Originally posted by: jazly_zayafan
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PART 12. REALIZATIONS!
"Mom?", Nafisa spoke nervously as she knocked on the door of Suraiya's room. It was an hour after Aaliya's departure to the party and Nafisa wanted to ask certain questions to Suraiya about Aaliya and Zain.
Suraiya, who sat on the bed leaning against the headboard reading some magazine, looked up and smiled at her Bahu, "Haan! Nafisa!"
Nafisa smiled nervously, "Woh mujhe aapse baat kar ni thi!"
Suraiya nodded, "Haan bolo Nafisa! Tumhein jo kehna hai kaho! Lekin tum baahar kyun khadi hai? Andar aao!"
Nafisa nodded and stepped in. She sat on the bed gingerly and looked at Suraiya with trepidation, "Main aapse agar koi sawaal poochun toh kya aap jawaab dengi?" Then her nervousness took over and she started rambling, "Main aapke koi decision pe sawaal nahi utha rahi, main bas aapke decision ke peeche ka reason jaanna chaahti hoon!" She mumbled the last few words.
Suraiya frowned, "Daro mat Nafisa! Hum aapki baat ka bura nahi Maanenge! Poocho! Jo humse poochna hai poocho!"
Nafisa gave Suraiya a hesitant smile and spoke, "Mom! Aap humesha Zain ko Aaliya ke saath kyun bhejti hain? Pehle College chodne aur pick up karne bheja tha aur aaj party ke liye bhi! Main yeh nahi keh rahe ki mujhe ismein kuch galat lag raha hai! Lekin aap bhi jaanti hai ki in dono ko saath bhejna matlab ghar mein din bhar jhagda! Jab dono ek doosre se itne irritate hote hain toh un dono ko saath kyun rakhna?"
Suraiya let out a laugh at Nafisa's nave question and shook her head, "Nafisa! Tum woh nahi dekh rahi jo hum dekh rahe hain!" Nafisa frowned and Suraiya explained, "Kya kabhi Aaliya se pehle aapne kisi ko bhi Zain ke khilaaf aawaaz uthaathe hue dekha hai?"
Nafisa shook her head. Everyone was scared of her Zain and his pranks. Even Fahad would not go against him. Zain listened to Suraiya and Usman only and that also out of respect.
Suraiya continued speaking, "Lekin Aaliya unmein se nahi hai! Aaliya ne humesha wahi kiya jo use theek laga! Woh Zain ke aage kabhi nahi jhukegi! Aur hum yahi cheez Zain ko sikhaana chaahte hain!"
Nafisa frowned and Suraiya explained, "Zain ne bachpan se wahi kiya jo use chaahiye! Apne parivar ko chodke kisi aur ke feelings ke baare mein kadar hi nahi ki! Bas apni manmaani karta aaya hai! Khud ko duniya se upar samajhta hain! Lekin hum chaahte hai ki woh yeh bhi seekhlein ki woh jo chaahta hain woh use humesha nahi milega! Zindagi uske hisaab se nahi chalti! Aur use yeh sabak sabse achchi tarah se Aaliya hi sikha sakti hai!"
Nafisa nodded as she understood Suraiya's logic. Suraiya spoke again, "Aur ek wajah hai humaare Zain ko Aaliya ke saath bhejne ka?"
Nafisa looked on curiously and Suraiya explained, "Tum toh jaanti ho ki Zain kitne badtameez hai! Aur ladkiyon se kitna flirt karta hai! Kya pata Aaliya ke saath rehkar ladkiyon se baat karne ki usmein thodi tameez aajaaye aur ladkiyon ko respectfully treat kare!"
Nafisa giggled and Suraiya smiled at her.
The party had been going on for two hours and Aaliya was enjoying herself. She was dancing amongst some girls of her class with whom she used to hang out with during the College time. They were seven of them and except Aaliya all were drunk. Aaliya was the only one out of all of them to not have a boyfriend and not to drink at all. But that does not mean her friends did not try to set her up with their boyfriends' friends but Aaliya politely refused them as she wanted to finish her studies first. Plus, she knew her father would be disappointed in her as he had sent here to study and not to make boyfriends.
So Aaliya continued to dance with her friends to some latest music in the middle of the dance floor and when it came to drink time, Aaliya drank mocktails and juices while her friends drank vodka and cocktails. Hence, Aaliya was surprised when suddenly she felt dizzy. Yeh mujhe kya ho raha hai? Aaliya wondered as she grasped her head tightly. Maybe it was because of dancing so much. Haan! Yahi hoga! Mujhe break lena chaahiye! She excused herself citing tiredness and went and sat in a corner watching everyone enjoy themselves.
