Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 7
I woke up and got ready to go to the
library. I made no effort in my outfit
today, simply grabbed my denim jacket
and threw it over my long black jersey
dress and paired it with green hijab. I
didn’t tell Sabir about going to the
library because if he finds out that I will
be tutoring Farid, he will sure tell Ammi
about what happened in the parking lot
and she wouldn’t let me take this job.
I took my phone my texted Farid before
I left home to see if he is in the library.
L: Hello, are you at the library?
F: Here
L: Okay I am on my way
F: K
Ammi and Sabir were both outside so I
locked up the house, took the keys and
went to library. The buses were on time
for once, and as a regular bus commuter
I couldn’t be happier.
Finding the library in a small town
downtown was harder than I expected.
I have never been to this side of town
before. As soon as I got off the bus, I
could spot small shops spread across
the busy lanes. Before I went searching
for the library, I saw a cute little café and
decided to pick up an Americano. It
tasted blissful. After asking couple of
cool hipster kids who were sitting on
the front porch of some raw vegan
restaurant, I finally found my way to the
library.
The library was huge, it had four
massive floors and each floor had insane
gothic architecture. Instead of hunting
down this idiot, I gave myself a break
and sat close to the windows behind the
bookshelves to enjoy my delicious cup of
coffee. I texted him again to inform him
that I was here.
It didn’t take him long to find me but he
wasn’t alone, his sister was with
him…what was her name again? Ruba or
something? Anyways she instantly
recognized me and ran towards me.
‘Hello, I know you’ She said cheerfully
and took a seat right next to me.
‘Hi, I know you too’ I smiled at her.
Farid took a seat right across from me,
his arms were crossed and he learned
back as if this is the last place he wants
to be at and trust me he wasn’t the only
one. But if he had so many problems
with me, then why did he agree to this
when Mr.Charlie asked him about me
tutoring him. He should have just said
no.
Without wasting anymore time, I
opened up my bag and reached for the
authorization forms and a pen and
pushed it forward to him.
‘Here you go’ I said calmly.
‘Well what is it’ He was clearly here to
laugh at my misery.
‘Well I will be tutoring you for Project
Management course and these here are
some of the papers that need to be
submitted before we start.’ I looked at
him and saw him smiling. Of course, he
knows how it works.
He kept smiling; I hated his perfect
dimply smile.
‘Why are you smiling like that, sign the
papers I have to go somewhere’ I said
annoyingly.
‘Oh so you do have a life outside of
college?’ He leaned forward and I could
smell the strong musky cologne he was
wearing.
He was dressed well, as always. Farid
was wearing light blue denim and had a
gray knitted sweater on. For a guy who
was wearing street style clothing, he did
clean up quite well.
‘Still with me?’ He snapped his fingers to
get me back to my sense. Was I just
admiring him just now? No, I wasn’t I
was simply just looking at the material
of his clothes.
‘Yh, there was a bug on your sweater
so…’ I told him, looking away. Girl get it
together.
‘Riiighht, okay so let’s sign this shall we’
He grabbed the pen and read each page
carefully before signing it off. While he
was doing that, I went back to talking to
Ruba. She was a sweet girl, were they
real siblings? because something is not
right with Farid’s DNA. Both of them are
so unalike. Where Ruba is cheerful,
sweet and warm, Farid is sarcastic, rude
and cold.
‘Here all done.’ Farid finished signing all
the papers and I also signed the last
page of the contract. It was all signed
and sealed.
I put all the paperwork inside my bag
and before I could excuse myself, Ruba
asked me to recommend some books
for her to read. I usually can’t keep up
with conversations for too long but if
someone asks me about books, I can
happily stay back and talk for hours and
hours. I asked Farid if I could show her
some of the books and he actually let
me.
Ruba followed me around the library
and I was having such a good time with
her. After spending an hour or so
looking for books, we finally found three
books and I took her back to table
where we were sitting earlier. Farid was
still there, browsing on his phone.
‘Done?’ He asked his little sister.
‘Yup, we found three books. Thanks
Laila’ Ruba gave me a hug and I
returned it back happily. I saw Farid
looking at me and even when I looked
back at him, he didn’t move his eyes
from me.
I let go of Ruba, and she went back to
the checkout area at the front to sign
out the books, leaving me behind. It was
just Farid and I now; there was no one
else in sight since we were in the back
of the library so I turned around to leave
as soon as possible.
‘Hey’ Farid got up from his chair quickly
and walked towards me to block my
way.
‘Yeah?’ We were both standing between
the two bookshelves.
‘I could give you a ride’ He offered me;
he was obviously up to something.
‘It’s okay’ I tried to move away but he
didn’t budge and kept blocking my way.
‘You know what this means right?’ He
asked me leaning forward.
