Chapter 11: Chapter 11

Halima’s POV

Since we met that extremely dashing Amir I’d noticed some weird things Teemah had been upto. I didn’t want to be a nosy bestie so I just decided that maybe she needed a little time to herself.

But we had promised each other that we would never hide things from each other and that whenever we had something on our mind, we would let it all out to each other so why was she keeping it to herself? I just told myself that if she didn’t tell me what was wrong by the next week, I was going to get it out of her by hook or by crook.

Now back to that Amir. Gosh!! He’s the most handsome, well built and hot guy I’ve ever seen in my life. Let’s just hope he’s the confident type cause I hate shy guys, they annoy me. I like guys that can walk up to any girl of their choice on this earth without giving a f***. Someone like Karan Luthra.

It was Monday again and I was looking forward to going to school for the first time in forever. The last time I looked forward to going to school was when Teemah finally agreed to come back to school after losing AbdulHalim. That was four years back.

I got ready for school and our driver drove me down to school. When I entered school I saw Teemah and Kalt at the school shop doing God knows what. Teemah never went to the school shop. It must’ve been Kalt that dragged her there.

I went over to them and we pulled each other in a group hug. We went to the class and I told them I wanted to tell them something.

“Uhmmm…. Actually…. Uhmmm…”, I stuttered. I didn’t want Kalt to judge me for what I wanted to say.

“Halli you know I hate rough play?” Teemah said looking worriedly at me.

“Why the suspense just talk!!” it was Kalt’s turn to ask.

“okaysoIhaveacrushonsomeone”, I said in one breath but they understood what I meant.

“Mad ooo!! So who’s the lucky guy?”, Teemah asked wiggling her brows, trust Teemah to be crazy.

“It’s Amir.” I said trying to sound nonchalant.

“What?!” both Kalt and Teemah chorused.

“Yeah. What’s wrong with me having a crush on Amir?” I asked shrugging.

“There is nothing wrong with that but Halli you just got over Ashfat. What if he also hurts you? Even though I know Ashfat wasn’t at fault then but still, what if Amir is already dating? What if he considered us his sisters since we are his little sister’s friends? I’ve seen you broken before and that is not a sight I wanna behold again. Please Halli think this through, don’t let your heart lead you to oblivion.” Teemah said using her mother voice.

“Don’t worry Teemah. I know you care about me and I really appreciate it but if I keep on being rational I’ll never love again in my life so why ruin my life?”

“But you know that Fati is right. Just because he’s my brother doesn’t mean I wanna see one of my best friends hurt by him.”

“You guys should just leave me alone. I know what am doing so if you could leave me to my own decisions I’d really appreciate it.” I snapped at them.

“toh shikenan {ok}. At least we know we tried.” Kalt said.

I just hoped they were not hurt by what I said but they should try to understand that am not a small girl. I knew exactly what I was doing and if something were to happen to me in the process, I knew better than to blame anyone.

If only I’d listened to them

Amir came to class to come and talk to Kalt and that was my cue to make him notice me. I didn’t know if he ever noticed me before then but even if he did, he had not shown it since we met two weeks back.

I went and started a conversation with him but to my utmost surprise, he asked Teemah if he could talk to her in private. That just angered me. Couldn’t he at least be a little polite. I get it if he wasn’t in a mood to talk but he could’ve simply excused himself but instead, he chose to pretend I wasn’t even there.

I asked Kalt what was wrong with her brother and she just said “I saw what he did and I apologize on his behalf but hey, that’s how crushes behave. Especially when they are not aware that a beautiful, sassy and intelligent girl like you is into them”. I knew what she was trying to do and she was successful because I was blushing like mad.

But I was still not going to let it slide. I was going to follow them and hear what was so important that he did what he did.