She found me and I found Allah

Chapter 14

I held my breath as she pushed opened the door and thousands of little rose petals fell on top of her. She stood there with a shocking smile on her face and looked at me.
"What's all this huh?"
I went a little further and put my hand on her back amd brought her a little closer. With my other hand, gently, I removed the petal that was laying on her soft skin.
"This, my beloved, is a way of apologising to you."
"Well, I don't know if this way is flattering enough to forgive you for your actions, Mr. Husband." She tapped my nose and smiled at me. Then she turned around and walked inside.
"Why is the hall even in darkness?" She said as she went to switch the lights on. "We never switch off the lights of the hall Ali. You don't even--" She stopped talking as soon as the lights turned on and she took in the sight.

~Aliya's POV~

I couldn't speak at what I saw in front of me. The walls were decorated with little flowers and heart balloons. And there was a big banner saying welcome home baby. It was decorated with red rose petals as well. There were candles that lead to the stairs and maybe upstairs to the room. The fact that all this was done for me was quite alluring.
I walked to the dining table to sit down so I could say something but a white envelope on the table stopped me.
It said ,
' They say if she sticks around even when you're not worth her, it's better to make yourself worthy of her.
I know sorry isn't enough but baby I love you to the square of infinity.

Ps: follow the lead of the candles. They might have a destination😁 '

Wiping a tear, I looked back up at Ali and then at the candles.
I started walking with Ali following close behind.
I internally rolled my eyes realising that the destination was infact a room next to our bedroom.
I stopped outside the room and took a deep breath and then opened the door. A short breath escaped my mouth as I took in the surroundings.

The room was dimly lit with a red light. The walls were decorated with rose petals as well and there were candles that took the shape of a heart. In front of the candles was a small, round dinner table, with probably food on the top and at the far end corner of the room, there was something huge wrapped in a gift wrapper.
"If you don't walk in I think the dinner might get cold and then all my plans will be dilapidated and you won't accept my apology my lady." He whispered in a low, husky voice.
Without saying anything I walked to the table and sat down.

We had just finished eating when Ali held my hand and started saying, "Aliya, My dearest wife. My beloved. My only one and my better whole. Thankyou for coming into my life. For adding colours into it. For making my colourblinded life filled with colours of emotions. Before I met you, I didn't know what was missing. But now, if I lost you I don't know how I would deal with it. Thankyou for being patient with me during the time I was so harsh towards life. They say everything happens for our good and I never believed in that but you make me believe in everything. If you wouldn't have fainted a day ago I don't know if I would have ever been able to come back from my trauma. Those moments when I didn't know why you were the way you were, were the toughest moments. I kept praying for another chance so I could show you that I can be a better human. I-I don't know if I make sense but Aliya you are my everything. I don't know how much more longer will I be able to survive with you being mad at me." He slowly stood up and started walking towards me. He then knelt down beside me and made me face him. We both had tears that were freely flowing. As if all those lost emotions were making way for themselves. He kissed my hands and continued, " Aliya, please forgive me. For between the two of us, you are the better one. And I am the not so better one. But believe me, between the two of us, if one leaves then nothing is left.
You are the only woman I've ever loved. I might sound clichè but this world is so unaware of the realest feeling of love. I can't explain what love is at the moment because everytime I look at you I know that I love you. And I know I can't imagine life without you. I love you to the square of infinity. I know that I live you. Because Aliya I live you. And that's all I know. Ive learnt feeling the emotions from you. And I-"
During his long speech, somewhere between everything we were both sitting on the floor and had tears in our eyes. I had put my hands on his lips.
"Ali Hashim, I love you and live you and I everything you that has ever been said or will ever be said on this universe. If I wanted to leave, I would have left long ago but some broken promises and silenced love hoped for you and had faith in you. This heart of mine and I, am fully yours ,Ali. You've said enough and these tears of yours are a proof for me because they also say that men don't cry and all that stupid stuff. So don't worry, I've forgiven you because I was never mad at you. We all go through phases and our love maybe silenced for a bit but it can never be burnt out completely. For hearts that truly love, always find a way."
He softly kissed my forehead and hugged me. I could feel his heart beating at the same rhythm as mine. And I smiled in content knowing that love was being pumped into our hearts. We may be whole but our hearts were half. But now at this moment, they were complete and somehow I believed that instead of blood, it was love being pumped in and out between the two of us. We were one and whole. Together, forever. The universe and the stars and every other thing didn't matter. Because from now on, every feeling would be of love. Every emotion would be felt with love. Because every emotion can be cured with love whether its sadness or heartbreak; love does the magic.

After what seemed like forever, Ali broke the silence and whispered,
"I want you to open that present as well. Come. But I want you to close your eyes when we get there."
Rolling my eyes at him I walked to the huge present and closed my eyes.
I could hear him tear open the gift wrapper and then felt him stand behind me.
"Open."
I slowly opened my eyes and looked at the beautiful baby cot that stood in front of me.
"Thankyou Aliya. Thankyou for giving me the emotion of how a father to be, feels like. You  my dear, are a wonder and a blessing to me." He whispered as he hugged me from behind.
"Oh My God! I can't believe it. Why didn't you tell me earlier when I woke up at the hospital?"
"If I told you then, my dear wife, how would you know that I was asking for forgiveness not because we were going to be parents but because I really love you?"
I smiled a little and looked at the baby cot in front of me. A symbol of our love was soon going to be here. And we both knew how much love we would give the baby. We both smiled to ourselves and looked at the cot thinking of what the future might hold for us.
"Well Aliya," Ali started saying as he took us both out of the room. " You have to start taking care of yourself. I will be here all along as well. But I really want my baby and my love to be healthy all along . So for that you gotta listen to everything and eat properly without any arguments."
"Okay daddy. But first give mommy some sleep." I said in a baby voice and we both started laughing and headed towards the bedroom to sleep.

I didn't know what the future would hold. Maybe little fights and lots of love. I knew every stage would be awestruckingly amazing. And no matter what, we both would be there for each other, strengthening each other with our love.

He gently kissed my forehead and smiled at me. Living each other was now the new way of our life styles.
There was silence but love was blooming. Taking birth again and again as we exhaled and inhaled. And we both knew that as long as we could breathe, our love would breathe too.

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And peeps!
Yes this is the last chapter of my first book. Ofcourse an epilogue will be uploaded in the coming week but do comment and let me know if you guys liked this chapter!
It was a fun ride. This book no matter how bad or good holds a special place in my heart. I hope ya all enjoyed too!
Lots of love!
Ayesha xxxx