ALISHA'S P.O.V.

He just left like three hours ago,should I call him?
No that would just be weird. I just saw him thirty minutes ago.

I didn't want him to think I was obsessed with him, because,I wasn't.

Sure you're not...

Since today Saturday, I didn't really have anything to do so I just wanted to sit down on the couch and binge watch Tashan-e-ishq(fire and ice) eating a tub of cookie dough ice cream.

I always loved soap operas because my life was void of any drama I got to see what drama was like through them.

The romance, the suspense and mostly the love in them.
I know they're just films for entertainment but I like to see the deeper meanings and learn from them.

The pure honest relationships that just warm my heart and all the small gestures that make me go 'awwwwwn' all the time.

It kinda makes me wonder what it would be like if my life was one.

Me and my supposed boyfriend would hold hands and hug and talk just about anything.

I was snapped out of my thoughts and my 'awwwwn'-ing when the bell at the gate rang so I stood up to get it.

I got outside to the gate and opened to see who it was.

I opened the people sized part of the gate a crack.

To my surprise, it was Jayden.

I couldn't contain my smile.

He was standing there wearing grey sweat pants,a navy blue T-shirt and some FILA palms for guys, the kind that had only one strap across the top part of his feet.

"Hey,again."he said, running his hands through his hair and smiling.

"Hey, come in."I said opening the gate and back at him.

He came in through the gate and I stayed behind him to lock the gate.

We went into the house and I closed the door behind us.

By the time I turned back from the door he was already on the couch, taking a spoon of my ice cream tub.

I shot him a glare.
"What?"he was giving me his innocent face.

"Didn't they ever tell you not to take a girls dairy delights from her?"

"Well it depends on who you refer to as 'they'."he said,taking another spoon of my ice cream.

I shook my head and sat beside him on the couch criss crossing my legs on it facing the TV.

"What are you doing here anyway?"I said as I took the spoon from him and took ice cream from the tub.

"Can't a guy just visit his friend in her house?"He asked sheepishly.

I felt warmth spread around in my chest at the mention of the word 'friend'.

We were friends.

"How can you watch this shit?it's just a bunch of idiots holding hands then bursting into songs about holding hands." He rasped.

"It takes an idiot to know an idiot."I mused.

He was wide eyed staring at me.

"Did you just call me an idiot?"
"I don't know. Idiot."I said mischievously feigning innocence.

"I'll show you just how much an idiot I can really be."He said, a wicked gleam in his eyes and a mischief laced in his voice.

Gulp...

He got up , hovering over me since he was incredibly tall.

He was giving me a wicked smirk.

What have I gotten myself into...

He brought his hands to my stomach and started tickling me.

I was laughing so hard trying to get his hands off me.

I got up and ran, he followed me,still chasing me.

I ran upstairs into my room laughing and he followed me.

I hastily opened my room door in a futile attempt to get away from him.

He ended up catching up to me,not that there was much distance, but still.
He was still tickling me and I couldn't breathe.
Not that I minded, It was a nice excuse for him to touch me.

"Jayden,okay,you've proved your point."I said,the inner fan girl in me squealing,  begging for him to continue.

I took a pillow and continuously whacked him with it,hard.

When I wasn't looking, he took another pillow from my bed and whacked me as well.

Eventually,the seams in our pillows gave out and feathers  were flying everywhere.

They were in his hair and he looked so cute smiling, a smile that reached his eyes.

His blue eyes were shining with happiness.

I'm sure I looked just as ridiculous as he did as I also had feathers in my hair.
I ruffled his hair.

He ruffled mine as well and we were both sporting the brightest of smiles.

JAYDEN'S P.O.V.

Today was quickly turning to one of the best days of my life.

I was at home at home just waking up from my short two hour nap and went for a shower.

I missed Alisha.

I didn't want to call her, calling her wouldn't do.

I wanted to see her and since she finally decided that were friends now,I was okay with that for now. A little disappointed, but okay.

I came out from the shower , put on some clothes and left for Alisha's.

I was happy to see her again even though I just saw her three hours ago.

I pulled up in front of her house , came out of my car and rang the gate bell.

The gate opened and she was standing there I forgot how to speak and my heart was working double time.

Nervous, racking my brain for what to say to her.

"Hey, again."I said smiling at her.

"Hey,come in."She looked happy to see me. I was happy to see her too.

