Two Hearts Apart

Chapter 47: The End/ Beginning of it all

Zahraa and Zaheer were married, 2 months later, in a small and intimate affair with just their closest family and friends. They had wanted their wedding to match their expectations of marriage; a simple yet sunny outlook on all that was to come.

Just after the nikkah had taken place Saaleha had taken Zahraa aside and given her a warm hug.

"You've filled us all with hope" she said to Zahraa.

"How did I mange to do that" Zahraa had replied astonished.

"Well," Saaleha had said: "You've showed us all that you can sacrifice what you want in order to do things the right way, in order to do what you knew was better. And now today is a testament to the fact that Allah has still given you all that you yourself always wanted."

Zahraa's eyes had welled up with tears. In reply she said to her "Well Saal, you know it wasn't easy, and there were times when I might've slipped. But you reminded me didn't you? You held my hand and pulled me back up. So thank you for everything."

"I told you back then" Saaleha said to her. "We all only end up with exactly what was meant for us. That doesn't mean we musnt go out and do our best, but it certainly does mean that we must make damn sure we don't do the worst."

Their sisterly bonding moment was cut short with the arrival of Hafsah and Miriam, and the three of them instantly, amidst excited chatter, whisked Zahraa away in order for her to go and meet her new husband.

And then she saw him there and she was filled with a love that she thought would make her heart explode.

And then he saw her smiling at him and he was instantly brought back to the very first moment when he beheld that very same breathtaking smile. Only this time it was directed at him, this time she was his.

And they both knew in that moment, that this was surely destiny.

The End