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Faryal looked at Zohaib and whispered, "Wish me luck". Zohaib was holding Zahra in his hands. Faryal knocked at the door.

Knock!!!...Knock!!!

"May God give him the strength to bear with you", he replied in a playful low voice. She looked at him with narrowed eyes and knocked at the door again.

"I was just correcting your stance", he shrugged. The door opened before she could reply back.

She moved her head and her eyes fell on the Uzair standing in front of them, with a quizzical look on his face. His eyes literally scanned the trio.

"Assalam u alikum", Faryal gave him a tight-lipped smile.

"Walikum assalam", Uzair replied.

"Are you guys having a family outing or something", he added and raised an eyebrow. He knew they were up to something.

"Kya Uzair, ab hum apne dost say milnay b nahi aa sakthay (What Uzair, can't we even a pay a visit to our friend)", Faryal replied innocently.

Uzair heaved a sigh, stepped aside to let them inside his room. Faryal smiled and entered his room, followed by Zohaib. Uzair closed the door and joined them.

Faryal and Zohaib sat down on the bed while Uzair settled down on the chair in front of them.

Faryal tapped her foot nervously on the floor. She gave a tight-lipped smile to Uzair, he did the same. She looked at Zohaib, he was busy playing with Zahra. She slightly bent towards Zohaib and whisper yelled, "Did I asked you to accompany me just to play with Zahra?",

Zohaib glanced at her and whispered, "You wanted to talk to him".

"But at least help me naa",

"Guys what's wrong?", Uzair wriggled his eyebrows.

"Haha", Faryal let out a nervous laugh. "Umm...are you done with the packing?", she questioned out of the blue.

"Yeah, almost done", Uzair said.

"Keep the warm clothes too, they will come in handy", she stated. "You know the weather would be a bit chilly there especially at nights".

"Noted. Thanks for the suggestion", Uzair replied politely.

"You want to say something else, right?", he asked. Her nervousness had proved his doubt.

"Yup", she nodded.

"I wanted to talk to you about what dadi jan said yesterday regarding...", she looked at Zohaib, then back to the Uzair and completed her sentence hesitantly "regarding marriage. Please just listen to me".

Uzair placed his elbow on the arm of the chair and rubbed his forehead. He seemed lost in his thoughts.

"Tayi Ammi was crying so much and that's the only reason I thought I should talk to you. Don't hurt your mother Uzair", she stated.

"Let's talk like friends.", she gave him a hopeful smile.

"I'm not ready for the relationship yet", Uzair said finally.

"And for how much time?", she questioned.

"Don't know", he shrugged.

She fetched a deep breath and paused for a few minutes to gather the right words.

"Look Uzair, I won't say to move on from everything. I don't know how it feels and what you have been through...", she remembered Zohaib's presence. She leaned forward towards Uzair and continued her sentence in a low voice, "your feelings are valid but hurting and bounding yourself for someone, who you can never have in your life is an injustice to yourself too".

Zohaib narrowed his eyes and said, "I know everything. You don't need to whisper". Her eyes shot open. She looked at Uzair for confirmation and he nodded.

"You both are UNBELIEVABLE", she huffed.

"Okay tell us is there any way to bring her back in your life? can we help you?", she questioned.

Uzair stilled. "I don't want her back, it's just I need some time".

"If you don't want her back, then please say yes to Tayi Ammi", she pleaded.

"Zohaib smjha yaar isko", Uzair asked for help.

"Don't look at me like that. I can't help you", Zohaib raised his hands in the air in surrender "If she wants an answer you have to give her that".

"Oh so you are taking her side", Uzair asked in disbelief.

"Yupppp", Faryal chirped. "Zahra and her daddy are my supporters", she added proudly.

"She took us in her team first, sorry buddy you have missed the golden opportunity".

"You don't have to say yes for the marriage right now. All I'm saying is that meet the girl or her family and then decide with an open heart, we won't force you the final decision will be entirely yours. But when you reject someone you should have a solid reason for it",

"Pleaseee say yes...Please Please pleaseeeee Uzair" she pouted.

"Fineee, I'll meet her", Uzair closed his eyes and said disheartedly.

