I wanna be in love with you today, tomorrow and forever....

~unknown

Iqraam

"A bookshop?" i questioned shumayll and he grinned sheepishly

I shook my head

since when did he start reading?

"Relax, just a bookshop, not a bar!" he smirked and my eyes widened 

really? A bar?

we walked inside the bookshop

the scent of books hit my nose and i smiled

long time since i read one....

"As salamu alaikum Shumayll!!" yelled someone from the back of the shop and Shumayll replied 

"Wa alaikum mus salaam" he said and walked to the back of the shop

the bookshop was empty, except us and a few people at the counter cashing out books

A short man, plump cheeks and quite chubby walked out from in between the shelves

He had white hair and grey mustache and beard with sparkling brown eyes

I smiled kindly at him

'Oh what pleasure seeing Mr. Ibrahim here!" he gushed and looked over his shoulder

"Liana, you have someone here!!!" he yelled and a short woman, same age as him rushed out. unlike him, she was thin and had grey hair which was on her shoulder, a lose scarf on her head

"Oh As salamu alaikum, I am Liana" she said smiling at me and i nodded smiling back

"Oh right-" laughed the man and extended his hand

"Olaf" he said smiling and i nodded shaking his hand

"Iqraam" i said and he laughed

"Who does not know about you, Mr. Ibrahim!" he chuckled and i smiled

"Please, no formalities, just Iqraam" i said and they nodded

"So Iqraam, what brings you here?" asked Liana

"Actually, he-" i said pointing to a sheepish Shumayll "- Brought me here!" i finished 

Shumayll laughed and i chuckled

"Naah uncle, i thought he would do good to the book world and read abit to take his head off things" said Shumayll and I smiled slightly rubbing my neck 

"What are you waiting for!?" asked Liana and i jumped alittle

"Uhh?" i asked and Olaf chuckled

"Dont mind my wife, she tends to do that with books, go choose what you want to buy" he said and i nodded

i studied the sections

scientific, romance, teen fiction, general fiction and alot more 

i stood in the scientific section when my gaze wandered to the shelf next to mine

there in the middle of books stood a niqabi who had my head and the power over me to ruin me within a second....

her eyes were trained on the book in her hand as she read the summary

her thin fingers lingered over the covers before she placed it down hesitantly

suddenly she looked up and i snapped my head up hitting the top shelf in the process

i winced holding my head and rubbing the burning part

I looked up to see her looking at me with concerned eyes

"Umm i am okay?" i made it sound like a question and she nodded

finally after so much browsing, Shumayll bought me 3 books, The Fault in Our Stars, he says its a good book, Divergent and of course some book he said was good, Pride and Prejudice

I walked back to the romance shelf and Shumayll followed me and when he looked up from his phone, he burst out laughing

apparently Ruqayyah went to get something from the next shop

"You are going to read romance?" he asked laughing and i shook my head

Hitting his head, i walked to the shelf she placed that book

I searched for a purple and black cover and found it at the top

i read the summary at the back

it was about some guy trying to win a girls heart when the girl was already in love with someone else

It was titled, "Prince to the Rescue" 

i really did not get how he was a prince and how he rescued the girl but oh yeah

"I am buying this" i said and Shumayll looked up

"Buying it for Iqra?" he questioned and i face palmed myself

if she saw books in my hand today, she will get furious as to why i did not get her some!

"Shumayll just pick out some books for her as well?" i asked him and he smiled 

"I will call her" he said and i nodded

he called her while i purchased the book

it was so costly like really? were books suppose to cost that much?

"Quit yelling, for Allah's sake! I just wanted- Iqra will you calm the hell down!?!" growled Shumayll and i chuckled

"What happened?" I asked him

he shook his head and handed me his phone

"-ear if you ever ask me about my favorite romance author i will personally kill you Shumayll!" she yelled and i let out a laugh

"Why are you- wait a minute- whos this?" she asked and i laughed more

my sister sure was one ball of weirdness wrapped in one\

"Bhai?" she asked and my laughed subsided

"Yes- so Iqra what genre books do you want?" i asked her 

she was silent and then hung up

I stared at the phone

why did she hang up?

I called her again but she wont answer so i let it be

'What did she say?" asked Shumayll and i smiled

"Wait let me guess-" he said smirking 

i waited

"She hung up abruptly?" he guessed and i nodded

he clapped and grinned

"She mad" he said and i chuckled

she sure was

We walked out of the bookshop and to the car

"Where is Ruqayyah?" i asked him and he shrugged

'No idea" he replied tapping away in his phone

"Whats up with you and that phone?" i asked him as i searched for Ruqayyah

"Just typing my assignment" he replied and i laughed

count on him to do stuff like that

"Shall we?" he asked putting his phone into his pocket

Ruqayyah imerged from the shop and walked to us

"Shall we?" asked Shumayll again and i nodded

the ride was awkward and it felt forever until we reached the main office

we walked inside and business began...

files, signs, cheques and what not

i smiled as she did her work

effieciently

was Shumayll right? Have i fallen in love with her?

lately all i have been doing in thinking of her and somehow it makes me happy

i smile to myself, Iqra seems to think thats weird and ammi is suspecting things...

I sighed and i caught her eyes

questioning eyes

She got up and walked into my office

"Sir, can we talk?" she asked and i nodded

please dont tell me that you are resigning!

"If you are free, can we go to the conference hall?" she asked and i raised an eyebrow

"Its soundproof" she said and i smiled slightly

"Speak this office is also soundproof" i said and she nodded

closing the door behind her, she walked towards my desk and i set there staring at her

'I am really sorry sir, but i need answers" she said taking a deep breath and i felt my heartbeat quicken

did she know?

"And what may that be?" i asked calmly when there was a tornado inside me

She took a deep breath again and stood straight

"Is there something wrong with you?" she asked me and i gave her a questioning glance

"What?" i asked her after a moment

"No- i did not mean it- uh... how do i- why do you keep staring at me?" she asked me and i was taken back

she held up the book that i bought her

"I found this on my desk- is there something you would like to explain sir?" she asked me confidently and i felt blood rush to my cheeks and my neck

how did she even manage to make me blush?

goosebumps appeared on my skin and i shivered internally

I sighed

now or never

okay i chose never but i think i should tell her and leave the rest to Allah

hoping she accepts me...

i decided to take the biggest risk of my life!

by now i was convinced i loved her... only her....

and that was saying something- 

Ya Allah, please help!

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So yeah.... schools here................ wish me luck n pray for me!!!

i got good marks in 2 papers, i lost alot of marks in Physics, i still have 3 papers left, please pray i get good marks! :)

Lov u all

muahhhh

~aaliyah~