'Ami i am leaving for hospital ' she informed walking towards the door in hurry, checking all the necessary things she needs at hospital today in her purse 'but zoya, have breakfast beta...! ' razia requested running in her direction 'not now ami, i will be late, i have to report at duty in half an hour' 'han to? You will reach there in 15 minutes ' 'ami i know that but because my car is gone for service, i have to reach there by auto so i am leaving early...' zoya explained hurriedly waiting for her to finish her questions so she can leave 'acha baba go...!! But get something for yourself to eat and i swear if u won't then i will come there and will make you eat 4 aloo k parathas...' as raiza threatened her zoya shrugged 'you really thing that you can scare me from these warnings ami? ' 'i m not scaring you i will do it...' 'oh C'mon ami, i am not in kindergarten that whatever you will say i will believe and will get scare, not at least at this threatening of yours, well!! Leave it , i promise i will have something there...Allah hafiz' 'Allah hafiz...'
She walked at footpath looking at some auto or taxi 'auto' she shouted when she saw one, and ran across the road on the way her heel broke making her stumble, she sat a little to check it, it's condition was so worst, she knew she can't walk with it anymore, while this she heard a horn sighing she stood up and mouthing a sorry walk towards the auto with the broken sandal
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He gulped down the glass of milk in ond breath and after finishing it, he wiped his lips from the back of his palm 'don't think you won ami, i did that to stop you from going on and on with your blackmailing ' he reasoned, dilshaad looked at him wide eyed before sitting at the chair in front of his 'lo bolo bhala!!! Thinking about our children health is emotional blackmailing ' dilshaad said with disbelief 'yeah it is, my over dramatic mother...ohkay i am leaving now' he stated standing up 'asad, najma just called, actually imran went at some business tour yesterday so can you pick up her reports from the hospital?' asked Rashid 'Of course abu...at what time?' 'umm u can get it now then go to office' 'ohkay i will do'
Asad left the home and made his way at city hospital to collect her reports, listening to songs he was concentrating on driving, his eyes widened seeing someone sitting in front of his way, he horned but she didn't move, he stopped the car with a jerk as the distance between them was almost going to finish and he may hit her anytime... His anger rose but before he could step out and give her a piece of mind, she stood up, rubbing her hands together she looked at him, she looked worried, he noticed how she mouthed him a sorry removing a strand of hair from her face and then walk away, he was mesmerized by that girl that he didn't said anything to her...shaking his head he made his way to the hospital
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At last zoya managed to reach hospital before her duty timings start, today she had duty in children's ward... 'alishba, you are a nice girl na, have your medicine ' she said trying to convince her, from last ten minutes zoya was trying to feed her medicine but she is so adamant 'no api, it taste so eww...i won't ' 'uffu alishba, you always have your medicine quitely but whenever Doctor Ahana send me here you do this...' 'because you are my best api na please mujhe ye nahe pine...' she said pulling faces, zoya sighed 'please ' 'no' saying so alishba removed the duvet from her legs and standing from her bed ran in the corridor and zoya ran after her 'alishba listen ' she called out but alishba didn't stopped 'alishba ahhh'
After collecting the reports asad was leaving when he saw a little girl running from there, he looked back at her and then turned to leave but was hit by someone, the reports from his hand fell, it was the same girl he saw in the morning, she was going to fall back but he saved her placing his hand around her waist...he stared at her lost in her beauty, she looked more beautiful then he thought she is, when she noticed him staring at her like this, she cleared her throat and moved forcing him to leave her 'thank you' she mumbled and ran from there, he tried to say something but stopped, a sily smile playing on his lips as he moved his hand on his hair
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At Night
Asad was in the best mode today, it was the first time in his life when he felt like that, like that she is the one, till today he never let this feeling took over his heart but today this unexpected change happened and he was happy with this, he giggled like an idiot when her face again appeared in front of him
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NEXT DAY
AT EVENING