I kept moving back until my back hit one
of the book shelves. Farid placed his
hands on both sides of the shelf, and
now I am trapped.
‘What?’ I didn’t realize my voice was
shaking until I heard my own voice.
‘Hmm’ He kept coming closer. I placed
my hand on his chest to keep the
distance but it didn’t make any
difference.
‘What do you want Farid?’ I kept my
voice sturdy this time but still avoided
making an eye contact with him.
‘Look at me’ He demanded. What was
wrong with him honestly? I raised my
head and looked at him, didn’t realize I
was crying.
‘That’s why you agreed to this right
Farid? You are enjoying this? Does this
make you happy? Look I am a simple
girl, I can’t keep up with your games
and tricks. I know I shouldn’t have
slapped you that day and I know you are
doing this to get back to me so if you
want me to apologize I will. I am so…’
Farid stopped me just as I was about to
say sorry, he placed his hand on my
mouth and just kept looking.
I didn’t realize I was still holding his
shirt until I heard Ruba’s voice from the
behind. She was looking for him. I
pushed him back and this time it
worked. Before it gets any worse I took
off and went straight out outside the
library, breathing hard.
Whatever happened between us will not
happen again. He wasn’t a nice guy, he
screamed trouble and I knew it the first
time I saw him but no matter how much
I try to stay away from him, the more I
end up seeing him.
I reached home and there was still no
sign of Ammi and Sabir, I guess they
went to pick up some grocery. I went to
the bathroom and took a relaxing
shower, blow dried my hair and opened
up my laptop to see I got any emails.
There were a couple of emails from my
college, different stores offering their
discount sales, and one was from Rafay
Khan, my advertising student. I clicked
on the email and it said:
Hello Laila,
Thank you for your email. We can meet
tomorrow if that works for you. I was
going over the class list and I saw your
name, we have advertising class
together, I was away for the first few
weeks that’s why I need some help to
catch up.
I will be waiting for your response. My
phone number is in the authorization
form, just contact me through texts.
Best Regards
Rafay
He sounded professional which I
appreciated. I grabbed my phone and
sent him a text confirming to meet him
after class to get the paperwork signed.
I was about to call Sobia after finishing
dinner, but I realized that it might be too
late. It was 10 pm but unlike me, Sobia
was an early rise which meant that she
went to bed early.
So I killed some more time watching The
Walking Dead series and called it a day.
Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 7
I woke up and got ready to go to the
library. I made no effort in my outfit
today, simply grabbed my denim jacket
and threw it over my long black jersey
dress and paired it with green hijab. I
didn’t tell Sabir about going to the
library because if he finds out that I will
be tutoring Farid, he will sure tell Ammi
about what happened in the parking lot
and she wouldn’t let me take this job.
I took my phone my texted Farid before
I left home to see if he is in the library.
L: Hello, are you at the library?
F: Here
L: Okay I am on my way
F: K
Ammi and Sabir were both outside so I
locked up the house, took the keys and
went to library. The buses were on time
for once, and as a regular bus commuter
I couldn’t be happier.
Finding the library in a small town
downtown was harder than I expected.
I have never been to this side of town
before. As soon as I got off the bus, I
could spot small shops spread across
the busy lanes. Before I went searching
for the library, I saw a cute little café and
decided to pick up an Americano. It
tasted blissful. After asking couple of
cool hipster kids who were sitting on
the front porch of some raw vegan
restaurant, I finally found my way to the
library.
The library was huge, it had four
massive floors and each floor had insane
gothic architecture. Instead of hunting
down this idiot, I gave myself a break
and sat close to the windows behind the
bookshelves to enjoy my delicious cup of
coffee. I texted him again to inform him
that I was here.
It didn’t take him long to find me but he
wasn’t alone, his sister was with
him…what was her name again? Ruba or
something? Anyways she instantly
recognized me and ran towards me.
‘Hello, I know you’ She said cheerfully
and took a seat right next to me.
‘Hi, I know you too’ I smiled at her.
Farid took a seat right across from me,
his arms were crossed and he learned
back as if this is the last place he wants
to be at and trust me he wasn’t the only
one. But if he had so many problems
with me, then why did he agree to this
when Mr.Charlie asked him about me
tutoring him. He should have just said
no.
Without wasting anymore time, I
opened up my bag and reached for the
authorization forms and a pen and
pushed it forward to him.
‘Here you go’ I said calmly.
‘Well what is it’ He was clearly here to
laugh at my misery.
‘Well I will be tutoring you for Project
Management course and these here are
some of the papers that need to be
submitted before we start.’ I looked at
him and saw him smiling. Of course, he
knows how it works.
He kept smiling; I hated his perfect
dimply smile.
‘Why are you smiling like that, sign the
papers I have to go somewhere’ I said
annoyingly.
