Rewrite the Stars

Chapter 03: Unexpected Proposals

"And its bound to happen when He wills"
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The sun casts away it's light to the vast horizon. The birds chirped indicating the beginning of another new day. The sunlight brightened the vast living room of the Mirza House as the elder Mr and Mrs. Mirza Habib sat on of the sofas comfortably drinking their morning tea. Ambreen quietly made the breakfast for everyone. Rumaisa Habib smiled at the memory of the day when everyone got together. The house almost felt dead as there was no chaos of people. There was no loud laughter of Hafsa and Zaira, no bickering of Rohaan and Hamdan. She missed her grandchildren and daughters. She told to her husband

"The house felt empty without Warisha and Iram's family".

Mirza Habib looked at his wife from the newspaper and indeed he could feel the absence of someone. He nodded his head and said

"It was a pleasure to have all of them at this house".

Rumaisa sighed sadly. How much she wished for everyone to stay together. She knew Warisha can't leave her home for long so she reluctantly agreed to let her go after that night's stay. She wished for Iram and Hareem to stay with them. She is aware of the crisis between Iram and Ambreen. While Iram was the soft spoken and very polite, Ambreen was a bit outspoken and often rude. Rumaisa Habib never compared her daughter in-laws. She treated them the same way as to not cause drifts and negligence. She felt that Ambreen still feels neglected and looked down on. Rumaisa couldn't help but feel like she failed somewhere treating them equally. Maybe she was a bit selfish and sided with Iram a little too much. As she sat in her deep thoughts Ebad came and greeted his parents

"Assalamualaikum Ammi Abbu"
(Ammi: Mother, Abbu: Father)

They both greeted him back and she asked about her granddaughters and son in-law

"Where is Saniya, Hamdan and Zaira?"

Before he could answer she heard her children coming. All of them greeted her warmly and she smiled at all of them. Hamdan, although he was the son in-law of the family he never treated anyone differently. He always respected them and he was loved by all. Rumaisa's mind was at peace knowing that Saniya is in safe hands. Hamdan cares sincerely about her and always treats her with respect. Saniya along with Ambreen set the dining table and then called everyone for breakfast. Together they ate and talked about daily life.

As Saniya was washing the dishes along with Zaira, Ambreen came in her room and saw her husband reading a book. She thought that it will be the best time to talk to him. She cleared her throat and said

"I have something to talk about with you"

Ebad looked at her from his book and nodded his head while keeping the book aside giving her his keen attention. She sat down beside him on the bed and said

"As you know that we have completed our responsibility of Saniya by marrying her in a nice place. She is happy Alhumdullilah. I was thinking of finding some suitable rishta for our Zaira".

Ebad digested whatever his wife said and think about it. He said

"Zaira is very young for marriage don't you think, Amber?"

He called her with the nickname which he gave her when he first met her after their Nikkah. She nodded her head and said

"We'll just do the engagement and after a year or two we'll keep her wedding".

Ebad nodded his head but he still felt that like his daughter was a little too young for marriage. He couldn't just marry her off in any family. She is his responsibility and being his father he is very cautious of his daughter. He felt like Ambreen has already found someone so he asked to clear his doubt.