'it was a busy day yaar' zoya said to her friend Afta as they left the hospital, 'i swear, doctor ahana made us work like a robot, i am hell tired now...i guess i need to sleep...will see you tomorrow ' she said and walked away spotting her brother's car, zoya nodded and made her way to the car , she stopped when she saw someone familiar, thinking for a while she realized that he is the same person whom she met or you can see she got hit yesterday...she frowned when he made his way to her 'why is he coming here' she thought but choose to ignore and turn to her car, taking out the keys she unlocked her car but before she can sit he came to her 'Hy' he said and she gave him a confusing 'look i guess you don't remember me, i am that person whom you...i mean met yesterday inside hospital ' 'yes i remember but what you want now?' 'wo actually i...i me..i' 'i what Mr?' 'Mr.Asad Ahmed khan' he said flashing his 100 dollar smile 'ji?' 'My name...Asad Ahmed khan' 'oh!!! So what should i do?' she shrugged 'x cuse me...i have to go ' saying so she sat in her car and started it 'listen...suneo to..please ' he tried but she paid no attention to it and drove away, he too ran to his car, sat and followed her, after a good drive of 5 minutes, she stopped seeing the red light and in an instant he too reached after her 'listen please, you don't know me, even i don't know you, we should talk please..' 'look, i have no interest in knowing you so please stop following me ' she said irritated 'you will get interest, once you will listen...' 'uhh!!' 'My Name is Asad Ahmed Khan, i am a business man...i am the only son of my parents, i am so obedient, if you will think about me, you won't regret i swear..' 'stop i don't want to think plz' she said with finality and noticing the green light started her SUV and left while he sighed in defeat
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'nino please i don't want to eat gola, tu kha na...' she said not feeling like eating all this 'orea i am asking last time...if you don't want to eat then i will call nono and ask him to take me, i won't even ask you for a lift' her friend niya replied from other side of call 'fine you go ahead, i will ask humaira to drop me off' she said angrily and disconnected the call 'damn...i shouldn't have ask niya to pick me from hospital, i don't understand what that idiot did with my car, it again got broke down just in a week, i shouldn't had paid him a penny ' she said frustrated 'shall i give u ride?' she heard him 'what the hell?' she thought when she turned and saw 'you?? What are you doing here?' she asked unbelievably 'simple stalking you' 'are you out of your mind? I will file complaint against you...' 'you can do it later but can i give you a ride now?' 'no' she yelled and then dialled humaira's number 'hello humaira, where are you? Can you come and pick me up now?' she asked 'what? Why? Go to hell you idot and don't forget to take your idiot boyfriend along with you...' she cut the call and turned only to find him standing there 'shall we?' he asked 'no ways, i will take an auto' 'today is transport strike' 'urgh!!! I will walk' 'it's 9 at night, honestly not at all safe for a girl to go alone' 'and you it's safe to go with some stranger in his car..ALONE?' 'i may be a stranger but not a cheap guy, i belong to a good family, will drop you at your place...' 'umm fine'
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'hey it's not the way, my home is in the other way' 'ohh i am just taking you at my home..' 'what?' 'chill i just want to show you my home just incase you will give me a thought so you should know about where i live...' 'and which idiot told you that it will happen ' 'oh i myself assumed that...mark my words, that day isn't far..look this is my home' he said pointing at a bungalow at his left 'i am not interested...i am going' she said not giving it a look and then unlocked the door to leave 'where?' 'you broke your promise...i will go myself acha stop i will drop you' he hurriedly started the car and took the U turn and after few minutes she yelled 'ohkay stop here...' 'here on the road..' 'yeah i will walk from here...it's not so far...just two minutes ' 'but why...?' 'i don't want my family to see me with you and assume anything...thanks for dropping me and Khuda Hafiz' she said with a fake smile, got out and left 'oye haye...itna attitude'
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She was in children's ward when he came ' what the hell are you doing here...?' 'and hy to you too shona...' he said, zoya lips turned into a perfect O hearing him 'i am not shona...' she said irritated 'i know..' 'then don't call me that..' ' ohkay i won't if you will tell me your name..' 'i won't' 'why?' 'not interested' 'ara but i want to know' 'but i don't want to tell you and by the way, it's a hospital and i am a doctor here, if you don't have anything to do so please don't waste my time too...excuse me' saying so she walked out 'uncle...' called out alishba, sighing on another fail attemp he walked towards her 'ji barbie doll' 'wow thank you for that...you want to know api's name?' she asked giggling 'yeah but she isn't telling me...' 'mai batao' she asked winking 'no...don't, let me find out myself it's fun' ohkay...' 'such a beautiful barbie doll you are...you like a junior api...' he complimented her pointing towards the door from where she just left 'thank you once again handsome uncle' 'well issi bat par i will go and bring lots of chocolates for you...' 'wow chocolates yes please jaldi jai na'