‘Oh so you do have a life outside of
college?’ He leaned forward and I could
smell the strong musky cologne he was
wearing.
He was dressed well, as always. Farid
was wearing light blue denim and had a
gray knitted sweater on. For a guy who
was wearing street style clothing, he did
clean up quite well.
‘Still with me?’ He snapped his fingers to
get me back to my sense. Was I just
admiring him just now? No, I wasn’t I
was simply just looking at the material
of his clothes.
‘Yh, there was a bug on your sweater
so…’ I told him, looking away. Girl get it
together.
‘Riiighht, okay so let’s sign this shall we’
He grabbed the pen and read each page
carefully before signing it off. While he
was doing that, I went back to talking to
Ruba. She was a sweet girl, were they
real siblings? because something is not
right with Farid’s DNA. Both of them are
so unalike. Where Ruba is cheerful,
sweet and warm, Farid is sarcastic, rude
and cold.
‘Here all done.’ Farid finished signing all
the papers and I also signed the last
page of the contract. It was all signed
and sealed.
I put all the paperwork inside my bag
and before I could excuse myself, Ruba
asked me to recommend some books
for her to read. I usually can’t keep up
with conversations for too long but if
someone asks me about books, I can
happily stay back and talk for hours and
hours. I asked Farid if I could show her
some of the books and he actually let
me.
Ruba followed me around the library
and I was having such a good time with
her. After spending an hour or so
looking for books, we finally found three
books and I took her back to table
where we were sitting earlier. Farid was
still there, browsing on his phone.
‘Done?’ He asked his little sister.
‘Yup, we found three books. Thanks
Laila’ Ruba gave me a hug and I
returned it back happily. I saw Farid
looking at me and even when I looked
back at him, he didn’t move his eyes
from me.
I let go of Ruba, and she went back to
the checkout area at the front to sign
out the books, leaving me behind. It was
just Farid and I now; there was no one
else in sight since we were in the back
of the library so I turned around to leave
as soon as possible.
‘Hey’ Farid got up from his chair quickly
and walked towards me to block my
way.
‘Yeah?’ We were both standing between
the two bookshelves.
‘I could give you a ride’ He offered me;
he was obviously up to something.
‘It’s okay’ I tried to move away but he
didn’t budge and kept blocking my way.
‘You know what this means right?’ He
asked me leaning forward.
I kept moving back until my back hit one
of the book shelves. Farid placed his
hands on both sides of the shelf, and
now I am trapped.
‘What?’ I didn’t realize my voice was
shaking until I heard my own voice.
‘Hmm’ He kept coming closer. I placed
my hand on his chest to keep the
distance but it didn’t make any
difference.
‘What do you want Farid?’ I kept my
voice sturdy this time but still avoided
making an eye contact with him.
‘Look at me’ He demanded. What was
wrong with him honestly? I raised my
head and looked at him, didn’t realize I
was crying.
‘That’s why you agreed to this right
Farid? You are enjoying this? Does this
make you happy? Look I am a simple
girl, I can’t keep up with your games
and tricks. I know I shouldn’t have
slapped you that day and I know you are
doing this to get back to me so if you
want me to apologize I will. I am so…’
Farid stopped me just as I was about to
say sorry, he placed his hand on my
mouth and just kept looking.
I didn’t realize I was still holding his
shirt until I heard Ruba’s voice from the
behind. She was looking for him. I
pushed him back and this time it
worked. Before it gets any worse I took
off and went straight out outside the
library, breathing hard.
Whatever happened between us will not
happen again. He wasn’t a nice guy, he
screamed trouble and I knew it the first
time I saw him but no matter how much
I try to stay away from him, the more I
end up seeing him.
I reached home and there was still no
sign of Ammi and Sabir, I guess they
went to pick up some grocery. I went to
the bathroom and took a relaxing
shower, blow dried my hair and opened
up my laptop to see I got any emails.
There were a couple of emails from my
college, different stores offering their
discount sales, and one was from Rafay
Khan, my advertising student. I clicked
on the email and it said:
Hello Laila,
Thank you for your email. We can meet
tomorrow if that works for you. I was
going over the class list and I saw your
name, we have advertising class
together, I was away for the first few
weeks that’s why I need some help to
catch up.
I will be waiting for your response. My
phone number is in the authorization
form, just contact me through texts.
Best Regards
Rafay
He sounded professional which I
appreciated. I grabbed my phone and
sent him a text confirming to meet him
after class to get the paperwork signed.
I was about to call Sobia after finishing
dinner, but I realized that it might be too
late. It was 10 pm but unlike me, Sobia
was an early rise which meant that she
went to bed early.
So I killed some more time watching The
Walking Dead series and called it a day.
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