Chapter 3

It was him, and it took me a moment to realize that. He had a navy blue button down t shirt on with white pants and god he looked dangerously handsome. Ooh he has got like really handsome after those years which makes sense cause at the time, we were both engrossed in puberty. I was completely zoned out. He had grew out his hair. They were like naoah centinos when he played Peter kavinsky in tatlib. Right then I was pulled into reality by abeer, who was banging me like a door, probably checking if I am even alive. Realization hits me, I take a grip of my emotions and then went over said my greetings to zain's mom, my aunt.

' Omg, u have grown into such a beautiful young lady Alisha', she said smiling . I beamed a polite smile at her gesture .

Yeah, it's been 6 years since we last met.

I saw him, this time from upfront.

'Hi', he said in complete surprise,' long time no see'.

' Yeah', and a small grin was the only thing I was capable of saying. The tension was built. We both were smiling at each other and lokking straight in the eyes.

His brown orbs . God I missed staring in them. They always had his pool of emotions cloacked in them perfectly.

We stood there having our little moment.

Thank God anika cuted in before it got weird. After everyone was done with the greetings, I grabed abeer's hand and signaled anika that we were gonna be on the roof and hurried through the insane amount of relatives.

U see my mom is the youngest and only daughter of seven brothers so the after their famalies combined it's a pretty big party. We reached the roof and pleasant cool air blew through my air leaving a content feeling.

Then I freaked out.

No. No. Noooo, I whined walking in straight lines letting tension cover me.

'Calm down', abeer reassured.

' This wasn't supposedd too happppeeenn, now wasss Itt',I said.

Abeer pulled me in a hug,. Aah, that felt nice. That calmed my nerves and left me cooled.

' Now I want u to go down stairs with me and act as normal as possible, can u do that', she said in a real calm yet authoritive voice.

' No I can't, what if I have to talk to him huh?', I said.

She started laughing at my stupidiyty.

' Come on girl, he is not gonna eat u, and u can do it, just breeeeeaath, conceal it, don't feel it', she said then smiled. With that we headed downstairs.i am so lucky to have a friend like her who is always by my side. She found us a seat and motioned me to sit. Anika came over, and started talking to abeer, who was sitting beside me. In a few mins, I started a conversation. I said.

'u see I used to have this friend in kindergarten. Her name was Inayah. We were best friends but then she left me alone and I was freaking friendless in 1st grade. There used to be this tree in our playground and there I used to sit all alone. One day, I forgot my lunch u see, and was like about to cry, but then zayn came over and shared his Nutella sandwich with me. We used to be in the same school, though he was 2 grades up. From that day we were like best friend…'

anika interrupted, "he is looking at u she said her vice not above a whisper.

Wtf.

Why ?.

'Should I look back', I asked,. 'No' was what I got.

"Just act pretty and anika why don't u record this o so sweet moment huh?. "abeer said to anika and she started recording.

This is awkward.

I put on a smile and started acting like abeer instructed. Like removing my hair from my face, smiling ear to ear, acting adorable, flirtatious.

God my cheaks hurt.

' Is he still looking', I asked.

' Yeah, not actually looking like gawking, if it weren't for ur crush he'd be dead by now, she said with irritated eyes.

' He is coming towards u,, shit, time to go, brace for impact', abeer said.

God, did she really just said brace for impact. Stupaaad.

I tried to stop her but no avail and just as she was gone I turned around to see him having a seat beside me though having enough distance. My breath was quick, my heart was exploding inside me .

'God u have changed so much since we last met', he said with a wide extremely charming smile.

'Yeah u too', I replied awkwardly , melting inside.

'But I bet u still are horrible at socializeing', he said with a teasing smile .

I was wrong, he still is an Idiot.

'Depends on ur definition of it', I said trying to sound mature but internally my heart was having a freaking fire work show . good come back,I mentally patted myself on the back.

'Ooh, back fired', he said easing the tension

We laughed in chorus

'So u have grown out ur hair huh?', I said trying to sound natural and not be like weird or act like I am mad at him or something.

'Yeah, he said running his fingers through them.

'But I recall u wishing to be bald like drax', I said trying to embarrass him. (blame me all you want for marvel addiction) .

'Oh that, people change, he said

Yeah I see, I said sarcastically.

'Do u like em,' he asked hesitantly

'Yeah they r cool', I said being completely natural.

'So did u make any new friends at ur university', he asked casually.

'Yeah, 2'

'Knew it'

'Hey its been only a month since I joined, anyway they r enough' I said .

