SHEHRY SAVED HIS LIFE!!!

“You never listen to any one Hussain!” his temperament was shooting, I could feel that.

“jo dil mein ata hea kerte ho….. this show is not more important then anyone’s life. Why don’t you understand?” Shehry once again tried to convince me.

“Shehry…. Yar nothing will happen Inn Shaa Allah, don’t get bothered with these small things. Ek bar dar ker beth gaya to us Angad to moqa mil jae ga, he will keep on doing and threatening me like this” I put a hand on his shoulder and he still looked unconvinced.

“Where is Waqas and Atif?” he asked looking around.

“Atif had a meeting at office….. and Waqas has gone with Nosh somewhere” I told him and he nodded.

we were going for the show, Anuragh, Pallavi and I had a skype chat last night and they sort of forced me for not to attend the show, but I didn’t feel like staying back. Ofcorse this will give Angad a sense of victory that just because of his bloody threats Hussain has hidden somewhere, I just didn’t want to give him this satisfaction. Me and Shehry were going while Waqas was supposed to arrive late, Atif was taking his new softwear job seriously… bacha samajhdar ho gaya hea! I drove to the venue and we stepped out, it was evening and I was arriving right on time… I didn’t attend the rehearsals and meetings at all, and after the press conference of Angad and all those threats nobody bothered me with all that stuff.

I entered and was welcomed by two giant kind of guards, all in uniform and equipped with high tech scanners and guns. They came closer and showed me their cards…

“Sir, you have to come with us” one of them said and I rolled my eyes.

“Ye African goreeley pata nai kahan se pakar ker lae hen?” I said and they didn’t get that… instead waiting for my response.

“hey! Stay with them its good that you have security here, am a bit relax now” Shehry held my elbow in his hand and instruct me like a father and I chuckled.

“yar kuch nai hone wala….. koi mela nai hea k koi bhi aa ker kuch bhi ker sakta hea. Shehry relax!” I put my hands on his shoulders.

“Okay now, you have to stay here… guests are coming already, and this is your seat pass…” I said and gave him his pass.

“VIP….. sounds creepy” Shehry rolled his eyes and I laughed.

“Your seat would be almost on the ramp man” I said and he chuckled….. “ so that you can keep an eye on me” I added and he nodded.

“Chal okay, all the best and please stay safe… and sun! cell phone off kiya na to chitter khaye ga mujh se” Shehry held my arm when I was about to turn and I rolled my eyes.

“Seriously Shehry…. This is too much now” I said and Shehry let my arm go off his grip.

I looked back at the guards standing like roborts and headed towards the entrance, the guards followed me while Shehry headed towards the hall…..

“Sir, the green rooms are in the basement…. This way!” the guard looked at me and pointed towards the lift at the far corner. I nodded and followed them towards the lift. In the lift both of them stood behind me as if they were actually kidnapping me to some deserted place….. I felt awkward, I wasn’t used to of all that security crap! Finally we were there, it was a huge basement with so many different rooms, I found Leena and Burmon standing at one corner busy in talking or else… gossiping!

“hey!” I reached near them and patted his shoulder.

“hiiiiii Hussain! how are you man!” we hugged and I smiled.

“hi Hussain kese ho?” leena hugged me sideways.

“am cool as always” I boasted and they chuckled.

“han tabhi tere cool ko maintain rakhne k liye ye do item bhejen hen Anuragh ne” Burmon pointed towards the guards standing at the entrance and I rolled my eyes.

“yar, seriously! This is too much…. I don’t need them at all.” I said.

“yeh! you are superman yourself” Leena said and I chuckled.

“wese, chakker kia hea yeah yar? Angad n tera?” Burmon asked, we were entering in the green room now.

“la haula wila qoowata! Mera and Angad ka chaker? Are you out of your mind?” I glared at him and they laughed.

“tu nai sudhrey ga saley!... wese all the best, top models are here man!” Leena said, I took a couch. There was noise, hustle bustle… few were coming out of the room… few were coming into the room. It was a huge hall and I could see models came from different countries. Loreal is a huge name…. a brand that needs no introductions. They had arranged a big show definitely and seriously I was feeling proud to be the part of it, thought have never used loreal on myself… not atleast before coming into modeling.

