It was ten o'clock, Sara was watching TV and got bored, so she thought about going to her best friend's house.
“Mom, I’m going to Neha’s house and I will be home by lunchtime.”
She was a very energetic and enthusiastic person. She had light skin, long hair, and was a very bubbly girl. She had lots of friends and was an outgoing person. She always wanted to become a fashion designer, but her parents wanted her to become a doctor, so she decided that she will fulfill her parents’ dream. Sara’s parents’ names were Emraan Khan and Ayesha Khan.
They lived in Helena, which is the capital of Montana. They lived close to the city of Helena Valley West Central. Most of the time she wasn’t allowed to go to her friends’ house, but she was just allowed to go to only one friend’s house, Neha. Neha was her best friend, and her parents and Sara’s parents were also close friends. Sara's mother was very protective of her daughter and she wanted her daughter to live her life fully and get everything she wants, but she was always very protective of her. They didn't let her make any kind of decisions because they were afraid that if something wrong will happen to their daughter, then they won't be able to forgive themselves or live without her. She was their only daughter, and she was so happy that her parents loved her so much.
Her mother was cleaning the kitchen and told her, “alright; come home soon, your dad will be worried.” Sara was already outside the house and barely heard her mother.
She drove to Neha's house and knocked on the door. Knock knock… Neha’s Mother opened the door, “hello Sara, how are you?” Sara gets inside the house and answers her, “I’m absolutely fine Auntie; how are you? And where is Neha?”
Afsa wasn't her real Aunt, but to give respect to her elders, she used to call them auntie or uncle. Sara also used to ask lots of questions at once before someone could answer her first question. Afsa replied, “I'm fine and Neha is in her room.” Sara thanked Afsa while running to Neha's room.
Sara goes to Neha’s room and sees that Neha was studying, but when Sara went close to see if she was studying, she saw that Neha was looking at a magazine, which was inside of her Biology book. She was looking at a fashion design magazine. It was their last year in high school and both of them were interested in the same career fashion designing, but their parents didn’t want them to become a fashion designer. They wanted their children to become something that will raise their name and dignity. They thought that if their daughters become fashion designers, then it will ruin their dignity and their family’s name and reputation. So, that’s why both of them Sara and Neha majored in Biology as their career in college. But behind their back, Neha and Sara used to look at the stuff that was related to somehow fashion designing like watching television shows and participate in high school clubs, etc.
“So, you’re looking at a fashion magazine behind my back, you should be ashamed of yourself. How can you cheat your parents?” Both of them laugh and shush each other, “Shhsss..”
Sara started talking again and lays on the bed, “you are so bad; you didn’t even tell me that you bought this magazine and you’re looking at it by yourself. You didn’t even bother to call me. Hahn, tell me?”
They were lying on Neha's bed on their back and looking at the magazine. Neha sits up and tells her, “chill, Baby. I didn’t buy this magazine; I borrowed it from a friend of mine. Okay. You know my parents; they won’t let me buy anything that relates to fashion designing.”
Sara elbowed her with a teasing look, “friend, hmmm. Don’t you think that I should know who this friend is, who lets you borrow his magazine?” Neha tells her, “Shut up. It’s her not him.”
Sara and Neha used to tease each other as if they both were having an affair with somebody. But in reality, both of them didn’t have boyfriends. Sara didn’t believe in love and she thought that love is just infatuation and nothing else. She believed that nobody could love somebody so much, but Neha thought that if there is no love, then the world wouldn’t have existed. Neha and Sara had a different opinion about love. Sara never thought about having a boyfriend and she thought that if she does get married in life, then her husband should respect her parents and care about them as well.
But Neha was the opposite of Sara, she told her that she was going to have a love marriage rather than an arranged marriage. She thought that her dream boy is going to be rich, handsome, and who will love her a lot, but it didn't come true because she fell in love with a guy at school, who was different from her dream guy, but she couldn’t help it because she was so much in love with him.
Sara started talking again, “Anyways, I came here because I wanted to tell you about….” She rolls her eyes and lets Neha guess what she’s about to tell her, “What???”
Neha never liked to guess whatever it was, but Sara used to tell her to guess all the time, “Guess, what is it??”
Sara wasn’t telling her and was rolling her eyes, then Neha finally spoke, “okay, fine. I give up. Now tell me.”
She takes the tickets out of her pocket and waves in front of Neha. “I have two tickets to a fashion show and it’s going to be tomorrow. Yeeehhhh!!!,” now Sara bought the tickets to the fashion show, but they couldn’t go because it was at night and their parents wouldn’t allow them to go. So, now they had to find a way to go to this fashion show, but they didn’t know-how.
Neha was always scared of going anywhere, so she used to make excuses, “I have this biology test on Friday and another test day on Monday.”
Sara gets up from the bed and sits on the computer chair. “So, it means that we can’t go to the show. I’ve been waiting for this day for so long and now you are telling me that you won’t go. Look, I’ll help you study for your test,” Sara said.
Neha always thought that if both of them lied to their parents then they will get into some trouble.
Neha explains to her, “I didn’t say that I won’t go, but you know that I hate lying to my parents and what if they find out that we went to the show without asking them, and then we will be in big trouble.”
Sara stands up and walks around the room. She starts to think of a good excuse to tell their parents, “they’re not going to find out because nobody is going to tell them. You know what, I got an idea” Neha spoke softly, “Of course, you do.”
Sara always had ideas to go anywhere she wanted. “Go on, I’m listening.” Sara still walking, “I will tell my parents that I’ll be staying at your house for a night because we have a laboratory project to do for our Bio class and then we can escape from this window to go to the fashion show. How do you like my idea?”
She gets so excited and claps her hands together.