16th Oct, 2018

"Bhabhi, Can't you see any Green coloured building?" Ridha asked her Bhabhi since they are coming to Ridha's house for first time after their marriage. She is instructing her location to them in call when they couldn't find her house.

"No, I couldn't find your house", her Bhabhi replied.

"Wait I'll go to Terrace so that I can find where you are", Ridha went to upstairs and finally she got them in her eyes and they also find her a bit later.

Her family greeted the newly weds by uttering salam. Ridha and her sister Sana got excited to see her Bhai and Bhabhi together. Azar was single a few months back, now he also got married. Ridha thought the day is nearing where she wished that five girls and five boys will find their matches and the members in their gang enlarge into double the original size.

Her Bhabhi is too jovial with Ridha and Sana. After having the dinner, they spend an hour to chitchat with them. Their marriage happened with lots of difficulties because they loved each other in their college days. So Ridha was also worried how she'll convince her family again for her love. But she hoped her Rabbu will give the best as always.

The next morning, Nisa had her work so she left the kitchen work to Ridha since Ridha got her holidays every weekend. Many people in her family and friends circle is fond of her briyani. She loves briyani so she became expert in making briyani. But she doesn't get that much interest towards making other dishes. So Nisa handover her routine work to Ridha that day.

Ridha herself has gone to meat shop and bought one and half kg meat and started her cooking. Her brother entered kitchen by saying, "Faadafat !!!! I'm eagerly waiting to eat, make it soon Ridha" Azar excitedly said to her four years younger sister. Many distant relatives thought's will be different to see her with her maternal cousins behaving too close but they alone know how they are behaving internally as their own brothers and sisters.

Ridha like Umar and Azar very much from her younger age because her thought for having own brother got erased whenever she met her brothers and sisters. Sharmila got married during her UG second year and Rabiya got married during her UG third year and then Sumaiya and Azar in consecutive years. Now all are waiting for Ridha's marriage in their family.

She knows many are looking forward to have fun in her marriage and the so excited one is her little sister Sana. But Nisa wanted her daughter to stand in her own leg to boldly face any obstacles that comes in her life. She made her grow with more values and she will make her to participate in every events which Ridha wishes to participate and tell her usually that, "Participation is much better than winning." So Nisa let her daughter to go for work to earn the life's experience too.

By the time, she finished her cooking. Nisa came from her school by half day since Saturday. So she helped her daughter for serving the lunch. "Hot !!!Hot!!! briyaani is Ready", Ridha kept thaalaa(large rounded plate) of briyani on the dhafthar by uttering the same thing repeatedly like a small kid. Then everyone sat on the floor in a round fashion facing the thaalaa and delighted with the taste of having it.

"Masha Allah, delicious" said her Bhabhi and her Bhai added , "It's like Ahmedabad Briyani, Ridha! You got a talent in your hands, You will be richer soon if you put a shop opposite to your company" Azar teased and Ridha reacted by raising her pupil upwards at his funny thoughts.

"Haa Haa!!!!Tasty but Little spicy" Sana commented by widening her mouth due to spiciness. "This is correct taste, I think you should add some spiciness to your routine food so that you'll feel normal, little kid" Azar winked at her little sister. His wife chuckled by their brother-sister funny conversation.

By the time, Ridha took her phone and noticed Ahmed texts to call him. She just replied his message since clearing the dishes to kitchen. She asked about his day and about his mom's excited nature. Ahmed's mother always gets excited over his son's victory or happiness. Ridha like her most because of her most patient and humble character towards her family.

Then suddenly, her bhaijaan made a surprised plan for outing in the evening. All get readied and left the house after performing their Asr namaz. She used to inform Ahmed whenever she leave for outside alone or with her family. Likewise, she texted him about the sudden plan and her excitement towards seeing Sharmi's two years kid, Ashfaq.

By seeing her message, Ahmed behaved odd and Ridha wanted to ask him what hides behind his odd nature. But by the time, she reached the Eliot's beach , so she kept her phone inside her pink coloured sling bag and joined her Sharmi's little family of three and Ashiq. Since Ashiq and Ridha are same age mate, they did their technical studies at different college near Chennai. Now they graduated their U.G and Ridha made her way towards her career and Ashiq made his way towards P.G in well esteemed institute in Tamil Nadu.

