Chapter 25
Zoya went out with Ammar and his group of friends and had a blast, she had never danced so freely, she got on extremely well with Ammar's friends who made sure she enjoyed every minute.
By the time they came home it was almost three in the morning. Trying hard not to make any noise they sneaked through the house only to be stopped by his mum 'what time do you call this?' Ammar closed his eyes as did Zoya 'three in the morning' 'keep your smartness to yourself...Zoya, beta I hope he didn't misbehave too much, he has a habit of getting carried away' 'not at all aunty, we had fun and he took care of me' 'good, go and get some rest now...and you I want you up by 8, I have a long list of things you need to do' 'yes mum'.
It was almost coming up to eleven and Zoya was still asleep 'wake up sleepy head...princess Zoya wakey wakey' Ammar said as he stood over her. Zoya let out a moan 'leave me alone, I need to sleep' she mumbled 'sleep, do you even know what time it is...wake up' he said shaking her. Zoya shot up and whacked him as hard as she could 'ouch...what was that for' 'for disturbing my sleep...if you were in the palace I would have the guards take you away' Ammar rolled his eyes at her 'whatever Princess...get up we have work to do' 'work...why...isn't that why we employ people so we don't have to work' 'spoilt brat...get up'.
Getting changed Zoya joined the rest of the family for a very late breakfast and early lunch. The whole mansion was busy with activity 'Shaina, me and your dad will go to receive Prince Farhaan' 'ok...what about Zoya?' 'Zoya will stay with you, the mehndi lady will be coming later, I need you to choose your designs'
Zoya went back up to her room to find she had several missed calls from Karan, she immediately called him back 'Hey, I am so sorry, I left my pone upstairs' 'its ok Princess...how are you?' 'Am ok, being kept busy...am enjoying myself' 'good to hear...make sure you keep sending me pictures of yourself I want to see how beautiful my Desert Rose looks' 'I will...Bhaijaan coming later this evening, I won't be able to talk much' 'I know...just as much as you can, I love you' 'me too'.
'Was that lover boy' Zoya turned around to see Ammar standing by the door 'his name is Karan, and yes it was' 'all ok?' he asked as he walked in closer "yes...I just miss him I guess' 'I know that feeling...I miss Farah like crazy' 'I don't know how you do it...keep it going at such a distance, I would have gone crazy by now' 'trust me I feel like that on most days' 'why don't you move out there and complete whatever you have left in New York' 'I would love to...but' 'but what?' 'They don't do the course I am studying, and I don't particularly want to start from the beginning' true...and Farah won't come here?' 'Well she did...and now has to complete her studies...so no matter which way you try and work it out we will have to endure this separation for at least the next year and half' 'there is always the holidays' 'yes there is...and it means I can get to spend time with my new found sister too' Zoya put her arm around him 'you sure will'
Zoya hugged her brother with excitement 'how have you been?' 'Very well Bhaijaan, have been enjoying my time since I got here' 'that's good...so you ready to do this' 'of course, I can't thank Allah enough for bringing this day into our lives'
Prince Farhaan rounded up Anwar and his security team 'Anwar I want you to lead on everything, I don't want any paparazzi or media without permission, a few select media houses have been personally invited...I will be staying at the venue itself along with Princess Zoya, Anwar...please ensure she has two maids readily available to her' 'Yes Prince, everything has been arranged' 'Good'
Prince Farhaan thanked Shaina's parents for dinner, stepping towards Shaina he locked eyes with her 'I will see you tomorrow' 'Insha'Allah' she said with a shy smile.
Zoya couldn't stop smiling all the way back to the hotel 'what Zoya?' Farhaan said Zoya started beaming a bigger smile 'do you love her?' Farhaan looked at Zoya wide eyed as Anwar chocked on the air he just inhaled 'Zoya' 'what Zoya...please tell me...and Anwar mind your own business keep your ears to the front' Anwar started smiling 'Yes Princess'
'So tell me' 'Zoya what has love got to do with it, I am marrying someone that is suitable for me' 'Ya Allah...Bhaijaan, love has everything to do with it...I know you do...either you are oblivious or you are just being your macho royal self to admit it' 'Zoya behave yourself' Farhaan said 'ok fine' Zoya turned away from her brother and as soon as she did she started laughing out loud making her brother smile at her.
