Laila My Love - S01 E09

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Laila My Love - S01 E09

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 9

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I was literally waiting for Farid for more

than two hours at this point and there

was no sign of him. I was not surprised

though, it’s not like he cared about any

of this stuff. That’s it, I am going to wait

for 15 more minutes and if he doesn’t

show up, I will go home. Everyone left

the cafeteria, only me and the cleaning

lady were left. I gave up and gathered

my stuff and got out of the cafeteria.

I went to my locker to pick up my jacket

and bag so I could leave.

“Hey” Farid whispered in my ear from

behind as I was taking my stuff from the

locker. I screamed.

‘What’s wrong with you’ I elbowed him

to push him away.

‘Where are you going?’ He laughed as he

stood beside my locker.

‘Home’

‘We have a tutoring session, let’s go’ He

took my hand and closed my locker.

I snatched my hand away from him and

started walking away.

‘Stop touching me Fared, and our

tutoring session was 2 hours ago’ I kept

walking until Fared caught up with me

again and stood front of me, this time

looking furious.

He held me by the shoulder and took me

inside one of the classrooms that was

empty.

‘Let go of Fared, you are out of your

mind’ I yelled at him and tried all the

strength I had in me to let myself out of

his grip.

‘Yes I am. Who was that guy with you

the other day?’ He gripped my shoulders

harder and pulled my closer.

‘What are you talking about?’ I yelled at

back and he let go of me.

I went towards the door to head out but

he was quicker than me and he closed it

shut and blocked my exit.

‘You wanna know who he is well? He is

my friend okay? Now move Farid.’ I was

beyond pissed. He showed up late today,

missed the session and now he was

questioning my friendship with Rafay.

‘He seemed more than a friend to me’ He

glared at me.

‘That’s your problem not mine.’

‘You know what I am not surprised;

when I first met you I could tell it was all

an act. You pretend to be all innocent

and sweet but that’s not who you are

you?’

What was he saying?

‘What?’ I asked him.

‘Okay let me be clear, you are here to

trap rich guys aren’t you? The guy you

were with, he seems well off. He is a

catch isn’t he?’ I can’t believe he thinks

so low of me. He was smiling down at

me.

‘You think I am a gold digger?’ I

questioned him. I have been looked

down upon for many reasons because I

wasn’t born in a rich family but this is

the first time someone has accused me

for being a gold digger.

‘Aren’t you?’ He wants this. He wants me

to feel bad about myself.

‘Yes I am, so what? He is nice to me, and

we get along…I think we are quite

compatible. But I don’t see how it’s any

of your business. Does that answer your

question’? I fired back. If he thinks I am

that type of a girl then let it be. I don’t

owe any explanations to him.

‘Stay away from him Laila’ His tone

suddenly changed. He looked angry.

‘What if I don’t?’

‘You will have to listen to me’ He yelled

and began walking towards me. I didn’t

move back this time and luckily for me

he stopped couple of steps away from

me.

‘Why, why do I have to answer all of

your questions Fared’ I yelled, losing my

temper yet again. But I can’t help it,

whenever I see him, something happens

to me and I become sensitive over

everything.

‘Because you are mine, Laila’ He yelled so

loudly and I almost lost my balance.

Thankfully I was standing close to the

table so I held on to that.

‘What?’ I looked at him and his eyes

were pulled together and his face was

all red. OH DEAR what did I get myself

into.

‘You heard me’

‘I am not yours Fared, you heard me.

You are sick’ I held my forehead. My

head started hurting from all this yelling

and all.

‘I gotta go’ I ran outside and he didn’t

follow. In fact he didn’t even look back

at me.

The entire way home, I kept thinking

about his words. Why did he say this to

me? Was it some kind of a prank? Ya

Allah what just happened…should I be

worried? Should I tell someone? What if

Fared does something to Rafay? All these

questions were occupying my mind. I

didn’t realize I reached my stop until the

bus driver looked back at me. I was a

regular commuter so he remembered

my stop.

‘Thank you’ I smiled at the bus driver

and stepped out and since my luck was

shining brighter than a star today, it

started raining to add the cherry on top.

Ughhh.

I got home and Ammi was home. I took

a quick shower, changed my clothes and

after that I went to Ammi’s room where

I found her reading a book so I went up

to her, laid in her bed and put my head

in her lap. She started stroking my hair

and I instantly felt a lot better.

‘What happened?’ She asked me.

‘Just tired’ I replied back.

‘Should I make you some tea?

‘No, where is Sabir?’

‘At school practicing for his talent show

performance’

‘Oh’

‘You sure you are okay dear?’

‘Jee Ammi, it was a long day and you

know I don’t like when it rains’

‘Yh, I forgot to tell you something? Maria

at work fell at work and injured her arm

so I will be covering her shift at the

Ibrahims’

I got up right away and looked at her.

She better be joking.

‘What?’

‘At Ibrahims, I told you about them

remember?’

‘Yes I remember and you are not

working there.’

‘Why are you saying it like that, did

something happened?’

Yes, their whole family is weird as hell,

except Ruba. And their son is a psycho.

‘No nothing happened, but you don’t

have to take extra shifts’ I sat on her

bed again and tried to calm down.

‘Maria had covered so many of my shifts

in the past, it’s the least I can do for her.’

What can I possibly say to change her

mind?

‘You sure? They have a big house, you’ll

get tired’

‘I won’t be alone, Farah, Rimi and Josie

will be there with me’ She told me about

her other coworkers who will be there

with her.

‘Okay, for how long?’

‘Couple of weeks, as soon as Maria feels

better I will leave from there’

‘Okay Ammi, but just be careful. They are

not friendly people’

‘Hmm, I will keep that in mind my little

grandmother. Stop worrying too much’

she pulled my cheeks and went to the

kitchen. She thinks I am joking or being

worried without any reasons. Maybe I

should just tell her about Farid but then

she’ll be worried for me. I’ll just wait

some more, maybe I am getting worried

for no reason. If anything goes wrong, I

will just tell her. He is not that

dangerous, is he?

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