Rayyana picked up her diary and opened it up to a new page.
Picking up her favorite purple pen she started writing
Main kon ho? Meri aunty kathi hai ke main unke uper ek bhoge ho. Mama aur papa muhje ya per kyun lekar ai hai?
"Rayyana!" She looked up at her door and groaned "Gee?" she called out to her aunt "Come here." She groaned and put her diary away and picked up her dupatta, wrapping it around her head.
She ran outside of her room and ran to the kitchen. "Rayyana, I told you to cut the cucumbers, why aren't thy cut?"
Her aunt glared at her as she looked at the cucumbers sitting where they were as she left them.
"Uh... sorry." Her aunt rolled her eyes "Sorry sorry sorry." Her aunt said mocking her "Did your mom not teach you anything?" Rayyana clenched her jaw and forced a smile on her chapped lips, her parent's taught her to respect every adult and that was what she was going to do.
"Ha you can't even do something so simple." Rayyana looked up at her cousin Javaria "Do you want to do this?" Rayyana asked pointing to the cucumber's with her knife, Javaria's smirk fell and she huffed and practically ran out of the room.
Rayyana scoffed and continued cutting the cucumber's. Javaria was almost 20 and people had rejected her for marriage over 5 times. Her mouth ran whenever it wanted too and she never did any chores around the house after Rayyana arrived.
Cinderella who?
Rayyana sighed and put the cucumber's in a bowl, Javaria for some reason had a family who wanted her and they were coming over soon that's why her aunt was over the edge so far. And she took it out on Rayyana who still had to get ready herself.
Rayyana started washing the knife she was using smiling to herself remembering when her mom begged her to learn how to cut up fruit, she was 14 and she still didn't know how too. And now look at her. She had to learn or else her aunt would have skinned her alive.
Suddenly, Rayyana heard a knock she looked around confused until her eyes fell on the window she raised an eyebrow and gasped when she saw her friends Sabha, Rabia, And Soojin. Rayyana nervously looked around to make sure that her aunt wasn't around and ran to the window opening it.
"The bazaar is open again!" Sabha said screaming and clapping her hands excitingly, Rayyana shushed her and looked around again "So?" Rabia rolled her eyes and said "What do you mean so? Chal na!" Rayyana smiled "Acha, aur aunty ko kya bolo mai?"
Sabha tutted annoyed "Tell her..." Soojin Rabia and Sabha all looked at each other confused themselves, they had practically used all the excuses in the world. Rayyana sighed and said "Even if we did think of something there is no use, Javaria has a proposal coming today and Aunty is on edge."
Sabha laughed "Tell us something new." Rayyana laughed back "I mean even more on edge." Suddenly, The girls heard a witch like voice saying
"Wow! Javaria get's so many proposals and then there is just a maid who get's none." The girls groaned and looked over at Javaria's bitchy friends Alayna and Roofa. The 3 churail's is what Rayyana's friends called them.
Rayyana looked back at her friends with the same smug smirk as Roofa "Yeah, too bad she's so picky and rejects them all." Her friends and her laughed while Roofa scowled "Know your place maid." Rayyana looked at her in a way that made her take a step back.
"I already know my place." Rayyana looked at her up and down "Do you?" Roofa and Alayna froze while Rayyana and her friends stood there smirking at them. "Shut up Rayyana." Roofa said stomping into the house.
Rayyana looked at her friends and said "Fine guys, I'll try to come." And quickly shut the window making her friends groan.
Rayyana quickly ran to the kitchen putting away the cucumber's into the fridge before her aunt came back to the kitchen.
"Roofa!" Javaria said coming out of her room wearing a horrible face mask, Rayyana secretly made a face. Roofa and Javaria squealed together and hugged, Roofa looked over at Rayyana and made a disgusted face "Javaria, you shouldn't keep garbage in your house."
Javaria looked over at Rayyana and she too, made a ugly face at her "What can I do? My mom the heroine thought it would be nice to keep it." Rayyana silently glared at them, she couldn't say anything or else Javaria would tell her aunt.
"Whatever, I don't want to ruin my mood tell me about the guy who's coming to see you!" Roofa said as her and Javaria went into her room talking and laughing.
Her aunt came into the kitchen sniffing the air and suddenly saying "Is roofa here?" Rayyana nodded making her aunt scowl and glare at Javaria's door "Now this girl is never going to get up and get ready."
Rayyana cleared her throat "Phupho, can I go to the bazaar with my friends?" Her aunt looked around the kitchen and room seeing everything spotless. "No, the family is coming." Rayyana looked at the clock "But there's still 10 hours left."
Her aunt groaned and mumbled a "Fine."
Rayyana smiled and and thanked her as she ran outside to see her friend's smiling faces, she high fived them and then they were off.
Urdu Translation-
Main kon ho? Meri aunty kathi hai ke main unke uper ek bhoge ho. Mama aur papa muhje ya per kyun lekar ai hai?- Who am I? My aunt say's that I'm a burden on her. Why did Mama and papa bring me here?
Gee?-Yes?
Chal na-Let's go!
Acha, aur aunty ko kya bolo mai?- Really? and what do I say to aunty?
The 3 churail's- The 3 witches
Phupho- Aunt
