SHUMAYLL

I reached work 3 hours late because of my wife dearest and had missed an important meeting as well

anyways

"Good Morning sir, your meeting with Mr. Edman is postponed and Mr. Ibrahim called to let you know that he is coming here in about 5 minutes" said Tina and i nodded at her before taking out my MacBook and getting along with the new programme that was almost completed

"As salaamu alaikum!" Iqraam's voice rang along the walls of the office and i smiled

"Was salaam, sup bro?" i asked him as i stood up and did a bro handshake with him

"Nothing, i heard about Edreena" he said and i nodded taking a seat on the couch

"The woman is infuriating! She messaged me today that she wants to meet me again!" I replied and he laughed

"So you going to meet her?" he questioned and i shrugged

"Thats where the confusion lies, i don't want to meet her but a part of me, the logical part says that maybe she has something to say about herself?" i stated and he nodded

"Hows the family taking this?" he questioned

See, Iqraam is like an older brother to me, whose sister is not my sister just so you know coz it doesn't work that way, and thus Iqraam knows everything about my family from how happy we were to how broken we were becoming! He was there for me when terror struck and he still is there for me

"Not too well, i think, no i know there is a huge misunderstanding with mom and abba and daadi mah is taking advantage of this whole scenario and making things more worse!" i replied, shoving my hands through my mess of hair

"Uhuh, and Iqra?" he questioned and my heart rate quickened

Not from his question but from what had happened today morning and i felt myself get heated up

"Stop blushing like a 16 year old and tell me!" Iqraam's voice snapped my images

"Geez, fine, she is......... well, i was surprised to find that she stood by me through the whole process, she did not doubt me and for the first time in my life, i felt secured with someone other than you and mom" i said and he smiled

"Thats like my sister, though i did not expect her to handle this so nicely but then again, she's Iqra" said Iqraam and i laughed

"She saw my scars" i muttered and Iqraam's eyes glittered in a mischievous way

"oh and what did she say?" he questioned

"Nothing, absolutely nothing, did not even question me over it! Not that i would have answered anyway" i said and he sighed

"I assume you two are making good progress and not snapping each others heads into two?" he questioned and i laughed

Snapping into two?

lol no

"No, we are good, we do fight at times though" i said and he chuckled

"That never grows old" he replied and i grinned

He took off his suit jacket and placed it on the couch

"Why is your office so damned hot? Turn on the AC!" he said and i realized it indeed was hot in here

"Hey, i just came to work alright!" i replied and he raised his eyebrows

"Personal reasons?" i made it sound like a question and he held his hands up in surrender

"TMI bro, TMI" he said and i laughed

I put the AC on 22 degrees and then went to the desk to get my phone

when i came back, i noticed the marks on Iqraam's neck

this guy!

"get up" i said and he gave me a confused look

"Get up!" i said and he shrugged getting up

"Bathroom" i said and he raised his eyebrows in confusion

"Now!" i said and he obliged

we walked into the bathroom and stood infront of the mirror

"There" i pointed to his neck exposed by the slightly opened buttons

"What- oh hell!" he muttered and tried to button up

the shirt covered only some of it, there were alot

i think

"Wait here-" i said and opened the doors of the first aid

I took out the antiseptic and handed it to him, it was a healing cream

would do for now

"Apply this and wear your tie, if media sees it, you will be the news man!" i laughed and he growled

'Right. will see on your turn" he muttered and i laughed even harder

hey, i was being a good best friend here!

"For real, true brotherhood runs deeper than blood!" he commented and i gave him a heads up

we went back to the couch and aimlessly chatted until Tina said there was a call for me from NZ

no doubt who it would be

I answered the video call and when Waarith yelled a set of profanities at me, Iqraam shot me an amused look

"Shut up!" i said to Iqraam and Waarith gave me a glare

"You say i shut up but it should be you who should shut up and listen to me! Ammi and abba are coming to SA today afternoon and i will be there by the end of this month but-" he said and i stopped him

"If they are coming now, why are you coming late?" i asked him and he laughed

"Work and game" he replied and i sighed

"Don't worry, i have turned down two games because of you!" he said and i shot him a grin

my whole family was coming over to discuss the Walimah date

Add the Edreena issue and mom and abba, we have ourselves a whole lot of commotion!