Her Bhai hand in hand walking with her Bhabhi, Ridha discussing her work experience with her brother Ashiq and Bhaijaan s walking towards the beach carrying his little one, Sana getting advices from Sharmi discussing about new make-up brands, they all paired up and walking towards the beach from the road. Suddenly her bhaijaan stopped his walking by seeing a beach side shop , "Yeah, we'll compete eachother by shooting this maximum balloons, there is no award for winners but the people who shoot least balloons or no balloons have to pay for this game" he challenged his cousin in laws.

"Yeah, we'll accept this challenge" Ridha raised her hand and Ashiq also raised his hands following Ridha, then Azar and Sharmi volunteered. Sana and her Bhabhi remained to watch the challenge and have fun at them.
" I'll shoot first" , her bhaijaan said and didn't shot any balloon out of three shots. Then comes Ashiq , "Today Hatrick confirmed" said by overwhelming thought and shoted two balloons alone.

When Ridha comes, the shop keeper went near the area where some balloons are placed and kept some more balloons. Everyone raised their voice against Ridha, "Yeah, this is not fair, that lady is doing favour for Ridha alone", Ashiq complained, and Ridha laughed at him and hold the gun in her left hand, and aimed through her left eye via the v-shaped hole, and shoot with her right hand. No balloons got shot at the first attempt and when she did for the second, one balloon got shooted, and at the last attempt, the other balloon also got shooted.

"You and Ashiq are equal - equal" Azar said and he shot one balloon and Sharmi also shot one balloon.

"So the one who started this game has to repay it" Sharmi teased her husband. All laughed at her utterance for her husband and move towards the welcoming waves hitting the shore.

Ridha got the little champ from Sharmi and conversed with him in his baby language. When she is teaching Ashfaq to call her as "khaala" , he keep on saying so kidishly as "aalaaa". When she raised her eyebrows, he is laughing at her and she kissed him with plenty of kisses and hugs the whole night. When they sat on the sand, Ashfaq dipped his hand on the mud and taking it to his mouth.

When Ridha saw his nephew playing with sand, "Drop it Achuu" Ridha instructed him and he began to laugh at her without understanding what her aunt is saying. Later the three gents left the ladies and went to have a long walk. That time, Sharmi and Sana started chit-chatting about Sana's college and Ridha saw her Bhabhi looking on the sea very deeply. Ridha went near her and asked,
"Do you wish to wet your leg by this waves, Bhabhi?" Ridha asked and she replied affirmatively. So Ridha took her hand and for the first time, the waves didn't hit their legs, so they took a little step ahead. Finally they went deeper till her knees get wet by the water.

Ridha just felt that time to be with Ahmed by holding his hands and need to wet her till her waist dip inside the water by holding him as his rightful husband. She waited for the moment to be with him too closely after marriage.

When they about to leave to the shore, her Bhabhi asked her for the last wave to touch their legs. So Ridha waited for the wave to hit her legs. But unfortunately it hits and hurts her leg, and Ridha uttered, "Allahu!!!" much louder and raised her right foot from the mud and saw it was a thorn deeply pricked her foot. Then her Bhabhi keenly took out from her foot and thrown again towards the water.

"Bhabhi!! Why did you throw it again inside the water?" Ridha asked.
"But why ma, it hurts you na, so I throw it back", Her Bhabhi further asked and Ridha laughed at her innocent question and replied, "Waves are always grateful because it usually returns what has been given to it unlike human and nowadays people calling it as 'karma' ", Bhabhi laughed by seeing her highly sensible words.

Then while everyone leaving the beach, Ridha turn to the beach and stood in front of the full moon giving light to the entire place with her farewell thoughts,

'It's amazing to view your reflection light hitting the sea that is sprinkling like the stars in the sky,
How you are so cool and giving peace to my heart,
And you are the one who splits into half by my Rabbu's command when my Habib travel to the sky,
If there is a chance when my Rabbu grants me to meet you, I'll come and land in your world by sitting on the wings of Angels and place my feet on your glowing body,
Now I'm leaving you, Will meet you again In sha a Allah...'

