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It was as if her world had stood still..
It was 4:45 in the morning when the bell to her house rang. No one was home except ayat and her. Her dad was with her mom in the hospital for her ammi was diagonsed with kidney faliure one year before. So she had gone to the hospital with her abbu for dialasis the yesterday.
The bell rang repeatedly.
"Ugh!" She groaned. "Subah subah kaun hai?"
"Ayat, darwaza kholo.."
"Aapi, sone do na! Pareshaan na karo."
The bell rang again. She really did not feel like getting up. Then her cell phone rang.
"Ab kya? Kaun hai?" She picked up her cell phone and groggily peered at the screen.
"Usmaan mamu calling" it said.
So early? She wondered.
She picked up the call.
"Assalam walikum mamu"
"Walikum assalam aliya bete. Zara apna darwaza toh khol do"
"Ji? Aap bhopal mein? Haan ek minute aayi"
She opens the door to find her mamu and mami standing there with forlorn expressions.
"Assalam walikum mami. Sab khairiyat na mamu? Itni subah..?"
"Ji aaliya.. voh.. tum na apna living room saaf kar dena.. sofa sab courtyard mein shift kar dena.. and mehmaano ke liye khane pine ka intezaam karna."
"Kyun mami? Koi function hai kya?"
They both exchanged a look and walked in.
"Tumhe jaldi hi pata chal jayega.."
With a confused expression, she went to wake up ayat.
"Ayat, utho!" She said,trying to wake her up.
"Kya hua aapi?" She replied sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
"Pata nai.. i guess aaj ghar pe koi function hai.. mamu mami aa rakhe hai mumbai se."
"Kya barkhat bhi aayi hai?" She said, her head shooting up.
"Nai.. sirf mamu aur mami.. jaldi uth jao.. bahut kaam hai.."
She did not know the reason why but she was filled with immense dread. Her mind considered many possibilities, the most probable one being her mother dea-
No. She chided herself. Nai ho sakta aisa. Kyun hoga? Allah ki ladli hun.. Allah mere saath aisa nai karenge. Aur waise bhi voh tumhari ammi hai.. Allah kya karenge unke sath. Just thinking of it breaks her heart.nai.Bilkul nai.
After two hours
*****
She was trying to shift the heavy sofa while calling ayat.
"Ayat ..zara hall mein ana.. sofa shift karra doon.."
"Need help MKB?" Came a voice behind her.
"Zain? " she said, surprised."tum yaha? Bhopal mein?"
"Kyun,apna one and favourite enemy se mine nai aa sakta?"
"Aa toh sakte hon..lekin ab tak kabhi aaye nai. Aaj suraj kaha se uga?"
"Jahan se har din ugta hai." He said rolling his eyes. He went to the other side of the sofa and lifted it up. When Aliya did not respond he said
"MKB, insaan hoon, shaktiman nai jo ye sofa ek hath se courtyard mein pahucha doon."
"Haan?" She said snapping out of her revive. "Haan." She said, talking the other end and both moved towards the yard. She was in deep thoughts. Zain was here. In bhopal. If everything went his way, he would never leave his air conditioned home and come to bhopal. And he was never this polite to her. He was once, no scratch that, twice. Once she was swinging on the swing, eating ice cream when a bully came and snatched her ice cream from he and pushed her off the swing. She had tears in her eyes as she had scraped her elbow. Zain saw this and came running to her aid. He and fahad bhai pushed the bully out of the swing and while fahad bhai offered her the swing back, zain ran off to buy her another candy. After that he proceeded to wipe her tears and tickle her to make her laugh. The other time was when she was in seventh. She had her teacher call her home to inform her abbu that she was failing in maths. She had locked herself in her room all day long when zain broke her window pane and climbed in. He had bought bhajias and chai with him. She sat there looking at him incredulously when he sat opposite her, munching on bhajias.
