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SATURDAY NIGHT SHAKEDOWN :
'Asad is this time to come home ?' Rashid asked him angrily while looking at the clock which said 1:00 am.
'Abu I am sorry but I had a important meeting with the producer today.' Asad said sheepeishly while Rashid's anger boiled up as soon as Asad told him about the meeting.
'Enough of these dramas, you will only concentrate on the business from tomorrow.' Rashid said while sitting on the couch.
'Abu I can't. Its just a matter of few more months then I will only concentrate on it but right now I can't I have to concentrate on my show. I have signed a year's contract with them.' Asad said while sitting infront of him while Dilshad was quietly listening to them.
'I have a respect out there and you are ruining it with that show. You know I get atleast 10 calls daily by unknown girls asking me for your number and that is the same scenerio here too. Your mother is handling so many girls on house number and look at the letters we are getting from last six months.' Rashid said sternly but Asad could feel anger in his tone.
'Those are just fans. I am not serious with anyone and I am just a VJ, I am not doing any romance on screen.' Asad said a bit scared from his father and looked down.
'Still ! No one had ever worked ever on TV in our family and I can't take any risk. The track you are on will destroy you and I can't lose my only son.' Rashid said as he was scared by Asad's fan following in only six months and how busy he had become in last few months.
'But I can't back off. I have signed the contract for a year.' Asad said a bit annoyingly and looked at Dilshad for help but she shook her head as she knew she won't be able to help him.
'I can only allow you if you say yes for the nikaah.' Rashid threw a bomb at Asad.
'Nikaah ? With whom ?' He asked with his eyes wide open.
'Zoya.' Rashid said a bit calmly this time.
'Zoya ? You mean Ghafoor uncle's daughter ? That Musibat Magnet ? Is she staying here from last two months for this reason ?' He asked annoyingly. 'Abu she can't even eat properly how will she get married.' Asad cuckled a little as he thought his father was still kidding while Rashid glared at him and he stayed quiet.
'I am serious. We have always thought about her as our Daughter In Law and she is perfect for our family.' Rashid said in serious tone and Asad realized that he was serious.
'Perfect and Zoya ? Both are different names abu. I can't marry her, she is not what I want in my wife.' Asad said while looking at Rashid. Even though he admired her beauty, seeing her crying hurts him the most and fighting with her was the best part but he never thought about marrying her.
'Then who is perfect for you ? Sadaf Afzal ?' Rashid asked sternly while taunting him about his latest affair that was in newspapers these days while Asad was shocked that Rashid knew about these rumours.
'Those are just rumours, she is just a friend.' Asad told him honestly.
'I don't believe you. Either you choose Zoya or get out of my house right now.' Rashid said and was still serious.
'What ?' Asad asked and looked at Dilshad who looked serious too. 'You guys can't be serious.' Asad said annoyingly.
'We are not guys we are your parents.' Dilshad corrected him with a smile.
'But what's the hurry ?' Asad asked and felt like crying when he thought about Zoya being his wife.
'Hurry ? You are 26 years old now. This is the right time to get married.' Dilshad said to him calmly.
'But ami I don't like her. I have never seen her that way.' said Asad.
'Then start looking at her Asad, we are thinking for engagement party soon.'
Dilshad told him while he was more shocked now.
'Asad I don't want anymore arguments just say yes or get out of my house.' Rashid interrupted them with his loud tone while Asad moved back a little as he was still scared of his father even though he was 26 years old.
'Rashid calm down. He is trying to understand.' Dilshad said. 'Asad just tell him that you are ready to marry her.' Dilshad said with a smile and he nodded in yes finally. He had no idea how they both trapped him.
He never agreed for engagement while their nikaah was after a month. He didn't bother to ask Zoya if she is fine with it because he thought she must be happy that Asad Ahmed Khan was going to marry her.
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It was one week after that when he came home late again and opened the door with his keys. While walking inside he heard some voices from Najma's room. He went closer to check if she is fine when he heard Zoya's voice from inside.
'Why would I say no Najma ? I don't mind getting married to him.' Zoya said happily while Asad felt more proud of himself and his heart started feeling something new for this girl. She is not that bad, I can manage with her. He thought and smiled at his new feelings.
'I am quite surprised Zoya, I never knew you both will marry eachother specially when you both are fighting all the time.' Najma said surprisingly and giggled at her last words while Asad waited for Zoya to praise him.
'I don't know about all that but I love you because you are my best friend and puphi is so good to me too and Rashid uncle is always like a father to me. Nikaah was never my priority but if it has to be done then I feel like your family is perfect for me.' Zoya said happily while Asad was shocked when she didn't mention him at all.