“I have heard Magen Fox is coming too….. as the show stopper, I guess” Burmon said.

“Seriously? Yeah! she had been loreal’s brand embassador for quite a long time” I said and they nodded.

“hey! Hussain….come you have to get ready” we were talking when I heard Herold, our show manager stepped into the hall and said to me. I got up nodding my head and followed him.

“Thanks God, you came… I thought you wont” he said in our way to the make up room and I shook my head.

“why not? Hussain is not afraid of these empty vessels” I said, irritated. Why everyone was taking things to this level.

“yeha I know, hero!” he patted my back and we entered into the room…..

“here are your costumes, they are 4 in total….. you weren’t there in the rehersals so….. am afraid they fit on you, you can try right now” Herold pointed towards the hanging costumes and I nodded my head.

“hey! Herold…. How much time I have? I mean when would it start?” I aske as he was leaving the room.

“its an hour left……” he said and I nodded.

I took out my phone and shitttt…. No signals, Shehry must be cursing me sitting there in the hall. Not my fault bro! I rolled my eyes and picked up my costumes.

MANNAT’S POV

“husssainnnnn!” i got up straight on my bed, I saw it… I saw it, somebody pushed him from a clif and Hussain fell down… he was falling down. My breath was stuck in my throat, is  something bad going to happen?oh! I held my head in my hands.

I had a tough day at uni…. Had so much to do, had to submit my papers and wind up my project. Didn’t get time to breathe even. Finally I came back home and without even eating anything I fell on my bed and with in a couple of minutes I was sleeping peacefully……when suddenly I had this worst nightmare.

I got up from my bed, it was 7 in evening, today was Hussain’s show….. I hurriedly took out a dress and went straight into the bathroom, just washing up my face I came out got dressed up and without any touch up, I let my hairs hanging down, I came out of my room.

“hey! Where are you going girl?” Seleena was busy on her laptop.

“Hussain’s show” I said while running towards the door and Seleena hurriedly came running towards me.

“Mannat! Wait…. You are going alone? And why are you in such hurry? What happened?” she asked holding my fore arm.

“I don’t know Seleena, he is in danger…. I don’t know, I want to be there” I said and Seleena put her hand on my shoulder.

“okay, I will drop you there… wait am coming” she said and hurried towards her room. I opened the door and went out…. I reached downstairs holding my clutch in which I only had my cell phone. I waited near Seleena’s car and she finnaly appeared from the building…..she opened the car and we sat in.

“do you know where is the show…..?” I asked looking at her and she smiled.

“Newyork is like an open boo for me baby, don’t worry. And its in the metropolitan” Seleena said and I started looking out of the window. I just wanted to reach there asap, dunno why my heart was pounding inside me…. Something was wrong, and I bloody didn’t know what was that. We reached there and I opening the door hurriedly got out…. Seleena followed me.

“shitt we don’t have the entry passess” I said worriedly looking at Seleena at my back.

“oho! Call Shehry or Waqas… may be they can come and take you inside” Seleena said and I hurriedly dialed Waqas’s number.

“hello!.....Waqas bhai! ap kahan hen? are you in Hussian’s show? Please come out, I am here at the entrance and I don’t have the entry pass” I started blabbering without even nowing it was him or not.

“ohooo hold your horses larkiii… okay don’t worry am coming” Waqas said and we hung up.

“relax Mannat! What happened? You are looking pale” seleena looked at my face.

“Seleena Hussain isn’t safe…. Mujhe buhat dar lag raha hea” I said and Seleena looked over my shoulder, Waqas was running towards us.

“hey! Hiiii” Waqas greeted.

“Waqas bhai, Hussain theek hea?” I asked and he chuckled at my expressions.

“girll he is allright…. And you are late, ypou missed his first walk…. He was looking danm hot I must say, you missed it girl” he punched my cheek playfully and I sighed deeply, felt a bit relaxed.

“chalo now you two go, and am going……enjoy the show” Seleena hugged me and I smiled.

“I will come and pick you up… okay! And relex now he is fine” Seleena touched my cheek and I weakly smiled at her.

“oh! No no… don’t worry she is now our responsibility, we will drop her home safe and sound” Waqas said, placing his hand on his heart and I smiled warmly at him. Seleena nodded and turned to leave.