The next day was filled with beautiful chaos, the rich and the famous, close friends and families all gathered for the Mehndi and Sangeet ceremony. The venue was decorated beyond anything anyone one could imagine.
The music, the food, the ambience created nothing short a magical fairy tale. As the bride and groom to be embraced the hall with their presence the hall erupted in loud cheers, the music players set of one beat after the other making everyone tap their feet in happy dance.
Prince Farhaan and Shaina were not the only ones getting the best of everyone's attention. Zoya as exquisite as she looked managed to generate a lot more male attention than she could handle. Woman from all over came and introduced themselves and their every ready and overly interested son's.
'Ali' Zoya called out to one of Ammar's best friends 'Hey Zoya, you ok?' 'Yes...actually no...can you do me a favour?' 'Sure anything' 'can you hang out with me, apart from you guys and my family I don't know anyone and all these people are beginning to suffocate me' bowing down a little Ali placed his hand in front of her 'at your service Princess...hang with me and no one will bother you' Zoya placed her hand in his and thanked him 'come on let's get out of here'
As the ceremony took place Shaina sat down to have her mehndi applied 'Zoya come and get yours too' 'No...she is coming to dance with us' Ammar said pulling at Zoya's arm 'just one dance and then I will come' Zoya said pulling a puppy face 'ok, fine go' Shaina said blowing her a kiss.
Ammar took Zoya by the hand and led her to the dance floor which was packing out 'Ammar one minute, I just need to ask Bhaihaan first'
Ali and Ammar accompanied Zoya to Prince Farhaan who was busy talking to some politician or the other. 'Bhaijaan' Farhaan turned around 'you ok?' he asked putting his arm around her 'yes, Bhaijaan can I go to dance please, Ali and Ammar will be with me...especially Ali' Farhaan looked towards Ali and smiled 'of course, please look after my Princess' 'I will do' 'thank you Bhaijaan'
Where Ammar managed to lose himself on the dance floor Ali did a good job of keeping Zoya safe from the bodies of other guys who wanted to get close to her. Zoya had so much fun in celebrating her brother's mehndi, the party went on into the early hours of the morning but the end of which Zoya had managed to persuade Farhaan to come onto the dance floor. Shaina was itching to dance but knew that it was not something she could probably do unless Farhaan gave her permission.
Leaning in closer to her he whispered 'I may not be able to dance but you can' Shaina looked up to him and smiled 'Zoya...take your Bhabhi' Zoya looked at him wide eyed 'seriously Bhaijaan?' 'Yes, now go before I change my mind'
Zoya, Shaina, Ammar, Ali and a whole bunch of other friends who were left danced until the morning sun rose.
Luckily for them whoever had planned the wedding was sensible enough to have the Nikah and Rukhsati two days after the Mehndi. No body managed to move or wake up until after 4 in the afternoon.
Zoya woke up to a million missed called and messages from Karan 'crap' she mumbled and then hit the pillow again.
Shaina and her family had booked to stay on at the same hotel as it was where the Nikah was going to take place to.
'Zoya' Ammar called out. Zoya came out her room 'why are you shouting so much?' 'Look, you are famous...you made it to page three' 'huh?' Ammar rolled his eyes 'here look, we have a few pictures of yesterday's party in the paper' Zoya looked at the newspaper, there was a few pictures of Farhaan and Shaina and then there were two of her with Ali 'wow...I made it to page three, how awesome is that' 'what's even more is that you got Ali in there, he must be flying on cloud 9' Zoya started laughing 'honestly Ammar, he is such a cute kid' 'who is cute?' Zoya shot her head around to see Farhaan standing there. Zoya swallowed hard 'no...no one Bhaijaan...Ammar was just showing me pictures in the newspaper...I was just saying you two look cute'
Farhaan held his hand out, Ammar stepped forward and handed him the newspaper 'hmm...nice pictures...seems like it's not only me and Shaina that look cute' handing the paper back to Ammar Prince Farhaan turned around and walked off.
Edited by Saima-Syed - 9 years ago
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