Love Story

CHAPTER 12

Sufiyan and I haven't talked for a week now. After that day he kept calling and texting me, but I didn't answer any of it. I wasn't playing hard and neither was I trying to ignore him. I just needed time, I always did. I never talked to anyone about my past, not even my friends. He was just... The first person who made me realize that... maybe I did... need to-

"Muskan!"

I was brought back from my thoughts when dad called me. I quickly went downstairs and saw dad in the living room with a letter in his hand. Is this...

I quickly walked towards him and sat beside him while looking at the letter. I looked at him and saw him looking at me.

"Open it abbu!"

He slowly opened the letter and we both looked at it together.

"Muskan you're a doctor!"

He hugged me tightly while I also wrapped my arms around him. I should be happy, but... I feel like something... more like someone is missing.

"I'm proud of you"

"Thank you"

He handed me the letter and I went upstairs before looking through it. Already starting my first shift after tomorrow. I looked towards my phone when I got a text. I looked at the screen and saw his text.

"Congratulations, you're finally a doctor"

Dad must have already told baji and everyone else. I took a deep breath before texting him back.

"Can we meet tomorrow, at the park behind the city?"

"I'll be there at 3 pm"

It didn't even think about it and just said that he will be there...

Should I tell him? But what if he doesn't talk to me after knowing?

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I parked my car near the park and looked at the time. I'm 15 minutes late, since I had to drop Nadim off at his friend's house. I walked towards the park and looked around to see if I could find Sufiyan anywhere. That's when I saw him near the lake while he was on his phone. I walked towards him and tapped on his shoulder from behind.

He turned around and showed me his biggest smile. Something was different about him today. I looked at him from head to toe, and he was wearing a white sweater with a black jacket on top of it, and had matched it along with black jeans. His hair... That's what's different. He cut his beautiful long hair. He had an undercut and his man bun wasn't there anymore.

"You cut your hair"

"I did, you don't like it?"

I shook my head and smiled a little.

"It looks good, but I liked your man bun"

"I will keep that in mind"

He looked around and then looked at me.

"Wanna walk around?"

I nodded my head and we started to walk around while keeping a good distance between us. There was silence, none of us said anything till he decided to talk.

"So, when is Dr. Assad starting her work?"

"Tomorrow is my first day"

"Excited?"

I nodded my head while wrapping my arms around myself.

"Excited and nervous"

"Don't be nervous, I know you'll do your best"