#FewWords
Don’t focus on the negatives. Don't let the rejection from a few make you miserable and stop you from seeing the acceptance of many! Such is life; you can’t please everyone so don’t even try. Focus on who is for you instead of those against you. That’s the way forward!

Recap
"Do not even think about it" Jackson and Hammad walked up to him

He hissed, straigthened up and left them standing.

"Salma?" Hammad questioned her

She smiled

"Naughty" Jackson chuckled

Chapter Twenty Nine
Third Person's POV
After few minutes of happiness, Jackson, Hammad and Salma made their way to where Nasir was receiving first aid treatment.

"How long will this injury take to heal heal?" The coach asked the doctor

"It's a sprain so 3-4 weeks will be enough"

"His leg is so swollen, how can you..." Hammad started but kept quiet as if he was instructed to do that.

"Can he attend tomorrow's program?" Jackson who was resting on the wall asked

"He can if we find out that he has no other wounds or injuries, we need to take him to the hospital for that" The Doctor said

"He's going through so much pain, this is excruciating! Can you give him pain killers pill or something" Salma suggested

"We have done that" the nurse said

"Hmm, but it's clear he's going through hell still" Jackson added

"Are you sure it's not a fractured ankle?" The coach asked

Nasir wasn't even paying attention to them, his hand was on his ankle and he was just busy squirming even though the doctor claimed he was given pain killers.

"Let's go to the hospital, I don't think that's all" The coach stood up and in no time, he was taken to a hospital.

Mr Elijah requested a change of medical doctor because he was feeling uneasy about him.

"Hello Sir" Hammad called Mr Muhammad Shehu to let him know about the present situation, Nasir called him before the game to greet him earlier.

"Yes sir" Hammad answered when Mr Shehu asked him if he was receiving treatment at the moment.

"Yes sir, ok sir" Hammad continued nodding his head when Mr Shehu instructed on him on staying away from Suleiman Saleh

"I got to know he was the cause..."

"Sir but..." Hammad was about to tell him it wasn't so no further problems will evolve but Mr Shehu told him he actually had someone watching them all the time.

"Infact I watched everything!" After that, they exchanged pleasantries and ended the call.

"Can you believe Nasir's dad had someone watching us all the time we've been here?" Hammad asked in surprise

"Hmm, I believe. You guys are the ones underestimating that man" Salma scoffed

"I noticed something while we were playing..." Jackson started

"...Jax was actually always defending and also getting into the way of those boys while we were playing. Is it possible that he's turning into a new leaf?" Jackson asked

"Nahh, he isn't. It's just for selfish reasons, if you guys lose the game, he does too so...?" Salma raised her hands 2 inches above her shoulders.

"Hmm, that's also true" Hammad agreed with Salma

"I pray nothing happens to him other than the sprain, our exams are in two weeks"

They went on talking about the game and school while in the waiting room so they can distract each other.

Mr Elijah wasn't even talking to either of them, he was just very quiet.

On the other hand, Jax and Brenda were on the verge of starting a fight with Suleiman and his boys.

"You moron!" Suleiman gritted his teeth

"Do not call me that, okay?" Jax fired back

"You mother fucking dick" Suleiman walked very close to him

"I thought you said Nasir and his friends were turning into a problem for you?"

"Yes, they are Suleim..."

"Don't say my name in your fucking mouth! You said that but ended up messing up the entire plan after we talked about everything, after we planned everything!" Suleiman shouted

"Know one thing, there's a slight difference between you and I, you only think about spending the moment, being in the moment and I think about the effects of what'd happen after the moment!" Jax lost his calm and starting shouting back. The boys around were just keeping quiet.

"You are selfish!"

"We all know what we are, we all know what we are capable of" immediately Jax said that, he turned and left

"Don't fucking walk out on me!" Suleiman ran towards him

"I fucking walk out on my father!" He turned and raised his middle finger.

"We are not done!" Suleiman put his hand through his head

"Bastard!" Jax murmured

"I'll treat his fuck up!" Suleiman gritted his teeth and turned to one of the boys around him after Jax and Brenda left the place.

"Suleiman is one hell of an idiot, how does he expect me to bite the hand feeding me?" Jax slightly turned to Brenda

"The guy is a moron, there was no chance either of us was gonna score a goal because of our positions and he was expecting you to attack the one hope we had?" Brenda quickly said.

"Yeahh dude and I know the idiot will come back crawling" Jax smiled knowing exactly what Suleiman will do.

"Hmm...well... he's gonna have to stay at home for a few days, maybe weeks too because his ankle is sprained, just like I told you earlier on and hmm, a fracture...well...eeehhiimm!" The doctor started explaining what was wrong with Nasir, he was stammering in between when Mr Elijah interrupted

"Go straight to the point doctor, there's no time to waste anymore please"

"The thing is, there's a fracture right above his ankle which will make things a little bit complicated for it to heal fast"

"That's not good..." Salma calmly said

"Well, he'll go through the usual treatments but you can see him now" the doctor made way for them to go in and see Nasir. Jackson, Hammad, Salma and Mr Elijah walked slowly into the room.

