Hiraeth

Chapter 19

Everything was ready. The decorations were accurate and beautiful. The lounge area was decorated beautifully with flowers and lights. There was a white cloth on the floor and many floor cushions on it. All of the lounge area was decorated with flower arrangements on the walls and the banisters. There was a large, round plate decorated with flowers. There was lots of cone Mehndis in it for the mehndi function later. There was not much time left for the guests to arrive. It was an all-female function. Hana was in the kitchen. Her Dado have made her stay in the kitchen and make some refreshments for the boys that will be staying in the lawn for the whole function as they were not allowed to enter in the lounge as the bride will also be here to get her mehndi done. All of her family is also going to be here. The males will be out in the lawn while the girls are going to be in the lounge.

"Hana! Jaldi karo! Bahir larko ko kuch peenay k liye day kr ao! Hath jaldi chalaya karo! Sust kahi ki!" Dado scolded hana after coming to the kitchen with an annoyed expression on her face.

"Gee Dado!" Hana meekly replied and poured the fresh lemonade in the glasses and walked out. Her dado also followed her but she made her way to the lounge while hana went out to the lawn and served the boys with lemonade.

"Tum tyaar kyun nhi hui abhi tak! Mehmaan anay walay hain!" Zubair said to hana when she was serving him with a glass of lemonade.

"Busy thi!" Hana simply replied after seeing the glare of Zayn and Zamid. She was not able to see Rayaan's glare as he was behind her but Zayn and Zamid were sitting beside Zubair so she could see their glare and she replied in a curt way. Hana had gotten the first hand taste of Zayn's anger about talking to Non-mehrams so she tries to avoid it at all cost now. It was not like she was a very frank person with males but she was quite friendly with her cousins even though they make fun of her.

"Tray yaha rakho or andar jao! Sab khud lay lain gay! Go and get ready! Guests will be here anytime now!" Rayaan said with a serious face. Hana simply nodded and put the tray on the center table and went back in.

Hana was going through the lounge towards the stairs when her dado called her again from one of the sofa's in the loung.

"Gee Dado?" Hana asked politely.

"Kaha ja rahi ho?" Dado asked to hana while sitting on the sofa.

"Tyaar honay jaa rahi thi Dado!" Hana answered.

"Abhi rehnay do! Pehlay hi saray tyaar hain tou main nhi chahti k wo log kaam karain! Ab tum nhi jo ho tyaar tou thorha or wait ker lo! Jab guests aa jain tou un ko refreshments laa dena or phir tyaar honay chali jana!" Dado ordered hana to which she just nodded and went in the kitchen. Hana had a crestfallen face. All the females of the family came to the loung and they were taking photos. Hana was feeling sad that she had to be in the kitchen even on her brother's marriage. Hana's cousins called her to take their pictures from her Camera so she went to her room and brought her camera in the loung.

"Abhi tak tyaar nhi hui? Sab anay walay hain, hana!" hana's second tayi said.

"Wo ap sab tyaar hain tou dado nay kaha k main guests ko serve krnay kay baad ready ho jaon!" Hana replies. After this, no one asked her because they knew that if Dadi jaan had said something then they can't question it. Hana took everyone's pictures and the girls called the boys inside too so they can take some photos until the guests arrive. Hana became the photographer without any complaints and no one even called her as they were busy in making poses or teasing the groom.

After sometime, the guests arrive and males went to the lawn after greeting the guests and hana went in the kitchen to grab the refreshments and some food for everyone. Hana served the gents first and then the ladies. The mehndi designers were also here so the function started. Whenever hana made her way to the stairs, her dado always called her for one thing or another. It was almost the end of the function and hana was still not ready and there was no mehndi on her hands too. Even the maids of the house had gotten their hands decorated with mehndi. Only hana's were bare. After many failed attempts of getting ready for the function, hana gave that thought up and just became the photographer or the food server for the night.