A Tale Of Happiness

Chapter Four: Hidden Truth

Fatima was looking at the ring on her hand, ring that denotes she will be someone else's forever soon enough. She was engaged and amazed by Allah's plans that how he made them accurately. She recalled the events of yesterday when Sarfaraz's family came and everyone had been surprised, when Nagina brought the box which contained her ring to her and slid it in her finger and then refered it as an engagement ring. When her father invited them to plan the marriage they were two steps ahead thinking of making the marriage happen right next week, but her father told them to give them a bit more time for making the arrangements for the wedding. So they agreed to give them a month not more than that, even though it was a short period but Fatima's parents agreed.

"Look at you lost in thoughts of your mister, waiting for him get on his horse and take you away." Her thoughts were interrupted by tooba's teasing.

"And look at you never losing a chance to tease me." Fatima retorted, and gave her a smile.

Tooba smiled cheesily, "You know Api, I'm just stating facts. There was no intention of teasing someone behind my words." She made a thinking face, "but then again if someone get teased by such statement or facts, then that itself confirms the genuineness of that statement."

"Okay, okay. Miss Shakespeare, stop talking in an oh-so professional tone with me now, you know I'm your master at that." Fatima smirked.

"Oh is that so? Will you be using those master skill on your soon-to-be husband as well?"

"Allah why do you bring him in every conversation?"

"Why wouldn't I? I'm just making sure to give you pre-wedding feelings that's all."

"Oh so why don't we bring that part where I'll be leaving the house and you will have to live with Saleha alone, how about that huh?" Fatima won at last.

"When you say it like that... It actually makes me sad" next moment tooba is begging her Api to not get married and stay with her forever. "I won't ever tease you Api, I won't take your clothes without your permission, I won't ever do anything you don't want me to, please!" Fatima had the upper hand here, she's gonna use it well, by not giving in soon. Then right at that moment Saleha entered in their room which was shared by all of them, both fatima and tooba looked at her, she gave them 'what?' look to which tooba start begging,

"Api I beg of you to not leave me like this, please have mercy on me." Tooba cried jokingly. While fatima was laughing at her acting.

Saleha getting the hint said, "you'll have me after. Tooba stop overreacting."

"That is the problem here, will you talk to me like Api does? Will you?"

Saleha shrugged "We'll see," and went into the bathroom, she just came back from work. Tooba was left with an expressionless face, while fatima kept on laughing.

. . . . . .

Hassan checked himself last time in his room mirror, he was dressed in two piece which was light grey in colour. It has been a week since he had come back from London and he was trying to spend as much time as he could in the house. He had a small apartment near the company, where he mostly lived his week days and visited home on weekends.

"You are not that handsome for you to look at yourself all day, you know!" Zainab was standing at door half opened, with her back to door her arm crossed on her chest. Hassan thought when he'll give her the latest cellphone she'll be all happy again and forget that he missed her birthday. But she has been this cold to him since he came back.

"Well, at least you admitted that I'm handsome." He replied back.

Zainab just sighed and choose to ignore him, "Mom called you for breakfast, she doesn't want to hear any excuses." She said and left.