THIRD PERSON'S POV,

''Aasif... "

" Hmm"

"I'm worried for Maizah." Gul bano shared with her husband and he nodded without showing any expression on his face.

"This girl has played with her own life and future. I never wanted to marry her with Anzala but after what she had done we were left with no other choice but that nikkah." Aasif said and this time his voice was holding anger and disappointment.

"Anzala and Maizah both are immature, they both only fight with each other. I don't know how they will live their whole life together? Will they be together forever or not?" Gul mumbled with frustration and Aasif sighed while removing his glasses from his eyes.

"Now they have to live their lives together... They have choose this relationship but with wrong way. " Aasif told and Gul soon felt tears in her eyes.

"Gul why are you crying again?" Aasif asked and she shook her head before wiping the tears but soon fresh tears replaced the old one.

"Come here and stop crying."

"Aasif, we haven't teach anything wrong which lead to these things in between Anzala and Maizah." Gul mumbled while silently crying and Aasif pulled her in a side hug.

"Maybe we left something in teaching her, or maybe she forget everything which she have learned from us." Aasif said with disappointment, he loved Maizah more than everyone else but according to him Maizah broke their trust which broken Aasif from inside.

"We shouldn't send her to that tour." Gul mumbled and Aasif nodded.

"But we can't do anything about the past." Aasif said to his wife and she break the hug.

"I know we can't do anything about past, but think about future. Anzala is a big slacker, he do-nothing but roaming around with his friends. How will he handle everything?" Aasif was silent on that question. Gul was correct with her opinion, she was concerned about Maizah and her future but she was angry too.

"Gul.."

"Hmm''

''Today Mr. Ali call Abbu ji." Aasif informed and Gul nodded slowly.

"They wants to come for Maizah's proposal for Naail!" Aasif informed and Gul was shocked.

"Naail!"

"Yes Naail, Mr. Ali was saying that he like My daughter for Naail and he will come for her proposal!" Aasif shared.

"But Maizah and Anzala are married and Mr. Ali watched that pics. Maybe.." Gul was full of confusion just like Aasif.

"I am also confuse why and how Mr. Ali is askin.." Aasif was stopped in between when Gul interrupted.

" What now? Will Mr Ali come tomorrow or not? have you informed him about this Nikkah not?" Gul asked many questions in one go.

" I don't know it now abbu ji has invited him tomorrow, let's see what will happen" Aasif said and she nodded.

"Come for dinner I'm going to serve" Saying that Gul made herself stand and Aasif shook his head.

"Now a days I don't feel hungry. Maizah killed me and my hunger both" He mumbled and Gul again sat down beside him.

"Don't quit on your meal you will become ill, I know what are you feeling but. Don't do like this" She said and Aasif nodded with a sad expression.

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Maizah was laying on the bed on her stomach moving her both legs in air and busy chatting with Naail.

''What's tomorrow's plan?"

She got his message?

''tomorrow?"

" Is Anything special?'

🤔

Maizah texted him in reply

"I am coming to your home!!

don't u know? I thought u

& Anzala will talk to me

On terrace just like other

Day''

Naail texted and Maizah become crazy, her eyes become wide and she wanted to jump like mad but she stopped herself.

" Really?? Are you coming

tomorrow?''

Maizah sended and wait for reply for a few minutes.

"Do you have any problem?"

"No.. Noo...

Why would I have!

You are always welcome!"

She replied with full of happiness and pressed her mouth with her hand to stop her happy squall.

"Yours this friendly nature attracted me and Dadu towards your family."

Naail texted and Maizah didn't realised when she started blushing.

"Mazi, Aaja khana lag gya hai.." Maizah turned her head towards the door of her bedroom and found Anzala standing there.

(come dinner is served)

"Anzu yaar I'll eat later, now I'm talking with Naail" Maizah state and Anzala smacked his forehead.

"Come on chudail.. You can talk to Naail any time but if you miss dinner then you have to heat up the food by yourself which will be most different thing for you. Got it?" Anzala while his arms on his chest while saying that and Maizah nodded she terminate the conversation with Naail and jumped out of the bed.

" Anzzuuuuuuu.... Naail is coming tomorrow. " She exclaimed.

"Why?"

"Donno... But its enough for me that he is coming." She state while opening her hair and again folding them in a messy bun with the help of a clip.

"Don't be so jappy, what if he will come when we both be in college?" Anzala asked and Maizah's eyes become big.

"Why I haven't think about this?" Maizah asked with a pout and Anzala chuckled.

" One should have brain to think about anything." He said while rolling his eyes and got a slap on his own.

" Shut up, you don't have brain so don't act like a smart." Maizah said while rolling her eyes and both bust in guffaw but Anzala suddenly remembered about their plan.

"Maizah, Stop it. We have to stay away from each other in home. We both forget about this." Anzala whispered and she suddenly nodded, both moved towards the hall for their dinner. 

Anzala and Maizah who both were coming together without knowing about the eyes of every family member fixed on them. Both silently took seat besides each other as usually and served dinner in their plates.

Maizah was silently having her dinner when Anzala suddenly picked a piece of cucumber from her plate but Maizah glared him which he didn't notice.

"Anzu, I have told you many tim..." Maizah was saying the same after slapping his hand but stopped in between

''Maizah, Focus stay away from Anzala in front of family.'' Maizah scolded herself and stopped in between of her sentence.

"Sorry." Anzala mumbled when he remembered about the plan but eat the cucumber silently.

"Adnaan, come here." Making herself stand from her seat Maizah said to her younger brother to exchange the seat.

"Why?" Adnaan asked with furrowed brows.

"Because I don't want to sit beside him." Maizah said and Adnaan nodded before getting up from his chair.

