Towards Dawn #Wattys2016

5.7. She was Beautiful

Assalam-o-Alaikum!!!

Chapter 5.7

Shehry's POV

"Qadir bhai bhi New York shift ho gaye hen"

"Acha? Chalen achi bat hea, jab bhi Salma bhabi se bat hoti thi she used to sound tense there, its good they are back"

"I was thinking to invite them over for lunch or dinner some day"

"Han to make it Saturday. Weekend hea sab farigh bhi hon ge"

"hm. Chalo let me call him"

"Haya ko bhi dekhey hue kitna time ho gaya, I really loved that girl"

Haya? Hawn! Wo moti..... nakchirri jahan k nakhrey wali. Huhn!

"han buhat he piyari bachi hea, MashaAllah!" dad agreed.

"Salma bhabi bata rahi theen she is interested in interior designing, hea bhi MashaAllah buhat zaheen bachi" Mom added.

It wasn't like I was interested or something but my ears got alert at her so much tareefein.... You know these desi parents; you should get alert when they out of nowhere start praising a girl in your presence, acting as if they aren't talking to you but actually you are their target...

Was I their target?

For a moment I removed my gaze from the laptop screen and peeked onto Mom dad, sitting right in front of me. Hussain was lying in the sofa with his eyes shut and head in Mom's lap and she was caressing his hair softly.

"So gaya lagta hea" Dad looked down at Hussain who was calmly snoring a little, looking like a small kid sleeping peacefully in his mother's lap.

"Asif! Did you talk to Hussain about the wedding?"

"What?" and before Dad could reply I gasped looking at both of them and they frowned, with their heads shot at me.

"Hussain's wedding?" I asked and Mom smiled shaking her head while Dad made a face.

"ye gadha kahan abhi is kabil k itni bari zimedaari uthaye? Its Usman's wedding next month" Dad stated and I sighed in relief.

"And we want you two to attend the wedding, Hussain Tehreem se bhi mil le ga or shadi mein hamari taraf se shirkat bhi ho jaye gi" Mom added and I nodded thoughtfully.

"But Dad! next month is his exams" I reminded them. "and even I have to submit my synopsis by then"

"Oho exam k bad ki date hea, or bus 5 ya 6 din ki to bat hea Shehry beta!" Dad told me and I nodded, reluctantly.

Hussain moved a little in his sleep and shifted his head over the sofa, his back turned towards me.

Mom Dad got up. "Shaista! Wo black wali file zara dekh dena, pata nai kaha rakh ker bhool gaya hoon mein."

"apko to samney pari cheez bhi nai nazar aati Asif! Jab tak mein apne hath se utha ker nai doon gi, apko nai miley gi" Mom boasted with a little complaint and Dad chuckled, as the walked towards their room.

And just when their room slammed shut Hussain gave me a little heart attack as he almost jumped off the sofa sitting straight on it as if he was the circus clown or some thing.

"What the shmurrfff! You were awake all that time?"

He turned around only confirming Mom Dad weren't there anymore then pointed his index at me with a straight face. "there is no way am going to Pakistan okay"