SantaClaus &Tooth Fairy-FF,Chapt 16 updated,(23/7) PG 70 - Page 23

Originally posted by: neenabinu

kaussar lovely update...
loved the scene in the car... and in the hospital too

Originally posted by: kaussar

Thanks Jas...😃 glad you liked the update.

yea Zoya is always caring and will do what she feel is right.and she has started to understand Asad as well.. and thats the reason why she knew that Asad will not go to a hospital on his own to show his hand... so she took the matter into her own hands and went ahead without bothering even when Asad started to get angry...shes a girl with guts.

Glad you liked hospital scene...

yea Asad is in thinking mode and his attitude towards Zoya will change.. he will be drawn towards Zoya but they have hurdles ahead and a long way to go.

will try to update sooner this time.😊

Originally posted by: sweetnandu

just came across ur story and started reading it..

such a beautiful one i must say..

pls do pm me when u update the nxt part..

and ill comment once i finish reading thr rest of the parts..:)

Originally posted by: anopama

Beautiful story

Love the name

Thanks anopama..

Wow what a sad story of zoya life

Raziya is tanveer teacher haha

hehe yea

From the time u introduce the little girl and the lady in the park

I said she had to play a significant role bcuz zoya gives her a special gift

Glad you noticed the significance of the brooch and deduced that the girl would be significant in the story, because i wanted to highlight that point at that time but i think no one noticed... or even if they did nobody commented on it except you... later on in the story significance brooch would be highlighted more.

Then when her abbu was mention I said ok this has to be asad daughter

So zoya moved and coincidence she moved into the neighbourhood of the lady and Naina ... Obviously the big house had to be AAK house

you were guessing everything well.😆

So it is dilshad living with her son his daughter and Najma in the big house

Naina is Asad daughter but her mother don't live with them interesting

So their was a fight the first dinner nite and asad don't want Naina to spend time with zoya

Zoya is bringing happiness and life back to KV

Wow I could have guess tanveer had to be the one the woman that make asad hates all women and think them bad

oh you didn't guess its her??😉.. it has to be her... the one and only Tanu Dearest even i cannot ignore, so had to incorporate her... but on a serious note i guess some people were disappointed that Asad and Tanu were married...but i wanted this to be the story of how a man who has completely lost trust in love because of betrayal falls in love and learns how to live and trust again.. and i felt that just Asad's Abbu leaving him at childhood would not be reason enough for him to become so antagonistic about love... and so i wanted to bring another angle to the story and thus came the idea of tanu.

So our darling tanu is asad wife and Naina mother poor Naina

Loved ur character sketch at the middle of the story

Omg u know what is funny as I was reading asad and tanu story instead of reading asad when she speaks like I keep seeing JAMMY hahaha

Actually i imagined her jammy jargon and the way she talked in the serial when i wrote... but tanu in the serial made me hate that 'Jammy' name so much i didn't feel like using that name in my story.

Omg tanveer really did a number on asad the cheating gold digging wife a child who might not be urs

Dilshad is hurt she blamed herself she pushed him to marry and then he lash out yrs later and told her it was bcuz of her so she is deeply pained.

yea Dilshad and Asad both have been suffering silently.. Dilshad blaming herself.. Asad loves Dilshad so much so he never really blamed her but because of the way she talked defending Zoya that night, he lashed out in anger.. and said those things which he never wanted to say to Dilshad..but that made Dilshad feel all the more guilty thinking that she is really to be blamed.

Imagine how she would feel if she learn Naina might not be asad child

Yay asya together rain hospital zoya drives zoya shivers offers coat she buy his medication

Yes she will be a true friend if u allow her.

Yea she will.. lets see how Asad learns that in time.

Continue soon and pm plz
Will try to update soon... thanks for the long comment.. i love long comments highlighting what you liked about the story as it gives me the perspective of the readers... and would like to know what you didn't like as well or if there is something which i should improve.😊

Originally posted by: asifiqbalsh

Awesome update

Originally posted by: sweetnandu

nice update ..

do cont soon

For those waiting for it, finally here is second part of Chapter 12... and there's good news... chapter 13 is almost ready and i will update it late tonight or tomorrow.

