Amna’s POV: 

The words fell upon my ears like a bang. I felt as if it were a dream. A scary one.

“Baba..yeh…”, I didn’t even know what to say. No words came out of my mouth. I literally just froze.

“Amna, I know this is all of a sudden, but trust me, yehi theek hoga tumhare liye.”, Mum said as she placed her warm hands on top of mine, and pulled me closer and hugged me.

“But itni bhi kya jaldi hai? Abhi toh college shuru kia hai maine.” 

“Beta, our families know each other, and his dad and I are now even business partners. Aur main khud Asif ko kai saalon se jaanta hun. Bohot achi family hai beta. Aur main itne ache ladke ko gawana nahi chahta.”, Baba walked closer to me, and hugged me, “Is liye im just telling you to get engaged to him now, shaadi baad mein hogi.”

“Baba, aap nahi samajhte ho….yeh nahi ho sakta….”, I said as I pulled my self away from him and ran upto my room.

I walked into my room, and banged my door behind me very hard. I threw myself on my bed, and started crying. 

Why is this happening? Why?

And then a thought struck me, “Does Shehry know about this? Or was this his idea?” 

I quickly grabbed my phone, from the side table and texted him:

Me: Shehry…are you guys home yet? 

No reply. 

I waited for 5 minutes, and he still hadn’t replied, so I texted again: 

Me: Shehry, you there? 

Shehry: Hey sorry, I was a bit busy, yeah I’m home. 

Me: Okay…and? 

Shehry: And…? Amna, kya hua?

Me: You don’t know?

Shehry: Are you talking about…..?

Me: YES! You knew about it?

Shehry: Baba just mentioned it to me. 

Me: And…?

Shehry: And what?

Me: You’re okay with it? 

Shehry: You’re not?

Me: Shehry! I told you, I need some time for our friendship. And now we’re going to be engaged? I don’t think I’m ready for this. 

Shehry: Amna, bohot raat ho gayi hai, tum so jao….I’ll pick you up tomorrow, and we can discuss about this. I’ll be there by 1, be ready. 

UGHHHHH! Why doesn’t he undersrtand?

I just turned off my phone screen, changed my clothes, removed my makeup and went to sleep 

Shehry’s POV: 

“Sain?”, I said slowly walking into his room. Hussain was laying on his bed, but hadn’t slept yet. 

“Shehry…kya hua?”, he said, moving the comforter from his face. 

I went and sat on his bed, “ Sain, Baba wants me to get engaged to Amna!” 

“WHAT?!”, he sat up on his bed, shocked.

“Yeah, and I have no problem with it….it’s….”, I stopped.

“It's what Shehry?”, he asked concerned.

“It’s Amna. She’s not ready for this. I got up from his bed and went and stood near the window, “You know when I spoke to her today, she told me she needs sometime for our friendship. Aur ab yeh…she’s saying she aint ready.” 

“Shehry…”. He placed his hand on my back, “Meri baat sun, jaa soja… kal Amna se baat kar, and don’t worry,  everything’s going to be okay.”

I nodded, and walked out of his room, and headed to mine.  I changed my clothes, and lay on my bed. I couldn’t fall asleep, no matter how much I tried.

The next morning I was woken up by a text on my phone.  It was Amna’s. 

Amna: Shehry, I need to talk to you. Call me as soon as you see this.

I quickly dialed her number and waited for her to answer.

Amna: Hello Shehry?

Me: Yeah…what’s up? I just woke up and saw your text… 

Amna: Yeah…umm I thought about it the entire night, and I think I over reacted at everything that has happened in the past few days. I just wanted to apologize. And.. also about the engagement… I think I’m ready for it. 

Me: Are you sure?

Amna: Yeah..I’ll be ready by 1.

Me: Yeah…okay….

Wow! what is up with her? Why has she suddenly changed her mind?

I quickly went into the bathroom, took a shower and got ready, headed downstairs, and poured some milk into the glass, drank it and headed out.

I reached Amna’s house, and there she was, waiting for me.

Hussain’s POV:

I woke up in the morning, and suddenly remembered Shehry wanted to talk to me last night. I decided to go to his room, and talk to him. 

“Shehry?” I looked around, but he wasn’t there. I even checked his bathroom, but he wasn’t there either. 

“Mama, Shehry kahan hai?”, I yelled from the top of the stairs. 

“Beta woh….shayad kahin bahir gaya hai. Aap neeche aa jao, naashta kar lo.”, she responded. 

Hmmm. Shehry seemed quite upset last night. I think I should talk to Mama about it. 

I brushed my teeth, took a shower and headed down for breakfast. Maha was eating her usual cereal, and Mama, was making my favorite Aloo Ke Parathe. 

Yummy. 

“Mama, Baba kahan hai?”, I asked, forgetting that it was a Monday and he was obviously at his job. We had a holiday because of some event at our collegel. “Never mind…”, I said after I had realized. 

“Mama, maine aap se kuch baat karni hai.”, I said pulling a chair.

“Haan bolo?”, she asked concerned.

“Mama, who Shehry Bhai, aur Amna….”, but she cut me off before I could even finish. 

“Arey haan! I realized we have to go shopping, for his engagement. Will you take me today?”, she seemed very excited. 

Maybe I shouldn’t tell her anything before I talk to Shehry. But woh hai kahan? 

Amna’s POV:

There he was, in his car, waiting on my driveway, for me to get in. I don’t know if calling him here was a good idea or not, but I only did what I felt was right at the moment.

I walked towards his car, opened the passenger side door, and sat inside. 

“Hey”, I said, avoiding his eyes. 

“Hey”, he replied.

He reversed the car, got onto the road, and the drove.  We were both quite for about the first 15 minutes. An awkward silence crept in the car. He hadn’t even turned on the radio. 

“Shehry..”

“Amna…” 

We both broke the silence simultaneously, and then giggled.

“You go first...”, we said together again. 

Awkwardddd.

“Okayyyy…” he dragged the word, and then continued, “This is awkward.” 

I giggled again and he responded, “Sirf hasti rahogi yah kuch bolo gi bhi?” 

I turned my face and looked at him, and said, “Shehry! Im sorry! Mujhe maaf kardo? Please?”

I’m sure he wasn’t expecting that from me, cause I could see his expression change.

“Amna? Maafi kis baat ki maang rahi ho? Forget the old stuff.”, and right when he turned towards me to finish his sentence….

I screamed, “SHEHRYYYYYYYY!”

*CRASH* 

***********Author’s Note************* 

Hey guys! I’m really, really sorry for the late update. Was busy with college, and had to think of the story line as well….. 

I know this update wasn’t long enough, but I’m back on track now, and I promise I will be updating regularly now, and I will also try to make my chapters longer. 

Let me know what you guys think of this chapter! J 

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