Muslimah

Chapter 2

Dreams and Goals~》

2 Years ago.....

I was on my way back home from school.  As usual the kids on the bus were loud and obnoxious. I just sat in the front seat thinking about a topic in school. Careers, goals, and future. The questions replayed over and over again in my head.

What goals do you have for your future? What career do you want to have?

Future. What did I want in my future?

I believed that school had a lot to do with your future. I always got excited when it came to school. I loved learning. I liked to make my mom proud by bringing good grades home.

Speaking of home, the bus stopped and the doors swung open.

I got off the bus and made my way up the driveway and into my house. The door was always unlocked.

I walked in and saw my mom in the kitchen cooking something. I immediately smelled saag(spinach). I smiled and walked over to her.

"Asalamualaikum, Mama ji." I said hugging her.

"Waaleikum-asalaam", she replied.

I pulled out my report card and placed it in her hand.

She opened it and smiled.
"As always, amazing grades. So proud of you. Keep up the good work."

I smiled back at her and nodded. I guess my mom has always wanted me to do well in school since she had to drop out of school once she started 9th grade. She didn't want to drop out, but she had no choice.

My mother was the only daughter out of 5 sons. So at the age of 14, when her mother(my naani) got paralyzed, she was the only one that could fully care for my grandma. My mom being the only daughter had all house responsibilities on her too.

My grandmother passed away later and my mom got married at a young age to her phupho (aunt's) son.
Basically, that's why my mom had to quit her education and since then, she wasn't able to continue it.

I love my mom and I truly respect her for the sacrifices that she made for her family. She deserves better than what she got in her life.

I made my way up the stairs to my room. I glanced at my parents' room which was across from mine. The light was on and I smelled a whiff of cigarettes.

My dad was home.

"Asalamualaikum Abu ji!" I say as I walk up to him.

"Waaleikum- Asalaam!" He says pulling me into a hug. "School kese tha?"
(how was school)

"Theek tha." I responded saying it was fine in urdu knowing that my dad didn't like us talking in english all the time.

I pulled out my report card and showed it to him.
He smiled and said, "Shah bash, beta. Very good grades." (Good job,
daughter)
I smiled back and her spoke again. "Aapne kya ban nah hai bare ho ke?"

I didn't know exactly what I wanted to be. I was only 13 and I thought that I had a long time till I had to pick a career. 

"A veterinarian." I said happily.  I loved animals and I thought that it would be awesome to have that as a career. I could be around animals all day. I smiled at that and my dad spoke.

"That's great beta, but I don't think you would like to handle rats and snakes."

Snakes? Rats? I didn't know I could possibly have to work with snakes or rats. I hated both and I was so scared of them too. I frowned. Ughhhh. Now, becoming a veterinarian was out of question.

"Don't worry about it beta. I'm sure that you'll find something else along the way."

I loved my dad and he was smart. So I trusted him with things that had to do with learning and life.

I smiled at him and his phone rang so I quietly left to my room.

I have two sisters and one brother. My sisters are older and brother is younger. I have to share a room with my sisters so when I enter our room I sit on our bed in, our messy room, and think about what I wanted to become.

《~《~Author's Note~》~》

Hey guys♡ I just wanted to say thank you for reading this and please vote, share, and comment. I also wanted to just say that this story is based on true events. I wanted to put the up on Wattpad as a form of release for myself. I've been feeling super overwhelmed over the past few months and it just gets worse each month so I hope that I can release some pain and feel less depressed. (I'm not depressed lol.) I just feel overwhelmed and it's just a very heavy feeling that's hard to explain. Anyways love you all❤
~Z.M