The One

Chapter 7 ~ The Big Surprise!

When we reach the dining room Hussain goes and sits next to Aliyah, which is opposite me and Atif comes and sits next to me. I feel as though I can't even look up at Hussain anymore. I keep looking down and when I look up for a few seconds I see Hussain staring at me too. I mean he obviously misses me but why is he not talking to me or acting the same with me anymore? I don't know what I am suppose to think anymore. Everyone's laughing and talking and even Atif and Aliyah are being hyper but than there's me and Hussain. We're just so quiet.

After everyone finish eating everyone go into the living room. That is when Atif decides to reveal the surprise to me infront of everyone. He kneels down and gets a small box out. He opens it and it's a beautiful ring. He proposes to me infront of everyone. What do I do? Do I say yes or no? Did my parents know about this because they seem extremely happy with this? I slowly get tears in my eyes but I don't know why I look up at Hussain for some reason and he's eyes start tearing up too. Maybe he's just emotional, that his best friend is growing up. I say yes and everyone starts to cheer and Atif puts it on my finger and hugs me tightly. Than my dad gets a ring out for me to put on Atif. This means that they knew about this all along and I'm just not ready yet but I think I want to spend the rest of my life with him but I don't know why I'm just not sure about this.

After a while I see Hussain just walking off to his room and Aliyah following him there. I put the ring on Atif and they all carry on cheering and I quickly run to Hussains room and ask to speak to him alone and Aliyah walks out saying congrats.

He slowly starts wiping his tears and I ask him why he's so upset but he just does not want to tell me. After a while of asking him, he answers that he's just upset that i'll be leaving him and everyone behind and wether I am ready for this or not. I answered back to him saying that marriage is something that none of us are ever ready for but when the time comes we become ready to adjust with our lives changing. Marriage is all about spending your whole life with that one person and learn to compromise in life and become a soul mate for someone else. To always be there for the other person. Start thinking about what's best for your partner as well as yourself. It ties two family together but, most importantly two lovers together in the name of Allah. Most important reason of marriage is to have your own family which is a sunnah (a must) in Islam.

I finally decide to ask him why he's been acting so different with me after he came back from Pakistan and suddenly when I get engaged he's upset. I thought he stopped caring for me and he says 'I will never stop caring about you because you are and will always be my..... best friend. I always want you to be happy no matter what and am ready to go to any extent to give you that. I just want you to know that in about a few years when you're married and have kids, but find it difficult to open up to anyone about any of your stresses, make sure you tell me. I'll come running for you. You might think this is cheesy but I mean it.' We both start laughing at that and I just end up crying and give him a big hug and tell him I'll never change for him and that even when I have kids of my own, they'll know about him. I mean they will have to know about him because I had my most memorable and special times with him. Even when I am married and have kids I can imagine myself still calling up Hussain and annoy him like I always used to do.

After a few minutes of talking, me and Hussain go back to the living room and he gets me to sit next to Atif. Atif is just so excited about this and there I am nervous and feel as though in a matter of few minutes I got engaged. The truth is I still don't know Atif properly because he never opens up to me. I mean he just came back yesterday and all this just happened so fast. After marriage it means that I must change and try to be a better person for my husband because I will belong to just that one guy. The only guy that will have rights over me. I will need to start compromising to make sure my marriage works. But why should I even think of compromising, already? He will try and always keep me happy right? Am I ready for this? Is Atif the right person for me? All these questions just bombard towards me. I always thought we know who the person is, that we want to spend our whole life with but then for me when the guy is already chosen by my family, friends and... me? Why am I still confused and even wondering about wether he is the one for me or not?

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