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'zoya i can't understand that you are so much mature but still you come with me here to get cow' gaffur asked zoya as they walked towards a shop 'why abu? You know i am your son, so i can accompany my abu in getting a cow' zoya said smiling 'han baba you are my son but still unluckily you look like my daughter and look can you find a girl here?' he asked 'so what abu...they can see me na it means i am a girl here...and chill you know i especially took an off from hospital to come here with you' she said and continued to walk until her eyes fell on one of the animal 'wow abu look at that one...it is beautiful..' she said grabbing hold of gaffur's hand and walk inside that shop ...After asking about all the price she bought that cow, it was full white
As soon as asad and imran returned at the same shop, the cow was missing which they selected a while back 'hey we saw an animal here, where it is?' 'oh sir we thought you won't return so we sold it..' he explained 'what? hell...whom you sold it...are they still here..?' asked asad and he pointed towards a girl and an old man walking away hey 'listen stop you miss' asad ran after them, imran followed him 'yes' zoya turned as she heard Miss, she knew she was only girl here right now and was shocked 'he again? she hissed with annoyance , asad eyes popped out with surprise to see her here... 'yes young man..you were calling us?' asked gaffur forcing him to stop drooling over her and look at him 'me...no..sorry my mouth slipped i was calling my brother in law...' he said getting no excuse and pulled imran from back here 'my brother in law..imran' 'oh it's ohkay...nice to meet you young man...zoya chala?' gaffur asked and zoya nodded
'zoya' he whispered smiling ear to ear 'bhaijan let's go...' called out imran 'uhh yeah come on'
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'acha yashi i won't come hospital for next four days..you know na it's Eid tomorrow and i ll be hell busy' zoya said to her friend yashika, who was also an intern in the hospital 'hmm i ll come at your place tomorrow, after all it's Eid yaar...affu n nino will also come..' 'no i guess affu won't, she too will be busy at home' 'nups she said she will take out time to join us' ' wow, that's sound amazing ' she said clapping her hands with excitement 'zoya api' she heard someone calling her 'alishba... ?' zoya said finding her in the locker room and sat on her knees in front of alishba 'what happened? Why are you here and not in your ward? And what is that you are hiding ' zoya asked noticing her hands at the back and doubting it 'wo na i have to give this to you...' she said giggling as she brought her hand in front of her and gave her a rose 'why this rose? ' she asked confused 'uncle gave this..' she informed 'uncle?' 'han that sweet and handsome uncle...' she said pointing at asad who was standing in the cafeteria which was on the opposite of locker room 'he send this rose?' she asked while alishba nodded and kissed her on her cheeks 'he said to pass it also' giggling she left, while zoya stood up completely angry with him 'yashu i am going home..see you tomorrow' she said glaring at him and grabbing her purse left from there...
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'so you guyz want me to think about him' asked zoya from yashi, affu and nino
'yes' the three yelled from the other parts of call and literally zoya pulled her mobile away a little
'calm down...what was that' she asked
'our suggestions ' came niya's answer 'our emotions' it was yashi this time 'and of course our decision' came afra's reply
'so you think that i should say a yes...?' she asked not able to understand
ara...ja kar bol usse' afra said
ke wo tujhe acha laga...' yashi continued
aur tu usse like karte hai' niya completed
'what? ..i don't like him at all...just because he is handsome and dashing and would must have six packs and because i am listening to all this crap of you guyz, don't try to trap me ohk' she yelled
chal zoya...stop showing fake anger...we are childhood buddies ' niya said
and you have no idea how much we know about you...' afra continued
may be more than yourself...so just put all this fake ego of yours aside, and do as i say, otherwise we have other ways too...' yashi threatened
'you...you guyz are his friends or mine?' she asked shocked with all this warnings an all...
of course terai...' but abhe k liye ' we will support him...'
'fine...go to hell and keep hallucinating...because aesa kuch nahe hai she yelled on the call and disconnected it
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'Ya Allah...what is all this..? Why abu suddenly demanded for me to get married...and engagement tomorrow...what to do??' picking her mobile she dialled there number and called all of them in a group conversation
'hello' the three said together
zoya baby what happened??' asked yashi
'guyz i am in problem ' she said
why? What happened?' one of them asked
'actually when i went downstairs for dinner everyone gave me a serious look, ami, humzi, daada jan or daadi jan bhe...and abu he behaved as if he is on mission of how we should pretend to be a complete akdu types...'
