Hey ZaYantics, Sunday afternoon had become so boring🥱 that I picked my pen!😉My 1st ever written work (other than answer sheets in Exam hall🤢) is here and I am happy that it is about my fav Jodi off late- ZaYa😃. I thought of a drabble but it turned into an OS.😊its absolutely clinched i warn u...still, I hope u enjoy. So here ends my KitKit and the OS begins ...😆
Edit: I'm so happy guys... the 8th BI newsletter awarded this as the Story of the week... love u all❤️🤗
Jab we met
"Zaya, masti bahut ho gayi! Come n eat!", Aliya said to her lovely 6 year old daughter who was playing with her dad, Zain. She had been playing with him the whole evening and now it was 8.30pm n she wanted Zaya to have her dinner but Zain and Zaya were in no mood to listen and this had got Aliya on to her nerves.
"Zain, tumhare khud ki toh aadate bigde hue hai, ab beti ko bhi apni tarha bana rahe ho kya??!!"
Zain realized that a delay now meant a storm. He signaled Zaya that they have to eat now. But Zaya being Zain's daughter was not ready to do so until her parents fulfilled her demands. "Ok... I will eat but before that, you have to tell me about your first meeting. Otherwise I am not eating!", she declared! Aliya gave Zain a see-'jaise- baap- waise- beti' wala look. Zain immediately turned to Zaya and said, "That's all???? So here we go..." Aliya had expected Zain to convince her after the cold glare he got but he was walking on his daughter's path. Aliya gave him a you can never change look and sat next to Zain in whose lap their little princess had found a comfortable place to sit.
Zaya(excited): Love u dad. So start.
Zain(dramatically): long long time ago...
Zaya(drooping her shoulders): Not again! Why do want me to feel you met in your previous life!!!!
Zain: Because the 10 yrs I spent with your mom gave me that many sleepless nights(looking at Aliya). I bet no person would spend so many sleepless nights in his entire life as I did in these 10 years(his signature smirk had adored his face)
Aliya's cheeks now matched with her baby pink anarkali... not ready to turn red in front of her daughter, she spoke
Aliya: so 10 years ago, when I was in my 3rd year of engineering, I had been to your Dad's college for an intercollegiate fest!
Zaya(excited again): To dance right? Dad, you were also dancing?
Zain(proudly): Nope, the RESPONSIBLE guy that your dad was, he was assigned the duty of managing the entire fest.
Aliya(faking cough reminding zain of reality): If I am not wrong, it was of assisting Rizwan!
Zaya: Mom, you must have misunderstood, Chachu might have been assisting dad. Right dad?
Zain (smiling at his cute wife): yes darling. (looking at Zaya)So back to the story, I was busy checking the program list and the arrangements while walking in the corridor.
Aliya: And I was walking or infact rushing through the same corridor as there was only 45 minutes left for my performance and I was not one bit ready. seeing your dad walking with his eyes on the papers and not the ground, I moved right to avoid him but for a reason I STILL don't know, he moved to his left! And we collided making my makeup box break and his papers fly!
Zaya(imagining): and in the usual Bollywood style, he prevented you from falling and you shared a looong eyelock while the papers were flying around you. Right?
Zain and Aliya(smiling first at each other and then at Zaya): half right.
Zaya: half?
Zain: I did save her from falling but we did not have an eyelock
Aliya: We were exchanging ANGRY glares for spoiling eack other's work!
Zaya: you both are actually different! Then,
Zain: then she stood up straight and was about to say something when I started picking my papers and said "can't you see?" earning her what-the-hell looks! She did not care to really explain I felt. She just picked her box and still giving cold glares, clearly agitated, she said...
Aliya: "How I wish people could realize who can see and who can't! and if you feel that I caused this collision then sorry!" saying that I left... muttering about his bad manners! I mean, is that how someone reacts after an accident? I was running short of time n he had broken my makeup box on top of it!
Zain(trying to stop her): Ok now lets proceed! Then I told ur Chachu " badi badtameez ladki hai! Ek toh mere papers gira diya! Aur sorry bhi kaha toh aise jaise ki saari galti meri ho!"... aur phir chachu ki class shuru hui!
Zaya: what did he say?
Zain: " ab galti tumhari hai toh woh aise hi baat karegi na! and now she would be thinking of you as the most ill-mannered person on earth! It was actually your fault Zain! She saw you walking with your eyes on the paper and moved away but you also moved at the same time to check the arrangements down and before I could warn you, you collided with her... she seems to be tensed as well... I feel you should apologise" and that was when I realized my mistake! I told him to pick the papers and ran to find your mom.
Aliya was smiling proudly
Zaya: such a disaster! so did catch hold of you?(she asked Aliya)
Aliya: Yup, he did... he ran up to me and said, "hey, I'm sorry. I should not have spoken like that. It was just that I was in a hurry... I'm really sorry" and I was just too shocked to talk. Was it the same arrogant idiot I had met? And I could just mouth an "its ok". Then he forwarded his hand and said, "Zain" and I reached to it saying "Aliya".
Zain: you look too tensed. Is there a problem?
Both the ladies looked at him confused
Aliya: hmm????
Zain: that's what I said next!
Aliya: no... Actually yes there is, I've gotta perform in 30 minutes n I'm not ready yet!
Zain: oh, then I'll do something. I'll change your slot. Is one hour later ok with you?
Aliya: you can do it? If yes then yah... thanks...
Zain: yup I can do it and your welcome(smiling)
Aliya: ok, then thanks, bye.
Zaya was watching all this with her hands clasped below her chin.
Zaya: that was so sweet of you dad. So mom did you win?
Zain (before Aliya could say anything): of course she did.
Zaya: you both were not from same college yet fell in love?!
Aliya (faking regret): Unfortunately!
Zain raised an eyebrow and Aliya just smirked.
Zaya: this is interesting! Now tell me the full story!!
Aliya: its already 9 and you should eat!!!
Zain: now I'm on your mom's side, if I should tell the whole story It'll become an FF, but I planned only on OS... now dad is also hungry. let's go and eat some of your mom's yummy delicacies.
Zaya pouted and said "ok. But you will tell me the story sometime later. Promise?"
Aliya and Zain in chorus: promise! Ab chale?
So guys, this was it! How was it?
Comments of any sort allowed(flowers as well as rotten tomatoes ... not eggs coz I'm a veggie)😛
Do let me know what you feel pls.
