Rasha

Nadia and I brushed our teeth right after we wake up, gosh last night was a long night. Nadia and I slept for a few hours, and we slept at 4 am. It's because we were having such fun that we almost forgot the time, we were getting to know each other more and we talked much about our past. She told me about her past relationships and what she had been going through. And it was not even close to what I have been through.

But oh my god, I can't believe I slept over Mr.Bashar's house, like my teacher's house. And yesterday was crazy, things I never expected happened. I almost got raped on my birthday, Mr.Bashar found out that I went to that party, Mr.Bashar almost killed someone and I confessed my feeling for Mr.Bashar. Yes, a lot happened. But now my heart feels at ease, oh my god I feel like I can finally breathe now that I have finally expressed how I feel.

''What are you thinking about?'' Nadia spits out her saliva filled with toothpaste. I shake my head as I do the same, ''Nothing special, just about yesterday...'' She glances at me and smirks, ''Hm... Saiid?'' I chuckle and shrug my shoulders at her comment. ''Maybe.''

She then laughs, ''God Rasha, you are so in love.'' I wrinkle my forehead at her and purse my lips together to not laugh. ''Whatever.''

She moves closer to me and wraps her arm around my shoulder. ''Should we go eat breakfast then?'' She asks. I turn my gaze at her and nod, ''Yep, I'll just wear my scarf.''

''Alright, then I will go to the kitchen before you. See you.'' She walks out of her room before I get to say anything. I sigh and wrap my scarf around my head, I fix it properly before I walk out of the room. When I finish I slowly get out of the room with butterflies in my stomach, I don't know I'm just excited to see Mr.Bashar. I couldn't stop thinking about us yesterday when I was about to sleep. He really caught my heart, and I did the same with his heart. Even though It's wrong and complicated I love our connection.

I walk into the kitchen where everyone is talking and eating their breakfast. As soon as I looked up my eyes caught Saiid who's looking at me with a smile on his face. Oh my, that smile. It melts my whole body like I'm a piece of ice getting melted by the sun. ''Good morning.'' I let out.

They all look at me, ''Rasha, good morning. Come sit.'' Adnan points at the chair next to Mr.Bashar. God, this was literally planned. I nod and take a seat on the chair next to Saiid. I still feel Saiid's eyes on me so I turn my gaze over to him. He looks at me like he hasn't seen me for years. My lungs are about to explode if he keeps looking at me that way, ''Good morning, beautiful.'' He whispers.

God, can he shut up for once and stop making me feel like this. ''Rasha, do you want pancakes?'' Nadia asks me. I look at her, then at the pancakes, then at her again and I nod. She smiles, ''Great. They are so yummy.'' She laughs.

Mac starts talking about a girl he met up with but she didn't look like the pictures she sent him, he told us that she had been photoshopping her pictures. How she looked, and how her body figure was. They laughed at what he was telling us, ''Damn, I'm sorry for going through all that.'' Jaffar laughed. I couldn't stop smiling at how they kept joking with each other, they looked so stupid, yet funny. All of a sudden felt Mr.Bashar's hand travel to my hand that is resting on my leg, he held my hand tightly. I look up at him and he has a smirk plastered on his face. I widen my eyes as I'm trying to make him let go of my hand.

I give him a look to make him let go, but he silently chuckles as he shakes his head. ''So Rasha, have you thought about what major will you choose after high school?'' I hear Adnan ask me. I turn my gaze at him as Mr.Bashar is still holding my hand. ''Ehh... I don- I don't know yet.'' I replied with a shaky voice. Nadia raises her brows, ''What? Girl, you have to hurry up and choose.''

''If you don't choose now it will be harder for you in the future,'' Jaffar adds as he keeps eating his pancakes. They are right, I must know what I want to become. What do I even want to become? What do I like to do? ''Guys, don't stress her. She has a lot of time.'' Mr.Bashar broke in. I look back at him, awwee the only fan I really needed. He looks back at me with a loving expression, like he really is in love with me. ''Oh god here we go again, Rasha don't you listen to him. We are here to help you, while God knows what he's trying to do.'' Jaffar frowns as we all laugh.

''Whatever, let's all forget about this. So since it was Rasha's birthday yesterday shouldn't we all celebrate it? Like, go to a fancy restaurant or something?'' She suggests and looks around at us. ''Oh my god! That's a great idea, finally we can all have fun together. It's been so long since we all went out to have fun.'' Adnan says with excitement. I smile bright, I really want this day to happen. ''Then should we?'' Nadia looks at me and Mr.Bashar. Mr.Bashar and I look at each other before he answers, ''Of course we should, right Rasha?''

I giggle before I answer, ''I mean, why not?'' I shrug my shoulders. ''Great, then right after we come back to the gym we will change and go. Okay?'' Jaffar informs happily. I look at him and nod, ''Okay.''