stop with this side story and come to the point' yelled afra
'han to, as we started dinner, abu suddenly asked me about my future plans, i said i want to become a successful doctor, so he said not my carier but about my married life, i was like i am not planning to get married any sooner so he gave me a deadly glare before announcing '
what did he said?' asked niya impatient
speak up damn it' yelled yashi with this long pause
'and he announced that he wants me to get married in one month and that he had selected a guy for me and will get us engage tomorrow ' she finished and heard them gasped in shock
i knew it!! Whenever we force her to think about some guy her abu turn our plans upside down...last time when liyu forced her to say yes to that idiot akram who proposed her at the prom night, her abu send her abroad for further studies and now when that handsome is proposing her, he wants zoe to get marry...' affu said
no zoya, this isn't happening, i wish you would had listened us a while back, you would had told uncle then that you like someone you idiot...' scolded niya
'acha stop i know i did a mistake but tell me what to do now...liyu is also not here...ab mai kya karun?' she asked worried
do one thing call him and tell him that you like him and that he should manage that guy matter...'
i don't have his number '
gr8, he was following you since one month and you didn't have his number even'
so? He was after me not me? Mai kyun lete uska number?'
yeah right...now?'
let me think, you three are of no use, you will keep blaming me if i will talk anymore
Saying so she disconnected the call
'hmm so do i really like him? Ya Allah!! How should i know that i do or not??' sighing she closed her eyes to feel relax but his face flash in front of her, her eyes shot open 'looks like he did some serious damage to your heart Zoya Farouqi...' she whispered to herself as everything he did in past one month played in her mind 'hmm no doubt that he is handsome, and likes me a lot...but do i? Or not? I guess i do? But what to do with abu? How will i convince him' her mobile buzzed
Niya
idiot...first confess to him n then think about abu'
Afra
think zoya think anything about him otherthan his name and how handsome he is!!!
Yashika
you have just tonight...do it my girl'
And then it clicked to her 'his house' she stood up and grabbing her keys ran outside the house leaving everyone cheer with excitement
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'which one...left ot right?' she thought as he stopped her car at the same palce where he brought her that day...'so easy zoya...check the name plate' she thought and then coming out went at the left banglow oh 'the Khan's' i guess i am at the correct place but how to go inside...what will his parents think?' she thought and having no idea she deicded to jump in 'what are you doing here?' as she was just going to cross it and jump inside she heard him, shocked and scared, she lost her balance and let go of her hold ready to fall but it never came in fact when she opened her eyes, she saw him looking at her and felt his hand around her waist she blink twice trying to understand that what was actually happening 'you here? At this time? All ohk?' 'no...i just came to tell you that i like you too and i need your help' she whispered while he chuckled 'is this a way to confess miss? Hmm look at me, i just turned immature doing all those lovy dovy things and you...tch tch!!' 'oh hello, stop with your demands, you should say Thanks to Allah that i at least came to tell you myself that i too like you warna Zoya Farouqi don't compromise ever...' 'Zoya Farouqi, so why you are here?' 'firstly leave me and stop staring at me, secondly don't you dare kiss me just because i am alone here' she warned while he laughed 'you really think i will do that? Don't worry you are safe, waisa i liked the way you came and confessed'
'i also want to tell you one more thing' she said awkwardly as he let go of her and she stood up 'my abu had choosed someone for me and he wants me to exchange rings with him tomorrow evening' 'what?' his eyes popped out with shock and she nodded 'now you have to do something, waisa to i don't even want to get engage but if abu wants me to then i should get the person i want not some random guy' 'so i am that lucky person whom you want?' he smirk 'your luck and my bad luck' she sighed 'so what i should do?' 'i don't know but just stop all this...' 'fine let me think' he said, she walked towards her car and taking out a paper from her purse 'here take it, my number and address in case you need it...' she said giving it to him... 'ohkay thanks, you should go now, it's late here...' ohkay..' as she sat in her and left, he too followed her in his car to check if she reached safely
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'what the hell, he said he will manage..it's 4:30 and wo idiot, still no news, i cant believe i can fall in love with him, he is careless, wait!! Zoya, you love him..no! it's just a crush...or more than that? YA ALLAH!!! It's so confusing i feel like hitting my head on the wall... she thought to herself when her mobile buzzed
Laiba
i know you would be talking to yourself right now, so please miss notanki stop doing that , i know you love that handsome warna raat ko which girl try to jump in some strangers place... ;) ' zoya felt she will faint right now
Zoya
how do you knew that ?'
Laiba
i know i am not there but my reporters are there who keep inform me about all details, and if you want to know who told them then wiat meri jaan...sabar ka phal meetha hota hai...'
