SS Forgotten Love Part 9
"Kya hua?"
"Sab theek to tah?"
Dilshaad and Zeenat bombarded Farhan with questions as soon as he closed the door to Zoya's room.
"Everything was fine. " he replied, lost in his own thoughts.
They both loosened up their body, which stiff with anticipation, relieved that the two they cared about so much wouldn't have to suffer anymore.
"Toh tumne exactly kya bathiya tha Zoya ko? " asked Zeenat.
"Everything we told you to say?" added Dilshaad.
"Huh?" Farhan cluelessly said as he broke out of his thoughts.
"Uhh ji aap dono tension math lejiye. Everything's the way it's suppose to be. " he replied vaguely as he began to make a move out of the house.
"I gotta go now, main aap dono se kal bath karonga. " Farhan rushed out the door, as if he wanted to avoid answering any of Dilshaad and Zeenat's questions.
The two looked at each other, their eyes sparkling with the gleam of curiosity, and their eyebrows deep with furrows.
"Yeh kya tha? " Dilsaad asked what they both were thinking.
"Thakha wa hoga bechara aur kaafi raat be ho gaye. Don't worry Dilshaad Bi. Farhan ek smart larkha hai. Woh kuch be galath nahi kare ga. " Zeenat said, trying to convince herself more than Dilshaad.
Farhan is a nice boy. Yeh baat mujse aur Zoya se zyada koy nahi janta, lekin mujhe aaisa kyu laag raha hai ki kuch toh hone wala hai saagai main. Mera dil baata jara hai. Ya Allah bas Farhan ne kuch ulta seedha nah kiya ho... Zeenat thought, while silently praying for Zoya.
All she wanted was to get her sister settled in life, with the man she loved the most. Although Zoya never said anything, Zeenat saw the way her eyes lit up when she saw her Mr. Khan. Even now when she had forgotten all her moments with him, her eyes didn't seem to.
***The Next Day***
Farhan and Zoya went shopping for rings together, leaving the broken hearted siblings behind.
Asad took out a picture of Zoya hidden in his wallet, and caressed her beautiful face. Silently sobbing, he could no longer keep his emotions in. His Ammi and Zeenat Bi had told him to trust Farhan and he would make everything right, but would he really? After all he couldn't just sit there crying like a little girl and let some random New Yorker come and take his love away. He had to do something...
A sniffle broke him out of his thoughts. Asad looked up and saw his Tamatar crying just as Asad was. Before he would have wiped his tears immediately; he had always been the foundation of this family and he didn't want them to ever worry. But right now he didn't care. He knew his sister had developed feelings for Farhan, and now she was hurting just as much as he was.
Asad walked and looked his sister. Her mascara was running all over her face, and she looked so helpless, so venerable, all because of Farhan.
He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, while she let it all go. Despite his own tears falling, Asad tried everything possible to make her stop crying.
"Tamatar chup ho jao. Tum to ek strong laardki ho nah? " he said as he patted her back.
"Bhaijaan...jab se Farhan aaya hai...main strong laardki hoon..." Najma said in between sobs, unable to convey what she wanted to say.
Asad knew where she was going, but he wanted to hear it from Najma's mouth once. He broke the hug and held her in front of him.
"Farhan ne tumhe roolaya kya?"
He asked purposely.
"Nahi bhaijaan..." Najma took a deep breath and looked at the ground as she talked. "Main...mujhe...Farhan say pyaar ho gaya hai. " she closed her eyes as soon as the words left her mouth.
Asad clenched his fists immediately. He knew it was coming, he saw the way his sister was relieved and let go of all her tension when Farhan was around, but his older brother instinct kicked in anyways.
They both sat on the couch.
"Main sab janta hoon. " he simply said, much to Najma's surprise.
"Aap ko kaise...was it that obvious?" she stopped crying and looked embarrassed, turning red as a tomato.
Asad chuckled, while wiping his tears, and he held her hand. "Aab tak toh saare New York ko be paata chale gaya hota." he joked.
Tamatar smiled weakly and have her older brother a playful nudge.
"Bhaijaan!" she exclaimed. "Aap mera maazak oora re ho kya? Waise aap be kuch choopa nahi saak they. Mere baat toh sirf New York jaanta hai, lekin aap ki baat toh New York se lekhe Australia tak pehle we hai. "
The two siblings forgot about everything for a while and focused on coming up with better comebacks against the other person.
Najma stopped and images of the moments she spent with Farhan came back in her mind. Tears spilt
out of the corners of her eyes.
"Usne aaisa kyu kiya mere saath Bhaijaan? I thought he liked me too, and he convinced me that he would soon tell Zoya the truth. Maihe meele the usko baaif koof bana ki liya? "
She began sobbing again, laying her head on her brother's lap.
"Woh toh Zoya se nikah karne ki thayari main laga wa hai. "
Asad stroked her hair and tried to make her stop crying. But his own tears couldn't help from falling.
"Mujhe pehle he yeh aadmi kuch theek nahi lag raha tha. I had a feeling he would do something like this. Phikir maat karo Tamatar. Tumhe kya laga tha ki main Miss. Farooqui ko aaise coodun ga? And by that Farhan? Not a chance. " Asad said while thinking about the next day.
"Aap kya karne wale ho Bhaijaan?" Najma curiously asked. She knew how much Asad loved Zoya but she also knew of his temper.
"Kaal main sab kuch baata ne wala hoon Zoya ko. Jo be usko yaad nahi aaraha hai. "
"Lekin aager unne phir se kuch ho gaya tho? " She asked. On one hand she wanted Asad to tell Zoya the truth so that they could be together, but at the same time, what would be the use if something bad happens to her?
"Aur kaal toh unki...sa-saagai hone wali hai. "
"Toh kya Najma? Agar kaal in dono ki saagai ho gaye, toh tum baata paao gi Zoya ko ki tum Farhan se mohabaat karthi ho? It'll be too late by then. Bas ek cheese hai. Agar Farhan tumse mohabaat nahi kartha, then you will gracefully accept that. Pyaar force se nahi jeethi hai. "
Najma thought about it for a while and nodded. After all how long could a person live with a person s/he doesn't even love? It was better to let him go than to force him if his feelings weren't mutual.
Asad hugged his little sister again.
"Bas ub aapne Bhaijaan per sab choor do. Main sab kuch theek kar doon ga. "
A/N Finally! I'm really sorry! I had a test in every subject in two days and then my teachers gave me 4 group projects all due on Friday. -____- oh well I'm done with mostly everything now but I still have my dance competition next week. Thank you all for your comments and wishes, they mean A LOT to me! I probably don't show it but every reader I get and every like mean a lot especially this this is my first SS. I appreciate that u guys actually take the time to read this! I know this part wasn't good and I don't really like the way it turned out myself. I'm sorry! and I also said this would be the last part but this part turned out to be longer than I expected so now there's one more part! this time it'll be sooner I promise! As always I'm sorry for any and every mistake(s). If you liked this part even a little bit please like and comment! New readers, for pms please send a buddy request!
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