See Guys!! I'm back so soon...I'm patting my back as I've got this update ready much before time...
Hope you'll like it!! And yes you may have seen that I've named this story...tell me how did u liked it!!??
Thanks Aksasya and Aishw09 to suggest some really beautiful titles...I'll definitely use them in future...
Part b is also almost complete...I'll try to update soon!!!
PART 1a: MY PAST...
BANNER CREDIT- ImmortaLove😊
Morning rays hit Zoya's pretty face. She scrunched up her nose and her brows frowned in irritation as it disturbed her beautiful dream. As if this was not enough, the alarm clock started blaring and Zoya shot up exasperated.
"Allah Miyaan! Saara zamana mera dushman hai!!" she yelled looking upwards. Then she realized that she had to get ready for her office. She got up and rushed to the washroom taking her clothes with her. As she was brushing, her eyes halted on the beautiful piece of diamond glimmering on her left hand ring finger and all the moments of previous night came rushing to her. She stared at the ring and blushed remembering her first encounter with him. "This feels so unreal...am I really getting married tomorrow??" She again started feeling jittery and only one name ran through her mind, who had the capability of calming her down and making her happy, "Humeira! I just can't wait to tell you. I know you'll be angry that I got engaged without your presence but I'll manage."
It was finally lunch time when Zoya peeped in Humeira's cabin. Being in two different departments, Zoya being in IT and Humeira in Sales, they could only catch up during the lunch hours. "Humi baby!!" Zoya cooed and Humeira gave her a big grin in return.
"Hey there! I'm done. Let's head out for lunch." said Humeira. Both of them went to the office cafeteria and sat down in a secluded corner.
"Zoya, what is it? Just tell me." Humeira probed Zoya while she looked like a kitten trapped in between wild dogs. Humeira chuckled, "I know, you play with your pallu everytime you've something to say. Besides, you were the one to come to my cabin today which is a reserved action by you when you are anxious about something. Now will you vomit it out??" Zoya looked at her wide-eyed and then closed her eyes, "Igotengagedlastnight..." She literally vomited in a jiffy.
"What? What did you say?" Humeira asked confused. Instead of answering her, Zoya, this time waved her left hand in front of her face. Humeira looked confused for a second but then she grabbed her hand and looked at the ring wide-eyed.
"You never told me all this was going on behind my back. I'm your sister na??" she made a puppy face.
"How could I tell you when I myself got to know yesterday only!" replied Zoya.
"And what does that mean?"
And hence, Zoya started narrating the entire incident, from Rashid's visit to the engagement, last night. Humeira's face showed various emotions and when Zoya finished telling her, she looked expectantly at Humi to bark on her...and that was what she did!!
"SO BASICALLY YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT YOUR SICK FAMILY TOLD YOU TO MARRY ANY TOM, DICK OR HARRY AND YOU JUST TOOK IT CASUALLY AND GOT ENGAGED LIKE YOU WERE DRINKING COLA!! HOW CAN YOU DO THAT GIRL?? WE LIVE IN 21ST CENTURY NOT IN 10TH CENTURY THAT YOU WILL SAY YES TO EVERYTHING YOUR PARENTS SAY!!!" yelled Humeira. She knew everything that Zoya faced due to her family. She was the one who gave her a shoulder to cry upon when her mother used to beat her, she was the one who took her in when Gaffur dragged her out of the house in midnight when Zoya advised him to invest her hard-earned money on something good rather than drinking and it was Humeira only who made Zoya realize a sister's love...that she expected from Tanveer.
"Humi, I know you are sad. I was shocked myself but Abbu requested me something for the first time and Ammi...Ammi put her hand on my head...so lovingly. For once...just once I felt loved by my family. They all were so happy..." zoya explained.
Humeira to the seat next to her and put her hand around her shoulders, "Till when will you keep thinking about other's happiness? What about you Zoee?? How can you trust them so easily? How can you forget all their atrocities by their fake display of affection for once? Yaad hai tumhe...kitni baar unhone tumhe jakhm diye hain...bachpan se Zoya!! Aaj tak unhe tumhari ek cent bhi parvah nai thi, toh aaj...what has changed overnight? I donno why...I am getting negative vibes. Something is definitely wrong."
"Maybe they have changed...I'll be going away, shayad unhe laga ho ki main bhi unka hi ek hissa hoon. Akhir mere maa-baap hain." Zoya had always bore the brunt of being an unwanted first child. While Tanveer's birth was pompously celebrated, her's was mourned over. When Humeira got treatment like a princess, she was forced to sleep on rags as they were not so well-to-do that they could afford double-beds. In a very early age, Zoya learnt to earn for her family and Tanveer, she just knew how to waste money...and Gaffur and Razia who even denied a single penny to Zoya, who herself had earned it, never refused Tanveer.
"Zoya...tu kitni bholi hai...yeh maa-baap tab kahan the jab tumhe unki jarurat thi? Now you can support yourself and why are they spending so much money on you...when whole their life they had feasted on your money. Why this change of heart suddenly? Zoya you are just consoling yourself...you don't have any convincing answer for any of my questions. You're just being unreasonable..."
"I've to marry someday Humeira...so why not now? Aur waise bhi...tab bhi main apni family ki pasand se nikah karungi...toh ab bhi sahi...shayad Allah ne mere liye yahi plan kiya hai!! I'm tired Humi, I just want to feel someone's love, I want to forget my miseries...this seems the correct route to es..c..a...pe..." Zoya broke down finally and let the pain flow out through her eyes. Humi crushed her to her chest and patted her back till she quitted shuddering and sobbing. She wiped her tears and told her calmly, "I know Zoee that you want a carefree life but you don't know him...how can you be so sure that he'll love you?"