"He's still sleeping, you'll have to come back after one or two hours, he was given a sleeping injection" the nurse that was about leaving explained and turned towards the door.

"His leg is so swollen!" Salma exclaimed when she saw how his leg was.

"It's worse than earlier on, right?" Hammad asked

"Yeahh"

"Don't touch it!" Mr Elijah stopped Jackson who was about to touch Nasir's leg

"Ok sir" Jackson withdrew his hand

"Well, since there's nothing more than the fracture and sprain, he'll be able to attend the award ceremony tomorrow and we'll leave in the morning" Mr Elijah said

"Are all the students leaving orr..."

"We all are leaving" Mr Elijah answered Hammad

"You guys should stay with him, I'll be back in a minute" Mr Elijah left, in about 10-15 minutes, Jackson and Hammad left too leaving Salma along with Nasir.

Salma dragged the chair closer to the bed and looked at him closely.

"Hmm, I've never looked at Nas this well, he's kinda good looking..."

"...hmm, not bad, he has dark hair too, shaved eyebrows I guess..." Salma continued looking at him and thinking of how different he was.

"I don't think this guy is sleeping, look at his eyes" She hovered her hand over his eyes, to make sure he was sleeping.

"He might be sleeping" she said out loud, not wanting to believe him because of how cunning he could be

"Get a picture!" Nasir opened his eyes and lightly laughed

"Did you just wake up orrrr..." Salma widened her eyes afraid that he might have heard all that she said

"Nahhh, just woke up" Nasir said, she nodded her head and breathed in" she relaxed in relief

"Not bad, he has dark hair too..."Nasir mimicked her while bursting out in laughter

"Nasssss, I was just sayinggg... didn't mean all that I saiddd" she rubbed the hem of her Hijab

"This face is just too good looking, right?" He continued teasing her while she pretended being busy on her phone

"Have you finished?" Salma asked Nasir after he got tired and stopped teasing her

"I'm just..."

"How's your leg? I mean, how are you feeling now?" She interrupted him with with the question

"I'm not feeling anything now" he tried to sit up and look at his leg that was hanged. Salma quickly picked the pillow and put it to his head.

"Are you prepared for tomorrow?" Nasir asked Salma who just unnoticeably nodded her head.

Later on, they all left leaving only Mr Elijah by Nasir's bed side.

The next day, they all got dressed up and went to the event Hall at 4pm. The hall was in another hotel, males wore black suits while the ladies were in black gowns.

Salma wore a black Muslimah evening dress, a white scarf matched with black  flats and a gold purse that matched the stones on the dress.

The event started in no time, intellectual and fun time activities were performed by different students.

The award presentation started with all of them receiving their awards one after the other.

Salma's school was awarded for the best presentation and the game too. After that, the dinner after party started immediately, Salma and her schoolmates couldn't attend the party because they had to pack their things for their early morning flight.

"Nasir's dad is one of a kind" Nasir murmured, his friends just looked at him perplexion clearly written on their faces. Salma rolled her eyes and looked at the carefully arranged dishes at their table, each table was meant for four people.

"Are you serious?" Jackson sipped from his champagne

"Yeah mehnnn, just because of this lil injury, my dad has finished spoiling all our plans" Nasir looked down

"Hmmm, well, that's true but it's for your sake, our exams are by the corner, I'm sure you know that" Hammad chipped in.

Salma didn't even add to what they were saying, she kept on sipping from her cup of juice.

"Ahhhh" Nasir screamed, his scream got the attention of quite a good number of people around. Salma quickly stood up along with Jackson and Hammad.

"What is it?"

"Are you okay?"

"Is it your leg?"

They asked him questions but he ended up telling them someone's 5 inches shoes poked his leg.

"The someone is specifically a girl" He added, they all looked at him in disbelief. Hammad calmly went to sit down when he knew Nasir was kidding.

"But no one's wearing high heels?" Jackson raised his eyebrow

"Hmm, Salma is..."

"Nahhh, I'm not. I'm actually wearing flats Mr Shehu" Salma interrupted him when she got the concept behind his fake scream.

"You don't even know how to lie" Hammad smiled

"Teach me, Mr Liar the son of two lawyers" Nasir said and each of them started laughing. After a few minutes, they all retired to their different rooms.

The next day, Salma and her fellow students got ready as early as their could, they were all assembled in a hall for a farewell. After everything, they left the hotel at exactly 6:30am because their flight was at 7am flight.

"Yes dad..." Salma informed her uncle of their departure time and everything that happened.

She went ahead to talk to Maryam and decided to ask if her mum was around but Maryam ignored the question so she ended the call.

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