After a while, Aaliya again felt dizziness, and this time it was stronger. This freaked Aaliya out. She could not understand what was happening to her. Why was she feeling so dizzy? She got up to stand but the dizziness took over and she had to sit down before she fell. Scared of what was happening, Aaliya grabbed a glass of water from the passing waiter and drank it fully. The dizziness ebbed and Aaliya wondered what was happening.
Suddenly, Aaliya was reminded of a conversation she had with Suraiya. Suraiya had warned her to be careful as during such parties drugs were mixed in girls' drinks and then they were taken advantage of. Aaliya's broke into sweat as she realized that there is a good chance someone had mixed something into her drinks. Her mind reminded her that several of her drinks were handed over to her by her classmates! Jaroor kisi ne kuch mila diya hoga! Ya Allah! Ab main kya karoon? Agar yeh kisi ka mere glass mein kuch milaane ka asar hai toh? Aaliya gulped as she looked around in confusion, unsure what to do next. She was scared and tears welled up in her eyes. Nahi Aaliya! Tum rone waali nahi ho! Allah pe bharosa rakho! Rone se kuch nahi hoga! Rona band karo aur socho! Aaliya's conscious spoke to her sounding suspiciously like Zain.
Mujhe... Mujhe yahaan se nikalna hoga! Aur thodi der idhar rahi toh pata nahi kya ho sakta hai! Aaliya nodded her head. Yes! She would get out of here and go home! But how will she go home? Agar raste mein kuch hogaya toh? Aisi haalat mein main ghar kaise jaaungi? Kahin raste mein behosh hogaya toh! Ya Allah! She felt dizzy again and she gripped the chair besides her tightly willing her dizziness to lessen, just enough that she could reach home.
Just as the dizzy spell went away, Aaliya's eyes reached her friends dancing on the dance floor. She realized that they could help her. She got up and stumbled towards them as the drug was impeding her balance. She felt the world tilt its axis and she stopped walking as another thought hit her. Her friends were drunk. What help would they be to her? What to do now? That is when she remembered that she was supposed to call Zain to pick her up. Haan! Zain se baat karti hoon! Woh turant mujhe yahaan se le jaayega! Mujhe yahaan aur nahi rehna! She pulled her cell out of her purse and dialed Zain's number.
After ringing for a while, Zain picked up her call. Till now Aaliya remained strong, but the moment Zain said hello, Aaliya broke down crying but Zain could not hear her as the party's music did not allow him to hear Aaliya's cry. Zain continued to call Aaliya's name but the party music made him unable to hear her. Aaliya mumbled Zain's name inbetween her crying when it struck her that the music was obstructing his hearing. Mujhe yahaan se baahar jaana hoga! Mujhe college se baahar nikalna hoga! She cut the phone and stumbled out of the College Premises her dizziness getting strong.
Once she was far enough from the College that she could not hear the music, Aaliya stopped walking. Aaliya knew that she did not have much time before she lost conscious. She pulled out her phone to dial Zain's number but her fingers shaking due to the drugs fell from her hands right onto the ground. Aaliya felt tears well up in her eyes but a voice sounding just like Zain spoke to her again, "AALIYA! Be strong! Tum itni jaldi haar nahi maan sakti!" Aaliya nodded and wiped the tears away. She fell onto her knees and picked up the phone. With her shaking hand, she typed a four letter message and pressed send' hoping Zain would come to her before the person who drugged her reached her.
Zain was dressing up when his phone beeped indicating message. Even though Zain had not been able to talk with Aaliya on the phone, he knew that the only reason she would call him was to pick her up. So Zain, who was swimming in the pool, got out and started dressing up so that he could go and pick Aaliya up.
Zain frowned while pulling on his jacket when he saw that the message was from Aaliya. Yeh message kyun kar rahi hai? Call bhi toh kar sakti thi? Especially jab ise lecture dene ka itna shauk hai? Zain opened the message and as soon as his eyes read the message they widened in horror as Zain felt a chill run down his spine. The message read, "HELP" That was enough to make Zain run out of his house like a bat out of hell. The family was shocked when they saw Zain run towards his Car. Yeh Zain ko kya hogaya hai? Suraiya and Usman wondered as Fahad and Nafisa looked at each other curiously.
Aaliya was sitting near the college gates with the mobile in her hand. With patience and concentration she slowly got onto her feet willing her eyes to stay open for few minutes. Bas kuch der Aaliya! Main aa raha hoon! She imagined Zain whispering to her and Aaliya nodded knowing that her panicked message would get Zain here immediately. Zain might fight with her a lot but she knew somewhere in his heart he considered her as his friend and for the sake of their friendship she was sure he would come.
Aaliya slowly started walking towards the College gate when suddenly someone grasped her arm from back. She turned around quickly and had to close her eyes as she felt dizziness again due to the sudden turn. She took a deep breath and opened her eyes, "Zeeshaan!", she whispered as she saw the person holding her hand.