"Tum yaha kya kar rahe ho? Khidkhi ki kanch tood di..abbu tumhe marenge. Aur main bhi agar tum yaha se gaye nai toh."
"Kitkit band karo mkb aur yeh batao ki itni rotli shakal kyun banai hai? Racoon lag rai ho" he chuckled.
"Main rotlu nai hun." She said stubbornly."voh bus-"
"Kya? Ankhmein kuch gaya tha? Subah se? Aur itni chindi se baat pe koi rota hai kya? Kum marks aa rahe hai.. fail toh nai ho rai ho na.. tum fail bhi kaise ho sakti ho? Itni nerdy ho ki last moment mein padh logi"
And reflecting back on those moments, Aliya came to a conclusion. He was there for her when she needed him.
They reached the courtyard and the kept down the sofa. She noticed the sun was bright. The trees were gently blowing against the slight breeze. The atmosphere was happy.but she was not able to feel it. It felt like the nature was mocking her. Trying to stop the tears from flowing,she turned to zain.
"Zain?" She asked.
"Hmm..?" He murmured, also lost in thoughts.
She looked at him and asked in a clear but thick voice..
"Ammi-voh-ammi mar gai na?" Her voice making the sentence sound like a question and a statement, hopeful even, that the answer would be in negative.
His head snapped towards her, a tear escaping his eye.
He nodded slowly, moving towards her.
"Ac-acha, th-thik hai" her voice broke. She looked towards the sky,trying to reign in her tears. She took a deep breath. And two more.
She did not understand though. Where is the sadness? She wondered. Where is the ear splitting cry they show in all those tv serias. All she could feel was nothing.
She was numb.
Then she turned to zain who was crying silently-" chalo,.dining table shift karna hai"and moved inside.
As he watched her retreating back, he made a promise. To his phoophi.
"I will always be there for her." He whispered to the skies.
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I don't know why but i felt like writing this.. and it might be complete shit.. or might be ok.. please comment... and like.. and critisism is welcome. Oh and i didnt proof read so sorry for the mistakes..
It was 4:45 in the morning when the bell to her house rang. No one was home except ayat and her. Her dad was with her mom in the hospital for her ammi was diagonsed with kidney faliure one year before. So she had gone to the hospital with her abbu for dialasis the yesterday.
The bell rang repeatedly.
"Ugh!" She groaned. "Subah subah kaun hai?"
"Ayat, darwaza kholo.."
"Aapi, sone do na! Pareshaan na karo."
The bell rang again. She really did not feel like getting up. Then her cell phone rang.
"Ab kya? Kaun hai?" She picked up her cell phone and groggily peered at the screen.
"Usmaan mamu calling" it said.
So early? She wondered.
She picked up the call.
"Assalam walikum mamu"
"Walikum assalam aliya bete. Zara apna darwaza toh khol do"
"Ji? Aap bhopal mein? Haan ek minute aayi"
She opens the door to find her mamu and mami standing there with forlorn expressions.
"Assalam walikum mami. Sab khairiyat na mamu? Itni subah..?"
"Ji aaliya.. voh.. tum na apna living room saaf kar dena.. sofa sab courtyard mein shift kar dena.. and mehmaano ke liye khane pine ka intezaam karna."
"Kyun mami? Koi function hai kya?"
They both exchanged a look and walked in.
"Tumhe jaldi hi pata chal jayega.."
With a confused expression, she went to wake up ayat.
"Ayat, utho!" She said,trying to wake her up.
"Kya hua aapi?" She replied sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
"Pata nai.. i guess aaj ghar pe koi function hai.. mamu mami aa rakhe hai mumbai se."
"Kya barkhat bhi aayi hai?" She said, her head shooting up.
"Nai.. sirf mamu aur mami.. jaldi uth jao.. bahut kaam hai.."
