Chapter 3
Today I am completely bored. Its been a week since I've spoken to Jannah. I felt sick to the pit if my stomach. "Jalilah please come down", my mom shouted. All this week I haven't been downstairs because I was too sick. So mostly the only thing I did was throw up, choke on my water and explode the toilet because I have diarrhea. I feel so sick to even move. "Coming", I mumbled coming down the stairs. Qasim Ameen appears at the stair case and asks me if I need any help. "Please. Thank you", I say to him. He picks me up and carried me down the stairs.
"Why are you being so nice?", I asked him as he placed me on my feet. "Aren't I always sis, you know that I would never wanted to see my second mommy in pain isn't that right?", he asked with a look. "Oh shut up!", I say walking past him into the living room. I walked inside of the living room and I jumped in shock. Jannah was here with her mother and father and I didn't even have a proper hijab or head covering on my freaking head. I backed up into Qasim and I hit his chest hard as we we're in the hallway. "Why didn't you tell me that her family was here. I look a mess", I say running upstairs hurrying to slip on an abaya and a proper hijab.
I made my way back downstairs fully dressed and with a brushed mouth. "As salaamu alaykum", I said entering the room. Everyone turned to stare at me with a smile in their face. "Wa alaykum Salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu", they all said back with a smile. "Jalilah, please come sit", my ummi said patting an empty seat beside her. I looked unsure as I made my way over to where she was seated at. "Oh Jalilah binti, you have grown since the last time I had seen you. You are becoming more of a beauty to my eyes alhamdulilah", Jannah's mother said. Alright Umm Jannah cut the crap just tell me what's going on!!! Hello I am a little sick and weak here if you haven't noticed. And all of that Bull is not going to make me better and or boost my energy.
"Jazakallahu Khayran", I said with a weak smile. Jannah gave me a small apologetic smile then looked around the room, staring at each and everyone. I looked around too and that's when I noticed that the guy who had his face covered up the day I went to her house was in my living room with his face covered up again. Is that some sort of armor? "Um- I would like to break the news to Jalilah", Jannah says looking at the both of my parents. I gave Ameen a questioning look and he ignored me completely. "Um- My foster brother Dulamah Amhar wants your hand on marriage", she says with a smile. I gasped, I could've sworn this was a dream but it wasn't. "What the heck, is this some sort of joke or something? I don't even know the guy", I said. " I do, and he's a very great brother", Ameen says standing up much straighter on the wall. I glanced over at the guy and his dark face mask and his whole black outfit looked curious. No skin on his body showed not even his freaking feet! "I'm sorry but I can't accept, I have to finish college", I say looking around until my eyes stayed on Jannah. She wouldn't look back at me. "He has agreed that you can continue to do college, and that you will have time to do other things", my abi said. I shook my head disapprovingly. "I'm sorry but I don't need any distractions at the moment. All I want to do is finish college then think about starting a family", I said. "But other than that I just don't think I'm ready now", I say. Ameen shooked his head and sighed aloud. "Sorry sis, but its already been chosed for you", he says. I shake my head feeling the urge to just strangle everybody in the room and to just choke slam Dulamah for wanting to marry me. "H- How do I not know that something is wrong with him and that's the reason why he covers his face", I say not ashamed if what I said.
"He- Jalilah, he covers his body for a reason", Umm Jannah said. I didn't say anything for a while. "And why is that?", I asked. "Be- Because he has beauty", Jannah says as a tear rolls down her cheek. Beauty? Oh Beauty huh? that's bull shit! Who the hell covers beauty? "I do", he says as in Dulamah says. That's when I realized that I had said my thoughts out loud. "I'm sorry", I said in a whisper. "Dulamah just please... Just please show her at least",my mother said. Ge sighed and took off his gloves. His hands were tan and smoothed and looked perfect. He unzipped his black jacket and it revealed his tan arms that we're smooth with a few hair on his arms. The he removed a black hat, after that was his kufi. It revealed long black wavy hair that was bundled into a pony tail. And last but not least he removed the mask and I began to cry. His face was not what I expected. He had a tanned face with a beard a mustache and he looked like he could be a beautiful women but had a man look to him if you know what i mean, if he didn't have the beard and mustache.
"Ya Allah", I murmured. He looked at the wall shyly. Surely he was handsome and I began to feel a like towards him, not live but a like. "Dulamah", Umm Jannah said. He looked her way and that's when I noticed that he had a huge knife slit across his neck. What happened? I felt bad for him, really really bad. Before I could take the words back everyone started to smile. "I want to marry him", I said not believing myself. Everyone's face beaned except his, he just looked away. More tears fell and I tried my best to emailed them away.
Well that was the final decision so no take backs!:/ Life would be different soon.
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Finished that chapter, I know it was short and that sucks but I don't have time to make long chapters. And as always Comment, Vote, Share!!
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AswadMuslimah
