The Moment She Saw Him

Part 19

It was 2 in the afternoon and my mom woke me up , " Don't you want to go to Ziya's place ? " , she asked me , I got up from the bed , " Yeah , everyone's done with breakfast ? " , I asked her , 
" yes , you're the only one left , " , I got up from bed , took a bath , got ready , had my breakfast which was two boiled eggs and a smoothie . The perfect breakfast . I told Ahmed to book a cab for me , " Why are you going there ? " , he asked me , " it's none of your business, brother , so just do what I say " , I replied with a smile . The cab was here , I said bye to my family and then went and sat in the cab . This was the first time I was going somewhere alone , so the whole ride Ahmed was on a call , we weren't talking but the call was going on . 

I reached Ziya's house , " I reached , I need to call Ziya , Bye " , saying this I cut the call and called Ziya . She didn't pick up , instead she came downstairs and I went to her . It was a multi-storied house . The ground floor was an enormous cafe , which her dad owned , the first floor was a common hall , with a huge open kitchen , the second floor was her floor , the third floor was for her Dad'd brother and the fourth floor was the terrace . 

" You wanna eat something , you look hungry " , she asked . " No , I just had my breakfast and came here , but I need chai " , I replied , I reallllyyyy needed chai right now . By heart was beating faster for some reason , I couldn't understand what was actually happening to me , but chai (tea) could solve everything . 

Ziya went to the kitchen to make some chai for me and I laid down on the bed after taking off my burqa . I texted Hamza , to ask about his mom . He didn't reply , and Ziya came back from the kitchen with my chai . The fragnance of Chai filled my lungs and even my heart was happy . I took a sip , " Ohhh myyy goddd , did you make this ? " , I asked Ziya , " Yeahh " , she replied .
"Girlll , You are wife material , you make the best chai " 
" Shut up , My  mom makes it better than me " 
"I don't care , but you will be the best wife who makes the best tea " , I said with a smirk . 

Hamza replied to my text , " Bro , Hamza replied , I texted him like an hour ago , to ask about his mom's health " , I told Ziya , she came and sat beside me . 

Hamza : heyyy , my mom's fine , they shifted her to general ward just now , they told they will discharge her in a day or two but she needs bed rest for a month for her hand to recover . 

Me : oh , that's great news , you slept last night ? 

Hamza : no , i didn't  , Raza was with me the whole night , I told him to go home today morning  as his mom will be worried . 

Me : you reallyyy need rest 

Hamza : yeah ik , but i need mom to be okay first 

Me : should i come there , is it okay if i and ziya come ? 

Hamza : you really want to ?

Me : yeah why not , send me your location , we will be there .

I looked at Ziya for confirmation , she said yes , Hamza sent the location and we got ready and were waiting for the cab to arrive . The hospital was 20 minutes far . I really wanted to see him , those eyes , I wanted to see him smile . I was waiting for those 20 minutes to end . 

We reached after long 20 minutes , after we got down from the cab , I called Hamza . I told him we were at the entrance of the the hospital . He sad he will be there in 2 minutes . Meanwhile , Me and Ziya entered the Hospital and were waiting for Hamza to come . I was busy texting Anjana about Hamza's Mom's situation , when I felt a hand on my shoulder . It was him again , I thought , I turned around and saw Hamza smiling , I let out a sigh and was relieved to see him smile . His eyes were tired , and red . He hadn't slept for the whole night . 

"hey , how's mom ? " , I asked him , " she's fine , just gave her medicines and put some ointment on her wounds " , he replied . Beside him , I saw a guy , he was as tall as Hamza , but had a whole different personality , he had straight hair and black eyes , thick eyelashes ( every boy has them )
and had a baby face . He was kinda cute . Like a baby . " Raza ? " , I asked pointing him out . 
" Yeah , it's me , heard a whole lot about the one and only Sehar " , he said laughing .
" She's Ziya , Hamza already knows her , why don't you both talk while me and Hamza get something to eat  , or would you like something ? " , I asked Raza , I had seen them smiling at each other the moment they saw each other . They looked cute standing beside each other . I wanted to give them space and also wanted to give Hamza some food . 

" No , I guess we'll talk , is it okay with you , Ziya ? " , Raza said politely , I winked at Ziya and left with Hamza . " What would you like to eat , Mr.Hamza " , I asked him while walking out of the hospital . " I don't know , there's a cafe at a walkable distance from here , it will hardly take us 5 minutes to reach " , he said , I nodded in agreement . " I will just text Raza to stay with mom , until we come back " .

We reached the cafe , and ordered some sandwiches and coke for both of us . " Did you eat anything since morning ? " , I asked him , he replied with a no . " Don't worry , your mom will be fine , and I can come up to your house and help you in cooking or anything " , I said while looking into his eyes . They were beautiful . " Do you even know how to cook ? " , he asked me while laughing , he was teasing me . " Of course , I do know how to fry rice , and make some curries and I also make continental . You should try it once . " , I said while hitting him on his arm. " Yeaah suree , I don't wanna end up in the hospital after eating that . " , He laughed . I laughed too . He looked relaxed . I was happy to see him relaxed . We ate our sandwiches and were talking about if he would come to college for a month or stay at home . He said he needed to be there for his mom , cuz his sister lives in Canada and can't travel because she's pregnant and his brother is a pilot , so he can't come too , and his Dad , was in Iran , attending some business conference , which was too important to attend , so nobody could come . 

" I will come at your place after school , I'll tell my mom , don't worry . " , I said as we were walking back to the hospital , It was evening already . I had decided to go back home from here as my house was near from the hospital . Ziya agreed to go alone . I told her I would call her the next day to ask her about all the fishy things she did with Raza . I booked a cab , " Thank you for coming , Sehar , it really means a lot " , Hamza said while smiling . " Oh come on , this is nothing , it's okay " , I replied and nudged him on his arm . My cab's here , byee guyss " , I hugged Ziya and waved at Raza . The whole ride I was thinking about what to say mom about me going to Hamza's house . 

I reached home and saw Safiya sleeping peacefully , I kissed her on the forehead , and laid down beside her . I didn't see mom , she was probably up on the second floor doing some work or chatting with her friends . I dozed off before I could talk to her . 

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