"Kya hua?" Casually sipping her tea, Anabia entered her room where she found Zabail has made mess into the room

(What happened?)

"I don't know where I have kept that..." Zabail wasn't talking to Anabia but herself, which Anabia heard

"What?" Anabia looked at Zabail who was now searching for that thing in her cupboard

"It was very important and I... I don't know it is ....." Anabia heard Zabail's muttered

Is she talking about her hanekie? Anabia's eyes winded

She thought of leaving the room slyly before Zabail started asking her question

But her bad luck

"Bia... have you saw it?..." Anabia who has turned to the door to leave again turned to Zabail with a really innocent face which anyone could fall for

"What?" Innocence dripping from her voice

"Arey! Mera woh... Mil gaya!...."

(My... Found it...)

"Mil gaya?" Anabia confusingly asked as she looked at her elder sister

(You found it?)

Zabail was holding a brown coloured file

"Aap issey dhoondh rahe thi?" Anabia took a relief breath

(You were looking for this?)

"Haan, woh papa ne hume Diya Tha rakhne... Apko Kya laga hum Kya dhoondh rahe the?" Zabail started telling Anabia while glancing at the pages of the file to check it is complete but then looked at Anabia, who took a very long relief breath

(Papa gave me this file and... Wait, what you thought that I'm looking for?)

"Ku...kuch bhi to nahi.. woh aap it a pareshaan thi toh humne socha... Yaad aya... Hume mamma bula rahi thi kuch kaam Tha unhe.. hum abhi aye....." Nervously laughing, Anabia replied then ran away from the room

(N- nothing... You were so worried so I thought... Mamma was calling, I'll just come...)

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"Kal to hum Baal Baal bache, Hoori...." Anabia dramatically told Hoorain about what happened yesterday

(I was save by miracle yesterday.)

"Issey pehle Zubi ko mujhpe shakk hojaye.. hum ja rahe hain apni hanekie lene uss ladke se..." Then she add

(Before Zubi could doubt me, I'm going to take my hanekie back from him..)

"Tumhe maloom bhi Hai woh Tha Kon?" Matching up with Anabia's steps, Hoorain asked

(Do you even know who he was?)

"Ah... Naam toh nahi maloom lekin..." Anabia was still talking when someone from behind interrupted them

(I don't know his name but..)

"Excuse me!" Both Anabia and Hoorain turned to their back to see who called them

A gasp left Anabia mouth when she saw who was in front of her.

The same guy whom she dropped her shake yesterday and whom she gave Zabail's hanekie

"Actually,.. woh.. your hanekie..." Anabia was still looking at him with mouth opened while Hoorain was looking between two of them, not knowing why Mehrab called them. When none made any move to talk Mehrab started saying

His voice brought Anabia back to reality and the hanekie in his hand brought her life back

She quickly took it from him, it was washed with the soft fragrance of bergamot, Anabia hold it close to her

This made Hoorain embarrassed who was seeing Mehrab's expression

Mehrab who was looking at Anabia and thinking why she is holding that hanekie so close to her

Hoorain softly pinched Anabia, when Anabia looked at Hoorain, she point at Mehrab from her eyes

"Oh.. thank you.. actually, yeh hanekie bohot important Hai...." Anabia started explaining him

(You don't know how important this hanekie is.)

"It's okay, by the way I'm Mehrab....." Mehrab took his hand out to shake with her

"Hi! Mehrab.. I am..." Anabia hold his hand on her and started introducing herself

"Bia!" Zaryab who has just exit his classroom and was going somewhere saw Mehrab talking with Hoorain and Anabia in the hallway and decided to go and check if he is bothering them

It was only five seconds when Zaryab came and he took both Anabia and Hoorain with him

Behind them, Mehrab was still looking at Anabia's back

A thought came in his mind, the other day he read her poetry about love, was it for Zaryab?

This thought was enough to run a green monster in his veins, he didn't liked it a single bit

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"Was he bothering you?" Zaryab once again asked them

"Why would he bother us? We were just talking, no need to act like papa." Anabia was now tired of his question and irritatedly said

Hoorain was just standing with them and thinking why she is always stuck in between them

"Hoori..."

"Hoori, hum late ho rahe Hain class ke liye." Anabia hold her hand and took Hoorain with her

(Hoori, come on, we are getting late for the class.)

