Chapter 18: Getting Married

It was 9 o'clock when Sara woke up, she didn't know how come she woke up late. She was crying all night and that's how she ended up waking up late in the morning, which was still early for Jessica. The bus was going to leave around 10 O'clock. Sara was really sad to go because she didn't want to leave Aaron in this condition, but she didn't have any choice. She got up and got ready.

Sara said, “Jessica, come on get up. It's 9 o'clock and we'll be leaving in one hour.” Jessica was still asleep, “Yeah, just two more minutes.”

Sara shook her one more time, “No, we'll be late, and Mr. Colon will get mad at us. Come on get up now.”

Jessica gets up and goes to the restroom to get ready, while Sara gets her stuff together. It was 9:30 when both of them got ready and went downstairs to the bus, where everybody was standing. Sara was hoping that Jack didn't tell anything Aaron anything because she was afraid that Jack might tell Aaron about her leaving today. It was time when Mr. Colon told everybody to get on the bus and Sara was looking around to see if Aaron was around or not. She also wanted to see Aaron for the last time because she didn't know if she was going to see him ever again. So, she got on the bus with Jessica and Monica. They were talking to her, but Sara didn't answer any of her questions because she was lost in her own thoughts.

Jessica said, “Sara, you're thinking about Aaron, right?” that got Sara's attention, “No, I am not. Why should I be thinking of him? I don't even like him.”

A voice from behind her answered, “Really?” She turned around and saw that Aaron was sitting in the back. “You don't like me?” She turned the face in the front again. “Sara, come here.” She looked back at him and nodded that she won't go to him. He waved at her to join him in the back. She got up and went to him.

Sara asked, “What are you doing here? You should be in the hospital not here. Who told you to come here?”

He smiled, “Sit down.” He gave her the window seat and sat next to her. Then, he started touching her face. “You are looking very beautiful.” Sara was pushing his hands away from her face, but he didn't stop touching.

Sara asked, “What are you doing? I know I'm beautiful. Now, stop touching me.” Aaron smiled, but Sara got mad because he was touching her in front of everybody.

Aaron told her, “But, I want to make you more beautiful.” He puts his hands around Sara's face and brings her close to his face, but suddenly Sara pushes him away. She gets up very fast and tries to go sit with Jessica, but Aaron holds her hand and makes her sit back on her seat. “You are not going anywhere, just sit here.”

Sara was angry and wanted to yell, but instead, she said quietly, “Look, Aaron, whatever I said at the hospital is not true.” She didn’t know what else to say because she didn’t want to hurt Farhan anymore. She made a commitment to Farhan which she wanted to fulfill with full trust. “I’m engaged to Farhan and that is a fact, which you have to accept. Okay?”

He kept smiling and didn’t say anything. After few minutes, he spoke, “Then why the hell did you come to the hospital to save me? If you weren’t going to be with me, then why did you promise me that you’ll be with me?”

Sara said, “I know I made a mistake,” Aaron interrupted, “Mistake? Come on, you and I both know very well what is true and what is not. Why are you playing with your life? I know you love me and then why are you marry that stupid?

Sara immediately spoke up for Farhan, “Stop cursing him, he’s my fiancé.” He starts smiling again, but was angry, “Don’t you ever repeat that word again in front of me, alright?”

Sara looked at him in the eye and he was serious, which she knew that she should do whatever he was saying or else he’ll be really mad. So, she didn’t say anything. Both of them were quiet for a while and the bus stopped at the resting area, where Aaron got off.

Sara asked, “where are you going?”

He was really mad and said, “It’s none of your business.” Monica saw Aaron get off; she gets off too.

Jessica called out to her, “Hey, Sara, come let’s go to the restroom.”

She knew that Monica was up to something, so Jessica wanted to take Sara, so she doesn’t do anything, but when they got off it was too late because Monica was already talking to Aaron. Aaron took really good advantage of that moment because he knew that Sara loved him, and she will get jealous if she sees him with someone else. While they were walking to the restroom, Sara was looking at them talking and Aaron didn’t pay any attention to Sara because he knew that she was looking. He touches Monica’s hair first and then tries to touch her from the waist, which Sara couldn’t believe he was doing that. So, she stopped walking and went straight to them.

Sara asked, “What’s going on?”

