"That wasn't cool you know." I whispered into Safia's ear when I arrived at school.

"What wasn't cool?" She whispered back when she turned around to face me. She closed her locker and walked away. I ran behind her so I could catch up on her.

"You know what I mean, the kiss yesterday." I said when I was walking besides her.

"What kiss?!" Amina asked.

"Oops." I laughed and walked away.

Safia didn't look all too happy, her fault I thought.

"Good luck explaining our moment." I shouted and winked just to tease her more whilst I walked away to class.

"Dick." I whispered.

"What does he mean by 'our moment' Saf?!" Amina asked.

"It's nothing Amina, he was just joking." I responded. I wasn't in the mood to explain her what happened, nothing happened actually..

"Safia!" Amina shouted.

I stopped and turned around.

"Since when do we lie to eachother?!" Amina asked.

"Since you lied about being with Malik." And with that being said, I turned back around and continued my walk.

It was the truth though, since she's with Malik, I've became second choice.. I know I shouldn't have said that, maybe that would wake her up.

...

I wasn't in the mood for any sort of company... I shouldn't have opened my big mouth like that towards Amina. I totally blame my period, I'll be glad when I can finally lay in bed with some chocolates.

"Heey, ready to go home?"

Please someone kill me.

"Brodyy." I said fake overenthusiastic.

"Hey, someone is happy to see me." Brody said.

"Yeaaaa-no" I said depressing.

"Okaay? Anyway c'mon I'll drop you home." Brody said getting in the driver seat.

"You know what, no!" I said.

Brody rolled the window of the passenger side down and looked at me confused.

"What do you mean by 'no', get in." Brody said.

"No, I'm walking today." I said.

"Safia don't be-"

"Don't be what huh?" I asked putting my hand on my hip.

He was making me angry.

"Wow, are you on your period or something?" Brody asked confused.

Euhm, awkward..

"Anyway, just get in!"

"I said no Brody! You're not my father nor my brother. And you're definitely not my boyfriend, you are nothing to me and I'm nothing to you. When is that going to get through your big head?!" I shouted and walked away not looking back.

..

He wasn't following me, he wasn't calling nor texting me.. He let me go.

Those words hurt me more than I thought they would. It was the truth, he's nothing to me and I'm nothing to him. It was never going to work, I need to quit this haram path before I die on it.

I arrived home a half-hour later and immediately went to my room.

"Hey Safia, how was school?" Mom said stopping me from going upstairs.

"Awesome mom." I responded.

"What's wrong honey?" She asked.

"Euhm nothing" I fake smiled, "I'm just on my period, I'm having some cramps." responded.

"Oh, I'll make you some soup and I'll bring you a painkiller." She kissed my forehead and went back to the kitchen.

I sighed and walked upstairs to my room.

...

The next day

God, what am I going to do? Amina is avoiding me, I haven't seen Malik all day and Brody was avoiding me too. Why wouldn't they, I screwed up big time. My own damn fault.

I closed my locker strongly out of anger until I heard a familiar voice.

"What did that locker do to you Fia?" there was only one person that called me 'Fia'.

"LEO!" I shouted out of joy.

I embraced him tightly.

"Wow, someone is happy to see me."

I loosened my grip and punched his upper arm.

"Aww, what was that for?" Leo asked rubbing the sore spot.

"For not meeting up until today." I responded.

"But what are you doing here?" I asked.

"Well, I have a day off so I decided to visit you.." Leo said.

"Oh did you." I laughed.

"Anyway, are we meeting after school?" I asked.

"Actually, I was wondering if you don't want to skip today?" Leo asked looking at me with widened eyes.

"I can't just skip Leo." I said.

"Why not? C'mon Fia, pleasssee." Leo said looking at me with his puppy eyes.

"Fine, how can I say no to those eyes.. And I've missed you." I said.

"Yesss!" Leo shouted and hugged me again.

Leo swang his arm over my shoulders like he used to do and we walked out of school together. He always did that, we were and are just friends.. really! He always dated the hottest girls at school and I was known on school for being his best friend. Believe me, he has enough girls to get satisfaction from.

"School isn't the same without you!" Leo said.

"Same." I responded.

"I thought you had some friends on school?"

"I had." I said.

"What about, what's her name, oh Amina? And Brody? Hu-hu." He said pushing me with his shoulder.

"He, we, well.. I'm having some issues with both of them."

"Explain." Leo said looking at me confused.

"Who is that?" One of my friends asked me when he caught me staring at Safia hugging another guy.

I balled my fists out of anger and just stared at how he made her feel.

She laughed and touched him like he was her boyfriend.

As far as I know, in Islam, a woman isn't allowed to touch any opposite gender.. Any opposite gender that isn't me anyway..

And I knew she was doing it to rub it in my face, she knew I liked her and she was taken advantage of that. She knew I was standing at the other side of the hallway..

"Bro, I'm sure it's nothing." One of my friends said trying to sooth me.

"Yeah I know." I responded.

The one thing I noticed, is that Safia didn't went to class, she left school together with that guy.. Who is that guy? And what does he have that I don't have?

"Zac, do you know who that is?" I asked.

"No, but do you want me to find out?"

"Yeah, thanks bro!"

"Anytime." Zac responded.

I had class with Zac, his girlfriend and normally, Safia, but she wasn't here. She was skipping school, she wasn't that kind of girl.. What is this guy doing to her? I know that it's just one day, but one day can easily turn into a week.

Zac took me apart after an hour of boring education that I would probably never use again.

"What's up? Did you find something?" I asked.

"Yeah, is this the guy from earlier?"

Zac opened his facebook-app on his phone and clicked on some guy's profile.

He gave me his phone and showed me a picture.

"Yeah that was him?! What's his name?" I asked.

I gave his phone back, "his name is.. euhm.. Aah Leo." Zac responded.

"Of course." I whispered.

"What?" Zac asked.

"He's Safia's old friend, they were texting before.."

"Sooo?"

"So he probably just gave her a visit.." I said trying to sooth not only him but also myself.

"So he's just a friend?" Zac asked.

"I think." I responded, "I hope." I whispered.

"Don't worry bro, just don't let him take her away from you." Zac said, "Anyway, enough with all the love drama, I'll see you after school!" He also said.

"Yeah man, thank you!"

"Anytime bro!" And I watched him leave to his next class.

I wasn't in the mood for class, but I'm not skipping..

I grabbed my phone out of my jacket and opened up Leo's facebookprofile as I was walking to my next class. He's a pretty popular guy, had more than 1000 friends and 80% of them were girls. He reminded me of someone..

Oh God ! He reminded me of myself. I think Safia has a type after all..

Her words yesterday did hurt, but it was the truth. I was nothing to her, even though she meant the world to me.

I promised myself to give her some space, but I'm not giving up on her.. I refuse to give up on us!

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Asalamu Alaikoum friends,

I'm sorry..

I actually was about to take a break from writting, but I'm an inpatient girl lol.

I couldn't wait until Christmas break, soooo I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

I have no idea when I will upload a new chapter again, I'm not going to make any promises again..

One love!

Xxx

~Edited by R3Hijabi ~