Life Is a box of Chocolates.

chapter 9

edited with some parts added.

Rashid pulled my hair and threw me on to the floor. My opened hair all over my face, my red and gold glass bangels broke and cut my skin , a sob excaped my lips.

" dont give me this shit. You slut. I know you got ready for him not me! Do you think am blind? I've seen the way the two of you behave. Just admit it you wanted to marry him and not me isn't it? Isnt it? Well guess what I don't care? She was and is the best thing that has happened to me. I know your just pretending to accept this. I seriously dont care."

He walked towards me and I turned around on fear. I tried to move away from him but he grabbed my long heavy earring crouched down besides me and pulled my earring to his lips.

" I don't care if your pretending. I don't care about you and certainly don't care about this whole Deco." He gestured at my my red and gold fancy shalwar kameez.

With that he got up and left the room slamming the door as he left. I tried very hard not to brake down and make a noise. I got up and began fixing my tear stained face and make up. I fixed my hair and cleaned my arms ,changing my bangles. One I was done I wrapped my scarf around my head and let out a sigh. Oh god help me. How did I get here?

Two weeks ago

As I sit on my bed this morning, I'm amazed at how slow the past few weeks have dragged by. It seems like a month ago when the proposal came and now its my wedding day.

Its 7:00 am and am waiting for my beautician to arrive. AKA Mehmoona. I've already taken a bath cut my nails blown dried and straightened my hair. The wedding ceremony is at 11 which gives me 4 hours to get ready.

Shivering I get up and put on a pair of socks and a thick jumper. Am rubbing my hands together when my bedroom door bursts open.

" Asalam mu alaykum!" Mehmoona shouts dumping her things on the bed "look at my Sally all grown up."

She's walked towards me arms stretched ready to hug me. " It her wedding day ,ready to tie the knot and- she's freezing!"

I giggled." I don't know what it is. I've been called all morning. And I have a weird feeling in my stomach. "

" Ohhh look at you. You've got butterflies and everything. " she laughed.

" Come on. Sit down will have brekkie and then ill get you ready.

Attiya and jaweriya came in to the room with two trays. The trays had 4 cups of tea biscuits and toast. I couldn't eat so I just drank the tea. I felt sick. The tea did warm me up a bit though. Soon Mehmoona was applying making doing my hair helping me in to my red lenghah with heavy green and gold sequence and putting my heavy earring necklace tikka chumber and naath (a long nose stood with a lace that ties to hair) on me. She put the gold bangles and my gold ring on my left hand and was putting my red bangles on my right hand as Atiyya and Jaweriya cleaned the room.
Mehmoona picked up a perfume bottle and sprayed it on me.

" There.... Your done."

I walked slowly to the mirror. Slowly because I can't walk in heels. I was amazed. I couldn't even recognise myself.

There was a knock on the door and Attiya opened it. Saif biya came in and said " Were's Salsabeel. "

I smiled. He then began to look behind the door." Salsabeel?" he asked in fake worry.

I laughed " oh there you are." He said in fake shock.

" Biya stop it." I laughed.

" You look beautiful. ... I could hardly recognise you."