Falak chose to stay the night at her parents, it had been so long since she had some time with her family, ofcourse she felt home with her in-laws but it's never possible to stay away from our family for long. Unintentionally Wajahat frowned at her choice but he kept mum. She followed them to the gate and bid them adieu. Wajahat just grumbled at her. Biting back her smile she stepped back inside.

Mehek was busy whispering something to Tehreem, Falak tip toed behind her and jumped on her from behind. Mehek screamed at the top of her lungs, all Tehreem could do was close her eyes and ears at the moment.

"What happened!?" Ateeb and Kafeel entered the room panicked but laughed at the sight in front of them.

Mehek was still frozen on her place with eyes wide as saucers and her hand on her heart, Tehreem was having a hard time controlling her smile and she was making a feeble attempt to glare at her daughter, Falak was still busy laughing to her heart's content.

"You.... I will kill you with my bare hands today...." Mehek said walking towards her but Falak had already started running towards the stairs making funny faces at her.

"Oh really!? Catch me if you can." She laughed poking out her tongue at her. Together they ran upstairs their giggles echoing through out the house. Ateeb and Kafeel headed towards the library shaking their heads smiling at them. Tehreem just smiled towards her daughters praying for their well being from the bottom of her hearts.

*******

Wajahat was having a hard time falling asleep, he glanced at the clock, it was half past 1am but he was no way near to sleep. He grumbled, throwing the quilt away from him he got up from bed, walking towards his balcony he slid away the curtain and stared at the moonless sky. He stared puzzled at the sky because that's what he was feeling right now. Empty, he was shocked at the fact that he was missing Falak, he had not realized the fact that he had gotten used to his cute little wife.

"Cute!?" He questioned himself over his thoughts but then again smiled thinking about her. He sighed at the warm feeling he felt around his heart. Nervous at his own feelings he closed the curtains and walked back to the bed. After tossing and turning for another hour, finally he fell asleep.

He woke up around Fajar, after completing his prayer when he raised his hands for Dua he had a hard time focusing on what should he make Dua about.

"Ya Allah!! You always bless us with everything much more than we actually deserve, for truly you are the most merciful. Alhamdulillah for all the things you have blessed us with. Though there will never be enough words to thank you or seek forgiveness ya Allah please forgive us for the sins we commit, intentionally and unintentionally." With that he stood up from the prayer mat and changed into his track suit.

"Assalamu alaikum." He greeted his parents returning from his morning run.

"Walaikum assalam." Together they smiled at him. He stopped mid track looking at the luggage near their feet.

"Where are you going!?"

"To the conference in London!" Ashraf smiled at his son.

"What!? No, it was scheduled next Friday." He asked confused.

"Yes, but it was rescheduled day before yesterday because of some event issues."

"When is your flight? I might be able to join you for the conference. " he said looking at the clock.

"No, it's ok,I could use a little vacation." Wajahat laughed at his words.

"About that, when are you taking Falak out for Vacation." At his mother's words he choked on the water he was drinking.

"What!?" He asked shocked.

"What do you mean by what!? You haven't even taken her out for a simple weekend outing." Fariqa glared at her son.

"I have been busy!" He tried to make an excuse.

"Oh is that so!!! Well young man!! I'm very much capable of handling the business for a few months with out any problem. You may take a few months off and take my lovely daughter on world tour." Asharf said forcing him to search for any possible excuses on his mind.

"I.... I.... I can't take an off just like that." He fumbled with the words.

"Ofcourse you can son, I'm the boss. I grant you leave for the next three months."

"Three months!?" He was beyond shocked. After thinking for a good 5 mins he replies

"Let's ask Falak about it." His reply made them way beyond happy then he could have ever imagined.

"Ok!! What ever her decision is!" They both agreed.

"Oh my goodness!! You are my parents not hers." He frowned making them laugh out loud

With a little more conversation and coffee together, they left for the airport and he headed towards his room to get ready for the day. After his breakfast when he headed towards the hall unintentionally he glanced at the table near the couch and frowned when he didn't find his keys and wallet there but sighed when he realised that the one who always kept them on the table was not home.

*******

"Mehek.... Mehek..."

"I'm here." She shouted from the balcony on first floor.

"What are...... you.......oh those look pretty " he question turned into statement when she looked at the new flowers.

"Now that's a beautiful one!" She said touching the petals of the flower Mehak was planting on the pots.

"Yeah!! Why were you looking for me!?anything I should be afraid of!?" She said raising her eyebrows at her.

"What!! Come on fatty I'm not that scary!!" She fumed at the title.

"Oh no you're scarier than anything possibly creepy." She made a face at her.

"Ha ha... very funny. No!! I was searching for you because I found this new recipe." She showed her the magazine and flipped through it to search for the recipe she had seen before.

"Ooh... learning Wajahat bhai's favourite dishes!??" She wiggled her eyebrows at her.

"Oh!! No no... he doesn't like Chinese much." She said still busy flipping the pages.

"Ah!! Found it. Look it looks easy, pan fried momos, although the ingredients look a little bland we can always improvise." She shrugged at the end.

"Ok!! Let me get cleaned up."

What was supposed to be an one night stay turned into two more nights, though she missed Wajahat she was having a good time with everyone. On the other hand Wajahat was beyond annoyed and bored at her absence. He denied admitting that he was missing her.

