I try to open my eyes slowly as I can feel people hovering over me, I just hope I'm not dead, squinting a little I finally came to my senses and saw the hovered people which weren't any angels just my family, this does not mean that my family isn't filled with angels but I am talking about real ones you know with the wings and stuff, anyway moving on I don't know what I am doing here?

So just going to ask them " what happened?"
"You blacked out" Danish Bhai replies.
"How are you feeling now?" Ammi asks sitting beside me.
"I'm fine Ammi, what happened Bhai Jaan who was firing shots?" I ask him, he looks at me as if this wasn't the right time to say, does this mean he didn't tell the real reason why I blacked out.

Great now they will think I'm crazy pants, who yells at night and gets fainted anytime and anywhere.

"What is she saying Danish?" I heard Khaloo say I looked in the direction he was sitting on the couch.
"Uhh um, Khaloo... I cut him off " Khaloo there was someone who was firing a gun outside his party office when we stopped by after college," I tell him, Bhai was glaring at him I arch brows at him, they are our family we should tell them if something happened and it pushes us towards the trouble then surely we should.

"I told you Danish to be careful and I told you to tell her but you never listened to me I told you to start looking for a good boy for her alliance, what if those shots were for Laila huh?" Khaloo asks angrily getting up from the couch, thankfully we are not in the hospital but how come me getting married will solve the problem of the threats there is the police we can go to them they are supposed to look after us and provide us with safety.

"I tied Alaya's alliance with Afan because they have everything in the coming future, my daughter doesn't have to face any kind of safety issues and combining two families we will be stronger, cause everyone knows everyone has enemies there are some we know about then there are some we don't know about," he says, his voice sends a shiver down my spine, this is the reason Alaya and Afan are getting married just for security reasons and because they are well financially.

I cannot believe my family.

"Find some good man for her and we will take this further as soon as your Abbu comes next week," Khaloo says and storms off from there, how can they decide whom should I spend my life with, if someone wants to kill me they will do even with the best security guards around me it doesn't matter.

Everyone just kept quiet until Zain spoke"ahem, Ammi I think Laila must be starving shall we head down for dinner" he says clearing his throat trying to make the situation less awkward.

"Yes, you are right it's getting late anyway, Alaya you get Laila okay," Khala says and leaves the room along with everyone else except Alaya who was standing in the corner with her head down.

"You didn't know about this either?" I ask her, she just nods her head as no, oh my Allah I don't even know what to say.

"I'm so sorry Alaya" I reply she looks at me a tear slides down her cheek.
"It's okay it's not your fault I just never thought Abbu would do such a thing with me," she says lowly then chuckles.
"Come on let's go Zain is right I'm famished," I tell her she smiles at me and we head down, everyone was sitting in the dining room without glancing at anyone I settle beside Zain, everything around me felt so quiet as if giving us a signal of the silence and chaos which is yet to come in our lives which might destroy us, at least some of us.

Someone clears their throat we all look at Eid Ka Chand, " uh I was thinking we should double the security around Laila and Khala" he says.
"I agree with you and I will double the security here also," Khaloo says in an authoritative tone, here anyway there are always guards outside the mansion because being a powerful and rich businessman has its perks.

There came a silence again only the sound of the clattering of spoons and forks against the plates "I think Danish you should drop Laila every day at college now, and there will be a bodyguard with you at least one" Khaloo says.
"But I... " Laila please don't argue on this for once listen to us," Ammi says sternly.
The rest of the dinner was in silence but my thoughts weren't silent they were nagging me and the gut-wrenching feeling was killing me I don't want to be here, none of them will ever understand what I'm going through or what I want, oh Allah please help me out.

I just want Abba Jaan to be back as soon as possible, maybe he will convince them to go to the police and take serious action against these threats because if we don't do anything now they might take it for granted and end up doing something big more dangerous which will leave us with regretting situation and my gut is telling me that is something like this will happen but I don't know how to make them understand.