Monica said, “Hey, Sara. What’s up?” Sara was feeling very jealous, and Aaron’s target was right on spot. She still loved him, and she just didn’t want to confess. Now, he was going to make her confess in front of everyone, which was really bad.

Sara was pissed off, “hmm, Monica, do you know what you’re doing? He’s...” She stopped talking and Monica interrupted, “What am I doing? Nothing and by the way it’s not me, it’s Aaron who said that he like my hair, my figure, my lips, and everything in me, so how can I stop him. You’re just jealous that he likes me and not you.”

She was so pissed off right now that she didn’t know what to say. “I’m jealous, do you even know what you’re saying. Just forget it, have fun, and Aaron you should be happy that finally, you found someone who is exactly like you.” Aaron started laughing, “You are jealous.” He goes close to her, so close that their faces almost were touching, and he could kiss her.

Sara replied and not even backing away, “No, I’m not. Why should I be jealous when I don’t even like you?”

“Really?” He puts his right hand on her waist and makes her come closer to his body. She pushes him back. “You are not jealous?”

She could barely speak now because he brought her closer to his body and their bodies were so close to each other that she felt so nervous and haven’t felt after the day he left her. Then she says it softly that it was like it wasn’t spoken. “No.” His lips touch her lips and then he kisses her. His hands were pulling her from the waist close to him, then he held her face in one hand, and then suddenly she stops kissing him.

Aaron asked her, “What happened?”

“This is not right,” she starts walking back to the bus, but he stops her.

Aaron was confused, “What do you mean? I love you and I know you also love me, and then what’s the problem?”

Sara told him, “the problem is that I’m engaged, and you have to understand that okay?”

“You don’t understand, but I guess I’ll have to make you understand.” He gets really mad that he holds her from the arm so hard that it was hurting her. “Now listen to me carefully, if you don’t come back to me, then I will kill him.”

When she hears him say that she gets really mad. “If something happens to him, I promise I will never forgive you.”

Aaron said, “you are right, I shouldn’t do such a thing, but I will make such circumstance that he will send you to me. I will do every bad thing to you that you won’t be any use of him and then he won’t want you anymore.”

She smiles, “you don’t know him, he would want me in any way. He’s not like you who would leave me for his father’s luxury.”

“You think that I left you for my father’s luxury. I don’t care about his money,” she was walking away, and he grabs her again. “Listen to me, I’ve never known that I’ll ever fall in love, but look at me now, I’ve ruined my whole life just for you and you don’t care about me. You’re happy with your stupid fiancé and enjoying your life. It’s me who’s is suffering and now, I will make sure that you don’t get married to him, I will ruin your relationship with him and then you will come back to me. Now go.” He lets her go from the arm.

She doesn’t say anything and goes back to the bus, but he doesn’t ride the bus with them, there was someone already waiting for him in the resting area. So, he took his car and drove away. They reached the university around 5 o’clock and Farhan was already waiting for her outside where her bus stopped. She ran to him and hugged him; he was confused and didn’t know what happened to her.

Farhan asked, “Hey, is everything alright?” Right then she saw a car parked in the parking lot, which was Aaron’s car, she got so scared that she didn’t know what to do now because Aaron had threatened her for breaking her engagement. She moves back.

Sara said, “nothing, I just missed you that is all. Why can’t I miss you?”

“Well, yes you can.” He holds her hand, and they walk hand in hand to the parking lot where Farhan had parked his car. Sara could see Aaron watching them. They reach home and she goes straight to her room and unpacks her things. After few minutes, she hears something from her balcony, she goes there and checks. Aaron was climbing up the balcony.

Sara was shocked to see him there, “No, Aaron. What are you doing here? I mean just go away from here or else I’ll call the police.” He climbs up and goes inside her room. She follows him back inside and talks so slow because Farhan was downstairs, and she didn’t want him to listen that somebody was in her room. “Look, this is not right you in my room like this.”

“I came here to ask you something,” he lies down on the bed and pulls her on the bed too and gets on top of her.

Sara pushing him off of her, “get off of me. I’m telling you, I will scream, if you don’t get off of me.” He puts his lips on hers and tries to stop her from talking. She struggles a lot, but his mouth had covered her mouth and he wasn’t going to leave her till she was calm, which she was after few seconds.

