He & She

Chapter 5

To say I was embarrassed would be an absolute understatement. If my red face was any indication, it showed that I was down right humiliated. And everyone laughing didn't help matters at all.

"What made you think I was little?" Ali asked me, his voice laced with amusement. I looked up at him, to see a soft smile play at his lips and his eyes were trying hard not to look directly at me. I suddenly looked away, my stomach doing a backflip my body could never do! My thoughts got so jumbled and I couldn't think of anything to say. All this just by looking at him! Snap out of it Hanna, I mentally scolded myself, and you definitely know the answer to what he just said.

I put all these weird feelings invading my mind in the back burner, and said with as much confidence and indignation that I could muster, " well I just thought that since Dadi amina went all the way to New York, that you must be little and unable to travel by yourself." Well done Sanaa, I praised myself. Because I felt an extra confidence boost surge through my veins, I added," I see now that the only bit that is true is the you not being able to travel by yourself bit." I said with a teasing smile. I looked at his face to gauge his reaction, and I was surprised not to see a stunned faced Ali, in fact he gave me a challenging smile and his face read,'game on!'
Uh oh, I may have put myself in a lot of trouble.

Two hours later, we all sat scattered around the living room, with all our guests talking about anything and everything. We had already dropped Ali and the other guests off at Kumail's house. Ugh why did I have to single out Ali like that? I mean dropped off all of the Kumail's relatives off at his house.

I sipped my Tim horton's hot chocolate, pretending to laugh at something Aunty Yas said but my mind was still on Ali. I had absolutely no idea why. Did I maybe like him? That would be too weird! But would it really? No, I did not like him! It's just that I hardly ever talked to boys and he was one of the extremely few that I ever talked to, for Islamic proposes of course, and that's why I feel like I like him!  It's just like an illusion.

"Is everything okay?" Sanaa whispered into my ear. I jumped at the sound of her voice, I had been so deep in thought.

I looked at Sanaa, usually I would be able to tell her anything and everything. But this was so confusing! I didn't even know what to tell. I didn't even know if there was anything to tell! "Just thinking about the wedding." I answered her with a smile.

"I know me too!" She smiled back."I love Kumail so much Hanaa, i feel so happy!"

I reached out and hugged Sanaa. I felt a pang of guilt having lied to her. But let's see how the week goes. And if there is anything to tell, then I would definetly come talk to Sanaa.