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"You're walking out on me ? I just told you-"

"How the hell is that my problem?" I asked as I turned around to face the two idiots.

"Excuse me?" Hammad asked reducing his eye to slits and furrowing his brows. Nigga ain't no body scared of you!

Kabir put his hand on his friend's shoulder in attempt to calm him down. What was he getting angry for? He felt like canceling his wedding, that's on him! I don't care. I don't even know how to feel about it.

Why on earth will he cancel...aghhh!!! They flinched as I screamed. What about the bride, and Maryam? Well what do I care about the bride but what will Maryam say? Or think Especially when she finds out he ditched her cousin and is here in my house?

"I canceled the wedding so we could have the chance to talk" Hammad said. I want to laugh so bad right now but I don't. Talk about what? Why?

"Talk about what? Hammad its been years! I was a kid then, I've moved on and you don't, you don't cancel your wedding! Its just not done!" I almost yelled. He's getting me all worked up, I need to sit down. So I hopped to the chair farthest from them.

"But I don't want her!"

"Then why the hell were you about to marry her? How do you think Aisha feels right now? You've humiliated her Hammad. In the worst way possible! How am I sure you won't do the same to me if I agree with you? Besides,  I'm not your type remember?"

"I-I" I laughed. Yeah I thought so

"I was stupid back then and I apologized a million fucking times!" So this guy comes to my house and begins to yell at me for the something he did? How glorious.

"Baby if you could just-" Kabir tried to speak but I stopped him.

"Kabir, I can't do this right now. Like at all! So please get you and you friend out of my house" I say. Hammad was red with anger. What exactly was he angry about?

"Sameerah why do you have to be so stubborn! Just listen to me please. I just want to talk. Please" He rubbed his face with his palms, something he does when he's stressed. His eyes had bags under them. He's tired. Something moved in my chest. Be strong Sameerah, be strong god dammit!

"Like I said at the inception, we have nothing to talk about. Shut the door behind you please" I said and limped to my room. Rajah was sitting on her bed.

"What was all that yelling about?"

"Long long story sis"

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There was another knock on the door, i groaned. What again?!

Thank God this time around my mum is around so there'll be no bitching. I hope.

I opened the door and before I could register what was happening, my right eye was blinded by a slap.

What.the.actual.fuck!? My eye was tearing up. I looked and saw Maryam. She was fuming, Aisha behind her also fuming. I was in so much shock i couldn't even react. My face was tingling so much. I'm sure it'll leave finger prints.

"You bitch! I invite your unwanted ass to my cousin's wedding and you run off with her husband. You are a shameless ho-

You guessed it. I slapped the bejesus out of her. Like right across the face. With all my might.

You know, this kind of thing runs up my blood pressure. We've been friends for years, just because of a little misunderstanding you want to run me down and insult me?! You don't even wait to hear me explain? Even though I don't need to give her any damn explanation. It means you've been talking shit behind my back and smiling to my face! That is just plain disrespect. I hate disrespectful people. They are just so...disrespectful!

"Did you just-

"Please, you don't expect me to let you come to my house and disrespect me. You know me better than that"

"You ran off with someone else's husband, I didn't know you were this shameless!" She's getting on my freaking nerves.

"Stop yelling in my face goddammit! Get out. When you calm the hell down, we'll talk" I said to Maryam. Just then Aisha speaks up.

"Why'd you do it?" she asked tearing up. I feel so bad for her. Hammad is such an asshole.

"Please call Hammad. Let him tell you why he ended it. It has nothing to do with me i promise" I told her softly. She's upset right now so I'll understand any outbursts but Maryam, I can't even stand the sight of her right now. My cheek is throbbing right now and I want to cry.

"Shut. The. Hell. Up" Just when I was trying to be nice to her. I can't tolerate this. I understand her pain but why so rude? Its your damn husband's fault!

"You came to my dinner with your ass on show and then that stunt you pulled, how classy"  I chuckled a little.

"Did you stop for just a moment yo wonder why your darling husband came after me? Of all people, the groom. Why didn't anyone else come?"

"Me ke faruwa?(what is happening?)" Mama asks from behind me. Great, they woke her up.

"Your daughter snatched my husband away from me three days to my wedding!" Aisha yelled. And to think I was feeling sorry for her.

"Young lady you can't just come to my house and talk anyhow" Mama scolded.

