Her Best Friend

Today is Zuwairah's wedding and she is so happy, many of her friends have been visiting and she can't wait to be called Mrs Rasheed.

"Hey! where's Tracy?" One of her friend whose name happens to be Comfort asked. Tracy had been her friend for over eighteen years now, and even though she isn't a Muslim, Zuwairah's family loves her so much. She's also one of her best friend.

"That's true, where is she?" Zulaiha chimed in.

"I think you guys should all calm down, okay? Her flight will soon land. Don't worry, she's going to make it?" Zuwairah assured them.

"She better be" they all chorused.

It been over an hour now, and there's no any traces of Tracy. The wedding is about to begin and Zuwairah had starting to get restless. Of all people,she wouldn't want Tracy to be the one who would miss her wedding day.

She asked Zulaiha to pass her the phone as she would wants to give Tracy another call. "Hey! where are you?"she asked immediately Tracy picked up.

"Hey girlfriend.... I'm so sorry, I won't be able to make it to your wedding. Something came up and I just couldn't...I'm sorry". She replied at the other line of the phone. Zuwairah was shocked by her sudden revelation.

They had been talking all these while on phone and she had never mentioned it that she wouldn't be able to attend her wedding. She thought.

Unknown to her that Tracy was already at the interior of the house.

"I will make it up to you " she hanged up without waiting for her reply.

"Did she just hang up on me?!" Zuwairah ask her self as she stare at her phone in bewilderment. She was speechless,speechless was even an understatement at the moment. She was beyond shocked and just as she was about to regain from the news her friend just buzz to her, then she heard her voice.

"Hello girls!" Tracy screamed excitedly as all the girls squeal to hug her.

"Unbelievable " Zuwairah scoffed whilst she rolled her eyes. Thought she had told me she wouldn't be able to make it? Was she pulling my leg all along?

"Baby" Tracy called, trying her best to give Zuwairah her innocent look.

"You! Were you pulling my leg when you had told me you wouldn't be able to make it?" She asked glaring.

"What! No baby, I can't do that! You know, you're my one and only". Tracy replied showing Zuwairah her puppy face.

"Well..." Zuwairah trail off but stopped as she glance over at everyone in the room "That will soon change, because I'm going to become someone else's one and only soon" she said blushing whilst the rest of the girls made their mouth in an 'O' shape.

"Oh my God! That's true, talking of the devil. I can't believe I'm your friend and you still haven't showed me his picture. Please don't tell me you are scared that I might take him away from you?" She asked smirking.

"Hey! you wouldn't dare do that!" She glared angrily at her.

"This girl is funny, she really don't have to take it that personal?" Tracy thought.

Tracy and the other girls burst into a laughter, before saying in unison to her "why don't you just show her his picture?".

"Okay then". She passed the phone to Zulaiha. Zulaiha didn't bother to look at the picture because she had met with him so many times already. Instead, she passed it to the other girls. They keep passing the phone till it reached Tracy's.

Tracy felt as if cold water has just been poured on her the moment her eyes came in contact with the picture "Is...is this....is this the man you wanted to marry?" She directly asked her friend.