Deidicating this chapter to " AshesToDust "... :)
Thanks a lot to all of you who have liked and commented.. thank u so much. I have replied to as many comments I could.. before updating...
There were so many people who have asked for pms when I began this story but now they are not liking nor are they commenting, so does it mean they stopped reading this story ?? And if that's what it is.. then I dont see any reason to annoy them with pms anymore.
Forgive the mistakes.. it was written in hurry and didnt get the time to recheck.
Koi Fariyaad
Chapter 11
Barqat opened the door to let aaliya in. She beamed looking at the genuine smile on aaliya's face.
Barqat: " I want every damn details of the date... "
Aaliya blushed a little, looking gorgeous in her black dress which reached just above her knees... light make up and those killer heels... aaliya walked in. The date with jonathon went really good... actually better than she thought it would be. There was no awkwardness, no second thoughts. Jonathon was a really good guy.. who seemed to care for her every secong when they were together. He was the perfect gentleman and knew how to charm a lady. Aaliya didnt know how the three hours with him in that fancy restaurant passed by, jonathon was the perfect companion... and she had fun with him.
She felt another fit of blush creeping up on her cheeks at the thought of how it seemed like he was going to kiss her. Jonathon had dropped her home and when they were in the car infront of her house... he leaned down at her, for a second she gasped thinking that he was gong to kiss but when his lips touched her cheek...
Barqat: " Hello... heaven to earth... aaliya khan... come back... "
Barqat cooed waving her hand before her face. Smiling aaliya walked past her. Barqat followed her.. like a puppy.. eager to know the informations.
Aaliya: " Where are the kids ?? "
Barqat: " They are watching tv. Dont worry... I got them eat properly and they behaved. Did you guys kiss ?? "
Barqat was clearly desperate. Aaliya chuckled before entering the living room.
Aaliya: " No we didnt.. it was just the first date with him barqat.. "
Barqat now gasped in shock.
Barqat: " What ?? You didnt even kiss !! Do you know.. people do so much more in first dates.. "
Aaliya: " I dont care about what other people does or does not barqat. "
Aaliya yelled back before approaching the kids, she dropped herself beside them after hearing barqat scoff from the hallway...
" Yeah.. yeah... typical aaliya.. "
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Stepping out of JFK airport zain stretched his arms and breathed in the summer air of newyork city. He had been here twice before, both trips were during his teen years. He looked around lazily, americans' favourite season was summer obviously. Going to the beach, moving around freely without those woolen coats and furry hats, a relief from the dull whiteness of the snowy country.
Zain's pleasure was short lived when he felt a hard push on his back and with a thud he found himself falling on the ground with ayaan half on top of him and both of their luggages around them... the cart strolling away..
Zain grunted in a dangerous tone..
Zain: " What the hell ayaan !! Where are your eyes damn it !! "
Ayaan groaned, seems like he was hurt.
Ayaan: " I was looking around searching for you.. but who knew you were standing over here like a statue.. are you freaking alright zain... !! "
Zain stood up and brushed away the dirt from his clothes, as he started picking up their heavy bags whistling to a cab to stop.. ayaan hissed.
Ayaan: " Would you mind.. help me up buddy.. "
Zain: " Do that yourself.. "
Putting the lauggages in the hailed cab zain slid in and waited for ayaan to come, he heard ayaan muttering under his breath..
" selfish jerk.. "
Zain didnt mind it, ayaan was his personal stress reliever with all his crazy antics and sometimes stupidity.. he also could be the best advisor to him in both professional and personal level... and zain appreciated his one and only friend ayaan in recent times. Sometimes he wished.. if he had ayaan in that time when he was going astray being with those so called friends he had, then maybe aaliya would be still with him.
The sky scraper buildings and eye catching constructions zoomed passed, zain gazed at his own reflection upon the crystal clear glass of the cab. The two days unshaven beard, his puffy red eyes and meesy dam hair... result of the tiring journey. He couldnt wait to reach the house he bought through a dealer recently and have a hot shower and some food in his stomach.. before fatigue and jet lag kick in.
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Aaliya was trying to make sarah and sammy go to bed since the last half an hour.. but it looked like they were over energized. Aaliya was running after them in the whole room.
Aaliya: " Sarah... its sleeping time honey, lay down right now... "
Sarah jumped up and down on her bed making her pink duvet to fall down on the floor. Her hair bounced up and down wildly as she shook her head in negative...
Sarah: " But mommy... I'm not sleepyyy... "
Sammy had decided to go under the bed with his recently bought bus, car horns made by his mouth could be heard from under there.
Putting her hands on her hips getting really annoyed now, aaliya yelled...
Aaliya: " Come out sammy... right now... "
Sammy didnt say anything, just some gurgling sound imitating car ingines was what aaliya got in reply.
Aaliya huffed, it was a good thing that tomorrow was weekend... meant no office.. extra hours to sleep and a lot of pending household works to do, including the clean up of the whole house and ofcourse the most important thing... grocery shopping.
But why the hell.. this little devils are not sleepy today, they are bouncing around like someone had fed them loads of chocolates or cookies or coke. And finally it clicked in aaliya's head, that was exactly what had happend and was the reason of their extra energy.