"Tumhe nahi lagta ki tumne Thora misbehave Kiya Zaryab se.." once they were away from Zaryab, Hoorain asked

(Don't you feel that you have misbehaved with Zaryab...)

"Toh unse kisne kaha Hai ki humare papa bane, apne kaam se kaam rakhe, hum chahe kisi se bhi baat Kare, unhe Kya..." Anabia who was angry as Zaryab took it off on Hoorain

(Who told him to act like my father, I can talk with whomever I want, he is no one to stop me.)

"Annu, tum janti ho Zaryab aur Mehrab mein nahi banti." Hoorain tried to explain Anabia about her fault and that Zaryab was just trying to protect her

(You know very well that Mehrab and Zaryab doesn't go along.)

"Woh unka matter Hai humara nahi, Mehrab humare sath toh misbehave nahi Kar rahe the na..."

(That's his matter not ours, mehrab wasn't misbehaving with us.)

"Aur apko Zaryab ka lawyer banne ki zaroorat nahi Hai, samjhi..." Hoorain nod her head meekly as they both entered their classroom

(And please don't act like Zaryab's lawyer.)

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"Aur woh apni galti bhi nahi maan rahi thi." Zabail finished her story which she was telling to Zain

(And she wasn't even accepting her fault.)

"Achha, choro, tum apna mood na off Karo." Zain's eyes were off road but every there he looked at the angry girl sitting beside in on passenger seat

(Let it be, don't get upset because of her.)

The sun was drowning while giving the sky orange and colour and Zabail's anger was giving her face red colour

"Let's go to the coffee hut..." After thinking for a moment how to make her happy again, Zain suggested

"I'm not hungry"

"But I am." The coffee hut was their Hangout place

Once they reached there, Zain pulled the chair for Zabail, on which she sat down and didn't said thank you

"Pata Hai Hume gussa kab ata Hai? ek to apki galti Hai but aap dusro ko blame Kar rahi Hain. Apni galti insan ko accept Karna ana chahiye." Zabail has again started about her rambling after ordering their orders

(You know what makes me angry is that it's your fault but you are blaming others, you should know how to accept your fault.)

Zain out his one hand on table and leaned his cheek on it while interestingly hearing her talks

She could go on day and night in her blabber and he would hear it without a blink

He always loved her voice and the way she talks.even in anger her choice of words always interested him

"But choriye, hote Hain kuch log aise, hum kyu apna mood off Kare unki wajah se..." At last Zabail shook her head negatively and told him like he is the one who is angry

(Let it be, some people are like this but why should I spoil my mood because of them...)

And the waiter also arrived with their orders

Zabail was mixing sugar in her coffee when her phone in her bag started ringing

Taking it out she saw an unknown number

"Hello!" Receiving the call she put it on her ear which cought Zain's attention too

"Kon bol raha hai?" Zabail asked the person from other side

(Who's this?)

"Main Kon Shahrukh Khan? Apna naam bataiye." Hearing her loud voice some people from other table looked at them, on which she was unaware of but Zain was, who apologize for disturbing them. Hen he asked Zabail is everything okay? Is the person bothering her? Zabail shook her head negatively

(Who me? Shahrukh Khan? Tell me your name.)

"Kon?...." Her brows furrowed as she tried to remember

(Who?)

"Sa... Sarim?..." Zabail jumped from her seat and excitedly said, making everyone looked at her

Embarrassingly looking at them back she sank down in her chair

"Aap India kab aye?" She asked in undertone

(When you returned to India?)

"Aur bataya bhi nahi?.. oh!" She talked with Sarim for more minutes when both decided to hang ip after making plan to meet

(And you didn't even informed.)

"Sarim India ayen Hain." Once she hanged up the call, Zabail excitedly told Zain

(Sarim has returned to India.)

"Kyu aya Hai?" His voice was dreadful, as if he didn't liked the news

(Why?)

"Haan?" Zabail didn't understand his tone

(What?)

"I mean.. kab?" He quickly hold himself and asked sweetly, fake matching with her excitement

(When?)

"Yesterday.... And we have made plan to meet tomorrow..."

This time Zain wasn't listening to her talks interestingly, this time his mind was busy in thinking how to keep her busy tomorrow so she won't meet this Sarim guy whom he doesn't like from childhood

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Is this story is going slow?

Should I pick a speed?

-Ufaq