They all get up and put their plates in the dishwasher, expect Mr.Bashar. He's still holding my hand and sitting next to me. ''Then I will just go to my room and decide what I'll wear.'' Nadia says rushing away. The boys look at Mr.Bashar, ''So Saiid... ehm when you are done here you should get ready for the gym. Then we will leave you alone.'' Before they walk out I see Adnan wink to Mr.Bashar. I feel my face getting hotter, wait don't tell me I'm blushing. No, no not right now, please.

Once we are alone I hear him clear his throat, I don't look at him. I can't show him that I'm blushing. But that doesn't help, I only feel him leaning closer to me. ''Rasha.'' He whispers in my ear. My heart starts racing faster, what is this man trying to do. ''What do you want.'' I tried to have a little attitude in my tone. He chuckles. ''Ohh, so we have a feisty girl now.''

I hold in my laughter as I roll my eyes, ''She's always been here.'' I shrug my shoulders playfully. He nods, ''Interesting, how come I haven't met her?'' I turn my gaze at him. I then smirk, ''It's not about you, she just doesn't want to meet you. Every time I tell her to meet you, she insists. She doesn't want to get to know you, and to be honest, I feel her.'' I say with a high tone. I see him smile so brightly before he burst out laughing. He takes my head closer to him and kisses my temple.

''I love your weirdness.'' He says softly. I blush, again. He lifts up my chin and brushes his nose against mine. ''Did you sleep well last night?'' He asks and pats my head. I look into his eyes before I answer, ''Yes... Thank you Saiid for everything. I don't know what I would've done without you.''

He sighs, ''I told you Rasha, I will always be there for you.'' My heart flutters like there's no tomorrow and my heart is still beating. I punch his chest aggressively. ''Ouch, what was that for.'' I fold my arms and look away. ''For always making me feel like this!'' I frown.

Before he gets to say something Nadia walks into the kitchen again, ''Saiid, you're not trying to steal Rasha from me? Are you?! She's mine!'' She grabs my hand and pulls me up. ''We girls have a girl code, and we can never choose a guy in front of a girl.'' She lifts her chin up like a boss. I laugh loud and nod, ''She's right. No man before a woman.'' I high five Nadia. Mr.Bashar gets up and rolls his eyes, ''Whatever weirdos, we all know whom this girl will choose in the end.'' He says with confidence as he points at me.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. What are you even doing here, shouldn't you get ready for the gym?'' She folds her arms, he shrugs his shoulders and looks at me. ''I'll see you later then?'' He has a sweet tone like he's talking to a baby. Does he think I'm a baby? I just turned 18! ''Whatever let's go Nadia, we don't have time for useless men.'' I cross my arm with Nadia's arm. She looks at me with a proud expression, ''Oh my god, I thought the same. We must be soulmates!'' She flips her hair. We walk towards her room as we hear Mr.Bashar laugh loudly, it suddenly makes my heart flutter.

Saiid

I hear the guys talk about random stuff while I do some exercises. I suddenly see them walking closer to me, I look up at them confused. ''So Saiid... does that mean... uh that you are dating Rasha?'' Adnan trembled. I look at all three, they probably argued about who'd ask that question. I sighed and got up, I didn't know either. Am I dating her? I mean we've kissed and confessed our love for each other. I don't think we have to do more to get together. Right now I don't care if she is my student or a few years younger. I see her as a woman, a woman I love and adore. I want her by my side, and that's going to happen. No matter what.

''Yes, I'm dating Rasha.'' I say with confidence as I look at them. They look at each other before they look back at me. Jaffar nods and sighs, ''Saiid, I'll just tell you something. As your friends we will always support you, we have seen how much you love her and how much you care about her. But Saiid, what will happen if you get caught. What if you get caught, how will you handle it? And what if Yasin will find out?''

He's right, but I didn't care. I didn't care about the future, the only thing I wanted to be was being with Rasha, even if it's risky I will still want to be with her. She's the love of my life, the one I love. And no one, no one can tell me what is wrong and what is really right. ''I understand that there's much to think about, but right now I need to put all my focus on Rasha. And who'd find out if someone doesn't tell them?'' I furrow my brows.

''You're right, don't worry we will keep this a secret between all of us. We really like Rasha as our little sister, we wouldn't want anyone to hurt her.'' Jaffar states, I smile at him and clap his shoulder. ''Thank you guys, I really appreciate it.''

Rasha

''Girl! You look so good.'' Nadia gasps with her eyes widen. I spin around and look at myself in the mirror, ''I do?'' I laugh. I'm wearing a red-wine dress with a white hijab. I borrowed it from Nadia, she said it would look great in me. And it really did. Nadia gave me a white hijab she had home, she told me she used to wear a hijab but then she took it off because she thought it didn't feel right. But she has a lot of scarfs at home, god I'm so lucky. ''Of course, this was literally made for you.'' She claps her hands with sediment.

''Okay, but look at you gurl. You look amazing!'' I point at her, and yeah she looked so stunning. She was wearing a white crop top and black skirt, her hair was tied in a high ponytail and she wore white heels with the outfit. She really looked stunning, the outfit showed off her beautiful curves. ''Thank you girl, I can't wait for the guys to see us.'' She giggles. I shake my head as I laugh, I can't wait too...

