The spoilt brat

It’s time we solved our Misunderstandings

Ashrafs 

I met with Areefa's parents a week ago and we set the date of the wedding in 5 months, I was so happy and nervous at the same time. What if something goes wrong? I'm trying to stay positive but marrying someone as gorgeous as Areefa is like a dream so it's normal to feel uneasy. Everyone seem to like her at home which made me happy, thinking about how amazing she was made me want her more, so this is how people feel when they're in love? God what's wrong with me, why am being so cliche? We're going meet today and I couldn't wait. 

 around 8:45pm I was outside waiting for Areefa, I kept thinking about work and I didn't notice that she was already in the car sitting beside me until she slightly peck me on my cheek which made me snap out of my thoughts and started blushing. "what was that for?"

"don't know I just did it anyway." she had this seductive look on her face 

I look at her and noticed she felt embarrassed "don't feel embarrassed cause you look like you feel like sinking."

"well too late for that cause you already make me feel that way." she was blushing sonhrc 

"sorry I was kind of caught off guard and didn't know when I blurt it out but trust me when i say I liked it. But i'd prefer my lips on yours" he winks at me 

"yeah well you sound like a p*****t saying that." her cheeks still heated up 

"seriously? How can you say that to your husband? God It feels so good saying that" and was cheesing so hard 

"and it feels weird hearing it, I still can't believe I'm getting married." she mumbled 

"well you better believe it cause I'm not letting you go."

"who said I had plans of leaving?" she turned to stare at me

"yeah well just saying, Babe do you think I can beg your dad to postpone the wedding?" 

"what?" she asked with a dreadful look on her favey

"i mean can't we have it earlier i'm just so eager and the time is moving slowly, I mean what I would'nt do to have you in my arms" I licked my lips 

"no we can't I still need time and it's shameless to say that to your parents, moreover you're just being a horny prick."

"no its not, we're just being honest." 

"you mean you alone, speak for yourself" 

"yeah alright me" I shake my head 

After we met i drove back home, I sat outside to get some fresh and clear my head cause I've been bothered by some things. One of it is the fact that I haven't told Areefa about my health issues, the fact that I'm a sickler. Is she gonna freak out? Or will she accept me the way I am? 

The other is that halima has reappeared... 

Areefa's 

These past few days haven't been the best, Me and ashraf have grown apart. when I call he doesn't pick, when we chat it takes time before he answers and when I talk of the genotype and blood test my aunt asks us to take he never says anything about it. Is it possible that he's already tired of me? I found myself crying alone in my room listening to we belong together by Mariah Kerry. I'm a mess right now I thought to myself, I felt like everything was crashing down, all the happiness I've felt this few months was like it never existed, to begin with. God Areefa what are you going to do now? I thought of that, I heard a knock on my door. 

I thought of ignoring it cause aunty has been doing that since morning but I heard asma's voice, I walked up to the door, opened it, and went back to lay down on my bed under my comfy duvet. 

"ari-ri are you OK?" asma asked 

"How can I be OK?" I start sobbing "ashraf doesn't love me anymore."

"what? Who told you that?" she looked shocked 

"I found out myself, he doesn't call me and if I call him he doesn't pick up my calls, when we chat it takes hours before he replies and he's distant and cold towards me, Just like before."

"ari-ri I know how it looks like but it isn't that way, ya ashraf adores you so much, he's just been having some problems lately.." Asma was giving him excuses

"problems? Asma's if he's having difficulties shouldn't he tell me? what are wives for, to comfort you during hard times, if he's having issues right now and he's avoiding me what will happen if we get married? I may look dumb but I'm not, no matter how much I love him I'm not going to marry someone who doesn't take me seriously." I concluded 

"Areefa I know OK? Trust me he's been like a ghost this past few weeks, his issues are bigger than him, it's weighing him down." 

"then let me help carry some of his burdens, I'm here. all he needs to do is ask. I know he's your brother and you want to side with him but I'm getting tired, if he doesn't want to do this it's better to cancel the wedding." I made my mind up

"No cone on you don't have to take it that far, But it looks like you've made up your mind. Please at least let me talk to him OK?" I nod at her

"come on let's go eat I'm hungry."

Ashrafs 

I laid down on my bed listening to Areefa's voice messages, even though everything seems bad from the genotype tests to Halima but her voice kept me going. I missed her so much, I felt like I was suffocating without her, I was thinking about her when Asma came storming into my room. 

"your face looks pale are you sick ?" I asked concerned 

"me? Of course, I'm sick from overfeeding, I forced myself to eat 3 servings of coconut rice so I could make Areefa eat."As soon as I heard her say she tried to make her eat I sat up instantly. 

"Is she sick?" I panicked 

"Are you asking me? The poor girl has been depressed because of you. You don't call her, text her or go see her. She's a mess right now."

"oh my God, what am I going to do now?" I panicked 

"ya ashraf I know you don't want to tell her about some things cause you're it will ruin your relationship but running away from it is doing greater harm. just go to her, confide in her, cause she said that it's better to cancel the wedding seeing as you're going back to your old ways. and I think you should prepare yourself for the worst, I asked Farida for her genotype and she says it's AS." 

"what? No no no, cancel what? God forbid I'll go see her, in fact, I'll go tonight. Even if it means telling her about it."

"OK, I'll text her to tell her you're coming over." 

Areefa's 

I took a bath, changed my clothes, and applied some makeup. I received his message saying he's outside, I walked out to see him Park outside the gate with his BMW-X1, I entered the car and sat in the front seat of the car. 

"hello" I ignored him 

"ari-ri are you ignoring me?" 

"you tell me" I roll my eyes 

"babe I'm so sorry for this past few weeks, I know you've been worried.'

"I never told you I was worried," I spoke hard 

"Areefa I need to tell you something. 

I could hear how serious his tune was. 

"What Is it?" 

"about the genotype test, I've known mine for a long time. I was born with it, and not many people marry people who have it because they think it's stressful and all, I have sickle cell anemia" he confessed 

It took some time to process what was going on and whether this answer was going to end us or not but I'm going to say it anyway 

Ashrafs 

I could see the shock on her face but her answer made me have the same expression as she's... 

"and so? Are sicklers not human beings? you were born that way and you can't change that fact." 

"Wait..... So you're still going to marry me after knowing?" 

"yes and why not? I love you, all of you" she mumbled 

"there's a great chance that one of our kids may inherit it." 

"that's not possible, mine is AA so we may have carriers but not a sickle cell." 

"but asma told me that Farida told her yours was AS"

"lol, what does Farida know, she can't tell the difference." 

I felt half of my stress melt away, the worse part was over except one... 

"and there's another bad news"

"what is it now?"

"h-h-h--Halima is back!" I blurted 

"wait, WHAT?"

"Last week she came to visit my mom, looks like her mom and mine are 3rd cousins and she actually threatened to bring up marriage to my parents if I don't agree to get back together with her, seeing how my parent's value family they won't have a problem canceling our wedding and replacing you with her," I confess, She sat there thinking and shaking her legs for almost 30 minutes. 

"aha, I've got a plan" a devious smile play on her lips. The next thing she said wailed insanity, but it just might work, no not might, it definitely will.