An ASYA OS |RUK JAO ZOYA| final part updated pg 8

'I should go back, hai na, Mr. Khan?' Her words rang in my ear again and again causing havoc in my head.

No.

No.

Never.

That was the answer to her question. My heart and soul were screaming the letters aloud but why couldn't my lips utter these words. The sight of her with her packed up bags, her puffed up eyes and forced smile wrecked my stone heart and I knew it would shatter the moment she stepped out of the house away from me. Forever.

From the moment she had entered my life I had always heeded to my mind. But not this time. Zoya is not going to be alone in her misery; I will be there with her.

Directing my footsteps towards her room before I could change my mind, I thought about what I would say. I would tell her not to go. That this house is as much hers as it is mine. That she was, she is, the light of this house. That the happiness she'd been longing for will be given by us. And that she would never be alone.

I found her looking around to see if she had missed something. She turned towards me.

'Mr. Khan my flight is tomorrow at twelve. But I need to be there by ten, you know for the security checks.' Her voice had lost its exuberance.

'What happened, Mr. Khan?' she asked me when she found me staring at her.

This is it, I told myself.

'What if I told you not to go?' I finally let the question out.

She stared at me, stunned.

'Why'why are you asking me to stay Mr. Khan?'

'I don't know' I answered her truthfully 'But I just can't see you leave here.'

Finally I said the words that I had been longing to say since she had spoken about leaving, 'RUK JAO'..ZOYA'.

Her eyes widened when she heard these words, that too from his mouth. He was the last person from whom she could expect these words. All the times that they had spent together, all the petty fights they had, the heart to heart talks they had shared and the difficult times they had faced together rained on her. Those were precious moments and Zoya wanted more of them. She wanted more of the family she never had. Yes, she wanted to stay.

As she opened her mouth to say that she'll stay, another memory rained on her. When he'd called her a misfit. When he'd said that she did not deserve any family. That snapped her back to reality.

'Really, Mr. Khan you think that this misfit will fit in your family? You yourself had said that I don't deserve to belong to anyone, that I didn't value relations and family. And now, you are asking me to stay?'

Asad let out a stunned gasp. Never had he thought that his words would be thrown back at him at a time like this. When his feelings were totally opposite. It hurt him now to think how much he had hurt her.

No he wanted to shout. You are the Perfect Fit. You are also a part of the family. You are the perfect sister, loving daughter and the only one who understands me.

'Zoya, I ''.

'No, Mr. Khan, I can't stand it now. I don't have it in me to deal with your two sided personality.' Sobbing she went out of the room taking a part of himself with her.

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PART 2

He felt heart broken because of a girl other than his family for the first time. It could not be said that he did not deserve it owning to the number of times he had meted out this atrocity on Zoya.

'Ya Allah, what should I do?' he despaired. No, actually he knew what to do but did not know How to do it. He spent the entire night tossing and turning, thinking of ways to stop the beacon of his life from going away.

Morning came and with it sense of utter helplessness and anguish. He wanted to try and talk to Zoya once more and persuade her. Just then his cell phone rang. It was Ayaan. He groaned. He was in no mood to listen to his jabbering. Nevertheless he picked up the phone.

'Yes, Ayaan.' he spoke tiredly.

'Hi, bhaijaan.' Ayaan spoke in a subdued voice. That grabbed his attention.

'What happened, Ayaan?'

'Actually bhaijaan I wanted to ask that question to you. What happened to Mona?'

'Mona? Oh right you mean Zoya.' He fell silent.

'Bhaijaan stop beating around the bush and spill it.'

'She's going Ayaan, back to NYC, away from India, away from me'' he trailed off.

What?! But why so soon, I haven't even got a chance to talk to her properly.

Yes Ayaan I wish I could do something about it.

Ayaan detected a strange emotion in his bhaijaan's voice

He decided to investigate further. 'Bhaijaan, do you want Zoya to go?'

'NO'never..I mean yes, it has nothing to do with me'frankly speaking, I just don't know Ayaan.'

Ayaan smiled. His bhaijaan sounded very familiar to someone to whom Zoya had acted as love guru.

'Bhaijaan, tell you what, meet me at the usual place in half an hour.' And with that Ayaan cut the call.

What?! Hello wait I can't 'hey.' Asad looked at the phone in frustration. He glanced at his watch. He could give him an hour.

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'What on earth Ayaan, you know, she's about to leave in two hours and I have to be there.'

'To bid her goodbye?' Ayaan asked. Asad fell silent.

'Then what should I do?' he asked, defeated.

'Well, to start with you can tell the whole story from A to Z.'

So Asad did that. Right from her father's search to her father's grave upto their recent fight.

'You know, you can stop her' Ayaan said slowly 'if you answer her question.'

'Question?'

'Ya, give her the reason why you want her to stay. WHY DO YOU W ANT HER TO STAY, BHAIJAAN? '

Asad stood rooted to the spot as the question opened the flood gates of his emotions.

WHY DID HE W ANT HER TO STAY?

Because she was the only light in his darkness . The only reason to smile in his joyless world. The person who gave him hope. Hope to Live, Hope to Laugh.

The person who pull him out of his bleak world with a silent promise of being there for him always.

Ayaan watched the struggle of emotions on Asad's face. The answer was crystal clear.

'I..I ..don't know.' Asad stammered stumping Ayaan momentarily.

His bhaijaan never realized that he's in love!!! There had to be a way to make him realize it on his own, Ayaan thought. A sudden twinkle lit up his eyes.

'It's ok bhaijaan, I'll help you, you just have to answer a set of questions quickly ok? You have to answer them without thinking and speak the first thing that comes to your mind. Ready?'

'Ayaan please I don't have time for games''

'Trust me bhaijaan, do it if you want to stop Zoya.'

That did it.

'Ok shoot.'

(Ayaan ' Asad) goes in this sequence

khidki ' chand

badal ' barish

tamatar - Najma

pakoda ' bhaang

Zoya ' PYAAR

Asad's eyes widened. Ayaan stood with a self- satisfied grin.

'Got your answer bhaijaan? Now go tell her that. There's no way she wouldn't stop.'

Asad looked at Ayaan gratefully 'I owe you one,bro.'

Ayaan watched Asad speed away 'No, its all thanks to my Love Guru, Mona darling.'

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Asad burst in and started shouting for Zoya. But he was greeted by a teary Ammi and Najma.

'Ammi, what happened, where's Zoya?' he asked frantically.

'Asad, Zoya' she has left beta, she has gone leaving us, forever.' Dilshad broke down.

Asad stilled. His world came crashing down. His Zoya was gone.

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