Asya FF:Socho ke Jheelo ka sheher ho Epilogue Pg:117 27/06 - Page 51

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Chapter-8

Mehendi hai rachne wali,

Haathon mein gehri laali,

Kahein sakhiyaan ab kaliyaan,

Haathon mein khilne wali hain,

Tere mann ko,Jeewan ko,

Nayi khushiyaan milne wali hain..

It was the next day of Asad's Ubatna, all her family members and relatives reached back home late the previous night after the function, and due to the excitement, first the cousins surrounded Zoya reporting her of all that happened at their Jiju's place, and later, all the cousins again began their dancing... Although Zoya had felt sleepy by then, but she smiled, a hearty smile thinking, it's once in a life time event... She's not getting married after this... So she should enjoy what ever happened at home... The little entertainment that all the cousins, Zoya and her sister had was stopped finally with Zoya's mother making sure that all of them finally sleep so that the Mehendi function doesn't delays much...

Zoya finally had retired to the bed, picking her cell phone from the side table, her eyes popped out seeing a dozen or more messages from Asad, letting her know all that happened all day and in the function, and finally with a goodnight and Allah hafiz had his messages ended... Zoya sighed that she missed talking to him tonight... But nevertheless replying to all his messages, she retired to her bed... But sleep was a far-away deal... Tomorrow, it would be her final night here with her family that she knew since she was born in... Strangely, she did not shed tears, but raised her hands up, her palms facing towards her... She smiled in the dim light, seeing her plain hands that would be fully filled with henna tomorrow and coloured in exquisite designs for the next one week... That made her lips curve into one of her most beautiful smiles... It gave her a strange sort emotions that she has started to feel for the man, whom she is going to marry the day after tomorrow... Thinking of Asad and a life ahead with him made some somersaults in her stomach, she could feel ticking butterflies in her stomach... She just could not name those emotions... Were they anxiety, nervousness, excitement, happiness, what? She just did not know... Lying on her sides, Zoya unconsciously played with the ring in her finger, feeling it Zoya could not hold back her smile... After all, the diamond ring was her precious asset; given by her would be husband as his first gift... Zoya still could not forget the day, when Asad came along with his family, when her mother showed all the jewellery to Zoya, that Dilshaad brought for her recently... Dilshaad had been looking around with a worried face for something, when Asad's grandmother asked the reason for her worry, which she told that a piece of a very special jewellery is still missing... Dilshad looked worried at Asad, who with his eyes told his mother, that he has it in his coat pocket... Dilshaad immediately eyed him to give that gift to Zoya right now as he had so specially purchased it for her...

Asad, who had no idea how to tell a girl that he brought a gift for him stumbled in his speech saying- "Miss. Farroqui... Wo actually", and his tongue would get tied after that... After several futile attempts to speak, when he could see Zoya getting uneasy, he closed his eyes to gain all his courage, and dug his fingers in the pocket of his coat, and took out a square velvet box, and gave it towards her- "Ye... Aapke liye", Asad did not utter once that he had walked all day long from one store to the other to select one piece of ring for his would-be-wife... But Dilshaad was smart enough to but in her two-cents- "Asad ne khareedi hai tumhare liye"... Zoya's mouth was agape... A man of few words, who showed only necessary emotions, brought a gift for her, that too all on his own... Asad's insisting eyes said her to take it... But instead, Zoya opened the box to reveal a gold ring with real diamonds studded on them like a delicate piece that would equally justify on her petite fingers... Zoya had smiled really beautiful, that it could give competition to the ring in manner of beauty...

The smiles and eyelocks that both were exchanging to each other, was broken by Asad's dadi saying- "Asad beta, itne pyaar se laaye ho ye angoothi, toh pehna bhi do tum hee..." Asad who had just a moment back come out of his drooling his would-be wife, flushed hearing his Dadi's demand... Asad looked up at Zoya, who was blushing though, but the smile on her face and lowered eyes told him, that she too wanted the same... And something in him made his heart flutter for her abnormally, and he gave a faint smile at her, willing to do it in front of all, though he was a little reserved man, yet willed to do that for Zoya, her happiness, his... Love? Asad didn't knew exactly if that was love or not... But he immediately took out the ring from the box and slipped the ring into Zoya's ring finger... Both the families clapped as well Najma hooted as if they just exchanged rings for their engagement...

