Black Silk

CHAPTER 35

NADIA'S POV

"Holy shit!" Sarah muttered from behind us. She had been fairly quiet until now so she probably wanted us to hear, meaning she wanted us to know what she was so shocked about. I know the ropes, that was me not so long ago.

"What?" Raheem asked glancing at her through the rear view mirror, and I turned in my seat to face her. She was scrolling through her phone pretty fast. I'm not sure how she was reading anything.

"Nothing, just that Nadia is fricking trending!" She raised her voice towards the end.

"I'm what!? What do you mean I'm trending" my eyes widened and my mouth fell open.

"Well, it looks like someone caught a few pictures of the two of you today and now they are everywhere and people want to know who you are" she explained "Cool there's even a hashtag!"

"Sarah how is that fucking cool?" Raheem asked.

"Pass, let me see please" I held my hand out for her to give her phone to me. She did then leaned forward to look over my shoulder.

She wasn't joking, I was trending, well we both were. It's weird because I didn't see any cameras on us, but then again it makes sense that they would be discrete about it.

I pressed on the hashtag -which was shit by the way- and scrolled down. There were thousands of people reposting trying to find out who I was and what my relation to Raheem was. My leg started bouncing while I scrolled a bit further and to my surprise there were even more pictures, but from other days we were in public together. "Oh my GOD!"

I gave Sarah her phone back with shaky hands then looked down at my phone that was on silent because of the ceremony. Idaya and Taliya along with a few other people I know were blowing it up with calls and messages. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, oh my god I ca-can't breathe, s-shit I can't breathe Raheem fucking pull over I need to get out!" I was having a panic attack. I knew from experience that being in a confined space wasn't going to help my cause.

Luckily wherever we were wasn't busy. In fact it looked like the quiet rich parts just outside of London so if I did get out not that many people would see me if anything. "Nadia, please you need to calm down" Raheem said pulling up next to a small field. As soon as the car came to a stop i was already halfway out "Wait here." I heard him say before coming after me.

"Nadia stop! Where the fuck are you going!?" He yelled after me as I stopped running and walked fast through the short bright green grass. I didn't know where I was going but I just needed to be able to move.

I tripped on something and fell over onto the wet grass. I stayed there in that position and Raheem came and sat right in front of me getting his trousers dirty -he wasn't wearing his blazers anymore. "Are you okay? Did you hurt anything?" He asked panicked, cupping my face before checking me over.

"My dress is fucking ruined!" I looked up at him. It was a really cute dress.

And it was Expensive.

"You've got to be shitting me," he huffed dragged his hand through his hair "I don't care about the damn dress Nadia, I can get you another if you want. I asked if you're okay. Can you stand?"

"Oh my God,what are my parents going to say? They're gonna fucking disown me Raheem!" I held onto his forearms.

"Shhh, they aren't going to do that"

"I'm gonna be bloody homeless! Oh my God I don't want to be homeless" I ignored him and put my wet muddy hand on my forehead without realising.

"Nadia." He sighed at my unnecessarily panicked state. I probably looked a mess.