But these days i am very disappointed... the number of likes are so less... i have noticed that there was about 2000 views after my last update also.. so it shows that so many are reading the story and following it, but not bothering to hit the like button even if they liked the story..

So all the silent readers please hit the like button and let me know if you are following this and liking the story... i am not asking for comments as i know how lazy we become at times to comment..

I have seen many writers saying they wouldn't update the story unless they get this many likes and comments... i wouldn't say that as i write because it gives me peace as well, so whenever time permits me i will write and continue to update, but just like others, getting your appreciation would motivate me more and would help me in understanding whether i am doing OK or not.

CHAPTER 12 B:

When Asad and Zoya came out of the Hospital, after about 5 hours of continuous rain, it had finally stopped raining. They walked up to the car in the parking area in silence and Zoya was about to open the driver's side door when she heard Asad's voice.

"Umm. Ms.Farouqui... shall I drive till we can move out of the parking area?"

"No Mr.khan...no...I mean... I want to take out the car... l want to see if I can manage to drive out of the parking area... please let me Mr.Khan... pleeease." Zoya held both her hands together and pleaded like a child, and at that moment she even looked like a child. She was still wearing Asad's coat which was too big for her thin frame, and her wet and uncombed hair had almost dried into a mass of soft curls and tendrils which framed her angular face giving it a softer and younger look; and she looked like a small child playing dressing up' with an adult's clothes.

And Asad could not help in noticing the way she looked and pleaded to him like a child; and he was amused and he could not refrain from smiling inwardly. But what Zoya saw was only his serious face staring at her, and she became conscious of the way she suddenly talked and pleaded to him without any inhibition.

"... I mean if you don't mind... I would like to try to drive out of the parking area.." her voice then faltered and became serious and she looked away feeling embarrassed.

"I don't mind Ms.Farouqui... you can certainly try." Zoya heard Asad's answer after a few seconds and could not believe that he had agreed so easily. And then she looked towards him surprised because she thought she heard something else as well in his tone. Something like amusement and a mischievous challenge but Zoya was not sure, and she tried to visualize his face to see if she could read anything on it, but he had already opened the passenger side door and was climbing into the car and she could not see his face clearly.

"Allah Miya what's wrong with me?... am I now imagining Mr. Angry Ahmed khan having a funny bone in his body?" Zoya muttered to herself and climbed into the car. But while she was sitting, she could not help in peeping at Asad's face once again, but all she could see was the same serious and stern profile of him, that she was used to see always.

Once seated, Zoya thought of giving his coat back to him, and started removing it but Asad saw that and stopped her before she could.

"Don't remove it Ms. Farouqui... you must be still feeling cold, so please keep it till we reach home." Zoya heard Asad's sincere and concerned voice and looked at him gratefully.

"Thanks.." Zoya whispered before starting the car. Maneuvering the car out of the parking was always easier than parking itself and after a few trial and errors, Zoya managed to finally drive the car out of the hospital gates. And at that moment she could not help in smiling and grinning to herself at her achievement because for her it was still a great feat; and from the corner of his eyes Asad witnessed that smile and understood why she was smiling like a kid again and a small smile appeared on his face as well, but Zoya who was too occupied with her driving did not see him smile.

The drive to home was once again silent and the atmosphere was serious after that, but this time not because they both were feeling too awkward like before, but simply because neither knew what to talk to the other.

After a while, Asad leaned back into his seat and closed his eyes. The day had started bad for him and nothing had gone right, but after he picked up Zoya and the time they had spent in the hospital, strangely he felt much better and relaxed. But at the same time he felt a kind of weirdness as well, because there he was sitting in a car with a young woman whom he could not trust and tolerate till two days back; and whose presence around him and his family made him so guarded, anxious and angry, yet today his mind had agreed to go with her to the hospital and he had felt calm and relaxed when she was with him at the hospital and then he had even trusted her enough and felt relaxed enough with her to let her drive him home again. And the weirdest thing was, after taking this step ahead with Zoya, he felt a strange kind of satisfaction and something akin to peace.

