Unforgettable

Unforgettable

BASHIR 

I came in and there I saw Fatima standing holding a tray, her face looked confused and then she dropped the tray, the next thing I saw was her fainting.  I turned to find ammi staring at me, my eyes were filled with tears, my baby is all grown up I murmured. batula and the rest were speechless but Khadija was smiling because she knew about everything. 

After a while, Fatima woke up... 

"I had a crazy dream that I saw Bashir,"  she said sitting up

"oh it's not a dream" I answered. she Sat there looking at me as tears rolled down her cheek endlessly

" Why are you making my mom cry? "Ammi said angrily. 

" Stop it Ammi " she shouted standing up. she touched my face and held my hand but she still was doubting it. 

" mama is this real? "she asked, 

" It's real" she replied tearing up.

She hugged me and started crying

"I can't believe it's you, I can't believe your alive she said crying."  She pulled away and took ammi by the hand

" say your greeting to your dad," she said crying

" dad? Mom did you just say dad? " she asked.

" Yeah Dad.... " she jumped up and hugged me." this is the best birthday ever"  she screamed. 

After the party was over and Fatima was calm I started telling them what happened:

"I was about to be buried when I moved, many people ran away. at first, the Imam hesitated to unwrap me but after a while, they decided to check and I had a pulse. Few people remained there so Baba kept the situation quiet, I had problems with my leg and spine, so I couldn't walk I had to undergo therapy and Surgery through these years. I contacted Khadija months ago and told her to keep an eye on you so you won't have any sugar daddies before I come back. So here I am healthy and back."

everyone was happy it was like a dream or like those movies or books you read. Fatima was happy she didn't let me out of her sight the whole day. 

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The next day we got endless visitors coming to see wonders and praying for me, and am just kept staring at me.

"What? "I asked her.

" Nothing, it's just weird that your back Abba it feels like a dream,"

"aren't you happy? "I asked her.

" No I am but please don't leave us again Abba, please. " I hugged her and replied

" it's not my will my princess it all depends on how Allah wills, but I'll be by your side every day, I'll be here when you need me, I'll also be there on your wedding day inshallah" she closed her face shyly. 

Fatima came in with a cup of water and handed it to me. 

"did you hear about Khadija's wedding? She asked. 

"oh, she's getting married??"

" Yeah, she is."

"with who I asked? "curiously, 

" IMRAN!! "

I laughed " that guy is something else he didn't even tell me. Well, it doesn't MATTER, What matters is am here with you, I realized something when I almost died, it's that life is unpredictable. So we got to make every minute count and we gotta make every moment UNFORGETTABLE "