Ready? For Marriage!

Chapter 2

Chapter Two

I'm upstairs in my bedroom, on my laptop a couple of days later, watching "Arrow". Oh how I love this show. I'm in middle of an Olicity moment when I hear my door crash open. I quickly close my laptop as it's a reflex I've become use to, for some unknown odd reason. When I do, I feel myself bounce on my bed twice as one of my cousins jumps on the bed, and then the other.

They look at each other and start laughing hysterically "Did you see her face?" Saima says to Maya as she imitates the face I made.

I slap her head and put my laptop on the desk beside my bed. I'm still in my pyjamas. "I thought you guys said your coming over at three. It's still.." I look at the clock, "Half two."

"I was bored." Responds Maya "So I told Saima to come for me earlier. Plus all your doing is lazing about. You're free from exams now. Got nearly a whole three months off, let's do something fun for once."

That's Maya for you always complaining about how she's bored. It isn't my fault how she hasn't found some shows to watch that will make her life anything but boring. The fact you can go on so many adventures while just laying in bed and watching your laptop screen is amazing.

Just as I'm about to open my mouth and say something, Saima tosses me a hijab, skirt and a top. How she got into my wardrobe unnoticed, I wouldn't know. They walk out the room without saying anything else and they didn't have to, because I knew that, I had to get changed and ready for the day before they whipped my butt.

In a few minutes I'm changed and ready to go downstairs when I remember that I need to pray my Zohr salah. "I'm praying Zohr and then I'll come down." I shout.

I hear them scream an "Okay" as I lay my musallah on the floor.

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We step out of Mcdonalds with mcflurrys in our hands. I moan a little as I taste the caramel mcflurry I ordered, it's been too long, I think to myself. The last time I had one of these was a while back. I, thank you Allah for the wonderful food you supply me with. I look up to find Maya looking at me like I've gone crazy and Saima on her phone as always. Probably texting Waqaas, her husband.

Saima got married about a year ago, she's two years older than me and Maya is two months younger than me. She always takes that to an advantage as she says we should treat her with love and kindness as she's the baby out of us. Maya stopped studying after college and got herself a job as a admin in a dentist after doing an apprenticeship. Hence the reason why I don't have any friends in university. Maya and I were always in the same class in school and Maya was the one who found such an ease at making friends, who then use to become my friends. Since I find it hard to talk to any one new around me, unless it's a must, I just stay to myself.

I was pulled out of my thoughts as Saima said, "Ramadhan soon guys. I can't wait I love going taraweeh at night." I looked at her to see she was shoving her phone in her bag.

"I know, I can't wait for our iftaar get togethers." Maya commented.

I laughed. "Of course you'd be thinking about the food already." Saima laughed with me and winked at Maya.

"Shut up you guys. I can't help it. I bet you two are thinking, you can't wait to lose weight, when in reality you're probably going to add ten pounds on." Maya stated mockingly.

"A girl can wish." Saima responded.

Spotting Saima's car we all got in, ready to head home with it being 7 o'clock now. "I'm stuffed." I uttered twisting the spoon around in the ice-cream. "But it looks, tastes and is, soo good." I huff plopping another spoon in my mouth.