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Faraz's POV:

I was lying in my bed holding my mobile in my hand, and watching a preety face. She was sitting silently and I captured her in my pic in my mobile.

I still remember the day when I saw her for the first time in Mama's home. I met many girls but she was different. I like her with first glance. But we all went back to Mumbai. Even after going back I was feeling her cute chubby face flashing in front of my eyes, for many days.

But Time change and make everything different. Abbu took sudden decision to take retirement from his job and join family business in Delhi.

And after three years we were back in Delhi. I totally forgot about her, she was nothing to me except a face which I have saw few years back but we were invited to a party where I was going to talk to someone when my gaze fall on her.

"Shifa" I utter her name and I was shocked on myself that I remember her name. She was quite changed with time but become more beautiful.

And today when I entered in my home and found her in my home that was a different feeling. I never gaze any girl like that. I know it's forbidden to watch any girl like that but I don't know why i use to watch her like that.

I felt happy when she catched me watching her and suddenly lowered her gaze but the thing which made my smile wide and heart jumped faster was her hair. When she bowed her head, her hairlock fall on her face which she tucked behind the ear in very next moment but her lips formed a smile.

I was trying to talk to her and my destiny...

Ifra summoned me for WiFi password, and it was so easy to save my number in her mobile. I thought she got understand that the message in DP was only for her, not for anyone else.

Her nervous face was still flashing in my eyes. I want this girl in my life.

"Shifa" Her name is as sweet as she is.

I sat down on bed, still watching her in pic. I opened the WhatsApp to text her...

How are you?

I wanna talk to you!

I type the text but before I send that, I stopped myself. She was the daughter of Mami's brother. If she didn't liked me texting her and if she complained to her parents, that would be a big problem in our families. My parents reputation would be spoiled among all relatives that their son was flirting with a girl, my reputation will also be spoiled and I couldn't afford that.

But I wanted to talk to her, she didn't replied.

Even I didn't if know she understood that message or not?

But She can't be this naive that can't understand a simple thing.

Should I call her just for once..?

But.....

If its only single sided love from my side, then what!!

If she told her family that I call her in middle of night, then!!

But...

Those if and but were not leaving me... I wanted to talk to her, but I was scared. Its not a simple thing to propose a girl for a boy like me, who always tries to avoid anything which is forbidden in our religion. That wasn't easy for me to propose a girl if that girl is Shifa who become tomato red when I gaze her.

I was stucked between my heart and brain. My heart was wanted to call her or text her but my brain was stopping me to do so..

I saw her status and DP but that was unchanged. That was still showing a pic of pink Teddy.

After letting a cold sigh I decided to gave her a message, by changing my DP.

"Shifa please understand what I wanted to say" mumbling the same I placed the mobile on night stand and switch off the light to sleep.

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SHIFA'S POV

I did every possible thing to sleep but his face was coming in front of my eyes whenever I was closing my eyes to sleep.

"Faraz please... Please.. Dont do this with me.. I can't to anything like this" I begged in front of him as if he was sitting in front of me. But putting all the thoughts aside I overcome on my senses and soon I was in the land of nod.

"Shifaaaaa..."

"Shifaaaaa... Wake up babu, and offer namaz" I heard a knock on the door and opened my eyes

"Mummy I'm already awake" I said in little louder voice, then again closed my eyes and a smile came to my lips after thinking about Faraz....

"Astagfirullah"

"No Shifa.. Control yourself." saying that I suddenly opened my eyes and made myself set on the bed. After two more minutes I made my way to washroom for freshen up and ablution.

I offered Fajr namaz and that was the time for dua... Raising my hands I did dua for everything and in the end...

"Ya-Allah, only you knows what is going in my heart and what I'm feeling with myself... Please give me power to handle all these things and this feeling"

"Ameen" I finished my dua and folded the prayer mat..

Sometimes Allah answer the prayer in very next moment but we humans don't ask for correct thing for us.

Unfolding the dupatta from my head I placed that on bed and made my bed, then picked up the mobile from nightstand and started checking the status and DP, that was my daily routine. But that day something was different I wanted to check someone's DP and status.

My heart skipped a beat on seeing the same

'Is this for me? Or just!!" I was confused but at that time I decided to put my mobile back and get ready for school.

After a quick shower I dressed up in school uniform and tied my hair in high ponytail, picked my school bag and scoot towards the dining portion.

"Shifa beta do breakfast fast" Mummy said and I nodded.

"Papa I have to submit money for lab manual" I said in small voice and he nodded without uttering a word. He placed the money in front of me and I silently putted that in my bag.

"Billu, come fast" saying that I picked a sandwich from plate and scoot towards the door after doing salam.

"Aapi"

"Hmm?" without giving a look to Billu I hummed when we were standing on stand waiting for our school bus.

"Mummy and papa were talking about your stu..." Bilal was saying but then bus arrived and our discussion got disturbed.

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"Affiii" I went to her class in lunch break.

"Shifa see your favorite bread rolls" Showing her lunchbox she said happily and I smiled.

"Day before Yesterday we went to Nida Aunty's place" I picked a roll from her box and said in hushed tone..

"Reallyyyy!!! It means My shifa was in her would be in-laws house'' Affi said with a mischievous smile and pulled my cheek.

" Afifaaa" I glared her and she kissed my cheek mischievously.

