Chapter 41
After Karan had dropped his things off he made his way to Zoya's university, he had called Abdul to let him know that he was coming but to keep it as a surprise for Zoya. 'Abdul, it's Karan, yeah I am good, just got here, where is she?' 'We have just finished our morning lecture; she is due to go to finish her lab study, meet us outside the medicine faculty in five minutes, I'll make sure she is there'.
Karan made his way to the building Abdul had directed him to, he stood there fidgeting, he couldn't wait to see her it had been months all he wanted to do was take her into his arms and tell her how much he loved her. After a few minutes he saw some students come out of the building his eyes searched for her desperately and then the moment came, there she was right before his eyes deep in conversation with Abdul and another student, she looked stunning in her simple yet typical student attire she was wearing blue jeans with a grey top and jacket.
'Zoya can you hold back for a few seconds' Abdul said as he pulled at her arm 'hey what's up you ok?' she asked looking a little concerned, not being able to suppress his smile Abdul stepped closer to her 'yes totally it's just that I wanted you to meet someone' 'who?' Abdul went and stood behind her he held her by the shoulders slowly turning her body towards where Karan was standing 'Abdul what are you doing' she asked trying to turn back around to face him 'Zoya one minute...look...right ther in front of you' he said pointing in his direction. Zoya looked up to see a very familiar figure standing in front of her, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped 'Ya Allah...Abdul is that...' Zoya who was too stunned to say anything coherent threw her bag and ran towards him, she couldn't believe her eyes it was Karan it was really him and he was here.
Zoya ran in to his open arms, Karan lifted her petite figure and swirled her around 'Ya Allah, I can't believe you are here, when did you come' she said through her tears of happiness. Karan cupped her face and placed a kiss on her forehead 'this morning' was all he said before he embraced her into a hug once again. Abdul walked up to them with Zoya's bag Karan shook hand with Abdul 'thanks Abdul' he said as he bumped shoulders with him 'no worries, Zoya you have your lab report to do, I'll hang out with Karan until you finish. We can meet back at halls' Zoya looked at Karan apologetically 'I'm so sorry you have just come and I have to go' Karan held her hand 'it's ok I'll wait, I'll see you soon' with that he kissed the back of her hand and let her go.
'Abdul, when do you guys break for Christmas?' 'Most students have finished already, I finish tomorrow and I believe Zoya finishes on Thursday' 'and when are you off until?' 'We are all due back by the sixteenth of January, provided we have completed all out assignments and have no pending labs...why is everything ok?' 'Yeah it's just that Zack is going to Malaysia to see Ally for the New Year so I was thinking of giving them a surprise visit with Zoya'. 'That's a great idea, if you want to miss the last minute travel chaos I suggest you try and book a flight for Friday or Saturday the longer you leave it the less likely you are to get confirmed seats'.
Karan sat in Abdul's room catching up on everything, he was glad that Zoya had someone like him with her. Karan looked at his watch, it was coming close to one in the afternoon 'what time is she due back?' as soon as he asked his phone started to vibrate it was a message from Zoya telling him she would be there in ten minutes, Karan smiled at his phone 'I take it you got your answer'.
Zoya knocked on the door 'finally...what took you so long' Abdul asked as she walked in keeping her eyes on Karan 'um...I got held up but professor Hubert' Zoya went and stood in front of Karan 'sorry I kept you waiting' Karan lifted his finger and tapped her nose 'it's ok no biggie'. 'Zoya you guys stay in here I'm popping out for a bit' Zoya turned to face him 'no its ok, I can take Karan to my room I don't want to put you out...what you can do is meet us for dinner later' Abdul smiled 'yeah sure I'll meet you downstairs for around seven?' 'Yup that sounds great'
Zoya and Karan made their way to her room. The room was immaculate everything was neatly placed, she had three photo frames on her desk one of her and Karan, one of all six of them which was taken at Diwali last year and one of her sister and brother in law. As soon as Zoya closed the door and put her bag down she leapt into his arms and buried her face in the crook of his neck, Karan wrapped his arms around her holding her tight 'Karan where have you been for the last four days I had been going crazy trying to contact you' Karan let out a sigh 'I just had a lot going on...come sit'.
Karan sat on the bed and made her sit on his lap, Karan wasn't sure where to begin and if he should tell her everything but he knew that there was no way he could lie to her so decided to tell her everything as it was. As Karan told Zoya her body stiffened and then started to tremble out of fear 'hey its ok Zoya there is nothing to worry about, I am here aren't I and we have mum and Zaynah on our side' he said as he rubbed her arm trying to calm her down 'Karan what now...your dad will be so cross and Indu I can't believe she did that...Karan she scares me this whole situation scares me I can't lose...' Zoya's tears started to stream down even the thought of losing Karan was unbearable 'Zoya I am not going anywhere, you are my life now and no matter what we will always be together...I promise' he said as he wiped her tears away.
Karan informed her of his plans to go to Malaysia to see Zack and Aliza, Zoya already knew that Zack had planned to fly out and propose to her. Once Zoya had given him the go ahead he called Zack's father and asked him if he could book them tickets for the next flight out. 'Zoya I just spoke to uncle we have two choices there is availability on the flight leaving Thursday night or there is one that is leaving Saturday morning...your choice' 'Thursday I don't think I can wait until Saturday' she giggled 'ok Thursday it is then'.
