You gotta be your own happiness in this selfish world
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3 weeks later

All the girls planned to stay in the pg as they would hardly get time to meet in the future. It was their last week of under-graduation. They wanted to have some fun and make some memories.

Since Ayesha and Ayman stayed in the same pg they invited them to their room. They had informed their warden and had taken permission from the authority. It was gonna be a long sleepover girls night.

The night came and Amina and Anam came together. Junaid had dropped Sadiya outside the pg and Bushra just came in time and joined them.

"Bushra don't do anything stupid and don't get into any mess like last time" Junaid warned her this time. He wasn't able to take her class for pulling up the previous stunt by climbing up the tree. He was scared when he got to know about it from Sadiya. He was literally angry when he got to know that it was Bushra's idea.

She just rolls her eyes at him and pulls Sadiya along with her while mumbling a small Okay and rushing into the pg. They went inside and hugged the day lights of everyone by greeting them. They settled down and made themselves comfortable.

"Guys you know Mumma was not ready to send me. It took me long enough to convince her. Thank god we decided to have this sleepover in the pg,  or else if it would have been at sadiya's house or Anams house she wouldn't have agreed considering males present in the house. After a lot of pestering she finally agreed" Bushra huffed loudly after telling how long it took for her to convince her mom.

"Haan even bhai was not ready to send. Junaid convinced him saying that we were coming to Ayman's pg. He was a little reluctant about it and then later agreed as well" Sadiya also talked about it.

"Okay now forget about it and let's have some fun" Ayman got them back to the present.

"I brought face marks and my make up kit. Let's enjoy this night to the fullest. We don't know when we will gather like this again" Anam started telling it excitedly and by the end her happiness was replaced by sadness thinking about their future.

"Amina stop texting Shahmir and keep your phone aside. This is our time. You can continue your flirting session later on" Ayesha hi-fied Bushra. Amina's cheeks turned crimson pink. Her cheeks resembled a beetroot.

"Aree I wasn't texting Shahmir and stop with your teasing" she cutely pouted.

All of them were dressed in pyjamas. It was kind of a pyjama party. Bushra pulled out the face masks and gave it to everyone. They sat down scrolling and stalking profiles on instagram.

Since Bushra was sitting next to Ayman, she saw a mark on Ayman's hand.

"Ayman what is that mark on your hand?" Bushra scanned her hand. She hadn't noticed it before.

Ayman pulled her hand from Bushra's hold and covered it with her sleeves. Since the sleeves were baggy, her burnt skin mark was visible. Ayman would always wear full sleeves and cover her skin and hence that particular mark wouldn't be visible.

"Uh, it's nothing. I burnt it when I was small. Forget about it let's order pizza. I'm hungry" she told and changed the topic.

"Yes, wait let me just order pizza and coke for all of us" Anam chirped in. Food would always get her attention. Everyone started laughing and shaking their heads at her foodie self.

They ordered 5 regular cheese corn pizza, 2 Arabian pasta, 5 large Pepsi, 3 large French fries and garlic bread.

"Don't be so happy, you're happiness won't last long. I will not let you stay happy for long time" those words kept repeating in Ayman's mind.

Stop thinking about it right now mocked her brain cells. This is not the time to think about it. She shakes her head and continues having fun with them.

They started clicking a lot of pictures. They wanted to capture these precious moments. They always wanted to look back and cherish those memories. It was always fun to click pictures and look back and laugh at the fun stuff they did.

Ayman pulled Mu'izza out and made her wear a bell on her neck and all of them clicked pics with her as well. She was a very silent and she almost slept all the time.

"Yaar kaash mai bhi billi hoti!" Bushra exclaimed. (I wish I was a cat too)

"Kyun?" (why) asked Anam.

"Kya mast life hai. Eat, sleep, play, sleep, eat, sleep, repeat. I'm soo jealous of her right now" Bushra wiped her fake tears making everyone laugh out loud at her logic.
(They have an amazing life)

"It's soo nice to be together like this right? I wish we would get married in the same khandaan. All 7 of us married to 7 brothers. Just imagine the fun we would have all together" Bushra said out of the blue imagining it with dreamy eyes.

Ayman's breath hitched at the mention of marriage.

"Sorry babe not gonna happen. I'm already married and Shahmir doesn't have brothers for y'all to get married to them" Amina stated sadly.

"I wish it would happen yaar. 7 of us together but I would actually feel sad for our MIL. She would have to jhelofy (handle) all of us together. But I really wish that we stay together and in contact with each other even after college" Bushra remarked.

After a lot of chit chatting and gossiping they slept after offering fajr Salah. They decided to get up and get ready for college together.

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All of them had submitted their assignments and the results would be out this week. They were busy preparing for exams and everyone was busy. They hardly spent time together during lunch breaks or while going home. All of them missed being around each other. So they decided to meet today after classes.

"Guys Chalo na let's play something. these last few days we've been so busy with submissions of assignments that we dint even have time for ourselves" Zeeshan chirped

"let's play Truth or dare" Anam announced.

