Life is blissful and peaceful,
When we start expecting everything from Allah subhana wa ta'ala alone and stop expecting from his creation. Just try it! -Munazza.

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"Assalam ..alai--kooom" safina answered, suppressing her yawn as she spoke on the phone rubbing her eyelids which demanded to be closed and continue their journey of dreaming.

"Wa alaikum assalam, remember you said you will always be there for me?"

"Hmmm.." Safina hummed covering herself with the fluffy blanket.

"Safinaaaaaaa mehekkkk." Rashiya'a shouted from the other end on the phone.

Safina who was falling asleep,was startled. "Yes yes what happened? Is your brother okay?"

There was silence on the other end except like a hiccuping sound.

"Rashi..." Safina sat up on the bed, fully awake now.

"Ya allah safi.."Rashiya'a said.
It was only then, safina noticed that her friend was silently laughing and she mistook it for crying.

"Rashi ki bacchi, what the jahannum is this?" Safina fumed, putting the phone on speaker and tucking her loose strand behind her ear.

"First of all, I'm not Rashiya'a's kid, I'm Rashiya'a.secondly why are you so worried about my bhai? Rashiya'a asked stretching the word bhai and safina knew that she was blushing for her friends voice was laced with naughtiness.

"Because, look at the damn time,rashi. I was dreaming something beautiful and you broke it.huh." Safina recorded as her lips curled up, thinking about the dream she had a minute ago.

"Time? Its six in the morning. Don't you know that it is not good to sleep late after fajr salah?"

"Safi.. Safinaa.. you there?" Rashiya'a shouted.

"Yeah yeah.. let me atleast yawn peacefully and don't be a hypocrite rashi." Safina joked.

"Haha.. I know, babes. Its really hard keeping your eyes wide open after fajr. But today Iam feeling restless."

"Restless? Why, what happened?" Safina asked, worried.

"Shall I come over?"

"I want to go somewhere!" Rashiya'a insisted.

"Where?"

"Park."

"Okay, see you at our usual spot, Allah hafiz!"

"Safi, you are friendship goals."

"I know!" Safina chuckled.

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"If Ammi was awake,she wouldn't have let you torture me." Rihab  sneered after he came out of washroom and took the bike key.

"As if." Rashiya'a rolled her eyes.

"Admit it rashi-pie you are jealous." Rihab stated, grinning ear to ear and walked out of the room.

"Of what?" Rashiya'a asked and followed him as the two silently got out of the house.

"Of ammi and abbu's care for me!" Rihab said before putting on his helmet and got on the bike.

Rashiya'a laughed."You wish?"

"Its true, why don't you agree?" He asked as they got on the busy street.

Rashiya'a chuckled. "I will get double the amount of love because I will be getting marr--" Rashiya'a stopped short, realising what she was saying.

Rihab's laughter filled the pleasant atmosphere. The weather was a beauty during this hour.

Rashiya'a was enjoying the ride With the slight shimmering of the sunrays and the wave of cool air, breezing around, carassing them and her hijab swirled and danced with the wind though she had got a tight hold of it.

"What makes her want to meet you early in the morning?" Rihab asked but because of the wind, Rashiya'a hadn't heard him and he articulated his thoughts again, louder.

"Its not her, its me."Rashiya'a replied tucking her lock behind her ear which had escaped her braid and hijab.

"Why?"

"I just needed to talk to someone."

"Tch tch. We could have had a conversation at home."

"But you are not safina." Rashiya'a joked.

"I don't know what she has that you don't wanna talk to your bhai." Rihab said, feigning a sad tone.

"Stop the drama, bhaiya!"

"Haha.. cool!"

When the reached the park, Adeel was sat on the bench, his arms folded and eyes closed. Safina was looking up at the sky
and the birds.

Seeing Rihab and Rashiya'a walked towards them, safina nudged her brother and he woke up with a start.

"Assalam alaikum." He greeted walking brusquely towards Rihab, trying his best to not take a glance at Rashiya'a and failing miserably.

"Wa alaikum assalam." Rihab answered whilst Rashiya'a walked past them and hugged her bestie, as though they met after a long gap.

"Jeez rashi, it's been only a day and half since we met last." Safina said as Rashiya'a broke the tight embrace.

"Let's sit!" Rashiya'a said pulling Safina towards the brownish iron bench.

"Its been two nights and one day since we last met!" Rashiya'a corrected.

"Someone missed me too much!" Safina stated pulling her imaginary collars.

"Nah, I wanted fresh air!"

"Very funny."

They sat in silence after their cheerful banter before Rashiya'a spoke,

"What do you think they are chatting?"

"I don't know." Safina said as she gazed at her brother,Adeel and Rihab, who were engaged in a conversation as they ambled slowly.

"I thought bhai was sleepy and would head back home after dropping me."

"I thought the same." Safina echoed her thoughts.

"When did they become friends?" Rashiya'a askes folding the corner of her hijab in spiral, her usual habit.

"When we were searching for you in the mall or.. by the way why are we talking about them?" Safina asked and they both laughed it out.

"Tell me!" Safina asked lifting her nose piece(niqaab) as there weren't any passer-by's were they sat.

"What?" Rashiya'a asked and safina gave her a look.

"Oh that, I saw him in my dream, we-we ..were enjoying the rain." Rashiya'a said still playing with the end of her hijab and looked up at safina forcing a smile.

