A Tale Of Happiness

Chapter Seven: The Secret Unfold

It was Friday and Fatima was enjoying her tea in their home's tiny balcony. It was only a week left till her wedding, she has prepared most of stuff and brought clothes as well. Only make up was left to buy, she had planned to go shopping this evening but hasn't decided whom to take with her. Her mother had gotten really exhausted, because she had been going shopping with her till now. She was even prepared today to go with her, but she strictly told her mother to get some rest or else she'll get sick. So now she was thinking of taking tooba with her but she had to go to academy in the evening and was gonna be late. Saleha always come late from her work, that too exhausted. She wouldn't ask her to go with her in that state.

She took a sip of tea tried to relieved all the tension, she still couldn't get her mind to register that she'll become a married woman next week. She still couldn't imagine living with Sarfaraz as his wife, but she had made duas for it and left it on Allah if we hope for best, Allah would never disappoint his slave. So now she was content with everything, because Allah's decisions are those of best decisions. She sighed happily and remind herself to made a list of things she needed to buy along with make up. Her thoughts were interrupted by someone coming into the balcony. She turned and looked at the interrupter,

"Oh Saleha?" She got surprised, saleha mostly came back from her work in the evening.

"Yea! Assalamualaikum Apa!" Fatima replied to her Salam and stared at her which indicated she was surprised to see her this early. "I took half day off from work."

"Oh, Ahn!" Fatima nodded in understanding. "Is everything okay? Are you feeling sick or someone? Did you eat?"

Saleha smiled at her queries, "Yes Apa, I'm absolutely fine and I was about to eat but I wanted to talk to you first."

Fatima turned to her, giving her full attention. Saleha again smiled at her sister's actions, she loved her sister alot. Not just because she was her sister, but because she was definition of kindness. She would do anything for anyone who was ever kind or even once was kind towards her. Being Fatima's sister Saleha had felt the most luckiest in the world. Even now at the moment she hadn't even spoken a single word but fatima was already making it feel like what she was going to speak is the most important to her. When she told her about her this trait, she would just wave it aside by saying 'you're just saying that because I'm your sister'. She would never understand how precious she was to her family. Saleha continued what she had started,

"I heard you talking to tooba this morning about you not having anyone to go shopping with you. So I came early today to go with you." Saleha stated, and shrugged like it was the most common thing she would do.

"Seriously! You came early just for that." She asked astoundingly.

"Yes! Why is it so hard to believe, I thought you would need someone. So I would tag along and I also wanted to buy some stuff for the wedding for myself." Saleha replied.

"No! no, it's not that. I mean your work is important that's why I didn't ask you in first place."

"My sister is more important than my work." She said that and gave fatima a tiny smile, mostly known as an embarrassed one. Saleha was never the type to do such things, but she loved her sister after all. Fatima who was surprised a moment ago, was now tearing up a bit. She never expected that, especially from Saleha.

"Come here you little... " Fatima told Saleha and gave her a tight hug. "I didn't know you had grown up so much. I wish I never have to leave you guys ever." Saleha had tears in her eyes as well now. Fatima backed up and cleared her throat, "Oh Allah, I was planning on never crying, look what you made me do Saleha."

Saleha gave her a guilty smile and shrugged. She too dried her face and asked, "So when did you want to go for shopping?".

"Oh shopping, after two hours from now. I wanted to go in early hours of the day." It was 10am, so she was planning on leaving for shopping around 12pm.