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"How can she do that!?" 

Noor looked down as she was scared of Naaz's reaction. Zeeshan and Noor had told Naaz and Mehmood about Daneen's letter and as expected that made Naaz angry.

"She had no other choice."  Zeeshan tried to explain again.

"She is a complete stranger. How can you believe her? She can be a fraud."

"We know her. Although for just few months but we know that she is a good lady who is suffering."

"Zeeshan you are a practical person. How did you agree to do that?"

"We just wanted to help."

"Zeeshan she can be a fraud. What if that girl is not her daughter and she had kidnapped her? What if police comes here looking for her."

"We are sure Zubiya is her daughter." Zeeshan said. He was trying his best to control his anger but his mom was making it difficult for him. 

"Phuphu She looks exactly like her father. We have seen him." Noor finally gathered courage to talk.

"Ok. Then what if Zubiya is Daneen's step daughter and this is her way of taking revenge from her husband? She gave way his daughter to a stranger."

Zeeshan who was ready to protest suddenly became quiet. His mom had a good point. He wanted to say something against what she said but he found himself agreeing with her at some point.

"Phuphu I'm sorry. I never thought about all the possibilities." Noor said looking down.

Mehmood frowned looking at Noor's expressions. Naaz was going to say something when Mehmood didn't allow her to speak by saying,

"Ok, enough. Naaz I agree with all your points but kids wanted to help, which is a good thing. But what's done is done now. We cannot do much about it now. So let's help them help Zubiya. And Kids next time be careful. Like Naaz said anyone can be a fraud. Think before you act. Helping is good but don't end up in trouble."

Noor looked at him and nodded her head. She was looking scared so Mehmood smiled at her. She smiled awkwardly before looking down again. Naaz and Zeeshan were quiet,trying to control their anger. Noor was hoping Naaz won't shout at her and Mehmood was keeping an eye on his wife and son so that they don't start fighting. Just when Zeeshan thought he should say something, they all heard someone running towards them. They looked at the entrance of the living room to see who it was. After few seconds Zubiya came running to the room.

"Salam. I'm ready! Let go to the park." She said cheerfully.

Noor was worried as she didn't know what Naaz might do or say to Zubiya. She was not sure if she should stand up and go with Zubiya or just sit there quiet. Although Noor loved her aunt, she was scared of her ever since they were small kids.

"Come I will take you." Naaz said picking up her purse from the table which she had brought from her room to search her client's number.

Everyone looked at Naaz, confused by her act. They all were not expecting her to shout at Zubiya but they also didn't expect her to take Zubiya to the park.

"Go and wear your shoes." Naaz said.

Zubiya smiled before running out again to wear her shoes. Naaz then turned around and found all of them looking at her, questioningly.

"What!?"She asked,"Just because I'm upset about the whole drama does not mean I'm going to take my anger out on a five year old!"

Noor looked down again this time guilty for doubting Naaz.

"You don't have to do this. I will take her." Zeeshan said.

"I need some fresh air." Naaz said before walking out of the room. 

Zeeshan waited for Naaz to close the main door before he sat down on the couch. Mehmood looked at Noor and Zeeshan's expressions before saying,"She is not a bad person." Instantly Noor and Zeeshan looked at him."She just wants to protect you two, like Zubiya's mom is protecting her daughter."

"But why is she so negative?" Zeeshan asked.

"Can you prove her wrong? Her doubts are valid."

"But why doubt everyone?"

"She was not like that before. She started doubting after Jonny, who she thought was a trustworthy person, made you a drug addict."

Zeeshan who wanted to protest was once again left with no words. Noor thought it was best to keep quiet in their matter. They were her family but she cannot get involved in all their matters and fights.

"But she cannot doubt everyone."

"She is not doubting everyone. She doubts when things are related to you."

Zeeshan again didn't have anything to say. Whenever he tried to prove his mom wrong he ended up proving himself wrong.

Mehmood was quiet for some time before saying,"You need to understand her, Zeeshan. She is not your enemy. She just wants to protect you."

"I'm not a baby."