"No need to do all these show offs." Momina said while glaring Maizah.

"Ammi stop it! We aren't doing any show off." Anzala protest and Rashid also glared Anzala.

"Now you are married so no need to behave like this." Momina said to both of them and they looked at each other.

"We are not married, I don't consider that as marriage.That was just papers which you people made us sign forcefully." Anzala said with anger but Gul and Aasif both looked at him with shocked expressions. They were concerned about the future of their only daughter, according to them that was a big problem that Anzala was not considering Maizah as his wife.

"Forcefully or willingly, now she is your wife and you have to admit this." Aasif said that with disbelieve.

"Aasif is right, you two are husband wife accept this. We are going to announce this marriage to everyone very soon" Abdul Gafur said angrily and both Maizah and Anzala were shocked.

"Its not... No its impossible"

"No.. Dada abbu please"

Anzala and Maizah both said in unison.

"Anzala, you can't leave Maizah so simply" Gul said and everyone nodded.

"Ammi not only Anzala but I also don't want to continue this marriage." Maizah said angrily and they both left their dinner in between.

"What they both are willing to do?" Rashid asked angrily when Anzala and Maizah both left from there.

"Don't worry, haven't you see that they both are still happy with each other but they are acting in front of us as if they are not interested in each other. They are just acting." Momina explain in front of all.

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The crispy, off white pages; printed with black ink were watching the face of the owner of those hands which were holding that since last one hour just in the sake of single gaze of those brown pair of eyes, but those poor helpless pages were unturned since last hour as Maizah was busy in thinking about her life and that's sudden Change. She was sitting in the lawn of her home holding an open book in her both hands, but reading nothing. She decided to take leave from college because Naail was coming to her home and she couldn't afford to miss the meeting with him, but Anzala went to college as usually.

"Hey Maizah..." She listened a voice which pulled her out from the trance.

"Hmm..." She turned her head to recognise the owner of that voice though that wasn't difficult for her to understand that the owner of that voice no one else but Naail.

"Hey Naail, how are you" Placing the book on the chair on which she was sitting just a moment ago she move towards him holding a bright smile on her looks and a question in her brain.

'Am I looking fine or not?' She asked to herself but keep holding a confident smile on her face

"Assalamualaikum dadu" Maizah greeted Mr Ali with a smile and he patted her head.

' It's better that I haven't go college, otherwise I would definitely miss this meeting!' Maizah said to herself while looking at Naail and lead their way to inside the home.

In no time everyone was gathered in the hall all the elders become busy in talking to each other about numerous topics some important but most of them were useless. Naail was sitting getting bored in the discussion as so was Maizah.

"Where is Anzala!" Naail asked to Maizah and she informed that he was in college on which Naail nodded. In the time being Rumi, helped her mother and aunt to serve snacks for Guests.

"Now the important topic for which I have visited here." Mr. Ali said with a smile. But Rizwi family's smile went to their end they they knew that Mr. Ali liked the daughter of Aasif for Naail and they both were their for marriage proposal.

"Ali first have tea then we will talk about anything

" Abdul Gafur said and Mr. Ali nodded. Rumi gave a cup of tea to Mr. Ali, he passed a smile and then Rumi moved towards Naail to gave the tea at that time his eyes said something different, which was out of Rumi's mind. When Rumi passed the cup to Naail their fingers were touched accidentally on which they both looked at each other and Naail smiled, but Rumi felt something different in her heart.

"Thanks." Naail mumbled in slow voice and Rumi passed a hesitation filled smile. In the time being Anzala also come back from his college

"Abdul, I talked on call, now I'm asking the same." Mr. Ali stopped in between when Anzala greeted him, but the pause wasn't long, he soon continued.

"I like your grand daughter for my Naail." Maizah on ninth cloud after listening the same.

"Yeah but..." Abdul Gafur was saying when he was stopped by Mr. Ali.

"Abdul no if and but. I want To make your grand daughter as the daughter-in-law of my home." Mr. Also said and Maizah, realised that she must be blushing by then, so she made her way to her bedroom, leaving all the other members of family in the hall with guests.

"Naailllll..." She uttered closing her eyes after shutting the door of room and soon she entered in the land of thoughts and daydreaming about Naail without knowing what was going on in the hall on the other side...

"I told Aasif and Rashid about your intentions regarding Maizah and Naail." Abdul Gafur said and Mr. Ali's forehead was covered creasesn

"No. I am not talking about Maizah but I am talking about the daughter of Aasif." Mr. Ali corrected and everyone shook their head.

"But Maizah is Aasif's daughter.." Rashid stated and Mr. Ali was confused.

"Maizah is Aasif's daughter" Rashid added.

" And Rumi whose daughter is she?" Mr. Ali asked in confusion. Before this time she was supposing that Maizah was Rashid's daughter and Anzala and Rumi were Aasif's daughter.

" Are you asking about Rumi not Maizah?" Momina asked to Mr Ali and he nodded on which Anzala was witg mixed emotions. He was happy for his sister but at the same time he was sad for Maizah as her heart was going to break.

"I like Rumi very much, she is polite, decent, simple that I couldn't control myself to ask for this alliance" Mr. Ali state.

" So this is the matter otherwise I was thinking that you liked Maizah." Abdul Gafur said and Naail shook his head.

"Nothing like that... Maizah and Anzala are perfect for each other and I want Rumi to be married with Naail!" Rumi felt her cheeks burning. She placed the cup of hand before marching out from the hall. But Anzala was shocked on what Mr. Ali said to all others...

Naail smiled looking at the way Rumi left and taste the tea made by her, he was happy to saw the beautiful smile of Rumi which was just like a bunch of fresh roses. Anzala didn't waste long time to went to Maizah's room to told her everything.

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