Meant To Be

We Meet Again

I woke up blinded from the sun coming through my bedroom window. I stared at the wall for a bit not ready to get out of bed just quite yet. I grabbed my phone from my dresser and found a good morning text from Yahya. I smiled and replied back. I checked my social media and when I was done I walked over to the bathroom. I turned on the shower and as I waited for the water to heat up I washed my face and brushed my teeth. Once I was done I hopped in the shower and washed my hair and body.
After I was done I put on a towel and picked my clothes out. I was only going to the mall today so I'm going for something casual. I picked out my black jeans with a black t-shirt and paired it with my green jacket and white converse. I also picked a black hijab to tie everything together. Once I got dressed I did my makeup.
I quickly put on foundation and some bronzer along with some mascara. I headed downstairs once I was done and grabbed an apple. Saying goodbye to my parents before I left of course.
I turned on the radio and sand along to "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber.
'My mama don't like you and she likes everyone.
And I never liked to admit that I was wrong.
I've been so caught up with your love, didn't see what's going on but now I know.
I'm better sleeping on my own.'

I arrived and parked my car and headed to the mall.
I first walked into Sephora, obviously. I picked up a new highlighter and a liquid lipstick. Once I payed for those I headed to forever 21. I found the most perfect summer dress. I immediately picked it up along with a jacket to match and headed to the fitting room. After taking a few selfies in the clothes I payed for them. As I grabbed my bag I headed out of the store only to bumping into someone and dropping my bags.
"You've got to be kidding me." I said under my breath.
"I'm sorry... Hey, Haneen." A familiar voice said.
I looked up and seen that it was Yahya. He wasn't alone. There were three other guys with him. And they were all laughing for some odd reason.
"Oh hey, um." I didn't know what to say because I was so caught off guard.
"Sorry by the way." He handed me my bag. "See you around though." He said with a genuine smile.
"Yeah, you too." I said awkwardly.
Ugh, "you too" what was I thinking. Oh god.

Yahya's POV

After showering and eating breakfast I decided on going to the mall today. I went upstairs to my room and picked out a pair of black jeans along with a grey t-shirt. I texted a few friends to see if they wanted to go and called my brother.
"Hey! Ahmad! Do you wanna go to the mall with me?" I called over.
"Yeah, let me just change first." He called back.

Once I picked up my two friends I drove us to Dunkin to get a few drinks for us. I ended up getting four iced caramel coffees. When we arrived to the mall we all made our way over to Express.
"Aye guys did Yahya tell you about his new girl?" My brother teased.
"Shut it Ahmad!" I warned him
"She different than the other girls." He mocked me.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Hamza asked.
"Because she's not even my girl." I told him.
"Wait a minute. Isn't that her right there?" Ahmad pointed out.
I looked everywhere.
"Where?" I quickly asked.
"Right there." He said just before he pushed me into her.
"You've got to be kidding me." I heard her say under her breath.
"I'm sorry.. Hey, Haneen." I tried my best to act surprised. Wow she looked really pretty.
Ahmad, Hamza and Yousef all laughed.
Wow, way to embarrass me.
"Oh hey. Um." She sounded nervous.
"Sorry by the way." I told her as I handed her her bag. "See you around." I smiled.
"Yeah, you too." She said as she smiled.
Wow I officially hate my friends. I'm going to kill them.

We walked into express and right away they all started teasing me.
"What happened to the player we all knew?" Yousef nudged me.
"Yeah you seemed all nervous. C'mon Yahya, don't let a girl get to you." My brother told me.
"You guys don't get it. But whatever, forget about her. Right now I'm with my guys. No girl talk." I told all of them.

After an hour or two of shopping, we all wanted to go the food court and grab a bite to eat. So that's what we did. I was in the mood for a burger so I waited in line at 'Smokehouse'.

Haneen's POV

After a successful day of shopping, I headed to the food court. If it's one thing you guys should know about me is that I love burgers. And I mean I love them. So obviously I stood in line by 'Smokehouse'.
I seen a guy that looked like the guy I bumped into earlier. I tapped his shoulder.
"Haneen." He said smiling. "Uh listen, sorry about earlier." He was playing with his hair.
"Oh, don't worry about it. It was nothing." I told him. "So your a fan of burgers too?" I asked, changing the subject.
"Yeah. I'm like a burger fanatic." He said.
"No way. Me too."
"You're not one of those girls that say they love food but barely eat, are you?" He joked.
"Nope. I take food very seriously." I laughed.

He ordered his food and so did I. I ended up getting a burger with a side of fries and a drink. Once I payed for my food, Yahya asked if I wanted to eat with him.
"Uh, I don't know. Would your friends mind?" I asked.
"No, no. I meant just me and you." He said nervously.
I could feel my cheeks heating up.
"Oh, yeah sure. Why not." I told him.
We found a table for the two of us and sat down. I was starving so I took a huge bite of my burger when I looked up I seen him smiling at me. He began eating his fries while still looking at me.
"What?" I asked. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Like what?" He said in a low whisper.
Okay can he get any hotter? The answer is yes of course.
"Like that."
"Because you're beautiful." He told me.
No one has ever told me that before.
"Right. You don't have to lie." I said to him as I picked up a fry.
"What makes you think you're not beautiful?" He asked.
"Because I look like a potato." I laughed.

We continued eating until he asked another question.
"So, tell me about yourself."
"What do you want to know?" I asked sipping on my drink.
"Everything."
"Well my favorite color is purple. I love burgers. Um, I'm super sarcastic. I'm not as quite as people may think. I love drake and Rihanna. I actually like basketball. I can bake and cook really well. And I'm super into makeup and I wanna start a career in makeup." I told him.
"You can cook huh?" He laughed. "I like drake too and basketball gets me pretty hype. Oh and I expect you to make me something sweet one day." He joked.
"Really. What do I look like? But no for sure, I'll make you something don't worry." I promised him.
"Good, I'm looking forward to it."

I went home after a long day at the mall, I sat in my room. I was wearing my favorite black silk robe watching Gossip Girl on my laptop. Halfway through the episode I realized I told Yahya about me but I didn't know anything about him. I grabbed my phone and shot him a text.

"Hey. You never told me anything about you."

After a few minutes he replied back saying,

"Who's this?"

"Wow. Bogus!"

"Just kidding. And I'm an open book"

"No seriously. What do you like to do? What interests you? What song do you sing when your sad? Tell me about yourself."

My phone started ringing. It was Yahya. What the heck. Why didn't he just text back?