Chapter 3

"Newal! What on earth happened to you!? Don't tell me me you got in a fight! Please don't tell me that! You're a girl and-"

"Mom! Can we please enter the house and talk calmly about this?" Farris interrupted her then she opened the the door wider and let us in.

We all went to the living room and Farris, Fawzan, and I sat on the sofa while mom was still standing.

"Well, I'm waiting for some explanation," mom said so sternly "about this" She said pointing at my bruise.

I sighed and was about to talk when the front doors open and dad entered,

"Asalamu Alaikum! We're home!" He said and as he and Noha got in to the living room. As soon as Noha entered she ran to me and jumped on me "Newal!!"

But her big grin faded as she saw my face. She gasped so loud and said " Newal! What is your face? Mommy! See this!"

"Daddy, can you take Noha upstairs? Because we are having a big talk right now" mom said and dad took Noha upstairs and after sometime, he came down and sat on one of the sofa chairs, mom still standing.

"Can any of you just say what happened before God knows what interrupts us!"

"Okay, okay mom," I said and started to tell her what happend. Both mom and dad listened intently and when I told them the part that Farris and Nathan got in a fight because of my dignity, I think dad had a hint of proudness on his face but still didn't like it.

As I finished, there was a very uncomfortable silence. The first one to break it was Fawzan.

"Bro, that was so great! Ugh, what would be the problem if I was there?"

"Great? Great? GREAT!? You think that getting in a fight and also earning a detention is great?" Mom said

"Your mother is right kids" Dad said

"How could you even try to hit someone Farris?"

"You could've handled it by just explaining or just other thing rather than fighting!"

Farris looks like he was about to explode. Well, I guess it's true because-

"Are you seriously kidding me right now!? How the heck would

do you think I should be doing when I see someone trying to hurt my sister! You know what? I'm really glad that I hit him and I'll be doing it again without even a hint of hesitation if he tried to hurt her again no matter what!"

Farris took all of us off guard after he spit all these words. Even mom was silent and didn't say anything. Because if she even saw us shouting for even fun, that would bring our end.

Damn bro, you are a legend.

"Kids, go to your rooms" Dad said and when we were heading to the stairs,

"Kids, I was just worried about you, I really didn't mean scolding at you, and Farris, good job that you're protecting your sister."

Is my ear really hearing this or just a dream?

"Thank you mom" Farris said and walked to mom and hugged her. Fawzan and I looked at each other, walked to them and hugged. I felt someone behind me hugging all of us, dad. Then we heard small footsteps running the stairs and when we look towards the stairs, Noha was pouting and looking at us.

"I wanna hug!" She ran to us and we let her in the middle. We stayed like that for a couple of seconds. I can't belivethat the argument turned into a huggement (I made the word lol )

My head was dangling upside down from my bed, Fawzan was on the floor laying by his back, and Farris was on his phone typing furiously on it.

After I told Fawzan the whole story, he was fascinated about the whole incident and was Kind of sad because he wasn't there.

"I would have kicked his ass sis, gosh, why do I always miss these kind of events, so I couldn't take action?"

"Maybe because you're neither tall nor old to be in those situations?"

"Or maybe it's because you're fearing the beast inside me" he said puffing his chest a bit

I scoffed at him and said in a scared mocking sound "Oh my Fawzan! I'll literally wet my pants if you do that! Oh gosh!"

"So you know, I ha-"

"Would the two of you just shut up?" Said to the both of us.

"Why? Aren't mouths created to talk?" Fawzan said and Farris got that annoyed face

"What are you doing by the way? You were on your phone since we got up here" I said

"Maybe he is texting his girlfriend or something" Fawzan said and Farris reacted to that

"What!? No! I'm not talking to any girl! I was just arguing with Nathan about when would be the official time of our training days" he practically yelled at us.

"Are you done now? Cuz I really want to sleep guys, go to your rooms and talk to whoever you want" I said sleepily.

Farris stood up and walked to the door. But before he got out he said

"Put it in your head guys, I talk to no girl, like no girl" and with that he closed the door.

"Why is he being like we just unleashed his secret? " Fawzan asked me

"I think that maybe there is a girl on his mind that made him like this" I said

"NO girl!!" I heard Farris yell from his room.

"Yup there is" Fawzan said and went out of my room

I sat up right from my position and got on my feet. I felt a little dizzy, probably because I was upside down this whole time.

I stretched very unwomanly, thank God no one's watching, and went to my bathroom, brushed my teeth, got out and jumped on my softy queen sized bed.

Dreams, take me to a my wonderland

"~~~~"

The sunlight shone from my window and almost blinded my eyes, I rubbed my eyes and reached out for my phone to see what time it is:

6:30 am

Hm....not bad

I sat on my bed, did some streches and head to the bathroom, stripped from my clothes and hopped in the shower, and had a long, warm and a bubbly bath.

After I got out of the bathroom I went to my closet to choose what to wear. But there is a problem,

My clothes are scattered in and out of the closet as if a tornado had strike it.

