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Chapter 2 (Continuation of the BNHH night)
As the sun came up the next morning, two individuals, who had broken every barrier between them, woke up with dreamy eyes and content smiles adorning their faces. But these smiles were soon replaced by shock as they realized that all that they'd thought as a dream was actually a reality. Moving away from one another they stared at each other with shock. Unspoken emotions and search for answers is all that their eyes did in the silence that prevailed between them.
As realization of the passionate night that they had spent together sunk in, Asad saw tears roll out the corner of her eyes followed by faint sobs. "No! No! No! This can't be. It can't be happening! This hasn't happened... Allah!!! What did I do! What did I do!" He heard Zoya say. Feeling the impact of what they had done, Asad placed a hand on her bare shoulder trying to comfort her "Zoya... Zoya listen.." As soon as she felt his warm hand on her shoulder, she looked at him with wide eyes and jerked his hand away. She tried pushing him away but with them under the same sheets it was impossible. Seeing her reaction and understanding that it was futile in the condition that they were in, Asad shot up in bed and frantically started looking for their clothes. Slipping on his clothes, he gathered hers too and moved to her side where he saw she had covered herself completely with the sheets and was crying under them.
"Zoya, Zoya meri baat suniye.. Jo kuch... Jo kuch bhi kal hua, mein uski zimedaari leta hoon... Puri zimedaari... I will take full responsibility for what happened here last night". Zoya looked up at him with her eyes red and shock written on her face. " Do you even realize what we have done? What am I going to do? Phophi???" As Asad heard his Ammi's name he froze. His brain now registering what they had to face once they were home. He looked at Zoya who was now sitting against the headboard of the bed, her head resting on her knees and she trying hard to keep herself covered. He saw her naked back and sweet memories of their night came rushing back. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, he needed to stay in control of his emotions and his actions right now. He extended his hand and placed her clothes next to her "Please change kar lijiye. Am waiting outside for you. We can talk it over before we go home". Saying so he got up and left her to change.
While she changed, it gave Asad the time to think over what had happened, what he felt after it all and what he wanted to do about it. After a couple minutes Asad heard the door open and he saw Zoya come out in her jeans and top. She looked so embarrassed about what had happened that she didn't even look him in the eyes. His heart twisted with pain seeing the change in her. The Zoya he knew was never nervous, was always so confident and would never shy away from him. She was the only person he had come across who looked him in the eye and told him he was wrong, she was the only one who defied him and still stood strong in front of him looking back in his eyes with equal fire.
But this Zoya, she didn't even look at him and her steps were so uncertain. Wanting to put her at ease Asad walked towards her and without any inhibitions he gently cupped her cheeks making her look at him. "I know what happened last night was unexpected, unplanned and not something that you or I had ever dreamt of... But it did happen... You know why... Because... Because there has always been something more than just fights between us. Something more that we knew was there but for our own reasons and due to our own insecurities we never gave in to our hearts" he looked at her for any signs of denial and upon getting none he smiled affectionately at her and continued in just a whisper. "I don't regret what happened last night. I don't want to judge yourself or Me for what we've done. Because I know what we did was because there is so much more to US than we thought." Faintly smiling at him Zoya nodded her head giving him the consent he was looking for. But before he could say anything more, before he could vocalize his feelings for her, he saw tears brimming in her eyes.
She shook her head in the negative and said "How will I face Phophi? What will she say?" She placed her hands on his that still cupped her face "I don't want to lose her Mr. Khan. I've already lost my Ammi once I can't lose another one". He could see the pain in her eyes and the fear of what lay ahead. Firmly holding her face in his palms he shook his head in the negative telling her to stop crying. " Mein hoon naa aapke saath. Please stop crying. I've seen enough tears in your eyes Zoya, I can't see any more. I promise... I promise I will handle everything. Mein baat karonga Ammi se, samjhaonga ki hum ek doosre se mohabbat karte hain". Zoya looked at him with wide eyes. He nodded his head and smiled "Haan Zoya. Mein aapse bahut mohabbat karta hoon. Itni, ki darta tha mein. Darta tha ki kahin mein aapko vahi dard naa de baithoon jo meri Ammi ke hisse mein aaya. Darta tha ki kahin kushiyon ki jagah mein aapko umr bhar ka gham naa de doon. But ab nahi. Ab mujhe vishwaas hai ki humara pyaar, humare beech ka vishwaas aur humara rishta itna kamzoor nahi. Humare beech kabhi koi nahi aa sakta. Jo rishta khud Allah ke ghar mein shuru hua ho, jisme khud unki marzi ho vo rishta kabhi galat nahi ho sakta usme kabhi koi daraar ya doori nahi aa sakti. I love you Zoya, I love you very much".
