Part 3
He reached her banglow to find her alone in her garden sipping her coffee...as he walked in she was surprised and confused to find him there, clearly she wasn't expecting him and it was written on her face 'why are you here Mr.Khan?' She asked straightaway and he sighed 'zoya, can we at least talk like before just for now until your birthday ends? Please?' He requested tired of all this and she In return just looked away 'nothing is like before asad...not us nor our friendship in fact there is no friendship left then why you keep on trying? ' she too was tired of all this and thus it was better that they end this here and now
'Because zoya I am living in guilt since the day you left and I always wanted to apologize for my rude behavior to you...I know sorry isn't enough still that's the least I can do' he said and she looked down trying to stop the tears that are threatening to fall any time.. 'your sorry asad, it won't change anything...' 'zoya please just for the sake of our childhood friendship can we behave like we were 10 years ago...just for once?' He asked hoping to get a positive response and she nodded which brought a wide smile on his face...'I will bring coffee for you' she said disappearing inside her house as she needed sometime for herself before she put a facade of her old selve...for some mere hours...may be she too need it
Later she returned with a cup of coffee 'I don't know about your choice anymore still I have made it the way you use to drink earlier' she reasoned handling him a cup of coffee and he smiled 'actually I don't drink milky coffee anymore, still coffee by you have always been my favorite, you remember how I use to come at your apartment everyday after a tiring day at studios searching for some role...worthy of me and then you use to make coffee and cheer me up after each fail attempt' he said...a smile on his lips and she chuckled sadly 'yeah how can I forget that after all that was the time when I...' she was lost when she started but stopped in the mid making him look up at her and she herself was shocked with what she was going to utter
'I mean we have so many beautiful memories together' she said and he nodded 'zoya can we again become friends, to make more amazing memories which we can cheerish always?' he asked hopefully 'asad why are you even asking all this...you have requested to be like us, for the last time so please just stick to your words and don't bring this topic ..' she said, she knew that he won't let her go if she didn't let him do what he wants and being to their old selves for some hours wasn't too much to ask for even she urged to be with him like before to have some more memories of them after all being with the person you love is the best feeling in the world and she...she was at peace at that moment
He then let go of the topic and shared about his life in last 10 years on which she reminded him that he was a star, viewers life, his fans worshiped him so she was always aware about him through news 'I have even went through your engagement ceremony pictures and segments...you and misha make a lovely pair' she complemented on which he smiled sadly 'that means only I wasn't a part of your life all these years...' 'let go of past asad, I too had learned to do that, live in the moment asad because we know it won't last forever' she told him sincerely and he looked away wiping a lone tear that rolled down his cheek
'Anyways tell me about your life...you are a successful wedding planner but what you had been doing all these years...I am curious to know' 'mee...in those months when you were very busy with your first show I wanted to tell you that I am approached for scholarship from Manchester university...nanu was ill and I didn't knew what to tell them, I wanted your suggestion but things were quite against me those days as nanu passed away and I was left alone..I was alone asad and thus I decided to go away from the memories because there was no pleasure in them for me , they were haunting me, those memories they didn't let me stay In peace I missed nanu, I missed you and everything that I lost so I walked away, I went to Manchester and studied hard, I got my degree and later went to america for further studies...' she told him, reminiscing the past while asad was listening to her with his head down, heart filled with guilt about how he behaved with his best friend when she needed him the most
'I did courses and then 6 years back in India I planned first wedding of my carrier...it was successful asad and then eventually I became one known name of India... Z.F.K Zoya Faroqui Khan, one famous wedding planner ... and now I am here, my hard work paid off well and I am happy with my life and in all this the person who was there for me was mohid, we became friends when I was in America, some of our subjects were same and then we use to do part time job together in a restaurant...we bonded well and now we are best buddies' she said, a smile playing on her lips while telling him about mohid
'So mohid had taken my place' asad stated as if it was the most obvious fact but she chuckled on this 'asad you meet many people in your life, some fades away from your memory and some themselves turn into memories but some stay with you forever and within your heart, those who have special place in your heart, those whose place cannot be taken and in my life that someone is you asad...your place cannot be taken and just like that mohid has his own special place in my heart, he is special, he is my best buddy but you are my first friend, my best friend, my childhood best friend...so many relations asad, it's tough for mohid to get into your shoe' she said making his heart jump in joy, a smiled formed on his lips as her work sunk in his mind,
