Life Of Afreen

Chapter IV

The Chime of the bell made me stop from flipping the book I was reading. I gently dropped the book on a side table and headed for the door. I peeked through the hole to make sure it was the same person I was expecting. Affirming my thoughts, I held the door knob and opened the door for her.

"Afreen!" She exclaimed and enveloped me in a hug.

"Ke sai kace ba jiya muka hadu bah" I said whilst breaking the hug.

"Never knew that missing my bestfriend is now a crime" she added with a roll of an eye.

"Sounds too good to be true. Da dai ban sanki bane. Wai missing dina, more like kina so kiji gulma"

"Hihih…and that too"

"Ahap…you'll never change. Chicken brain kawai".

"How is baba?" She asked.

"Good Alhamdulillah, what would you like to eat?"

"Some water will do"

I laughed at that cause I knew what she meant by some water.

I brought her some tidbits and cold drinks. We talked about nothing and everything like some long ol' time friends.

"When will you tell me what's really going on with you?" she finally decided to bring that up.

"Uhmm…" I told her everything without omitting a single detail.

"Woah! Girl you have two choices to make. It's either you tell your dad you're not interested or you forget the LOYL and marry this Arhmad. Simple!!"

"It's not that easy. The first choice means breaking my dad's heart while the latter means breaking my heart"

"Then you gatta choose whose heart to break".

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Zynurb left some hours back. After she left, I prepared dinner for dad and I. I made Tuwon shinkafa Miyan Agushi. It's my favorite in all the 'miya' category. It used to be my mom's favorite too. I really miss her so much. I wish she was here, maybe life wouldn't be that complicated.

I had dinner with dad like we always do. We talked about a few things here and there. He asked about Arhmad and I told him we were getting along perfectly well. Yeah yeah yeah…I know, I lied. I guess it was the best way out for me.

I tucked myself to bed after praying. I grab a hold of my phone to be bombarded with 15 missed calls. Most of them was from that fish, Zee; one from my fave cousin Aleesha; one from my course mate, Ameerah; one from AbdulRahman and two from Arhmad…Urghh.

I replied all calls which were mostly 'gaisuwa'. I didn't reply Arhmads tho. AbdulRahman and I planned on meeting during the weekend. He's taking me out on an ice-cream date.

Switching off my phone, I drifted into another dorm of thoughts. What Zynurb said earlier kept replaying in my head.

Then you gatta choose whose heart to break

I don't want to break my dad's heart and either do I want to live with a broken heart.

Ya Rabbal Aalameen, make the right choice for me.

I didn't know when I fell into a deep slumber.

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Saturday

The weekend was here. I was so excited 'bout my date with Abdoul. I was all set waiting for him. Right on time, his call came telling me that he was out. I checked myself one more time in the mirror. I was dressed in a royal blue abaya which had stones all over it and maroon lace trimmings on the hand. I completed the look with a maroon veil and some light make-up.
Good to go girl.