patiently waiting for you (Completed)✔️

3~ New proposal.

"wow jazakallah khairan sweety" I said as I unwrapped it and put it in my mouth "yumm it's so good" I said,

"it's my brother that got it for me" she replied,

"you must love your brother very much" I asked out of the blue,

"I love him so so so much than you could imagine sister fatima, he's my only sibling and he's the best brother a sister could ever ask Allah for" she said,

"Masha Allah that's beautiful" I told her,

"I just pray Allah swt bless him with a spouse who will love him deeply as much as he loves others" she said,

"ameen" I replied,

"sister Fatima I feel like you and my brother would make a perfect match" she said grinning from ear to ear,

"ohh really" I said already feeling awkward,

"my dad wants to hook him up with his friends daughter, I pray she's as good as you" she said,

I don't know why what she said hurt me in the chest deeply, I quickly changed the topic so it won't get more awkward.
we ended up talking about random things then we later decided to go greet the bride aisha before we left for our various homes.

The bride was very happy to see us she was looking very beautiful Masha Allah, the groom wanted to see his bride so we had to excuse them.
I and yusra got out of the venue to get fresh air because it got very full, then all of a sudden she started calling out to someone,
"aman, aman, aman",

Then a tall good looking young man turned to us, but wait I've seen this young man before I started to rack my brain to remember where and oh yes I got it, he's the doctor that treated imran that day, then I remembered my manners and lowered my gaze, he approached where we were standing and yusra hugged him then he pecked her forehead,
"I was about to call you to come out so we could leave baby girl", he said in his deep voice,

"ohh and I was really enjoying sister fatima's company" she said with a sad face,

Then her eyes lit up again when she said "lest I forget, sister Fatima meet my brother "aman" and aman meet my sweet friend "sister Fatima" she said,

"salam alaykum Fatima" he said and masha Allah I felt like I want to hear him pronounce my name more often,

"walaykum salam" I replied with a cool voice and we didn't say anything more,

but why did I want us to talk more "astagfirllah" I said in my mind,

I turned to look at yusra and I saw she was smilling widely "oh my Allah this girl" I thought to myself,

The long silence was broken when yusra asked aman "where's daddy"

he replied "he's having a conversation with his old time friend"

"ohh" she replied,

"can we go now" aman told yusra but she gave a sad face so I hugged and assured her we were going to see again, then she finally agreed to leave with him, he held her hand as we bade each other masalams and they left and I was left all alone again.

I decided to look for dad, mum and imran, I haven't walked too far when I sighted dad talking to someone, so I approached them,

"salam alaykum" I said and bent my head as a sign of respect,

"walaykum salam", my dad and the man he was standing with replied in unison,

"ohh Fatima you're here" dad said,

before I could reply, the man standing with my dad said "wow masha Allah your little Fatima has grown into a very beautiful woman"

"jazakallah khairan sir" I said,

he smiled at me and I smiled back. Dad told me to go wait in the car as he'll soon be done with the conversation, then I bade the man bye and left.

I stayed in the car for some few minutes when I saw dad, mum and imran approaching,
"Alhamdulillah" I muttered internally,we can finally leave. The car drive was very smooth we were all coversing and laughing, imran has smeared all his outfit with food, the sight was very funny, then all of a sudden,
Dad said "Fatima I'll like to have a conversation with you at home after isha sallah"

"hope no problem darling?" mum asked beating me to it,

"no problem dear just some few conversation" he replied,

They both looked at each other knowingly and smiled,

"ok sir" I replied,

" what could these two be planning?" I thought to myself, then an awkward deafening silence remained in the car till we got home.

After freshening up and saying my sallah, I went downstairs to have the "convo" with dad, I got to the living room and met him there already waiting, I'm not surprised though he takes timing too seriously.

"sit down habibty" he told me when he saw me,

I'm wondering what he wants to tell me that he's showering me with sweet names,

"ok dad" I replied,

"ok I'll be very straightforward with this" he said,

he continued "can you remember my friend you met me talking to today at the wedding?" he asked,

I racked my brain and said "yes I remember",

"he wants to ask for your hand in marriage for his son" he said,

my heartbeat rate increased at that statement that I couldn't even reply, I think dad noticed that so he continued, "I'm not forcing you my dear daughter, you can choose to agree or decline but alhaji abdallah is my very old acquaintance and a very good and pious man, I can attest to that, and masha Allah from the few things I've heard about his son and seen he seems to even be better than him"

That calmed me down a little so I replied "thank you dad for looking out for me, may Allah reward you and may he send the best of spouse my way",

"ameen ameen my daughter, they'll be here tomorrow so get ready and remember I'm not forcing you" he replied,

"ok dad I'll" I said,

I got up to hug him and we left for our various rooms after wishing each other a good night rest.

"uhmm may Allah make this proposal a great one" I thought to myself,
The thought of the doctor crossed my mind again but I sadly want to stop thinking about him since yusra said her dad was setting him up with someone,
"why is it hurting you Fatima"I said to myself, I shook it off and started anticipating who my new proposer will be
"is he my destined husband or not?,ya Allah lead me through".