Standing in the space between their two single beds, aaliya crossed her arms. Someone was going to see the wrath of an angry mommy.
Aaliya: " Sarah... baby.. "
Sarah was now having her puffy bear upon her head and bouncing up and down on her bed.
Sarah: " Yes mommy... "
Aaliya: " Did someone gave you cohocolates or cookies... ?? "
Sarah nodded up and down.
Aaliya patted her foot on the floor... her suspicions were right, now the name of the culprit.
Aaliya: " Ahh huh.. who is that ?? "
Sarah yelled... " Savanah dada... "
That woman... Aaliya narrowed her eyes. Savanah was their neighbour, a nosy old widow in her mid sixties. She was into all kind of bad habits... alcohoal.. smoking.. butting into other neighbours buisenesses. But in inside she was a good person. She had come forward and stood by aaliya in problems when she least expected.
Aaliya still remembered how savanah had helped her when she had an early labour pain during sarah and sammy's birth. And aaliya would always be thankful to her for that.
But that didnt mean savanah could spoil sarah and sammy.
Then aaliya shook her head heaving a sigh, this was not the time to think what had happened.. this was the time to rectify the situation she had in hand. And she knew exactly what to do. Taking a few steps forward she knelt down on the furry carpet infront the glass door of the balcony.
She waited closing her eyes over there. Suddenly the noises in the room seemed to calm down. Sarah's sweet voice could be heard.
Sarah: " Mommy.. what are you doing ? "
By the noise of shuffling, aaliya guessed sammy must have also come out from under the bed. Aaliya said in a hushed tone, her eyes still closed...
Aaliya: " I am praying to god... so that he gives us this chance to go to hawaai during this summer vacation. "
There was an eery silence, aaliya guessed the kids were holding their breaths. Then hurried footsteps stopped right behind her and she felt two presence in her both sides. Now sammy was who spoke...
Sammy: " Really.. "
Aaliya didnt say anything.
Sammy: " If you pray to god.. we can go to ha- wee this summer ?? "
Aaliya: " Yeah.. but if both of you join me in the prayer.. god would take the matter more seriously. "
Sarah: " I'll pray mommy.. I'll.. "
Sammy: " Me too.. I want to go to ha-wee. The count dracula in hotel transylvisa... had gone there... "
Ofcourse.. sammy couldnt say transylvania correctly, it made the name even more sweeter.
Then more shuffling noises and everything was quite again. Aaliya opened her eyes and looked at both of her sides to see.. sarah and sammy kneeling down with their hands folded.. just like her. Both of them were looking up at her with their big wide eyes.. expectantly.
Aaliya: " But you know the rules... you have to go to bed right after you say your prayers to god, otherwise.. he hardly listens to naughty kids.
The answers came immediately...
Sammy: " We'll go to sleep mommy... we'll.. and I will make sure sarah.. "
Before sammy could complete.. sarah's imergency voice came out with a scowl on her face.. glaring cutely at her brother...
Sarah: " I'll too mommy.. not that sammy has to make sure anything. "
She showed sammy her tongue and sammy reflected her action.
So, the group of three sat there kneeling down.. their hands folded as they prayed to god.. so that they could go to ha-wee this summer.
Itti si hansi
Itti si khushi
Itta sa tukda chand ka
Khwabon ke tinkon se
Chal banayein aashiyaan
A bright star twinkled up above the sky. They didnt know that they were blessed with more than what they had asked for.. more than what they had ever imagined for their future.
Dabe dabe paaon se
Aaye haule haule zindagi
Hothon pe kundi chadha ke
Hum taale laaga ke chal
Gumsum tarane chupke chupke gaayein
Aadhi aadhi baant le
Aaja dil ki ye zameen
Thoda sa tera sa hoga
Thoda mera bhi hoga apna ye aashiyan
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The new house and the suburb was quite nice.. zain agreed. It wasn't the high profile type but not low profile too. The comfortable friendly atmosphere around added to the plus points.
Getting out of the shower wearing only trousers.. zain threw the towel upon his king size bed. Raking a hand through his wet hair he opened his balcony door, fresh breeze of summer air hit his face. Zain slowly walked out in and leaned down lazily placing his elbows upon the wooden railings.
He looked around and his eyes suddenly stopped at the house across the street before his house. To his eye level... he watched three figures knelt down on the floor before the balcony.. their hands folded. He guessed.. they were praying.
A smile involuntarily spread across his lips. He couldn't see their faces clearly but it was clear that the only adult figure was of an woman and the other two on her both sides were children. They looked so engrossed in what they were doing.
Zain leaned forward a little bit more, he had a starnge wish raised in his heart suddenly.. to kneel down just like them and pray or do whatever they were doing.
He didnt know how long he was just watching at the scene before the group of three stood up, the woman.. who zain imagined to be the mother of those children ushered her kids to bed. Then the light in that room was turned off.
Zain's smile grew even wider.. it had been so long since he had smiled like this. And he made to his own bed now feeling sleepy and exhausted to his bones.. the jet lag was finally kicking in.
Itti si hansi
Itti si khushi
Itta sa tukda chand ka
Khwabon ke tinkon se
Chal banayein aashiyaan
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