"I don't know Humi, I just feel that what I'm doing is correct. I have to take a chance...my life can't get worse. Apne ammi-abbu ki berukhi seh li maine...ab aage jo hoga who bhi hans ke seh lungi."
"I want to meet him once...have a chat with him." Humi finally demanded.
"I haven't talked to him either and I don't have his number too." Zoya stated sheepishly and Humeira groaned, "Do you want me to go mad Zoya?"
"You can meet him tomorrow..."
"Why?Kal kya hai?"
"Nikah..."
"Accha!! KYA? Nikah?? Kal??? Zoya, why so soon?"
"They want it soon and privately."
"Why? They belong to elite group of the society, don't they want to show-off their grandiosity?"
"Ek baar nikah karna hi hai Humi, toh kal hi sahi !!"
"But there's a problem. I'm heading to Shrinagar today evening. Will you get married without me? I want to be with you...but our idiot boss won't let me postpone it."
"As much as I want you to be here...I am helpless Humi...I have no say in this matter."
"Just tell me one instance when your voice was heard..." Humeira muttered.
"Don't you wanna see his photo?"
"Ab ki na pate ki baat!! La dikha...main bhi toh dekhun apne jeeju ko...kaun hai woh jisne tere toote dil mein mohabbat ki aas (hope) jaga di..." Humeira mocked her playfully. Zoya smacked her arm seeing her drama and both the girls laughed heartily.
"Wow Zoya! Must say...he's something. You two will look great together..." Humeira broke the silence after examining Asad's photo from every possible angle for last 15 minutes. Zoya sighed in relief looking her at ease after the outburst.
"You'll come to meet me after the nikah right?? I don't know whether my in-laws will let me continue this job...but I don't want to lose you." Zoya hugged her again before going back to her cabin.
"Ohho Zoya, main tera peecha aise nai chodungi. Tu milne aaye ya na aaye...main toh tere ghar mein ghus jaungi...tu agar mujhe aane nai degi tab bhi!!"
"Main bhala tujhe kyun rokungi??" Zoya said with her hands on her hips.
"Bhai ab nikah ke baad humara disturb karna tumhe kahan accha lagega..." Humeira winked at her and ran away while Zoya looked at her confusedly and finally her words seeped into her mind...she blushed on realizing the hidden meaning of Humi's words.
Humeira reached her cabin and sat down on her chair, "Ya Allah! Zoya had always suffered...just let her be happy from now on. Uski nayi zindagi mein bas khushiyaan ho...koi dukh ab us par mat aane dena...woh toot jayegi maula...uska ab aur imtehaan mat lena!!"
SAME DAY, EVENING
Zoya was sitting decked in a yellow Patiala salwar. Her hands were fully covered with mehendi that was sent from Asad's house. Few of her neighbours were singing auspicious songs for the occasion and small girls danced around. Humeira was enjoying the look of a typical bride on Zoya's face. She was teasing her to lighten her mood and compensating the time she won't be able to spend with her on the wedding day due to that damned tour to Shrinagar.
Finally all the guests bade good-bye and Zoya was ushered to her room. She heard her mother outside her room...
"Arey Zoya! Woh shagun ke envelope khol ke dekh lein beta...warna kal nikah hai phir pata nai kaun-kaun aayega. Kahin kuch idhar-udhar na ho jaye." Razia accommodated herself on Zoya's bed with Tanveer following suit, leaving no chance of denial from Zoya.
Seeing no place for herself on the bed, Zoya pushed a chair and brought all the envelopes and gifts that she'd got. They were opening the envelopes and counting the money when Zoya got something, "Who's given this? Naam hi nai likha hai!! Ek letter bhi hai..."
"Letter? Ab lifafe (envelope) mein chitthi kaun deta hai?" said Razia annoyingly.
"What's written in it?" asked Tanveer.
"MARRIAGE IS A LIFETIME COMMITMENT...YOU SHOULDN'T TAKE SUCH BIG DECISIONS ON AN IMPULSE...THINK BEFORE YOU GO AHEAD!!" Zoya read aloud.
Tanveer and Razia looked at each other and then Razia started laughing, "Arrey, lagta hai kisi ladki ki shararat hai!! Yeh aajkal pata nai kaise kaise trunk khelte hain!!??"
"Trunk nai Ammi...prank...P.R.A.N.K..." Tanveer almost yelled on Razia.
"Chalo, ab hum chalte hain. Kal sab preparations bhi toh karni hain. Shabba khair beta," said Razia while walking out of her room. How much Zoya wished that Razia will at least once look back and take her in her embrace...her innocent heart desired her mother's affection at the last night in her parental house. But when she heard the door of her room being shut...she understood that she was asking for too much. Wishing to God, that she may really get what she desired for, she hit the bed and finally sleep overtook the day's weariness and she dozed off immediately.
NEXT PART: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/105941671
A/N:
Okay Guys!! This was it...Hope you'd liked it. Please show me some love...through your likes and comments.
I've few things to clear...
1. This story is a flashback that Zoya is having...remember the first paragraph of the prologue. She is taking u all on a journey. Hence, we got 5 years back.
2. Razia, Gaffur and Tanveer are just in guest appearance...so please don't panic!!
3. Asad is a complex character here. You all are making various assumptions about him but I just want to tell you that he'll be introduced a bit later in this story. I want to reveal his past before his proper entry...you know! To make the base of this story. Hope you all will be patient.
4. I made Asya marry in different rooms. Actually I read somewhere that bride is asked for her consent first, separately and then the groom's nikah is conducted in a mosque afterwards.
I couldn't use that routine system in my story...you'll get to know why!!
I hope I've cleared all your doubts...if not then please don't hesitate to ask me.
Love you all!!
Srashti...
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