Aleen's POV:
The 'Reunion Bash' was a blast. To be honest, my friends made me forget everything and made me enjoy myself after what seemed like forever. We cherished old times, told each other about our on-going lives, made fun of each other and what not!
Of course everyone did ask me why I lost touch with them, but I told them there are reasons, reasons which can't be discovered and they understood. The rest of the party the question was ignored, but I still felt the absence of something, something precious, something which wasn't ready to leave my mind.
My restlessness came to a halt when Sami received a call from someone.
"Assalamoalikum?" Sami hesitantly spoke, as if he didn't know who was on the other line.
"Oh My Allah! Man you totally surprised me. I am so happy. Just a minute bro!" He again spoke, this time totally different than the first.
Sami gestured all of us to come near him. We circled him and Sami put the phone on speaker.
"Sami what you up to?" This time the person on the other side spoke, his voice ever so familiar.
"Guys its Armaan!" Sami told all of us.
And there another piece of my already puzzled heart tore apart. His voice, though it might sound normal to everyone else, but to me sounded strange. It totally reflected another person. Pushing away my thoughts I decided not to act anyhow affected and tried to act normal.
"Armaan how are you?" This time Samreen spoke. One by one everyone talked to Armaan.
"Armaan, Aleen is also here" Sami said again.
How will he react infront of everyone? No one knows what happened between us in high-school that we stopped talking. Will he act normal? Is he still angry? The silence was broken when Armaan spoke up.
"Who is Aleen?" He heartlessly said.
"Come on Armaan stop acting. Your best friennd Aleen!" Sami tried to remind him.
"I am serious I dont remember any Aleen. Anyways you guys tell me how you doing" He said, showing no interest.
Everyone was so busy chatting to Armaan that I excused myself and started walking home, completely shattered.
How can he forget me? Why was he trying to act so normal when his absence and memories are eating me up? He has moved on, and so should I. And that was it! Now Mr. Muhammad Armaan Khan, from now on your absence, presence or even existence wont affect me at all, I promise! Wiping away the tears from my eyes, I made my way home.
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Don't start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Everyday is a fresh start. Everyday is a new beginning. The first day of our new fresh life.
I started my day with a new resolution. I felt that as if a huge burden was taken away from me but something made me feel that what I am trying to leave behind something that truly belongs to me, only me. Putting a stone on my heart I tried my best to let it go and succeeded, to an extent.
I quickly freshened up, had breakfast and then asked Sameer to take me out for shopping. After hours of convincing he finally agreed and we headed towards my favorite mall, Ocean Mall. We just reached the mall when Sameer got a call from Ma saying that Pa got a heart attack and they are at Agha Khan Hospital. We rushed to the hospital.
"Ma how is Pa? What did the doctors say?" I said between my sobs. Ma patted my back trying to calm me down.
"Beta (my child) he is in the operation theater, they say hes in a critical condition" Both of us started crying, totally helpless.
The surgeon that was treating my Pa came out. Ma, Sameer and I rushed to him, like a thirsty person in search for a well.
"I am sorry, he's no more" The doctor said, breaking our last hope. How can dad leave us? Ya Allah why? Sameer hugged me and Ma.
"Shhhh..shh" He tried to soothe us, though he was broken himself.
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It has been a week since Pa's death. We were trying our best to move on, but it felt like our whole blissful world is broken. Me, Ma and Sameer were sitting in our backyard when Ma spoke up.
"Aleen your university sent a letter."
"What does it say?"
"They are asking for your new semester fees"
"Ma you do know the fees is a lot, and I was planning on talking to you about this. I was thinking of sitting for the entry test in a local university."
"Allen have you gone nuts? Your brother is still alive. I will pay your university fees." Sameer said.
"Sameer I know you can but I think we should save money now. I have no problem with changing universities and I only have two years left. Plus a slight change is always a good idea"
"You sure Leen?"
"Hundred and one percent. Just take care of Ma until I permanently come back"
"I sure will"
"Ma please take care of yourself" I again said"
"Leen you dont need to worry, I will. You just take care of yourself and your studies"
"I will Ma, I will." It was my Pa's dream that his daughter becomes a doctor and I will fulfill it!
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Tomorrow is my first day in my new university. I did the entrance test and got accepted. It was a small university compared to my old one but that didn't bother me. I just hope everything goes on smooth tomorrow. Lets see how tomorrow will turn out for me...
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Assalamoalikum Lovely Readers! I am so sorry I couldn't update quick, as promised, but believe me my draft got deleted freaking twice! That really put me off and yes some credits to my laziness. I will be travelling in a few day so please bear with me. Although i will try my best to give a quick update before travelling.
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