Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 8
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‘Oh my god, stop my stomach is hurting’
I laughed at one of Rafay’s jokes.
‘Come on you haven’t even heard the
punch line yet’. Rafay turned out to be
one of the friendliest people I have ever
met. There was so much life in him. As
soon as I met him in advertising class, I
knew we’d get along and I was right.
‘Shhh the prof is here’ I told him and
turned on my laptop to start writing my
notes.
Rafay was a decent looking guy. He was
tall, had short brown hair, ivory skin and
a kind smile. He was totally the type of
guy Sobia would fall for.
‘Okay I shall continue my story after
class’ He was a goofy guy, but was very
smart. After the class ended we decided
to sit outside near the bleachers since
the weather was nice. October’s sun
was out and it was nice and warm. All
the leaves were stripped down from the
trees and now were making a crunchy
sound beneath our feet as we walked
across the field to find a nice calm area
to sit.
‘Okay let’s get this started’ I pulled out all
of my previous notes and handed to
him.
‘You can use my notes to catch up with
all the work you missed.’ I offered him
my notes and he began jotting down all
the key concepts into his notebook.
While Rafay was taking notes, he told me
about his family, his mother passed
away when he was young, his father
didn’t marry anyone after and raised
him and his young brother all by himself.
I also shared a little about my life, I told
him about my mother, my brother and
my best friend Sobia, but left one very
one person out, my dad. I don’t want to
talk about him with anyone. He wasn’t a
worthy man.
‘Okay all done, thanks Laila’.
‘No problem, I guess you don’t need my
tutoring classes anymore’.
‘No I still need help, besides we can
always work or our class assignments
and stuff together.’
‘You sure? You don’t have to’.
‘I am sure, besides I don’t know anyone
else here’.
‘Okay sounds good, you are actually
smarter than I am so I guess you’ll be
the one tutoring me’ it’s true, Rafay was
always participating in class discussions
and got along with all the professors.
‘I would love to pass down my wisdom
to you’ He laughed.
We packed our stuff and started walking
back inside the college to grab our stuff
from the lockers.
My locker was on the second floor and
his was on third, I insisted on going to
my locker but Rafay insisted in walking
with me to my locker so we could talk
some more. At least now I have one
friend in college.
We made our way to the second floor
and saw Farid and some of his friends
standing close to my lockers. I instantly
felt shy and wished he wouldn’t notice
but I was dead wrong. As soon as I
approached my locker with Rafay,
Farid’s eyes snapped up on both of us.
He was holding one of his many
girlfriends by the waist, I felt disgusted
by him and all the girls who let him use
them like that.
As soon as he saw my face, I think he
could tell I was disgusted because he
instantly let go of the girl and stood up
straight. I turned my back towards him
and continued my conversation with
Rafay who was not bothered with Farids
gang whatsoever.
Rafay and I continued our chit chat, and
I offered to walk with him to his locker
because I was afraid if Rahay leaves me
here on my own, Farid is going to make
some kind of comment to embarrass me
in front of his friends.
The girl who was standing with Farid
was a very beautiful girl; she had
beautiful red hair, tall, had a lot of
cleavage showing and was laughing at
everything he was saying. She was
pretty good looking, but seemed like a
total bimbo. Poor girl, you can do so
much better.
‘What are you thinking about?’ Rafay
interrupted my thoughts as we walked
down to his locker.
‘Nothing, I am just thinking about one of
my assignments that’s all’.
‘Don’t forget to submit your
authorization forms to Mr.Charlie before
you go home’ He reminded me.
‘Oh yes, that’s for reminding me I am
gonna go right now, catch you later.’
Thank god he reminded me or else I
would have missed the last date of
submission.
‘Should I wait for you?’ Rafay yelled from
the back.
‘No that’s okay I will see you tomorrow’
I rushed back downstairs to find
Mr.Charlie before he leaves. Finding his
office was quite easy but the
receptionist told me to wait because he
was busy with other students so I
patiently waited for him in the waiting
room. Meanwhile, I saw Farid and his
crew walking heading out but as soon
as he spotted me in the waiting room,
he stopped and said something to his
friends. He kissed the girl he was with
right in front of his friends passionately,
and the girl didn’t seem to care as well.
Talk about PDA.
I looked down instantly, and took my
phone out to play some games to kill
some time instead. After a while,
Mr.Charlie stepped outside his office
along with a Chinese girl who was
probably my age and her mother. After
the girl and her mother left the office,
Mr.Charlie asked me to come in. I gave
him all the paperwork and my direct
deposit information. After everything
was set, I felt the office.
I was on my way towards the bus stop
when a black Volvo stopped right in
front of me in the parking lot. I didn’t
know who it was, but before I could
even guess, the window in the car rolled
down and I saw none other than Farid.
He was alone in the car. I wonder where
his friends and that “special girl’ was?
He was still looking ahead, not looking at
me. Jeez
I moved around his car and continued
walking. Why does parking lot have to
be so goddamn big? I didn’t reach far
when which I heard him unlock his car
door. I started walking a lot faster, afraid
that he might catch me if I don’t fasten
up the pace.
It took him less than a minute to catch
up with me.
‘Are you ignoring me?’ He asked while
trying to keep up with me.
‘I am talking to you Laila’ Gosh, why is
he so demanding. I am not going to give
in. I didn’t answer any of his worthless
questions and continued on walking. He
was being ridicules.
‘Stop’ He yelled so loudly that a couple of
people near the stop sign turned around
to look us.
‘Stop making a scene’ I finally stopped,
but didn’t look at him.
‘Well I wouldn’t have but you are
pushing me” He snapped.
‘I didn’t push you to do anything Farid’ I
crossed my hands over my chest and
looked bored. Honestly, he has free time
to kill but I had tons of other things to
do.
‘Yes you did, why wouldn’t you talk to
me?’ Again being demanding.
‘Talk to you? About what?’ I laughed
sarcastically.
‘Look at me when I am talking to you’He
crossed his hands over his chest to
mimic my posture and he was so close
that if I turned my head around to look
at him, our faces would be few inches
apart, so I kept looking ahead to avoid
that.
‘I don’t want to talk to you about
anything Farid, can I go now?’ I gave up.
‘Our next session will be tomorrow,
after class. Meet me in cafeteria and we’ll
get started.’ He didn’t even wait for my
response and walked away. Such a
werido.
I got home and called Sobia to see what
she is up to. We talked for hours as
usual and she told me how a lot of
people from Ruba’s birthday party are
now contacting them for cake and
cupcakes orders. At least something
good came out from that night.
I also told her about Rafay and how she
would seriously be into him if she meets
him. I need to make it happen, I
promised myself. Rafay was honestly
such a decent guy, never had a
girlfriend, he is close with his family, no
trouble past, just a simple and single guy
perfect for Sobia.
After eating my veggie burger with
Sabir, we both went to our rooms. Ammi
texted to inform that she’d be running
late because she has got a new client.
There is no need for an argument with
her, even if I tell her not to take any
extra shifts, she would still take it.
Before I switched off my phone, I got a
text from Rafay asking if I got home
safely. Aww.
I replied him back saying that I did and
that my phone was on silent. We texted
back and forth for a while and said our
goodbyes for today. I was in such a
good mood after talking to my old and
new friends and then the ugly truth hit
me hard in the core. Tomorrow I have
my first tuition session with a guy I can’t
stand, the only guy who seems to get on
my nerves without even trying, the one
and only Farid Ibrahim.
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