"Yayyyy Zahra, Uzair chacho maan gye (Uzair uncle agreed)", she said in a baby voice to Zahra. Zohaib and UZair smiled at her child-like antics.

"BUT, you will tell this to mama. I can't tell her", Uzair said.

"I'll happily do that", she beamed with happiness. She took Zahra from Zohaib and went downstairs to tell the good news to Tayi Ammi.

Zohaib went forward gave a brotherly hug to Uzair without saying anything. Uzair hugged him back.

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Mahum was dragging her bag on the stairs.

"Why are you so heavy?", she said to her bag.

Huzaifa was standing at the lounge. His eyes fell on her. He shook his head and went towards her.

"How many bags you are taking there?", he asked in disbelief. He had already taken her two large sized bags to the car.

"This is the last one", she scratched her head.

"We are going there for just 5 days but seems like you are going to stay there for months", he said while taking steps downstairs. "You are the only one who is not seated yet".

"I don't want to leave important things behind, you never know what you might need", she followed him.

"You will go with Zohaib bhai", Huzaifa placed her bag in his car.

He looked inside his car it was empty. "Where did Zain and Nadia baji go?", he frowned.

They looked around but there was no one.

"Saleem bhai where are others?", Huzaifa questioned.

"They left the house a while ago", Saleem hai replied.

"WHAT", Mahum screamed. "How will I go now?", she whined. Huzaifa dialed Zohaib's number and after few rings, he picked up.

"Bhai how can you all leave the house without me?", Huzaifa asked.

"Han aur muje b chorh diya (Yes, and they left me too). I can't believe this", Mahum huffed.

"Huzaifa we haven't gone far, you can catch up with us easily", Zohaib said.

"Where are Zain and Nadia baji, I left them in my car and now they are nowhere", Huzaifa asked.

"They are with me, don't worry. Zain wanted to sit with Faryal and Zahra.", Zohaib replied.

"Allaha hafiz bhai, see you later",

"Allah hafiz",

Huzaifa fetched a deep breath, opened the car door, and said "You can sit here".

Mahum groaned and took the seat.

"Time to get screwed by this one Huzaifa", he mumbled and rolled his eyes. He turned around, settled down on a driving seat, and ignited the engine.

"I won't spare you Zain, how can you take my place and leave me alone with this rude Huzaifa. Mahum k sath ghadari krne ki saza tume zaror bugathni hogi (You will be punished for betraying Mahum)", she glanced at Huzaifa, his eyes were fixed on the almost empty road because it was early morning.

"In how much time we will reach there?", she asked.

"2 hours",

"2 hours, ohh. How will these two hours pass? I can't sit silently for that long", she thought. She closed her eyes in frustration.

"I can listen to the songs, Ummm yeah...", she looked around. "Ya Allah my handsfree is in my handbag which I left in Zohaib bhai's car". She thought for a moment and connected her cell phone with the car stereo and played the song "O saki saki", at full blast. Huzaifa startled, he shook his head and decreased the volume.

"How dare he", she mumbled and increased the volume again. After that, for approximately the next 30 minutes she played the high beat songs. She was getting on his nerves. He applied the brake, the car halted. He angrily turned off the stereo system and threw daggers at her.

"I can not drive like this", he said in exasperation.

"I was just listening to the music to pass my time", she retorted.

"You call this crap music?", he raised an eyebrow.

"Fine, you have a problem with me. Let me solve this for you", she said and angrily stepped out of the car. She crossed her arms above her chest and looked away. He stepped out of the car and went towards her.

"What is this behavior, sit in the car we are already late", he said.

"You can go, I'll manage to come by myself", she replied.

"Are you in your senses?", he groaned. "Get back in the car right now".

"I can't speak there, I cant listen to the songs, I can't get off from the car. Huzaifa kya karun mein mur jaun? (What should I do, should I die?)", She spat back. "I didn't want to come with you, you know this very well".

He was speechless by her outburst.

"I didn't stop you from doing anything. Just keep the volume normal. We are in the hilly area, roads are kinda dangerous and with all that noise it's hard for me to concentrate on the road", he said in a calm and composed voice. She didn't say anything and kept looking away.

His eyes fell on a man who was selling corn by the roadside.

