For seemah_nasala6006 who refused to speak with me because I didn't update😭🙁❤

A/N:Incase you've forgotten who Ummi,Zainab and Sa'adah are...They're Yasmin's cousins and also Salman's siblings. And Ummi is Yasmin's bestfriend.

Yasmin's POV

"I'm really sorry I haven't been there for you. You know how my mum gets. It was hard enough for us to visit the first time,this time around Ya Salman sneaked us and told her he was taking us for pizza." Ummi spoke sadly.

What was Salman trying to prove by being this nice? I knew for sure that I wasn't going to trust him anytime soon because I genuinely doubted that he was being sincere. Maybe this was all a game to him. How can one person change overnight?

Holding her hands, I replied. "It's really okay Ummi. I understand and I don't really mind. I've been holding up pretty well. I'm just scared for her you know."

My voice broke a little.

"She'll soon get better. Don't worry so much okay?"

I nodded.

We heard someone giggling and we both turned to the direction. It was Amir and Sa'adah. She was blushing at something he said and he was looking at her with so much adoration.

I tapped Ummi at her shoulder temporarily forgetting all my worries. "Are you seeing what I'm seeing?"

She grinned widely. "Oh yes I am. When did that even start? We haven't been paying attention to this siblings of ours." She laughed.

I laughed with her and it felt good to release the tension on my shoulders.

They heard us laughing and turned. If Sa'adah was fair,she would've turned red out of embarrassment. Amir just casually shook his head,whispered something to Sa'adah that made her smile before going his way.

She walked to where we were and sat down on one of the hospital chairs. She brought out her phone and totally ignored us.

I tapped Ummi and we burst out laughing again. She still refused to look at us but I could see the small smile on her face.

"Soo...." Ummi dragged.

"Are you going to pretend that we're not here..." I continued.

"Or that we didn't just see you with Amir." Ummi finished.

She finally raised her head. She was blushing and it was so cute I couldn't help but laugh.

"He was just asking me about school." She replied shyly.

"Uh-huh!" We both said at the same time.

"Urgh!" She got frustrated and left us.

Me and Ummi laughed some more as we watched her run away.

"Damn! It feels so good to relax even for a single moment." I said.

"I know right!"

"So tell me, where's your French boyfriend?"

I totally forgot all about Louis these past few days. My phone was usually switched off. I couldn't believe I actually forgot about him. I felt kind of bad though.

"He's good I guess." I replied nonchalantly.

"There's more. You looked as if you forgot about him and that means only one thing.."

I rolled my eyes. "I didn't forget about him. We still talk just not like before." I denied.

"Yeah yeah...there's more...go on."

I cursed myself for having someone who knew me this much. You couldn't even hide your feelings because they'll call you out on it.

"It's just that there's this guy..."

She jumped excitedly cutting me off. "I knew it!"

"You wouldn't even let me finish. You don't know anything."

She continued grinning. "Continue..I'm listening."

I didn't feel like saying anything to her anymore but I knew she wouldn't let me be if I didn't spill.

"Okay,he helped me the first day I came back when my car stopped..."

"Ouu,a knight in shining armor. Wait,since the day you came back?? Why am I just knowing?"

"Would you please let me finish a complete sentence? With you interrupting me you won't know so shushh!"

She made a zipping sign on her mouth and I continued.

"So I offered that he should work with me because he said he was finding it difficult to get a job. He said no at first but I gave him my number. He didn't call for a while but then he did call. He started working with me and we're now friend's I think and that's it. Nothing special you see?"

"Who would've thought that the almighty Yasmeen would go for a jobless man. And it gets even more interesting. I need to see him! It's a must. I want to see the guy that got you whipped. He must be no ordinary guy." She laughed.

I face palmed. Leave it to Ummi to exaggerate everything.

"He's not jobless. He works for me and he's even a graduate." I didn't even know why I said that.

"You seem like you're defending him. I'm loving this." She squealed.

"I'm not defending him." I said getting annoyed.

"Okay okay,let's assume you're not and that's by the way. I want to see him. Let's go to your work place."

"No,we're not going. He's probably not even there."

"Yes,we are. Pretty please. Let's be fast before Ya Salman decides to take us back home."

