Destined

Chapter 6

Naureen

I woke up by buzzing sound of my phone. It was time for fajr.
Last night, I had peaceful sleep. I felt fresh after having sufficient amount of sleep.

I dragged my legs towards the washroom, performed ablution and started to pray. After praying I did Sajda-e-shukran thanking Allah(SWT) for the calm night. Then I recited few surah's of Quran. Reading Quran makes my heart feel lighter. It calms my soul.

I took a refreshing bath and dressed up in light green Salwar suit.
and headed towards the living room. Aunt was not up yet so I decided to make breakfast for everyone. I made french toast and tea.
We had hearty breakfast. It feels so good having a lovely time with your family.
After breakfast I left for work.

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I finished up with two lectures and was sitting in the staff room. Sidra was busy with her classes.

I decided to read something, rather than sitting here and getting bored. So I walked towards the library.

Library was at the ground floor.
We had a very large library consisting of a lot of books. I was confused about which book to choose as I loved to read all types of books.
There are two sections in the library. One section consist of Islamic books while other section is of various novels.

I was wondering in the library when I heard someone's footsteps running towards my direction. I turned my gaze towards the person and saw none other than Sidra.

"No..oor.. you-I-here" she said breathlessly.

"Yes I'm here. What happened? Why are you panting, like you ran a marathon. " I asked with a worried look.

"I have....been.. looking for...you everywhere in.... the school." she said

"Oh sorry. i should have told you befo- why didn't you call me?" I asked her.

"you  weren't picking up my call? Where's your phone?" she cut me off staring at my empty hands. Oh. I think I left it in the staff room.

I smiled sheepishly at her, "I left it in the staff room".

She shook her head at me."dumb woman" she muttered.

"Hey!"  I punched her shoulder.

She laughed.                      "Anyway, Why were you looking for me?" I asked.

"Come on, we are going for Shopping!!! " she tugged on my arm, excitement gleaming in her doe eyes.

"Shopping...Now?? and what about the school" I asked, confused.

"I have already taken permission from the principle. she was fussing about it at first but then....well you know me"she winked.

I folded my hands and gave her a stern look. "What excuse did you make this time?"

I remembered that time when we needed to attend a friend's wedding and Sidra had told the principle that my grandma passed away when I had never seen my grandma.

"Uh......you wouldnt wanna  to know" she said abruptly. It was my turn to shake my head at her as she started dragging me out of the school.

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"Ugh! Why don't you have this piece in some other colour! I don't like dark colours."  Sidra whined, tugging at the deep blue coloured maxi dress.

The sales girl sighed, Cleary exhausted. "I am sorry mam, but that's all we've got. You can try at some other shop if you are not pleased."she replied politely.