Chapter 4

I felt ice cold chills run through my spine. But I wasn't sure if

it was because my crush just spoke to us or if it was just the way he spoke dangerously.

Well, what a bitter sweet moment you are in Newal. My subconscious mocked me,

Oh shut up, it's not the time for you to butt in.

I turned to my right to look at Nadely, her expression is as if she seen a crazy manic person who was coming towards her with a dagger.

Pfft, I knew this was coming...

I slowly turned around, very slowly and cautiously, as if the person behind me is holding a weapon.

Oh my God.... what if he has a weapon?! I don't even know how to defend myself from a cat! Let alone a strong boy with a weapon.

When I slowly glanced towards him, I was nearly knocked out of breath.

The soaked t-shirt that he wore earlier was gone, leaving him only in his very thin looking tank top, tht clinged onto him in a very sexy way.

Oh my god.... what am I saying?

His piercing green eyes that are now almost black, are looking at me as if he would do the unexpected, and it made me just stand still, frozen and scared as hell for what he would be doing.

Nadely beside me recovered from her fear and stepped a small step to him.

I held her arm and whispered furiously beside her ear Are you crazy?" But she just nudged me and went to him

"Listen here buddy, I know that this girl over here did spill some very hot tea on you-"

"Nad!"

"-but the thing you should know here is that you won't even touch a strand of her hair, let alone hurt her" She finished and to be honest, I didnt thought she would have the urge to say this.

Well, Nadely is Nadely

Ryan came towards us slowly, until he is a few inches away from me, totally ignoring Nadely's outburst.

He looked at me, from the top of my hijab to my tip of my shoes, then locked his eyes with mine and said

"I won't waste my time with you again so better hear me well," he started very slowly, 8dangerously, making fear overtake my whole body making me shiver a little, and of course noticed by him making him sneer at me

"If you think this silly accidents will make me fall for you," he waved his index finger left and right in front of my face, "think again cuz you are such a silly, and you are as stupid as your brother. I never insulted a girl, but you are a special one,"

With that, he backed away, leaving me heartbroken, sad and angry with all those words he said. But he wasn't done, before he took the right corner that led to the main hallway, he turned to me and said

"Don't you dare come near me again" his voice was full of acrimony and hatred.

"~~~~"

"You know I'm not a mind reader or anything to know what is up with you right?" My twin brother asked me with a face full of concern and a hint of sarcasm in his gray-green that is now dark eyes.

After the cruel and cold words Ryan rained and hit me with, Nad literally dragged me from the spot I was rooted at. She kept cursing him and telling me what a waste of time he was. But I just couldn't register what she was saying.

I know what most of you might call me, that I'm such a drama queen and that I'm a Muslim and shouldn't situate myself into these stuff. But it stings, because in my heart there was a very small and slight hope that he would like me just the way I did. Not even like but care for what I felt and respected it. Because for a very long time, I just liked him, liked the way he walked, talked, and even I really liked the way he eats-I know, such a creep- But he never looked at me twice, he just saw me as his friend's sister, nothing else.

They say that after 4 months of having a crush on someone, it turns out to be love. And by thinking a lot about someone means they are thinking about you too. Could he be caring and loving? Or even just respect me or befriend me?

But he just showed me how in the world he is such a cold-hearted boy.

And now here I am, in a small coffee shop with my brothers and my best friend, barely drinking or eating my cappuccino and crossiant.

"Nadely, at least you can talk right? What happened so we can kick the ass of who did this to her" Fawzan begged Nadely to speak up but kept he mouth clamped shut.

"No you will not Fawzan, if anything you would cheer me up like a cheerleader when I do that" Farris boasts and puffs his chest a little.

"Oh holy Farris, bless us with your protection from the evil, Oh holy Farris" Fawzan mocked and bowed back and forth from his chair, his hands half streched in front of him.

"No need, no need, " Farris spoke, his ego getting bigger with every word falling from Fawzan's lips.

Their arguing about who will slosh the one who hurt me me a chuckle escape from my lips, which my action was noticed by the three of them.

"Yay! We made her laugh" Fawzan said happily jumping up and down, making me laugh.