Finally after three days of annoying silence and solitude today he received a message from his wife about returning home. He smiled uncontrollably.

*******

Ateeb drove Falak to her home, Mehek had accompanied them as well. Through out the way Mehek and Falak were busy chatting about almost everything. All Ateeb could do was shake his head at their conversations. A sudden jerk stopped them mid conversation, that's when Falak noticed the surrounding, they were only one turn away from home but the huge "work in progress" board ahead had made them stop.

"Oops!!! Bhai you can park the car sideways."

"Why!?"

"What why!? Come inside with me!" She said looking at him smiling.

"Oh sweetie!! It's already late. Next time I'll visit you for sure." She sighed at him.

"Wait! Wait!! Let me accompany you." He said opening his door.

"Accompany!? Bhai, I'm literally one street away from home."

"So!?" His question closed any room for argument. She shrugged and got down from the car. Mehek and Ateeb accompanied her to the gate, even though she requested them to come inside, they denied promising to come soon. Smiling she entered the main gate but walking for five more steps she remembered that she had forgotten her handbag on the back seat of the car. She asked the watchman to open the gate and stepped outside, she walked a little forward hoping Ateeb's car still might be there but she could only see the car getting far away.

"I'll get it tomorrow. " she said it to herself and turned to go back not noticing the huge rock which had scattered from the construction She tripped on it but luckily maintained her balance. She looked down and noticed the strap of her sandal had broken as well. Falak bend forward  to pick up her sandals, to access what had happened but a deep growl interrupted her midway. She gulped and turned to the left only to come across a deep brown growling dog which seemed mad for whatever the reason was, slowly she removed her sandals and ditching them there, she ran for her life towards her home.

Wajahat had heard the the sound of their gate being opened and he was waiting impatiently on the living room for his wife but when nobody entered he came out to know if not Falak who had come. He inquired about it to the Watch man only to be puzzled at his answer.

"If Falak had come home, why did she go back!?" He walked back  towards the garden and before he could think of anything else he heard Falak screaming at the top of her voice. He strode towards the gate but stopped midway, dumbstruck when he noticed Falak entering the main gate  running, He braced himself to hold Falak but she just dodged him aside and ran inside the home still screaming her lungs out.

For few moments he was too astonished to react.

"What the hell just happened here!?" He mumbled worries stepping inside he starter searching for her, glancing at each room as he passed by but she is nowhere to be found, feeling worried and curious what must have happened to her he walked towards the stairs to search her in their room but before he could step any further he stopped midway at the clincking sound coming from kitchen. He moved towards the kitchen only to be astound at the sight infront of him.

"Yummy." Falak was busy eating ice cream...enjoying it like it was the first thing she had after so many years

"What's wrong with you!?? One minute you were running like a maniac the next you are feasting on this like a human who has not eaten anything at all!?" He was definitely not sure how to react.

"There was a dog behind me." She stopped eating to blurt it out.

"What!?"  He stared at her for a brief moment before bursting out in hysterical laughter. 

"Hey... nothing's funny here, it could have bitten me." She pouted at him.

"Ok ok.... I agree there was a dog behind you." He raised his hands up in surrendering motion. "But I've  never seen a person eating ice cream after they've been chased by a dog." He laughed harder. She huffed at him.

"My throat was parched after running and shouting so loud, I came here to drink water but opened the freezer by mistake, I saw ice cream and thought What's the point of drinking when I can have this." She shrugged.

"Seriously." He asked with a mocking expression.

"Yeah seriously and you choose" she mumbled between gobbling spoonful of ice cream.

"Choose what!?" he asked confused

"Wanna join me or you're just going to stand there gawking at my ice cream...i think you should choose the first option." She more like suggested at him.

"And why is it!?"

"Because I will not accept you drooling over my precious Ice cream." She said hiding the bowl behind her palm. He just rolled his eyes at her statement.

"Well your bad.... now that you've made your mind of not joining me I'll take my precious to the living room." She stood from the chair and took a step forward only to be stopped mid step. She looked down towards her feet and that's when she noticed bruises and scratches on her feet.

"What's wrong?" He asked noticing her flinching, looking at the ground.

"I've bruised my feet." She said in a barely audible voice and sat back on the chair to examine her feet.

"How did this happen!?" He kneeled down infront of her and caught hold of her ankles to take a closer look at her feet. Falak felt her cheeks warm at his act.

"My strap from my sandals broke before I could even look at the sandals properly, the dog started growling, so I just ran my way home." He went back to cabinets and caught hold of first aid box, dabbing the cotton with huge amount of dettol he kneeled back at her feet again but holding his hand, she stopped him.

Puzzled, he raised his gaze to question her why she stopped him but one look at her eyes and he was lost. Staring back at each other they lost track of time. He just didn't find it in himself to stop drowning in her eyes. He had never seen such beautiful big brown doe eyes, the depths of them deep enough for him to be drowned forever.

"It's ok. I'll do it myself." Her voice brought him back to reality. She managed to calm her racing heart and gently she took the cotton from his hands. He noticed her flushed expression and reluctantly moved back from her. He sat opposite her noticing her flinching through out the cleaning process.

"Ya Allah!! I'm doomed." He thought closing his eyes, but a beautiful smile made itself home on his face.

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