Disgusting ! She didn't even say a single good word for me. He came back to his room sadly and started thinking about the topic he needs to discuss in tomorrow's show but his mind was taking him again and again to Zoya.
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'Hi Everyone, I welcome you all to the Saturday Night Shakedown with me Asad Ahmed Khan as your VJ --- ' Asad started the show with his dimpled smile on his face while his mind was still thinking about what Zoya said to Najma.
'Hi ! Who am I talking to ?' Asad asked from his third caller.
'Hey Asad ! Its me Tarantula.' He heard his weirdest fan's voice who used to irritate him with her stupid antics.
'Hi Tara -- Taran --' He tried to say her weird name but couldn't catch it asusual.
'Stop making fun on my name.' She said annoyingly but he felt like she was controlling herself not to laugh.
'I am not. I am sorry, tell me which song you want to listen to ?' He asked her annoyingly without discussing the topic with her as he knew she would annoy him more.
'You know what I love to listen.' She said happily. 'Zindagi ki yahi reet hai from Mr India.' She said to irritate him more. He had stopped listening to that song from last one month after that weird girl told him that it was her favorite song too.
'Who would you like to dedicate it ?' He asked and tried to finish the conversation.
'My fiancee.' She said and he gave a confused look.
'You said last week that you just love him and he is your finacee now ?' He asked, taking interest.
'Yes and we are getting married next month.' She said excitedly.
'Well thats good I am happy for you both.' He said with a smile.
'You know you look so much like my puphi, you are totally her copy.' She said and the smile went away from his face. He always got irritated whenever she used to compare him with her puphi.
'Same eyes, same face cut. You are so handsome. Oh My God ! You are totally my puphi.' She irritated him more and he felt like punching her from the TV she was watching him from.
'Miss Tantan !' He misspelled her name intentionally. 'Other callers are waiting aswell so Bye for now.' He said and tried to keep a smile on his face.
'But listen !' She said and he raised his eyebrow. 'I just wanted to say I love you. Actually I don't want you to ask me later that why I didn't tell you about my feelings before.' She said with a dreamy sigh and he looked down to control his anger.
'I guess I would never ask you that.' He said annoyingly and nodded his head giving the sign to the director to disconnect the call.
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He enterred the house and saw her sitting on the couch and watching TV. She ignorred him but he walked toward her.
'Sit straight. This is not your room that you can sit like this.' He said sternly while looking at her feet that were on the centre table as he was still angry about what she said to Najma last night. Zoya looked at him in disbelief.
'If this is not my room then its not yours too. So stop telling me what to do or not.' Zoya said sternly and changed the channel.
'But their are some etiquettes to live in others house and you should start learning because I won't tolerate this after our Nikaah.' He said in the same tone while sitting on the couch near her while Najma was waiting for the argument to start.
'Others house ?' She smiled sarcastically. 'You are the one who is living here because I agreed to marry you. If I wouldn't have agreed then you would have been begging for pennies on the main road.' She said and started laughing while he imagined himself begging infront of the cars.
'And ya start changing yourself and your profession Mr VJ Ahmed Khan because I won't tolerate all this after our Nikaah.' She said sternly and he was shocked. He was trying to keep himself rude to her but she looked more rude then he was.
'Who told you to tolerate me ? Just back off even I am not interested in marrying you.' said Asad annoyingly with his fingers crossed while Najma gulped at his tone and Zoya's shocked face.
'Oh really ? Then you must be interested in marrying your Miss Tarantula ? Huh ?' Zoya asked with her eyebrows raised and high fived with Najma who was giggling at Zoya's answer while Asad looked at Zoya in disbelief.
'That means you watch my show with full concentration.' He said with a smirk on his face.
'Yes ofcourse ! How come she will call you without watching the show.' Najma told him a fact while putting a spoon full of ice cream in her mouth. Asad looked at Najma with his eyes wide open while Zoya threw the cushion on her face which hit Najma's head showing her stars inside the house.
She told her an hour back that she is the one who is disturbing him with fake name and voice but Najma couldn't keep the secret for an hour even.
'What did you say Najma ?' Asad asked and Najma realized what she blurted out.
'I -- I said bhaijaan --- umm ---- ' Najma looked worriedly to Zoya who was already glaring at her.
'She means to say I was calling you on your phone when you were doing that show then I realized that you must be busy.' Zoya said sheepishly but Asad wasn't satisfied yet. He felt like they both were hiding something from him.
'Why were you calling me ?' Asad asked confusedly.
'I wanted to ask --- I mean puphi wanted to talk to you.' She said while looking on the TV while he was still looking at her face to understand what was going on. He took the remote from her hand. She looked at him and he smiled. She gulped as she felt like he caught her. She stood up and walked back to her room while he looked at Najma who looked nervous aswell.
'Start !' Asad said to Najma sternly.
