Truly Madly Deeply

Chapter 39.

It had been a month and a half now. Misha's bullet wound was almost closed now and she was applying to different colleges along with Zoya and Rubab. Her result was coming in ten days and the stress was driving her crazy along with Ibraheem who had to deal with her mood swings and stress attacks but apart from that things had been pretty cool between them, they talked regularly and unexpectedly neither one of them had acted up in any way.

Ibraheem was in Karachi and just like Misha, he was dreading the end of summer break because that meant the start of med school. He still couldn't believe he had survived two years in medicine already with minimal effort. Kamran and Fahad had a hard time accepting the fact that their best friend with a violent streak was on his way to become a doctor or more like, whether he was even smart enough to pass the super tough exams but all of them knew Saqib Narejo was funding the university Ibraheem was going to so there was no way, the administration of the university was going to flunk Ibraheem and cause any 'unnecessary' problems like Saqib Narejo had put it. Everyone knew what that meant.

Saqib Narejo knew something was wrong with his son when he found out that he had stopped drinking alcohol. He tried to get the reason out of Kamran and Fahad too since Ibraheem had simply gave a confusing statement to his father that said "I am securing my future by doing this." When Saqib Narejo tried to ask further, Ibraheem just shrugged and left, leaving Fahad and Kamran to deal with the intimidating man. Both of them also refused to budge and lied that they didn't know anything because Ibraheem had warned them not to talk about Misha yet. As much as Ibraheem wanted to just ask his parents to go ask for Misha's hand in marriage, he accepted the fact that she wasn't ready for it. She would probably freak out and do something crazy again like shoot her own leg or arm this time.

So Ibraheem was on his best behavior at least until the wound on her thigh heals so the guilt doesn't eat him up entirely. Misha had told him countless times that it wasn't his fault and she was to blame as well but he wasn't having it. Everything was going good apart from the growing possessiveness in Ibraheem's veins for Misha that reached a new high when Misha dropped a bomb on her brothers and Ibraheem when she had finalized that she was going to a co-ed college. The reaction made Misha laugh and cry at the same time. The horrific expressions on her brothers' faces along with the shock and disdain in Ibraheem's tone made her laugh because it was honestly kind of cute. It went something like....

"Ammi! What if some guy falls in love with her and leads her on to do wrong things?" Humayun rose up from the seat in exasperation while Misha and the family was having a dinner. Misha's mother was the one to break the news about her going to a co-ed college for her Alevels.

"It's simple. We will break his bones and ground Misha for believing his lies. Our Misha is too innocent for this." Qasim answered in all seriousness while Misha looked at him in shock, her jaw dropping on the table.

"No one is breaking anyone's bones. She will be 17 soon. She is a smart girl plus this college provides the best education and a variety of subjects that Misha gets to explore." Misha's mother reasoned while her father nodded his head in agreement.

"Abbu! How are you okay with this? She is your only daughter and the respect of our house." Humayun added again as he looked to his father for an explanation who simply shook his head.

"Humayun, your mother is right. You just need to trust your sister more." Misha's father smiled at his daughter who just smiled back awkwardly remembering the fact that she talks to Ibraheem behind her family's back which was a pretty risky move in itself. She also remembered that she had yet to drop the bomb to him. She had noticed how possessive he was in his text messages or calls lately. He would occasionally ask if any boys bothered her on social media or elsewhere and how he would kill them or break their bones for even trying but Misha just ignored it or dodged the subject smoothly.