'Do we have a he'

'Yeah'

I am not liking where tis is going.

'U ?, any she's'.

'No'

'Was he a crush?'

The fuck

'Noo, just a friend, rather more like an aquintance. We worked on a project together '

'Poor guy'

I rolled my eyes

'Anyway, why the surprise, huh, we never made dinner for u '

'We thought it be fun and anyway u owed me a sandwich '

'And that I do'

We smiled

Oh, that memory.

We went quiet then, lost in our own version of it.

I heard his mom call, and he went away saying 'see u nearby'. Then hurriedly abeer came over.

' What the, why were u laughing, cmon tell me, what did he say, tell meeee'.

Later, I said.

Dinner was up.

And she made a face.

The whole night, I kept my distance from him. When ever he came towards me I just made a conversation with abeer or my sister who was nearby, the whole time. I guess he noticed, cause he stopped it after several times.' Girls!, why don't we get some fresh air', I suggested. They agreed.

On our way through the crowd, mom made us stop and asked where r we going,. To the roof, we all said in chorus, okay, she said. Then on our way again, we climbed the stairs and reached the roof. It was always so peaceful here. So quiet,with the perfect veiw. 'So now, tell us', my impatient friends asked.

'Later, I said, late'r. I was quiet killing them with the cruosity. 'Abeer, u r staying with us overnight, right'

"Yeah, am I ? "

"Yes u r"

"Then I am"

And as quickly as that, the boys entered. Can't u just leave the girl alone. Let her live. Ughhh. I quickly sat up straight and flew my dupatta on which I threw on a bench the minute I came in. Ayan, Ali bhai and zayn came around. 'So what were u guys talking about, ali bhai asked. 'Uh, nothing, Alisha was just asking abeer to stay over ',anika said dryly, focusing on her phone.

I mean seriously dude, we only found out that Ali bhai has actual feelings for her, a month ago. And from then on, she blushes even with the mere sight of him. I mean, dude, stop it. U guys have spent ur whole life together so wts do u blush for. 'Oh, u think zayn can stay over too huh', he asked.

' Yeah sure', anika said, looking at me with sorry eyes. I know she was just trying to be polite but u just had too. Then we just started talking about usual stuff. More like all the people except me started conversing. 'Alisha, madiha baji, just gave birth' ,anika said in a extreme excited tone.

Madiha baji is one of our eldest maternal cousins,.

' Oh my he is so adorable', I said. Abeer saw it too, and said the same. 'What is his name', Ali bhai asked,.' It's zaik ibrahim'. Wow. I made a mental note to call him ham and cheese. Was that adorable or what.

Soon came the time to go. We did, ask mom in private if it was okay for abeer and zayn to stay over.Her reply like always was sure. My mom was always big on guests. She loved to host.

In the car, mom said not to play any music, cause she had a headache. So I pulled out my hands free, yes I always ahave a pair in my bag cause I just can't travel without music. Abeer was dozed and like sleeping on my shoulder . I just autoplayed my Playlist and stuffed one ear in anikas year. Then I relaxed and thought about the series of events that had happen.

Is it nobody compares to u or we r never ever getting back together?, I asked myself. Face wise, he has gotten cuter. Way cuter.

Really

No

Yes

Maybe

OK he is super handsome

Personality wise, yeah he is what he used to be, mature and understanding for the adults and super fun and adventurous with his age. I guess it's a nobody compares to you. I mean, if on the basis that if I would still think about him at night after tossing on my bed, imagine myself receiving a bouquet ,and of course the classic, imagine him getting on one knee for me. Yeah, I still got a crush on him.

I pulled out my phone and played nobody compares to you by griffyn.

Thought I saw you at a bar last night

Oh yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah

Hid in the bathroom, I just couldn't stay high

Oh yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah

'Cause I took so much time to reset my life

But in just one look, I'm back

Forget that I could have any one I like

But now all I remember is what we had

Nobody, nobody, nobody compares to you

Somebody, somebody please help me get over you

'Cause it feels like I've been wasting my time

In all the wrong places, on all the wrong faces

Nobody compares to you

You're once in a lifetime

Better than New Year's at midnight

Wanna grab on and hold tight

And I won't let go

I hope you can hear this

'Cause it's your face that I miss

Your lips I wanna kiss

Nobody, nobody, nobody compares to you

Somebody, somebody please help me get over you

'Cause it feels like I've been wasting my time

In all the wrong places, on all the wrong faces

Nobody compares to you

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