“chalen?” Waqas gestured me to head first and he followed me.

“don’t worry, he is okay Mannat… you look pale and lost” Waqas said while we were going inside.

“I… I had that dream, Hussain was falling down… I just

“hey! Shhh its okay!… wese kuch  ziada he piyar ho gaya hea tumhen Hussin se lagta hea…. Khuwabon mein bhi aane laga hea ub to…” Waqas hushed me and then playfully pintched my cheek.

“pata he nai abhi to ap ko kuch……” I said rolling my eyes and he laughed.

We entered inside and I saw Shehry sitting in the front row and the seat next to him was empty… Waqas’s I guess.

“go, and sit there with Shehry” Waqas pointed towards the empty seat.

“and you……” I looked at him

“ummm  mein wo hottie deh rai ho… yar bari der se chah raha tha k is k sath jaga mil jae, tum us bore Shehry k pas betho mein apni jaga set kerta hoon” Waqas pointed towards a hot blonde and winked at me. I chuckled at his expressions he was definitely too cute.

“okay, I will go but first I want to meet hussain” I said and Waqas rolled his eyes.

“they wont let you baby” he said and I made a face.

“but atleast I can try” I said and Waqas sighed

“okay… jao, dhoond lo majnoo ko apne, laila!” Waqas said dramatically and I chuckled.

Waqas headed towards her and I kept standing there, I just wanted to see him once… just wanted to check if he is okay, I turned and came out of the hall, nobody was there… people were all gathered in the hall for the show so the place outside was quite empty, I searched for the green room…. May be I could find him. I headed left and saw a board there, it was the building map…. I went closer to it and searched for the green room, it showed in the basement. I looked around and found the lift. I was hesitant at first couldn’t decide if I should go or not… but then I mustered up all my courage and stepped in the lift…. It took me down to the basement, once I stepped out of it… I heard chatters, noises hustle bustle…. And many guards holding walky talkies, guns and scanners. I stopped there when a guard saw me and standing there… he came forward

“your card?” he asked sternly and I mentally cursed myself.

“aa… I don’t have a card” I said and he raised his eyebrows.

“am sorry Madam, cant let you in. you can leave” he said and turned to leave when I ran and stood in front of him, he looked at me confusingly.

“umm.. I want to meet Hussain… Hussain Asif. Its important” I said, making a face and he looked unconvinced… I saw a couple of more guards coming towards us.

“whats wrong Joe?” one of them asked.

“I want to meet Hussain Asif…. Its very important please let me meet him, or just inform him that Mannat wants to see him, he would let me in, he knows me, I promise” I pleaded and they looked amused, they took me a silly crazy fan.

“hey waht is happening here?” I heard a feminine voice and I turned a round, a tall skinny brown girl standing there looking down at me.

“H..Hi! am Mannat, I want to meet Hussain” I said and she raising her hand signalled the guards to go away, and they obeyed.

“are you a fan or something?” she asked politely

“am a friend, actually I just want to see if he is okay” I said and her eyebrows shot up.

“what do you mean?”

“he isn’t safe….. I dunno, am having these bad feelings” I said and she giggled.

“oh! Come on…. He is alright, abhi yaheen tha we were talking about his first walk, and now he must be getting ready for the next” she said putting a hand on my shoulder, her voice reminds me of someone.

“are… are you Natasha?” I asked and

She kept quiet for a couple of seconds then smiled and nodded.

“how do you know me?”she asked

“oh! So you sent that mail to Hussain… about Angad and his plans, right?” I said and she giggled.

“yeah!... ummm! Hey you wanna meet him, right? She asked and I hurriedly nodded my head.

“okay then come with me, may be he has time before going on ramp… and you could meet him. Come” she said and I smiled ear to ear at her.

We headed towards the lift once again and pressed the button, I wonder why were going back?

Inside, she pressed B2, and after a couple of seconds the lift halted we came out, I followed her… it was quiet here, nobody could be seen… the noises from the stage could be heard but. I looked at her and she smiled warmly at me. We stopped infront of a door it was dark inside, my heart beat quickened, she opened the door and stepped inside, I followed her.

