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BIG BEN

In the afternoon, Shehnaaz and Hayat was sipping their hot mocha from Starbucks sitting on a bench nearby BIG BEN. This iconic place and central London were the soul of Shehnaaz. As people say, human can't live without love and dream. And being the only girl child of the family, she had her family's utmost and undivided love from childhood.

Their moment was disturbed by Faraz who was calling Hayat.

"Yeh ladka pagal kar ke chorega mujhe. Khud dost ke sath ghum raha hai aur mujhe yaha chein se bethne nahi dega. " Hayat said and glared through the phone as if killing Faraz virtually.

"Hey darling. Tum aur shehnaaz ho kaha. Mein Tower bridge ke pas wait kar raha hu tum dono ka. z? Faraz asked hurriedly without letting hayat speak. Hayat rolled her eyes in annoyance at his quick response. 'He always acts busy. ' she thought to herself.

"We are at Big Ben. Coffee pi rahi hu. Will be there in 15 minutes only. "Hayat said violently but avoid to fight in phone. She instantly put her phone on bench not hearing anything further from Faraz .

"Ok bye come fast. We are waiting. " Faraz added before cutting the call. Shehnaaz weirdly looked between phone and Hayat not getting any knowledge of the situation.

"Sya bada shahebzada. " hayat said rolling her eyes mockingly and Shehnaaz laughed hard at her friend's antics.

TOWER BRIDGE

Faraz was standing there with Sidharth . But today Sidharth was looking happy not like any other time impatient or angry for getting late. He was looking at Big Ben with small satisfying smile on his face.
He never in these past years found this remarkable spot of London so captivating. Everything around him changed. He was finding everything different as if he was new in this busy city or maybe his way of seeing things changed.

"What happened, bhai? Are you alright? " Faraz inquired feeling something suspicious in his behaviour.

Sidharth gazed at him with straight face but it wasn't his regular angry self. It was a calm and fresh version of Sidharth.

"Tu thik to hai na Sidharth? Tujhe aj gussa nahi a raha kisi bat pe. Kiya ho gaya tujhe bhai? " Faraz asked dramatically checking his body temperature, eyes and nerves. But he found everything normal.

"Does love at first sight really exist? " Sidharth asked still looking at one particular direction. He had a beautiful smile tugged on corner of his lips.

" Yeah, it exists. But why are you asking this? " faraz asked confusingly looking at the direction Sidharth was gazing.

" One second don't tell me that you have fallen in love. " faraz suddenly snapped his head at him. All of a sudden the thought of his friend falling in love crossed his mind which shook him to the core. He was just praying for a negative answer from him, just to save his poor heart from getting an attack.

Never on earth Sidharth could be so whipped in love to think about any particular girl all the time. He was just more like a robot who works silently without any complain.

" Hmmm. " he replied simply in his signature style only.

" What??? "Faraz asked in horror not believing his own ears. Is he dreaming?

"I thought I will set you up with Hayat's best friend. And you.. " Faraz said in disappointment and betrayal lacing in his voice. He sounded hurt.

"She is an epitome of beauty. I couldn't stop but fall hardly. " sidharth was still caged in his love bubble.

" She is also an epitome of beauty even she won the crown of MISS DIVINE BEAUTY Australia.
It means that she is the most beautiful and talented girl of Australia " Faraz said trying to convince him

"So? " Sidharth asked coming back to his sense and taking out his phone from pocket which started ringing showing the name . AMMI

"I don't care. It will always be her and only her. " he added before walking away to attend the call.

Faraz just stood there dumbfounded. When did all these things happened and how could his eyes missed all these changes in Sidharth?
He had no answer.

Coming back after 10 minutes he saw faraz was standing with hayat and another girl facing her back at him. Hayat was faraz's girlfriend who had then joined King's College for pursuing MBBS degree. So, he guessed her as hayat's friend.

"Sidharth bhai come here fast. We are going MAYFAIR. You can join us, if you want. "Hayat said as soon as she saw him coming towards them

" No, you guys go. I am.."Sidharth was cut off by Faraz who was talking with the other girl earlier.

"Nahi bhai tu chal humare sath. Kiya pata agar Shehnaaz ghar ka rasta bhul gayi to. We will be stuck there. Sidharth, tujhe hum driver banake le rahe hai. Tujhe humare sath ghumne ki jaroorat nahi hai. " Faraz said trying to convince him to come with them or you can say convincing him to be their part- time driver.

" What do you mean by ' if Shehnaaz forget the direction of home ' " sidharth asked mimicking faraz with glaring eyes.

Turning to hayat who was standing side by side to sidharth and shehnaaz said with annoyance, "I am telling you hayat, he is getting into my nerves. Stop him right away. "

The moment Sidharth saw Shehnaaz's face he was froze in his place seeing the same girl whom he saw this morning .......... Unlocking the door of his front house. She was walking by the street in her light pink sleeping pajamas.
Seeing that he guessed that probably she is staying there from now on because who was staying there before went back to Pakistan 6 months ago to persue his career there. He was a Barrister. He knew him quite well because of their indifferent nationality.

And this afternoon he saw her taking coffee from Starbucks . Then, here.
'Probably she is Hayat's best friend also. ' he thought.

His thought was interrupted by Faraz
" Sidharth meet her she is Shehnaaz..... Shehnaaz Sheikh Hayat's best friend. " Faraz said introducing Shehnaaz to Sidharth.
" And Shehnaaz he is my best friend Sidharth. " Faraz added turning to Sidharth.

Shocking both Faraz and Hayat "Nice to meet you " Sidharth greeted her forwarding his hand for handshake with a welcoming smile on the corner of his lips.

"Nice to meet you too " Shehnaaz smiled politely smiling at him .

"Ok, let's go. We will be late. " Sidharth said shifting his gaze from Shehnaaz to Faraz who had a shocked expression on his face

" Let's go to Mayfair "Shehnaaz exclaimed excitedly. It had been years, she had last visited Mayfair.
Sidharth smiled seeing excitement and walked to their car with Shehnaaz and the couple following behind him.

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