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Zoya turned for the last time on her bed giving a happy sigh thinking of all the fond memories with Asad that slowly, yet eventually took her to the streets of love... She closed her eyes in tiredness, and the sleep conquer her ...

Zoya stretched herself on her bed, with her eyes opening faintly... The morning from her beautiful window showed it's a little later than early morning... Yawning and slightly rubbing her eyes, Zoya turned her face the other side, and again closed her eyes to open them wide again a moment later... "Ya Allah! Today is my mehendi, and I'm catching up with more sleep?", Zoya mentally kicked herself, and got up from her bed... Going up to the window of her room, Zoya peeked around... The wall outside her room was decorated with fairy lights all over... Yeah! She saw them... Right from the beginning of the first function did the decoration was done... She looked down, the little hustle-bustle began, as the relatives in the house had begun to get up and take charge of their works... The servants were going in and out of the house carrying baskets of fresh flowers to re-decorate the house with fresh flowers... She looked carefully outside the main gate... "Is it Asad standing there?" Zoya looked surprised, and a fond smile spread on her face... She ran to her bedside table and picked up her phone... There certainly was Asad's "good morning" message... She replied back and along asked what he was doing outside her house...

He immediately called her back...

A: Good morning Miss. Farooqui...

Z: Good morning Mr. Khan... Again!

A: Wo main thoda sa exterior designing ke liye leke aaya tha... Tents, flower decorations and all... Toh socha, main apne ghar ka karwa hee raha hoon shaadi ke liye, toh yahan ka bhi... Bas isliye... I was just seeing what his plans are...

Z: Accha ok! Andar aa jaaiye na ghar mein...

A: No-no Zoya... Bas ab kal hee aayenge aapko lene...

Zoya could see Asad's smiling face down in the garden while she smiled back seeing him smile so fondly...

Z: Ok! (A little blushy smile, and then making a straight face as if remembering something) Allah Miyaa! What's wrong with me... Mr. Khan, I need to freshen up quickly, meri mehendi lagni hai...

Asad again could not stop himself from smiling very-very fondly at her, and giving his softest looks he looked up at her window, the look that had mutual feelings... He looked down as soon he realised someone was calling, and Zoya too hung up the call...

Zoya left for her bath, and later coming out dressed in a Bottle green coloured salwaar kurta with light, yet elegant golden sequins done on it... Drying up her hair, she tied them into a French-knot, looking elegant.. Putting on small earrings and minimal make-up, Zoya looked at herself again from head to toe... Her eyes went again to the ring that Asad had made her wear the other day... Zoya had already been in love with this ring, not because of its beauty, but because of the person who made her wear this... She never let the ring be away from her... But today, she has to take it out from her finger... Then is when the idea struck to her... She opened the Gold chain that she wore around her neck, and slipped the ring into it, and re-tied the chain around her neck... Securely putting the chain as well the ring under her kurta, Zoya smiled again... Finally wearing her dupatta, she decided to go downstairs joining all in the breakfast, before the mehendi would start...

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O hariaali banno,

Le jaane tujko guiyaa,

Aane wale hain saiyaan,

Thaamenge aake baiyaan

Goonjegi shehnaai,

Angnaai-Angnaai

Mehendi hai rachne wali,

Haathon mein gehri laali,

Kahein sakhiyan,

Ab kaliyaan,

Haathon mein khilne wali hai,

Tere mann ko jeewan ko,

Nayi khushiyaan milne wali hain

Zoya sat on a bed with four girls sitting two on either sides with her hand in theirs and the other two by her feet, taking each, beginning making exquisite designs on Zoya, making Zoya fondly look at them... Even when the mehendi was being put on her, Zoya's cousin's just did not leave teasing her... Her cousin Humeira was looking here and there constantly searching for something... After a few minutes, Zoya was really getting irritated and so asked finally- "Humeira, kya dhoondh rahi ho?", Humeira, who had her eyes furrowed till then in concentration, looked up startled at Zoya, and then said- "Nahi kuch nahi baaji... Bas aise hee..." Humeira tried smiling... But on Zoya's insisting looks she finally said- "Baaji aapka phone nahi dikh raha... Jeeju ko aapki aaj yaad nahi aa rahi...", and all the cousins along with Humeira and Zaina, Zoya's aapi started laughing all together, realising that was a prank done by them to tease her... But interestingly, Zoya began giggling too in their fun, and then said- "Nahi, unka call nahi aayega... Maine unhe pehle hee mana kar diya tha ke do not call me when I'm getting my mehendi done..." And all the sisters, along with the group of brothers who were passing by the hall, where Zoya was sitting hooted all together teasing her about the co-ordination they have already set between them... And in return Zoya giggled again...