"Actually, I am the one who made her laugh" Farris said, pointing his thing across his chest.

"Here we go again.." Nadely mattered under her breath.

"To be honest, both of you made me laugh so drop the bickering." I said trying to make them stop this pointless argument.

Whenever Farris and Fawzan starts arguing about something, even if it is such a silly thing, none of them will stop untill one of them wins and then proceed to mocking each other, which usually ends up them fighting.

"So....won't you tell us what or who bothered you?"

I fiddled with the hem of my white blouse, looking down at my lap, not ready to tell my brothers that he slipped the little hope I had in me, that he broke my heart, while nothing ever happened between us.

Nad looked at me, silently asking me if she should tell them. Part of me wanted to tell them by myself, but the coward and craven part of me won, making me slightly nod at her to go ahead and tell them.

When she told them about me spilling the tea, both of them laughed, which I shushed them. Then when she told them about his harsh words, both of them were angry, especially Farris, since they were friends. Finally the look they have me was full of pure concern and sympathy.

"Wow, how dare he even walk to you? You apologized well right?" Farris asked

"Well," I started "I was Kind of stuttering, I guess...but I was in full shock so I didn't hear or thought of what I said to him" I said with a hint of anger saying the last word.

"You know, I'm really sad because I, Fawzan Sherif, am not in the school with you guys" he said, making the three of us roll our eyes at him.

"But Newal, why didn't you even call us? The boys? We could have helped you as we did with that dickhead" Farris said

I reached out and smacked his head, for using a bad word in front of Fawzan.

"What the hell?" He yelled, earning another greater smack from me.

"Oops, there was something on top of your head" I said shrugging one of my shoulders.

He glared at me, while I was smiling innocently at him. He seriously had no idea how I hate it when he says those bad words in front of Fawzan, even though he is 2 year younger. He was about to say something but Nadely quickly interrupted him,

"Guys, it getting pretty late, I think it's better to continue this conversation tomorrow?"

"No, I just want to know why you girls didn't call us?" Farris asked with an annoyed expression.

What?

"What do you mean by why didn't you call us?" I asked being annoyed myself by his question.

Who does he think he is? I mean, I know he is my brother and he wants to protect me, but that doesn't mean I will run to him and cry on his shoulder whenever something happened to me, I am capable of carrying my problems. What happened today broke my hope that was there years ago, and it was painful. I just couldn't wipe the frown off my face and needed to tell someone, not fight for me, just understand me.

"I mean that you should've called us, or at least me to come and help you since I know what pisses him off and besides, you are fragile for his harsh words, since you are a girl" he says, my brother just said this, that I a, fragile because I am a...girl? This triggers my anger, how could he even put 'you are a girl so you couldn't' out so openly on the table? Oh my, he is such a wanky dumbass

"I mean, no offense but-"

"Non taken brother, non taken" I cut him off and stood up, grabbing my backpack and heading to the exit. I stop and turn my head, watching Nadely haven't moved,

"You coming?" I ask her

Seeming like she woke up from her daydream, she abruptly stood up, slinged her backpack and grabbed her jacket from the chair, coming towards me.

"You aren't being serouis now, are you?" I heard Farris say and soon he grabbed my arm, I quickly make him let go of me, Little harshly.

"Yes I am!," I yelled, not caring of the amount of people watching us.

"Do you know how much it stings being told that I can't do a thing because I am a girl? Especially by you? Of course you don't! Since you are the man here right?"

I mockingly patted his arm and shook it a little.

You made me so mad by just a few words that came out of your manly mouth. You know what Farris? I don't need you anymore in whatever thing happens to me, I can handle it my own" I said and when I looked behind him, I saw Farris with a very deep frown on his face. I gave him an apologetic smile and he nodded at me, easing his frown and smiling a bit at me.

With that Nadely and I left the place, thinking of a place we could go.

"So.. where are we going? I mean, I think it's better to come to my place and chill there?" Nadely spoke, sounding unsure about what I was about to say to her.

"Yeah, it is better to go to your house since there is probably nowhere we could go" I said, looking up at the almost darkened sky. We spent so much time in the cafe without realising that time flew by fast.