'zoya' she heard gaffur and almost jumped on her bed, again her mobile buzzed
Vaishu
All the best zoe...ja jela apni zindagi :D :P'
'oh good, what should i do with her, here i am stuck in such a serious issue or isse mazak soj raha hai'
'zoya' he yelled 'aye...aye abu' she yelled back
DOWNSTAIRS
as she came down she saw so many peoples , few she knew and few she didn't, 'ayaan, ami, abu, humzi, affu, yashi, nino, nono, as-asad, umm ye kon hai?' as she started looking form the first one she got confuse reaching at the last one 'zoya' gaffur called out breaking her trance 'ji, ji abu..' she fumbled zoya 'who is he? And why is he saying that you guyz love each other?' 'lo...lov...love...ohh ji abu love...he loves me and i love him..and yo...you also love me and as i said i love him and everyone else love me too so please don't fix my marriage with someone else' she finished in one breath and the look she was giving, seh thought that he will feel pity on her but as he started laughing and as everyone else joined him she looked shocked but more like confuse 'wh..why are you all laughing ?' 'because at last we make you did what we wished..' said humaira what do you mean ?'
'yesterday when you were busy talking to your dear friends at call and praising my future jiju about his looks i heard you, later i broke the news in front of others..' humaira said 'then they called three of us, and we explained the rest' niya added 'i informed asad about all this, and as he expected you went at his place ' yashika said 'and whatever you told him made it sure that you like him!! so, i gave uncle his number and they discussed the rest together...' afra added 'and how you got his number?' 'budhu, if i will see that someone is after my best friend then what you thought i ll let him go?' asked yashika 'hmm..yashi called me and nino at the hospital, we talked to asad and then deicded to make you realize, things became interesting when humzi heard us and uncle aunty calles us asking to play along...' afra said ' it was fun by the way' niya said trying to suppress her laugh
'you guyz fooled me?' she asked shocked 'no we just repayed you...the way you were fooling us and asad and others...you liked him the first time idiot, but you choosed to ignore as it was not you want, your dream is to become a neurosurgeon and you think you can sacrifice everything for it, but we can't let it happen...life moves in it's own way, you can't pass all your life without a life partner and it's perfect time for you to choose one' yashika siad 'and don't say you didn't liked him...we three noticed how you kept smiling to yourself...this happens when a person fall in love'
'fine..i accept i did all that, but was all this drama needed, you guyz can discuss it with me na' she said angry 'do you really thought that it would work with you...no ways, we had to do this...' it was razia this time 'so now what?' she asked curious to know about there next step 'engagement tonight ' announced gaffur 'engagement so soon, why? I mean i accept that i like him and as you guyz assumed almost love him *rolling her eyes* but we don't know each other too well to get engaged tonight only...' she asked in disbelief 'you have half of the day...go on beta, try to know each other too well n then later tonight engagement will take place...' 'zoya no more arguments, and meet them now, he is asad's father Rashid Ahmed khan, his mother Dilshaad Ahmed khan and his sister Najma Imran Qureshi , and he is her husband i..' 'imran..' she said casually 'hoe do u know?' asked raiza 'oh i thought you know the history, i met them in the mandi...' she said
'acha chalo sab, we should decorate the house for tonight and give these two sometime to talk because how much i know zoya, she never had talked properly with my son in law' she said feeling pity 'ap mere ami hain ya iski?' she asked 'zoya buri bat, call him with respect' razia reminded 'my foot' she left making asad follow her and others laughing on her antics
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'i really like you...' 'i know...and honestly i like you too...' 'then why this weird behavior as if u don't want this...' 'i am just feeling pity on you...' she reasoned 'huh??!' 'hmm...actually it's first Eid today and instead of an animal you will get slaughter ...' she chuckled 'oh really ' 'yes really ' 'Eid Mubarak ' 'u too' 'so what you want to know?' 'each and everything, what you like, what you don't? Your hobbies? How much you studied? How many girlfriends you had in past? How much you love me? Everything' 'i like everything about you, i hate that past when you weren't with me..my hobbies, drooling over you like a teenager, umm too much to help my abu in business, girlfriends..uhh! R u jealous?' 'from where it came? I asked generally ' 'oh!!! well i had 10000' 'r u kidding me?' 'ohho let me finish...i had 100000 after removing that 1 from the start' 'don't lie' 'i am not lieing, it's true and you know why i removed that 1 because it belongs to you' she blushed and yeah how much i love you...well it's too much that i can't tell how much i love you...before seeing you i never felt like that for anyone but that one glimpse of yours made me feel like that...i love you so much zoya Farouqi ' 'aww you are so romantic' shameless girl ' 'there is no need to feel shy after all you are my soon to be fiance but i won't allow for the kiss ohkay...?' 'hmmm i will ask alishba to get one for me...' 'hawww...shameless ' 'what's there to be shameless, after all i am talking to my soon to be fiance...'
And as the time pased, they smiled and laughed together until they were called by the elders for engagement ceremony
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