"Where is Iqraam?" he questioned and Iqraam set beside me, playing with my stress ball

"here" he replied and i turned the screen to share with him

"Hi man! Sup?" he asked

"Good, i heard your games went well?" he asked Waarith who then launched into telling him about the game

i on the other hand, decided to reply to Iqra's long forgotten messages

was her message

Instant reply bro!

she messaged and my face paled

their 'quite disputes' never end well

i messaged and she replied with the same

I placed the phone on the desk and stared at the computer screen

"What happened?" questioned Iqraam and i turned to him, looking at the skype call

Waarith had hung up i guess

"Mom and abba having a dispute, you know where that leads you" I replied and he sighed

"We'll make it through" he replied and i slightly smiled at him

"I hope so" i muttered

"Alright, you have work to do and i have Zaik's school meeting to attend" he said standing up

"ooh yeah, Shumar was saying something, guess no one is going to his this time" i said and Iqraam laughed

"If you want i can check with his teacher too" he asked and i shook my head

"Nah, its cool, the guy is in Capetown anyways" i said and he laughed

"Of course" with that and a final greeting, Iqraam was out of my office, leaving me all alone again

I sighed and turned back to work

since i was late, i had 3 hours of still pending work to do and add onto the fact that my whole family will be here in less than a week, i am hella lot of busy

Which reminds me.......

"Tina, get in here with the ipad, i have more work for ya" i said and she replied with a yes before hanging up

she entered the room in a moment later, with the iPad

"Yes, sir" she said and i grinned

I explained to her about the whole family and wedding reception thing which will take majority of my time and that she needs to schedule things very precisely on each day for until like..........3 months?

my meeting with her lasted more than an hour or so because of alllll the planning we had to do!

I got a call from ammi telling me to get home ASAP as my long lost cousins, Aarib and Aariz were also landing in SA today

My father has a younger brother and sister, my abba is the oldest- Addan chachu and Reesha chachi have two boys, Aarib and Aariz, both younger than me by 2 and 4 years respectively

Parking the car at the garage, i got off and headed into the house only to hear loud voices, laughing and chatting from the drawing room, a separate room that is only used when the WHOLE family reunites

I took off my shoes and placed them on the shoe rack before walking towards the room

opening the door, everyone's head turned to me with huge smiles

within a second i was tackled down on the floor with four all tall grown men and i was coughing for air

"L-e-lave!" was all i could manage out before two of them got off me and rolled to the other side, in fits of laughter

i stared at them before breaking into fits of laughter myself

Aarib, Aariz, chachu and surprisingly Waarith lay on the floor laughing around me

"As salaam to you guys too!" i said, slapping Waarith's head as he had lied

"Was salaam, Mayll, how are you?" asked Chachu sitting up on the floor

i grinned at him before tackling him into a hug

i loved my chachu too much i swear

he was literally the best of all i ever met!

"Ayyyeeh!" he laughed and hugged me back

"See Reesha, he did not even see us!" commented fua and i laughed, before standing up and hugging her

"I will always love you my sexy!" i winked at her and she laughed at me

"Never grows old!" she replied and i hugged chachi

"Kaisa hai mera baccha?" she asked me and i grinned at her

(Hows my baby?)

"Where is Fatima?" asked fua and i looked up to ammi

"Oh she is on her way, the grandkids were with her so she got alittle late" replied ammi and everyone nodded

"Alright, i need to change" i said and stood up, looking around for Iqra

"Bhai, i don't think you need bhabhi at the moment" retorted Waarith and i glared at him while Aarib and Aariz silently laughed behind him

I was walking out of the room when Iqra entered with a huge tray in her hands followed by bhabhi

"Oh salaam" she said smiling shyly at me

wow

i like the shy side though

"Was salaam, I am in the room, changing eh," i said to her winking before walking away

bhabhi shook her head at this though

I laughed and walked to my room

this was going to be a good month or so