BEAUTIFUL QADR

CHAPTER SIX

Safiyyah's POV
   I silently walk in home literally on my tiptoe like a school girl who comes back home late at night. I sigh as I reach the stairs and have already started climbing when I hear my parents laughing and I turn around, they were sitting down in a corner probably waiting for me.

I walk to where they were and greet them.
  "Come on, have a seat" my mom points at an empty sit in between Baba and her. I gulp and sit down

"Isn't their something you should tell us?" my dad questions in a serious tone but I can see how hard he is try to hold back his laughter

"I thought Aslam already told you"
"So? We want to hear it from you" my dad says
"Okay fine! I have agreed to marry Aslam's friend, bye am going to my room" I say as I start to leave Maama says "comeback here, we are not done with you" Maama and Baba laugh at my reaction

"But there is nothing else to talk about"

"Of course there is, this is good news, habibty shouldn't we call and inform Umar's Family?" Baba asks Maama

"Oh we should! I think we should invite them for dinner too, it would be a great way to improve our bond with them and it will also give safiyyah a chance to meet and bond with her inlaws" my mom says excitedly

"What!! No!!" I say horrified

My parents just ignored me and continued talking "yes yes! We can invite them on the weekends, everyone will be free that time and safiyyah and Umar can have their meeting then"

"I will call Mrs Abdul later then"

I was almost in tears "B...but why do we need to invite them?"

"For you to get to know them Habibty" my mom says stroking my hair.

"I..I am going to my room, bye" I say realizing there is no point in arguing, anyways they won't even understand, I couldn't control the tears anymore, they just rolled over. I didn't think things were going to get rushed when I accepted the proposal. I think I am having second thoughts now, I am not ready for all of this.

I enter my room and close the door collapsing right in front of it letting the tears flow.

After a few minutes I hear a knock on the door "Habibty, its us, why are you crying? Do you really not want them to come over?" Baba asks as I hear them sitting down on the other end of the door

Trying to calm my sobs I say " it's not that, it's just that everything is going so fast"

"We are not rushing anything, and we will never force you into things, you can decide to back out of this Alliance whenever you think he isn't worth it but habibty, there is no need in delaying things when you have already agreed, we are only doing this for you to get to know them and feel comfortable around them but its okay if you don't want us to invite them, now come on, open the door habibty, everything will be alright" Maama says and I could hear her voice cracking

I open the door and hug them immediately " am sorry for being so difficult and overreacting, I am just scared"

"We know habibty, but we are your parents, trust me, we will never want anything bad for you, you and Aslam are our world, we only want the best for you"

"I know" I end the hug "you should do whatever you think is right" I say smiling

"Really?" Maama asks
"Yes really" I laugh

"Okay then we need to make arrangements, your future in laws are coming next week insha Allah but we have to call them first so get ready and get some rest okay?" Maama says as she stands up with Baba and walk away talking excitedly about our soon to be guests.I smile as I close the door.