one book from the store. She does this because she wanted to see the guy who is manning the cashier counter. She likes him so much but she is just too shy to introduce herself. The thing is she doesn't even read the books she bought, she contents herself to buying a book and seeing the guy.
One day, the girl stopped going to the bookshop.Weeks passed and still no sign from her. The guy noticed this and decided to track down her address. He knocked on the door and introduced himself. He got surprised, when the girl's mum told him that she died a month ago. With a heavy heart, he bids his condolence and went off..." Ralph then paused.

Me and Lana, were looking at him , our motions suspended in air and mouths gaped open.

Getting our attention, Ralph continued his story:
"The girl's mum seeing the lad walking away, she felt nostalgic and went to her daughter's room. The room was filled with lots and lots of books, each one of them left unopened from the shop bag.The mum randomly picked one of the books and opened it up, then a small piece of paper flew down. The note in the paper was: 'I like you for a long time now, call me and let's have a coffee' and next to it was the guy's phone number"

Me and Lana were dumbstruck, suddenly Ralph asked us "So what is the moral of the story?"

Lana, blurted out "And torpe ay natsutsugi?" (The gutless will die early?)

I have to laugh, with this tension breaker. But Ralph said "Nah, i think it's that when you have to say something, you have to say it immediately. say it loud. yes, telling your feelings might break your hear but you might also break theirs if you don't tell it. Life is too precious not to spent it with people you like"


and my only reply was " wow! that's deeep dude! way too deep".



Just like the other projects, this one is on the wraps and successfully implemented. The only qualm that we have is that the team will now be re-assigned to other groups. We'll be all now separated.But there was no regret, everyone did their best and proved it.

As project closure, the team decided to celebrate the last day with a party. Everyone had fun and had a litlle drink. The night wears on and everyone now is starting to go home, Ralph approached me.

"Hey dude, i had fun working with you!'
"Me too" I smiled back
"Thanks for coming"
"Of course i will come, it's the team's party"
"No, i mean, really thanks for coming"
I gave him a puzzled look
Ralph, shrugs and said "Oh by the way, here's my small gift to to you" then he handed me a blue diskette.
I gave a small laugh,took the diskette and bid him goodnight.
The next day, i was busy doing my laundry when i suddenly remembered the diskette he gave to me. Inserting the diskette on the PC drive, there was only one text document inside. In the text document, there was only one phrase:"The UAT DOCUMENT"

"Huh?" still curious i rummage at my files and opened the UAT document. I scanned the whole document, still cannot see anything different. I looked back on t he text document,
"The UAT DOCUMENT".

"well I am already looking at it?! what am i supposed to see!" i said exasperatedly.

Suddenly a thought occurred to me: the hard copy. i picked my bag and took out the printed copies of the UAT document. And there on the corner of the last page a note was written: “I love you for a long time now. Please call me and let's have coffee. –Ralph”


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Happy Valentines! :)

Just to stress out: Fiction Only ^_^;