The Hijabi's Convertee

chapter 4

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Malika's POV

Me and Fatima made our way to the living room

Mum went to the kitchen and Dad, Abdullah and Iqraam went to the study to discuss, probably to teach Iqraam about Islam
I guess

I decided to start calling him Iqraam, that will be his name in the future because he chose it

Fatima and I sat down and we couldn't wait to check out the perfume

We opened the box which contained the perfume and brought it out

It was a blue bottle with a gold puff and it has the perfume oil inside of it

Fatima pressed the puff, spraying it in the air and we inhaled
And damn it smells soo good

I love scents and I could tell it's a slightly sweet and bold scent
Just how I like it
Not overly sweet and not overbearing and strong, just mild

" This smells soo nice" Fatima said breathing in the scent and voicing out my thoughts

"I know right " I drawled, a toothy grin on my face

"We have to thank brother Abdul for this, I wasn't expecting him to get one for me too" she said looking slightly serious

" Me too?" I asked confused

"Oh yeah, I wasn't supposed to say that at all" she said turning away from me to avoid being questioned but she just woke detective Malika

I went all the way to her front so we were facing each other on the couch

"Start spilling " I say narrowing my eyes at her

"Okay okay, stop looking at me that way" she says to me

"What way" I asked feeling confused and then I realized she was trying to stir me away from the topic

I looked at her eyes still narrowed and said

"Start spilling, you aren't escaping this one"

"Fine, I'll tell you" she said raising her hands up in mock defeat

"Of course you will"I chirped and chuckled

"So, last week your brother and I spoke and I told him about our difficulty to order for the perfume and he didn't speak much about it, I'm even surprised he was able to get it, he never said anything about it talk more of getting two" she said and raised her hand up indicating two

"Aww, he's the bestest, he made it a surprise for sure" I said with a toothy grin

This is how it's always been, my brother gets goodies for me and Fatima because we're sisters and he can't be partial to one leaving the other

Fatima and I continued speaking till it was time for Maghrib prayer

We made our way upstairs to keep the perfume first and the performed our Wudhu

On our way downstairs we heard a scream
Running down the stairs, we saw Abdullah holding his chest and taking deep breaths, Iqraam was laughing hard at him

"What's going on" I asked trying to figure out what would have made him scream like that

"It's sky, she came and started rubbing my legs and I was startled yeah startled" Abdullah said still holding his chest and taking deep breaths

"More like scared" Iqraam mumbled out still laughing

Fatima and I burst out in laughter

Sky is my cat, she's Soo cute and harmless

"Sky is totally harmless you know"I said as I stopped laughing, wiping the little tears at the corner of my eyes

Fatima and Iqraam also stopped laughing

I heard a meow and I looked down to see Sky beside my legs
I carried her up hugging her

" I didn't see you the whole of today" I said to Sky even though I knew she can't reply niether does she understands

She meowed at me again and I kissed her on the head

" Can I carry her?"Iqraam asked with a smile causing me to look up at him

" Um, yeah sure" I replied to him and lowered my gaze, not sure why I did so but I'm sure I feel awkward

" Okay" he says moving closer to me
I stretched my hands out handing over Sky to him

He took her from me and Sky didn't even struggle to come back to me as she always does with strangers
She got comfortable with him immediately!

Little traitor

He started playing with Sky and sky was purring and enjoying playing with him

He was smiling softly while playing with her

" Let's go, it's time to pray" Abdullah says, having recovered from the fright just now

"Yeah, Malika let's go" Fatima calls out to me and held me by my forearm, pulling me towards the prayer room

We all made our way to the prayer room
Iqraam was still playing with Sky and that little traitor was enjoying him rubbing her head and tickling her, purring

We entered the prayer room and the guys went to the male side while Fatima and I made our way to the female side

After praying Nafl, we sat waiting for Abdullah to lead the prayer

Iqraam was saying the Shahada with the help of Dad

After he completed the Shahada, he joined us for prayer
Abdullah lead the prayer and soon we were done

After making Duas, we all made our way to the dining hall

I couldn't wait to dig in at the sight of the mouth watering dishes

We all sat down and began eating
" This is delicious" I couldn't help but say after the first bite
My mom's food is the best for me

"Thank you dear" my mum replies to me

"She took those words right out of my mind" Abdullah said and we all chuckled
Afterwards we ate dinner in silence
Except me and Fatima were a bit chitty chatty

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After dinner, the maids came to clear the dining hall

We have maids to help around the house although mum cooks our food most of the time the maids do it occasionally

It was time for Isha prayer after dinner so we all prayed

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After prayer

We went to the living room and the men were on one side
While we the women were on another side

Dad, Abdullah and Iqraam were talking about the Deen and some other stuff I wasn't interested in

While mum was on a call with Fatima's mum, they're best friends