Amidst the Wedding!

Chapter 2

"Oh really? Bura bartav nahi kiya? Oh right... aap to Mr. Perfect hain. Aap kabhi ghalat thodi na ho sakte hain. Saari ghalati to meri hi hoti thi humesha.", she retorted making Asad look at her, confused.

"Aap kab ki baat kar rahi hain?", he raised his brow.

"School aur college ki. Aur kiski?", she rebuked.

"School aur college? Aap mujhse teen saal junior thi,", he said.

"Mujhe pata hai Mr. Khan! Mera dimaag kharab nahi hai ke main khud ke college aur school life ke baare mein bhool jau!", she huffed and turned away.

"Yahan baat aapka mujhse nafrat karne ka hai. Aap mujhse nafrat kyun karti hain Zoya?", he asked again.

"Bas karti hoon.", she replied.

"Bina kisi wajah?", he asked.

"Nahi.. wajah hai par main batana nahi chahti. Waise wo aapki girlfriend kaisi hai? Tanveer chudail!", she asked.

"Kahin aap jealous to nahi hain?", he asked curiously.

"Jale meri jooti. Main to usse 200 times beautiful hoon, confident hoon, independent hoon.", she replied, shrugging her shoulders.

"Wo to aap hain.", he said with a smile.

"Jee?", she asked flabbergasted.

"Jee."

"Kya kaha aapne Mr. Khan?", she asked surprised.

"Yahi ke jo kuch aapne khud ke baare mein bola, sab sahi tha. Isliye to aap mujhe itni achhi lagti hain.", he smiled then suddenly closed his eyes to realize what he said.

"Aap mujhe pasand karte hain?", she asked but did not get a reply from Asad so she left the conversation there. The rest of the drive was silent.

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At Khan Villa,

"Hey Phuppiii!", Zoya squealed and hugged Dilshad close. Dilshad loving caressed her hair.

"Kaisi ho Zoya?", she asked,

"Main, waisi hi jaise parson thi jab aapse mili thi!", grinned Zoya.

Dilshad's eyes widened seeing Asad walking behind her.

"Asad, tum yahan?", asked his mother, shocked.

"Haan wo... main... Haider ke saath shopping gaya tha and then you called Zoya and wanted to meet her. Haider told me to take her back home with me.", replied Asad shrugging his shoulders.

"Aur tum Asad ke saath aa gayi?", asked Dilshad looking over at Zoya, still wide-eyed.

"Aana pada Phupi! Haider almost got mad at me!", pouted Zoya.

Asad smiled at her reaction but looked away and walked straight to his room.

"Phupi, aap aur Najma kuch dino ke liye humare ghar shift ho jayiye na! Haider ki shaadi ke taiyaariyo mein bohot maze karenge.", she squealed.

"Aur Asad?", asked Dilshad.

"Mr. Khan ka kya hai, Haider to unhe waise hi bula lega. Unhe mere invitation ki zaroorat nahi hai.", replied Zoya.

"Zoya, bacche purani baatein bhool jao. Asad tumhe pasand karta hai. Ye to purani dushmani hai, use chhod do na.", said Dilshad.

"Asad mera best friend tha ek zamaane mein Phupi. He meant a lot to me. Par jab he started dating that... that chudail.. he forgot me. And then when he broke up, he came back to talk to me. Mujhe aisi dosti nahi chahiye phupi.", Zoya almost whispered.

"Zoya, chalo ab... chhodo ye sab baatein! Mere room mein chalke packing karte hain aur Najma ko bhi uttha do. College se waapas aate hi so gayi.", chuckled Dilshad making Zoya smile.

"Chaliye.", grinned Zoya and followed Dilshad upstairs to Najma's room.

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Asad stood at the window smiling as he heard Zoya and his mother's conversation.

"Zoya mujhse nafrat nahi karti, sirf mujhse naraaz hai.", he smiled wide.

"Main Zoya ko mana lunga. Haider ki shaadi ko ek hafta hai. 7 din, and I will get you back in my life. I love you and I need you in my life.", he vowed.

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"Tamatarrrr! Uttho meri jaan!", Zoya jumped on Najma lovingly pinching her cheeks.

"Zoyaaaaa...", got up an excited Najma.

"Chalo chalo, apni packing shuru karo. Tum ab kuch dino tak mere ghar rahogi!", she announced.

"Really?", beamed Najma.

"Really!", smiled Zoya as the 2 girls got up from the bed and Dilshad laughed away.

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As Zoya and Dilshad finished packing Dilshad's bag, she spoke up.

"Zoya, Asad ko bata to do. Mere liye? Please?", requested Dilshad.

"Phupi!", whined Zoya.

"Please?", smiled Dilshad.

"Fine.. I'll go!", Zoya made a face and walked out of the room and down the stairs. She stood in front of Asad's bedroom door and frowned.

Just as she was about to knock on the door, it opened and emerged a smiling Asad.

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