“I came here to ask you that did you kiss him or done anything with him?” She was stunned by his question and she didn’t know what to tell him, she was still lying underneath him; then pushes him off of her.

Sara replied, “It’s none of your business, he’s my fiancé and I have the right to kiss him and do whatever I want with him.” He gets up from the bed and stands next to her, “so, that means you haven’t done anything, I knew it. I just wanted to make sure. I know you’re not going to do anything that will hurt me, right?”

Sara said, “wrong, now you just wait and watch, I will do everything.” She starts walking to her closet to put her things in. “to make you hurt same as you’ve hurt me.”

He pulls her again him and she struggles, “I told you that was a mistake, why can’t you just forgive me and come back to me. I will talk to Farhan and he’s a very understanding guy.”

She pushes herself back, “yeah, he is, but I don’t want you anymore because I don’t know whether you’re going to stay with me forever, what if your dad changes his mind again and you leave me again just like before. I can’t trust you anymore, just leave from here and from my life.”

She pushes him outside the room. She tries to close the door behind him, but he had his foot stuck in the doorway, so she couldn’t close it. He comes inside again and pulls her hair. He keeps looking at her and she was also staring back into his eyes, it was hurting her, so he lets go of her hair and leaves. He jumps from the balcony and she runs to the balcony to see him go. He knew that she was going to come to look at him after he leaves. All of sudden, Farhan starts calling Sara and it was like he was screaming, so she ran downstairs.

Farhan told her, “Look, who is here?” It was Neha and Sara’s parents.

“Oh my god, what a big surprise, I can’t believe you guys are here.” She runs and hugs her mom first then her father, and finally Neha. She was so happy to see Neha because she really needed someone who she could talk to about Aaron and find a solution to her problem.

Ayesha asked, “How are you, darling?”

Sara answered, “I’m fine, mom and, how are you? How are you, dad? What about you Neha? How did you guys make a plan all of sudden and this is a really big surprise.” They were all looking happy to see Sara happy. They all sit down in the living room and Farhan’s parents also come to the living room. They all were enjoying; Sara takes Neha to her room. “Come, I need to talk to you.” She didn’t move and everybody was looking at her. “What is it? Why is everyone staring at me? Is there something I don’t know?”

Everyone was quiet and nobody knew what to say, but when the doorbell rang everybody stopped staring at Sara and Farhan went to open the door. It was Aaron’s father and Aaron standing in the doorway, Farhan invited them inside the house. Sara got really scared because of the threat that Aaron had given her; she thought that he will ruin her relationship now. She was so scared. They both came and sat with everyone.

Mr. Lawson greeted, “Hi, Sara. How are you?”

Sara answered, “I’m fine, but” Farhan interrupts, “now that everyone is here, so shall we start.”

Mr. Lawson said, “let me explain everything, dear. Mr. Khan, my son and your daughter love each other a lot and as I told you over the phone that it would be better that they should get married. I’ve seen my son suffer so much and I bet your daughter is also suffering staying away from her Aaron.”

Sara interrupts, “I’m sorry to say this, but I’m not suffering. I’m very happy to be engaged to Farhan, I really like him.” Aaron was getting mad because he didn’t want her to like someone else other than him.

Emraan said, “I'm really sorry to say this, but she's already engaged to Farhan and we want her to get married to the guy she's engaged to. Also, you’ve heard Sara’s decision; she doesn’t like your son.”

Mr. Lawson tried his best to convince them, “Even if your daughter doesn't love Farhan.” Emraan turns away from Richard, “she'll fall in love with him as time goes by.” Sara speaks immediately, “dad is right, I will fall in love with him as time pass by. I mean I am almost falling in love with him. I like everything he does and he’s such a good person, I know that he will stand by me no matter what.”

Aaron got really angry and speaks up, “stop it, you don’t love him, why don’t you just accept the truth that you still love me, and you want to be with me. I know I made a stupid mistake, but don’t punish me like this.”

Emraan was getting irritated, “please, stop. What’s the guarantee that you won’t do that again to my daughter? She’s my only daughter and I can’t see her in pain.”

Mr. Lawson accepted his mistake, “it was my fault because I told him to stay away from your daughter. I didn't know that my son was in love with your daughter so deeply and that's why he is in this condition. It's entirely my fault, please I beg of you to accept their relationship.”

