Daneen.. Her LOVE Story

Guilt is hard to digest

Assalam-u-Alekum everyone..

Here is your update.

I opened my eyes on a light tap on my shoulder.

"Uummm.." I was still exhausted and in need of more sleep.

"Get up." It was Zaky. Why is he disturbing me? I thought

"Get up, otherwise you will miss your noon prayers." He said.

"Noon prayers!! What do you mean? What time is it?" I immediately sat up and asked him.

"I don't have time for all of that. If you don't want to, it's your choice." He said harshly and went into the kitchen.

What happened to him? He was okay, last night. On that thought, memories of last night flooded through my mind. Ohh khala!! Was she still in the hospital? But how should I ask. He seems in a bad mood.

I saw him pouring some juice in the glass and putting it in a tray. He was also looking at his watch. He carried the tray to khala's room. That answered my previous question.

In a minute, he came back, taking his bag, rushed out of the door.

I offered my prayers and went to khala's room.

"Assalam-u-Alekum Khala, how are you feeling now?" My greeting was filled with guilt. And it was frustrating me, I wanted to take it all out.

"Walekum assalam. I'm fine, Daneen."

"I'm so really sorry Khala. I didn't know about your B.P condition. I was so worried about you." I said and started crying.

"Ssshh Stop.. I'm fine. Look at me." She called me inside and I sat with her on the bed.

"It was not your food silly. I forgot to take my medicine that day." 

"Really.." that eased some of my guilt but it was still not okay.. "How can you forget to take your medicines khala. It's not right. You should take all your medicines on time. We all were so worried. And Zaky didn't even sleep." I told her everything that happened in the hospital and after, skipping our betting part.

"I know how he gets, when something like this happened. My son is a very caring person." She said emphasizing the caring part.

"But I think he's bipolar. One minute he's fine and the other he behaves total opposite. Like somebody has lit a fire on his.." I stopped saying a very inappropriate word. You are talking to your mother-in-law, not your long lost best friend. My subconscious reminded me.

"Sorry.." I said slowly, looking down at my hands. Her loud laughter made me look at her.

"And here I thought that my Daneen is innocent as a dove. But it's good, It is good to know that you can be wild too. You two are a perfectly matched couple." She completed her sentence with a loud laughter and a wink.

We talked for a while and she told me that khalu couldn't take the day off that's why Zaky had to go to the hospital. He took his morning off and went there. And now he was getting late for work that's why he had to rush.

I felt bad for him. He needed rest. He was awake all night and then he had to go there plus he had to make a meal for his mother. I should have helped him but again I was sleeping. If my mother knows this, she will be disappointed. That's not what she taught me. That's not good at all.

I decided to do something about my laziness.

I put all the reminders in my cell phone that I could think of. Khala's medicine's time, Zaky's wake up time, his sleeping time, other chores etc.