"A set of eyes that could easily fade into the sky and float besides the sun."

-Maya Cooper

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Aliah's POV

"I'm coming over, I took the day off," I said holding my phone firmly.

Harris and I talked, we were convinced that Saïd wasn't going to tell his wife about this, so I decided to go to his place to talk about his options, what he could possibly do next.

Maya's POV

I took a small bite from the sandwich Daniya shared with me as I was carefully listening to what she knew about Sameed. We finished some homework first before we started talking about Sameed and ourselves.

"So his father is a Muslim but his grandfather was not, so that's why his last name sounds so 'American'."

She placed her arms on the table, crossed them and continued.

"His mother was Christian but she unfortunately died 2 years ago"

"Wow seriously?" I replied. I was in total shock, he never told me about his mother. I mean I didn't know him for that long, but that's a pretty important part of his life to not tell.

"Yeah crazy right, so he grew up Muslim but some people think he switched paths because of the things he has done and maybe, still does," she continued. "After his mother died, everything went downhill from there.. He never got over it."

I listened closely and didn't utter a word. His life was so interesting, nothing compared to my boring existence.

"That's the important part really, he has dated a lot of girls and some of them claim he never was looking for anything serious," She finished while continuing eating the rest of her sandwich.

Of course he has dated a ton of girls, I mean just look at him. Perhaps he just doesn't know what to do with his life just yet. Maybe I was brought into his life to help him figure that out, to help him get back onto the right path. I didn't know how I could possibly do that but I guess I could give it a shot.

I was traversing the maze of deep thoughts until Daniya's high pitched voice pulled me out.

"Can I ask you something Maya?" She asked, her eyes widened as she leaned in closer.  

"Sure," I replied, somehow scared for her question.

"First off, your name, It doesn't sound Arabic"

"Well as you already know, my dad is American and my mom is from the middle east. They wanted both cultures brought back into my name, so instead of naming me 'Maryam', as they wanted to do at first, they shortened it and named me 'Maya'." I responded. "Maya Cooper," I added.

"Oh okay, got it and then secondly," I saw how scared she was to ask me the following question.

"Do you- erm - like Sam- I mean-Sameed?" She asked, lowering her gaze to her fingers.

"What? No of course not, he's just a friend," I replied, my cheeks burning out of shame.

I don't like him, but that someone actually thought I was interested in a guy made everything super awkward.

"Okay sure, Sameed is just a friend got it," she winked.

"What am I?" A familiar yet unknown voice remarked from behind. As I turned around, I saw two bright blue eyes stare into my soul. Blue eyes that could fade into the sky and float besides the sun.

Sameed.

I cleared my throat, turned back to Daniya and spread my eyes, giving her the 'play along look'.

She got the hint and started saving my ass, at least, that's what I thought..

"Oh Maya over here thinks you're cute, but I gotta go."

Just like that, she made the situation more awkward than it already was.

I wanted to give her one of my deadliest look, but she didn't dare to look at me. She quickly shot a smile at me and left as fast as possible.

Sameed sat down in Daniya's seat and faced me with a massive grin on his face. His left arm resting on the armrest while he watched my subtle eye movements.

"Cute huh," he said raising his eyebrows.

I leaned back in my seat as I was looking at him with squinted eyes. I was trying to control my annoyance but also trying to come up with something to save my own ass.

"I didn't say that," I laughed. "She was just messing with me."

He lifted an eyebrow, looking at me with the same grin he had on earlier. He placed his arms on the table and leaned in closer.

"Oh, if there's one thing I know about Daniya, it's that she never lies," he said, glaring at me. 

I was nibbling on my lower lip out of embarrassment. It's something I always did whenever I was nervous or embarrassed. I shook my head while lowering my gaze.

In the corner of my eyes I noticed how he was studying my face and behaviour, my now tauted lips, tense posture and emberassed, but deep down, cold eyes. 

"So do you wanna do something after school?" He asked, trying to make eye contact again. I looked at him and saw how his grin faded away until nothing but a genuily smile was left.

"Yeah-no," I replied. I pushed the chair back and stood up from my seat, collecting all my stuff.

"You're so boring" He said, rolling his eyes.

I stopped packing my stuff, took a deep breath and gave in. "Fine what do you wanna do," I asked.

"I'll text you" He said, jumping up from his seat.

"Wait how did you get my-"

"I have connections pumpkin" He replied, cutting me off.

Wait what?

Pumpkin?

Gross.

"Oh and you're cute too," he added before heading out.

"I didn't say you were cute and don't ever call me pu-," I yelled but stopped as the librarian gave me the 'keep your voice down' look.

"-pumpkin again" I whispered, finishing my sentence.

Pumpkin?

Ugh.

Never again please.

Max's POV

"Hey Daniya right?" I asked, jumping in front of her and giving her one of my fakest smiles.

She took a step back at my sudden movements and looked somehow scared of me.

"Chill, I just saw you with Maya and wanted to ask you something." I said, throwing my hands up in defense.

She rolled her eyes at my fakeness as she stomped pass me, not giving me any of her attention.

"Daniya?" I shouted, not sure why she was ignoring me.

She stopped walking and slowly turned around. She blinked and finally gave in by raising her eyebrows.

"I just wanna know why Sameed is all over Maya" I said, taking a step closer.

"Why? Are you interested in her?" She asked, her arms crossed over her chest.

"What? No of course not," I replied.

Of course I wasn't interested in her..

She was my cousin.

Disgusting.

"I just wanna know why Sameed is so interested in Maya," I repeated.

"What's that?" A voice, I of course recognized, asked.

I took a deep breath before turning around to face the one girl I was trying to look after. The frown on her face spoke a thousand words. She was confused, lost and worried.

I ran my fingers through my hair as I stared back at her.

"It's not what you think it is," I said.

She probably was thinking I had some sort of interest in her, that I was jealous of Sameed.

Her forehead softened as the lines slowly disappeared.

"I heard Sameed and my name, so what else would it be huh?"

I glanced up at the ceiling, internally screaming for God's help.

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I keep accidentally publishing chapters that aren't done yet. Sorry guys.

Oh btw, when do y'all start school again?

Hope you like the story so far, I hope it isn't confusing with all the male characters and the different point of views.

Edited by AleyshaHussain19

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