I promise...

“Its been a week since Shehry is discharged. The doctors have said that he is recovering really fast. Both his plasters are out, and he can now walk without any support, although he limps, he’s much better now.”, I said.


“That’s great news!”, Sana exclaimed on the other end. “But, did you talk to him?”


“Not yet. Our engagement is in 2 days. I have to tell him before that.”, I said, and suddenly realized, I had to go shopping with Shehry and his mom today for my engagement dress.


I asked Sana to come along, as she would get to spend some time with Hussain too, and she instantly agreed.


I got off the phone, and got ready.


Aaj main tumhe sachai bata kar hi rahungi Shehry!


Sana arrived withing 15 minutes. “Hussain ka naam sunkar bhagi chali ayi?”, I teased her and she blushed.


Without wasting anytime, we went out and drove to Shehry’s house.


Upon reaching, aunty opened the door, “I was just about to call you. I thought you forgot!”


We smiled, and went in. “Aunty, yeh Sana hai, meri best friend. She studies in my uni too.”


Aur apki future bahu.


As salam alai kum Aunty.”, Sana said.


“Walai kum as salam beta!”, Aunty replied.


“Shehryyy! Husainnn! C’mon, der ho rahi hai”, she yelled, and Hussain came running downstairs, and was shocked to see Sana standing there.


“Hi”, he said, shyly.


“Hi Hussain!”, we both replied in unison.


“Beta tum isse jaante ho?”, asked Aunty.


He looked down, rubbing the back of his head with hand, and replied, “ Jee, she’s in my class!”


“Oh that’s nice!”, Aunty replied.


Shehry came down the stairs limping. He was wearing black beige jeans, and black shirt, and he flaunting his perfectly set hair.


“Chalein?”, aunty asked and we all nodded.


We all walked to the car, and Hussain sat on the driver’s seat while Aunty sat on the passenger side. Usually Shehry would drive the car, but since he hadn’t fully recovered yet, he let Hussain drive.


Shehry went t the door behind Hussain, and Sana to the one behind Aunty, leaving me having to sit in the middle.


We all got in the car, and Hussain blasted his music on the speakers. Aunty was pretty chilled about it, and didn’t say anything.


Hussain pulled the car out of the garage, and started driving. Sana hated Hussain’s music, and pulled out her earphones and started listening to hers.


Shehry, grabbed my hands, within his, and looked at me. His cold hands, sent a shiver down my spine, and I couldn’t help but blush.


He moved his head closer to me ear, and I could feel his warm minty breath on my face. My heart started beating faster, and I could feel my insides going upside down.


“You know what?”, he whispered, and I literally got goose bumps, as he his breath fell on to the side of my face.


“What?”, I whispered back.


“SUBWAYYYYY!”, he and Sana yelled in unison, and pushed against me from both the sides, as the car turned, squeezing, me between the two.


“OUCHHHH”, I yelled, in pain, and they both laughed their asses out.


“Kya hua?”, aunty asked, concerned as she heard me yell.


“Kuch nahi mama, she’s a drama queen!”, Shehry answered, before I could.


I looked at him, with a serious face, as I slapped his hand, and he smirked, and stuck his tongue out.


We finally reached, and all of us got out of the car, and as we started walking towards the store, Shehry caught my hand and stopped me.


“Walk slower…”, he winked.


I didn’t respond, and continued walking. Reading my expressions, he asked, “Abhi tak naraz ho? Acha sorry?”


I still didn’t respond and continued walking, so he made a puppy face, “Acha sorry na?”


I couldn’t resist his face, and smiled, “Okay!”


“Thankyou, DRAMA QUEEN!”, he stuck his tongue out at the last bit again, which made me yell, “Shehryyyyyyy”, and he laughed.


“Kitne nicknames dogey mujhe? Girlfriend, Drama queen…!!”, I asked, as we walked, holding hands, following the rest of them towards the store.


“Dekhte jao jaaneman, you’ll be surprised!”, he winked.


We all walked into the store, and Aunty chose a dress for me to try on. I went into the trial room, tried it, and came out and asked them how it looked.


“Wow Amna! It looks really good.”, Hussain said, and Shehry smacked the back of his head and quickly uttered, “Bhabhi bol!”


“Sorry!”, he said looking at him, and then turned towards me and said, “BHABHI”, emphasizing the  word.


“It looks good but try the others too!”, said Aunty, but Shehry made a weird face, and nodded a ‘NO’, from the back, which made me giggle.


I tried about 5 different dresses, and Shehry didn’t like any of them, and I kept rejecting the dresses.


Aunty started looking for some more, while Hussain and Sana got busy looking for a dress for Sana to wear on my engagement. I walked upto Shehry, “Koi toh dress pasand karlo! Aunty might think I’m such a picky person!”


