Day passed and it was afternoon again. The whole day Haseena was quite. Karishma tried hard to cheer her up but nothing worked. Anubhav who noticed her silence tried to talk to her by calling her in his cabin but she was silent there either. This came as a serious concern to him for her. She is never like this. She is so much bubbly, so much cheerful. Her one smile is enough to lower his stress but today she herself was badly stressed.
The home bell rang. All the children started departing towards their houses. Karishma and Haseena too moved out of the class when Shafana blocked there way. Haseena looked into her eyes who was blankly looking at her.
Finally she is gonna burst, she thought. But to her suprise she hugged her tightly. Karishma too got shocked.
Haseena : S..Sh..Shafana?
Shafana: (crying) I...I'm sorry Haseena. Aj...Aj jab Abbu mujhe chhod kar wapas tere paas aaye toh mujhe realise ho raha hai ki tujhe kitna hurt hota tha jab mere liye Abbu tujhe avoid karte the. I...I am sorry!
Haseena's eyes developed tears.
She slowly reciprocated her.
Shafana: Seriously...sahi kehete hai.Karma is real. Tujhe aur teri Ammi ko hurt Kiya tha humne Abbu ke through aur aj...aj mai aur meri Ammi hurt huee hai vo bhi Abbu ke through.
Haseena's eyes started flowing badly.
Haseena: m..mai...mai ye nahi chahti thi. I...I swear maine kabhi tere liye ye nahi chaha tha. I'm sorry.
Shafana seperated.
Shafana: tu sorry kyu bol rahi hai? Mujhe pata hai har baar Tera bura maine he chaha hai. Even kal tak tere against thi. Tujhse humesha Jealous he rahi hu. Kabhi Abbu ne tere liye koi dress laiee toh vo Abbu ne mere liye kyu nahi laiee? Jab ki mere paas tujhse mehengi dresses hoti thi. Even Abbu...aj tujhse thoda pyaar se bhi baat kar dete the toh I was so envious of you. Shayad ek reason ye bhi tha ki maine mere Apne Abbu ko kabhi dekha he nahi. Mere liye toh humesha se mere Abbu Abdul Abbu he the.
Haseena looked at her face that had a painful smile.
Shafana: Par...vo mere sautele Abbu the. Sautele hone ke bavajood unhone mujhe sagi beti jaisa pyaar diya. Par...par mai ye nahi samajh paiee ki jo insaan apni Sagi beti ka na ho saka vo mera kya hoga?
Again fresh tears came out of her eyes.
Shafana: I'm sorry. I'm really very very sorry!.
Haseena kept her hand on her shoulder.
Haseena: it's ok.
Shafana wiped her tears.
Shafana: Academic session khatam hote he mai aur Ammi ye city chhod kar jaa rahe hai. lekin haa ek baat Ammi ne tujhe kehene keliye kahi hai. Never trust Abbu. Kyu ki jo parso Aarzoo aunty ke the, vo kal Ammi ke thee aur jo kal Ammi ke the vo aaj phir Aarzoo aunty ke paas chale gayee. Haseena...tujhe toh ye bhi nahi pata ki vo teri Ammi keliye serious bhi hai ya nahi. It's you who have to protect your Ammi.
Haseena noded.
Shafana: byee...
Haseena noded and Shafana finally left.
Karishma kept her hand on Haseena's shoulder and then both went towards the parking lot where already Anubhav had kept his car ready. But Vishal was on the driving seat and Anubhav was behind. Karishma sat beside Vishal and Haseena besides Anubhav. The car started heading towards Singh Mansion.
Anubhav looked at Haseena who was silently looking outside. She was silent but her silence was much aloud. Anubhav looked at her from top to bottom and felt his heart paining. She was a total mess from top to bottom. Her eyes were puffy, her hairs were scattered. Is she the same Haseena who is always concious about her looks? He thought.
