Chapter No 27
Chapter No 27
She was cooking empanadas while humming when she heard a woman giggling.
She turned, and there were more than two hundred people who were coming inside the house. Just then she saw some familiar faces.
"Hey," said Zain.
"What is happening here?" She asked.
"You don't know? Roman has thrown a party here," he said grinning. She looked around the place. All of them must be students from their senior years or maybe junior or may her classmates? And exactly doomed.
"Hey Saliha," said Haeem.
"Seems like you do not know about the party, he has not informed you?" Asked Emaad.
"No he did not," she said clenching her teeth and then she looked at her clothes. She was stinking with food fragrance.
"This is insane," she said angrily and threw the ladle on the floor. "Girls," muttered Haeem, disappointed. She rushed towards her room.
"Idiot," she muttered but then she collided with someone. He was staring at her with a smirk on his face.
"You should have told me that you are throwing your jungle party here," she said, angrily but he did not change his expressions.
She tried to push him aside to get in her room but he was a fully grown man and she was a foot shorter than him.
"Did I hit a nerve?" He asked.
She looked up at him, he held her arms and threw her on the wall. He was breathing fast. "Let me go," she said. She still did not forget that he kissed another girl this morning.
"I like to hit that nerve," he said in a whisper while touching her head. She pushed him aside but he pinned her to the wall again and placed his lips on her lips and kissed her forcefully. He was pushing his body against her.
"Let go off me," she resists.
He had held her but she was making him weak from down there with her fragile body. He lose his senses and his grip gone loosened up on her and at the same moment, she pushed him and slapped him in the face.
She gasped for what she had gone.
"What have I done?" She thought and this made her weak to her knees. His eyes were all red and he was clenching his teeth.
She closed her eyes in fear and she heard the thud. When she opened her eyes he punched the wall up her head and turned, he walks off leaving her alone.
She was taking deep breaths because she just 'touched' the death.
After a while, she heard Hunza's voice. She went towards the stairs
Hunza and Hania were standing there and talking to Haeem. "Where is Saliha?" Asked Hunza. "She went up, she was upset that she was not informed about the party," said Haeem.
She rolled her eyes.
Hunza walked towards Saliha's room.
"Hey, there you are," she said, hugging Saliha.
"What have you done to your dress with that ketchup?" Hunza pointed at her dress
She rolled her eyes. "I was cooking when he brought the whole community here," she said, pointing at the crowd.
Hunza chuckled.
"You don't know? He throws a party and the whole school is invited," said Hunza.
"The whole school? You gotta be kidding me," said Saliha, annoyed, and got inside her room. "Wait, turn again," said Hunza. She turned. "What?" Asked Saliha.
"What happened to your lips?" she asked, touching her lip. Roman had bit her on the lip quite hard, they had gone swell.
"Ah..nothing, I bit my lips accidentally," said Saliha and she turned towards her cupboard. She fished out one of many shirts, a pink top.
"Wait, you are going to wear those?" asked Saliha. "Yeah," she said, shrugging.
"No, there is no way you are wearing these, come on let me choose," said Saliha, opening up the cupboard. "Hunza, I am fine," she said.
"No, those bitches, Tiana and Patricia are there as well and I don't want them to taunt you again, I will show them that my friend got a more beautiful ass than them," she said and chose a purple dress.
"This?" Asked Saliha, awkwardly. "Yeah, this one," said Hunza. "Now go and change," said Hunza.
The off-shoulder purple dress was pleading to her to wear for months. She and Aunt Eliza went to the mall the other day and that's when she brought this.
"But it is so revealing, I don't feel comfortable," said Saliha.
"No excuses, you know what you can show them who got better legs," said Hunza and pushed her to the bathroom.
She walked towards the bed and sat on it. She was sitting with crossed legs and humming some random song when her eyes caught the diary on the bed.
As time passed, she grabbed the diary and something fell from it.
She grabbed the picture on time and after having a glance at it, she became startled. Roman was smiling at her from the picture but he seemed quite young in this picture.
She opened the diary and started reading. With every word, her expression was changing.
"Dear diary, I never heard of him ever since I saw him for the first time, he never visited me here, we are married but what kind of marriage is this where I even can't see him," Hunza gasped.
"Dear diary, today I was almost kissed by him, I felt butterflies in my stomach,"
"Saliha, Roman, are married?" She was all panicked. "That's how she is living here?" Just then the door opened and Saliha walks out.
"How do I.." she was about to complete her sentence when she saw Hunza with her diary. In a matter of
seconds, she understood what had happened.
"Hunza, I.." she wanted to say but Hunza screamed and ran towards her and threw her on the bed.
"You hide it from me?" She asked, excited. "Tell me what happened. Your lips swollen did you guys..." She asked so many questions in one breath.
Just then the door opened and Emaad walked in.
"Whoa, I did not see anything," he said looking away because Saliha was under Hunza. "Shut it," said Hunza, getting up.
"If you are done...Your friend is asking for you," said Emaad.
"Done what?" She asked, angrily but he shut the door and walked away expressionlessly. "Idiot," she muttered.
"So you married him?" screamed Hunza. Saliha nodded.
Hunza was gazing at her with her eyes wide open. Saliha fished out a photo from her cupboard. It was the photo from the day they got married.