I followed her inside and sat down on the couch while she was closing the door and quickly saw the tub of cookie dough ice cream.

Suddenly in the mood for a little fight,I took spoons of the ice cream, making sure she saw me as she turned around.
She shot me a death glare.

"What?"I asked trying to sound as innocent as I could.

She said something about not taking a girls 'dairy delight' from her.

I annoyed her even more and she smiled, shaking her head before coming to sit beside me on the couch crossing her legs on the couch.

I made a comment about the stupid show she was watching where the boy was following the girl around and singing to her because she was upset and somehow ever one in the market knew the song he was singing and danced along to it.

Idiots...

I made a comment about it and she teased me.

"I'll show you."

I gave her a mischievous smirk and tickled her. She was laughing and gasping for air.

She quickly got up and ran upstairs,laughing. I ran after her laughing as well.

I kept a small distance between us and so that she would think that she had gotten away from me.

She ran into her room,I followed.
I entered the room and continued tickling her.

This was a great excuse to touch her though.

"Jayden,okay, okay, you've proved your point."She said laughing and gasping for air at the same time.

I love the way my name sounded when she said it.

She took a pillow and whacked me with it and I did as well.

The pillows burst open and feathers were every where.

She looked so beautiful with the feathers all floating around, even in her hair.

She looked happy, care free and confident.

Different from the Alisha in school who can't defend herself.

Not that I didn't like all sides of her, or at least the sides I've been able to see and I admire so much but,I just wish she could see the beautiful part of herself that I see.

The part of her that stole my heart.

She ruffled my hair and out of lack of what else to do and wanting to keep this playful mood going,I ruffled hers too.

We were both grinning like loons.

In this moment, I had the chance to fully appreciate her beauty.

She was truly beautiful,to say the least.

When she caught me staring at her and I reluctantly moved my eyes from her to the room.

Her room was amazing. When she said blue was her favourite colour, she wasn't kidding because most of the things in her room were one shade of blue to the other.

The walls were a sky blue and the pillows were in cobalt blue and some in white,the sheets were a royal blue as well.

Even the night stand was a wooden pale blue one.

She had a huge TV on the wall across the bed,everything complimented everything and it was perfect.

She had a few accessories of other colours, mostly purple and a few red ones too.

She had a book shelf that had over a hundred books which I'm sure she had finished off.

A desk sat at the far end of the room, on the left side.

There were words painted on her walls of inspirational messages,one said 'Be yourself and no one else'.

Another said 'In the midst of the storm,he is there so you should keep calm and know that there is a God that created you. He knows your every need and will provide each and every single one of them. He will not leave you, nor will he forsake you so keep your faith in him'.

Another said 'In the time of troubles, be yourself and keep your faith'.
On her night stand, there was a picture frame of their family.

A dark,tall man with brown eyes and glasses,supposedly African who I presumed to be her father with his arm around a slightly tall,curvy white woman with beautiful green eyes the same shade as Alisha's, probably Canadian and then I had no doubt that she was Alisha's mom.

Beside them, were two young girls both mixed one with green eyes and the other with brown eyes, both with full pink lips. One older and one younger.

I instantly recognized the one with those mesmerizing green eyes as my beautiful Alisha.

They looked so happy with bright smiles on their faces.

Then what happened all of a sudden?

The other day,she said that they weren't here in Canada, they were in Nigeria.

She said that they had other priorities and she wasn't one of them.

From the picture I could see they were a happy family at a time and I also understand that it would take some time before she was ready to share more with me and I would wait till she was ready to tell me.

I wanted to share every part of her,her happiness,her sadness, her anger and if I could take away all her problems in a heartbeat,I would.

I was curious to know what happened. It wasn't like I wouldn't ask ,I would but I wouldn't pressure her to tell me what she wasn't ready to.

A\N:

Jayden and Alisha sitting in a tree........

This chapter gave me so many feels...
They are so cute😊😊😊

So now you guys know about my love for fire and ice.....
*insert fan girl squeal here*

SERIOUS?!

What do you guys think happened to Alisha's once happy family and what could have been so terrible that caused them to leave Alisha and go to Nigeria with her little sister?....

That's right, our dear shy, soft spoken Alisha has a younger sister.. 😂😂😂😂😂

Jayden isn't the perfect boy but these small gestures, genuinely portrayed to show love in even just the smallest of ways is heart warming. 😆😊 That's a picture of what I think is closest to what Jayden looks like.

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