The journey was the longest thing that either of them had to endure, twelve long hours, the only comforting thing was that they had one another for company, not something their sore behinds quite understood. Karan and Zoya checked in to a hotel near Aliza's university, Zack had also booked a room in the same hotel. Once they had checked in they went to meet Aliza who was waiting for them in the foyer, if the screams that came out of Zoya's and Aliza's lungs had been any louder Karan was sure they would have caused some damage to the fine glass around them. The girls were ecstatic to see one another finally, Karan hugged Aliza and told her that Zack as arriving first thing in the morning. 'Ally, why don't you stay with me tonight, Karan is a few rooms down and I know that Zack has booked in too' 'good idea, but I will need to go back and get a few things...Karan can you come with me?' 'Sure...Zoya why don't you go and get some rest we will meet you back in about an hour or so'.
Karan left Aliza and Zoya to catch up whilst he went and caught up on some much needed sleep. The two girls started of by going through their experiences of living away from India as well as each other, there was no doubt they missed each other a lot, they compared notes on how they were getting on at their respective universities and about their courses. 'I really wish Kiran could have come, it would have been a perfect reunion' Zoya said as she thought of her 'true, I spoke to her last week, she is getting on ok too, Rohan was supposed to be going to see her just after the New Year, am not sure what their plans are now'.
'How are things with you and Karan? Zack told me about what happened with Indu, I seriously can't believe that woman...can you remember when we first all met she was so nice and then all of a sudden she turned into this...ugggh I wouldn't know what to call her'. 'Yes she was nice...but when it came to Karan she wasn't able to take anyone coming close to him especially if was a girl, come to think of it I don't really blame her she has always believed that she is number one when it comes to him...I mean...put yourself in her position if you believed for a long time that you were going to marry someone, be with them for the rest of your life then you would have dreamt of so many things, then all of a sudden that same person starts to give priority to other people to other friends who happen to be female how would you feel, would you not be jealous or become resentful?'
Aliza looked at Zoya in disbelief 'Zoya I can't believe you why are you even trying to defend her, after everything she has done to you the girl is pure evil' 'I am not defending her I am just saying that I can kind of understand why she changed so much and so quickly...I know that she will never give up and I dare not think of the day that she finds out that the girl Karan is in love with is me...Zoya Farooqui...that girl is going to blow so bad'. 'You know what amazes me is that you and Karan have been together for a good part of five years and no one knows about you, I mean apart from us'. Zoya thought about Aliza had just said and it was true but then again why would anyone know, they had never explicitly shown that they were together as a couple nor did they ever feel the need to officially tell people, as far as everyone was concerned Karan and Zoya were just good friends, best friends even, two very different people from very different backgrounds who just got on.
Aliza were woken up by loud banging at four in the morning 'what the hell...who ordered rooms service at this time?' Aliza said rubbing her tired eyes. She looked around to call out to Zoya who should have been fast asleep next to her 'now where the hell is Zoya?' she asked herself looking around the room 'Zoya...Zoya can you open the door?' after getting no reply and the banging on the door continuing Aliza growled and marched towards the door 'whoever it is better have a bloody good reason...' she spoke as she opened the door, the minute she did she screamed and jumped up only to be caught by Zack 'shhh do you know what time it is you'll scare the neighbour's he said as he carried her inside 'oh my gosh...when did you get here I thought you were not landing until later in the day' I managed to jump on an earlier flight, Karan came to pick me up' Zack cupped her face 'man I missed you so much' as soon as he had finished talking Aliza pressed her lips against his, Zack and Aliza had totally lost themselves for those few moments.
Zoya who had been praying in the side room heard her loud scream and started to smile to herself knowing that Zack had arrived, she finished her prayer and walked back into the room to find the two love birds engaged in a very heavy lip lock 'Ya Allah...I am so sorry' she quickly said and turned around feeling embarrassed.
Aliza and Zack started laughing 'hey sis...you not going to come and meet your bhaijaan?' Zoya turned around and ran into his open arms 'it is so good to see you...how you been?' 'I am good, even better seeing my two beautiful ladies together once again' 'Where is Karan? Zoya asked looking behind him 'oh he is coming up I got him to put my luggage in his room..' 'I thought you had booked a room for yourself? Aliza asked looking a little confused 'yes I did but then cancelled it as we came in I thought what's the point I can just share with Karan'.
'Ally, you and Zack sit and catch up I will go to Karan's room' Zoya knew they had been dying to see each other and didn't want to be the caught in the middle, to give them some personal time and space she decided to go to Karan's room. 'Thanks Zoya' Aliza said appreciating Zoya's gesture.
Zoya knocked on Karan's room, Karan opened the door and turned around not seeing who it was 'that was a quick meet I thought you two would have been down each other's throats by now' 'uggh Karan have some shame' Zoya said, as soon as he heard her voice he turned around 'hey what are you doing here?' Zoya started to laugh as she walked up to him 'I was allowing them to get down each other's throats...so Mr Karan Oberoi you have a new roommate' Karan smiled and hugged her. As he pulled back he held the side of her face in his palm softly stroking her cheek with the tip of his thumb 'do you know how much I love you?' Zoya who had lost herself in his hypnotising eyes just continued to stare.
Karan leaned forward and kissed her forehead softly 'I love you too Karan' she whispered under his touch. Zoya felt a warmth spread a cross her body, she wrapped her arms around him once more holding him for as long as she could.
'Here you take the bed I'll take the couch' Zoya pulled on his arm 'why do you not trust me Karan...do you think I will try and attack you' Zoya said as she wiggled her eyebrows making him laugh 'not at all...but I insist so Dr. Zoya jump up and get some sleep I have a feeling that it's going to be a long day' Karan kissed the back of her hand and then led her to the bed where she fell asleep pretty much straight away.
Edited by Saima-Syed - 10 years ago
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