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PART 1
"Kyaa?!!!! You want me to click your pictures because you want to look bad! I can't take this insult anymore, good bye Zoya Farooqui! Don't call me again" Humeira was about to cut the call when Zoya shrieked in to the phone "please please please, meri baat tho sun. Jeeju aapi are planning to get me married and I want to stop this. Help me and I promise to help you when your parents try to get you married"
"Ya Allah!! What a stupid deal! You are crazy and weird, you know that? Fine! I am coming, but not because I don't know how to take nice pictures. Bas tumhari madad karne" Humeira held her head high
"OK ok whatever.come fast"
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Humeira frowned on not finding zoya when she entered her room. The room was a mess with a pile of clothes on the bed. Just when she was about to call her name, zoya came out of the washroom.
Humeira gasped and covered her mouth.
"Ye tu hai Zoya? What the hell are you wearing?" She asked recovering from the shock
Zoya grinned with her hands on her hips, swinging side to side displaying her attire. She was wearing a yellow top, red bottom and blue dupatta in brightest shades, hair oiled and tied back tight, with red lipstick and over done makeup.
"Yes! How do I look?" Zoya asked
"Pathetic!" Humeira made a face
"Good! Because thats exactly what I want. Yeh lo" zoya passed the camera.
"But why don't you want to get married?"
"I want to, but not now. Come on, click some pictures. We'll select some at the end" Zoya stood and posed with a stupid smile.
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"Delete this, I am looking a bit better in this. The aim is to look ugly" Zoya peeped in and pointed to the camera screen.
Humeira slapped her forehead
"Done! Good job Humeira. With your odd angles and great timing, shabaash!!" Zoya thumped her back
Humeira glared and Zoya shut her mouth.
"Wont aapi see the pictures before she sends them? I am sure she will see through your plan" Humeira wriggled her eyebrows
"Don't worry, Aapi and jeeju are out of town to attend a marriage, They will come by night and they asked me to email the pictures, jo main karoongi, sincerely. Unko naa thodi hi kar sakti hu main?" zoya winked and Humeira shook her head in disbelief.
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Bangalore:
"Asad, ek rishta aaya hain tumhare liye" Dilshad said at the dining table.
"Ammi, I said yes just yesterday and today you are ready with an allaince! incredible!!" Asad was astonished at his mother eagerness.
Dilshad smiled and said "Kitne dinon ke baad tumne haan kaha hain Asad. Tumhara 'abhi nahi ammi' finally stopped. Now, I couldnt delay any more. They took my email address and said they will give us some photos of the girl"
Asad, who was eating silently, frowned at the last part. "Ammi, I know its very normal to see the pictures first and then meet the people, but I dont want to do that. You see if you want to but I dont want to see the pictures and form an opinion. Its not right to discuss 'she looks like this, like that, she is tall, short, fair, dark, nose should have been a bit long, eyes are small etc etc'. And I know you ammi, in your excitement you will show her picture to all your friends, asking 'Asad ke liye dekh rahe hain, how is she? how does she look with Asad?" Najma chuckled and Dilshad's jaw dropped
"Dont exaggerate Asad, I wont discuss such things with all my friends, haan sirf bharti aunty, sheela aunty, ayesha aunty, tabassum aunty, farah aunty...oh, azhar bhaijaan bhi aur " Dilshad was counting on her fingers and Asad and Najma burst into laughter.
Dilshad looked at them and pouted. "ok fine!! I wont tell anyone. happy?"
"Ammi, its not about telling. I just...I dont know how to explain...All the focus goes on how people look. Get ready, pose for the photo, try to look your best. I mean I am not comfortable with that. Jo kaam mujhe pasand nahi hain, woh main kisi aur se bhi nahi karvana chahta. Infact I wont get Najma also married that way" Najma blew a flying kiss at him and Asad smiled.
Dilshad looked at her son in admiration, she had always taught him to respect women and she was proud of what he had become, nothing like his father who had left her for another woman.
"So, what do you want to do then?" Dilshad asked
"Hmmm, may be talk to her first, if I like her then probably meet her" Asad ended tentatively.
"okayy! But are you fine with them seeing your pictures? They might ask for them"
"Jee ammi, no problem. But please dont ask me to take pictures specially for this, ok?"
Dilshad nodded in agreement and Asad left after finishing his dinner.
They were clearing up the table when Dilshad said "it wont be right to tell them not to send the girl's pictures, Let them send, what do you say Najma?".
"Ya ammi, If bhaijaan doesnt want to see, let him be. We can see the pictures. I am so excited ammi, i am going to get a bhabhi" Najma clasped her hands in excitement.
Dilshad smiled and nodded. "By the way ammi, whats her name?"
Dilshad thought for a while "yaad aaya, Zoya"
Thanks for the lovely response. I am not be able to reply to all comments, sorry. If you want to recieve pms on updates please send a buddy request to asyafics_pms.
Asad may look too idealistic to be real, but I actually know someone who thinks like him about seeing the girls pictures for marriage. I was so impressed that I used it here.
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