Untamed

Chapter 1

I woke up to the sound of birds and sunlight streaming in through the widows. I turned and groaned into the pillow. I just don't understand why mom always do that in the morning. I'm on holidays for God sake the least they could do is let a girl have her beauty sleep.

I tried covering my face with a pillow to block the light and lull myself back to sleep but instead my mind drifted off to the thoughts of being woken up by the sound of an annoying bell my our Matron at dawn. Oh how i was so tempted to break that devilish thing.

Its so annoying that you have to leave the comfort of your bed to go get ready for class and ......
'Afrah'!! My thoughts were stopped by the annoying voice of my annoying brother who was busy pulling my blanket and jumping on my bed.

Could this morning get any worse first it was mom and her "I'm-a-happy-morning-person-and-you-must-wake-up-also" attitude and now its this little annoying human that won't let me sleep. I hate bring woken up. I felt like disappearing and going somewhere they won't find me.

I lazily stretched out my left hand towards my side table to get my phone. I peeped from under the pillow to see the time that was displayed on my screen and I saw  9:30am string proudly on top of the screen.

I groaned and sat up on my bed. My mood was ruined for the day or so I thought.

I threw my little brother a glare. 'You know sitting there and glaring at me won't make me stop disturbing you' he said with his annoying husky voice. 'I hate you arghhh!' I said with an irritated look on my face. He stuck his tongue out at me and gave me a smile that says "oh you know you love me" I just rolled my eyes and got up from the bed.

I laid the bed tugging at the edges to make the lines in the linen straight and adjusted the pillows. I rearranged the pillows neatly and folded my blanket. I laid it on the bed letting the sides flow down the bed.

When I was satisfied with what I did, I stood back and admired my handwork feeling proud of myself.

I smiled and walked into my closet to bring out my clothes. I walked in and stared at the rows of gowns hanging on one side and the neat stack of trousers and skirts on another side and the tops in another shelf. I ran my fingers through the row of jumpsuits on my right side and picked out a purple one shouldered jumpsuit since I was staying at home all day and there are no non muharrams in the house. I picked out a black silk veil to wrap on my head.

I laid out the clothe I picked on my bed then unplugged my phone and checked to see if I had messages.

I went into my whatsapp and the messages I saw were just the boring normal "hey, how have you been" and a bunch of " how is the holiday?","are you going on vacation anywhere?". I exited the app without replying any of the messages and went to my music app.

I played perfect by Ed Sheeran. How I love this song. His words were captivating and his voice soothing 'huhh' I let out a soft gasp. I adjusted the volume and went into my large bathroom to take a shower or maybe I should just fill the jacuzzi with foam and relax in it.

I was still trying to decide what to do when I heard my 15 year old brother, Aslam yelling my name through the door. "What is it" I called back, "aunt Sara is coming and she said I should tell you to bake her those delicious cupcakes of yours". 'Are you serious' I exclaimed, I couldn't contain my excitement.

Aunt Sara is my mom's younger sister. She is 25 and she got married last two years. We haven't seen her since then and she is coming to visit with her cute 4months old baby girl  Yasmin. I can't wait to see them.

" Alright I'll be down in a few minutes, I will just take a quick bath and come down". I called out to Aslam. I heard him mutter something back but I wasn't concentrating. I was way too excited to see Sisi (the name we call aunt Sara).

I rushed into the bathroom to take a quick shower already thinking of what cakes to bake.

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After my bath I applied deodorant and perfumes and rushed down to greet my parents.

I saw my mom and dad sitting on the big Marple dinning table in the dinning area. I went in and give my dad a quick hug and kissed his cheeks saying "good morning papa". 'Oh my, good morning to my beautiful baby girl'. 'How was your night? Did you sleep well?' 'I slept well papa' I smiled and then pouted a little and added ' but mom woke me up very early' my mom glared at me a little.

Your mates somewhere are managing their own homes and you are here lazing around all day.

'Mom you said somewhere besides I'm still very young and its too early to start talking about marriage now don't you think?' I said looking at my mom.

'Yes she is right please let my baby enjoy her youth in  peace' my dad said. I danced internally and gave my mom a smug look.

' you and your daughter can do whatever it is you want' mom said a little irritated that my dad is taking sides again

I ran hugged my mom kissing her all over her face " mummy you know we love you and you are dad's first baby before I came"I said. "You silly girl my mom reproached but I could see the smile on her face. " stop kissing my face like that before you finish it". Mom said an we all laughed at that.

I set the table and mom gave the house helps instructions while they brought out our breakfast.

When I was done setting the table I called my brother and we sat down to breakfast.