Destined

Chapter 17

Naureen

He took a deep breath and said the words that made me choke on my Ice cream,

"Noor, I think I'm in love"

"You are in what?" I was baffled.

"Yes, you heard me right" he smiled shyly.

"But with whom?"I was curious.
My heart was beating rapidly as  strands of sweat started to appear on my forehead and my palms were wet.

"It's um... " He ran a hand through his  already messed hair.

"Say it Ayaan" I was impatient.

"It's Maheen" he breathed.

"Maheen?" All the hopes of me being the girl he loved vanished into thin air. But then why would he tell me if it was me?

"Don't you remember her? She is your aunts niece." He spoke, breaking my thoughts.

"Are you talking about Maheen Shah?" I remembered her all of a sudden.

Maheen was my aunt's niece; her sister's daughter. I have met her a few times, during family functions. She is sweet and polite with everyone and not to mention very good looking.

"Yeah. It's her." He replied grinning from ear to ear.

"Oh.." that's what came out of my mouth.

"What do you mean by 'Oh'?" He frowned.

"Oh, I mean Wow! I'd know you'd fall for someone one day" I faked happiness by giving my most wide grin.

My face showed happiness but deep down in my heart there was not even an ounce of happiness.
His words stabbed my heart. My heart was broken down into million pieces, which probably would never be joined again.

But why was it affecting me?
It was just a crush, right?

'No you dumb, it was not a crush, it was an unrequited love'  said my inner voice.
It was a love that would never be understood by him. It was just my feelings. It was me who was drawn towards him.

How can I do this?
How can I fall for someone who is not even interested in me?

Why was I waiting for something that isn't going to happen?

Days back, I found glimpse of love in his eyes but deep down I knew it wasn't for me.
I didn't know how to feel at this instance.
What am I supposed to say?
I was out of words.

"I'm happy for you Ayaan. Glad you finally found someone"
I tried to hold back my emotions.

I shouldn't let him know. He should never know about my feelings. 

I decided, I'll slip out of his life without showing him a single glance of my love.

"I don't know how all of this happened. I started to like her the day I met her. We work at the same place." He said

"You love her and what about her? Does she love you back?"
It was a bit inappropriate  question to ask, but it slipped out of my mouth. I wanted to know.

"She has never said anything about it yet but I guess the feeling is mutual. I can read her eyes."

Wish you'd read my eyes too.

"Great" was all I could say.

"And..I wanted to know if you could do me a favour?" He asked

"Favour?"

"I wanted you to speak to your aunt and convince her to talk to Maheen's parents about me. Not directly, just indirectly suggest them a guy, and it's me ofcource" he grinned.

"Oh, so someone is in a big hurry to get married"

"No it's nothing like that, I wanted to know, what her parents think about me. I have visited them a couple of times" he said hurriedly.

"Um..it would be better if you'd talk yourself about it" I suggested.

"No, I don't have that guts to speak all of this in front of your aunt" he blushed.

"Okay then, I'll talk to her" I chuckled halfheartedly.

"Thank you so much Noor!" He beamed at me.

"No problem" I smiled as he stood up.

"I Think I should leave now. It's already late. Call me when you're done talking with her. " He said.

"Yeah, I'll talk about it tomorrow, she must be asleep now."

"Yeah sure,Allah Hafiz. Good night"he said as he stepped out .

"Allah hafiz, good night" I waved.

But the nights were no more good for me.
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Naureen is heartbroken, will there be someone to mend her heart?
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