08

TRUST

Each and every one of us is a roaming star,

Who got lost and ended up here after wandering the universe.

"Tell me a reason to trust you?", he was still serious.

"Shut up!!!", he immediately laughed at her.

"Ok, even if you don't come in front of her then what", she can't sit back while Sahin teases her, so she plays along with him too.

"Stop it Hadia, how much ghosting do I do now?" She chuckled over his words.

"If now I have to wait for three years for the truth to be opened then I should meet her"

"Yes, yes why not"

"I will make her friend and then bite like a snake."

"Shut up!"

"Ok I'm joking."

"Even she will not allow herself to be friends with you."

"How she will not."

"I know her better."

"I know her more than you."

"Inevitably she will not till she didn't build her trust"

"I know- But I have such things that if I'll tell her she will immediately do friendship with me but it's risky that she would remember everything"

"Then what?"

"it's better to work like slow poison"

"Ok I should go now otherwise if Noor comes here, she will probably ask many questions- By the way where are the notes?", she said the last words in a mocking way because she remembered her words

"Yes, take this", he took out some pages from the inner side of his jacket.

"Thank you, must come, I am really excited- What will happen when Noor sees you", these words make him blush. The sight of seeing her face to face was exciting for him. Lakin yai Banda hi kia Kai apni khushi zahir kar dai

"Ok I admit that she is your friend, but I am also yours something"

"Yeah yeah, bro I grew you old after all, look I got adult, I didn't even marry till now"

He laughed and said, "Okay big sister now go before she comes."

"Allah hafiz"

"Allah hafiz"

NEXT DAY

On the next day, Elayne and Hande were standing out of the professor's office arranging their sorry speech when a girl "Zeynep - Zainab" threw a teasing smile over them and went into the office without taking permission. They both were surprised to watch her going inside like this. After exchanging eye contact, they both composed themselves and decided to knock on the door. When they went near to the door, they listen some bitter words coming out of the room, it was that girl's voice-

They both were becoming suspicious about her because the words were bitter to swallow. An expression of Anger ran over their faces for a fraction of a second. Hande stepped forward and knocked the door while Elayne's ear lobes were getting red. For a few seconds, silence took over the room,

"Come in-" then a grail voice hits their ears. The voice fully represents the confusion and consciousness in itself.

"Sir, we have to say something." This was Hande who gave the information about their purpose.

"Okay, Zeynep you can go now." he said these words in such a straightforward tone that it gave goosebumps to all those three figures.

Zeynep looked at them with rage and stepped out of the office arranging.

Office room was neither too big nor too small, but it was managed. The walls were painted into a soft light blue Shade which gives relief to the eyes.

"Sir, we are sorry-" still it was Hande who said the words while Elayne was embarrassed about her own words.

"For what?" he threw a question to them.

"For last day" now it was Elayne to say this in barely audible voice. He leaned on the back of the seat with a victory smile over his face. Elayne was getting teased by that smile but there was nothing else to tease her or to let her go. It was his personality that stopped her from moving back to the class after being asked this question.

"Like he doesn't know", her mind was continuously talking to her, and she agreed with her thoughts.

"That I know your language?", all he wanted was everyone to bow down.

"Yes", she gives the answer in straightforward tone.

"Isn't it good that I know the language? I get to know your beautiful thoughts about myself-"

"We are sorry for it" Hande apologized again for their nonsense, but Elayne continued it saying, "We didn't know you can understand otherwise-"

"Otherwise, you would never say that, and I would never be aware"

"Yes" she was now getting irritated by him, so she answered the truth.

"We would never say this if we know you can understand, and you are listening- We would rather talk about you at home- It was our fault so we are here to apologize- Accept it or not- It's over you- We don't fear anything."

"Such a courageous girl you are", his words were full of appreciation but we're keen to her.

"I was born courageous-", she replied immediately as she was never meant to be silent.

Hande was now getting confused, she wanted to stop them because it could lead to their worse result. And "Elayne knows why she is arguing with him-" her mind couldn't give her the answers.

She held her arm and glared at her, reminding her their own conversation.

"Sorry sir-" Hande jumped into their conversation over which Minister said," Next time, be careful while talking", he gives her a sincere advice with a charming smile on it.

"Yes, for next time I'm going to choose the Italian language", she said in the same teasing way he said to her. This conversation was all with Elayne even those words he said while seeing Hande were directed to Elayne.

"They I'll learn Italian", while standing he adjusted his coat and moved out of the office without saying and listening to the second word.

It was not clear to them whether he accepted their apology or not- He left them in the office with an open mouth while ;8Elayne was getting all red over his words and her own nonsense.

"WAQT KI QAID MAIN HAI ZINDAGI"

Back To The Event

Everyone started clapping when Elayne's name was announced on the stage, she was stepping towards the stage. The lights were switched off for her. She knows the whole scenario when the lights will switch on with her step on the stage. Thinking about the whole scene, she walked carelessly when she saw a face gleaming with a teasing smile. There was something she wouldn't understand. Her heart knows something is going to happen bad when she hit something and was about to fall but found herself in a man's hands.

She clenched her eyes by the fear of falling and gripped his shirt in her fist. Her fingers were getting white with force. Their eyes met when she opened her eyes, those few seconds became minutes... second into minutes, minutes into hours. She can't estimate the time of their unbroken eye contact. She remembered the man; she was really embarrassed about the reference she remembered about him.

But as always, funny things happen in serious and critical situations.

On that spot, she was about to laugh a loud but chuckled when she remembered a quote:

"Don't worry I'll be there to save you,

when you'll fall."

_FLOOR

"Oh, he's a floor. No, he's not-" her mind answered her on her unsuitable chuckles at the wrong time.

She felt herself a fool but her mind panicked saying,

"Come on, everyone is looking."

She immediately coped herself and asked that handsome man to help her stand back up again. His eyes smiled when she asked for help. She admired him. After coping herself she apologized to that man and looked at that girl who tried hard to make her fall when the floor was even waiting for her. She didn't know she made a big mistake. She throws a big smile on that girl to show that it's her victory but there was something waiting for her.

No one in her university ever knows who she is. Where is she? Not a single thing about her except the awesome profile she made in while semester. From the first day, she was neither an introvert nor an extrovert, but she was a charming student of all times. She was getting known day by day in her university but she never allowed anyone to become her friend except Hande but as the time was changing, she took Hande words as advice to be humble and nice to others when you are talking to them and give them a chance to be in your life once.

She stepped on the stage and got a warm welcome by her fellows. Questioning session started when a professor took the mic and asked to ask questions from Elayne.

"Does anyone have any questions for Miss Elayne?"

"Yes sir, me-", a girl with black hair waved her hand while shouting.

"Pass the mick there"

"Hi!", she formally started it.

"Assalamualaikum!", Elayne answered.

"I have a question."

"What kinda question?"

"I get to know something about your background-" 

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