Ignored Innocent Heart novel Chapter 25

Third POV

“Ye kaha reh gayi hai! (Where is she!) She was supposed to be here in an hour but now it’s almost 3 hours! When is she coming back Aunty hiba?” Hala whined and asked Hiba about hana. She was late and they all were waiting for hana so that they can start the function. They were not waiting for hana because she was family, instead they were waiting for her because she was supposed to make the video of the whole function.

“Aa jaye gi baba! Patience meri jaan! Patience! (She will be here anytime now dear! Be patient my dear! Be patient!)” Hiba said with a relaxed smile. Zayn was getting annoyed because his baby sister was in an unknown place.

“Main us ko khud hi lenay jaa raha hun! Mjhay na esa lag raha hai jesay wo mujhay bula rahi ho! Main bata raha hun Mama, mjhay hana ki awaaz aa rahi hai! Ap samajh lain k ye ek bhai ki sixth sense hai jo usay apni behan k liye warning day rahi hai! Main jaa raha hun! (I am going to pick her up! I can feel it that she is calling for me! Mama, I am telling you I can hear hana calling for me! You should think of it as a sixth sense of a brother for his sister that is warning me about her! I am going!)” Zayn dramatically said to his mother and stood up from his seat.

“Tum drama kam kiya karo! Aa jaye gi wo! Ruk jao yahi pr! Wo koi tmhay yaad nhi kr rahi! Ulta tum say jaan chhura kar kafi khush ho gi wo! Beth jao wapis! (Try to be less of a dramatic person! She will be here! So you should stay here! She is not calling for you! In fact, she is much more happier without you brething down on her neck! So sit down!)” Hiba scolded with fake anger. She was actually very happy with hana and Zayn’s relation. It always warmed her heart that Zayn was accepting hana as his sister. Hana also started talking more and she smiled a lot too and this progress in hana’s introvert nature was really shocking as she always preferred to stay alone but now, Hana had start to talk more and she actually smiles more too. Her smiles are more genuine than fake now-a-days.

Hiba came out of her thoughts with the ringing of her phone in her hand. She looked at the caller ID and saw that it was hana. She attended the call and laughed at something that was said from the hana’s side. Hiba got off the phone and chuckled and informed Zayn that hana was calling him to pick her up.

“Kaha tha na menay k wo mjhay bula rahi hai! Per nhi! Meri to baat ki koi importance hi nhi h! (Did not I told you that she is calling me! But no! No one here gives any importance to my feelings!)” Zayn smirked and said all this with an arrogant expression. Hiba frowned at this.

“Jaa rahay ho ya main kisi or ko bheju? (You going or should I send someone else?!)” Hiba asked with a fake scowl again.

“Jaa raha hun jaa raha hun! Gussa kyun ho rahi hain Mama! Mazak kr raha tha bae! (Going Going! Why so angry!? I was only joking!)” Zayn hurriedly said with an apologetic smile and hiba smiled at that too. All the family members and close friends stood up and did a last check up on everything. All the young generation went back in the house so they can bring Zamid out in a traditional way with a beautiful red dupatta on his head and all the girls will come with mehendi plates that are beautifully decorated with flowers and Diyas. Hana came back and the girls surrounded her and asked her to take some pictures of only cousins and friends of theirs.

“Esay kesay! Main to har picture k 100 rupees loon gi! Ab ap log decide karain k pictures kitni banwani hain! (Not so fast! I am going to charge 100 rupees per picture! You guys can decide now how many pictures you want me to take of each of you!)” Hana evilly smiled and asked them. This statement of hers made all the cousins shocked and their jaws fell on the floor. They never expected this type of bargain from her as she was always the submissive and shy type but now she was blackmailing them.

“Tum hum say ab pesay mango gi! Sharam nhi aye gi apnay behan bhaiyon ko blackmail kertay huve? (You are gonna make us pay for it?! You should be ashamed of yourself for charging your siblings like this!)” Samman asked with a frown on her head.

“Ap log kon sa meray behan bhai hain! Cousins hain ap sab! Or cousins behan bhai nhi hotay! Main sirf Zamid bhai or Zayn bhai say nahi ln gi pr baki sab say lenay wali hn! Ab jaldi jaldi batayain! Kis kis nay kitni kitni pictures banvani hain? (it’s not like you guys are my siblings! You all are just cousins! And cousins are not siblings, mind you! I am only not going to charge Zayn and Zamid brother but everyone else has to pay! Now hurry up and tell me! Which one of you want me to take photos and how many!)” Hana cheekily replied and asked at the end. This made all the girls very angry as they were waiting for her for almost three hours and now she was annoying them further.

“Tumay to mai….. (Why you little….!)” Rayaan cut Samman from saying anything and tried to bargain hana. He was actually manipulating her but he did not know that hana’s brain works faster than their entire brains combined.

