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The truth is many of us spend a lot of time inside our own mind, overthinking, worrying about what’s to come, regretting past events and generally complaining about life. These cause stress and sap your energy. Train your mind to think positive.

Recap
I'm so serious about this, if you dare tell her to do any chore, you know the consequences"

My parents relationship is getting really bad.

"and for your information, the maid is resuming tomorrow" immediately he said that, the bell rang, it's late who could it be.

The parlor was quiet for few seconds, I went to get the door.

I was shocked when I opened the door.

Chapter Twelve.
Third Person's POV
"Ahhhhh, Auntie Zeeeeeeeeee" Salma screamed while jumping on Zainab, her aunt.
Zainab chuckled and said "ohh please, Salma, get down, don't strangle me"

"You want to kill my soul mate?" A voice said from behind

"Uncle Zaayyynnn" Salma shouted again, by now her dad, Mr Ahmad was already outside, he exchanged pleasantries with the both of them.

"I'm so surprised to see you Aunt, I never expected this, I'm so happy" Salma said

"This is such a nice surprise Zee" Mr Ahmad said to his little sister while smiling

Zainab smiled and said "it was meant to be a surprise you dummies" Zayn laughed and said

"Ohhh please, enough of this, won't we be invited in?" He asked while peeking through the door in a dramatic way.

Everyone laughed and they went inside, Salma collected Zainab's small traveling bag while her dad and Zayn took the remaining bags, she went straight to the guest room while Zainab waited in the parlor to exchange greetings with Salma's mum and her sister, Maryam.

"Why this sudden visit?" Mrs Rukayyah asked while looking at her phone, it was clear she wasn't interested in them.

Zainab smiled "well, I felt like visiting MY HOUSE and I did" she said while stressing on the "my house" with her voice going a little higher than usual.

Mrs Rukayyah rolled her eyes while stretching her legs on the long couch.

"How are you Maryam?" Zayn asked

"I'm fine, Uncle Zayn, good evening Aunt Zee, how are you?" she replied

"Good, alhamdulillah" they both replied

Salma and her dad came downstairs after dropping the bags in the guest room, Salma's dad collected the two bags from Zayn, they changed the bed sheets and quickly dusted it for the night.

"You should go freshen up, tonight will be a long one" Mr Ahmad said while flopping on the couch.

Salma accompanied them to the room having a spark in her eyes, it was clear that she was happy.

"I'm so happy Aunt Zee, it has been a while, I won't say long because it's just about 4-5 months ago you visited us" Salma said while pushing the door knob to grant them access into the room.

"Let me make you something to eat" Salma said while walking towards the door

"Just make tea, that tasty tea of yours" Zainab uttered

"Yeahhhhh, with some cookies please" Zayn added

"Consider it done!" Salma said in a funny way

Few minutes later, Zayn and Zainab walked to the parlor, everything was set just as they wanted, tea and cookies

"How can you eat cookies and tea after such a long distance travel" Mr Ahmad asked

"We are actually not hungry, are we? Zayn looked at Zainab

"Nope, we aren't" she supported her husband

Maryam has already gone to her bedroom, Mrs Rukayyah was in the kitchen to take some water.

She walked back to the parlor "feel comfortable, I want to hit the bed now"

"It's alright" Zainab said

They had fun, Zayn and Zainab ate and laughed at jokes told by Mr Ahmad, they shared funny scenarios they've experienced.

After about 2 hours, Mr Ahmad went to sleep while the trio were still in the parlor.

"Hhhmm, I'm so tired Zayn" Zainab murmured while snuggling Zayn, Maryam didn't notice what happened, she was so engrossed in what she was watching.

"It's past 1am, Salma, won't you sleep?" Zayn asked Salma while stroking his wife's hair

Salma tilted her head and smiled at them while looking down.

"Ohhh please, don't look at us, it's not for kids, Baby" Zainab said while they all laughed.

"It's just a year and few months, I'll soon be 18 Aunt Zee" Salma said gently with a spark in her eyes.

"Just? Don't say just, a lot can happen within this period of time you called just" Zainab said while wrapping her hand around Zayn by the side, she lifted her head and smiled at him, he smiled back while closing the distance between them and kissed her on her forehead.

"Uncle and Aunt Zee, I'm outta here" Salma said while dramatically making movements as if she was about to vomit.

Zainab sat up and said "Salma, come oonn, leave us alone"

"Salma, please come back, we'll go to our room" Zayn said with an innocent face before he burst out laughing till he fell back on the couch

"You are no better than your wife Uncle Zayn" Salma said while she walked to the kitchen, she opened the door and kicked it close with her leg.

"She's such a lovely girl" Zainab said while looking at her husband, Zayn.

"Hhhmm" was all he said while nodding affirmatively and pulling Zainab closer to where he was, he wrapped his hands around her and pulled her on top of him.

"She's going to shout in perplexion, just watch" Zayn said while he rested his head on her shoulder

"Ohh come oonn, I heard that Uncle Zayn and I'm not shouting" Salma said while taking two stairs at a time.

"Goodnight and please this is the parlor" immediately she said that, she ran to her room because she knows what might follow.