'I missed you zoya...and although you asked to not to talk about all that still I want to apologize for my behavior, I shouldn't have done what I did, you were my best friend yaar and you clearly didn't deserve that behavior, that was so cruel of me ...I am sorry' 'asad I am not angry with you neither I hate you... just let that go' she simply told him and he nodded, she glanced at her watch 'so much time has passed, it's your nikah tomorrow asad you should leave...thanks for coming I am feeling so good after spending some quality time with my best friend' she said feeling so light, as if a burden has lifted off her shoulders but asad was lost 'zoya' he called out 'hmm' 'I miss you ' he whispered his eyes moist
Their eyes met and a shiver ran down her spine, she was losing herself, it has been long time and she has excepted that they never meant to be together, and that she don't love him any more , but he, his presence and his stubbornness to be with her is making things tough for her...she can't loose herself just like that, all her prayers to forget him all these years can't go in vain , no she can't let it happen, she don't deserve to go through all that pain yet again so she stood up abruptly 'asad go please' she pleaded and turned to go when he held her hand stopping her 'zoya just one chance I am asking for...please' she closed her eyes as her tears threatened to fall any moment, thus with all her courage she jerked his hand away and turned around
'Asad please tum samajh kyun nahe rahe aesa nahe hosakta, nahe de sakti mai koi chance na tumhe na is dosti ko, na khud ko or na is ehsas ko jo mere dil k kise kone mai dafan hai kyun ke' she stopped as she realized on what she was just going to utter 'kuun ki?' He asked , his eyes were moistened and there was something in his eyes which forced her to let it out, to let it out now and forever, she can be in peace after this because she would be double assured that the person she once loved and the person for whom she was again falling in love doesn't have any feelings for her ' kyun ki, agar maina aesa kia na to...to mjhe tumse pyaar hojae ga phir se or tumhe...tumhe nahe hoga phir se... ' her eyes brimmed with fresh tears as she took some step back and then turning ran away leaving him there in the same way years ago he left leaving her alone
He stood there, something flashed in front of him, quite blur , he blinked his eyes twice and what he saw made him go weak on his knees... he saw his zombie, sitting on a bench crying her heart out as he walked away from her, 10 years ago... he could relate her condition from his, she was heart broken that day while he is heart broken today...
How similar there situation seems yet how different they are... she was never at mistake, and he, he always has committed mistakes and the biggest was letting her go, letting his best friend go, someone who was really special, he has been stupid all along and what she did to him was right on her part
Half heartedly he placed his gift on the bench and left from there... reaching home he came face to face with his highly worried mother who became more worried on finding him in such distraught condition...he didn't answered on any of her questions he just sat on the floor beside the couch and rested his head in her lap... she became quite and just ran her hands in his hair...
He smiled content for a moment before everything he did came rushing like a haunted memory to him 'ami' he called out and she humed in response 'you always knew that I was being unfair to zoya...haina?' He asked looking up at her, something flashed in her eyes which he recognized as hurt and pain, the pain she felt for zoya and how hurt she was because of his behavior
'I always knew asad and I know now to...what you did to zoya was very cruel on your part...if I was on her place I would never had like to see your face ever again' 'you would have hated me ami?' 'Yes...what you did to her deserves hatred only from the person who suffered because of you' 'ami she loved me' 'I knew asad...I have always witnessed love in her eyes for you...just pure love ' 'but ami I..I didn't loved her...mjhe toh usse pyaar nahe tha' 'how can you be so sure...what if pyaar tha, tab bhe or ab bhe...pehle tum mehsoos karne se bhe ghabrate the or ab mehsoos karna ke ehsas sa bhe ghabrate ho' she told him truthfully 'ami I don't love her' 'asad I was being honest and about your love...you should be the one to realize it before it's too late although it's already late, but still and if this time zoya left then you will never find her , or ek aur bat hamesha yad rakhna...pyaar dobara ho sakta hai lekin sacha pyaar, sacha pyaar sirf ek bar hi hota hai' she said and kissing his forehead walked away
He sat there totally blank...dilshaad words had something in them that he couldn't just ignore them shrugging his shoulders like he always do when he find something not at all effective, like he always did when he thought about zoya and her confession before she left him years ago
But today he couldn't just let this go... this is something he himself wants to know, whom he love? Whom not ... once in his show there was a scene when his character was told to close his eyes and he will surely find the person he loves in front him...he had laughed out aloud at that scene and belive that day but today as he stood up he closed his eyes praying for all these assumptions and weird thought to not to come true at all, when he closed his eyes nothing came at first but then
' kyun ki, agar maina aesa kia na to...to mjhe tumse pyaar hojae ga phir se or tumhe...tumhe nahe hoga phir se... ' it was her...zoya , her face then flashed in front of him, she had tears in her eyes, tears that killed him... he fisted his hand but couldn't get himself to open his eyes and get over with all this...he couldn't, this moment it felt very much right... he felt his happiness belongs to this moment... that the person in front of him is the only person Allah has sent for him
Suddenly he could see her smiling, smiling at him, smiling at what he was thinking and at what he has realized
'Zoya...I love you Zoya' he whispered, with a wide smile on his face as he opened his eyes but it was wiped away that moment he find that person in front him ...someone he least expected at this hour of time
Edited by asyaarshilover - 8 years ago
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