Aaron said, “Can’t you see sir that she’s already in pain living without me.” Sara speaks immediately, “no, I’m not. I’m happy to be with Farhan and that’s my final decision.”

Emraan doesn’t agree, “no, this can't happen.” Farhan speaks up, “why?”

Sara was surprised, “Farhan, what are you saying?”

“When I called at the hotel for you and I found out everything, so I knew everything.” He talks to Sara's father, “uncle, Sara never loved me, and I know for sure that she'll never fall in love with me because it’s been so long that she’s been with me, but still, I can’t make the same place that Aaron has in her heart. So, she should get married to someone who she loves. Besides, Aaron loves her madly same as Sara does. They can't live without each other and I don't want to commit this sin by separating two lovers from each other.” Sara turns away from Farhan and doesn’t say anything.

Emraan said, “but son...” He interrupts him, “I can't marry someone who doesn't love me.” He goes to Sara and holds her hand. He takes the engagement ring out of her finger. “Sara, you're free to go.”

Sara asked him, “why are you doing this? I really want to be with you, but I guess you don’t love me that’s why you don’t want me anymore.”

He smiles, Sara knew that from the inside he was broken because he knew that Sara loved Aaron and they were made for each other. “That’s right; I’m tired of you now. I want you to go where you belong, and you don’t belong to me.” She felt so bad that she wanted to hide her feeling all the time, but she guessed that he always knew that she’ll never fall in love with him. “Remember, one time I asked you that will you be able to fall in love ever again and what did you answer me? You said that people fall in love just once and you’ve already done.”

“Farhan...” He interrupts and turns to Sara's father, “uncle, please forget about the past and if you want to see your daughter happy, then Aaron is the one who will make her happy.” Her father was so glad that Farhan was right, but he didn’t have any choice rather than accept Aaron because his daughter loved him, so he agreed.

Emraan said, “Alright, but I have a condition.”

Mr. Lawson was happy that finally, everything was working out, “I'm ready to accept all your conditions.”

Emraan asked, “So, Aaron you want to marry my daughter?”

Aaron replied, “Yes, Sir. I really love Sara and I want to marry her.”

“What can you do for her?” Sara was looking at her father and she was feeling very scared that if her father doesn't accept him.

“I'm ready to do anything for her. Anything.” He got really hyper, “I will do anything you want me to do.”

He finally said, “then will you marry my daughter?” Sara smiled and everybody else laughed, but she didn’t even look at Aaron even once because she hadn’t confessed that she still loves him, which Aaron wanted to hear for so long and he was looking at her. Emraan goes to Sara. “I love you and I can't see you sad. Aaron is your happiness, and I can't snatch it from you.” She hugged him and tears were coming out of her eyes.

Ayesha spoke to her daughter, “I'm so happy for you.” Farhan was standing next to them, “thank you, Farhan. You don't know how big you've done a favor to us. Thank you so much, son.”

Farhan replied, “aunty, please. Sara's very close to me and I'm ready to do anything for her.” Aaron came to Farhan.

Aaron apologized, “I’m really sorry man, I thought very wrong of you. I don’t know how to thank you, if it wasn’t you, then Sara wouldn’t have agreed to marry me.”

Sara speaks immediately, “well, I haven’t agreed to marry anyone. Everybody seems so happy, but did anyone ask me what I want?” Aaron comes to her and sits on his knees. He takes out a ring from his pocket, “Sara Khan, I Aaron Lawson loves you a lot and can’t live without you. He wants to spend his entire life with you, and he can’t even imagine one day without you. You’re always on his mind and when you’re not around, he feels that the world has ended. His world starts from you and ends with you. I’m so deeply in love with you. Will you marry me?”

Everyone was quiet and tears were coming out of Sara’s eyes. She always wanted this to happen, but she felt so bad that whatever happened to Farhan shouldn’t have happened. She looks at him and he nods at her. He was still waiting for her answer, so she says it.

Sara answered, “yes, I will marry you.” He gets up and hugs her. She immediately stops hugging him because everyone was staring at them. Aaron didn’t mind because he knew that she was his, so he can hug her later.

Sara goes to Farhan, “Hey, I’m really sorry, Farhan. You’re such a good friend and I can never have a friend like you. Even Aaron can’t be like you, you’re so different from him. If he was in your place, he would never give me to someone else.”

