Love, Law and Crime

Chapter 9

ZUBAIR'S P.O.V (Flashback Continues)

We all are sitting in the living room, chit chatting but then Amma said....."Mina....masha'allah your friend Aminah.....she's so eloquent...she gave such a wonderful speech....plus she's so modest...no doubt she's a gem." "Yes Amma, she's definitely a gem and she's also a very good natured girl....and about her modesty....masha'allah she's one of the most modest girl in our uni."said Mina. Huh! Modest! She's so shameless....I was impressed by her confidence while she was delivering the speech but alas! She's just a shameless woman who wears hijab and abaya only for show and has actually no respect for Islam.
Amma and Mina were on and on about Aminah's modesty and all and I finally lost it and said " I don't see something special about that shameless friend of yours, Mina." "Zubair, you have no right to call a girl shameless...why are you being judgemental son?...it's not like you.." said Amma. I scoffed and said "she's definitely shameless." And stormed out of the room into the garden. Awhile later, Mina joined me "Bhai!....what was that?! Huh?! Why would you insult Amy?"asked Mina clearly upset because I said 'things' about her dear friend. "Well, I said nothing but the truth Mina." I replied oh so casually. "Really bhai? How could you slander someone like that?"She asked angrily. "Slander...? Me...? My dear Mina lemme tell you what I saw." So I tell her everything about what I saw and also about the first time I met her. "Seriously bhai?"She said incredulously. "What...?" I was actually stunned by her question...she still doesn't understand a thing...."Mina...." But she didn't lemme finish and said "tell me dear bhai by any chance the name of the guy is Naseer?" "Naseer...?..that's what she was calling him...i guess." I said clearly astonished. "Well mere pyare(my dear) Zubi bhai, you really have done so wrong by judging Aminah like that..so lemme tell you the story of 'Naseer the jerk and Aminah.'said Mina. Ok...now I'm confused..way too confused but I kept quiet and wave my hand; gesturing her to start narrating the story already...story..huh..! "Well it was our freshman year, Naseer and his group were the seniors who would help their juniors with the projects and notes but in return they have to complete their assignments and notes and also they have to run errands for them...students actually obliged...that's plain stupid right..?"She said and I nodded my head in response. "I, Amy, Dia and a few girls though never took their help nor did we help them, that's wasn't went unnoticed by Naseer. So, one day he offered his old project and notes to us and said that we could use it and on top of that he said he didn't want any help in return. But we were not convinced, so we just walked off.  One day, Naseer and a guy named Rahul were about to beat Nabeel, yeah.. yeah..my partner for this year's assignment as he hadn't completed his side of exchange and Nabeel is the twin brother of Nikhat, who's a very good friend of Aminah and Dia...so they went to stop Naseer from hitting him and Naseer; surprisingly agreed but only on the condition that they both will complete the whole group's assignment. They both agreed and completed the assignment in four days impressing Naseer in the process and then one day Naseer's whole group was absent except him and I don't know how his leg got hurt, he couldn't walk...that day no student for B.A honors final year was present..I don't know why Naseer was present but yeah there were juniors and no one was helping him as they all hate him..which is understandable but when Aminah saw him in so much pain sitting alone in the garden and unable to walk himself to the sick room to get treated...she told him not to move from his place and and went to call the Dr of the sick room...the Dr came and treated Naseer and then I think that he really become fond of Amy since then..and he actually became sweet to all the people Amy hang out with. One day, some senior girls were teasing Amy and I for our hijab and abaya and we being the fresher were a little hesitant to retaliate, Naseer saw us and shut them up for good....and..." "hang on there..hang on Mina..your seniors used to bully you and you didn't inform me?" I asked angrily. "Chill bhai..it only happened twice and the second time Naseer saw us and helped us and since then no one teased us..ok lemme continue now."She replied and I just  nodded my head in response. "And a girl that was from them liked Naseer.....no doubt he's really good looking.." I glared at her and she shrugged her shoulders...this girl..."so yeah...she got upset and asked Naseer as to why did he protect us...so he casually replied "because I like Aminah and I think I'm falling for her." He literally announced it in front of all the people in the garden and I felt Amy standing next to me went still. She didn't show up at uni for a whole week.....to say that she was upset would be an understatement and since then Naseer is pursuing her and I think he really does love her but Amy is not into these things..you know relationships and all..plus what you saw at the uni bhai...Naseer pulled her through her abaya's sleeve telling her that he loves her and wants to marry her but she right away refuses."Mina finished and I was shocked beyond my imagination. I really did messed up big time. Oh no!
"And yes bhai...Amy came to washroom after this whole ordeal and when I entered I saw her crying...so I asked her what on earth happened to her and she only told me about Naseer and not a single word about you...how could you bhai? You are a freaking lawyer bhai and no one knows it better than you that what we saw is not always the truth...then how could you bhai?"Said Mina; hurt was evident in her tone for my behaviour towards her friend.
"Mina, I'm so sorry...please convey my apology to her." I pleaded. "No! I'm not conveying it...you go and say sorry to her by yourself...plus tomorrow will be the last day she'll be attending the uni and then she will come only for exams...so be quick time is ticking."she said pointing towards her watch..this girl..she's getting more annoying day by day. "She's a non-mehram, I shouldn't talk to her." Wow Zubair what a lame excuse..but to be honest I'm too ashamed to talk to her but I didn't day it out loud though. "Oh..really? Then was she your mehram when you were insulting her bhai?"replied Mina sarcastically..."you better go and apologize Zubair bhai and by yourself." I sighed giving in.
Next day, I went to pick Mina from university and ofcourse to apologize to Aminah too but Mina informed me that  she's absent today and here goes the final hope of correcting my mistake or so I thought but then Mina informed me that she has invited Aminah for her engagement. Insha'allah I'll apologize to her then....Masha'allah my little Mina is getting engaged to be married soon...my baby sis is all grown up now...I sighed inwardly time really went so fast...it seems like yesterday when I used to pull her pigtails and now she's going to be a wife and a daughter-in-law...ya Allah...bless her marraige.
                                                                  
                

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