AsYa Drabble - I Know it Now

She had been out of sight for a mere ten minutes and I couldn't help feeling restless. As I made my way to her room the lights flickered strange...may it's a power surge' making a mental note of checking the main switch board I continued to walk towards her. As I got closer my foot tripped over a lose wire 'what the...' when I looked closely I realised that it was a wire that ran along the edge of the wall, but where was it leading and where did it come from?

I pulled the wire and followed it and as I continued my heart started to accelerate as I realised that it was leading to her bathroom, inside I heard the water run 'Zoya' I whispered in panic. I threw the wire down and ran as fast as I could, almost kicking her door down I ran towards the bathroom and opened the door Zoya' I screamed as I ran to her and pulled her hand back. I grabbed hold of her by her waist and pulled her back.

I could not only hear her heart beat out of sync but also feel it beating hard against my own chest. Not knowing what was going on she held on to me tightly 'Mr...Mr Khan, what happened?' came her fear filled voice. I stepped back and walked towards the bath tub, I switched off the tap and pulled out the wires creating a short circuit Ya Allah' she gasped covering her mouth in disbelief 'one second late and only Allah knows what could have happened'.

Zoya stumbled backwards as realisation dawned upon her, seeing her eyes moisten I went to her and took her back into my arms 'are you ok...please tell me you are ok' my voice pleaded, all she managed to do was nod against my shoulder.

I led her back inside her room and sat her down 'how...where did that come from...I mean...' I placed my hand over hers 'I don't know, but I will find out...I am just thankful that you are ok...Ya Allah, if anything had happened to you I would have...' I stopped as I realised what it was I was going on to say. Zoya looked at me questioningly 'I...um...let me just go and sort out the switch board' as I was about to get up she grabbed onto my hand, her eyes depicted her inner fear, they asked me not to go to stay with her. I sat back down and let her lean against my shoulder, as she calmed herself down I tried to decipher what was going through in my own head.

Today was the first time it really hit me, the first time I realised that I can never let any harm come to her, that I needed to protect her always, needed to keep safe the girl that had started to stir so many emotions within me, the girl that had become to mean so much more than just the girl who wore my engagement ring for the worlds eyes only. I wanted it to be real, I wanted it to be what it truly is meant to be, I wanted to be able to stand up and tell her that 'I am Asad Ahmed Khan and I want to marry you...because I love you'.