"Hi beautiful!", Zeeshaan whispered as he grinned at her lecherously and in that one moment she realized that he was the one who must have drugged her. He was the first person to hit on her in the College and the only guy who seemed to ask her out again and again even after she rejected him numerous times. He never seemed to take no for an answer and continued to harass her by proposing her in various ways. Luckily for her, her College friends were always around her to protect her, so she did not have the need to take any action against him. He must have mixed drugs in her drink as a last attempt to hit on her before they all go on their own way. But she will not allow him to have the pleasure of winning her. She wrenched her hand out of his arms and glared at him.
"Yeh kya badtameezi hai?", Aaliya glared at him as dizziness threatened to take hold of her but she refused to allow it.
Zeeshaan gave her a smirk, "Yeh badtameezi nahi mera pyaar hai!" He raised his hand to touch her cheek but she took few steps back refusing to allow his filthy touch on her cheek.
"Bas! Bas karo apni bakwaas!", Aaliya hissed as she stumbled a few steps as another bout of dizziness attacked her. She knew that she had only few minutes to save herself from the creep in front of her. Zain tum kahaa ho? Her mind wondered.
Aaliya turned to walk away only to grabbed by the creep again. She turned around slowly not wanting to invite her dizziness and growled, "Chodo mujhe!"
Before Zeeshaan could retort with some cheesy line, a hand grabbed Aaliya's hand and yanked it out of Zeeshaan's grip as Zain came to stand beside Aaliya, "Jab koi ladki kehti hai ki uska haath chod do toh uska haath chod dena chaahiye!" Zain glared at Zeeshaan and Zeeshaan promptly took a step back.
Aaliya whispered softly, "Zain!" Zain looked at her worriedly. Aaliya looked at him pleadingly, "Mujhe yahaan se le chalo please! Mujhe ghar jaana hai!" Zain nodded and glared at Zeeshaan informing Zeeshaan with his eyes to get lost before Zain did some damage to his body. Zeeshaan understood the signal and scrambled off from there.
"Chalo Aaliya!", Zain grabbed Aaliya's hand and dragged her away from there.
When Zain had arrived and had seen Zeeshaan grabbing Aaliya's hand all he felt was panic. Kahin Aaliya ka koi boyfriend toh nahi? He did not know why but the thought of his Aaliya in love with somebody else filled him with fear and horror. But before he could try to understand his heart's reaction Aaliya wrenched her hand away and her body language suggested that she was annoyed and angry at the man. Zain could not describe the relief he felt at the moment as he realized that Aaliya would not behave so aggressively with her boyfriend. That means that the guy was harassing his Aaliya! No wonder Aaliya wrote HELP in her message! Zain got down from his car as he saw red. He was filled with uncontrollable anger and all he wanted to do was smash the man's face for touching his Aaliya.
But as Zain neared them, a voice whispered through the anger filled haze in his mind, "Zain! Please! Aisa kuch mat karna jisse main tumse naaraaz ho jaaun! Tum jaante hona ki mujhe yeh maar peet pasand nahi! Please Zain!" Zain realized that it was his conscious trying to stop him from doing something that he will regret later but what surprised Zain more was that the voice sounded like Aaliya. If Zain would have been anywhere else he would have chuckled at the thought of Aaliya turning into his conscious but right now Zain focused on getting Aaliya out of there immediately.
Zain soon saved Aaliya from the idiot, grabbed her and dragged her from there only to have her collapse behind him. "AALIYA!", Zain roared as he took in her unconscious body on the ground. If you ask him later, Zain won't be able to explain the agony he felt at that exact moment when his eyes fell on Aaliya lying on the ground. He won't be able to explain the gut wrenching pain he felt at seeing her so immobile; the heart paralyzing fear he felt at the thought of loosing his Aaliya. And he won't be able to explain the relief he felt when he fell on his knees and grasped her hand only to sense a soft heart beat. She was alive!
And he won't be able to explain the peace he felt when he grabbed her and hugged her tight. She was safe! She was fine!
Zain lifted Aaliya in his arms and took her to his car where he placed her in the passenger seat. He got into driver seat and drove as fast as he could to his home. At that moment, Zain was filled with so much panic and fear that it did not strike him to take Aaliya to hospital at all. All he knew was that he wanted Aaliya in a safe place and right now the only safe place he knew, the only place where he felt the safest was his house, Barkat Villa.
Soon Zain reached home and Nafisa, Fahad Usman and Suraiya were greeted to the sight of Zain coming into the house with Aaliya in his arms, a panicked looked on his face and fear in his eyes. Usman was shocked to see his beloved Aaliya like this while Suraiya was horrified. What happened to their sweet Aaliya? All four crowded around Zain asking him questions but Zain did not notice them as he placed Aaliya on the sofa nearby. Usman ordered Fahad to call the family Doctor as Suraiya sat on the sofa placing Aaliya's head in her lap as she softly combed her hair asking her Bhanji tearfully to come back to her. Usman looked at Zain and ordered him to answer his questions but Zain was so lost in the fear of loosing Aaliya that he simply sat in a nearby couch and stared at Aaliya with a lost look in his eyes. Usman gave up on getting any answers and he and Fahad waited tensely for the Doctor to arrive.