"And?"

"And I asked him to wait for me before I ran up to his room to get his basketball."

"And then when I returned,he wasn't there."

Safina gave her hand a gentle squeeze. "Masha allah, That's an awesome dream, he was enjoying the rain!"

Rashiya'a nodded blinking back the tears. "Iam sorry, I woke you up for a silly thing, I miss him."

"That's not a problem, you will pay for it later on.." Safina winked "and I miss him too though I haven't met him." .

"Inn shaa Allah, in Jannah."

"Jannah it is!"

"You are coming home with me." Rashiya'a declared.

"Ammi is making aloo poori so I can't miss that!" Safina said, excited about eating her favourite dish.

"Eh, me too."

As the girls continued to chat about other trivial matter, a pregnant lady approached them.

"Assalam alaikum." She greeted.

"Wa alaikum assalam." Safina and Rashiya'a answered, uncertain of who the women was because she was wearing niqaab.

"Would you like to sit?" Safina offered and she nodded.

"What are you doing early in the morning,here?" Asked the women and sat between Rashiya'a and safina.

"Its not early, its going to be seven." Answered Rashiya'a as she looked at the time, unlocking and swiping her phone.

"Kinza?" Safina asked out of no where and the lady laughed.

"I see,you took long to recongnize my voice." Kinza laughed taking off her niqaab.

"How are you,its been so long!" Safina said giving her a side hug.

"Iam good, Alhamdulillah, what are you two doing here?"

"I needed to talk and hence here we are." Rashiya'a replied.

"Ah, reminds me of Iram and me. We were inseparable." Kinza said, reminiscing her school and uni days.

"And bhaiyu separated you like a kabab me haddi." Safina joked.

"Nah.. iram and me got a bit busy after our wedding, besides you were the famous kabab me haddi( third wheel) in my love story." Kinza retorted earning a smack from safina and laughter from Rashiya'a.

"I was playing cupid." Safina said,proudly.

"Say's who? Kinza asked and the trio burst into laughter.

(A/N: says the readers;))

"Where is bhaiyu?"

"He's with your brothers, I came for a walk but you girls are so lazy."

"Then, go walk." Safina mumbled.

"I'm tired." Kinza said putting on her nose piece as they saw a few passer-by's and safina did the same.

"How rude of you safi.. you need ample rest kinza." Rashiya'a said, resting her head on kinza's shoulder.

"How's the baby doing?" Rashiya'a asked.

"He is having an awesome time, kicking and boxing inside."

"Really? Please show me!" Both the girl chirped in excitement.

"Inn shaa Allah, whenever he does.." Kinza stopped and carassed her baby bump.

"Now?" Safina asked,her eyes twinkling.

Kinza nodded and Rashiya'a and safina were overjoyed as the felt babies softest kick for a milli second.

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"Aunty, I will become a couch potato if you feed me like this!" Rashiya'a said and walked towards the glass wash basin after having a hearty breakfast.

"Chup, you will not gain any weight just by eating one more aloo poori." Fariha said in a motherly tone.

"Ammi, Rashiya'a is dieting." Safina said holding back her laughter, as she bit her lip.

"What? No. I don't starve myself. In fact, I'm healthier than you." Rashiya'a said wiping her hands with towel.

"No, I eat everything I want and like. But you are little conscious about it."

"Sometimes!"

"Now stop this argument and tell me what you wanna have for lunch?" Fariha asked as she ate her breakfast.

"Anything!" They both said simultaneously.

"And what's that thing?" Fariha joked.

"What ever you like, ammi." Safina said and took a sip of water after finishing her food.

"If it was easier for me to select any dish, I wouldn't have asked you."

"Why is it hard for mothers to think about what to cook, ammi would go crazy when abbu doesn't bring certain vegetables." Rashiya'a said.

"Yes. All the housewife faces this dilemma every single day. You will understand once you get married and start cooking."

"We will worry about that later,ammi, for now deciding on what to wear for uni is enough dilemma for us" Safina said with a chuckle and Rashiya'a agreed

After a few minutes of chatting they headed upstairs to Safina's room.

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"Hey, what was the dream?"Rashiya'a enquired as they both sat on the bed playing UNO cards.

"Ah that!"

"Why are you blushing?" Rashiya'a teased poking her side.

"Ouch no.. stop that." Safina pushed her hands away.

"You were getting married in your dream?" Rashiya'a teased.

"No.."

"Then?"

"The other good news." Safina said and burst into laughter.

"Oh my allah.. that? Congratulations." Rashiya'a said and soon they were in laughing hysterics.

"Told you.. I get weird dreams."

"Then You will be married, soon." Rashiya'a said, cheerfully.

"What? no!" Safina said throwing a pillow towards her.

"Inn shaa Allah." Rashiya'a beamed after catching the pillow.

"But as of now,its you who is gonna get engaged soon."

"Oh yeah" Rashiya'a sat back and asked. " you are yet to tell me who is the guy and the family."

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First off all, forgive me for the terrible typos. I got up early to write and Iam not feeling well. So ignore the mistakes.

This chap needs heavy editing. That ll be dont later.

Thanks for the feedbacks and suggestions. Keep them coming.

How was it?
I missed kinza,wbu?

Don't you all love their friendship?

What do you think will happen next?

Dedicated to Hafsakn18 for pushing me to update soon.

Keep doing that!💓