Pyar Ki Love Story | Short Stories | 1st Book |

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After morning prayer she craved for tea so she went to kitchen to make some for herself

While making tea she decided to call Khawar, she was missing him badly. the father-daughter only had each other so they were really close

Khawar wasn't only her father but also her mother and best friend

"Roshni beta yeh aap Kya Kar rahi Hain?" Before she could dialled his number she heard a voice

(Roshni what are you doing here?)

Asfand and Ajmal Sayyed just returned from mosque after offering morning prayer

Before they could go to their room they heard noise coming from kitchen, which was strange because no one wake up at this time except for them

When they entered the kitchen they saw Roshni there making tea for herself

For one second Asfand thought it's Diya who is present there

"Ji Mamu woh hum chai bana rahe the,"

(I was making tea,)

"Beta Bano se keh deti apne khud kyu taqleef ki?" Ajmal lovingly asked his only niece

(Why did you bothered! you could have told Bano to make it for you.)

"Mamu, chota sa toh kaam Hai iske liye unhe taqleef kyu dena, hum apke liye bhi bana de'in?" She asked,

(Why bothered her for this little task? Should I make it for you too?)

That moment Asfand could tell she is really her Mother's daughter because Diya was also same never took any help of servants and always did her work by herself

"Ji beta mere liye bhi ek cup bana dijiye." Asfand Sayyed said, it was after many years that he is going to have tea after morning prayer

(Make some for me too.)

"Phir mere liye bhi ek cup bana dijiye," Ajmal add, Roshni smiled and again turned to stove

(Then make one cup for me too.)

Both father and son left the kitchen and went to Aamga a take was placed on left side they both sat on it

"Roshni bilkul Diya jaisi Haina!" Ajmal said what his father was thinking, Asfand Sayyed nod his head while thinking about his late daughter

(Roshni is exactly like Diya.)

"Baba! Baba! Uthiye!" Diya knocked on his door loudly and called him

(Baba wake up!)

"Baba! Uthiye warna hum apse naraz ho jayenge," as she said this the door of his room opened in three seconds

(Baba wake up otherwise I'll get angry at you.)

"Namaz ka waqt hogaya hai jaiye masjid Namaz parhke aiye,"

(It's time for morning prayer,)

"Roz-roz Namaz parhna zaroori Hai Kya?" He whined like a kid

(Do we really have to offer prayer daily?)

"Zahir Hai baba, Namaz farz hai toh woh toh apko roz-roz parhni hi hogi na," her eyes got expand on his whining as she explained him like she is talking to a kid

(Obviously baba, Namaz is farz on us we have to offer it daily.)

"Jaldi jaiye, hume Bhai ko bhi uthana Hai," she said and took steps toward her brother's room

(Now go get fresh up, I have to wake Bhai up also.)

While doing business and making their business big they didn't get time to offer Namaz but since Diya got habit of offering Namaz on time she made sure none of her family members missed it

After offering morning prayer when they returned Diya was already waiting for them with cup of tea, on tea they talked about everything to anything

"Nana jaan! Chai," Roshni voice drag him from past to present as he saw her standing in front of him, he blink his eyes to dry of the tears which formed in his eyes as he took a cup from her

(Tea.)

Giving them their tea Roshni sat on the wooden jhula which was placed near Takht, the same place where Diya used to sit

"Chai bohot achhi bani Hai beta," Ajmal Sayyed took a first sip and compliment her

(Yes is really good.)

"Thank you," she smiled and took a sip of her tea

After having tea with them Roshni again returned to her room when her eyes again got stuck on the house in front of their, the plant of jasminum sambac was her favorite in fact back at her home there was a garden near her house where was a huge plant of it

She and her friend Shefali always used to go there to collect it then they made jewelry with it

She couldn't control her feet as she got down, crossing the boundary of her house she went to the house, a big brown coloured gate was blocking her way to go inside but it wasn't locked, she just pushed the gate and it got opened

Her feet and hands were moving of their own wish as she went to the plant and started collecting the flower which were laying on the green grass on the lawn

He put kettle on stove to make tea for himself when his eyes cought a figure in his lawn from kitchen's window,

Who could it be? He thought as he went outside from backdoor which was in kitchen

There he saw a girl sitting on the floor with the help of her knees collecting the flower of jasminum sambac

He fake cleared his throat that cought her attention