She closed her eyes and let the warmth of his words engulf her. She felt every pore of her being bursting and spreading this new found warmth within her. Opening her eyes she looked deep into his and said what he was waiting to hear "I love you too Mr. Khan, I love you too". Hearing her confession Asad pulled her face close and kissed her forehead. He wrapped his arms around her waist holding her close to himself. Kissing the top of her head he pulled back and advised that they should head back home. They walked out that farm house hand in hand happy for finally have accepted their feelings for each other but still scared to face the one person whose approval meant everything to them. The were scared that if Dilshaad didn't agree they didn't know what they were going to do. Their relationship was too new and there was no way they were going to let go of each other but Dilshaad meant everything to them.
Asad had already seen his Ammi go through so much emotionally, that he didn't want to hurt her again. He didn't want to go against her wishes to be with the only girl he had ever loved. He knew all this negativity that he felt was because of what had happened last night, otherwise he was one hundred percent sure that his Ammi loved Zoya like her own child and would be ecstatic when they would tell her that they wanted to be together. Like Asad, Zoya too had been thinking about Dilshaad and her reaction. Unlike Asad, she didn't know what her reaction would be. No matter what Asad said, she still felt scared to face her and didn't want to lose her at any cost. With the same thoughts they had entered their home, hand in hand. Both scared as to what lay ahead for them but knew that initially, it was going to be a situation that was going to break Dilshaad's heart to know that they had crossed all their limits, had defied what society deemed right and wrong and even overlooked what they had been taught. These were the thoughts with which they had entered the house and faced her. As expected Dilshaad's reaction was of anger and she had looked at them with disgust.
Later that morning, Asad and Zoya came out of their rooms and looked at each other. They knew they will have to work hard to get her forgiveness. Looking at her still closed door they started walking up the stairs. Zoya held onto his hand tightly. Asad looked at her with concern and she tried smiling but said "Am scared". He too smiled faintly at her and said "Mein bhi" which brought a genuine smile on her face after a long time. "Mujhe nahin pata tha ki Babbar Sher bhi darte hain" listening her teasing him brought a smile to his face too and shaking his head he said "Filhaal toh hume apne nahi Ammi ke baare mein socha chahiye. Chaliye andar chalte hai".
They knocked at Dilshaad's door and waited for a response. On getting none Asad knocked again and looked at Zoya who was looking more worried than when they had arrived. He squeezed her hand trying to comfort. Asad took in a deep breath and knocked again and suddenly the door opened with a jerk and standing before them was Dilshaad who looked upset and her eyes too looked moist. She looked at them and then walked back inside leaving the door open for them to step in. Asad and Zoya looked at each other and then stepped in. As Zoya closed the door behind her and stood next to Asad Dilshaad spoke" Tum dono ka hi intezaar kar rahi thi mein".
She looked from one to the other waiting for them to say something. "Jab kuch kehna hi nahi tha toh yahan aay Hi kyun hain aap dono. Aap dono ne jo karna tha vo toh kar liya naa. Ab mere paas kya kehne aaye hain. Kya batane aaye hain aap dono...kya vajah thi ki aap dono ne yeh..." As strong as she had been all her life, seeing her son walk on similar paths as his father pained her heart and made her doubt her own upbringing. She wiped the tears that now rolled down her cheeks. "You have let me down Asad... Let me down. Of all the people, you... You could do something like this... You've let me down Asad... Terribly"
As Asad heard his Ammi's accusations he lowered his head in shame, shame not for what had happened. He knew he loved Zoya and will now spend his life with her. But shame cause for the first time he was the reason behind the pain that his Ammi was going through. Untangling his fingers from Zoya's, he stepped closer to Dilshaad and kneeled down in front of her. Taking her hands in his own he said "Mein janta hoon Ammi, ki meine aapka bharosa toda hai, aapke vishwaas ka najayaz fayda uthaya hai. Par mein sach kehta hoon Ammi ki... Jo kuch bhi hua... Vo humne jaan boojh ke nahi kiya. Jo kuch bhi hua vo galat tha haan, par Ammi kuch bhi jaan boojh ke nahi kiya humne. Ammi, aap humesha se kehti thi naa ki pyaar toh bas ho jaata hai, uski koi galat ya sahi ki seema nahi hoti na hi vo humare chahne na chahne ke hisaab se hoga. Toh bas yehi sach hai Ammi, ki Zoya aur mein, hum ek doosre se mohabbat karte hain. Kal raat nashe ki haalat mein jab humne ek doosre se ye baat share ki, phir vo baarish, humare kapde sab geele ho gai aur phir..." He trailed off not able to say anything more, embarrassed to have been in a situation where he had to say all this to his Ammi.
