"Ek nazar hi kafi hoti hai kabhi-kabhi
Kiske dil me utar jane ke liye...
To puri umr kam pad jati hai kabhi kabhi
Kisi ko rujhane ke liye..."

(Only one glance is enough sometimes
To get inside someone's heart...
And it takes a whole lifetime sometime's
To attract someone...)

***

"Sid come on, at least offer your Salah before going out." Her mom tells Sidhra who's currently going out with her brother.

"I offered it two days ago mom and I'll really pray tomorrow, now let me go, buy mom." Saying so she goes towards her brother Adi who's waiting for her outside. Both of them then heeds towards the night club.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

"Hey man, where are you?" Max asks Shahid as soon as he receives the call.

"I'm busy in some work," Shahid replies placing his Quran on the table.

"Now what I am going to say will make you leave all your work aside and you'll come running towards the Oyster Club," Max says.

"Oh really? May I have the honour to hear his majesty's good news?" Shahid replies in a sarcastic way.

"Mr Stalker your stalk is here," Max reply confuses him so he asks, "what do you mean Maxi just say it clearly?"

"All I mean to say is that girl whom you were stalking, I mean your crush is right here at the club with her friends." Max clears his confusion.

"Wait I'm coming." Shahid disconnects the call. After keeping his Quran properly he changes his clothes, styles his hair and after applying his perfume he takes the key of his bike and goes towards the Oyster Club.

After nearly twenty minutes he reaches the club. His friends Maximilian, Joe and Abdul Hadi are already waiting for him outside. "Where is she?" He asks as soon as he parks his bike.

"Quite eager are we?" Joe asks with a chuckle. "Come on man, you know she's the first girl who I saw on my first day in the college with an innocent face, decent clothing, charming smile..." Shahid has that dreamy look on his face.

"Well let's go inside and then see what type of decent clothes she's wearing and how innocent she is," Hadi replies with a blank expression and all of them enters the club.

Shahid looks here and there for her, Joe then points towards the bar where that girl whom Shahid likes is having a drink. He goes near the bar and offers her a drink. When the waiter gives her the drunk and points out towards Shahid she looks at him and he gets lost in her beautiful smile. Her eyes grow wide looking at Shahid's eyes as they share the same eyes.

Shahid's smile gets wiped off seeing her dress which is off-shoulder from one side and reaches up to her thighs. Now he understood the meaning behind Hadi's words but he can't help as his heart isn't in his control. He began to think about excuses about why she might have worn such a dress.

The girl lifts her drink in his direction and gives him a nod before drinking. Shahid goes near her and says, "Hi, I'm Shahid! I hope you recognised me, we are from the same college."

"I guess you are the guy from that day at the parking right?" He replies, "yes Miss..."
"Oh, my name is Sidhra, you can call me Sid." She then shakes hand with him and they both feel a different sensation in their body upon their contact.

"Thanks for the drunk man. Let's have some more." She says but he refuses, "I already had mine and I want to remain sober so no more drinks for me."

"Hey, Sid wanna dance?" A boy reaches near her and asks." "Yeah. Let's go, Sha." She tells him and he looks at his back.

"You Mr Shahid I'm talking to you." She recognises his confusion. This is the first time someone has called him with a nickname so he got confused. "No thanks, you can go I'll join my friends. They are waiting for me. By the way nice to meet you." Saying so he leaves from there before she can reply.

As he goes near the place where he left his friends he found only Abdul Hadi there. "Come on bro did you really think she would be the totally innocent type? Come on bro its a foreign country not our hometown. Here it's really impossible to find our type of girls. Let's leave from here and from her too."

"What made you think like that Hadi?" Shahid asks. "The disappointment in your eyes and the off expressions on your face Hadi replies.

"No my dear, I think the otherwise. It's not her fault that she has grown up in this surrounding. If I like her I'll have to like her along with her lifestyle." Hadi wanted to oppose but seeing the determination in his friend's eyes he kept quiet.

It was too much for Shahid's self-control to watch Sidhra dancing seductively with random boys so he left from there along with his roommate Hadi. Both Hadi and him are studying Pharmacy at King's college and Sidhra is studying Medical that's how he saw her in the college as they were in the same college.

After reaching home his mind is full of Sidhra and his heart is restless after seeing her actions. To divert his mind he calls his mom, "Assalamalaikum Ammi." He greets her.

"Walaikumassalam beta, finally you got time for your mom." His mom replies in a complaining tone as he didn't call her for the last ten days as he was busy with his practices and completions.

"Sorry Ammi, our practices were going on so I was busy and there were a few assignments to complete in less time so I didn't get much time to call you." He gave his reasons.

"Ok beta but next time remember to call me even if it is for two or five minutes. I can't wait for your vacations to start so that I can see my son." His mom replies slowly.

"I too miss you all mom. How's everyone there?" He asks.

"Everyone is fine here, you too take care of yourself and concentrate on your studies only, don't forget your namaz and Quran." His mom instructs him.

"Don't worry mom I never miss my Salah and Quran. By the way, pray that your son gets success to achieve the most important goal of his life for which he came here." He requests his mom.

"Don't worry son Allah will surely fulfil your goal." She replies thinking that his degree is his goal.

"Ok, Ammi, convey my good regards to everyone. I'll talk to you later on. Allah hafiz." He bids her goodbye.

"I will son, just take care of yourself and eat your food on time, take proper rest and sleep early. Fiamanillah." She then disconnects the call.

After changing in his nightdress he lays on his bed thinking ways by which he can extend a friendly hand towards Sidhra. Since his childhood, he never gave up on anything and now he wants Sidhra to like him just the way he likes her and this time too he won't give up. With a smile on his face, he closes his eyes.

***

Imran Abbas as Shahid...
Age: 22.

Bilal Abbas as Abdul Hadi...
Age:22.

Muneeb Butt as Adi. (Sidhra's brother)...
Age:23.

Alizeh Shah as Sidhra...
Age:20.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Assalamalaikum/Hi! My lovely readers...

I don't know if you all too felt this chapter as boring but I did...😔😔😔

Actually while writing my previous books I used to prepare a rough draft before publishing it here and this is the first time where I have planned the starting (prologue) and the ending (epilogue) but what comes in between is not planned.🙈🙈🙈 In short, I don't have a well-knit plot for this story. I just decided to give it a try, like to go with the flow. I'm going to write whenever any idea comes in my mind and if anyone feels bored or loses their interest in it please do not complain, you can leave it anytime...

I wanted to plan a good plot and then after preparing a rough draft I was going to update it here but due to this surrounding crises, my exams got postpone and so in my free time I started writing it...😐😐😐

Take care, stay save and pray for everyone. Bye till the next update... 👋 👋 👋