"Qailah did you bring the whole house?" Hadee asked who was carrying two big bags.

"Bhai I'm getting married. Two bags are just for my dresses and accessories ." Qailah said.

"I don't have dresses or accessories for all the functions."Haajar said, frowning sadly.

"Don't worry about that.Kehara is also going to do shopping after coming here.I will take you two."Sufyaan said.

"Thank you Bhai!" Haajar excalimed happily.

"Now I know why all the girls of the family are your fans."Hadee said.

"Don't be jealous Hadee."

"Jealous of you? Yeah, right."

"I seriously don't believe you all are shifting here for two weeks just to discuss silly things."Valiqa said coming in the room who had a bag in her hand.

"It's not a silly thing. This Silly thing will decide Sufyaan bhai's future."Haajar said.

"Exactly. You have a smart daugther."Qailah said.

"What about Nani?" Sufyaan asked.

"She will stay with our parents."Hadee said.

"Should we tell her the truth?" Qailah asked.

Everyone started thinking and After few seconds Qailah and Valiqa shook their heads,

"No." Valiqa said.

"Even I'm thinking the same."Hadee said.

"Let's wait for my father to come and talk to Zyva's father then we will tell everyone."Sufyaan said.

"Yeah, that will be best." Qailah said.

"Now stop talking and start working."Hadee said. 

Qailah and Hadee's parents with their grandma came back yesterday and soon all the guests will start coming,So they all decided to shift to Nani's house so that no one disturbs them and their planning of bring Sufyaan and Zyva together. 

After working for ten more minutes they were done with keeping the bags in everyone's rooms. Hadee has to work for three more days before his holidays starts,So he left for work.Sufyaan went in his room to Video chat with his father. Qailah,Valiqa and Haajar went in the kitchen to make lunch. Qailah started telling Haajar about everyone in the family. Soon they started talking about Shazia and Qailah was telling Haajar about what Shazia did when Haajar asked,

"She really did that? Ya Allah."

"Yes our dear cousin Shazia is amazing." Qailah said.

"I'm very excited to meet everyone but I don't want to meet her now." Haajar said.

"You don't have any other choice love.She is coming. With her Husband and Son." Qailah said.

"Ya Allah! Kehara Baji's husband is also coming! How will we handle this?" Haajar asked.

"We will do something don't worry."Qailah said smiling.

"You Know Qailah,few days back I was talking to her and she told me that she is worried because she is not able to conceive ."Valiqa said.

"Ya Allah really!"Qailah asked.

"Yes. I'm worried now."

"Why?" Haajar asked.

"Shazia has a son and she will show that off, which is for sure. That is a very sensitive topic for Kehara. She will get hurt badly." Valiqa explained.

"Ya Allah.Shazia! Should I call her and say not to coming?" Qailah asked. 

"No,Qailah. Don't forget your manners for others. This is not your upbringing." Valiqa said.

"Then what will we do?" Qailah asked.

"Then we will make sure that Kehara baji is never alone with them. And whenever she is in the room we won't let her talk about that topic."Hajar said.

Qailah thought for few seconds before nodding her head and saying,"I think this will work."

"Let's hope Shazia drops the idea of coming." Valiqa said.

"Knowing her well I'm sure she will come and make Kehara feel terrible."Qailah said.

***

"And then add salt."Gulfisha said.

"How much Ammi?" Zynah asked.

"Zynah you are twenty and still you cannot judge how much salt to add?" Zyva teased.

"Baji no need to put oil in the fire."

"She is right. You are twenty. I use to cook when I was fifteen." Gulfisha scolded. 

"Ammi first tell me how much salt to add then kept scolding me." 

"One and a half spoon."Gulfisha said.

"Ammi what will you do with her! Her mother-in-law will taunt you a lot." Zyva said to tease her sister.

"She will definitely do that." Gulfisha said smiling.

"Baji just because you don't have a mother -in-law to taunt don't say such things to me! Angels will say Ameen!" Zynah said.

Zyva and Gulfisha started laughing and Zynah narrowed her eyes. After few seconds they started working again. Zynah decided to make lunch today which shocked everyone. Zynah is not very fond of cooking so she cooks once a year. Gulfisha was guiding her and Zyva was making fun of her.

Abbas did not tell anyone what he asked Sufyaan and what he replied but as Sufyaan had told everything to his cousin, now everyone knows what happened in the office. Zyva was scared but at the same time she has full faith in Allah and her father. She knows very well they won't do anything that will her hurt her

"Ammi what was Dadijaan telling you that day ?" Zynah asked.

"When?" Gulfisha asked while cutting the Spinach.

"When you both were in the living room and you were smiling while talking to her."

"Yesterday?" Gulfisha asked.

"Yes."

Gulfisha smiled before saying,"She said, Sufyaan is a very nice boy. He helped her and you know when someone helps her, that person becomes the most nice human being on the earth for her. So she was talking about how good he is,how amazing his mother was and many more things."

"Wow!" Zynah exclaimed looking at Zyva.

"Alhumdulillah. I hope this opinion never changes." Gulfisha said.

"InshaAllah." Zynah said.

"Now work Zynah. We have to do many things. Qailah's wedding is in two weeks." Gulfisha said.

"Ammi you take so much stress for other's wedding what will you do in Baji's wedding?" Zynah asked.

"This is the only thing in your mind these days, right?" Zyva asked.

"Baji that was just a question. And I'm really curious to know."

"Shut up. I know you well. Concentrate​ on cooking."

"Zyva come to my room now." Abbas said.

everyone turned around and found him standing near the door. Abbas then turned around and left the room. 

"Ya Allah. Maybe he heard us" Zynah said.

"Zyva go fast." Gulfisha said.