"If I'll buy you the corn will you sit back in the car?", he asked knowing that food was her weakness. She slowly shifted her eyes towards him, pursed her lips, and said "If you will do that, I can think about it".

He bought the corn and handed her.

"Sit in the car now", he said.

"Uhu", she shook her head. "Let me finish this first then I'll think about it".

He took a deep breath to control his anger and gave her a tight-lipped smile. She slowly ate it, throwing one corn at a time in her mouth and then chewing it. He was standing with his back pressed to the car.

"Will you get back in the car now?", he asked when she finished the corns.

"Add Please in your sentence", she shrugged.

"Will you please get back in the car now?", he asked.

"Danto gay nahi muje? (You won't scold me?)", she raised an eyebrow.

"okay",

"If you are insisting that much, how can I deny. I'm a very generous girl", she flipped her hair. He opened the door for her, she settled down. He took his seat and buckled up his seat belt. He locked the doors. Before he could start the car monkeys came from out of now where and gathered at the side of the road.

"Aww these baby monkeys are so cute", she said.

"Of course, at the end of the day they are your long-lost family", he mumbled and started the car. He switched on the stereo for her, this time she kept the volume low.

By the time they reached the farmhouse everyone was already present there. They were nearly an hour late.

Faryal was in her room because Zahra was sleeping.

"Huzaifa have breakfast beta", Amma jan said.

"No Amma jan, I'll take some rest. I'm having a headache", Huzaifa said and excused himself.

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Faryal stepped into the lawn with Zahra in her hands. Everyone was gathered there.

"Zahra woke up", Amma jan stated.

"Ji Amma jan", Faryal took a seat beside Amma jan. Zahra tightly hugged her ammi and looked at Amma jan under her eyes.

"She will be fine in few minutes", Faryal smiled.

"Aray my Zahra baby woke up", Baba jan said in a baby voice. Zahra quickly looked at him. Suddenly Baba jan sneezed. Zahra put her thumb in her mouth and chuckled.

"Ahh..cheee", Baba jan faked a sneeze and Zahra burst into a peal of laughter again.

"Come Zahra", Baba Jan said stretching his hand forward in Zahra's direction. Zahra looked at her Ammi.

"Go, play with nana abu", Faryal placed a kiss on Zahra's head. It looked like she wanted confirmation from her Ammi. Zahra detached herself from her Ammi and threw herself towards baba jan. He quickly took her in his hands.

"Alayy my baby", Baba kissed Zahra's cheek. Zahra smiled.

Faryal smiled at them. Her nose twitched to the tantalizing aroma of barbecue. She turned her head and realized some of the family members were gathered at some distance. She glanced at Zahra, Zahra was happily playing with baba jan. She stood up and went towards the others.

"Wow, my beef strips are perfectly barbequed", Zain stated.

"Mine too", Usman said.

"Okay you both go from here, make some space for others", Mom instructed them. "Mahum beta let's go we both will serve these to everyone".

"Ji chachi jan", Mahum picked up a plate in her hand.

Mom turned around and her eyes fell on Faryal. "Faryal why are standing there, come".

"Do you want some", Mahum asked. Faryal shifted her eyes towards Zohaib and Uzair, they were filling the barbeque sticks.

"I'll help them", Faryal stated.

"Cool", Mahum said and left the place along with mom. Faryal stepped forward.

"What would you like to have ma'am?", Zohaib asked in a playful tone. She smiled.

She tapped her index finger on her chin pretending to think "Sir, I would like to know the menu first".

"Sure ma'am, we have beef slices, chicken, mutton chops, and fish. You can either have it grilled or barbequed", He explained like a pro. Uzair observed them and smiled at their antics.

She peeked at them. They were having fish in their sticks.

"I'll go for the fish", she said.

"Fine", he took a barbeque stick in his hands and put a fish on it. "It will take some time".

"I want to do it by myself", she said. Zohaib glanced at her briefly and then handed her the stick. She happily took the stick from him and they placed them together on the coal. All that Faryal kept talking.

"Ohho it burnt", she gasped. "My fish burnt Allah Miyan. I can't do anything properly.", she whined.

