Make Me Yours

Chapter 5

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone! I'm back! Just got over with my exams!
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After all of us were done with food, mama got up and went to her room to probably talk to papa and Zeni and I cleaned the table.

“Appi, ap bartan dho rahi hain ya main dho dn abhi k? ( Sister, are you gonna wash the dishes or should I do them instead?)” Zeni asked me when we were putting last of our dishes in the washing area. I did not want to wash the dishes so I told her to do the dishes for this time and I will do the dishes of dinner. She nodded and started washing the dishes while I cleaned the rest of the kitchen. When I was done, I went to the living room, sat on one of the couches and opened my laptop. I searched for something to cook. I really wanted to impress Ashar. He is so good looking and I don’t know what it is but I just want to impress him and want to see adoration in his eyes for myself.

I think it is love at first sight for me. I never felt something like that for anyone! I don’t even like boys. There are some of my guy friends but I never touched them or did anything that is forbidden in our Islam. I know that I am not a perfect Muslimah but I still tried my best to keep myself away from the boys. It is just inevitable to not talk to or not to make acquaintances with male when you are living in abroad. So, I have some friends in UK but all of them know what my limit is.

This time around, I just want to be Ashar’s everything! I have seen this stress but satisfaction in his deep eyes that were calling me to be there for him in his every step of life. I wanted to be the reason of his dimpled smile! I wanted to be there for him when he wants something! I want to do everything for him! I want him to be completely dependent on me but it will have to wait! I’ll try to at least make him bear with me for the starters and then I’ll ask him to marry me! Yes! Now that’s the plan! I hope he does not reject my advances for now!

So, to start the first step for this mission, I search some easy recipes for now! I decided to make Creamy Garlic Parmesan Chicken! It was a really easy but fancy looking recipe.

“Mama, I want to make something good for my new friends!” I asked mama as she was sitting beside me and was on a video call with papa!

“Okay! Then make it! And please make for the Guard as well as the family too! We can have it for dinner then and you can save some for your friends so that you can take it to University.” Mama replied while papa was observing us from the camera.

“Well, I know how much good of a cook my Tashu is so now I am missing my lovely girls even more than I already do!” Papa said from the camera with a sad expression and a hand on his chest. He was pretending to be extremely sad but we all know that he is not only acting but in fact is actually missing us!

“Awww! Papa, why don’t you come here then! I miss you too! You know, today was our first day and your wife made us walk to the university due to which we became late! It’s a good thing that my teacher did not say anything since it was the first day but my first impression was really bad due to your wife!” I complained to papa about mama in one breath. After I was done with complaining, I took a long breath as it left me a little breathless.

“Saans to lay lo! Araam say! Or rahi baat ap ki mama ki tou un say to mjhay bhi dar lagta hai! Is liye yaha main kuch nhi kr sakta! Ye mamla to tum dono larkiyoon ko khud hi sambhalna parhay ga apni mama k sath! (Breath at least! And about your mother then even I am scared of her! That’s why, I can’t do anything! Both of you girls will have to tackle this situation with your mama on your own!) ” Papa replied with a nervous chuckle as he saw mama’s glare. ‘Mama is scary!’ I thought with a shudder.

“Mera dusra bacha nazar nhi aa raha! Kaha hai meri Jenny? (I can’t find my second child! Where is my Jenny?)” Papa asked while changing the subject. We call Zainab as jenny or zeni.

“She is in the kitchen, washing the dishes! She will be out any minute now!” I told him. The moment I finished my sentence, jenny came out of the kitchen and made her way to us on sofa. She sat beside me and looked at the screen of mama’s Tablet. She smiled and said salaam to papa.

“Walaikumassalaam! Kesa hai mera Bacha? (How is my child?)” Baba smiled back and asked her. She talked to papa for a bit after that mama and papa started to talk with each other while I and Zeni got busy with our own things. Zeni started to search about her course books on my laptop as her own laptop was in her room and I got busy with my new friends. I did not have any friends in college as everyone there was already in a group and I became a girl that drifts from one group to another! I was familiar with everyone but not very close to them to call them as my friends.

My university friends are my very first friends in Pakistan so I started to chat with them as Sana made a group with all four of us and we started chatting with each other. I told them what I will be making for Ashar and I promised them that I will bring it for them too.

I told zeni about the food that I will be making and she told me that she will help me with it too! After Maghrib prayer, we both went to the kitchen to look for the ingredients. We had everything at home but chicken.

“Mama, there is no chicken in here!” I shouted from the kitchen. I knew mama was still in the living room and reading Quran!

“Okay then you should go with the driver and buy some from the market! But take Zeni with you! Okay?” Mama shouted back. Zeni and I hurriedly went to our rooms and took our hijabs. We wore the hijabs and went out after saying Allah Hafiz to mama! We went to the market to buy chicken with Driver uncle and he paid for the meat for us.

After coming back, we started with the dish. I made it for fifteen people! Since I and zeni eat more of these things so we made two servings for ourselves and one serving for the others.

The dish was really yummy while I put six servings in the fridge for university. Three for my friends while three for Ashar and his friends.

After eating, I looked at the dishes with distaste but decided to suck it up and started up with the dishes. As I was doing the dishes, Zeni cleaned the rest of the kitchen and went to her bed after bidding me good-night. I pouted and looked at her longingly while she did not even acknowledge me and went to her room.

I begrudgingly finished up with my work and then went to my room. I laid down but I was so excited for the morning as I want to give Ashar the dish that I cooked today. I was imagining all type of beautiful scenarios with him like how he will taste my cooking and then ask me to marry him or how he will taste the food and then look as me with admiration and then kiss me.

At the last thought about kiss, I realized that I was thinking of bad things so I hurriedly said sorry to Allah and closed my eyes. After a while I was in my dreamland.

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Sorry for being gone! 😬 Sho shorry (insert puppy dog eyes with tears)!