"With one hand!! Yeah sure...!!"

"Listen--" Right then there was a huge bang on my main door making me jump and shriek. Just right then the lights went off indicating a power shut down. He hid me protectively behind him with his right hand and switched on his cell phone light.

Again there was a loud bang on my main door. This made me more freaked out as I continuously started hitting him so that I can run.

"Ow ow...it's me!! What the hell is wrong with you Miss.Ahmed??" He was irritated.

"I want to go from here, move from my way" I said trying to move past by him.

"Are in your mind?? Where do you think you're going??" He asked gripping me from my upper arm.

"Anywhere but away from here and you!!" I shouted.

"Are you afraid of me??" He asked in a serious tone.

"Who won't be afraid in this situation. Alone with a guy in the dark and on top of that this mysterious banging!!" I said.

"Wao...happy realization" he taunted, I huffed. "From the last one hour you were alone with me and that time you didn't felt scared!!"

"I did...but at that time I could have screamed if you would have tried to--" I didn't said anything.

"Have you lost it or what?? I have better things to do then to use this opportunity" he said quoting.

"Huh!! If you would have wanted, then also you couldn't have done!!"

"Don't worry, I'm not that cheap!!" He said observing around.

"No, but I'm saying, I can protect myself very well!!"

"Now are you trying to make me do that!!" He yelled

And just then, there was another loud bang. I jumped and buried my face in his chest. I was holding him tightly from the back, that I was sure, I had leaved some marks on his back from my sharp nails.

"Now who is using the opportunity??" He said with his hand up in surrender, trying hard not to laugh.

I quickly pulled back "Umm..I..actually.. I just got---"

"It's okay, no need to give any explanation. But please cut your nails from next time" he said rubbing his back and I blushed. Just then there was another bang!!

"I'm scared" I muttered.

"Don't be...I won't let you anything happen" he said. We walked towards the main door slowly. I was at the back of him, then I realized that he was wearing a grey suit, while the person who rang the doorbell was something in black. I froze.

"What happened?? You okay??" He asked as soon as he noticed that I wasn't walking.

"You were wearing black then how and when did you switched to Grey??" I asked

"Black, Grey... What??" He was confused.

"Sir, when you first rang the bell you were wearing black, but you are wearing Grey now!!"

"You have gone mad!!" He hissed.

"Hey" I glared

"Shut up" he yelled

"I'm serious... you're not understanding. The first time who rang the bell was wearing black but when I opened the door you were there and you're not wearing black. Understood??" I explained

"Kidding me!!" He said with a non believing expression.

"Why would I kid with you!!" I shrugged and he just glared.

"That means before me there was somebody else. Whoever was there, after seeing me, must have ran away!!" He hissed.

"Why would that person run away after seeing you, ohhh...he also found you scary!!" I said

"Will you stop with your rubbish talk!! What would have happened if you had opened the door and something have happened!!" He was worried... he kept on rubbing his forehead

"And what if someone known was there??"

"Then why no one was there when I came" he has a point.

"Hey, did you noticed the banging had stopped" I said.

"Yes, it is".

I guess, I said it too soon.

"Enough with the banging now" I hissed and clenched my fist as I dashed towards the door ignoring his calls. I opened the door, darkness welcomed me. I looked to the side as the cold wind brushed against my arms making me shiver.

"Whose there?? Why don't you come and show yourself?? Don't you have the guts!!" I screamed.

"Miss.Ahmed, will you stop screaming. Go inside now" he ordered but he forgot that this is not his office and I'm not his employee now.

"Make me go in!!" I challenged him.

"Miss.Ahmed---" he was cut off.

"Hani, Hani...Hani" Hamza, my eight year old neighbor came running towards me with a basketball in  his hand.

"Hamza" I said and walked towards him.

"Hani" he said and took a deep breath. I bent down on my knees, to his level.

"What are you doing out, in the dark??" I said looking around, there was a power cut.

"I wash nawt awone, Mommy's there. I wash pwaying and the ball hit your door mwaking a loud boom" he said in his sweet voice.

"You mean loud banging sound" I asked and he nodded.

"Sowwwyyyyy" he dragged.

"No problem, but now go inside. Don't play out at this time" I said pinching his cheeks. He smiled and turned to leave.

"Wait wait, Hamza, you said you were playing and your ball hit my door making a loud noise." I said and he nodded. "Did your ball hit my door just once or many times?"

"Once" he said showing his index finger. That means the last banging was due to his ball, but who was there before? After making sure that Hamza has gone inside his home, I turned but Sir, wasn't anywhere.

"Now, where did he gone" I muttered to myself. I decided to go inside and look for him. On my way, I got bumped into something, and my boyfriend demanded a hug from me.

"Ouch" I groaned and stumbled to get up. Finally, I got up and was rubbing my forehead when someone wrapped his arm around my waist and covered my mouth from one hand, so that I couldn't scream.

Tears started coming out of my eyes as I tried hard to wiggle out from his grip.

"Easy easy, I don't want to hurt you, now." Someone said softly in my ears. He started tracing his fingers on my jawline making me feel disgusted. I tried to back kick him but his grip on me more tightened.

"Try hurting me and I'll make sure that you won't be able to walk properly" he said utterly close to my left ear making me feel filthy. I kept on hitting him from my hand, but he ripped open the side of my hijab. My eyes grew wide as panic ran through my veins.

Internally, I was a bit relieved also because today before going to my room when Sir came, I had also wore an underscarf under my hijab.

"You're mine and only mine" he said running down his nose around the side of my neck. I closed my eyes tightly.

"Miss.Ahmed, where are you?" He was calling. I was sure that he was not far away from me, I tried to make any sound but I just couldn't. I was so helpless. He pulled me more closer towards him, his grip on my stomach hurting me.

"I guess, that's my cue to leave,love. Don't miss me much love, you'll be mine soon." He said as his palm started going inside my shirt from the shoulder but before he could go further, I started wiggling and shaking with as much force as I have, due to all that my shirt got ripped from the shoulder.

"Now I didn't wanted to that, but you made that happened." He said rubbing his hand on my now bare shoulder. I whimpered. I was sure my step was now very much visible.

"Bye love" he left but not before kissing just under my left ear, and pushed me with so force that I felled down and my head again got hit with the corner of my sofa.

Just then the light came. I was sitting on the floor, pulled my knees to my chest. I was shaking so badly and was covering myself as much as I could with my hand. Tears streaming down my face making me feel so pathetic and disgusting.

"Miss.Ahmed, you, you okay?? What happened??" He asked. When he noticed my state, I heard him running to somewhere and quickly came back with his coat, covering me up properly.

"What happened? Who did this?? Why didn't you screamed?? Where were you??" He asked shaking me. I looked up to find his eyes burning in red at the same time he was also controlling his anger, so that he don't burst on me.

"I shouldn't have left like that" he said softly and I hugged him tightly, burring my face into his chest as I cried loudly.

"Shhh...calm down. I promise, I myself will kill him with my own hand." He hissed.

"Please take me *hiccup* away from *hiccup* here...pleasee *hiccup*" I cried.

"Shhhh...soon I will."