When they reached near home, Zoya looked at Asad to see that he was still sitting with his eyes closed and she wondered if he had fallen asleep. His face looked tired and drained and she knew that he must have been fighting a battle with his past in the last two days.

Zoya signaled the watchman to open the gate of Asad's house and when he did, drove through the gate and the driveway and parked the car where she usually saw it parked. Zoya glanced at Asad to see that he was still sitting in the same way with his eyes closed.

"Mr.Khan, we have reached." Zoya whispered softly. Feeling tired and weary, Asad had finally dozed off. But he wasn't in deep sleep and he heard Zoya's soft voice, opened his eyes and looked at her and gave a small awkward smile. Zoya smiled in return.

They remained like that for a while, neither knowing what to say, and few seconds later, Zoya was about to climb out of the car when she heard Asad's voice.

"Umm... thanks Ms.Farouqui... thanks for taking me to the Hospital and driving back home as well"

"You are welcome Mr.Khan... but actually I did it for Phuppi.. I know how worried she always is when it comes to you, Najma and Naina... so I can imagine how worried she would be if she sees you coming home with your hand bleeding that way... And that's the reason why I took you to hospital first." Zoya tried to make her voice sound nonchalant and uncaring.

"Umm... Ms.Farouqui... actually there is something else as well that I wanted to tell you." Asad said softly and gulped nervously and Zoya looked at him surprised. She wondered what else he wanted to say to her and she sat looking at him expectantly when Asad remained silent after that.

"I am sorry for that night..." after what seemed like ages, Asad started talking once again.

"I said a lot of things in anger which I later realized I should not have said...the reality is I don't know you and I don't know what type of a person you are... so as Ammi said without knowing that I should not have been so judgmental about you... and...and when I looked at your eyes that night, I knew that whatever I said hurt you a lot... so I am... I am sorry."

Asad was not looking at Zoya while he spoke; instead he sat staring at his hands which he had kept on his lap, his right hand gently cushioning his badly injured left one. Zoya understood that it was not easy for him to say what he said as he was a reserved man who obviously kept to himself and did not talk much.

But at that moment, Zoya did not know what to say or answer to him in return. She was really surprised that he said sorry to her and admitted that he was wrong in judging her and Zoya was glad that he did, but the reality was she was after all human and his sorry could not so easily erase the hurt she felt that night after hearing his words.

She had temporarily forgotten about her own hurt after learning about his past and after seeing him completely broken that night she had felt sorrow for him and Phuppi, and it was their hurt that she was feeling in the past two days, but when Asad said sorry she once again remembered everything he said regarding her that night and her own hurt resurfaced. So she could not bring herself to say the words he perhaps wanted to hear from her at that moment; which was that she accepted his sorry or perhaps she forgave him. And Asad understood the meaning of her silence and accepted that it would not be so easy for Zoya to forgive him for the way he had behaved towards her.

"I guess I should go now." Asad finally broke the silence that stretched between them.

"Umm... Mr.khan, perhaps I should tell you something as well." Zoya looked at him uncertainly and Asad slowly lifted his gaze and stared at her questioningly. It was the first time their eyes met this way from such close proximity and they stared at each other's eyes intently, trying to gauge what the other was really feeling. And in Zoya's eyes there was a slight uncertainty and apprehension regarding whether Asad would understand and accept what she was about to say; but beyond that in her doe shaped eyes Asad could see kindness and innocence, the like of which he had never seen in any one's eyes and he got momentarily lost in those innocent eyes. And finally becoming aware of how they were staring at each other, it was Zoya who first lowered her eyes.

"What I wanted to tell you Mr.Khan was, you could try to trust me... trust me in the sense believe me when I say that I don't come here with an ulterior motive in my mind." Zoya took a deep breath and sighed before continuing further.

"Mr.Khan I don't have a family of my own and I live alone. But I have learnt to be happy with my life the way it is and I have always believed in looking after myself on my own and by Allah's grace today I have a good job and I can stand on my own two feet and I am self sufficient... But that does not mean that at times I don't crave for a family, for close friends and for people who would care for me... I am also human so I do crave for that and that's the reason why I got so attached to Phuppi, Najma and Naina... I love them dearly and they in turn treat me as part of their family... and Phuppi is such a wonderful person that anyone would love her and want to be around her and I am no exception... and...and that's the sole reason why I come here."