She did not know the reason why but she was filled with immense dread. Her mind considered many possibilities, the most probable one being her mother dea-
No. She chided herself. Nai ho sakta aisa. Kyun hoga? Allah ki ladli hun.. Allah mere saath aisa nai karenge. Aur waise bhi voh tumhari ammi hai.. Allah kya karenge unke sath. Just thinking of it breaks her heart.nai.Bilkul nai.
After two hours
*****
She was trying to shift the heavy sofa while calling ayat.
"Ayat ..zara hall mein ana.. sofa shift karra doon.."
"Need help MKB?" Came a voice behind her.
"Zain? " she said, surprised."tum yaha? Bhopal mein?"
"Kyun,apna one and favourite enemy se mine nai aa sakta?"
"Aa toh sakte hon..lekin ab tak kabhi aaye nai. Aaj suraj kaha se uga?"
"Jahan se har din ugta hai." He said rolling his eyes. He went to the other side of the sofa and lifted it up. When Aliya did not respond he said
"MKB, insaan hoon, shaktiman nai jo ye sofa ek hath se courtyard mein pahucha doon."
"Haan?" She said snapping out of her revive. "Haan." She said, talking the other end and both moved towards the yard. She was in deep thoughts. Zain was here. In bhopal. If everything went his way, he would never leave his air conditioned home and come to bhopal. And he was never this polite to her. He was once, no scratch that, twice. Once she was swinging on the swing, eating ice cream when a bully came and snatched her ice cream from he and pushed her off the swing. She had tears in her eyes as she had scraped her elbow. Zain saw this and came running to her aid. He and fahad bhai pushed the bully out of the swing and while fahad bhai offered her the swing back, zain ran off to buy her another candy. After that he proceeded to wipe her tears and tickle her to make her laugh. The other time was when she was in seventh. She had her teacher call her home to inform her abbu that she was failing in maths. She had locked herself in her room all day long when zain broke her window pane and climbed in. He had bought bhajias and chai with him. She sat there looking at him incredulously when he sat opposite her, munching on bhajias.
"Tum yaha kya kar rahe ho? Khidkhi ki kanch tood di..abbu tumhe marenge. Aur main bhi agar tum yaha se gaye nai toh."
"Kitkit band karo mkb aur yeh batao ki itni rotli shakal kyun banai hai? Racoon lag rai ho" he chuckled.
"Main rotlu nai hun." She said stubbornly."voh bus-"
"Kya? Ankhmein kuch gaya tha? Subah se? Aur itni chindi se baat pe koi rota hai kya? Kum marks aa rahe hai.. fail toh nai ho rai ho na.. tum fail bhi kaise ho sakti ho? Itni nerdy ho ki last moment mein padh logi"
And reflecting back on those moments, Aliya came to a conclusion. He was there for her when she needed him.
They reached the courtyard and the kept down the sofa. She noticed the sun was bright. The trees were gently blowing against the slight breeze. The atmosphere was happy.but she was not able to feel it. It felt like the nature was mocking her. Trying to stop the tears from flowing,she turned to zain.
"Zain?" She asked.
"Hmm..?" He murmured, also lost in thoughts.
She looked at him and asked in a clear but thick voice..
"Ammi-voh-ammi mar gai na?" Her voice making the sentence sound like a question and a statement, hopeful even, that the answer would be in negative.
His head snapped towards her, a tear escaping his eye.
He nodded slowly, moving towards her.
"Ac-acha, th-thik hai" her voice broke. She looked towards the sky,trying to reign in her tears. She took a deep breath. And two more.
She did not understand though. Where is the sadness? She wondered. Where is the ear splitting cry they show in all those tv serias. All she could feel was nothing.
She was numb.
Then she turned to zain who was crying silently-" chalo,.dining table shift karna hai"and moved inside.
As he watched her retreating back, he made a promise. To his phoophi.
"I will always be there for her." He whispered to the skies.
##########################
I don't know why but i felt like writing this.. and it might be complete shit.. or might be ok.. please comment... and like.. and critisism is welcome. Oh and i didnt proof read so sorry for the mistakes..
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