Zubaida(Zehra's mother) was sitting on the bed lost in her thoughts when door creaked open and Farukh(Zehra's father) entered in the room watching her wife lost in other world he came and taped on her shoulder and gave her questioning look. In return she released a sigh and told him.
"Sadiya has called me today."she said.
"Hmm,so?" He asked.
"Her sister is interested in Zehra for his son Named Zaroon."she said.
"Yeah,Many people are interested in Zehra for their son's."he replied nonchalantly.
"The thing is that i think if her life partner would be from the same profession it would be easy for her,he would easily understand her and will support her in her career also."she told him about her thoughts.
"But how do you know that she will be happy only when her life partner is doctor,it is not necessary that if she is doctor her husband should be from same field."he tried to reason her.
"But a normal person would not be able to understand her hard work behind her degree,a person would only value the things which he gets after difficulty and if he would be doctor he would knew how much hard work and sacrifices this field need!!" She explained.
"What do you want to say?" He asked getting confused.
"I want a doctor husband for Zehra I won't be settle for any less!"she said with finality in her voice.
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Few Months later:-
Afiya entered in big living hall decorated with plush sofas in the middle and a big round coffee table placed in middle of the sofas.
She greeted loudly so Zubaida came out from the kitchen wiping her hands and smiled genuinely seeing afiya.
"Bahut dino ke baad dikh rahi ho Afiya."She said.( I am seeing you after a long time)
"Ji Auntie ye internship ne bahut pareshan kar rakha tha ab ja kar kuch sukoon mila he!"she replied sighing heavily.(Yes Auntie internship has troubled me much now i have got some peace)
"Auntie Zehra kaha hai?"she asked looking around.(Where is zehra?)
"Wo abhi Hospital se aayi he kamre me hai,tum jaao tab tak me Chaai aur snacks bhejti hu."she said.(she has just came from hospital and went to her room,go there i will send some tea and snacks)
She entered in her room and looked at her who was looking so peaceful sitting on prayer mat with eyes closed and mumbling something under her breath, oh how she wished to call her BHABHI when her mother has told her about the Zaroon's proposal for Zehra,how excited she was but Alas!
She was brought out from her thinking when Zehra blew air on her palms and spread it across her face.
"As salamu alaikum ,how come you remember address of my house?"she asked sarcastically while folding prayer mat.
"Walaikum as salam, i asked it from ammi so she guided me to your house." She wasn't the one to back up.
"Now seriously tell me how are you? And where are you these days?"Zehra asked eyeing her.
"Ohh!!Internship really sucks but finally it has completed."she said smiling broadly.
"Ohh chalo tu to free hui, meri to abhi bhi 8 Months baaki hai!"she said.(ohh Atleast you got free i have still 8 months left.)
"Accha ye sab chod,ye bata abhi tak kitne rishto ko mana kar chuki hai!koi nazar me hai kya jo haa nahi kar rahi!"she said wriggling her eyebrows.(Leave this all tell me how many proposals you have denied till now! Is there anyone in your mind that you are not accepting any proposals.)
"Seriously Afi?"she said glaring at her.
"Okat no jokes tell me why are you not accepting any proposals, is there anything i should know?"she asked no mocking in her tone.
She let out a sarcastic smile and told her.
"You know i was never interested in any of these things i was just focused on my studies because this is what i wanted to do. I met 7 boys for marriage all were doctors but.."she closed her eyes momentarily and opened them again.
"4 of them wanted to settle abroad,2 of them just wanted a Doctor wife to maintain their status as they were doctor and 1 of them found me too modest according to modern lifestyle."she told her best friend about the inner turmoil of her heart.
"You know Afi, Mamma thinks that if i will get a doctor husband then only he will understand me but what i have seen is that they just want a tag of doctor wife nothing else. I never had any specifications but now i think that I don't want a person in my life from same profession."she said.
Afi rubbed her arm in order to relax her.But unknown to them someone has heard their conversation which has changed the mindset of that person.
"In your blabbering I forgot to tell you why i came here!"Afi said cheerfully to divert her mind.
"Yeah tell me."she replied her.
"As you know finally my internship has completed so there is Daawat (Feast) on this weekend so here i am to invite you and your family."she said in excited voice.
"Seriously Daawat just because you have completed your internship."she said unbelievably.
"Yeah Daawat in the sense Ammi's side immediate family, Abbu's Side immediate family and you and your family that's it."she said.
" Oh i think Auntie has also started searching a guy for you and who knows we got to know it on that day."she told her teasingly.
"Oh shut up nothing is gonna happen like that."she said smacking her arm.
And their banter continued.
But Zubaida was again deep thoughts, she was realizing her mistake that how her stubbornness was affecting her daughter.
How can i think like this?
She was going through this phase of her life and she didn't even tell me once about the reason her denial for proposals.
That's why she was behaving differently now a days! How can i not know about this?
Ya Allah please have mercy on my daughter and keep her happy always and bring the person in front of us whoever destined in for my daughter.
And the Prayer was accepted as it was from the deep from the heart of a mother and that prayer reached straight above the seven skies on which angels chanted Aameen.
~*~
Time flies!! And here she is sitting on one of the couches in Afiya's house for the Daawat. Afiya was introducing her to her maternal side cousins because she is familiar to her paternal side cousins as they both share common relations with them.
"Zehra this is My mamu's Daughter Haya and her brother Hashim is outside in gents section."she said to her.
Zehra met her and talked to her little. As for the arrangements all the gents were outside in the garden and ladies were in the house.
Zehra met everyone Afiya's khala,Mami and her phupphi's.
She was thirsty so she went to drink water in the kitchen and after drinking water she looked at the sky from the window of the kitchen and smiled softly looking at the clear pitch black sky with stars twinkling in it and returned to her previous place.
What she doesn't know is a pair of black eyes observed her every movements in kitchen and her smile stirred some different emotions in his heart and determined look on his face was telling a different tale.
They both were unknown to the future happenings,while one was determined other was unknown to everything...
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Hey Everyone!
So i am late but I wanted to tell you guys that i have got my exam timetable so now I won't be able to update till Mid November so please bear with it.
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