"Don't worry it's not your fault", Zohaib said.

"Then whose fault it is?", she raised an eyebrow.

"Obviously it's Fish's fault", Uzair said and turned the side of his stick. She frowned.

"For not being heat tolerant. Stupid fish.", Zohaib stated. Uzair laughed and they high five.

"You both are making a fool out of me", she huffed. "Be it, bye". she went away.

"We were kidding", Uzair called out.

Zohaib laughed. "Don't worry, she doesn't know how to get upset.".

After few minutes Zohaib and Uzair joined everyone. Zohaib sat down on the handle of Faryal's seat with a barbeque stick in his hands. He took a piece of fish, blew air on it, and took it to her mouth. She looked at him, he signaled her through his eyes to open her mouth. She pouted. He signaled her again. She glanced at his hand, then back to his face, and opened her mouth.

"Mmmm it's delicious", she spoke. "Can I have some more?".

"Sure", Zohaib handed her the stick.

"Daddy", Zahra called out. Baba jan handed Zahra to her daddy.

"Zahra only time passes with us. The moment she sees her parents she would cling to them", Mom said.

Zohaib looked at Zahra's clothes carefully, she was clad in warm clothes from head to toe. He frowned. He glanced at Faryal and realized she was wearing warm clothes too.

"Is it snowing?", he asked.

"Huh?", she gave him a quizzical look.

"Why you both are wearing these winter clothes?", he asked in surprise.

"Because I was feeling cold", she shrugged.

"And Zahra?", he raised an eyebrow.

"If I'm feeling cold, she must be feeling too", she shook her head. He laughed. Everyone was silently listening to their banter.

"That's how she is, If the temperature falls a little bit you would find her all wrapped up in layers", Baba jan smiled.

"Such a baby", Zohaib whispered mischievously, which was only audible to her. Her face flushed and she looked away to ignore him.

"The weather here in Galiyat is very unpredictable, one moment the sun will be out and other it will start raining. It's usually chilly in the summers. The sun is out today that's why today is a bit warm but after the noon you all will need to wear warm clothes.", Agha Jan explained.

Zahra was applying force downwards. Zohaib tightened his hold around her and said " No beta, you can not crawl on the grass". Zahra let out voices in protest.

"Bohut badmash ho rahi hai Zahra (Zahra is getting naughty)", Dadi jan laughed.

"No problem, If Zahra can not crawl here we can make her walk", Faryal got up from the chair.

"Umm yeah", Zohaib placed Zahra on the ground. Zohaib held Zahra's right hand and Faryal took her left hand. They started walking slowly.

"I think we all should go inside, the lunch will be ready", Tayi Ammi said.

"I'll have the tea first", Dada jan said.

"Okay so I'll make the tea for everyone first", Tayi ammi stated. Everyone agreed and they went inside.

Zahra was taking small and quick steps. she was squealing and laughing.

"Easy Zahra", Zohaib laughed when Zahra literally started running.

"She is so eager to walk", Faryal said.

Zohaib's cell phone rang. They stopped and he attended the call. Faryal sat down on the ground and placed Zahra on her lap. Zohaib was strolling while talking on the phone.

"Daddyyy", Zahra called out.

"Daddy is coming", Faryal said lovingly. Zahra turned her head back, looked at her Ammi, and said "Huh?".

"Zahra's daddy is cominggg", Faryal sang in a baby voice. She felt something touched her knee. She moved her eyes and froze. A cat was sitting beside her. The cat let out voices which got Zahra's attention.

"It is a good cat, it won't harm us Zahra. Cats are good", Faryal said. She didn't believe her own words. She was scared but for Zahra, she had to put on a brave face.

Zahra starred the cat for a brief period. Her eyes were fixed on the moving tail of the cat. She moved forward to hold the cat in her hands but Faryal quickly stopped her.

"Stay here Zahra", Faryal said. The cat moved around for a few seconds, Faryal sighed in relief but suddenly the cat came back and sat down on her knee. She closed her eyes in fear. She wanted to scream but she controlled herself. She didn't want to scare Zahra due to her screams.