"We should leave now Khaloo, it's getting late," Danish Bhai says as everyone was done with the dinner.
"Yes, and be careful, Laila try not to be alone," he says, his tone filled with concern which is rare to see I nod at him and we all left.

*****

We were in the class my mind keeps drifting to yesterday's event "you need to stop thinking about it" I heard Alaya whisper beside me, I don't know how she is not freaking out or not at all worried I mean she is getting married just for some stupid deal all we know for.
I look at her unbelievably"what is wrong with you?" I ask her.
"I've come to terms, and you should too it's good for everyone" she mutters.
What the heck is she out of her mind or maybe everyone is in my family I don't think I can ever come to terms with the thought of getting married to someone I don't know or I don't love.

The bell rings pulling me out of my thoughts everyone rushes out of the class"you need to calm down Laila you look like you will kill with your looks right now" Zain jokes.
I laugh sarcastically at him"you will be the first one then" with that I walked towards the cafeteria.

I ordered food for myself along with coffee settling at the corner table plugging my earphones blocking any voices out of my head and around me I need peace in my mind and outside my mind, no one is there to put it all at ease I think at some point of time everyone needs someone to put their mind at ease just like Elena had Stefan to put her mind at ease even though around them everything was chaotic, yes even my references involves a fictional character.

Someone pulls out the earphones I glare at the person Alaya she stood there with a sheepish look on her face "stop dreaming and listen to me now carefully" she says sitting opposite to me.

"I know you are angry because no one tells you anything but do you know the reason why no one does?" She asks me.
"No" I gave a short reply.

"Because you behave like this, you realize how much hurt everyone feels when you behave like this, I'm all for your rebellious nature but you need to be mature in such situations try to put yourself in their place then think," she says, I'm not rebellious or I am.
"I don't think so I'm rebellion Alaya, I just don't like things hidden from me no one does" I retort back.
"No one likes that Laila, but that doesn't mean you question your family in everything," she says sternly this time, we never spoke to each other like this and I sure don't like this maybe Alaya is right I should stop questioning everything they are my family they won't do something which will hurt me and Danish Bhai told me so and I believe him.

But my stupid mind doesn't want to it keeps telling me I shouldn't let them do this.

"Fine, I won't if you promise me to tell me everything never hide anything from me," I tell her extending my hand.
"Promise I won't," she says keeping her hand on mine.
"Now let's eat I'm starving" I reply with a smile, she chuckles at me.

"I will never understand how you can be starving all the time" she jokes, yeah well ladies and gentlemen that's a mystery to me too.

Later Danish Bhai came to pick me up, cause we are going shopping as the date of Alaya's nikah is coming closer, me, Khala and Alaya are going cause Ammi has some work. Abba Jaan is also coming back I want to buy something for him too. Zain and Bhai Jaan are going to check the venue for the nikah and valima and Eid Ka Chand is going to take everyone shopping including Khaloo finally he took off some time from work, he is such a workaholic.

"So have you decided what you are getting for Abbu?" Bhai asks me.
"Not yet, I can not decide I mean what it can be which will remind him of me if I'm away from him ever in life," I mumbled.
"Don't worry you still have time I'm sure you'll find something?" he says and the car came to halt.

We went inside Ammi was setting the lunch looking at it my stomach growled"okay, someone is hungry"Danish Bhai teases, and just like that everything was back to normal which I'm happy about, and I know what I'm going to get Abba Jaan he likes watches so I will get one for him which will only stop working when my heart beats stops working this way I'll be always close to him and it will always remind him of me even when I leave after marriage.

"After lunch, get ready Laila we have to leave for Khaloo's place everyone is going together," Danish Bhai says looking at his phone.

I quickly had my lunch, helping Ammi in cleaning up I went to my room maybe I should take a small nap I'm so sleepy if I tell someone people might think I'm crazy how can a person feel like sleeping for the whole day well I do and I don't care so my love my bed I'm coming and we are spooning.

*****

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