Farhan told her, “I know.” Sara smiles, “you can tell from his personality, he’s ready to go through anything for you. It’s all because he loves you and he knows that you also love him.” She hugs him, “Hey Sara, if Aaron makes you mad, then you always have the option.” Sara laughed and Aaron got mad, but he didn't say anything. So, she thought to tease him a little more, “yeah, you're right. I always have that option.” Everybody started laughing and Sara was rolling her eyes at Aaron.

It made him smile, “I just have a question.” Everybody looked at him, “when are we getting married?” Everybody started laughing again, but his father didn't because he knew that his son gets mad, when somebody laughs at his question. Aaron got red and Sara also knew that he was getting mad. So, she made her parents stop laughing and her father said, “Sara doesn't want to get married till she graduates from Stanford University.”

Aaron immediately said, “what? No way, we're getting married next week.”

“What? Have you lost your mind?” Her parents were standing there, and they were just listening to them now.

Aaron spoke to his father, “Dad…” He doesn't say anything because he knew that his father would do whatever he wants.

Mr. Lawson said, “Mr. Khan, Aaron's right. They should get married next week, and Sara can still go to University after marriage.”

Emraan was about to say something, “But …” He interrupts again, “I'll take care of everything, why don't you come with me?” Her parents go outside and also Farhan. Sara takes Aaron upstairs to her room, “Hey, listen.” She speaks in his ear, “well, I guess you shouldn’t marry me because I already been used up by someone mysterious.” She runs to her room after saying that and Aaron runs after her. She runs to her room and he closes the door behind him. “Hey, you shouldn’t do that because my family is sitting downstairs and what will they think what we’re doing?”

Aaron was not listening to anything now, “they can think whatever they want, but right now I want to make sure that you’re just mine and not someone else.” He smiles and walks toward her. She walks backward and falls on the bed, and he gets on top of her. “I love you.” He keeps looking at her and then says, “you haven’t said what I’ve been waiting to hear for so long.”

“What?” She was being ignorant like she didn’t know what he was talking about. He bites her on the neck. “Ouch…” She screams so hard, “That hurts.”

“This is the start.” He smiles.

Sara said, “If this is the start, then I don’t want it.” She pushes him off of her. He holds her hand, “so, you’re not going to say it.”

Sara teases him, “well, I have to think about you again because I don’t think I like this start.” She touches where he bit her, and he laughs. He pulls her back to bed underneath him, “that’s my love to you.” He kisses her, just touching her lips, “and I’m so happy that finally we’re getting married.”

Sara asked, “don’t you think it’s too early?”

Aaron was confirmed, “No, I don’t think so. I think it’s been so long and now I can’t live without you anymore.”

Sara said, “but I don’t want to get married right now.”

Aaron was getting annoyed, “I don't want to hear anything about it. This discussion is over.” He gets up from the bed.

“You know what you're very stubborn” She gets up and he held her back, “I'm sorry, but I can't stay away from you anymore.” He was looking in her eyes and she knew what he meant, “but …”

He interrupts her again, “No, if and buts. I've decided that we will get married next week, so that's it.” She doesn't argue anymore. “So, you're ready?” She smiles and blinks. Her father knocks on the door and asks them to come downstairs to discuss the wedding.

She stops him in the doorway. She says it slowly in his ear, “Hey, I love you.” She was going to run downstairs before she could do that, he holds her tight and brings close to himself. He kisses her and she kisses him back. After a minute, she realized that he wasn’t going to stop, so she pulled herself away. “I think we should go downstairs.”

Aaron told her, “you know this shouldn’t happen after marriage.” He was talking about pulling away, “What shouldn’t happen?” He raises his one eyebrow and she smiled. They were downstairs by then.

Emraan told them, “We fixed your marriage next week, is that okay with you?”

Sara was smiling and didn't say anything. Her father knew that she's ready for marriage. Sara was so happy that she found her prince charming, which she been waiting for her whole life. She thought she's the luckiest girl on earth because Aaron loves her as much as she does. They've been through so much, but love finds its way. After a week, they got married and Sara didn't have to leave her parents, neither did Aaron make her stay away from her parents because he knew that her happiness relays on with him and her parents. They got married and lived happily ever after.