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Gaayein maiyaa aur mausi,

Gaayein behna aur bhabhi,

Ke, mehendi khil jaaye,

Rang laaye hariyaali banni,

Gaaye phuphi aur chachi,

Gaaye nani aur dadi ke,

Mehendi mann bhaaye,

Saj jaaye hariyaali banni,

Mehendi roop sawaare,

Ho, mehendi rang nikhaare ho,

Hariyaali banni ke aanchal mein utrenge tare...

Mehendi was being applied on Zoya, but the enjoyment among all didn't lessen even one bit... With cousins dancing, singing and grooving on various numbers, and pulling along all, old and young to dance along, finally, as its the final day before Zoya gets married... And each of the elders couldn't resist dance and sit next to Zoya, and look at the designs that the artists were making on her hand and feet, and bless Zoya to have a very-very dark shade, blessing her to have a very-very loving husband and new family...

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Gaaje-baaje-baaraati,

Ghoda-gaadi aur haathi,

Ko laayenge saajan,

Tere aangan hariyali banni,

Teri mehendi wo dekhenge,

Toh apna dil rakh denge,

Wo, pairon mein tere chupke se hariyali banni,

Mehendi roop sawaare,

Ho, mehendi rang nikhaare ho,

Hariyaali banni ke aanchal mein utrenge tare...

Mehendi hai rachne wali,

Haathon mein gehri laali,

Kahein sakhiyaan,

Ab kaliyaan,

Haathon mein khilne wali hain,

Tere mann ko jeewan ko,

Nayi khushiyaan milne wali hain

Zoya sat on a bed in the corner of the hall at night, looking at her mehendi... Somewhere it dried off and fell, leaving the darker shade of orange, while the rest of her mehendi was still sticking to her skin on her hands, arms and feet... But the colour that it gave initially gave an idea that the mehendi would definitely take a very dark shade... Zoya's aapi came and sat beside her, and took her palms in hers...

Zaina: Zoya, beta, ab thoda rest kar lo... kal phir nikaah hai, din bhar kahan guzar jaayega, pata bhi nahi chalega... jaao, take some rest... have a good sleep tonight...

Till then some of the naughty girls, her cousins joined in too, and chipped in their conversation and added... "Haan, aur nahi toh kya... Phir kal sone ko mile na mile..." And that made Zoya get definitely red wid blush that stained her face profusely, and all she could do was purse her lips to control the smile on her face, and then finally making a fist of her palm, and almost had hit the cousin, but she easily dogded it... And Zaina came to the rescue, by sending Zoya to her room...

Zoya reaching her room and immediately clicked some pictures of her mehendi on her phone, and sent it to the one, for whom she had applied the mehendi with so much love... After a few more mushy talks here and there, both decided to sleep, as both were dead tired from the day...

The next morning when Zoya yawned and opened her eyes, she made a usual face, fluttering her eyes open, when suddenly she remembered that she had applied henna on her hands... And she immediately opened her palms and joined them together in front of her eyes, and the view that met her eyes made her heart flutter a lot more... The voice of the mehendi artist rang in her ear, who said, "Jitni gehri mehendi rachegi, aapka shauhar aapko utna hee zyada pyar karega.." Zoya again blushed, and secretly looked at the small area in the mehendi where that four letter word was there of her would-be husband... She corrected herself, a few hours more, and he wouldn't be her would-be, but really going to be her husband; and she, his wife... With the thought itself her heart did a happy jig... And suddenly she covered her face with excitement...

Finally getting up from the bed, Zoya moved with excited as well nervous steps to start her day... Because after the breakfast, and the preparation of her nikaah would begin... Zoya stood in front of the mirror and smiled to herself and then said- "All the best Zoya, for your Nikaah"

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Though there is nothing special in it...😆

Happy read to u all...😃

Love,

Aazeen...😳