The Hijabi's Convertee

chapter 14

I kept starring at her, appreciating her beauty
Alhamdulilah , Allah created such a beautiful creature

Soon, I fell asleep.

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My eyes fluttered open as I heard someone calling my name

I looked up to see my best friend, Abdullah

" C'mon man, get up" he said shaking his head

I looked beside me and Malika wasn't there anymore

" I took her inside to sleep" Abdullah said noticing my gaze

" Oh okay" I murmured

" Get up, go and sleep inside" he said to me pointing at one of the rooms on board

" Sure" I said getting up and picking my phone up to check the time

" We'll be landing in a hour" I said informing Abdullah

" Yeah right" he says to me yawning

We made our way to the room and laid down on the bed

Sharing a bed with him wasn't a big deal, we slept in the same tent in summer camp when we were younger and whenever I spend the night at his house, we slept on his bed together
I see him as a brother even though he's a year older than I am

Soon we drifted off to sleep

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Malika's POV

" Malika get up the jet has landed" I hear Fatima say, pinching my cheeks

" Urgh, I'm awake" I said groaning as I sat up and held my assaulted cheeks

"There's a car waiting for us outside" Fatima said winking at me, a smile on her face

She knew I didn't like being pinched on my cheeks

I glared at her while getting up and we made our way out of the room walking out of the jet

We got outside and two SUVs were waiting
One of the SUVs could fit four of us comfortably

"We are waiting for my parents" Iqraam said and I looked up at him
I was a bit stunned but nodded nonetheless

It was currently late noon because of the time difference

Soon another jet landed not far from where we stood

" They're here" Iqraam said his smile becoming wider

After a few minutes, Mr and Mrs Musa came out of their jet and walked towards us

" As Salam alaikum" they both said

"Wa alaikumus Salam"
We all replied
Mrs Musa walked closer to Fatima and I and gave me a hug and did the same for Fatima

" How was your journey here" she asked us, smiling kindly

" Alhamdulilah " Fatima and I replied to her at the same time

I turned to look at Fatima and she did the same

And we said " jinx" at the same time

" Oh my, we brought to kids with us" Abdullah said holding his forehead dramatically
And everyone chuckled

I pouted at him and Fatima rolled her eyes

" Let's get going" Mr Musa said smiling

We decided to go in threes, me Fatima and Iqraam's mum and Abdullah, Iqraam and Iqraam's Dad

We got into the car and we're on our way to Ibrahim's mansion

The Ibrahims are a lovely big family, Fatima's mum is from the Ibrahim's family, she has so many cousins from her mum's side, not that she didn't have many from her dad's side just not so many

The ride to the Ibrahim's from the airport took about forty minutes

Fatima, myself and Mrs Musa chatted all the way here and she made us start calling her aunty, she's a fun and cool person
She's like a modern aunty

We got to the Ibrahim's mansion and it had a modern like structure and has three floors, the ground floor and two more floors
The mansion grounds was full of greenery
The car drove to the front of the mansion and I saw everyone waiting outside

The car came to a stop and we got out

I got out first then Fatima followed
We didn't even take another step when we were enveloped in hugs
It was, Zainab,Nafaasat, Ruqayyah, Zulaihah, they are all Fatima's cousins

"As Salam alaikum" me and Fatima said
"Wa alaikumus Salam" they replied

"I've missed you guys so much" Nafaasat said pouting, she was the youngest amongst the girls

" Aww I've missed you too" I said smiling widely

"How was your trip?" Ruqayyah asked us smiling, she is the oldest followed by Zainab and Zulaiha who are twins

" Alhamdulilah" me and Fatima said at the same time
And turned to look at each other eyes narrowed

" C'mon you guys haven't stopped that 'jinx' thing" Zainab said making us turn to her
" Naa, it's not stopping soon" I said shaking my head

" You girls are taking all of my daughter's attention " we heard Aunty Abubakar speak( Fatima's mum)
And Fatima ran to her and hugged her tight, she hugged her back and we all laughed

" Oh Allah they don't even miss us" I heard Abdullah say holding his chest in mock heartbreak

" Yes, let's go back home" Iqraam seconded nodding sadly bit everyone could see it was fake

" Stop acting like girls,it's cringy" Faisal said with a disgusted expression

There are 8 kids in the Ibrahim's family, four boys, four girls, Ismail, Faisal, Shumaar and Shumayl, who are twins just like Zainab and Zulaiha
Uncle Ibrahim had two wives but one is no more

Ismail is the first child followed by Ruqayyah and then Faisal, followed by Shumaar and shumayl who are a year older than Zainab and Zulaiha, followed by Nafaasat who is the last born

" You're the one who acts like a girl" Abdullah retorted Faisal's claim and soon they started arguing, these two are like cat and rat

"My Malika has forgotten me" I heard mum say and turned around to look at her

I ran over to her wanting to hug her but she held her hands out

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