Whispered Promises of Love

Chapter 12: Road Trip

I sat there grumpily, looking at these people. Sara, Samiya and Ehana were clicking pictures, Subhan was with erum, and the other boys were doing some weird handshake moves.

20 minutes into the trip, and Faris 'surprised' us. Not a great one, if you ask me.

"Tum aise hi uble hue aaloo ki tarah muh banake baithogi ?" My sister asked.
(You'll sit there making faces like a boiled potato ?)

"Tum chup raho, aur apne pati ko sambhalo." I glared at Faris, who just gave me an over the top sweet smile looking behind his shoulder.
(You shut up and take care of your husband)

"Fittey muh." I said.
(Broken mouth ? IDK it's translation pls)

My daughter was busy with Subhan in the front seat, he said something in her ears, which made her eyes bulge, and he laughed at her reaction. Ahh, the sound of it. I could hear it all my life and never complain.

"Accha let's play a game." My brother said loudly, pulling me out of my thoughts. I didn't bother with them, and just sat there, looking out the window.

"Tumhare yeh nakhre noorjahan ke kahin aur dikhana. Come join us." Elyan said, pulling my hair.
(You show all these princess like tantrum elsewhere.)

"Ouch. Leave my hair doofus." I whisper yelled.

He didn't care for it, and I unwillingly joined them.

"So, this is a Kuch Kuch Hota Hai inspired game. I will say a word, sara will say whatever comes to her mind when she hears that word, and samiya will say whatever coms to her mind for saras word. Samjhe ?" Wajih explained, his hands moving everywhere.

"Haan." Sahil said, by the looks of it, he did not.

"Nahi, tu nahi samjha." Waj said. Everyone laughed at that.
(No, you didn't understand)

Waj and Elyan gave a little demo, and he got the gist of it.

"Okay, I'll start." Ehana said.

"Can I also play ?" My daughter asked with doe eyes.

"Of course. You start then." Ehana said. She clapped her hands.

"Say a word." Subhan said to her.

"Maa." She started. I looked at her. My heart filled with emotions. Out of all the words, she chose me. That's a win.

"Pyaar." Sara replied.
(Love)

"Family." Samiya said.

"Khushi." I say.
(Happiness)

"Ehana." Faris replied looking at her. We all wohoo'ed at at.

"Khoobsurath." She said smugly. Elyan rolled his eyes and Faris threw a pillow at him, which he caught not so gracefully.
(Beautiful)

"Samandar." My brother said.
(Sea)

"Aasman." Elyan said. Wow these people are getting deep.
(Sky)

"Chaand." Sahil said.
(Moon)

"Aayra." Subhan whispered. It was just a whisper, but everyone heard him since we were sitting pretty close.

My head snapped in his direction, to see that he was already looking at me. We both held eye contact, making butterflies erupt in my stomach.

None of us backed down until I heard someone clearing their throat, I looked away.

"So cute." Samiya gushed. Pfffftfstfstfds.

"See, I told you she still has feelings for him." I heard Faris whisper to his wife. I am pretty sure he didn't mean for me to hear it, but I did anyway.