My phone rang stopping me from replying back. I checked the caller and it was Yazid. Talk about the devil.

An involuntary smile crept up on my face.

"That must be him! Good timing. Put him on speaker."

"No I'm not." I glared at her.

I picked up the call. "Hey! I was about coming to check up on the building."

"Okay. I just wanted to let you know that I won't be coming in today or tomorrow. Something came up at home."

My face fell.

"What's wrong? Hope everything's good?"

"It will be in sha Allah."

"Anything I can do to help?" I insisted.

"No,it's fine. I got it covered. Talk to you soon." And then the phone went dead.

I sighed. "Bye."

"Soo...."

"He's not coming in today. Issues at home."

"Oh that's too bad. I was expecting to see him. Maybe some other time."

"Yeah." I said.

I guess she detected the lack of enthusiasm on my face and let me be. I was thankful for that.

I didn't even know why this affected me.

Just then Salman came,with Sa'adah and Zainab by his side. "Time to go." He said.

He nodded at me as a way of greeting. I just shrugged.

"Aww...can't we stay for a little while?" Ummi pouted.

"Sorry Ums,mummy just called."

She sighed then turn to me. "Are you going to be Okay?"

"Yes." I gave her my brightest smile. "You don't need to worry about me."

I could tell she could see right through my smile but she didn't say anything.

She hugged me. "Call me when you need anything Okay?"

"Aye aye captain!" I mock salute.

They all laughed. I stood up and hugged Zainab and Sa'adah.

"Sis in-law." I whispered in Sa'adah's ear as I hugged her. She blushed and let go of me.

"What?! I don't get a hug?" Salman joked.

"Go hug a teddy bear."

The three sisters laughed at my lame comeback.

I waved at them and Salman winked before going. And I found myself remembering Yazid's wink.

I waved back and went to check on Afrah before I went home.

She was with Anty hafsa. "Hey princess."

"Ya yashmeen. Where's your fwiend ? Why didn't he come today?"

Anty hafsa looked at me but said nothing. I was kinda embarrassed. Afrah should really learn how to hold her tongue.

"He's fine. At work." I whispered.

"Tell him to pwease come and read me a book."

"Will do princess. Now shush and sleep. I'm going home."

She nodded and closed her eyes.

I turned to Anty hafsa and told her I was going. She smiled and told me to take care. Thank Goodness she didn't ask me what 'friend.'

I left the hospital,got into my car and drove home.

It was a bit late so I decided to take my bath and go to sleep.

But I wasn't sleepy because my thoughts were going haywire.

I brought out my poetry book. It had been long I wrote in it. I brought out a pen and wrote my thoughts down.

What is this aching I feel
This longing for something that's not mine
I try to understand it
But all it's leaving is loose ends
As the knots getting tighter,
So does my aching heart

What is this aching I feel
This longing for something that's not mine
My thoughts keep me awake at 3am
They're loud and demanding
But they give me no answers
But I'm scared of the answers
And what they'll mean to me.

~Y.A.G

I read through what I wrote but it didn't even make much sense to me.

I closed the book and tried to sleep.

***
I heard the first sound. And another one. I thought I was dreaming but it sounded real as the sound became persistent. I rubbed my eyes and switched on my bed lamp trying to find out where the sound was coming from.

I heard the sound again and this time I was fully awake. The sound was coming from my window. I looked around for a possible weapon but I found none. I decided to take one of my very pointed heels to arm myself just in case it was an armed robber.

I walked tentatively to the window and opened it ready to use my shoe on whoever it was but I was surprised to see nothing. Just the moon shining above the sky. The wind felt so cold I found myself shivering.

I looked around one more time and decided to shut the window. That's when I saw a small paper stuck on the window sill.

I removed it and closed the window before going on my bed to open it. To say I wasn't above terrified was an understatement.

I opened the paper and it read:

Do you see me as I see you?

It was written in an almost childlike handwriting. There was no name,no signature.

What does that even mean? Maybe the wind just blew it to my window. Maybe it wasn't meant for me.

But as I tried going back to sleep,I couldn't help but think that it was really meant for me.

***

A/N: what do you think? Wild guesses? Was the paper meant for Yasmeen? If yes..who sent it?😈

Don't forget to vote😘

Love,
Siyyamah🍂