He smiled, and handed me a beautiful, blue dress, that had silver work all over it.


I went in to the trial room, and came out.


“So….how does it look?”, I asked.


He didn’t say anything, but just put up his hand showed ‘Perfect’. He quickly pulled out his phone and clicked a picture.


He called Aunty, “Mama idhar aaein. She finally picked a dress!”


What? Me? You didn’t like the other dresses Shehry! -.-


Mama looked at the dress and approved right away, and Shehry gave me a “Akhir choice kis ki hai’, look!


We then went on to select the jwellery, and the engagement ring. As we entered into the diamond shop, Mama got a phone call, so she asked us to go ahead and select by the time she came, and walked out to attend the call.


“Yeh wali kaisi hai?”, I asked him, showing a beautiful silver ring with just one diamond studded onto it.


“Naaaah”, he made a face, as if I had shown him something out of the garbage.


“Shehry? Its so pretty!”, I said, shocked at his expression, and he looked at me, smiled and pointed at a ring that was kept in a showcase, all by itself. It was a beautiful silver ring, with a huge diamond in the center, and 5 little diamonds around it. The entire band of the ring was covered in even smaller diamonds, and it was the most beautiful ring that I had ever seen.


“That’s the most expensive ring in this shop sir!”, said the sales lady, as she pulled it out of the showcase, and handed it to me to have a look at it.


I looked up at Shehry, “Yeh? Do you even know how much it costs?”


Before Shehry could say anything, the sales lady spoke, “50,000 Dollars Ma’am! It has about 15 diamonds embedded into it.”, with a huge smile on her face, as if she had made it.


“Sun liya Mr. Boy friend?”, I said with a smirk, to which he replied, “50,000, haha, agar mere paas hote toh abhi ke abhi kharid leta jaaneman!”


“Uff! Kuch bhi bolte ho…”, I said, handing back the ring to the sales lady, “Thankyou!”


Sana and Hussain came running and asked the lady to show a few more rings, right then, Shehry held my hand, looked straight into my eyes, and said, “Ek na ek din who ring tumhe dilwa kar rahoonga Girlfriend. Aaj tumne sirf use touch kiya hai, but ek din who tumhari hogi, it will be on your finger. And that is a promise!”


His words instantly brought tears into my eyes, and I looked away trying to hide it.


He turned my face towards him, wiped away my tears with his thumbs and spoke, “Ek baat boloon? Bura toh nahi manogi?”


“’Bolo…”, I whispered.


“Tum rote huye bohot khubsurat lagti ho!”, he said, which made me laugh.


“But you know what?”, he asked, and I nodded, as words couldn’t escape my throat.


“You look even more beautiful when you smile. So don’t ever let that smile escape your beautiful lips ever again. Aur agar ghalti se who kho bhi jaye, to I promise I will bring it back!”, he smiled and gave me tight hug.


Uff Shehry! Kyu karte ho aise? Kyu karte ho itne promises? Jab tumhe meri sachai ke bare mein pata chalega, you’ll hate me Shehry, you’ll hate me very much. You want me to smile, but I will very soon become the reason for your sadness.



Looking at his hapiness, I decided to keep quiet and not confess anything for the time being.



**COUGH**


We quickly pulled apart, to see who it was.


It was Hussain, standing there with his hands folded across his chest, and his left leg tapping on the ground.


“Yeh…kya ho raha tha?”, he asked, acting all innocent, and tapping on Sana’s shoulder. She turned around and he continued, “Yeh dekho love birds ko! Bahar bhi romance! Sharam karo! Tauba tauba!”, suppressing his laughter.


“Abey oye! Chup kar!”, Shehry said smacking the back of his head, to which Hussain said, “No, no go back to romancing! At least you wont hit me then!” Shehry smacked him again and we all laughed.



By this time, aunty had arrived too, and we ended up getting the ring that I had showed Shehry. We were all tired by the end of the day, and went back to our homes, after dinner, at a local restaurant.



************Author's Note************


OMG! Okay, so the next chapter is their Enagement, and the Big Revelation! OH MY GOD! I'm so excited for it. I've already started writing it out, and can't wait to finish, and publish it! I literally am so excited right now!! *Jumping cause of excitment*


Can't believe Amna is finally going to confess!


I would've put it in this chapter, but it would make this chapter sooooo long, and there would be a gap as I still haven't finished writing that chapter yet, so I didn't want that to happen...and so this chapter happened lol :)


Oh, and did you guys notice the new cover? Is it good? I made it! :) *feels proud*


And lol, I put Deepika's pic, caue I've found Shehry call her 'Hot', at several occasions so lol i guess he likes her so why not? Haha, although I dont like her....but whatever! :P


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