Close As Strangers

15

----Shehry's POV----

This was it. Today was the day of the wedding, and still no sign of that girl.

I guess it just wasn't meant to me.

There was a knock on my door taking me out of my thoughts.

"Ready?" Dad asked.

"No," I said.

"Yeh toh Simran ki wait kar raha hai," Hussain said.

"What?" Dad asked.

"Kuch nahi. Abh uska soch kar, koi fadha nahi hai," I said.

"Uuummm okay," dad said.

"I'll get ready," I said and they left.

See we really had become as close as strangers.

I bet she won't even show up today.

Kya Simran, this is not fair! Tum tabh wapas agi, jab mai kisi aur kah ho chukka ho ga?

I got ready and left.

The ceremony started and I was feeling like I'm making a huge mistake but I couldn't even do anything about it.

"Kya apko yeh Nikkah qubool hai?"

As much as I wanted to say no, I knew I couldn't.

"Qubool hai," I said.

Those two words that I was hoping I would say happily in the past just broke my heart today.

This sucks! My life sucks!

I was hoping the girl would say no, but nope she also said yes.

Great, this is just great, I thought sarcastically to myself.