Iza

Ghosts

It was finally Saturday. Iza played with Maira that morning until they were told to clean the house. When they had finished cleaning, it was a little after noon.

Iza went into the living room and found her dad on his laptop.

She ran up to him and begged, "(Papa! Can I please go to the mall today?!)"

He stopped what he was doing and turned to see her begging. "(Did you do what your mother asked?)"

"(Yes!! Maira and I already finished!!)"

He sighed and stood up saying, "(I'll be right back.)"

Iza only wanted to go to the mall because her friends were going to be there. She considered them friends because they always talked to her in the lunchroom; though she didn't feel that close to them. She also messaged Kaylie and got her to come along too. Maira was also supposed to go to her friend's house so she wouldn't interfere with anything.

Everything was going perfectly.

He came back and said, "(I'm taking you, but Maira is coming with you since her friend is sick today)"

Iza panicked.

"Maira is gonna embarrass me..."

They got ready and headed to the car. Iza noticed that Maira grabbed her portable game system; maybe she could distract herself and end up not embarrassing Iza?

In the car, Iza was texting Kaylie and she asked her where she was. She told Iza that she was in a store but could come out to meet them. When they got to the mall, Iza's dad asked them where her friends were.

"(Go to the bookstore, my friend Kaylie is there)"

He drove and then they saw Kaylie standing outside the bookstore on her phone. Iza hesitated to get out, Maira was surely gonna make her look weird to Kaylie. Iza hoped that Maira would at least speak English in front of her.

They got out of the car; Maira was still playing her game.

Kaylie waved and said, "Hey Iza!! Is that your sister?!"

Iza waved back and said, "Hi, yeah this is my sister Maira..."

Maira looked up at Kaylie and muttered "...Namaste".

Kaylie looked confused, "What? What did she say?"

Iza chimed in, "She just said hi under her breath!" Her heart was pounding.

Kaylie decided to speak to Maira once more, "I like your shoes! They're really pretty!"

Maria said, "Kia tum mujhse dosti krne ki koshish kr rahi ho? mujhe tum pasand nhi, jao yahan se!".

Iza couldn't believe Maira just said that.

Kaylie turned towards Iza.

Iza said, "She's speaking in Hindi..."

Kaylie's jaw dropped, "So you can speak Hindi?! That's so cool!! Why didn't you tell me?!"

Iza was shocked, "Oh uh... It's pretty weird and..."

"Weird?! No! It's super cool! Tell me what Maira said!'' Kaylie was smiling from ear to ear.

Iza hesitated and looked at Maira.

Maira was on her phone.

Iza lied, "She said thank you and that she likes them too..."

Maira didn't seem to care that Iza just lied. Kaylie however was still excited to learn that Iza could speak another language.