Hona tha pyar

~ Chapter 4 ~ Mehndi

~ Mehndi ~
~ Zoyas pov ~

We finished practicing our dance the last time about 20 mins ago before the mehndi today. I'm soooo nervous. Baji went to the hotel, where the makeup artist is waiting for her to get her ready along with my other cousins and Asma. I decided to get ready at home because mama might need help with last minute arrangements and stuff.
"Zoya." I heard mama call me from downstairs.

"Ji ayi." I yelled back and made my way downstairs.

"Ji mama." I said as I went into the kitchen.

"Beta voh Jo tumhare sath wala kamra hai na." She says, I nod. That's Hussain and Shehry's room. "Uski dressing table ke upar candles rakhi wi hain voh leyaow." She continues. Wait. What if Hussains in there.

"Beta jao, voh log andar nahi hain. Aadnan ke sath bahir gaye hain." Mama says as if she read my mind. I nod and go upstairs. I open the door to see a shirtless Hussain in only adidas sweatpants and drying his hair with a towel. He turns to look at me and smiles. I could feel my cheeks heat up. I quickly turn around.
"S-sorry" I stutter.

"It's ok. You need something?" He replies sweetly.

"Yea um woh dresser pe candles hain bus woh chaiyi thi" I say.

"Aik second" he says. About a minute later, I feel his arm come around from behind me giving me the candles. I took the candles and was about to leave, when he grabbed my wrist still really close to me. I could feel his warm breath on my neck. We stood there in silence for a few minutes.
"I-I think I should go now" I whisper and get out out his grip. I turn around to leave.

"Bye" he says. I turn around and smile. What just happened. I run downstairs and give my mom the candles. I go back upstairs and start to get ready since it was all ready 5:00 and we had to be at the hall by 7. I took a shower. I came out and wore a pair of black joggers and a white t-shirt just to get ready in. I blow dried my hair and clipped it back. I put on bb cream and set it with a little bit of powder. I put on gold eyeshadow and put a little green in the outer corner and under my eye to match the dress. I put on kajal and thin winged eyeliner. I put on light pink blush on my cheeks. I put on a pinkish nude lipstick and pink lipgloss on top. I curled my lashes and put lots of mascara on. I un-clipped my hair and straightened it, curling it loosely. I put on my dress. It was a long yellow dress with work on the top part and a nice border on the bottom. It was flown from the back. I part my hair from the middle a little and combed the crown back. I put a tikka on. I put my earrings on that came with the tikka. They were not that big. I put on my red heels and check the time. It was 6:20. Dang I took a long time. I grabbed my dubata and adjusted it on my shoulder. I grabbed my red clutch and put my phone, lipgloss, and some tissues in it. I opened my door and walked downstairs. I see Asma taking selfies. Hussain just looks drop dead handsome. He's wearing a black shalwar kameez with a red, yellow and green scarf. He looks up from his phone and smiles and waves at me. I smile and wave back.
"Aye Zee." Aadnan says comming up to me.

"Haan Aadnan. Mama baba kahan hain?" I asked him.

"They left for the hall. Kehre the ke pata nahi kitni der lagao gi tum, so they left." He said.

"Aur baki sub?" I asked.

"They just stayed at the hall with Khirad, Asma came back tho." He said.

"I think we should get going. It's already 6:30." I said. He noded and went and told everyone to get ready to leave. We all made our way outside. We all went in one car since it was only me, Asma, Hussain, Shehry, and Aadnan. Aadnan sat in the front and Shehry sat next to him on the passenger seat. In the back it was Asma, me, and Hussain.

"You look gorgeous." Hussain whispered to me.

"You don't look to bad yourself." I whispered back. The rest of the car ride, we jammed to music and took selfies. We got to the hall and went inside. Zaroon bhai's family was walking in, so we threw flowers on them. After that it was our turn to walk in. All of my girl cousins, me and Asma walked in with the mehndi thals. After us, baji walked in with mama and baba with Hussain, Shehry, Aadnan, and Hashim holding a dubata over them. Baji reached the stage and Zaroon bhai held her hand and helped her up. Everyone cheered. A little after, me, Hussain, Shehry, Asma, and Aadnan were talking in the corner of the hall.
"Zo-." my cousin, Ayesha(mahnoor I'm talking abt you) but we call her Ashi, called me comming up to us but cut herself off when she saw Shehry and Hussain.