7. Is this really me??

Wali turned off the stove. The biryani was almost ready. He smelt the fragrance, but wasn't sure if it smelled like the one he cooked yesterday. He tasted one bite, still he was un-sure. He again took a bite..

"Stop it Wali!, what the hell!", he dropped the spoon and headed out of the kitchen. "damn it!, now if it doesn't tastes or smells like yesterday, than what am I supposed to do, she herself asked for it, and now if she doesn't likes it than I care a damn!"

He took over the blanket and closed his eyes very firmly, as if threatening sleep to come soon otherwise it will have to face the rage of Wali Khan.

After keeping his eyes closed for almost half an hour and not allowing any other thought to cross his mind, he finally opened his eyes - kneeling down to sleep - well it isn't scared of Wali khan, he should better accept!

He again started thinking about his day, today for the first time he saw her in day light! - and without mention, she looked beautiful - extremely beautiful!, and today she again wasn't in the night club, maybe she had quit drinking - this thought warmed his heart with a strange happiness - yes may be, she wasn't coming from the past two days, since the day her sister took her away crying., but what was she doing that day at the bus stop, somewhere else - alone at night! - he didn't want to think.

She met her at his work site, she lives somewhere near, no she lives near York, the bus she took that day goes to York, may be works near - yes may be work!, or maybe she wasn't going home that day, somewhere else - OH GOD STOP!,

 "dude!, have u lost it?!", he knew the answer to this question, "YES!"

"thinking where she works, where she lives, will u start behaving normal!!", he took a deep breath, "she was nice to you ,but u didn't bother talking', he again lied down closing his eyes, allowing his heart and mind to argue. "that is because i don't know her",

"ya right, didn't know her, now u want to know about her work hours?,

Another deep breath!

"ok fine!, I accept I am an extremely rude person, may be heartless, but I can't stop thinking about her"

"better!, now go to sleep!,"

He dozed off to his dreamland in midst of all the arguments his conscious and sub conscious were going through, but still some where a question was there in his mind - WHERE WAS SHE? 

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"Ghr pe hooooon," farah was answering it for the fifth time to shehna, and still she was not convinced.

"dekho di, tumhain meri.."

"meri maa.!!.main teri , apni, maa ki, bauji ki, rohan ki , araav ki, manzar ki, shahrukh khan ki,..sab ki kasam kha k kehti hon k main ghr pe hon!!", she was getting irritated by her doubts

"acha acha, naraaz mat ho, karo kaam tum, main subha baat karti hon tum se"

"thank you!, pehle hi  teri interrogation main mera adha ghanta waste ho gaya hai"

"bye di, and thank you!"'',

for what?"

"for making ur life normal, at least u are trying"

"SHEHNA!, now don't u dare make me emotional! BYE!", she hung up the phone and took a deep breath smiling at the innocence of her sister, she loved her to death.

Shehna on the other side also smiled, she knew the arrogance of her sister, she was like this, she didn't need to express who much she loved her, and neither did she ever say!, shehna was quite used to it.

She entered the room; manzar was busy reading a journal. She quietly placed her phone on the table, and lied down, stealing glances at him, which obviously he noticed.

'u want to say something shehna?", he asked, eyes still fixed on the journal

"umm..nothing, good night", she turned towards the other side and closed her eyes, feeling embarrassed on being caught staring him and manzar sighed - her wife will never be able to express what she feels. He closed the journal and slept.

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It was about 3 am in the morning, when finally farah decided to sleep. She had been making drafts and working out on ways how to make this ad campaign, the best of the year.  She lied down, in between the whole mess of files and her laptop, she was too lazy to clear the mess, after so many days she went to office, so she was dead tired and slept immediately.

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U call this biryani - this is poison - OH MY GOD! U WILL KILL ME

I don't believe this, this is the best I have ever tasted, this is..

SNOOOOOOOOOOOOZEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

And finally Wali Khan woke up! - haunted by all the weird dreams he had been having last night.