''Hey, you know what I think?'' Nadia sits on the bed. I look at her confused, ''I think we should go to the mall and meet them in the restaurant where we will be eating. They won't be back until a few hours so why should we wait for them, or what do you think?''

I look at her while I think, she's right. We are already finished with getting ready and I don't want to wait for them for a few hours more. ''You know what, let's go.''

''Yes! Then I'll inform them that we'll just meet them there.''

a few hours later

Nadia and I went shopping and bought some stuff, or I didn't buy so much. I only bought a bag I need in to put my things in it, I didn't have so much on me. And I needed to save some money for the restaurant we will eat in, in case I hade to pay for my own plate. But I know that Mr.Bashar would never let me do that. Nadia bought some new clothes for herself, even though her wardrobe is packed with clothes. I don't blame her though. If I had the money she had I would do the same. Nadia went into a store without me just because she wanted to buy a gift to me since it was my birthday yesterday, I told her that she didn't have to. But of course, she insisted.

''Let's go, the boys are already there.'' She says. I look at her confused, ''At the restaurant?'' I asked, she smiled and nodded. Gosh, now I feel nervous again. Geez, can my body chill once?

When we arrive in front of the restaurant I got out of the car, I looked at the entrance of the restaurant and woah, it looked so luxury. Inside and outside, it felt so modern. There were even guards outside, what is this place? It felt only rich people could get into a place like this. But Mr.Bashar and his friends didn't look rich? They looked normal, especially Mr.Bashar. He looks just to normal, a normal handsome man? ''Isn't it beautiful?'' I hear Nadia stand next to me.

I look over to her, ''Are you sure... this is the right place?'' I stutter, then she laughs and slaps my arm playfully. ''Shut up, the boys are waiting inside.'' I gulp and nod. But before I could take a step more I felt my phone buzzing inside of my bag. I took it up and saw Donia calling, right. I haven't had the chance to talk to them the whole day or yesterday. I've been missing their class the whole day. Not because I was mad or some, I just couldn't. ''I need to answer this call.'' I told Nadia.

I walked a few steps from the restaurant, then I clicked Answer.

''Donia?'' I said, waiting for her to answer.

''Rasha! Rasha! Where have you been?! We've been looking for you.'' Hearing her voice made my body tremble.

''Donia... I'm sorry for not calling you all day. Something happened yesterday that made me go home. I couldn't stay there a minute more...''

''You don't know how worried we were last night, the cops arrived at the party last night because the music was too loud. When searched around the house they found drugs, weapons, and an unconscious guy in the toilet, he had fainted and he's still in the hospital. He's badly injured, and not just that! A few guys were arrested because they were suspected.'' I widen my eyes at what she tells me and my body turns weaker. That did really happen? What would've happened if Mr.Bashar didn't come for me? A few tears roll down my cheeks, ya Allahi, thank you so much for being by my side.

''Oh... Are you okay?! What about Tamara and Medina, are they okay?''

''They are, you don't need to worry. I'm so glad you answered. I was so worried.'' She said with relief.

''I'm sorry for worrying you, Donia. I love you.''

After exchanging a few words we hang up, and I couldn't stop thanking God for being by my side. Even though I did wrong, he helped me and never left my side. I suddenly feel someone from the back wrapping his arms around my stomach. I flinch, hard. ''Oho, take it easy Rasha. It's me.'' I recognized Mr.Bashar's voice. I sigh, deeply. ''You startled me.''

He rests his chin on my shoulder, ''I'm sorry. I didn't mean too.'' He says softly. More tears started to roll down my face, I was crying because I was scared. What would've happened to me if Mr.Bashar didn't come to save me? I tried to stop crying, I didn't want him to think I'm a crybaby. I've been crying in front of him a few times and I feel awful. But a freaking sob escaped my mouth.

''Wow, wow, wow what happened?!'' He turned me around to face him. He lifts my chin up and looked into my eyes. I shook my head, ''Nothing, I'm just overreacting.'' I wipe my tears away. ''Rasha, tell me what happened! Did anyone hurt you?'' He said with a serious tone. I told him everything Donia told me, then about how I felt and how scared I was. He held my hand and kissed it, he looked back to me and smiled. ''Rasha... my love. I will always be there at the right and the wrong moments for you, I will be with you til' the end. You will never get to get through something by yourself, okay? I will never leave you side.''

Goddamn, he's good at this. How can he find those words? I guess that's why I fell for him... I stood on tiptoe and kissed his cheek. ''Thank you, Saiid... I can't imagine my life without you.''

He pulled me to a hug and I wrapped my arms around his waist. ''I love you.'' He whispered. I shut my eyes slowly, my heart was racing so fast I can't control my body. ''I love you too, Saiid.''

We pull away and look at each other for a few seconds before he breaks the silence again,

''Now don't cry, baby. We are here to have fun. Okay?''

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okay, we can say I'm back... but that doesn't mean I will be doing fast updates, but I'll try my best for you guys!😌

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