Zainab and Zayn laughed lightly while they stood up and left the parlor too.

Zainab climbed into her bed and covered herself with a blanket.

In the morning, Salma went to her Islamiyyah, it wasn't a nice morning, Her mum and dad continued arguing about the matter of the Maid that'd help them with the chores, with Zayn and Zainab at home, Mrs Rukayyah unwillingly agreed, she wasn't so happy about it but she had to agree.

The day went fast and smooth after that, Salma attended her Islamic studies classes without much stress.

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Nasir had a beautiful Saturday too, he had a lotta fun while studying with his friends, his mum went for an initiative in the neighboring town while his dad had few things to do in his work place, he was left all alone with his friends.

"Dude, I'm tired, I can't take it anymore" Jackson said sounding exhausted, he climbed into Nasir's bed.

"Heyy, heyy, this is my bed, it's my bed, only mine" Nasir said as he walked towards his bed to drag Jackson out of the bed

"It's one of the rights of Muslims always honour their guests, I'm your guest, don't do this to me" Jackson whined

Hammad and Nasir burst out laughing while looking at Jackson

"How many things about Islam did you teach this guy, Ham" Nasir asked Hammad while chuckling

"He learnt it himself, he always joins for Islamic studies anytime the teacher comes" Hammad said while stretching on the couch, it seemed he too was exhausted.

"Ohhh, alright, guys, shoo, leave my room, I know Hammad will also want to join you" Nasir said while flopping on the bean bag

They all laughed, few minutes and they were all asleep.

"Whose phone's ringing?" Jackson asked while half asleep

Nasir woke up immediately widening his eyes as he saw the clock on the wall.

"It's late, get up, did you tell your brother, Jackson?" He asked as he pulled him out of the bed

A loud bang was heard, Jackson fell down as if he was drunk

The phone continued ringing and Nasir was still looking for it, when he found the phone, Jackson and Hammad were all awake

"OMG, it's my brother, I didn't tell him I'd sleep over" Jackson screamed

"Give me the phone" he requested

Nasir handed him the phone

"Heyyy bro?" Jackson said"

"I'm really sorry...yeahh, ok...7am?... sure?" And he hung up

"By 7am I need to be at home" he sat down

Nasir looked at Hammad in a questioning manner

"Nahh, I told my mum, do you want me to be declared missing?" He asked while chuckling and Nasir laughed till a tear dropped.

"Your mum came back about 3 hours ago Nas..." Hammad calmly said while he was rubbing his arm

"...she checked on us and left" he added, Nasir stiffened and just nodded his head without saying anything

"... she's a lovely woman, Nas" Hammad blurted, Nasir looked at him questioningly, the atmosphere has already changed, it was very thick.

Hammad noticed Nasir didn't want to talk about what he wanted to initiate

"I want to sleep Ham" Nasir said while he laid on his right side, he covered his lower body with a blanket he brought from the guest room because Hammad and Jackson took the ones in his room.

Hammad wondered why Nasir's behavior and mood changed when he brought up the case of his mother, he just shrugged and laid down, few minutes and Hammad had already slept but Nasir couldn't sleep, he was just changing positions, he stood up and put his head in his hands, he was in that position for almost ten minutes when he decided to get up and perform two rakah as Nafilah, he performed ablution and prayed, after praying he sat on the prayer mat and made Duas.

"Are you alright Nas?" Hammad asked him while coming down from the mattress he was sleeping on.

"I thought you've slept" Nas said while raising his eyebrow

"I was, till I heard someone sniffle" he said while directly looking at Nasir.

"In no way was I sniffling, you are not saying the truth, the son of a..." Hammad cut him mid sentence

"ohh please, don't rub the fact that my dad is a judge and my mum, a lawyer on my face anytime you get the chance to" he threw a pillow at Nasir.

"Let's get back to sleep, please set the alarm, it won't be nice if we miss our morning prayer" Hammad while lying back on the bed, he covered his lower body with the blanket.

"Ok, Jackson also needs to go home early, church, right?" Nasir asked Hammad, he picked up the prayer mat, folded and gently keeping it in the cupboard

"Yeah, they go to church very early" Hammad said in a low voice

"You should have prayed Nafilah..." Nasir was interrupted mid sentence with Hammad saying

"You think it's that easy for me?, It isn't Nas, it isn't, it's so hard to pray Nafilah, especially in the night, it's a very good thing but it isn't so easy, I can actually chat all night but the moment I want pray Nafilah, I get tired and won't even know when sleep would take over" immediately he said that, there was silence in the room, Nasir raised his head to see Hammad sleeping as if someone pressed an instant sleep button of a remote.

Nasir shrugged and laid back, he was looking at the ceiling till his eyelids became so heavy, sleep overcame him too, no matter how worried you are about something, once you are exhausted, nature must take over. That's one thing about humans and as a human, never get too worried about anything, anything that's for you will surely find you, no matter what. All you gotta do is work towards what you want and believe, have faith, that it'll come to pass

The room was filled with silence, only their breathings and the tick tocks of the clock were heard.

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End of Chapter 12, thank you so much for your reads and don't forget to vote, comment and share.