Ibrahim

I WAS ANGRY with what my aunt and cousin said, they're all trouble makers and angrier with the fact that my parents think the same,I don't blame them though because they don't know I had never touched Aishah with all the time we spent together

I was initially angry at her and Abubakar when she received his call and I don't like what I'm turning into my jealousy level is getting high and high which is seriously unhealthy,I never knew I was capable of getting jealous

I woke up early in the morning and went to prepare something simple for Aishah,though she is not aware I'm a good cook too

I slowly opened her door and met her sleeping on her pink pyjamas which I found adorable,she look so beautiful in her sleep and I smiled

I dropped the meal beside her bed and went to draw the curtain letting rays of light enter the room,she squeezed her eyes shot irritatedly before slowly opening it rubbing her eyes with the back of her palm

"Rise and shine!"I say and she chuckled

"What are you doing in my room"she asked as she sits in the bed

"Making sure you're alright"

"What's this?"she asked

"Tea bread and egg sauce"

"Don't tell me you burnt my kitchen"she says chuckling

"I'm a good cook"I say looking proud and dusting an imaginary dust from my shirt

"What can't you do?"she muttered but I heard and smiled

"Let me brush my teeth first"she said and stood up

"Don't tell me you're not going to award me for what I did?"I asked pretending to look shocked

"No"she said firmly but jokingly

"It's not fair"I say playfully while she giggled and came close to me wrapping her hands around me and giving me a kiss on the cheek

"Thanks for starting my day with laughter"she said and left

I stood like a robot surprised that she actually go out of her way and kissed me on my cheek,I absentmindedly rub the side she kissed and smiled

Few minutes later she was back and sat on her bed pulling the tray closer to herself

"Come and join"she said waving at me

"No I rather watch you eat"

"Stop acting like a cliché and come and sit down,you should be glad I decided to eat with you"she says and laughed and I chuckled sitting down

"Let me feed you"I found myself saying

"Nah I'm not a baby"

"You can only enjoy a food when the cook feeds you"

"Who said that?"she asked raising one of her brows

"Me"I said smiling widely

"You're weird"

"I'm not"

"You're"

"I'm not"

"You're"

"I'm not"

"Yo...."I put egg sauce wrapped with bread into her mouth and she chew slowly

"I can't believe it,you can cook it look good"she says and I smiled like I won an award

"You should be me happy you have me in your home"

"Ah hah more like the opposite"she said and I chuckled giving her another bread and she bite it eating slowly

"Do you always eat slowly like this?"I asked

"Yeah,Why?"

"It makes you look beautiful"I say and she chuckled slyly "don't blush don't blush"

"I'm not blushing"she says and hit me with a pillow

"I love it feisty"

"Oh Allah! Ibrahim!"she yelled and I stood up while she tries to hit me

I trapped her and fly her around before dropping her,she lost her balanced and hold me

"Remember me never to eat with you"she said when she calm down

"You can't lie you enjoy being with me"

"Oh you liar"she said giggling

I look at her for awhile and smiled while she did too looking elsewhere but me and I wonder how I didn't meet this wonderful part of her and I remembered I never tried to get to know her,I pull her closer and kissed her on top of her head

"How do you feel now?"

"I'm okay"

"I promise you we won't ever go there again"

"I'm fine really"

"Ok I will be going downstairs"

"Thank you"

"For?"

"Everything"she smiled

"What are friends for"

"Yeah definitely"she smiled and I walked out of her room

Aishah

I couldn't stop myself smiling throughout the day,Ibrahim was sweet and all and left an hour ago to attend to work like he said

I sat at the sitting room watching movie when I suddenly heard a knock at the door,I stood up and open the door and it was Abubakar

"Oh my how are you?"I asked smiling like I had been doing since morning

"I'm fine,you look happy"

"Yes I am"I said and directed him to sit down

"What's the secret?"he asked and I laughed

"You're funny"

"I just asked a question"

"What do you want to eat?"I asked

"I'm okay"