“Ek kaam krtay hain! Hana tum sab ki pictures lo or video banao phir or end pr sab ko bata dena k kitna kitna bill bana sab ka! Phir hum sab pay kr dain gay! Ok? (Why done we do this! Hana, you go and take everyone’s pictures and make the video and at the end of the function just let everyone know how much they have to pay you! Then all of us will pay you! Okay?)” Rayaan tried to manipulate her and hana also said ok after thinking a lot about the offer. She took pictures and then all of them took their positions and hana started the video. The music started to play when they entered the lawn.

The function ended with lots of laughter, dancing, blessings, and joy. Hana captured all the moments. She was not in many pictures because she was the photographer and videographer for the night but she still managed to be in the video. The camera was on the stand and was capturing all the moments on the stage and one camera was in hana’s hands and another camera was also on a stand and it was in an angle so that all of the guests and stage were captured in the video.

When hana went to put some mehendi on Zamid’s hand, she ate many pieces of mithai because they can cause diabetes to her brother so she prevented her brother from getting diabetes. It was her reasoning for eating all that mithai that was on the plate. She only left a single piece! Everyone laughed at this.

“Pr hain to humari na! Idher do! Nahi to seedha kr doon gi tmhay! Or wesay bhi, jis ki pictures hoti hain us say puchay bagair nhi rakhtay apnay pas! Is liye meri pictures idher do! (But they are ours! Give them to us! Or else I will have to put some sense in you! And then again, you can’t keep someone else’s photos with you without his/her consent! So, give me my pictures!)” humail said and all the others also started to nod their agreement. Hana was trying to say something but every time, she was being cut off. She was out-numbered and even Zayn and Zamid were not taking her side as all three of us were looking at her being out-numbered. And we know that hana will not be able to debate against all of them as they are teaming up on her. They even took her laptop and were trying to turn it on but the password was always wrong. Hana was trying to snatch her laptop from them but they were not letting her.

Hana accepted her defeat at the end and I and Zamid chuckled at that but Zayn only smirked at this. I knew that hana was no match to of my other sassy cousins and the result was also what I was expecting. They gave her laptop back to her. Hana put the password in such a speed that we were not able to get her password. When the laptop was again on, all of them started talking among themselves that which of them will get the pictures first. Suddenly, hana took her laptop and ran towards the bathroom and shut the door with a bang. This bang made all of them shut up and they were confused, even I was. When they got their senses back, they started to go to the bathroom that was in the gallery where hana had locked herself. They started to knock on the door and tried to threaten hana with darkness but hana was not listening to anything.

Zamid, Zayn and I were still sitting on the sofa but Zayn was laughing and both of us were shocked as hana pulled that stunt.

“Akhri baar keh rahi hoon! Har koi pesay deta jaye or pictures leta jaye nhi to main delete krnay lagi hoon sari pictures! Menay ab bahir nhi ana! Yaha nichay say hi pesay detay jayain or pictures letay jayain! Ap logo k pas ziyada time nhi h! (I am saying it for the last time! Everyone, start paying up and get the pictures or I am going to delete all of them! I am not going to come outside now! Pass me the money from down the door and get your pictures! You guys don’t have much time left!) Your time starts now!” Hana shouted from the inside. We all can hear her and all the others that were at the door, they started to protest but at the end, they gave her the money and hana sent all of them with the images. I think she earned at least 40,000 today. After all the pictures were transferred, Zayn stood up from his place and went to the bathroom door where all of them were waiting for hana to come out so they can ambush her. It was really amusing that a little girl can out-number all these stupids that are older than her by at least 5 to 6 years.

“The coast is clear!” Zayn knocked on the door and informed her. After hearing this, the door was opened and hana came out. All of them were looking at her with murder in their eyes but Zayn was protecting her.

Both the siblings ran upstairs and while they were running on the stairs, Zayn asked for the half of the money that she just earned to which hana started to protest. Their voices were fading so they were not able to hear further to this argument but Zayn actually came back with 10% of the money. The cousins were really sour about losing this much money to just a small girl.

“Tum log kitnay bewakoof ho! Hana nay kaha bhi tha k agar sab pictures leni hain to 7000 pay krna parhay ga pr kyun k meri behan kuch zyada hi samajhdar h is liye to us nay tm sab ko bewakoof bana liya! Hud hoti hai! Ek chhoti bachi say haar gaye! (How foolish of you guys! Hana told you guys that if you want all the pictures then you only have to pay 7000 rupees but since she is much more witty than you all so she made a fool out of you! Seriously guys! You got over-ruled by a little girl!) I feel so ashamed to call you guys my friends! But I must say it was really hilarious! I already knew that she will not accept her loss this easily! She was not the topper of her class for nothing! With unhealthy obsession with cheap romance book, do you think that she would have actually studied her course books? Na, I don’t think so! She is dumb and a little stupid but she got brains guys! So stop underestimating her as she is evil too! An EVIL with capital letters!” Zayn laughed and taunted them. All the cousins and friends grumbled as they were actually looted by a tiddi.