Zyva stood up and left the kitchen .

"Allah help Baji please."

***

"Bhai you should do something to impress everyone. The dinner with my in-laws is tomorrow." Qailah said.

"Yes! This is your chance! Go impress everyone."Haajar said.

"That's wrong." Valiqa said.

"Yeah. Sufyaan should not do something to impress. They should get impressed by the real Sufyaan." Hadee said.

"Yeah, but we should do something." Qailah said.

"No, Sufyaan.Don't listen to her."Hadee said.

"Then what?" Haajar asked.

"Just be yourself Sufyaan." Valiqa said.

"Yes."  Hadee said.

"When is the dinner?" Haajar asked.

"Tomorrow ." Qailah said.

"Zyva's whole family is coming?" Sufyaan asked looking at Hadee.

"Yes." Hadee said​ after nodding his head.

"All​ the best bhai." Haajar said. 

"When is Kehara coming?" Valiqa asked Sufyaan.

"I don't know."

"Sufyaan there is something you should know." Hadee said.

"Bhai!" Qailah shouted.

"What's wrong?" Sufyaan asked frowning. 

"Shazia and Noman are also coming to the wedding." Hadee said.

"Please don't tell Kehara. She might drop the idea of coming. Please bhai. I don't want to get married without her." Qailah said.

"She knows about that." Sufyaan said. 

"What!?" Haajar excalimed.

"How?" Hadee asked frowning.

"Who told her?" Qailah asked.

"No idea."Valiqa said.

"She knows her well. She call me yesterday and told me to be nice to them." Sufyaan said.

"Yes please be nice to them. Your behaviour in this wedding will decide your future." Haajar said.

"I know. I will try to be a nice person." 

"Sufyaan!"Hadee excalimed.

"Come on bhai!" Haajar said.

"You will be nice Sufyaan,If you love Zyva." Valiqa said.

"Yes! It's a test.And you have to pass in it!" Qailah said.

"You all are thinking to much. Calm down all." Sufyaan said.

"It's pointless talking to him. He will ultimately do what he wants." Qailah said.

"Exactly." Sufyaan said.

"Ya Allah." Haajar said closing her eyes.

"Do whatever you want to do just remember your purpose of coming here." Valiqa said.

"Yeah, please."Qailah said

"You all are making it a big deal for no good reason."Sufyaan said.

"Just do as she said." Hadee said.

"Fine! Can I go now?"Sufyaan asked.

"Where?" Haajar asked.

"To sleep." Sufyaan said raising his eyebrows.

"We all should sleep. It's late. You all need energy to deal with Zyva's cousin tomorrow" Valiqa said. Then she stood up and started walking out of the room.

"You are not going to come tomorrow?" Qailah asked Valiqa.

Valiqa kept walking so that no one asks her more questions but before leaving the room she said,

"No."

***

Sufyaan looked at himself in the mirror for the last time before leaving the room.They all were now going to Qailah and Hadee's house for the dinner with her in laws. This dinner party is important to him because here he will meet Zyva's family again. He don't know what to do to impress them. Today he is feeling as if everything will fall apart. He was feeling hopeless. For some reasons he was getting all the negative thoughts, which even though he won't admit but were scaring him. 

He saw his cousins standing near the door and smiled. They all got in the car and Sufyaan started driving. For some reason he was feeling so frustrated that he wants to drive the car as fast as possible so that he forgets everything. But for him his cousins safety comes first. 

Soon they reached Qailah's house. They all went inside but Sufyaan decided to stay in the garden.It was just four in the afternoon but as Qailah had to do few preparations they all had came early. Sufyaan was walking in the garden with nothing in his mind. He wants to think about many things but his mind was blocked. 

He was walking aimlessly when someone came in front of him. He looked up and saw Rahemat smiling at him.He smiled back before saying,

"Assalamu alayekum."

"Walekum assalam Sufyaan. You look stressed. what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Sufyaan said.

"You know accepting that you are scared and worried won't harm you."

Sufyaan looked at him for a second before nodding softly. 

"So what's wrong?"

"I don't know. All of a sudden all my positive thoughts turned negative. I feel weird. It looks impossible to impress your family."

"Well it is impossible. That's for sure. But you don't have to impress all." Rahemat said.

"No, your brother's condition is to impress everyone. All should say I'm better than your nephew."

"He didn't mean that at all. All he meant was to prove yourself worthy of his daugther. Our nephew also wants to get married to her so that automatically means you have to be better than him to marry her.This is what he meant."

"But he said all should say I'm better than him."

"That was to scare you! Sufyaan, his whole life he did what he wanted to do. Everyone was against sending Zyva to a camp for two days, he allowed her. They were against her going to a college where boys study but She still attended the same college. They were against sending her to America but still she was there for two years. He will always do what will make Zyva happy. He just wants her to be happy. He just wants her to be safe so he is doing this. He just wants to be sure before giving her hand to you."

"He is killing me to be sure."

Rahemat started laughing before placing his hand on Sufyaan's shoulder. They started walking before Rahemat said,"He is a father Sufyaan. When you will have kids then you will understand.I'm sure you will give a really tough​ time to the boy who will ask for your daughter's hand in marriage."

"Tough time? I will kill him for looking at my daughter."

Rahemat laughed again before shaking his head,"Now you understand. It's about his daugther. How can he give her to someone who he is not sure about? Just give him some more time."

"Why will he choose me over his nephew?"

"Because he loves Zyva more than anything in this world. I'm sure he loves her more than his wife."

Sufyaan smiled slightly before saying,"I hope not."

"So now let's go in and enjoy before my nephew comes."

"I really appreciate your support. You are with me and not with your nephew. Means a lot."

"All I want is happiness for Zyva."

"I want the same."