"Mama I have it under control. We are just talking. I'll tell you every thing idan na shigo(when i come in)" She nodded unconvinced and turned and went back into the house, leaving us in the porch where we were 'talking'.

"Then you should have raised it better" Aisha murmured. Sadly, i have the ears of  a fox.

Everything became red as my temper bubbled to a catastrophic point. You know Aisha is a beautiful name but this Aisha, I'm about to thrash. I landed her two slaps before something held me back, like a belt. A strong, thick belt. I clawed at it to let me go but it wouldn't.

"LET ME GO! LET MY CLAW HER FAT ASS FACE OUT!!" Aisha yelled, held back by Maryam. I laughed looking down at my waist. It wasn't a belt that was holding me back, its a pair of arms.

My eyes began to burn. I hate it when I get angry because I cry. It feels like my heart will just burst and I'll die if I don't cry.

Hot tears started rolling down my cheeks, while I was laughing. I was full on psycho.

"LET ME AT HER!" Aisha yelled. I roll my eyes.

"Little doggy is all bark no bite" i taunted.

She kept spewing insults. Some of which got to me. I am livid to a point that a chill ran through me and I became calm.

"Let me at her. Let me, we were just talking. please" I whispered. The person holding me back chuckled.

"Yeah sure. You are better than this Baby girl"

"No I'm not I swear. Let me go!" I say again and he laughed. I closed my eyes and tried to calm down. Thinking of anything and everything but the situation, my anger began to simmer down.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Hammad stroll into my house. His eyebrows creased as he saw Aisha and Maryam. He quickened his pace.

" Me ke faruwa(what is happening)? What the hell are you doing here Aisha?"

"Better question is what the hell are you doing here? don't you have even a shred of decency? You call off our wedding and you are already tailing this fat bitch!" Aisha shot back. The fat insults of course. So classy.

"Shut up and get out of here." He said sounding tired, rubbing his eyes with his thumb and index finger.

"What will Baba say? Did you even think about that? Did you think about how embarrassed your father would be or how hurt your mother would-

"Shut up. My parents are my parents, not your business. "

"You could do so much better my-

"GET THE HELL UP OUT OF HERE!" Hammad thundered. Even I flinched. Aisha began to cry. Maryam gave me the stink eye and they turned to leave. I sighed feeling so stressed.

"Get your hands off her waist fool" Hammad gritted staring daggers at Kabir who was still holding me. He chuckled and removed his hands. I rolled my eyes and turned to go back into the house and thats when fire spread through my feet. Amidst all the commotion I didn't even notice  that I lost the bandage on my feet. It hurt like a bitch. I let out a whimper. Eghhh weakness.

"Why are you even here?" I half yelled. Channelling my frustration, anger and pain to Hammad.

"Rajah called Kabir and told him we forgot something here plus you need a tetanus shot for that leg beautiful" my heart jumps at the word shot.

"And how is that your business?" I spat.

"Easy girl" Kabir chuckled but his mirth was short lived as I glared at him.

"Its a nail that cut you. And it looked pretty rusty to me" He states.

"How'd you know that?"

"We went back to check"

"Again, not you concern" I say entering the house. I told mama about the shot and we left the house almost immediately. I may be stubborn but I don't want to get tetanus. Kabir's rover was parked outside my house. I rolled my eyes. Why are they still here? As we breezed past them, they began to follow us. Why is Hammad so annoyingly persistent?

As I entered the injection room, I saw Hammad and Kabir approach mama. I rolled my eyes.

When I came back out, they were talking, seriously. Too seriously for me to be comfortable with. I eyed them suspiciously but I didn't say a word.

"Na gama(I'm done)" I said to mama and started walking away.

"Keh! Baki ga mutane anan bane?(didn't you see people here?) You can't even say hi?" I rolled my eyes since I was looking away from her. I turned around and said hi with a sickening sweetness, trying hard not to gag. I walked away, successfully.

"I think you should listen to what he has to say Samy. Don't be so stubborn" mama adviced once we were in the car.

"Mama he canceled his wedding!" I exclaimed.

"Did you find out why? You know he must have a good reason seeing as he is not a child. Just talk to him, I'm not asking you to marry him" I groaned internally.

What could he possibly have to say that'll be of importance to me or change my mind? I don't think anything can change my mind because Hammad Muhammad is in the past.