Romans & histoires Waktu Sahar

“You have an appointment with Sarah by eleven. I directed her to the shop if that’s fine by you.” “Ok.” Sarah was a new member of their community. She moved in a month ago and was getting married. She wanted a flower-themed wedding. Fresh flowers, she has insisted. Clara's mother overheard her and told her about Clara's business. Clara was rearranging the flowers she placed outside when a woman with purple hair popped in front of her. “Good morning, you must be Clarabel. I’m Sarah.” “Yes. I’m guessing you are the bride-to-be? Nice to meet you. Let’s go through the ideas you have in mind.”

Halima asks and Sa'eed scurries to the ground and drags Halima up. "I pushed you off, sorry. You wouldn't wake up so..." Sa'eed grins cheekily and Halima nods, understanding Sa'eed's plight. She's a heavy sleeper even though she doesn't move aimlessly on the bed while sleeping. Halima checks her phone and the time reads 6.37am. Ya Allah! She hasn't even prayed Subh nor has she prepared breakfast for Sa'eed. And he needs to be at work as early as 7.00am. That's twenty three minutes from now.

"Lucas. This is your room." "Sweet," he says. "Should we meet at a said time?" Sarah begins to speak, saying that an hour is fine, but I stop her. An hour is way too long, and it opens the door for lounging and laziness. "Oh, no that's too long. I'm thinking thirty five minutes," I check my phone. It's around one o'clock. Perfect. "It's one now, so one thirty five." "Yes, I know how to do math," Sarah rolls her eyes.

I say, through a forced smile. I don't know why he frowns when I say this, but he does. When he opens his mouth to say something, Lauren's return interrupts him. " That was my wedding planner, reminding me about our rehearsals for our dance." " Oh, right. When is it again?" " Around 1, it won't clash with your business meeting, right?" Lauren asks dad. " No, my meeting is around half past 3." " Well good, then we have some time. Oh, Daniella is on her way." She perks up.

I feel so overdressed, having just come from the complete opposite of places to here, a beautiful spot that I hope still exists like this in the future. “That is is. Miss Sariah, or otherwise known as Diligence. This was a vacation place for me and someone who was very important to me,” Time murmurs from behind me. I turn around, looking up at him. “Oh really?” I say teasingly, but he doesn’t return the smile.

*** I almost yelled when an alarm clock let out a shrill sound disturbing my sleep. Can you just shut the fuck up! I groaned as I blindly tried to switch it off but I couldn't find it. What the heck! I finally succeeded in switching it off after almost falling off the bed. 5am! I shrieked as I saw the time displayed on the alarm clock. I have never set my alarm to 5am before in my life. Reality hit me as I noticed the unfamiliar room. Oh my God! I scrambled off the bed and ran into the bathroom almost tripping on my dress, I can't believe I slept in this dress.

We decided to hang out together and drink coffee near the school. After taking a shower, I choose to wear a grey mini skirt with a plain t-shirt. As I don't like to do heavy makeup, I simply apply some B&B's cream on my face, light pink baby lipstick and Lakmee eyeliner in my eyes. I watched my wall clock to check the time and it was 7:33 am. My phone rings, I checked the caller ID, it was from diru. I picked up the call... "Hello, Diru", I said.

On it, someone had written with a childish scrawl: "Reconciliation Ticket." "You promised me, Shana, that no matter what I did wrong, you'd give me a chance when I showed this to you," he begged. "We've been by each other's side for 15 years, in love for eight years. Is everything so worthless to you that you can forget about it so easily?"

"I ordered your favorite soft pink wedding dress. After surgery, the designer will take your measurements. At our wedding, you'll be the most beautiful bride." I smiled and touched his face. This was my farewell. Tears streamed down my face, and a silent thought echoed. "Ethan, there won't be a wedding for us." As the doors to the operating theater closed, I kept my gaze fixed on the three people I loved most; I wanted to commit their faces to memory. Once these doors closed, I knew I would never see them again. As anesthesia dulled my senses, the world around me faded away. My death was declared at precisely 10:00 pm, as indicated by the wall clock.

"You are fine and you refused to come out since, did you know what the time says now? Sarah asked "Is it not seven o'clock in the morning," she reacted. And they all laughed at her. "Madam, it's quarter past nine, an obvious sign that you didn't sleep last night," Mr. Seye added. She looked at her phone screen to confirm the actual time and she was shocked to know that it was as she was told.