"I thought I should tell you this Mr.Khan... because even though you just said sorry to me, whatever you said that night, you must have said it because deep down in your heart, you did not really trust me and I think you were wary of me since our first meeting itself." Zoya's gaze shifted to Asad once again, but he remained silent not knowing what to answer her.

"And theres one more thing I want to tell you Mr.khan... may be you wouldn't like what I am about to say and get angry once again because it's regarding Naina...and may be you would once again say that I am meddling in your personal affairs... but I feel I should tell you this" Zoya kept looking at Asad intently after saying that but he continued to keep silent and Zoya took a deep breath and started talking again.

"When I met Naina and Phuppi for the first time at park, even that day I had noticed how quite Naina was...and the next time when Phuppi brought her to my home, even on that day she was too quiet for a girl of that age and I wondered why... I sensed that there is something wrong about her... Then when I saw her drawings that day I noticed that in all her drawings she had drawn a little girl with her parents... I'm not a psychologist Mr.Khan but seeing that I felt that, through her drawings she was trying to say what was deep in her heart, and that was she was missing her Ammi and Abbu... That's the reason why I asked her questions regarding her Ammi... I thought of seeing whether she would open up and talk to me regarding what was in her heart so that someone can help her... I wasn't trying to pry into your lives and simply get information about you all... Mr.Khan, from outside Naina appears to be like any other little girl, but inside she is not... she is sad... she misses the love of a proper family... and perhaps more than a family she misses your love... you may not like it because I am saying all this, but I feel I should... since I have been coming to your house and had seen how everyone lives, I can see that you don't spend much time with Naina... May be you are busy with your work and other things... but I feel, Mr.Khan, you should try to give her some more time, and show her that you really love her... Naina really needs it Mr.khan... the reason why she had become so attached to me is also because she craves attention and wants love and care of someone other than Phuppi and Najma."

Actually Zoya knew very well that Asad was not spending time with Naina not because he was busy with work; but that it had something to do with what happened in his past. But she purposefully did not say that because she did not want to venture in to a territory which Asad kept guarded so tightly.

After hearing what Zoya said Asad felt more remorseful about what he said regarding her on that night. He felt miserable knowing he had hurled accusations at this girl when all she was trying to do was help Naina and make that little girl happy. He remembered the day when he caught Zoya trying to ask questions about Tanveer. He had thought that she was simply trying to pry and get information out of Naina but now he understood that what she was trying to do was make Naina open up and talk, and on that day Zoya had actually tried to explain to him why she was asking those questions but in his anger, he never bothered to listen to her. He sighed sadly, took a deep breath and looked at Zoya wondering what to say to her and how to rectify his mistake. Zoya had thought he would get angry at her for saying that he does not give time to Naina, but how could he show any anger when he himself knew and accepted that what Zoya said was right; and when he had always felt guilty for not giving Naina his love and time the way that little girl craved. But then what Tanveer had said all those years ago was still preventing him from coming closer to Naina and completely accepting her in his life. The situation hurt him too and makes him sad; sad for Naina as well. He wanted to tell this to Zoya, but he knew that Zoya did not know anything about what had happened with him in the past and since he cannot reveal everything regarding his past to her, he felt that it was best not to talk about the issue at all and he kept silent.

"You can come here whenever you feel like and you can spend any amount of time you want here with Ammi, Najma and Naina. I assure you that I will not be an obstacle to it here after." Asad finally told Zoya after what felt like ages. It was the only thing he could say to her at that moment.

"Thanks Mr.Khan, I...I appreciate that..." Zoya whispered. She was disappointed when he did not say anything as an answer to what she said regarding Naina, but then she realized that it was best to leave the matter as it was for the time being. And although she had prepared herself for it, she was still glad that at least he did not get mad at her for talking so boldly about him and his daughter's relationship.

"... and I guess I should go home now as it's already quite late."

"Yea OK... and Ms. Farouqui... thanks again for this." Asad gestured to his hands and Zoya smiled at him briefly and got out of the car.