MARIYA YASMINA

A Short Story

The sun was shining; birds were chirping and a breath of fresh air in the morning. People came and visited their relatives or family, some of them just had a medical checkup and some of them were placed in the medical rooms. Also, there was a family was waiting for newborn. On this 25th December 1990, a baby girl was coming out from her mother's womb. "Congratulations on the birth of your cute baby girl, Mr. Raahi!", said a nurse. A whole family was very excited and as a father, he was crying because of happiness that came again in his family. They came to labor room to visit a mother and newborn. A mother was crying because she was really happy and grateful. As a Muslim, a father must recite an adhan in their infant's right ear so that it is the first words they hear and Mr. Raahi did it. A few minutes later, a female doctor came to visit them and asked a question that related to giving a name on the newborn. "Congratulations on the cute angel added to your family, Mr. Raahi and Mrs. Ifra. First of all, I would like to ask both of you if you have an idea of giving a name to your angel. We need to register her birth certificate by today". Both of them were looking at each other and smiled. "Yes, we have one. We would like to name her; Mariya Yasmina", said Mr. Raahi while looking at his wife. Mrs. Ifra smiled and agreed with her husband, "Yes, this angel's name is Mariya Yasmina and its meaning is a purity of a beautiful flower that shines. I hope she can take care of her purity when she grows up as her beautiful name's meaning." Everyone was smiling. A beautiful name with its beautiful meaning can describe everything about her. "I agree with mom and dad. Welcome to our family, my cute little angel!" said Mahbeer Yaweer, a son to Mr. Raahi and Mrs. Ifra. He was very excited after knowing that he will get a little sister and he promised to himself that he will take care of her. The doctor was smiling at that family and said, "Alright. I will write her name as Mariya Yasmina Raahi on her birth certificate."

13 years had passed and everything was changed in her life. But, she stilled a cute, fair and short girl who has chubby cheeks and small eyes and mouth like a Korean. She was no more a kid who never cares about people because she moved to a new life as a teenager. She needed to leave her childhood and her Barbie dolls. She must find a new friend that had the same age with her. Her attitude changed after her first day in a high school. She entered her classroom and everyone looked at her. Am I wearing something weird today? Why are they looking at me like that? It's weird. People around here are weird. It's better to live at home and just doing homeschooling. She was babbling in her heart. Without looked at her classmates, she just sat at an empty place and started to read 'Doraemon' comic. "Hi. Can I sit here?" said a beautiful and short girl like her. "Oh, hi. Sure. Nobody sits here." she said with smiling face. She felt lucky because at least there was one person wanted to sit and talk with her. "By the way, I'm Mariya Yasmina Raahi. Mariya for short. How about you?" she started their first conversation. "Wow, your name is beautiful like you. I'm Umnia Qabeel. Just call me Nia. Oh and by the way, sorry to ask but are you from a rich family? Because your style and fashion look like you are from that kind of family. I'm really sorry for asking that question in our first met." Umnia looked upset because she knew that Mariya Yasmina will angry or ignore her question. She just wanted to know because all her classmates did not want to talk with her so she was curious. Mariya Yasmina just smiled and never felt angry about that question. She knew Umnia just wanted to know details about her as a friend. "It's okay, Nia. No need to say sorry. It's not a wrong thing to ask. As a friend, you should know details about me. Am I right?" she smiled at Umnia. Umnia felt happy because Mariya Yasmina did not angry at her. "Let me answer your question. I never think I'm from the rich family because I think all of us are at the same level. We are human and we are same except our heart. By the way, let me tell you about my background family. My dad works as an engineer meanwhile my mother works as a writer. I have a brother named Mahbeer Yaweer and he is 18 years old. I just lived in the area beside our school. That is all about me.", she answered with humble. "You are very humble, Mariya. I think we can be a best friend since I also do not know anybody at here." Umnia hoped that Mariya Yasmina wanted to be her best friend. "Of course, I really want to be your best friend. I know you are kind – hearted girl and never leave me if there is something happen to me in future", said Mariya Yasmina. They continued talking and shared their interests until their teacher came to the class.