But somehow after a little while, I found a red and black stripped knee length skirt, a white blouse, and and a red hijab

Nice? Not? Well give me some advice then...

I lay them on my bed and went to where my accessories and makeup were. I sat down on my chair and started to do my makeup.

I went with a bit of mascara, a hint of red blush on my cheeks and lip balm.

Well, my school isn't friendly with makeup.

After I put on my clothes and chose a simple necklace for today's outfit, I went downstairs and head to the kitchen.

I wasn't surprised to see mom cooking breakfast for the family. As soon as I got in the kitchen, I saw her cracking eggs and stirring them.

My mom is a morning person. She wakes up before all of us even if it is a Saturday or a Sunday. On the other hand, there's dad, who is totally not a morning person, there was even a time we woke him up by hitting the spatula on a pan and singing loudly. I think it's because of the late night work he has, since he is a businessman.

"Hey sweetie, did you sleep well?" She said not even looking back to see who it was.

"Hey mom," I said walking towards her and kissing her cheek, earning a smile.

"Yeah mom I slept well, do you want some help?" I asked her as I answered to her previous question.

She looked at me with a warm smile on her face, "I'd really appreciate it Newal"

"I'll take over the pancakes and make tea and coffee while you can finish the eggs" I said and soon we started making breakfast.

After sometime of cooking, mom and i were serving them on the table then my two brothers came in to the kitchen like walking deads.

"Good morning dear brothers, I hope you came here to take in the veiw of this delicious food and the very savory and delightful aroma of it" I said in a very sweet voice.

"What do you mean?" Fawzan asked me.

"What a good question, Fawzan! I mean that none of you will touch the food before getting ready."

"But it's your fault! Who told you to make the smell of the food wake us up?" Farris said

"Oh, my apologies. I told it to go and wake you up so that you could come here like you never smelled food before"

Sometimes, these two act like total kids.

"Your sister is right you two. Go upstairs and get ready as your sister did. See, she even woke up before you and got ready. Learn from her" mom said while I gave them both a winning smirk.

Even without any effort, I could be the eldest one.

"~~~~"

"Come on Newal! You can't hide in there forever, either you'll be dead or threatened by him nothing else!" Nadely shouts from the other side of the toilet door.

"Oh really? You see my dead as nothing else? Thank you but I'm really good in here"

Wondering why Nadely and I were bickering like this?

Do you remember the guy that I told you about? The guy I had a crush on since high school? The guy who hates me but I like him? The guy I never had the courage to talk to? The guy who is named by Rayan Elias?

Yup, I did the most stupidest thing on earth (maybe I'm being a bit drama queen).

When my stupid self was walking through the school halls to get to my class while holding my open bottle full of hot tea(I love tea so much that sometimes I sneak it in the school), Ryan was also on the same way as I was going, he didn't see me, neither did I.

Well to be honest, it wasn't my fault entirely. Because he was the one who was running to somewhere and ended up by bumping into me. So it resulted all of the tea spilled all over his chest, his hard and well structured chest.

That wasn't what made me scared , but rather than yelling in pain because of the hottness of the tea, he was glaring daggers on me looking lile he was about to kill me any second.

So, I did what any other student would do,

I squeaked a "shit, sorry" and ran through the sea of students and straight to the girls toilet. As soon as I got here, I got into one of the doors and locked myself in.

Then after about five minutes later, Nadely came in and here we are, arguing about me getting out.

"No, but come on! You'll not be stuck here forever Newal, so the sooner the better"

"Nad, I swear you just say this because if you were in my position you'd piss your pants when you see how the hell he was glaring at me"

"Newal, do you want to skip classes?" She asked me

I shook my head. Realizing she couldn't she me I said "No"

"THEN LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE BEFORE I BREAK THIS DOOR!" She shouted and that made me startle a little.

"Would you promise me to protect me if he started to attack?" I asked her knowing her answer would be a 'No'

I heard her sigh following with,

"Alright. Now come and let's go to our classes"

I slowly unlocked the door, and when I peeped my head out, I saw a very annoyed Nadely.

"Very good, now let's get the hell out of here, it stinks" She said wrinkling her nose.

"Are you sure you're capable of protecting me?" I asked her while we got out of the toilet.

"If I can't then all I have to do is shout for Nathan" She said while shrugging her shoulders

"Yeah, I forgot he's your knight in shining armour,isn't he"

She gave me a small smile with a hint of blush on her cheeks.

"Aww, is Nad blushing?" I said while laughing.

The halls were almost empty when we were walking through it.

"Shut up" She said and continued walking to our class, Maths, which is the total opposite of where we were.

"So..." Nadely trailed off.

"So..." I copied her. When I turned my head to look at her she was playing with the hem of her over sized t-shirt and looked a little zoned off and nervous.

"I was wondering... when would you have a boyfriend? I mean, we never talked about it you know...." She asked me with a serious/nervous look on her face.

I was totally stunned, how could this question pop into her head? I mean, she never asked me these kind of questions, and I never asked myself too.

"I don't know, Nad. I think it's because I couldn't find the right one, or because of my religon or because I-"

"Never met a hot guy like me?"