"So what's popping?"I asked

"What's going on"

"Nothing much"I said then told him about Ibrahim and I starting from when he made me visit my dad,us becoming friends,how he stood up for me at his home and also leaving today's morning part from it

"It's surprising"he said after awhile

"What's surprising?"I asked

"You and Ibrahim,friends? It's sounds more like enemy"

"He is not that bad"I said frowning

"And now you're defending him"he says and chuckle

"I'm just saying the truth don't make me look bad"

"Are you in love with him?"he asked looking serious

"What kind of expensive joke is that,we are getting divorced soon and he is ok with it,just because we are friends doesn't mean anything else can happen"

"You still haven't answered the question"

"Oh my God Abubakar,yeah I like him as a friend nothing more nothing less"I replied

"It took you only two days to like him what will happen in a week or two time?"

"I don't understand"

"I'm only trying to tell you to becareful I know my friend and I know the kind of person he is,he is a womaniser and I'm only telling you this because you're an important person to me don't fall for him"

"I'm not"

"You already are and quite obvious,all I'm telling you is to becareful you don't want to be his another girl"

"It can't happen and he doesn't even show any signs he wants to touch me"

"He won't show a sign till he does"

"I don't like the way you're talking"

"It's only getting into your nerves because you know I'm saying the truth"

"What if you're not saying the truth"

"I know Ibrahim all my life"

"That's not enough,you might know someone all your life but still you don't know much about that person"

"You're defending him again"

"It only gets into your nerves because you know I'm saying the truth"I used his own words against him and he remained quiet

"See I'm okay with the way we are now,we act more civilized and who knows in future we might be of help to each other even though we were once husband and wife,don't worry I'm not a fool and I won't do anything stupid"

"I hope so"

"I'm assuring you because I know Ibrahim doesn't feel anything towards me too"

"You can't be sure"

"I'm sure and this is the end of the discussion ,no more word about Ibrahim"

"Ok fine"he says and raise up his hand while I smiled

We talked for a little more before he left telling me once more to becareful about Ibrahim while I only rolled my eyes pushing him out of the house and locking the door

Around 8:42pm Ibrahim came back to the house looking tired,sad and angry at the same time,it felt like he wasn't the cheery person that left the house earlier today

"What's wrong with you?"I asked as I went closer to him helping him with his bag

"Nothing I'm fine"he said and gave me a smile that doesn't reach his eyes,I touched his forehead and he was burning up

"You don't look fine"

"I'm okay Aishah,don't stress yourself"he replied and started climbing the stairs walking into his room while I stood looking at him while he walk inside

I sat down back at the sofa but my mind wasn't at rest thinking about what might be wrong with him,while he look so different like a shadow of himself

I stood up after awhile of contemplating of either entering his room because I don't want what happened a year plus ago should repeats itself but I couldn't stop myself from going into his room because I'm so worried about him

I slowly opened the door of his room and saw him sleeping on the bed with his shoe and cloth on,I went closer to him and placed my hand on his forehead,he was burning up and I got more worried,I helped him to remove his shoe and coat while I went inside his bathroom and fetch cold water and a towel

I soaked the towel and placed it on his forehead to cool him off,I repeated the action for awhile before finally letting the towel stay on his forehead,I tried standing up but he pull me closer to himself and I end up falling on the bed beside

"Stay for awhile"he muttered with his eyes are still closed, I smiled before laying comfortably beside him feeling the heat oozing out of him

I found myself looking at his face,he look calm on his sleep and I chuckled I started tracing his facial features with my hand and stopped at his lips,I gaze at his lips for awhile

I pull away fastly like my hand was burning when I realized what I was doing,I stood up and left the room quietly closing the door behind me

I went back to my room closing the door and lean on my door breathing heavily

What is wrong with me

Then I thought about what Abubakar said

Was I really getting attracted to Ibrahim

I put my hand on my chest breathing erratically and started nodding negatively

It can't be and I won't let it be