'Bhaijaan I have to go ---- ami --- is waiting ----' She stammerred while Asad was getting more annoyed.
'Najma I said tell me everything you know.' He said in the same tone while looking at her. Najma gulped and told him everything she knew about what Zoya felt for him and how she loved to irritate him by the name of Miss Tantantura while Asad was relieved that the feelings were not one sided.
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He waited whole week for Saturday to come but when it came she didn't call him in his show. He was getting frustrated when the director told him that this is the last caller.
'Who am I talking to ?' Asad asked uninterested while his fingers were working on his laptop.
'Tarantula.' Zoya said with her mischievous voice while Asad looked up at camera happily. He wasn't expecting her to be the last caller, she was always in the first few callers.
'Hi Miss Tantan ! How come you are the last caller today ?' Asad asked with a smile. For the first time, he was happy that she called him while on the other hand Zoya was late because she wasn't having courage to call him after what happened the other day.
'I was busy.' She gave a lame excuse.
'Busy in calling your fiancee ?' He asked calmly while taking some papers placed near his laptop and showing as if he is calm but inside he was really happy that she called him.
'Umm no --- ' She got confused with that question. 'Tell me what is the topic today ?' She asked changing the topic.
'Well nothing special today, just asking you all about New Year Resolution.' He said with his dimpled smile.
'Ofcourse to irritate you more and more.' She told him mischievously.
'And I guess the day is soon when you will get authority to irritate me without hiding behind the phone.' He said and their was silence from other side while the director was asking many questions from him through his bluetooth set.
'So do you love me ?' He asked impatiently while director was giving him signs about what is he discussing on a live show.
'Yes !' She said finally in normal voice as she knew she is caught already.
'Why didn't you tell me before ?' He asked a bit serious ignorring everyone else.
'Allah Miyaan ! What's wrong with you Asad ? I am saying this from last one month but you are the one who didn't recognise me.' She said in disbelief as she thought he should have recognised her before.
'I am sorry.' He said with a smile as he remembered her words from the last call. 'But I love you too. I don't know when and how but I am happy that we are getting married.' He said on the live show while Zoya looked at the TV in disbelief and coffee cup fell from Dilshad's hand as she ran to help Najma from fainting.
Confession from Asad Ahmed Khan was the least expected and that too on his live show, Zoya never ever dreamt about it. Asad smiled understanding all the noises coming from the phone from shock to Zoya's screeming and dancing.
'I have to cancel this call now.' He said as he looked at his director's angry face. 'And I will see you in half an hour at the place we met two months back.' He said with a smile.
'I will be waiting.' She said excitedly and he smiled after disconnecting the call and going offline. He ignorred what all the team members asked him because he wasn't interested in the show anymore, he was only interested in meeting Zoya. If they kicked him out of the show even then it was fine and if they didn't then already only two months of his contract were left.
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She was waiting for him since an hour at the lake side when he finally came. It was already too late so she told Dilshad that she will be back with Asad soon. She smiled when she saw him sitting beside her. She waited for him to say anything while he was also getting confused at where to start from.
'How are you ?' asked Asad after a while as he finally got a reason to talk.
'Is it all you wanted to know ? You called me for this ?' She asked in disbelief while he got more confused with her tone.
'No --- Actually --- I thought we will talk.' He said confusedly. Talking with her infront of everyone is more easier than talking alone. He thought and huffed in annoyance.
'About what ?' She asked sternly but he was lost in his thoughts. 'Sometimes I feel like throwing you in this lake.' She said angrily while looking away and he smiled while moving closer to her.
'And sometimes I feel like throwing you into an on going traffic but then I realize I would probably kill myself in trying to save you.' He said sadly and let out a soft chuckle while she giggled on imagining that.
'I still think I am dreaming.' She said while looking in the lake which showed reflection of full moon shining down on them.
'You dreamt about it ?' He asked.
'Yes ofcourse.' She blurted out and bit her lower lip as soon as she realized what she said while he smiled.
'Its ok. I also dream sometimes about you but I can't share mine one.' He said honestly and she looked at him in disbelief and then her cheeks turned crimson red the very next second. He tucked her hair behind her ear and moved forward closing the gap between their lips.
It was a soft touch at first on her feathery lips making her go back to her dreamland. He smiled in between the kiss when she wrapped her arms around his neck while he moved her closer holding her from her waist. They both moved back suddenly and looked up when they heard a loud noise of firecrackers.
'Happy New Year !' They both read together in the sky and chuckled when they both looked back at eachother remembering all the events of this beautiful night.
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A/N : I know its too long but I hope you all liked it š I will be busy this week so wouldn't have got time to post it on New Year's night. That's why posting it earlier and Happy New Year In Advance š
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