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Ridha's Past starts:

Ridha noticed Sadhia and Shabana talking so deeply and Sadhia is looking at me once in a talk and nodding her head with hesitation. Ridha wanted to interrupt their conversation but she is putting her socks to leave the prayer hall after doing her Duhr namaz. When she is about to insert her legs into the shoes, Sadhia finished her talking and bid salam to Shabana. After Shabana left to her class, Sadhia came to her and called Ridha for getting late to the class.

"Wait a minute, Saadh!" Ridha grabbed her arms and make her turn to face her. Sadhia looked at her strangely and said, "What ma, it's late, why are you pulling my hand, come let's go Ridhu", Sadhia replied her with a pleasing lovely nickname which she is used to call sometimes.

"What are you talking with Shabana sister this much time, that too looking at me once in a while???" Ridha asked her and she hesitated to tell and said, "Will tell you once we get into class, first you come now". Both the friends left the hall with other class girls.

Her exam started a week before and today is her last before exam. They are made to have their coaching classes in the afternoon to prepare for the next exam. Her social teacher is so strict and make them sit separately in order to avoid fun and gossips between her class girls in groups. So Ridha and Sadia made to sit separately and her teacher is strictly spying the students.

Ridha tried several times to call Sadhia and she wanted to ask about Shabana's talk. She doubted that both planned something fishy and it will definitely get her into shock. She made many "sshh" sound to call her friend but she end up by getting caught with her social teacher.
So she put her head down into her book and that time she scolded her friend like anything inside her heart.

After the school gets over, Sadhia took Ridha in a unusual route that is opposite to her home side and she secretly said something to Afeera to make her go alone. Ridha confused to see why her friend is behaving odd and remaining silent towards their walk. Her patience broke when she saw Ahmed wearing his pink coloured tee, walking infront of him with Ridha's class boy. Ridha shouted at Sadhia,
"What are you doing, Sadhia?I know you are planning something, but please don't involve me in any plans without considering me, Why is he going infront, Why are we following him now instead of going home???I need answer right now"

Sadhia put a sad face due to her close friend's raised tone and replied, "Ridhu, just calm down, you only got pity for him that day due to his no concentration over his studies, I know you want to do favour for him to get him to concentrate in his own life. Shabana sister asked for a meeting with him for some few minutes, And I know you can't tell your views to him by standing in those streets, So we thought to make you meet him in a nearby shop, you just tell him what is good and bad for both of you and quit this topic by today. I think, you'll be relaxed at the end of the meeting, okay can we proceed now???"

Ridha left with no words by seeing some efforts of her friend to get rid of her worries. Sadhia is a girl who always be there for her at rough times and happy times. But Ridha's heart hesitated to go to the unknown shop with the unknown guy and she needed to talk to him because she never be used to that kind of meetings with her own friends because her mom restricted her to meet her friends outside except meeting in their houses. Then she finally thought that instead of speaking to him in the streets, it's better to meet him in a shop and convey her thoughts.

"Okay, but you have to be with me" Ridha expected Sadhia to nod in response. She said okay but the boy who is accompanying Ahmed is Sadia's close friend, Suhail. Ridha understood why Suhail is in on their way. He is trying to have relation with Sadhia and Ridha is noticing Sadhia's care and affection towards Suhail nowadays. She didn't raise any question to her that time to add more uneasiness to that situation. By the time, Ahmed and Suhail entered a ice cream parlour. The shop name was written as "Cream 'N' Cream" and it's view from outside sounds rich and she didn't noticed such parlour exists in her area before.

Ridha got shivered and felt foreign while entering a ice cream parlour. There was no one inside the parlour and a mild music were over there. Ridha saw Ahmed sitting on a lengthy table, that can contains for a family of six. There is also some table for two and four. But she doesn't know why he preferred that lengthy table. She felt awkward to face Ahmed and raised eyebrows towards Suhail because she knows him from her VI Grade and he is also good friend of her like Hamza.

Then Sadhia left Ridha with Ahmed saying, "Bhaiyya, Please end up soon your talks because she is not willing to come here as a whole, and I'll sit with the Suhail on that table" by pointing out the table of two. Ridha get high tempered to see her friend left her all alone with a unknown guy. She already thought that she will have some desire to converse with Suhail but it was a fast move than she expected. Ridha doesn't want to express her anger and looked around instead of looking at the one who is staring like she was Allien from the other world.