"Allah miyan", she mumbled. Her baba Jan came out to call them for the tea. When he saw the cat near her he literally ran knowing her daughter very well. But before he could reach there he saw Zohaib sat down beside her. Zohaib picked up the cat from her knee and wrapped his one hand around Faryal's back. She opened her eyes and released the breath she was holding before.

"Thank God Zohaib you came", she said.

"Apko lagay ga mein bohut darpook hun (You will think I'm very timid)", she voiced her thoughts and let out a nervous chuckle. Zohaib took her hand, linking his fingers with her, and grazed it on the cat.

"Nooo", she shook her hand and tried to move back her hand.

"Easy, it's just cat", he whispered. Zahra slightly bent towards the cat and smiled. Zohaib kept moving their hands to and fro on the cat. Her baba Jan smiled and went inside the house again.

"Zahra look beta, it's a cat", he said.

"Dekho kuch nahi hova (Look, nothing happened)", he said softly to Faryal. She nodded.

"Why didn't you ran away from the cat if you were scared?", he asked.

"It's a stubborn cat of the caretaker, if she sensed that you are trying to get away from her she would chase you. That's why I didn't move", she pouted. He smiled.

"We used to come here a lot. Once I just saw the cat near my chair and I started screaming", she laughed. "I screamed so much that Agha jan picked up the cat and threw it away. Later he really regretted treating the cat like that but at that time he couldn't think of anything else. Zohaib chuckled.

"Your hands are ice cold", he stated, their hands were still linked.

"I'm cold-blooded", she replied.

"Kehthay hain yeh bewafa logo ki nishani hai (They say it's a sign of unfaithful/disloyal people)", he said in a deep husky voice.

"It's just a saying", she said in her defense.

She thought for a moment and questioned "Do you consider me disloyal?". She looked into his eyes. Just as she did the orange sun hit her eyes. The light was dancing in her hazel eyes. Her long loose hair made him wanna push them away with his fingers. Her skin glowed. He was mesmerized by her beauty. He didn't know he was gazing at her till she tapped his arm and called his name "Zohaib".

"Huh", he startled and shifted his eyes away from her. He cleared his throat and asked "What did you say?",

"I said do you think I'm disloyal?", she asked innocently.

"No", he replied quickly. "You are not".

She smiled.

"Look I told you na it's just a saying, there is no proof of judging someone like that", she stated. Zohaib sneezed.

"Oh you caught a cold, let's go inside. You have to wear something that will keep you warm", She got up.

"It was just a sneeze Faryal", he rolled his eyes.

"uhu...stop making excuses. Let's go inside", She literally dragged him along.

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Zain, Usman, Huzaifa, Uzair, and Mahum silently starred at Zohaib and gave each other amused looks. Zohaib was busy on his phone.

"Zohaib is it snowing?", Uzair taunted Zohiab by repeating his words. They were grouped upped against Zohaib to tease him.

"Can't I feel cold?", Zohaib gave them a tight-lipped smile.

"Yeah the weather is cold", Uzair said and they giggled. Zohaib groaned internally. He mentally facepalmed for wearing warm clothes due to Faryal's constant insistence.

Faryal was coming towards them with a tray in her hands. Everyone stopped giggling.

"That's your herbal tea, Amma Jan said you will be fine soon", Faryal said to Zohaib. Zohaib glanced around, he wanted to rub off the smirks from their faces.

"I'm absolutely fine, all this was not needed", he whispered to her.

"Zohaib how are you feeling now?", Mom questioned. "Faryal said you are unwell".

"I'm good Mom. I just felt a little bit under the weather", he lied. He shifted his eyes towards Faryal, took a sip from the tea, and coughed.

"It tastes worse than Tayi Ammi's green soup", he scrunched his nose.

"Zohaib gulp it in one go, you won't feel it then", Faryal said.

"I'm not drinking this", he shook his head. Her smile slowly faded. She moved her hand forward to take the cup back from him. He heaved a sigh, held his nose with one hand, and gulped the tea in one go.

"You will be fine now", her eyes lit up. She took the cup from him and went away.

"Things you do to keep your wife happy", Huzaifa said in low voice and the group laughed.

Remember those walls I built? Well, baby,

they are trembling down and they didn't even put up a fight,

they didn't even make a sound.🎶

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