The Hijabi's Convertee

chapter 19

We all got to the bride's house and could all feel the gloomy atmosphere, not that they weren't happy about the marriage but that a daughter of theirs will be leaving their home to another one to start a new family

Everyone was seated in the living room

I made my way to Summayyah's room and knocked on the door

Bilikis, her younger sister opened it
I walked in and saw Summayyah sitting on the bed hugging her mom who was next to her

Her other siblings were packing her bags as she was moving out to the Ibrahim's mansion today

" As Salam alaikum" I said and they all responded

I offered to help pack her bags and joined them
Soon we were done and everyone left the room taking the bags with them but I stayed back

I walked over to Summayyah who was still seated on the bed

" Hey, I kinda understand how you feel" I said slowly

She raised her head up and tears were streaming down her eyes
I hugged her and she sobbed in my arms
After some time she stopped sobbing

" I'm gonna miss everyone here so badly, I've been with them all my life" she stated and sniffled

" I know right but you can still visit them " I said

" Hm" she hummed a reply

" Ismail is a great guy and the Ibrahim's are great people, I'm sure you won't miss home too much when you're with them" I said and she smiled

We heard a knock on the door and Ismail came in
" As Salam alaikum " he said and we replied
" Wa alaikumus Salam"

I knew I should leave the room and let the couple have their time

" See you later" I said and walked out of the room

*****

" It's been a long day" Fatima said and yawned beside me and I nodded

We were currently in our room in the Ibrahim's mansion

After a lot of tears, Summayyah was welcomed into the Ibrahim family officially as she moved in

Tomorrow is the wedding reception and I'm sure it's going to be fun

" Let's sleep already " I said climbing onto the bed and laying down
Fatima was on her phone scrolling on Instagram

" Yeah I'm coming " she said turning off her phone screening and getting into bed, I turned off the lights after making Duas and fell asleep soon

*****
Today is Ismail and Summayyah's wedding reception and everyone woke up early to get ready

The whole of Ibrahim's mansion was bustling, the reception was being held on the grounds of the mansion as it was large enough to occupy the hundreds of guests attending

" Milkey, I need help with my tie" I heard Adam say and turned to look at him

We were currently in the second living room upstairs
Me and Nafaasat
We were eating cookies we 'stole' from the kitchen even though we were supposed to be getting dressed

" Aren't you supposed to be getting dressed?" He asked looking between me and Nafaasat and I covered his mouth quickly

" Shhhh" Nafaasat hushed him with her index finger on her lips
We didn't want anyone knowing where we were else we'll be in hot trouble

" I'll remove my hand but don't speak loudly" I said to Adam and he nodded
I slowly removed my hand from his mouth

" What are you two doing?" he asked slowly

" You don't need to know" Nafaasat said pouting

"For real you guys are eating cookies?!!" He whisper shouted looking at the plate of cookies between me and Nafaasat

" Um, yes" I said in a duh tone and Nafaasat rolled her eyes at him

" Everyone is getting dressed for the reception " Adam stated

" I know and we'll go get ready soon" I said in an exasperated tone

" Okay, my tie " he said blinking at me

I helped him fix his tie
I learnt how to tie a tie when Abdul became CEO of Omar holdings, I tie it for him most of the time now

" Thanks milkey" he said and picked a cookie before running out, me and Nafaasat laughed out loud and went back to eating cookies

When we were done eating I said to her
" Let's go get dressed before they start looking for us" and she nodded
We stood up, walking towards the door
When we came out I saw Iqraam, he was fixing his cufflinks with his head down

He looks Soo handsome, he's wearing a black suit and black leather shoes his shoulder length hair was jelled back and fell on his shoulders
Making him look more noble and elegant

"As Salam alaikum" he said noticing us
" Wa alaikumus Salam" we replied

" You two aren't getting dressed?" He asked raising his brows

" Yes we are and you didn't see us here" I said and pulled Nafaasat running away
I caught sight of my mum coming upstairs, of course I had to run

I opened the door of the nearest room and entered inside pulling Nafaasat with me and shutting the door

" That was close" I said to Nafaasat panting and she was in no better condition

We heard someone clear their throat and we turned around slowly

Summayyah, Ruqayyah, Fatima, Zulaiha, Zainab, aunty Ibrahim, aunty Musa and Aunty Abubakar were all inside the room and they were looking at us

" Why aren't you two dressed yet" Ruqayyah asked and I looked around to see everyone already dressed up

" Um..." Nafaasat hummed pondering out loud

" U..um w.we um I. w.we" I stuttered out not knowing what to say

" You two come with me" Aunty Ibrahim said walking towards us and pulling me and Nafaasat by our ears and it hurt quite much

" Zainab, go and bring Naffy's dress and meet us in Malika's room" she said to Zainab not turning around and pulling us out the door

" Ma, it hurts" Nafaasat said holding aunty Ibrahim's hand that was on her ears and I nodded agreeing with her

" It does? " Aunty Ibrahim asked in an amused tone and we nodded again

She ignored us and pulled us to me and Fatima's room

" Malika, your dress is on the bed, go get dressed" she said releasing my ear
" You have 10 minutes to get dressed" she added

I ran to the bed to pick up my dress and made my way to the closet to get dressed

In exactly 10 minutes I got dressed and put on some lipgloss and black kohl on my lips and eyes
I'm not a make up fan

I walked out of the closet into the room and saw Nafaasat already dressed like I was

" Beautiful" I heard Zainab say looking at me from up to down

" Thank you, you're also beautiful" I said blushing

" C'mon let's go" aunty Ibrahim said standing by the door and motioning for us to go

We all made our way downstairs and then to the mansion grounds