That was never It!!

chapter 12

Aliyah explained to her father the reason as to why she didn't want to marry Jaffar. At first the old man tried to talk her into it but he was so angry after he saw the picture. Jaffar was seated on a sofa with a bottle of beer in his hand and a woman was seating on his lap. He was kissing her forehead as she was taking the picture.
The old man told Aliyah he was going to talk to Jaffar's  father about the matter.

Aliyah was glad her father was  on her side. She ran towards Isabelle and crushed into her arms. She hugged her too tightly and Isabelle faked a chock.

"I am not a hugger so let me go." She said as she struggled out of her grip. Aliyah refused to let her Friend go and kept on squeezing her. "Okay, just this ones." Isabelle said and hugged her back. She then started counting in her head after exactly three seconds she pulled back. She then straightened her hooded jumper and looked at Aliyah.

"Never do that again." Isabelle said and Aliyah scoffed.

"What's with you and being an anti-hugger."

"Anti what now!" Isabelle rolled her eyes dramatically. "Is that even a word?"

"No." They both laughed. "I am on cloud nine." Aliyah said as she pulled Isabelle for another hug.

"Lemmi go!" She said and pulled away from Aliyah. "Try that again and you won't feel your hands ever again."

Aliyah laughed at her reaction.

"I pity the guy that will fall in love with you."  Aliyah said and Isabelle laughed.

"Yea, me too." She said and Aliyah gave her a mortified look. "What?"

"Nothing, just a little scared that he might die before he meets his first kid." Aliyah said in a serious tone.

"You think?" Isabelle rubbed her chin. "I was thinking he will die before he even makes his first kid."
They both laughed until their ribs hurt. Isabelle kept cracking jokes and Aliyah liked it.

They finally decided to freshen up and get ready for their graduation. Aliyah looked perfect with her long blue dress and black Hijab. Isabelle hated wearing a dress but she still wore a long black one. Aliyah complained that it made her look dangerous. With her long dark hair and big black eyes the dress really did suit her.

They walked to the campus since it wasn't far. Isabelle kept complaining that her dress was itchy and her shoes made her feet hurt. She wanted to were her  Snickers but Aliyah stopped her.

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Jaffar was so angry at Marla for posting that picture. He just wanted to find out who the hell sent Aliyah that picture. He got a little violent after his father called him and demanded that he fixes things with Aliyah.

Why the hell does he want me to marry that frump anyways? He couldn't understand. At first he thought his father was doing Aliyah a favour but it was now clear that his father wanted this alliance more than Aliyah's family does.
He was glad his Dad hadn't taken everything from him. He had to do something to bring Aliyah into his  life before his Dad ruins his life, but that will be later. At the moment he just wanted to have fun before he is forced into a marriage he doesn't want. For some reason he believed it would be easy to get Aliyah back into his life.