Hijabi Not in Distress

Chapter 17

Continuation of Flashback (4 years ago):

Ahmed's POV:

I couldn't help but smile. Was Sairah Bukhari actually jealous? Wait-- but I was, too? And she knows that too now. Damn it!

I went to bed feeling impressed with myself since I could make someone like Sairah jealous.

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As I parked my car into the school parking lot I saw a blue hijabi walking few rows in front of me.  I narrowed my eyes at her to see who she was with. She was with Nina and some- some other guy. I saw Sairah turn around laughing at something the guy with black hair said and I regretted not ducking fast enough since Sairah spotted me. 

She raised an eyebrow at me. "Ahmed? What are you doing over there like some weirdo hiding?" She let out her angelic laugh again.

I scratched the back of my head sheepishly. "I- I wasn't spying on you."

"When did I say you were?" She says smirking at my confession. "But thanks for tipping me off."

"Uh-"

"Hey what's up dude." The guy who Nina and Sairah were talking to turned around to shake my hand. "Sairah's told me great things about you." He says in a cheery voice.

Sairah and I raise an eyebrow at him. "Just kidding, I just wanted you to like me but she's actually told me nothing about you." He laughs. "All my info is from Nina." 

Sairah rolls her eyes at him. "Uthman!" She slaps his shoulder.

Wait she can touch him?

"Oh I'm Uthman by the way in case you didn't pick up on that from Sairah's demented voice." He says looking at me. 

"Uthman I'll murder you right now!" Sairah gives him a death glare.

"Yea," I let out a dry laugh. "I picked up on your name." I couldn't help but feel the poisonous feeling of jealous flowing through me. Who was this guy to Sairah?

"Well I'll see you later." He walks away before Sairah starts pouting.

"Aren't you forgetting something stupid?" She held out her arms and gave her babyface smile. The smile that made my heart do flips. 

"No, no I don't think so." Uthman placed a finger on his chin before walking towards Sairah and- and hugging her? Ohhh he must be her brother or something?

"I love you!" She blows a kiss at him and he pretends to barf as he closes his car door before driving out of the school. 

Wait. The way she said 'I love you' was exactly how she said it yesterday. 

"Let me guess. Your small brain is jumping to conclusions again huh?" Sairah had her hands on her hips rolling her eyes.

Nina shoulder shoved Sairah. "Go easy on him. He doesn't know about Uthman." 

"True. But, after yesterday I couldn't help it." Sairah says shrugging. "He's my other psychotic brother." She laughs. 

I look at her nodding slowly. "Okay. But you never mentioned him. Why is that?" 

"Uh I haven't seen Uthman for a year since he went to Europe for his studies." She replies as we walk into the school building. "He's 22 and is the middle child along with Zara who is 20. I'm the youngest and Sameer is the oldest who's 24." She says clearing up her family members' ages.