She found me and I found Allah

Chapter 8

For sometime I just sat motionless on my bed until Aliya asked me what was wrong. It wasn't easy to say it out loud because that would mean it had happened.
"Mom."
"Mom what Ali?!" Asked Aliya for the fifth time exasperated.
"She's in the hospital. They say she was sick and was admitted to the hospital. They called us. How can this even happen Aliya?" I asked with my face in my palms.
       We drove in a hurry to the hospital. Aliya glancing at me every once in a while. Aliya kept telling me everything would be alright but deep down I had a feeling nothing was going to be the same anymore. I had a very bad feeling which I hopefully wanted to ignore but sometimes things don't usually go the way we plan them now, do they?
        "It is better if you stop panicking Mr. Ali and wait for the reports to come. Your mom seems quite stable right now and you can meet her once she wakes up." The doctor said after 30 minutes.
"Is it fine if we go into the room now?" I asked.
"Yes. It's fine." He replied and left.
I walked into the room with Aliya accompanying me. Seeing my Mom on the bed almost lifeless, broke my heart. Never in a million years had I imagined this. I sat on the stool next to her and held her hand. It felt cold. And that is exactly how I felt right now. I looked at Aliya who was standing beside me and hugged her while sitting. She just stroked my head trying to calm me down. For an hour no words were exchanged between us.
     Almost two hours later my Mother opened her eyes.
"Mom are you okay? What happened to you at the airport?"
"Calm down son. Take a breath." She says, attempting a smile.
"Mom seriously what happened to you?" I asked her firmly.
"I don't know. I just kinda fainted-" a knock on the door interupted her.
It was the doctor who had seen my mom earlier.
"Mr Ali, please come to my room. I would like to talk to you." He abruptly said and walked out. I looked at Aliya and Mom and gave them a nod and followed the doctor to his room.

*ALIYA'S POV*

It has been a while since Ali had left the room. Ali's Mom had dozed off again. It was probably the medicine's affect. Hopefully everything will be alright.

I leave the hospital room and go to the cafe inside the hospital. As Im ordering coffee, I see Ali sitting on a chair nearby, coffee on the table, his face in his palm and his shoulders hunched.
"Here's your coffee mam. Enjoy ." The cashier said, smiling.
I nod and smile at him and walk towards Ali.
"Ali?" I asked him when he didn't  notice my presence. Infact he seemed oblivious to all the things happening around him. "What's wrong?"
"A-Aliya lets go and talk outside in the garden." He said, standing and taking my hand in his. I take my coffee and together we walk towards the garden.
             "Mom is going to die." He whispers. If It wouldn't be so quiet in the garden I wouldn't even have heard him.
"Ali, for godsake, what are you saying?" I asked him bewildered.
"Im telling you what the doctor told me," He said, almost as if this didn't even affect him. But I knew better. I knew what he had said the night before and how his body was shaking right now.
"The doctor said she has leukemia. I asked him about treatment but he said only one out of a hundred have succeed in treatment when they had reached the stage she is in."
"But she was alright, last night." I tell him.
"I know Aliya." He sat down on the ground as if he didn't have the energy to face anything anymore. He puts his face in his palms and stays quiet. I didn't know what to say to him so I just sat down next to him and hug him and thats when his tears start to fall. Thats when he lets the faćade fall off or maybe he's too tired to act it all out. And I just sit there with him, soothing him and telling him that Mom would be alright. That we need to be strong for her. And he just kept quiet taking in all the information, trying to accept what he had heard.
It was definitely something that was too shocking. I mean how could his mom just get cancer? There were so many questions running in my mind and there were so many things I wish I could do but knew I couldn't. I have a very bad feeling about this and I don't know how Ali would cope if something happened to his Mom. Yes I would be there with him all along but I would feel so helpless.
"Aliya promise me you won't leave me." Ali said holding my hands tightly in his. I couldn't look at him this way. My heart kept breaking little by little seeing  him this helpless.
"I won't Ali. I wouldn't think of leaving you in a million years." I assured him as he hugged me back and allowed me to soothe him. His tears fell like there will be no tomorrow or perhaps they were tears from the past. Tears that were burried deep inside. Tears of regret and tears of moments missed. Or maybe tears that knew what was to come ahead.

Heyaa guyss! Hope youre doing amazing. Yes yes I know that I've updated after a longgg time and I really hope you guys like this chapter. I'll start updating regularly as soon as exam pressure is over! Meanwhile enjoy this😊 annnd do let me know what you think of it!
~Ayesha~