EMPTY SOULS

FORGET

I might lie at times but, my intentions will be pure.I might fight at times but, to keep the truth alive. I might cry at times but, to see someone else smile wide. I might disagree at some points, to agree to someone else's decision. I am quite at times, so that my silence will speak for me! Because, I have a character under my character, I have a story behind every story. Hence, interpretation of your own will always be harmful.

Was I never this sad before? But, why am I stressing upon something so very much? I am a girl who lights up other's mood so, why can't I help myself out of this?

I went and stood straight in front of my mirror, looked at myself, stared into my soul, smiled at myself.

'Wajeeha, you have million thoughts and confusions but, you had many even in the past. you left it all to Allah (SWT) and with times everything healed. And this minor wound, which cannot even be considered as a wound, will be solved automatically. Are you worried about Ateef? Your Picture? Or Aleem and his double games? Well, once upon a time, they never existed for you and now, you  can turn to Allah, pray and all  your  problems, which feels like a burden will just vanish and you will witness peace and gather courage to face everything . Your picture will be deleted, do not worry and the other confusions, will soon be clarified. Give some time, tables will turn but, do not misinterpret things' I said to myself!

I took a deep breath, could feel the air running in the atmosphere, could feel how unnecessary it was to stress upon something which is unimportant. Now, when i looked into the mirror, i was smiling wide for no reason and for myself. 

I now, decided to pray and then sleep for sometime. As, it was already 6 pm and I was quite tired of all the bullshit. My mind too gave up and i was heading towards my washroom when, i heard a knock on my door, then entered Sabeeha, My younger sister. .

" Do not dare to disturb me, get out of my room and go complete your home works" I reprimanded!

Sabeeha is a very sharp minded girl. She is 14 years old now and is in her 8th standard. She is truly a sweet soul but, you know how siblings can irritate and love you at the same time! We both receive equal amount of love from our parents and they have never been partial and Sabeeha's point of view about this is quite different, as she feels she is the only queen of our small kingdom.

"Get ready and comedown soon didu!!" Sabeeha shouted.

"Lower you voice! and I am not going to come down now! Just go!" I answered back pointing towards the door.

"Seems like you have forgotten that today we have Sofia's Pre-wedding ceremony and your presence is a must." She clarified.

Sofia is my ex neighbor and my schoolmate too. A girl with a kind heart and a caring nature for sure. She had come down to my house 3 weeks ago, and kept reminding everyday that, 29th November is her Pre-wedding ceremony! And wow,I still managed to forget about it.

"I know that, And you obviously are not required to select my outfit now, so, I commanded to leave, and anyways, I was getting ready now, didn't you see me heading towards the washroom?" I slightly smiled.

"I know you are a good actor at your school and college but, I am experienced at pointing out and disclosing your lies so, be careful before you try to fool someone like me!" Sabeeha snapped and tried controlling her laughter.

I managed to send her out of the room and  then selected a green and yellow colour outfit as it is mostly worn my many!. My green shirt had collared sleeves and the yellow pants were  slightly loose, pairing my outfit with a yellow scarf and oped for nude makeup. I chose to wear my light green sandals and  some matching accessories. Even though I knew these colours don't suit me, I just wanted to attend this ceremony anyhow formally and be back soon and did not waste much of time, getting ready!

Mumma as always kissed and complimented for looking pretty,but, sabeeha reminded that how every mother loves her child even if she has worn a dress of yuck green colour and giggled for quite some time until we reached the marriage hall....  

I completed all my formalities of meeting sofia and gifting her something on this special occasion of her life. I felt happy for her from within but, seriously wanted to sleep so, without wasting anymore time I proceeded towards the food section and surprisingly there i saw my Aanee( My aunt). My mother has one younger sister who got married 5 years back, and has one cute little blessing as his son! Badar, his name is taken in our home atleast for 100 times a day. And today, I was meeting him after whole 3 months and my happiness knew no bounds. He is just 2 years old and rules all of our hearts. I went to him, carried him and was having a wholesome talk in his imperfect language. Then he asked me to get some chocolate for him or else he would not recite the latest poem which he had learnt and I headed towards the chocolate fountain stall to get him some of it! 

As soon as I took the chocolate candy in my hands, a cute little girl of Badar's age pulled my pants from behind. She asked me lean down to her and whispered in my ears to get one more for her! I couldn't deny the fact that she was adorable too, I asked her name but, she wanted me to carry her first and then I carried her in my arms and got one candy for her too. 

I took her to Badar and it did not even take a few minutes for them to become friends and have some unimportant discussion in their cute slangs, I couldn't resist but laugh!

Suddenly, I heard someone calling from behind"Sadaf, what are you doin here?"

I turned back to see a face so familiar to me yet, I acted unaffected, My heart skipped a beat for a second and for the first time in the day I wished I would have dressed well.

A/N: GUESS WHO IT IS? AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

CHAP 12 COMING SOON