"For her you will always remain that small baby she gave birth to. Why do you want to go against her in every situation?"

"I'm not going against her."

"Yes, you are, Zeeshan. Admit that."

"Is it necessary to talk about that in front of them?" Zeeshan said without pointing out but it was obvious that he was talking about Noor and Iiman. Noor wanted to say something but she was too upset to say anything.

"You talk rudely to your mom in front of them. Stop doing that and I will stop doing this."

Noor was looking down the whole time. It was the first time she was witnessing a family drama in her In-law's house and it was awkward and as she was one of the reasons for that drama she was feeling guilty.

"Cheer up now. You two are going to a party in few hours. Do you want to go there with such faces?"

"How can we cheer up after what happened?"

"Everything is fine Zeeshan. I will take care of your mom but you two have to check on her mom. Fine out where she is and what she is upto."

Noor quickly nodded her head letting him know that she was ready to do anything to solve the problem. Mehmood smiled at her to make her feel better.

"Now come on go and get ready. Noor you are the one organising it, right?" Noor nodded her head again,"Then go and get ready. You should be the first one to reach there."

"Ok."

"Give Iiman to me."

Noor gave Iiman to Mehmood and went to her room. She knew Naaz won't be happy about it and she was ready for her reaction but still that had made her sad. She didn't feel like gong to the party anymore. She sat on the bed for a very long time without thinking anything. After some time she reminded herself that this party was for Zyva and her friend needed her. So she left the bed and got ready for the party.

***

"Noor, you said us that the party was for Couples." Yamina said.

"Yeah, it is." 

"Then why do we have Haajar and Zynah here?" Kehara asked.

"Because they helped me to arrange the party and also because our kids needed a supervisor."

"Noor." Zyva said before narrowing her eyes. 

Noor tried to ignore her but within seconds she gave up,"Fine! I'm scared of my mother-in-law! You never know what might upset her! I cannot leave the kids with her and then get scolded by her."

"You are too scared of her." Yamina said.

"She is scary." Noor whispered so that Zeeshan doesn't hear her.

"Desi mother in-laws can be very scary." Kehara said.

"True! But why are you talking about that? You have an amazing mother in-law
" Zyva said.

"Alhumdulillah yes! But not everyone is lucky."

"My mother in-law does not get involved in our lives. So I guess that's good." Yamina said.

"Yes, that's best." Kehara said.

"Zyva is the luckiest of all. She doesn't have a mother in-law." Noor said.

Zyva instantly widened her eyes indicating her to stop as Kehara was there as well. Kehara smiled at her face before saying,"it's ok. That's true. You are lucky. My mother was a very strict lady. She always used to shout at me for small things. She used to say she will be a very bad mother in-law herself because she knew how control freak she was. She wanted everything to be according to the way she liked and trust me that was irritating. You are lucky Zyva."

"Sorry Kehara." Noor said looking down.

Kehara smiled again,"it's ok,Noor."

"Let's go back to Noor's scary Mother in-law." Yamina said.

Everyone started laughing. Noor shook her head before saying,"No horror stories tonight!"

***

"Hello Zeeshan." Afzal teased when Zeeshan came and sat on the couch where all the men were.

"Why are you teasing me now?" Zeeshan asked.

"I'm not teasing. I'm welcoming you."

"I know what that hello means, Afzal." Zeeshan said trying not to shake his head.

Sufyaan and Aman smiled but did not stop Afzal as they were enjoying Zeeshan getting bullied.

"You know this is so weird."  Afzal said looking at Zeeshan.

"What?" Zeeshan asked shaking his head.

"Your are the eldest among us and Noor is the youngest."

Sufyaan's eyes widened and Aman narrowed his eyes as his mind started calculating everyone's age.

"That's true." Aman said nodding his head.

"Poor Noor." Sufyaan said.

"That means you all should respect me." Zeeshan said drinking his juice.

"That's so normal! We do everything normally. There should be something abnormal in life."

"So Noor gets treated as the baby of the group but I'm getting treated as crap?"

"Noor is not the baby of the group." Sufyaan protested.

