SHATTERED HEARTS

Ch.25.Parting is always painful....!

Dedicated to my awesome big brother and sister in law :) May Allah SWT bless you both and fill your lives with barakah and happiness:)

Zaara Bakhtiyar stood in the balcony of her bedroom taking in the fresh morning breeze. A slight smile had made its way onto her fair face as she stared at the beautiful view ahead. She wasn't able to sleep after Fajr today as was her routine because today was the day her friend was going to return to Mumbai. Although Nawal would be leaving at night yet the thought of parting itself made her feel depressed within!

They wouldn't be able to meet again for atleast a few months until the summer break. Nawal was her only best friend and yet she couldn't meet her for such a long time.They weren't even able to converse properly when Nawal was in Mumbai because Nawal would be extremely busy with her tough schedule. Yet the friends had such deep love for each other that neither time nor distance could lessen in any possible way.

Some relations never die however huge the distance or greater the time span, because they are bound by the hearts; even if the hearts are shattered ones!!
Zaara thought to herself and smiled turning to go back in her room.

She sat on her bed and kept staring at her pillow. With a trembling hand she removed the small Black scarf from under her pillow and held it in both her hands.

Some relations never die; they are bound by hearts......!!!

Zaara frowned at her own thoughts and put the scarf back in its place. She sighed and ran a hand across her fair face. It wasn't right for her to keep thinking about him like that. But try as she might that little boy with hazel eyes who had captured her heart long back refused to move out of it.

Why did he have to come back? And even worse talk to her, and almost confess that she had never left his mind.

Zaara recalled the words he had said during their first meeting at her brother's Walima :

I never forgot to begin with...

Then again at the dinner he clearly confessed it :

I value the relation more than anything else....

She had promised to herself that she would never trust anyone after the hurt that some people had caused her in the past; especially Rashid!!! His name itself caused her to cringe. The way he just broke her heart like the many others he had broken!

Zaara shuddered at the memory when he had forcibly threatened her to get into the car. She didn't have the heart to feel any more pain now.

Ya Allah! I just can't prepare myself for another heartbreak. I don't even have any heart to break ,in the first place as the one I had is already shattered !!!

"Afzal ,why ? Just why did you come back? " She whispered to herself and shut her eyes as hot tears trickled down her cheeks.

But somewhere within she had the feeling that no one had ever made her feel like he does. Many guys had confessed their crush on her, many had told her how much they liked her but the way he just said her name...his hazel eyes piercing right through her soul......!!!

But Zaara knew better than to nurture her growing feelings for him.She needed to stop or else it might hurt even worse than with anyone before.The most important reason however was that she didn't desire even the slightest bit to displease her Creator.