As Dilshaad heard Asad finish saying what he wanted to, she closed her eyes feeling extremely embarrassed just hearing him confess all that. She was just about to give him a piece of her mind when she noticed some shuffling in one corner of the room followed by sniffing. She looked up and saw Zoya standing there. Her eyes were swollen and red due to all the crying that she must have done. She was so upset with both of them that she decided to ignore her motherly instincts and stayed seated on her bed. Any other day she would have rushed to Zoya and taken her in her arms to comfort her, but not today. Asad saw the change in his Ammi and couldn't believe that she could ignore Zoya like this. Not able to control himself anymore, he walked up to Zoya and wrapped her in his arms.
As Zoya felt his arms around her, she too wrapped her arms around him and cried harder. "Meine apni Ammi phirse kho do Mr. Khan. Phirse!" That was all that took for Asad to start shedding tears in the sorrow he knew Zoya was going through. He looked at his Ammi and saw her shocked expression. Gently patting her head he said "Meine aapse wada kiya tha Zoya ki mein sab theek kar doonga. Toh bas, thora vishwaas rakhiye mujhpe. Mein hoon aapke sath". Dilshaad stood there shocked beyond belief that her son, who was barely able to express his feelings verbally was so expressive about them in front of her. She could truly see the love that these two had between them and as a mother she was happy as her son was in love and had finally found his true love.
She faintly smiled at them but then changed her expression remembering what they had done. She couldn't stay angry with Zoya, no matter what, and her she was crying her eyes out. She turned her back to them and tried getting her own tears in check. As Zoya saw this, she cried harder not stopping her sobs not trying to muffle them in between her sobs she started pleading Dilshaad " Am so sorry Phophi am sorry. Pl pl please don don't turn your ba back on us. Pl please pho Phophi please. Kya aap ap apne bachon ki ek gal galti maaf nahi ka karengi. Please please Phophi". That was all the stress Zoya could handle and she slumped against Asad's chest in a blink of an eye. The room was left in an eerie silence and two pairs of eyes shot in her direction. Asad looked at her in shock and immediately balancing her in one arm he patted her cheek in an attempt to wake her up. "Zoya! Zoya! Wake up! Aankhen kholiye. Please Zoya. Open your eyes" he kept patting her cheek but got no response.
By this tune, Dilshaad too was there by her side and was making all attempts to wake her daughter up. "Asad, use bed pe lita do, mein doctor ko phone karti hoon" "Ammi, paani laayiye pehle please". As Dilshaad rushed to the side table to pour water into the glass, Asad carried Zoya to Dilshaad's bed and lay her down. With every passing second, their heartbeats increased not knowing what caused Zoya to lose consciousness. Dilshaad sat on the bed with Zoya's head in her lap and Asad sprinkled some water to bring her around. After the most anxious couple minutes of their lives Zoya stirred and opened her eyes to be greeted by a worried and crying Asad and Dilshaad.
Seeing Dilshaad close to heraelf, Zoya shot up and wrapped her arms around Dilshaad. " Aapne hume maaf kardiya naa Phophi. Please kabhi humse aise naraaz nahi hona aap... Aap janti nahi ki aap humare liye kya hain. Please Phophi please ". She felt Dilshaad patting her head and Zoya moved back to look at her. Dilshaad wiped Zoya's tears and then smiled at her. " Haan maaf kiya, lekin please tum kabhi dobara aise hume mat darana. Tumhe aise behosh dekh ke jaan nikal gai thi humari". Zoya looked from Dilshaad to Asad and was met with the same scared expression as she'd seen in Dilshaad's eyes. She smiled a small smile at him and saw him heave a sigh of relief. She looked up at Dilshaad and then holding her ears said "Sorry Phophi. Am very sorry for everything". Dilshaad pulled her hands down and kissing her head got up telling them that she had an important phone call to make. They looked at her in confusion and smiling she said " Zoya ke Aapi aur Jiju se baat karni padegi naa. Akhir Nikah toh ab jaldi se jald kaewana padega naa". She laughed seeing their expressions. She laughed more as she left behind two shocked people in the room to fix the Nikah of her children.
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Edited by ChocoBerry - 10 years ago
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