Someone Else's Diary

06. Oh so someone is turning pink?

The night was very chilly, Mariam didn't talk much to Zahran, she was too shy and lost in her own world to start a conversation.

Mariam admired the ring he had given her before sometime, he questioned "So someone likes the ring?"
Mariam grinned nodding her head as she intertwined her fingers.
Zahran mocked sarcastically

"Seems like only I am talking since I asked you to marry me."

Mariam stammered like
"No no..why, it's little awkward for me, well shall we leave it's already late."

"Hmm if you insist."

Zahran drove her home, he was still scared for the truth he kept unrevealed, and he felt Mariam was still being shy and reserved with him and she never mentioned how her mother died because even she doesn't know clearly.

Zahran secretly prayed to Allah to give him the strength to tell Mariam whatever he had in store. They arrived at Mariam's house within ten minutes, he stopped the car like three to four houses away from Mariam's, so that no one from her side sees him dropping her home.

"Assalamu Alaikum Mariam, I'll call you after some time."
"Walaikumasalam," She replied blushing to herself.

Mariam ran upstairs having a wide smile and her cheeks totally pink, she opened her room and Amina screamed.

"Oh! Mariam there you are,"Amina came with open hands.

"Congrats my girl finally you got a degree after failing one million times."

"How rude! You never called me since the last time we met," Mariam whined.

"Hello even we got exams and even we are busy bees," she exaggerated rolling her eyes.
Mariam told what had happened between Zahran and her after the dinner and how he surprised her.

"I knew this was gonna happen, I knew you liked him, So now your actually in a relationship."

Zahran was a Neurosurgeon, in simple neurologist, and he is almost five years older than Mariam, Who had just got her degree in Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Mariam was a beauty with brains of Course.

"I like him very much but I'm too scared about this or how this will end up," Said Mariam looking here and there as nervousness crept into the edges of her eyes.

"It's fine In Sha Allah you both will get married and I'm already excited about this," Amina comforted her.

The two girls spoke about anything and everything and finally fell asleep after talking.
Amina woke up for fajr and went down to drink some water and she saw uncle Sulaiman and their grandmother Mariam's and Amina's granny.

Who was discussing an alliance for Mariam and she greeted them with salam and sat with them to know what was going on, They were so happy talking about Mariam's wedding and her granny was like

"We should even ask Mariam about this because it's she who is going to live."

Sulaiman nodded his head in agreement and Amina went and finally drank a glass of water.

Mariam came down and she was roaming around the house smiling widely like a child and her father Sulaiman asked her to go and pray and Mariam hesitated and said

"Yeah l am going to, I just came out to see where Amina was," And Amina came up and didn't ask her to pray because Mariam was on her holiday if you know what I mean.

Mariam opened her phone to see a message from Zahran and she blushed crimson, and Amina teased her.

"Ooh seems like someone is turning pink?"

"Shut up Amina, just finish your Salah and sleep."

"Ooh so someone needs privacy."

Amina mocked sarcastically, and she started praying, by the time Amina finished her salah prayers Mariam was fast asleep.

The next morning was cold and almost fully drizzling and she saw a strange behaviour in her cat Muezza, while her dad Sulaiman and Mariam decided to take it to the vet.

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Glossary:

In sha Allah: is the Arabic language expression for "God willing" or "if God wills".

Just in case you were wondering what I meant by 'Mariam got her holidays for prayer' ;
She got her period. Hence Muslim women don't pray during that time.

Yours truly *trying to curtsy*
~storiesfromahijabi