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Chapter Twenty Four: mehendi night

"Are all the sweets on the table?"

"Yes, leave the junk in the attic."

"Where are the mehendi cones."

The house was brimming with happiness. It was noisy and full of relatives.

Mamas relatives from Saudi were here too! Jadda too! I couldn't believe my eyes, I was meeting them after years, the last time I met them was 3 years back when I visited Saudi for vacation. Mama wanted them here for my wedding, and so they surprised us. They arrived here two days ago and they were lounging at our place. It made things even more exciting, relatives staying over called for sleepless night, Aneesha, Ursa and Shehnaz were staying over for the past few days too, they got along real well with mamas side, so they gave company to Rafa, Ma'isah, Masuma and Madiha, these four were the only girl from mamas side. Rafa and Masuma was 19, Ma'isah was 17 and Madiha was 18, and the boys, there was Iyad, Eesa, Shakib, all of them were 19.

I was dressed in a peach floral high waisted skirt and pearl white off shoulder ruffle sleeved crop top. Since the girls wanted my hair to be in a bun, it made my shoulders feel extra naked, so I wore a huge pearl necklace which had pearls all over it and it didn't hang low, it stuck right around the bottom of my neck. I wasn't so keen on the outfit since it showed my shoulders AND my stomach! But bhabhi and all the girls forced me to wear it, and I finally gave in, mostly because we weren't having any gents, it was strictly an all girls mehendi.

Tomorrow at this time, it would be my wedding! Just the thought had shivers running up my spine.

I was now seated on my rotating chair, and let me tell you how big of a mistake it is, i was being rotated in all sorts of directions, the girls were tugging at my hair and trying to throw it into a messy but cute bun, having long hair can be a trouble at times like now, I was being rotated in all direction while they tried to tie it up in a 'cute' way.

We weren't deep with the makeup, just liner and a salmon pink colored lipstick.

"Woohoo! Look at you!" Kaya said doing her happy dance.

"I know right! My hayati looks breathtaking. I wish Arhaan could see you!" Bhabhi said.

"Ha ha ha very funny." I said sarcastically.

"Don't worry meri jaan. One way, or another, I'll make sure he gets to see you." Bhabhi said patting my shoulder and winking.

I looked at her threateningly.

"Lets go down, shall we?" Bhabhi asked laughing, ignoring my 'threatening look.'

I guess I really don't look that intimidating. Sad.

I nodded my head as a reply to what bhabhi asked.

I walked down with the girls. Aneesha, Rafa, and Hana walked in front of me holding the shawl from above, I was in the middle, and Kaya, Madiha, Shehnaz came from behind holding the other end of the shawl. Bhabhi walked with me from the sides.

We entered the garden and took my seat on the couch which was set out.

I was really in love with the decoration. Bhabhi and the girls pulled it off.

The tress and walls of the garden was decorated with white and gold colored fairy lights, Arabic lights sat all over on the garden, colorful cushions were laid out, bhabhi wanted me to have a photo booth so it could be memorable and I thought it was a really good idea, so there was a photo booth too.

The sun was about to set and everything looked blissful. Alhamdulillah.

Zahra aapi, Lana and Lubna was invited. Lubna was invited too. Knowing Lubna, she would eat my head if I didn't invite her. I also asked Zahra aapi to bring along all her female cousins.