"Oh then tell me did you threaten all the guys who got married to the girls of your group?"

"He threatened you?" Afzal asked laughing.

"Aman, got threatened." Sufyaan said smiling which made Aman roll his eyes.

"He married your sister!" Zeeshan stated.

"I'm loving this." Afzal said smiling.

"Noor is like my sister so that's why you got threatened."

"That's what I'm saying Noor gets special treatment because she is the youngest but I don't get respect for being the eldest."

"You earn respect." Sufyaan said.

Zeeshan looked away to control his anger. Aman looked at Sufyaan angrily as Sufyaan was crossing his limits. Sufyaan rolled his eyes and looked away as well. Afzal raised his eyebrows.

"And we respect Sufyaan Because we are scared of him." Afzal said.

Sufyaan narrowed his eyes at him but he smiled. Zeeshan felt his anger reduce because of what Afzal said but he was still mad at Sufyaan.

"Zeeshan Bhai my friend is a doctor and he works at a hospital somewhere near our office. I don't remember the name of the hospital but if you want I can talk to him." Aman said.

Zeeshan nodded,"that would be helpful. Thank you."

Aman smiled at him to make him feel better. Sufyaan raised his eyebrows when he remembered that Zeeshan was jobless. He had forgotten about it and now he was feeling guilty for being rude.

"Everyone come now! It's time for games!" Zynah announced.

"What games?" Sufyaan asked.

"Some games." Zynah said. "COME!"

"What come? Where else will we go? Everyone come here." Sufyaan said.

"He got a point. Everyone go there. Girls on one side and boys on the other."

Zeeshan and Aman were sitting on a chair where as Sufyaan was on the couch. Kehara sat next to her brother and Zyva sat next to her. Noor sat on the floor between Zyva and Kehara's legs. Afzal sat on the floor next to Aman. Zynah and Haajar brought two chairs of the dinning table. Yamina sat on one of the chairs and Zynah sat on the other. Haajar went back to the kids who were sitting in one corner of the room.

"Ok so let's start the game!" Zynah exclaimed.

"Ok!" Noor said cheerfully.

"Ok so you will be passing this pillow to the person who's sitting next to you. Pass it anti-clock wise. I'm going to play a nursery rhyme in my phone. The person who has the pillow in his or her hand when the rhyme ends will have to tell us the most embarrassing thing they every did. And this will only have four times so half of you can get away with it."

"What a girly game." Sufyaan said.

"Yeah. Can't we play anything else?" Zeeshan asked

"Why do we have to play games? We were having good time talking." Sufyaan said.

"Sufyaan Bhai and Zeeshan sir you both have no other choice. Let's start!" Zynah said.

"Just one question. Why nursery rhymes?" Afzal asked.

"We have so many kids here! We should do something for their entertainment as well."

"Wow." Kehara said smiling.

"Ok so let's start." Zynah gave Sufyaan the pillow. Then she typed "Nursery rhymes" in her YouTube Search option. "And let's go!"Zynah said before playing the nursery rhyme "Twinkle twinkle little star"

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Zynah then paused the video and looked up to see who had the pillow.

"Afzal Bhai! Most embarrassing thing you did?" Zynah asked.

"Ok! The most embarrassing thing I did was......Wait let me think."

"Everyone think about it now so that we don't waste time." Zynah said.

"Oh yes! I was in seventh grade when I was assigned to give speech on the occasion of teachers day and in that speech I was supposed to say ' teachers are our saviour' and I said 'teachers are our savory' and then the whole school teased me for almost two years."

"I remember that!" Noor said laughing.

"That was actually embarrassing! You should have seen his face." Aman said.

"Ok, ok, now forget about me and start again."  Afzal said, taking the pillow in his hands.

"Ok!" Zynah said before searching for another nursery rhyme. She smiled when she found her favourite nursery rhyme. "And go!"

Johny Johny
Yes Papa,
Eating sugar?
No Papa
Telling lies?
No Papa
Open your mouth
Ha! Ha! Ha!

Zynah paused the video again and looked up to see who had the pillow.

She smiled,"Zeeshan sir!"