"Faraz bhai is handsome na?" after picking sandwich from my lunch box she asked and I again glared her.

"No your Faraz bhai is not handsome at all" I said in scolding way but that girl..

"Shifooo... Its sounds soooo romantic. Your Faraz bhaiii.. Hmmm.." fluttering her eyelashes she said dramatically, but thankfully in whispered

"It seens my bhabhi is talking about my brother but she is feeling shy in uttering his name.."

"Affo shut up.." I slap her arm and she pulled a face

"Did you talk to Faraz bhai? Was he looking at you in the same way? Unka ghar achha lga? Nhi. Nhi.. Mera matlab... Apna hone wala sasural pasand aaya?" Afifa was asking each and every question which one can ask mischievously and I was either glaring her or slapping her on every question, but in reality I was smiling in my heart.

(Do you like his home.. I mean your would be in-laws home)

"Affi stop it and listen to me." I said seriously and she shook her head

"First tell me, do you like like him or not?" Affi made me confused. I wanted to accept that I liked him but I was afraid to circumstances.

"No I don't like him" I said and Afifa smacked her forehead.

"Now what's the point of refusal? You have find out a huge reason to reject Faraz bhai?" Afifa asked and I stay silent. But suddenly I remembered a thing...

I had forgot about the pledge that I hadn't had to think about any boy. 

"Afifa nothing like that, I don't want to think about all these things" after saying that I made myself stand and moved towards my cmassroom

"Drama queen... Wait... Where are you going?!!" I listened Affi's voice and turned to face her

"I can arrange Faraz bhai's number. I can take that from bhai's mobile" Afifa said happily but I did not share that I already had his number.

"I don't need."

"Shifa..listen I understand the reason behind sameer. Rohail wasn't good in past, fine you reflected him. Now come to Yaseen, that day he was indirectly proposing you but I directly insulted him... What was the reason being that!?" I was silent on her enquires. Because the reason was only known by me.

" Fine.. I understand, yaseen is not financially stable. But what's the matter with Faraz bhai? Yaar.. He is working in a hospital and will neve....'' Afifa have you done? If yes then its better because I don't have time to waste on discussion of boys. I said angrily and went to my classroom.

His face was flashing in my head but I was stopping my heart to think about him.

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THIRD PERSON'S POV :

Shifa went back to her home and became busy in her homework. She didn't realised when it turned to evening and her father came back to home. She completed her homework and went out from her room and found Maryam working in kitchen as usually

"Mumma should I do something?" Shifa asked and started helping her mother in washing the vegetables for salad.

"Shifa will you make salad?" Maryam asked and Shifa nodded without saying any word.

"okay beta Then you make salad I have to talk to your papa" saying that Maryam left the kitchen and Shifa got busy in pealing cucumbers.

"Suniye (listen) I have to talk to you" Maryam said after sitting beside him, he was sitting on the chair which was placed outside the kitchen

''Yeah" putting his newspaper down he asked.

"Other day when we went for Quran khwani Nida Baji was asking about Shifa." Maryam was talking to her husband and their voice was clearly hearable in kitchen, but she was busy in peeling cucumber

"What she was asking about Shifa?" This time Shifa gave her ear to the conversation because she listened her name.

"Nida Baji was asking, will we marry off Shifa if got a good Match her or will we let her study?" Maryam informed her husband and shifa's heart skipped a beat

"But Maryam... Why Nida was asking..." shifa gulped when she listened her father's voice.

'Allah.. What will happened now? I didn't do anything! If Faraz have said something to his Ammi...!! Ya Allah please save me if papa got to know anything he will kill me' Shifa looked at her hands which were shivering with fear, the knife which she was holding in her hand got slipped

"I am not sure but I think Nida baji is thinking about Shifa for Faraz, she was asking about Shifa, if we wants to marry her off soon or not?" Shifa listened her mother's voice and she was in the pool of sweat by then. She was afraid If anyone got to know about Faraz's number exchange then, her father could do anything.

"Then What you have said Maryam?"

"I said that we haven't decided anything, we will think about that if any good proposal will come, otherwise she is studying" Maryam said and that time shifa felt little relaxed that none is known about That. But she was still felling her hands shivering with fear.

"If Nida Baji ask for her proposal then what should we do?" Maryam asked to her husband and he think for a while

"Maryam dont think too much! I don't think Nida will think about Shifa for Faraz." Shifa listened that and felt that someone crushed her heart. She felt a pain in her heart which suddenly converted in to a lone tear, which didn't had guts to came out from her eye.

'Shifaaa... It's okay otherwise also you don't have to trust any boy, remember your promise' Shifa said to herself and took a long breath and gulp all the tears which appeard in her eyes.

But why Shifa was crying for Faraz if she had to ignore him and the feeling which she was experiencing in her life for the first time.

"Maryam"

Maryam made herself stand to went to the kitchen but stopped when her husband call her.

"Ji"

(Yes)

"Faraz is a gem in every aspect, if Nida ask for Shifa's proposal then we shouldn't deny for that just because of her studies. We won't get anyone better than Faraz for Shifa" Shifa listened the last sentence of her father and she was surprised on his words.

She felt a wave of happiness running in her heart and frame.

"Faraz.. Reallyyyy!! Is this possible" Shifa smiled and started cutting salad, her mind was flashing his face and his smile.

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_Naaz Jamal