SS Forgotten Love Part 5A:
Mujhe apne aap per control karna parega. Zoya ki kather. Lekin main usse quisse aur keh saat, quisse aur se itna kareeb hote way nahi dekh saakta hoon. I don't understand what's happening to me…is this what jealousy is? he wondered.
Asad knew that because of Zoya's condition and Farhan also being there, he was going to have a hard time, but he was ready to go through anything for Zoya.
Aur waise bi Farhan and Zoya sirf aur sirf dost hai. It's not like if Zoya's feelings are back then so are Farhan's right? …right? Frustrated by his own questions, Asad decided to take a little walk in his yard.
Stepping out of his room, Asad looked straight ahead, to Zoya's room. Her door was wide open and he saw her ballroom dancing with someone. To get a better view of the person, he moved a little. Asad clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he realized who it was. Clenching his fists and gritting his teeth had become a reflex now that Farhan was here.
He was hurt and tried to look away but how could he just stand there, letting the love of his life dancing so closely with someone he despised?
This was too much for Asad now. Instead of walking away last time, he was gonna stop this romance right away.
Asad stormed into Zoya's room and the two just stared at him awkwardly.
"Uhh Farhan? Your phone's ringing outside. " he lied sheepishly, knowing very well that the phone ringing was his own.
Thanking Asad, Farhan rushed to living room and soon understood why he lied. He gave them some time to be alone before he interrupted.
Zoya crossed her arms.
"Lagta hai bahaut important call tha. Lekin yeh dance be toh bahaut important hai! After all I'll be doing it in mine and Farhan's engagement! Oh that reminds me! Mujhe Appi ko be batana parega ki main bilkul theek hoon aur woh humare saagai jald se jald kara they. Lekin usse pehele yeh dance be toh practice karna hai. Ya Allah ub main kiske sath practice karoongi? " she looked at Asad with a gleam in her eyes.
Asad was appreciating her beauty while she kept talking on, but he caught on to the last few words she said.
"Uhh I don't dance. "
Zoya groaned and sat on her bed.
"Allah Miya what's wrong with me? Of course you don't. Ab kitne boring hai Asad! Aap kya jaane dancing kishe kahete hai. " she subtly challenged him. She was just about to leave when Asad held her hand, recreating the scene of when they first danced.
With one hand, he turned on the music and with the other pulled Zoya close to him. Passionately dancing, he twirled her around which lead to a dip. Asad stared at her with love. To say her beauty was breathtaking would be an understatement; in fact it was life taking! There weren't enough words to describe what he was seeing.
Feeling a sense of nostalgia, Asad leaned close to Zoya's face and whispered, "Dance isse kahete hai Miss. Farooqui. " He added a smirk at the end. He twirled her around one more, making her sit on her bed and walked away after leaving her in shock.
But those lines had a bigger effect on Zoya. She started getting flashbacks of their dance months ago. She could see two unclear figures dancing and the guy saying the same lines that Asad had said to the other person. Zoya pressed her temples as she tried hard to remember everything. The image finally had some color creeping in and she realized it was Asad and herself. She gasped at this and fainted on her bed.
Asad was unaware of what was happening to Zoya and he smiled all the way back to his room. Farhan saw him coming out and decided they were done having their own private moment. He got up from the sofa, where he had been waiting for the two to be done, and went to Zoya's room.
"Zoya?" he called as he knocked
"Can I come in?"
Knowing his friend oops fiance as she liked to remember wouldn't mind, he walked in, surprised of what he found.
"Ya Allah! Zoya? Zoya kya hogia tumhe? Asad! Appi! Phoopi! Najma! Someone please call the doctor! " The four members he called rushed to Zoya's room where they were all shocked at Zoya's condition.
***Few minutes later***
"Farhan? Yeh sab kaise hooha? Zoya behoosh kaise hogaye? "
"I don't know Appi. Asad and Zoya were talking and when they were done, I went into her room and found Zoya unconscious. Shahid Asad aap ko kuch bata sakta hai. " Farhan replied, confused himself.
Everyone looked at Asad for some answers.
"Zoya toh theek thi jab main uske room say gaya tha. Patha nahi…"
The doctor came out of Zoya's room, after examining her.
"Doctor! Kya hua Zoya ko? Aaise kaise all of a sudden woh behoosh ho gaye?" Dilshaad asked, worried about the girl who was practically like her own daughter.
"Well she's conscious now but she needs some rest. If I'm not wrong, then unko kuch kuch yaad aara hai. I can't be sure why lekin unno ne kaha hai ke behoosh hone say pehle, unko flashbacks aarahe they. Miss. Farooqui ne in memories ko yaad karni ki bahaut koshish ki lekin woh behoosh ho gaye. " he replied, leading to everyone's face lighting up with hope.
"Zoya ki yaadash kya waapis aaje gi? " Najma asked excitedly.
"Well it's quite possible that either all of her memory or atleast some parts come back. " the doctor replied, not wanting to give them a false sense of hope just to be disappointed.
"But how did this happen all of a sudden? Unne flashbacks isse randomly kaise aa gaye? " she curiously asked. It made no sense to any of them.
Asad remembered how they were dancing. How he leaned close to Zoya's face and whispered, "Dance isse kahete hai Miss. Farooqui. "
He gasped in realization. That's it! That's why she fainted!
"I know what triggered her flashbacks! " Asad yelled a bit too loud.
With everyone staring at him, he knew that he couldn't tell everyone how he was dancing with her. Yes he was in love with her and everyone knew that, but dancing wasn't something he did. Asad didn't want everyone to see how the girl he once despised so much changed his whole lifestyle and behavior.
"Asad? Hum tumse kuch pooch rahe hai. Kya jante ho tum? " Dilshaad asked her son.
"Woh Ammi…" he couldn't find the words to tell everyone what happened.
"Kya Asad? Itna time kyu laga rahe ho batane mein? " Zeenat asked, now getting impatient.
"Woh jab main aur Zoya baat karahe they, thub maine kuch aaisa bola tha jo ki maine pehele be bola tha…before her accident." Asad said while looking at the ground.
"Aaisa kya bola tha aapne bhaijaan?" Najma teased him, in a tone that made everyone know why he didn't say exactly what. Asad blushed into a million shades of red. But luckily someone came to his rescue.
"Oh Najma! Baat jaan ki kya faaraq parne wala hai? We should just pray that Zoya remembers everything now. " Farhan replied putting his arm around Najma. Asad shot Farhan a thankful look but when he put his arm around Najma, he gave him his classic lion look.
Farhan quickly took his arm down and reassured Asad that no one would ask him any more questions about what happened.
The doctor confirmed that whatever Asad had told Zoya had probably triggered her flashbacks. He prescribed some medicines and left.
Everyone went in Zoya's room to see how she was doing.
"Zoya? Kaise ho tum ab? "
"Aap ko sab jaad aagaya kya? "
"Kya halath bana the tumne apni!"
Dilshaad, Najma, and Zeenat all asked at the same time.
While Farhan tried to get the three ladies to calm down, Asad took Najma with him to get Zoya's medicines. There was no way he was going to leave his little sister with that flirting freak.
When Asad and Najma came back, the three that stayed with Zoya told them that Zoya remembered parts of the events that occurred in the past two years, just as the doctor had said. She remembered why she came to India and how she ran away from her marriage with Akram. The things that she didn't remember were the most important things—calling off her engagement with Farhan and her relationship with her Mr. Khan.
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Edited by jazzmyn - 12 years ago
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