"Assalamu alaikum Ridha, Please take your seat" by pointing out the seat opposite to him. Ridha just murmured the reply for his Salam and took the seat just opposite to him. Ahmed just pushed the menu to her side and asked her, "Tell your favourite drink, Ridha"

She glared at him in anger and said, "Can you please talk what you intend to speak? I'm getting late to my home"

"We can't sit here as it is without ordering any, this is not the park to have our own talk, Do you got it my girl???" He smirked at her.

Her blood pressure is raising like anything but she controlled to remain silent and Ahmed himself ordered a chocolate milkshake for her and the waiter placed in between them. Ridha still not raised her head to look at him. After few seconds, Ahmed called her, "Ridha!!! Look at my shy girl who is putting her head down so innocently, and this is what I like in her the most" by showing her picture in his mobile.

Ridha got shocked and irritated how dare he took photo just few seconds back without her permission and not have a little fear to show her photo, "Why are you clicking my picture without my permission?"

"Because I called for you to talk , but you are putting your heads down" Ahmed defended his act.

"Okay please tell me the reason why don't you like me, Ridha???" Ahmed asked with the serious tone this time and the deep pain reflecting in his eyes. Ridha again looked up at him and suddenly looked down and said, "Because really I don't like you, and this will not happen, please change your thoughts,
And stop calling me by my name so rightfully". Every time he calls by her name, it's like so rightful and she knows that he doesn't have any rights on her.

Ahmed again asked the same question, "Tell me one reason why you don't like me, I'll go in my own way, Are you denying because I'm not fair like you, but I know you are not that type of girl who rejects me for my fairness, please I have seen your eyes many times that it shows some kind of love towards me, please Ridha, I can't imagine a life without you, please accept me, Ridha" Ahmed said finally and this time he put his head down instead of her.

"Please, I was not fully grown up and am just 15, my mom taught me with Islam and she doesn't like me when she came to know that I have affair with some unknown person, she'll get dejected and I just want to obey my lord and this activity will make me to fall in sin, so please , don't disturb me again, this is what I want to tell you and I told everything to you, so I'm leaving now" Ridha cleared out her views to her two years elder guy.

Ahmed maintained silent and kept a worried face, when she is about to get up, Ahmed called her by her name, "Ridha, I will be waiting for you, you just look at them, they are having fun without any worries and restrictions, I just want to have such relationship with you in sha a Allah forever" said by pinpointing to Sadhia and Suhail having fun at eachother.

His words seemed very true to her but she acted like she didn't listen to his last words. And she felt pity on seeing Ahmed to also pay for the drink which Sadhia and Suhail had but Ridha left her drink without even sipping it once because she doesn't like to have from the one who is not responsible to take care of her. She thought that Ahmed will have her drink because he didn't order for himself but he also didn't have such delicious drink due to the bitter words from her.

While leaving the shop, Ahmed once again called her, "Ridha...???" She turned to the person who called her, and he asked ,"That's it?????"

Ridha found her heart melted by hearing his lonely tone and a deep pain in his eyes, but her mind persists to say again and again that 'this won't happen for a long' and said finally,
"Yeah, That's it". Ridha confirmed her denial with the same words what Ahmed asked for. But she made those same words as an answer. Then she walked fast to reach her home since her younger sister will be alone in home since her mother will reach by 6pm from her school.

She didn't talk much to Sadhia to show her anger in leaving her alone by jumping to Suhail side like a chameleon. Sadhia said several sorry to her friend but Ridha fastened her speed and just said Salam to her friend when her friend's house came. Ridha have to walk a kilometre distance to her home. Usually she'll bring her bicycle, but it's on repair. So she walks fastly to her home. In the midway to reach her home, Suhail halted her in the cycle and Ahmed was sitting at the back with a sad face.

"Why are you halting my way, Suhail?" Ridha again raised her eyebrows at him with angry face.
"Cool down, I'm your brother, Why can't I do this way?" Suhail asked his friend but Ridha just move ahead and keep walking by knowing it's completely waste to reply him in Ahmed's presence who is waiting to hear her hurting words again and again.

