A wrong decision (2014)

GRADUATION DINNER!!!

After the whole rushing around the house to be ready for the dinner, i left the house for the venue, everyone was soo excited for this day but some were crying..... 10min passed and no sign of Ahmed...my friends were all in line with their partners to enter the hall..... I called Ahmed but he didn't pick up and even his home number, no one was at home i guess.... 5min later I received a call from Ahmed
"Asalamualaikum, Faiza."
"Walaikumasalam, Ahmed. Where are you?"
"I am outside the hall, waiting for you for the past 10min."
"What!!! I have been waiting for you!!"
"What!! How come i m standing outside the hall how can i not see you."
"Ok who is around you at the moment without a partner."
"There is no one here without a partner, oh wait i just saw a girl standing on her own."
"Really, thats great how about you just stand there and stare at her while i go back home......Huh??!!"
"Haha, Faiza you are soo funny. Fine i will stand here and stare at that girl.... Actually she is very pretty from the back and i think she is also angry at someone on the phone. May be she is willing to go with me instead."
"Ok, great that you found yourself a partner that quick..... Unfortunately, I didn't find one."
"Fine i will go up to her and ask her, Does that make you happy?"
"Ya, go ahead please whats the delay about..."
After that Ahmed actually went to the girl and tapped her shoulder.... we just stood and stared at each other like What!!! I'm here with this person!!???!! After the whole staring session,i put my hand in his and just started walking to the line.
"Faiza, you look different then the day i saw you wearing this in the shop....why?"
"Mr Ahmed, i can say the same to you....you look....really handsome and not the same Ahmed i knew"
"Ooo really i may seem different from outside,but Madam from the inside i am the same Ahmed you know."
After just trying to get used to each other's looks we were finally the one to enter the hall. When we stepped everyone was just shocked at how Ahmed and I could have been partners. (The reality is that when i used to like him i found out he had a girlfriend and just hated him for that reason) Later on we just sat down and listened to a long speech by our principal. The events just passed better then i had thought it would have been. After the dinner, Ahmed and I started walking, while we were walking and talking to each other i noticed that there was someone following us. I didn't tell Ahmed about this but i kept looking in side mirrors of the cars next to us. Ahmed after a long process of noticing why I was looking in the mirror, he asked me Is anything wrong? I said No nothing just like this i was trying to see myself. After sometime I couldn't hide it from Ahmed, i told him to keep looking in the front and walking like we have no idea that someone is following us. Ahmed didn't listen and went up to the figure that was following us..... It was his girlfriend... I just froze after seeing them standing in front of each other and discussing something....i went up to Ahmed and said Ahmed i am going home, i will catch a cab and go home its fine you can drop her home... Ahmed tried to stop me but i just left..... Next day , same routine followed except Ahmed called me... I am really sorry about last night... I assured him that i was absolutely fine and I didn't mind it.....then Ahmed asked a question that i m not even sure why I couldn't answer it Why did you leave if you didn't mind? Do you still have feelings for me? I just couldn't answer that because i was just confused..... I couldn't possibly tell him that i m married.... It was secret to be kept because if media got to know then Imran would face questions..... I just said to Ahmed , i m coming to your house in the evening and i cut the phone. In the evening i met Ahmed's mom and dad then after few minutes Ahmed came down unaware of the fact that i had already come. He took me to his terrace and said You know Faiza this wind is amazing it can go where ever it likes and us humans we cannt and especially desi humans.......i just looked at him and said Ahmed, i don't know how you are going to react to this but can you keep a secret....... Ya sure tell me..... I M MARRIED........ Ahmed just kept staring at me like he just saw a ghost... But..how??....in the weeks was 'suspended' i was in India for a shadi in family but it turned out to be my own wedding...... Wow!!! Soo you are married...cool..soo...i m friends with a married girl..hmm..interesting and by telling me how is this helping you? Faiza even you are married there is still that spark in your eyes that says you do like me,but can't confess it.... Ahmed i don't like you that way and yes you are friends with a married girl..... Dont lie Faiza the more you hide it the more it shows...... I just couldn't lift my eyes from the ground because all he was saying was true..... Suddenly my phone rang with IMRAN❤️ written on it....i picked up the call and just i m out at a family friends house and i cnnt come tomorrow....., after i cut the call Ahmed just clapped at the back saying Nice now you are lying to your own husband.... I just looked at him and said I was not lying neither to you or my husband, may be i did a mistake by telling you this thought that you would be nice enough to help me out and the fact in your mind about me liking you would erase..... Ahmed was like I'm sorry i thought you were just messing with me... So you are actually married... Ya, i m actually married. The awkward silence between us was killing every second..... His mom came to the terrace to call me for dinner...... We went and ate and acted like nothing happened between us.... I left Ahmed's house with Ahmed sorry eyes staring at me..... Next day i just made an effort to wake up and left for this party in Dubai...... Family and some long distant cousins were present...... After the party I went back to Abudhabi..... A week passed with no call from Imran or Ahmed just me and my shopping for university..... On Thursday Ahmed called me

Hey, How are you?

Fine, n u?

Nice, ya i m fine too... If you are free can we have coffee together....

Ok i will be ready at 7.

We cut the call and at 7 he came to pick me up..... In silence we had coffee not a single word exchanged, slowly we walked to the beach still no words from him.....

" I'm going to Imran's house for the weekend" I told him in a low voice.