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Chapter 4

Ashley's POV

Before Meredith could continue telling me more about her plan, I heard my brothers at the front door. I immediately began to panic because I knew they would enter my room as soon as they had said hello to my parents.

"Meredith, call me tomorrow, because Amar and Samir arrived at home, bye!" I say, and turn my phone off.

As soon as I hid my phone under my pillow and pretended to be sleepy, they opened my bedroom door. I lifted my head with heavy eyes and saw my brothers entering my room.

"Oh hi, Amar and Samir. Where have you guys been all this time?"

"We went to a shisha bar. Asli, what did mom and dad say? Do you want to go to an English country?" Samir frowns at me.

"Oh God, let me just wake up a little before you ask..."

"Shut up! You can fool mom but we know when you're pretending." Amar snaps.

"Fine! Yes, I want to go to an English country, but mom and dad want to get me engaged." I smirk.

"WHAT??" Both say loudly with wide eyes. They didn't know about it. I suspected as much, so I told them now. Maybe they would talk to my parents and support me.

"Yes, and you two are still single so why do I get the whole marriage stuff on my neck. I'm only 20!" I whine. For my parents, 20 is the perfect age for women to marry. My brothers have time till 30 and it's so unfair.

"I didn't expect that either, actually. I thought maybe they were just angry and wouldn't let you go, but arranging an engagement for you is unbelievable, even for our parents." Amar agrees with me.

"Amar, we have to talk to them. That's insane." Samir said.

"Yeah, you're right Samir. We will talk to them don't worry Asli." Amar assures me. I'm happy to have such understanding brothers. I love them so much.

"Thank you. I love you guys." I almost cry. They recognize my glassy eyes and both bend over and hug me.

"We love you too little sister, that's why we make sure dad is not making any wrong decisions without asking you," Samir assures me this time.

"Ok. I'm so thankful to have brothers like you."

After they leave my room and go talk to my parents I am getting so nervous. And now I realize that I'm going to disappoint them when I run away. And now I notice I have to call Meredith back. I grab my phone under my pillow and pick out Meredith's number. As soon as I go to dial her number, she calls me, and I pick up.

"Hi, I just wanted to call you." My voice cracked a little.

"You cried again? What happened?" She worries.

"Nothing, my brothers are just talking to my parents and I got emotional when they stood up for me even though I'm going to leave them. I feel guilty about it." I admit.

"Oh sugar, you don't have to feel guilty for catching your dreams before they fly away. They will understand you and maybe it's not right now, but someday they will, I promise." Meredith reassures me. Everyone is reassuring me and now I'm starting to get paranoid that things are not going to go well.

"I hope, Mer. Thank you." She was always the wisest best friend I had but also the craziest who had those ideas that got me into trouble. I still trust her because Meredith takes responsibility for her actions when things go wrong. That's why we still are in contact and act like we never got distanced.

"So Ash, when do you want to fly to England?" She randomly asks and scared me.

"Uhm actually, I want to spend some time with my family first. I want some good memories before I leave." I tell her. It's going to be so hard to leave them I can already feel the pain.

"Oh sure cutie, don't hurry – you've got time." Mer comforts me.

"What about next week? Can you organize a flight?" I ask her. I hate asking people to do something for me, but Meredith knows much more about airport stuff than me.

"Of course, and I already have something. I searched before I called you and found a flight from Zurich to London. It's not even very expensive." She tells me. I know she is more organized than me. She always was.

"Oh, ok perfect! Send it to me by chat."

After I saw the booking, it only really dawned on me how difficult it would be.