“you wait here, lemme send him in” she said and stepped out of the room, before stepping out she switched on the lights. I stood there looking the interior, it looked like a recording room or something, was divided into two halves, with a glass wall….. I was looking around when suddenly I heard something which stopped my heart….i ran towards the door and turned the knob, shitttt! Somebody locked the door…. I turned the knob once, twice, thrice nothing happened…

“hello! Somebody there/!” I started banging the door, tension rising inside me. I was locked inside the room. Why? Who did that? Natasha? No, she cant do this to me….. I started banging it again but nothing happened…. Oh! Am so dead! What am gonna do now?.

SHEETAL’S POV

How was I managing to stay there between these people only me and my heart knows, but I had to bare all this fro Angad…. Hussain! ye tum ne theek nai kia… you have to pay for this now. I was in the metropolitan attending the show, though I wasn’t the part of it but still I came to workout my plan. I had planned everything perfectly and everything was going according to it.

She was a friend of Hussain and wanted to meet him…. Ah! Friend of him, I so wanted to kill every single person related to you Hussain, you ruined my love, I will ruin you now.

“hello! Somebody there/! please open the door!” she was banging the door

“stay there dear…. Now  you wont be able to even say your last good bye to Hussain! ch ch ch! poor you” I said and left her there inside, banging, yelling…..

SHEHRY’S POV

Waqas left the seat and went outside…. It has been half an hour since he left. I turned my head to look for him and there he was sitting and flirting with a gori… at the far end of the hall. Ahhhh! Waqas, tu nai sudhrey ga… chaperr khae ga is bar gori k hathon. I rolled my eyes and then looked at the ramp.

For the first time live I was watching Hussain….walking on the ramp, it felt amazing man! Though there is just a year gap between us but still dunno why I always take him as too younger then me, he is always that chota sa masoom sa Sain for me, and today that chota sa Sain has become a star. My eyes went a little wet watching him that confident, stablished and successful. I wish Mom Dad and Maha were here sitting and praising Hussain. He looked awesome in every attire he came in with, every time he walkled past me his eyes met mine and I so wanted to whistle… but I guess it was against the code of conduct here.

Hussain was walking on the ramp along with a girl…. Wearing weird kind of a dress, Hussain himself was wearing beach outfit kind of a thing…. Atif hota to kehta, he looks hotttt man! I chuckled at my thought and clapped for him.

The audience was clapping, and Hussain was walking on the ramp coming towards the far end.... in every walk he had this typical way of walking a few steps then stopping in the middle for a couple of seconds the walking again till the end of the ramp and then turning back. He was walking and then in the middle he stopped…. Suddenly my eyes went up, it was dark in the hall now and I could feel the upper light falling down on Hussain was shaking to and fro, I looked up and my eyes got wide… the main light patch was just about to fall down. I looked down at Hussain who was now turning back…. I knew he would stop in the middle right under that light. What if it falls down? Shittttt!

Hussain stopped in the middle turned towards us… and I without thinking for another second jumped on the ramp. People started to panic, even Hussain got shocked all at once.

“Hussain! watch outtttt!”  and with this something hard fell on my right shoulder and I felt pain stabbing inside me.

HUSSAIN’S POV

I could see pride in his eyes, he was smiling broadly and warmly towards me, I guess sala or kisi model ko dekh he nai raha tha….. he was seriously lost in me. Sometimes Shehry’s existence for me is just like Dad…. He was always so caring and touchy about me, though he was just a year elder to me but always treats me like a chota bacha. I walked past him and he winked at me…. I controlled my chuckle, and tried to maintain that modelish smirk on my face.  I wonder where the hell, Waqas was gone? He was there with Shehry in my last walk.

I walked past Shehry and found him looking up on the ceiling….. kia ho gaya Shehry? Bhabi chipki hui hen ooper kia, jo aese ghoor ra hea. I mentally smacked his had and turned on the ramp, I was about to face the audience when suddenly Shehry jumped on the ramp… freaking me and the audience out.

“Hussain watch outtttt” before I could get anything Shehry pushed me back and I fell on the ramp, I was awestruck when suddenly my whole world spun around. Something heavy fell on him and he fell down instantly on the ramp.

“Shehryyyy!” I yelled and bent down over him, audience was running out of the hall, there was a serious mess created. I saw Waqas running towards the ramp.

