That Is How Her Life Is.

The sneak out

Zaina, although was confident enough with her decision, she didn't miss to pray her isthihara prayers. Marriage at the age of eighteen seems like taboo for Zaina.

    She hated the idea of getting married at 18's or below that. But her qadr was otherwise. In a way she felt happy to leave her house which made her isolated always, although she had her parents and sister.

    She was happy that at last she has got a sister-in-law of her age. This thought gave her some sort of comfort. While Hana's wedding date is getting closer, the house had the smell of those traditional weddings.

     The house was filled with visitors, kiddos and guests. Zaina, who always was a fan of isolation, found the crowd to be a little tremor.

     Her cousins, Haya and Shaifa, who were her best friends either, came running towards her and pulled her into a bear hug.

"Oh my god...! My babyyy...! You are PROPOSED!!! I just can't digest the fact! You ditcher...!" Shaifa and Haya flushed with happiness and again hugged her.

    Although Zaina loves isolation, she loved Haya and Shaifa more than that and now it includes Rifa too. She found to be more of herself when she was with them.
    Happiness spinning all over her head, she blushed and felt herself really shy to face Haya and Shaifa.

"Hey gals! You people are so mean, see! you are painting me into red with your words" Zaina sighed dramatically.

"Awwiee.., my babe! Um Sowwie tomato cheeks, how about a chilled coffee at mcDonald's? So that you'll be chilled and you know.., you can coverup your treat.. And you know.., you can coverup about your meeting with Mr. Perfect!" Winked Haya, while Shaifa giggled and stroked her hands in excitement.

    Zaina threw an I-am-dead look and sighed. Three of them being over-excited about their sneak-out plan, started to get ready and Shaifa was 19, had a car of her own, and that gave the spirit for the three of them to sneak-out, very often.

   After getting dressed, Zaina for a formality and respect, informed her Ma about their sneak-out, thus it wasn't exactly a sneak-out now. But still, they had a feeling that they really were sneaking out that too in an afternoon and they felt themselves a bit weird on how their 'sneak-out' sounded, but still they consoled the matter telling that they were acting ideal.

    Finally, three of them with overwhelming excitement headed towards mcDonald's and took their seats. "Now guys.." Zaina opened her mouth..,
"Oosh! Beforehand we'll order what we want! Because you know, mommy had told to start good things with a sweet.. Right?!" Winked Haya making an innocent face. They giggled at her dramatic actions.

   They ordered their favorite 'cheesy chicken burger and a chilled-ice coffee' , and Zaina began to tell about all her experience on that day she had with Hakam and her in-laws, and measured her words not to tell the moment she had with Hakam when they kind of spoke in private.

"I wish i had been there..!" Sighed the two of them. Zaina gave them a sheepish smile dunno exactly what to do more than that.

"I just need to meet that Rifa gal..!" Shaifa said with a straight look and not exactly how to take it, Zaina asked why.
"Because you see.., I think she can fit to be in our gang if she really is a likable person to Zaina." Winked Shaifa.

Being best friends since childhood, Haya and Shaifa knew alot about her.

"Ahemm.. Now that's quite unbearably too muchh!!" Said Zaina.

"Hey! After Zaina is married, and soon we too will get married! And after that nothing won't be the sameee!!" Said Haya and hung her head down in disappointment.
    
     Three of them at the moment were lost in their own thoughts,
   "Hey gals, what's happening..? We came to make a memo..? Right?" Shaifa looked at them, amusing just to make the thoughts strain-down no matter what the other two were thinking.

"Yass..! What's happening..?!" Stroked Haya as if she just had come from another world.

    Zaina, Clearing her mind and thought, was about to say something until she saw a familiar figure in the next table, looking at them, mainly at Zaina.

    To Zaina's amazement, it was Hakam, who had dressed formally with some other men, and it seemed like a business meeting. Zaina beamed indirectly and flushed, she didn't know what to do, she was expressionless at the very moment she saw him and their eyes met.

   Haya and Shaifa noting Zaina's strange behavior, threw a wicked look at Hakam and then to Zaina.
"Zaina..., what you're doing right now is wrong! You're proposed, Omggggg.., hey.." Zaina was disturbed by her two friends.
 
She understood that they had got her wrong. She laughed at the thought and got back to them.

"Hey galss.., he is here! Hakam! Its Hakam! I dunno what to do!" Said Zaina flushing. "What..? Is he Hakam?" Haya asked disbelieving.
"Yasss!" Zaina said squeezing Haya's hand.

"Oh my god! Lucky you babe! He looks.... More than handsome" sighed Haya.

     Zaina threw an unamused look and blushed at her comment by saying 'masha allah' mentally to avoid evil eyes and laughed at her behavior.
"Hey..!" Shaifa shook Zaina's hand just to make her come in to sense.

     Zaina, avoiding her eyes from looking at Hakam, continued to look at her two friends, as the 'haram police' bugged around. Although she was proposed to him, he wasn't officially her husband. So she quickly distracted herself.

     After the meeting was over, Hakam looked over at Zaina and gave a sincere smile before he leave. His smell made Zaina feel so safe around.
She felt it.

    While the three of them spent sometime talking, joking and bragging, they felt that it was quite late and as they had visitors at home, they stoodup and headed to the car. "Zain... He's still here, champ! Oh my god...! So over-protective i guess..." Flushed Haya.

    Zaina, at the mention of 'he' quickly raised her head to see, and yes he, Hakam was there at the parking lot looking at them earnestly inside his car, Zaina slightly smiled at him while felt herself turning into a tomato again, got into the car.
       And three of them left the place, while Shaifa and Haya didn't even waste alteast a second to make Zaina blush from the beginning to the end of the ride.