"Haan Haan I know you will choose truth.  Dare toh na ho payega tumse (you won't be able to do the given dare)" Zeeshan exclaimed. Anam starts to glare at him and he returns it with equal energy.

"Okay let's play truth or dare" Amina interrupted their glaring session. She takes out a soda bottle which she had in her bag and rotates the bottle. It spins and stops at Bushra. She chooses truth. Anam jumps in and declares that she is going to ask a question to Bushra.

"What's something you're glad your mom doesn't know about you?" Anam asked.

"Umm maybe my guilty pleasure of reading books at midnight and swooning over at the male protagonists of every freaking book. Especially Mafia" Bushra said with dreamy eyes imagining all the books she had read until now.

"Not again Bushra"

"What?  Don't give me that look. Being single is soo hard, jisse dekho usi se Pyar hojata hai. Book parne se male protagonists se Pyar hojata hai. Kya karun mai?" (it's soo hard. I always fall in love with the male protagonist. What do I do?)

"Chalo Iske liye ek banda dhundte hein" Amina said looking at Junaid waiting for his reaction. (let's find a groom for her)

"Koi Iski bhi shaadi karado Amina ki tarha" Anam giggled
(Someone get her married just like Amina)

"Lol you got to be kidding me......." Nabiya said smashing her forehead with her hand.

"Yaar ye Phir se book ki duniya me chale gayi. Koi nikalo bahar Isse" Jawaad said.
(oh god she's back to her bookworld.  Someone get her out of it)

"Can we continue with the game?" Junaid asked controlling his anger. Amina was testing his patience just because she got to know he liked Bushra. She did not leave any chance to irritate him by pairing her with others, that too right in front if him.

Bushra gets up and spins the bottle. It lands on Anam. She chooses truth. Zain asks her to narrate the embarrassing moment she had done in her life.

"Okay so one day I was walking to my school and someone said and I quote "look at that dead bird" and me being dumb I looked up" saying this she hides her face. Everyone burst out laughing.

"Shit I just missed out recording the most iconic moment of my life. She just called herself dumb" Zeeshan cried out loud.

"Zeeshan will you just stop annoying me" Anam asked him.

"Nope not gonna happen. It's you who always does this" Zeeshan returned.

Nabiya spins the bottle and it stops at Shahmir. He closes dare. He is asked to call the first person on his dial list and to tell that person that he hates him or her.

When he checks his dial list he finds his last dialled number to be of Amina. He had a horrified expression on his face. He calls her and everyone were enjoying the scene Amina creates even after knowing it was a dare. Indeed she was a drama queen.

The bottle is spinned again and stops at Zeeshan. Ayman asks him the question. He chooses truth.

"Zeeshan, if you ever go on a date with Anam how would it go?"
Zeeshan chokes on the water he was drinking and starts coughing vigorously. He did not expect them to ask such question.

His eyes were almost bulged out of his sockets.

"Isse phele Mai Mar na jaun? Date vo bhi iss bandariya ke saath? (wouldn't I prefer to die before that? Go on a date with this monkey?) Not gonna happen ever" he exclaims horrified

"Okay just imagine and tell me right now and stop with the name calling"Ayman narrows her eyes at him.

"First of all we would have pulled out each others hair by fighting. Then we would fight over what to order and then as soon as food would arrive we would forget each others existence since we both love food" saying this he spins the bottle and it lands in Zain's direction.

Zain is asked to confess his feelings to the love of his life.

He walks up to Ayman and slowly brings his hand forward. Everyone thought he was pranking.

"Ayman I've always had a crush on you since I had seen you for the first time. I knew you did not believe in dating which is why I haven't told you about it but now it's almost 3 years and I couldn't control myself anymore. Ayman will you marry me?"  he confessed to her making her breath hitch.

Ayman was shocked would be an understatement. She was terrified by the idea of marriage. All the past memories come rushing to her. She was not expecting this from her best friend. She dint know that he had feelings for her. She thought he just cared about her like others did.

She runs away from there. She notices Nihaal angrily glaring at zain. He calls her but She avoids him and rushes to the washroom.

Everyone are shocked by the sudden behaviour and the change in atmosphere. They were just having fun. They didn't think Zain would be serious about it and thought he was just pranking her. But his confession cleared all the confusion. Ayesha rushes behind her.

"Hey, I know you're hurting....but you are not alone, Okay?" Ayesha said rubbing her back.

"I'm fine Ayesha" Ayman replied wiping her tears.

"Don't lie to me Ayman. I knew this was coming. You can't just ignore this. I want you to tell everyone the truth. Till when will you hide everything from them?" Ayesha yelled at her. She was losing her last straw of patience. She couldn't see her best friend suffer everyday.

Later that afternoon Nihaal enters the class and sees that her mood is off and she didn't even make eye contact. He announces that the second best assignment were of Zain and sadiya and the best assignment was of Ayman. He had appreciated her hard work and efforts she had put in the assignment.

Ayman had avoided meeting everyone's gaze. Zain tried approaching her but she just ignores him and goes back to her pg. She pulls Mu'izza and snuggles close to her and cries her heart out. She was done staying strong in front of others when deep down she was hurting. She falls asleep crying her heart out.

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