As Usman and Fahad waited for Doctor to arrive, Suraiya took a moment to look at her darling son. The haunted expression on his face was something Suraiya was sure she would not forget for coming years. Suraiya knew that Zain was fond of Aaliya. He may not have acted like that but Suraiya had seen him taking tea and snacks for Aaliya many times when she burned midnight oil during her exam days. Suraiya was sure that if they did not like to fight so much they could have been really good friends. But today Suraiya wondered if there was more to this relationship. The look on Zain's face as he stared at Aaliya implied something more than fondness. Kahin Zain ko Aaliya se pyaar... Before Suraiya could finish the thought, the Doctor arrived and all the thoughts of Zain's feelings flew out of her head as she concentrated on Aaliya.
After half hour, the Doctor was able to determine that Aaliya was just unconscious and would wake up soon. They were to bring her to Hospital next day for blood check up to determine what was wrong with her. And if she does not wake up in few hours, they were to take her to Hospital immediately. The family agreed and soon the Doctor was on his way.
"Zain!", Suraiya spoke nudging Zain slowly. She was scared for him. He had yet to move from his place on the couch. The haunted look from his eyes had yet to vanish. Suraiya sat beside him and cupped his face and slowly spoke, "Zain! Aaliya theek hai! Use kuch nahi hua hai! Woh theek hai!" It seemed that her words worked as Zain slowly turned his head to look at her. "Woh theek hai?", Zain whispered and Suraiya was shocked to see the vulnerability in his eyes. At that moment she knew that her Zain was definitely having feelings for Aaliya. It may not be deep yet and Zain may not know it yet but she was sure that the feelings were there and Suraiya vowed at that moment that she would do everything to encourage the feelings without letting Zain into her plan and would get Aaliya as her Bahu.
It took a while but Suraiya convinced Zain to get freshened up and take some rest and Zain slowly walked away to his room.
As Zain came out of his long shower and got dressed, his mind finally came out of the shock and started asserting itself by asking uncomfortable questions. It continued to probe him about his reactions when Aaliya fell down, when he felt her pulse and when he brought her home. Why did he react so extremely? Why did he feel he could not live without Aaliya? Why did his life seem so aimless without her? These questions continued to haunt Zain as he got down the stairs of his house to the living room where he stopped as he noticed that Aaliya had already woken up and was hugging her sister while crying as she explained what had happened with her. Nafisa and Suraiya were horrified at what had happened with Aaliya while Fahad promised Usman that he would put the perpetrator behind the jail soon.
Zain continued to stand there and listen to Aaliya cry in agony. He wondered why he could feel her pain in his heart too. He could not understand why he could not handle seeing Aaliya in tears. Just then Aaliya noticed him and getting up from her seat she ran towards him and hugged him tightly while mumbling thanks amongst her tears. Zain was shocked at her hug and as he stood still with Aaliya hugging him, his heart answered all his questions with one answer; love. He was in love with her. He was so shocked by the revelation that he was in love with her that he did not move even after Aaliya moved out of his embrace and hugged Suraiya who consoled her. Zain continued to stand in shock as Suraiya and Nafisa took Aaliya to her room to let her freshen up while Fahad and Usman talked to the cops on their phones.
Zain came out of his stupor after a while and went into his room quietly to contemplate this new revelation. He only came out when dinner was announced and even then he sat and played with his food on the dining table as he wondered about when his heart fell for Aaliya. He tried and tried but he could not pinpoint the exact point. All he knew was that the feeling gradually built up till it reached the level where Zain could not live without Aaliya and yet even after it built gradually Zain still felt it snuck up on him without any warning.
After dinner, Zain went to his room and lied on his bed as he wondered what he wanted to do with this revelation. Should he tell Aaliya? Or should he inform his Dad that his wish to see him in love was fulfilled? Or should he tell Fahad and ask his help in proposing to Aaliya? Or should he woo Aaliya as there was a good chance she may not love him back? As these and many more questions continued to haunt him, an inner voice sounding more like Aaliya whispered, "Zain! Pehle iss ehsaas ko apnaao, mehsoos karo, jaano, aur phir aage ka socho! Tum pehli baar pyaar mein gire ho! Kuch waqt do apne aapko taaki tum iss ehsaas ko enjoy kar sako!" Zain smiled softly and agreed with the voice. Yes! He will enjoy this feeling for a while! Aage ka aage dekhenge!
Next update: Aaliya plans to go back to Bhopal! Ab kya hoga?
Simple: Zain will start his planning and plotting again!
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