"Here," said Saliha and Hunza gasped.
"So it is indeed true, now I understand why he acted so weird when you went missing," said Hunza.
"You are understanding it wrong because he never cares, he never did care about me, never, he hates me and it could be seen in his eyes.
"You gotta be kidding me, if he hated you why would he beat that pervert's ass?" asked Hunza. Saliha remained quiet.
"Now I understand, everything is happening because of this," said Hunza while touching her messy hair. "What are you talking about?" she asked. Hunza rolls her eyes.
"You need to act good if you want him to pay attention to you," said Hunza.
"Act good in what manner? What am I? An eight-year-old?" said Saliha, annoyed. Hunza gives her a disappointed sigh.
"You need to pay proper attention towards yourself, look at your hair, how long you have not gone for trimming?" asked Hunza.
"I don't remember that," said Saliha, shrugging. Hunza slaps her head in disappointment. Just then the door opened and Hania appeared. She looked annoyed and pissed off. "What happened to you?" asked Hunza.
Hania walked towards the bed and fell on it, annoyed. She was turning bright red.
"What happened?" asked Saliha, looking at Hania through the mirror. "That bitch..... " She said, annoyed.
"What bitch?" asked Saliha, turning towards her.
"I was looking for Haeem but he was nowhere to be found and then I walked towards the kitchen and that's when I saw her making out with him, though it does not matter because we all know Haeem is the biggest whore and he always makes out with the damn bitches but she called me average," she said punching on the bed.
"What? An average? How dare she?" said Hunza, angrily.
"She said, how could an average girl like me be his friend?" she said.
"Haeem is your best friend, he never thought an average about you," said Saliha.
"He did not speak a word, it hurts when your best friend does not show a bit of sympathy," said Hania, sadly. "Well, it's time to teach them who the hell we are," said Hunza, annoyed. "Saliha, we all got almost the same size, I have seen a lot of good clothes in your closet, let's bring them on". Hunza added.
"What were you guys doing?" asked Hania.
"She was asking me to trim my hair," said Saliha.
"She is right, well, I know how to do that, I have learned in vacation," said Hania. "Are you sure?" asked Hunza.
"Yeah, sit over here," said Hania while pushing Saliha on the chair. "I need scissors and the comb," said Hania. "Hey, don't touch my hair," she said, almost crying. "Hey we are not going to cut all of them," said Hunza.
Hania trimmed her hair and it looked so soft and fresh. "Here, look," said Hania. She opened her eyes. "Whoa, they are amazing, you got magic in your fingers," said Hunza. "Whoa, I never knew that my hair could look this much beautiful," said Saliha.
"Now, makeover," said Hunza. "What, no," said Saliha.
"Come on, we will show them we can do it better," said Hania, annoyed.
They chose the hottest dress from Saliha's closet. All of them were the last Saliha would think to wear because of boldness.
Saliha was covering her shoulders with her hands. "Oh come on, don't ruin it," said Hunza. "Do you think looking like a slut would help it?" asked Saliha.
"Slut, it's an insult, that bitch was indeed a slut, she was the one sitting in his lap," said Hania. "Now come on let's move our asses," said Hania and she walked out.
"Where are girls?" asked Zain.
"There are so many girls here, Zain, who are you talking about?" asked Haeem, mischievous. Zain looked at him sheepishly, just then Muaza walked towards their group.
"Hey guys," she said.
"Hey," said Roman without looking at her. She felt her heart rush. "Roman, I was calling you last night," she said.
"Why?" he asked without looking at her. Her expressions changed and a bit of sadness appeared on her face. "Just wanted to discuss something about the project," she said.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot," he said looking up at her. His cold blue eyes were digging into inside her' deep brown eyes. "I wish I could tell you how much I love looking into your eyes," she thought. A lot of nefarious thoughts were coming into her mind. A lot of emotions were swaying in her eyes.
Roman looked away instantly, breaking her eye content. She smiled bitterly. Zain took a sip of the drink he was holding in his hand and looked away.
They all could sense the tension in the air.
"Roman, darling," said a girl, they all turned, it was Eva, the school's hottest girl. He smirked and walked towards her.
Muaza felt as if somebody stabbed her heart. Roman was walking away with a girl. Her eyes turned red due to holding back tears. She took the glass full of drink in front of Haeem and drank it all.
"Whoa, girl, hold your pistols," said Haeem but she did not pay attention. Zain was drinking quietly. Just then Emaad walked in.
"Everything is okay with your sister?" asked Zain.
"Yeah, it is fine, she wanted to go with some of her friends but you know. I know trust anyone in her matter," he said.
"Come on, she is your little sister but she is growing up as well, she needs a life," said Haeem. He gave him a sigh.
"Fine," said Haeem while lifting his hands. Muaza walked away towards the door.
"Are you okay?" asked Emaad to Zain who looked pissed off. "Yeah, fine, all fine," he said.
Just then the music changed. Folks were dancing on the floor and a lot were making out in the corner.
The lights were dim and neon lights were hitting the walls. Then the three figures walked down the stairs. The boys gasped. Emaad was drinking, the liquid got stuck in his throat and he started coughing violently.
"Hania," said Haeem, and his mouth felt open. "Saliha?" said Zain, shocked.
"Hunza," said both Zain and Haeem in one voice.