“Shehry…… Shehry what the hell you did yar!” I held his head in my lap, his eyes were open and shoulder bleeding.

“Ahhh! Tu Saley merwaye ga mujhe kisi din……” Shehry said with a weak smile, pain evident on his face.

“Security……!” Waqas looked around and yelled. I hurriedly took off my shirt and put it on Shehry’s bleeding shoulder, he tightly shut his eyes.

“Shehry, open your eyes yar… stay with me. All is gonna fine” I said shaking his head lightly and he opened his eyes.

Guards reached on the ramp and started shaking people aside…. Who were gathered around us.

“hey call the ambulance… now!” I yelled looking up at them and one of them took out his walky talky.

“Hussain ! I guess… we should take him to the hospital ourself” Waqas said getting up and I nodded.

Waqas bent down and tried to pick him up…..

“Abey utaar mujhe….dulhan nai hoon teri,  I can walk” Shehry said trying to smile and holding Waqas and my shoulders he tried to get up.

“hey! He can’t walk….” He was about to fall down when suddenly one of those goreela guard came forwards and picked Shehry up in his arms like a piece of browny.

We were about to get out of the hall when suddenly Waqas looked back at me…

“hey! Where is Mannat?”

“What? Mannat? She was here?” I asked shocked.

“yeah! and she went to meet you in the basement” Waqas said

“But she didn’t come….” I told him and he looked worried at once.

“kahan ho gi wo?” I got worried even more. This girl is seriously too much.

“you go with him… I will find her out” I said to Waqas  who looked unconvinced.

“no, you are not safe here…” Waqas said, opening the door of his car. The guard put Shehry inside.

“oho don’t worry… I have guards with me, you go hurry up… he is bleeding” I said and Waqas reluctantly took the seat. He drove away and I hurriedly ran inside, without waiting for the guards… they followed me inside.

Kahan ho gi ye larkiiii… I went into the basement the loby was full of people.

“hey! Hussain you okay?” Burmon stopped me in the middle.

“yeh! am fine… am fine. Shehry got hurt yarr!” I said and he put one hand over my shoulder.

“hey! Have you seen a girl… smart, long hair, big eyes… she must be looking lost” I didn’t know how to give her description just blabber what came into my mouth.

“ye kia body parts ginwa raha hea? Kon hen muhterma” Burmon asked and I rolled my eyes.

Oh! God… kia pehna tha us ne ye bhi na pata mujhe to……I thought and mentally cursed her stupidity, cant she stay on one place?

“that’s okay!” I said and headed towards the rooms in the lobby…. They were stuffed with models, make up men, spot boys… she was nowhere to be seen. Shitttt!

“ Sir” suddenly one of the guards came running towards me.

“yeah!” I asked.

“Sir… a girl came to meet you, but she didn’t have card so I didn’t let her in…. somebody from the staff took her with herself” He told me.

“who?... who took her and where?” I asked hurriedly, my heartbeat quickened.

“I don’t know where, they stepped into the lift… and the lady was the one wearing a long black over coat and a muffler around her neck.” The guard told me and I couldn’t remember who could she be.

“hey! Hussain… Sheetal was wearing this dress” Burmon who was standing there said and I froze where I was standing… Shitttt!

I ran towards the lift and ordered the guards to search the whole building.

“But we have to be with you Sir” one of them said and I looked back.

“do as I said….. go now!” I got frustrated. They left and I stepped into the lift.

“Ahhh! Where are you Mannat? Why did you come here? Chup chap hall mein nai beth sakti then tum… Aafat!” I pressed some random button and the lift stopped at floor 6. I stepped out it was ahuge lobby. I started searching her here and there…

Suddenly my phone rang up…

“hello!”

“hi… Sain, Shehry is allright, doc has did the dressing kuch stitches aaye hen” Waqas told me and I felt bad… because of me he went through all this. I swear if it wasn’t an accident and Angad was at its back. Am gonna kill him this time.

“Oh thank God!” I sighed deep while going from one place to another.

“And Hussain I tried to call Mannat but her number is going unreachable man!” Waqas said and suddenly it came into my mind….

“Oh! I think I know where she could be… Waqas I will talk to you later. Bye” I hung up and ran towards the lift, entering inside I pressed B2.