Azaan

Chapter Eleven.

I Want To Marry Saira.

Azaan's Pov.

I knew that I would need to answer a lot of questions regarding what I told Rashid but I don't even know why I said that.

Okay, I do know why but I can't tell anyone what I am thinking might happen to my sister.

I passed by Iman's room and I couldn't help but hear her talk about me to Saira. I stood there listening to their conversation.

"Iman, no. I don't want to think about him. Besides, he had no right to tell anyone that I am his fiancée when I am not and I will never be...."

"Never say never, Saira. You might never know what Allah has planned for us as our future", Iman tells her. "But why would he tell Rashid that you are his fiancée? Do you have any ideas?", she asks her.

"No, I don't know why he said that. And he had no right to say that to me because we are not even friends let alone acquaintances", Saira tells my sister.

I didn't listen to anything else because I could hear footsteps approaching me. I quickly walked to my room and shut the door.

I knew that I was acting like a teenager but I didn't want anyone to see me listening to them. I remembered when Mamma pulled me aside to ask me why I told them that Saira is my fiancee to Azlan's brother.

Flashback.

Mamma pulled me aside when the others were in the living room discussing the wedding preparations for Azlan and Iman.

"Come, my prince. I want to talk to you", she tells me leaving no room for arguments or even me trying to say anything.

I followed her to Dad's study. We both walked inside and then she closed the door. Then she took my hand and we sat down on the sofa.

"I want you to tell me the real reason why you told Azlan's brother that Saira is your fiancée? Because by the look on Saira's face she had no idea what you are talking about", she tells me.

I knew that I couldn't and didn't want to lie to her but only this one time I did lie to her.

"Mamma, you said that I should try and move on and that's what I am doing. I am moving on with Saira if she will let me", I lied to her hoping that she would ask anything else.

"Remember that Saira is her own person, Azaan. That she also has a voice in her life. And also know that you cant force anyone to be with you when they don't want to. It is her choice, Azaan and not yours. My advice to you is that don't force her to be with you when she doesn't want to," she tells me.

"I will not, mamma. But what if I try and be friends with her first, will she agree to be with me as my wife?", I ask her.

"That's upto her, Azaan. Remember what I said Saira has her own voice and she is her own person. All I can say is try and talk to her, if she says yes, then be friends with her".

End Of Flashback.

I know that what Mamma told me is right but I don't know why I feel like she might ruin Iman's life just like she did to me.

Maybe I am wrong but I need to marry her to ensure my sister's future with Azlan.

I am sorry mamma but I have to marry her even if I don't and might never love her as she loves me.

It was time to go for prayers, I quickly changed my clothes and walked out of my room to go downstairs to wait for Dad and Azhar so that we could go to the Masjid together.

I remember when I saw Mamma and Dad praying, I insisted that they let me pray with them even though I don't know to pray.

"Azaan, let's go", dad tells me while coming down the stairs with Azhar behind him.

I got up from where I was sitting and followed them.

Ya Allah, guide me to the right path. Please show me the right path, the path I should take. I don't know if what I am doing is right or not. But I am doing this for my sister. She means a lot to me.

Saira's Pov.

I have so many unanswered questions about what Azaan said. I don't know what to do with the words he said about me being his fiancée. I also know that he said to keep away from Azlan's brother.

But the most important question is why?

I need to know his real answer and not the answer he gave me. It wasn't something that I take easily when someone says that I am their fiancée.

As I was walking downstairs I couldn't help but think of what is going on in Azaan's mind.

Azaan and both of his parents were in the living room talking to their son. I didn't want to intrude so I hid from them. But I couldn't help but listen to their conversations.

"Azaan, you need to understand by saying that to them isn't right....."

"What did you want me to do, dad? Like I told mamma I want to marry Saira that if she will accept me...."

Azaan why do you want to marry her?"

Aunt Hayat asks him. I was waiting for him to answer because I also need to know his answer.

"I want marry her because I want to move on from whatever happened to me. She is whats best for me, mamma. She will always care for your prince and I know that she won't let me down. Plus she I know that deep in my heart that one day I will be able to reciprocate what she feels for me", he answers them while looking at the stairs.

What I didn't know was that he somehow knew that I was standing there. He was smirking when he told them his answer.

I couldn't help but smile knowing that I might just get my love as my future.

In shaa Allah.

But what I didn't know was that his words were lies that he said to trap me in his game.