"You didn't reply correct answer to my bro, that's why we came again" Suhail shouted and passed by her in his bicycle. Ridha just avoided them and walked on her own way, she actually thought that, day by day , her own friends are supporting Ahmed instead of supporting her. She felt that no one is on her side and seeing only the pain of Ahmed but not seeing the pain of her. But she just got relaxed that she told him the actual reason why she is avoiding Ahmed and she made her mind that he'll forget her in their Annual holidays.

'No one will expect their first date to happen in this way,

But this two little hearts doesn't know that they will be together in sha a Allah one day,

And they didn't even imagine that it was their first date,

May be if they know so, they could have made it better,

But their hearts found it before they came to know that they were meant to be together one day in sha a Allah...'

Ridha's Past ends...
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Ahmed was expecting for Ridha's message, he felt bitter to see Ridha's pictures with her cousins. Every time when Ridha is with her brothers, Ahmed feel to fill that place too to be with her always. It is 10pm and still Ridha didn't text him since it's Saturday night. Their alloted hour after week is not went well as planned. Then Ridha texted stating, "Sorry Ahmed, today my RM(Reporting Manager) gave me a hectic work pressure and it will take more than two hours , so you please go and sleep dear"

Ahmed got deprived by seeing her text and he didn't reply and waited for her to come online. Then later again Ridha saw him online and texted him to sleep since she is busy in her office work. Then her text came at nearly 12 am,
"I'm really sorry, I know this is our time to chat , but my R.M wants one file before 12, I have finished my work as soon as to text you my dear, Had your dinner ???"
Ahmed read her text and replied,
"It's okay Ridha, I really missed you, and????"

"What ma?"- Ridha

"Today, that boy who willed to buy my byke denied due to high amount and I don't know what to do, I couldn't feel happy nor sad, because it is my bird, I don't like to sell and I don't want to continue by paying interest" - Ahmed

Ridha got a bit satisfied inside her heart that her man is worrying for the interest amount he is paying vth the EMI for his byke and she felt that she was helpless to him this whole day due to several reasons,

"Sorry da, Actually today I got more work one by one, and I thought you'll be happy after meeting your friends, so I didn't think that idiotic buyer will back off from his words, and you don't worry, Allah surely has some plans, He won't punish the one who does mistake without knowing, It may be his decision to let your byke be with you, So don't worry dear"- Ridha

Then they continued their chat for half an hour and slept without having any worries in their heart.

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"I have bought one that you asked me as a bribe for buying me a mobile" Sana winked at her sister by extending a Dairy milk (fruit and nut flavour). Ridha eyes widened with joy and her tongue slips out to taste her favourite chocolate. Sana usually won't buy and give anything for her sister because she always treated as child in her home and she take that as advantage to have extra snacks. This two sisters will fight to get extra snacks and finally Ridha has to leave for her sister Sana since she is the little one. But Ridha have a desire to get some gifts from her sister, that too she is eagered to get gifts for Ridha from Sana's Savings though it's made as dealing between sisters.

When Sana is too excited to buy a smartphone, Ridha put a condition as a bribe that if Sana buys her favourite chocolate once in a month till her three years of college, Ridha will buy her a smartphone. Ridha thought to see her expression about her condition. But she didn't expect that she'll buy and give the next day. But Ridha teased by saying,
"It's good that you bought me what I asked but you have to wait till my first salary comes, okay???"

"It's okay, but you have to buy me the mobile the same day when your company credits salary to your account, Deal???" Sana asked.

"Okay, I think that you have to wait for a week, because it's only 27th of this month" Ridha accepted her sister's deal and went to do her Isha namaz and gone to bed.

"Yeah Ridha! Do you know one thing, our salary got credited to our account this morning" Zulfi informed her after replying for Ridha's salam. "Warraeh Waah! You told me very good news, but how it could happen so soon, Today's 28th only na" Ridha surprised and saw many people adding large smile to their faces in this early morning.

Later Ridha got remembered by her Sister's bribe yesterday night. She laughed at her act and it may be her sister's dua so that this company credited salary into her account. She shared this news with her mother and Ahmed via phone call. And Ahmed asked treat for her first Month salary just to get a chance to meet her again but Ridha put a plan on what to do with her first month salary.

While leaving home, she called her sister to come to mobile showroom near the main road but her mother told to buy the next day. Though Ridha told that she promised her sister , her mother denied because of her maternal uncle is coming to her home. Ridha was happy to hear her maternal uncle is coming, because he will behave so sweet to his neice and he take care of Sana and Ridha as his own daughter. Whenever this two sisters get their holidays, they'll go to her uncle's house because they want to get rid of his mama's and maami's thought of not having children to rejoice themselves.

Ridha got excited that she already planned to take her maama and maami to a restaurant and give treat in her salary. But her mind popped with the better plan to celebrate with a cake at first. Later she entered home with a cake and she got shocked instead of everyone and her excitement fade away when her mother Nisa said that her uncle cancelled the plan to come this night.

She just kept the cake in the kitchen and went to change her night dress. She was literally upset that her moods got spoiled. It's usual in her life everytime. Whenever she got excited with some things and her plan will go off and later she completed her Salah. Her family tried to cheer her mood but she couldn't get back to her earlier excitement.

After several minutes, she itself called her mom and dad and sister and thought to enlighten her mood by giving the knife to her dhaadhi. She pulled the table to her side and she hold her hand to cut the cake. She really amazed to see her Rabbu's plan because she totally forgot the one who is worrying a lot for her sickness. Her dhadhi got very happy at her act but really her dhadhi doesn't know how to cut the cake. Then she feed her dad and mom and took a rose flower creamy top and feed her little sister. Sana also took the other rose creamy topping and feed her. The entire family rejoiced over the cake and the next day she bought chudidhar for her mom, shirt for her dad, sarees for her dhaadhi and naani who is in her native, and finally Sana got her smartphone from her sister.

Ridha's heart satisfied with the gifts she gave to her family and she knows it's just a very little thing she can give for them to earn their happiness.

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'Why did she gone out in this night time? What if something happens to her if I didn't come her way? Ya Allah! Give protection to my girl, nothing should happen' Ahmed thoughts while raising his byke speed towards Light house after ending the call with Ridha.

Ridha went to meet her college friends in the morning and they all gathered in Ahliya's house. They are five in their gang during college days, Zulfi, Ridha, Ahliya, Fauzia and Ayisha. They missed each other after their college over and her friend Fauzia return from hajj a week before , so they all planned to meet in Ahliya's house since her house is located in the centre from all others.

Ridha got late due to lot of enjoyment with her friends after long-long days and found more happiness that day. It was Sunday and unfortunately Ahmed got his office that day due to some interview. He won't allow her to travel alone late night but this day Ridha told him to go home and she assured him that she'll go to her home safely.

It was 6:30 pm when Ridha came from her friend's house and saw heavy traffic over the road. She thought that she'll be going to her home within an hour. But this traffic seems weird like all vehicles stick to the roads and doesn't move further. She got worried when it becomes dark because her parents will worry for her late. Inspite she called her mother to tell the condition and she ended the call with a shock. Nisa told her to return safe to her home since this is going as headline news over Chennai because more political people arrived Chennai from the south this morning and they are returning now in this evening.

Then she noticed many private buses over there and she thought to walk instead of being in this motionless vehicles. She saw many people walking besides the beach side. She saw many men over there, she couldn't find a single women in that place.

Ridha started reciting her usual "Ayathul Qursi" and fastened her speed towards the crowd. That time, Ahmed called and he already came to know about the cause of huge traffic. He scolded her first and told that he is coming on her way, but he also couldn't come to her place due to heavy traffic jam over the place where he is.

Ridha again told him to go to his home but Ahmed didn't get her words and told Ridha to come by any vehicle till light house. But Ridha told that there is heavy Jam here and she added that she'll better come by walk till light house by the time.

She keeps on walking and she could only see the light motioning around the building but she was unable to near it. Then she passed by the private buses where there is huge crowd of gents inside the bus. She increased her recitation and fastened her speed to reach the place where he could get to see Ahmed.

Her heart asked plenty of dua for her safety as a young lady walking in the crowd of gents in this dark time. She put her entire trust in Allah and her phone rang and it was from Ahmed,

"Hello!!! Assalamu Alaikum"
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