That was never It!!

chapter 22

There was a knock at the door and the girls argued over who would get it. Normally Aliyah would get it to end the argument but she was too tired to move. Her job was proving to be more hectic than she thought.

"Fine!" Isabelle finally said. "I will be the responsible one."

"Ooh no you don't." Rukhayah jumped off the sofa and wrapped her hijab on her head. Isabelle smirked. She knew that would work. Rukhayah liked being the responsible one.

"You are too good at this." Aliyah said as she realised what Isabelle had just done.

"Damn right I am!" She threw some chip in her mouth and smirked. A laughing Rukhayah and wet Amina walked in. The look on Amina's face was priceless.

"Wow!" Isabelle chuckled. "I didn't know there was a Storm in your house."

"Ha Haa haaa! Very funny." Amina stuck her tongue at Isabelle.

"You wanna tell us what happened?" Aliyah struggled not to laugh.

"The Twin happened." Rukhayah chuckled. "You didn't tell me they are back."

"They just arrived right now!" Amina shouted and threw her hands in the air. She was always so dramatic.

"And they did this." Rukhayah said pointing at her wet blouse and hair. Aliyah gave her a towel.

"Apparently, dad bought them big water guns and they tried it on me."

"Why are you here? Coz the last time I got involved I got gum in my hair." Rukhayah said and Amina sighed.

Aliyah  gave them a confused look so they explained what they were talking about.

"Shut up!" Aliyah and Isabelle exclaimed together.

"You have a pair of  twin in your family?" Aliyah said.

"Those kids are ultimate prankers!" Isabelle smirked.

Just then a knock was heard at the door and Amina flinched.

"Please don't let them in. Please!" Amina begged. Isabelle ran and opened the door. Cute Hassan and Hussein stode at the door.

"Hi!" They chorused.

Aliyah smiled widely. They were so adorable.

"We are Hassan and Hussein. Just like the sons of Ali and Fatima.  The grand children of our beloved prophet." They said together in a sing song voice.

The room was filled with Aaaaaaws and Aaaaaa! From Aliyah and Isabelle.

"They are so Adorable!" Aliyah exclaimed. "And cute!"

"Don't fall for that!" Rukhayah warned. "Take it from the girl with gum in her hair."

"I am Aliyah and this is Isabelle." She waved Rukhayah off.

"Nice to meet you." They said together.

"I thought they did that only in the movies." Isabelle said.

"Did what?" Amina whispered. She seemed afraid to talk.

"Talk at the same time." Isabelle scratched her head.

Hassan and Hussein walked in front of Amina and smiled.

"Congratulations!" They said.

Oh no!  Amina was about to run.

"You have won yourself a week of ultimate pranking!" They shouted.

"Babaaaaaaaaaa!" Amina shouted. Isabelle laughed until her belly hurt.

Her father ran into the apartment through the open door.

"What's wrong Hayati?" He asked her.

"Hassan and Hussein are threatening me!" She shouted despite of the fact they were in the same room.

"I uuuh ummm.." Her father bit his lip. "I am out!"

"What? They want to prank me the whole week and you are not gonna tell them to stop?"

"Well Darling, the thing is I can't help you."

The twin smirked and rubbed there hands maniacally at the same time. How do they coordinate?

"Babaaa?"

"They promised that they won't prank me the whole month if I don't interfere."

"Babaaa!" Amina shouted through gritted teeth. "You are selling me out?"

"Habibti, I love you more than life itself but it's true I am selling you out." Amina was at the point of crying.

"Babaaaaa!"

"I gotta go. Your mom is crazy about the gifts I brought from UAE."

"Babaaaaa!"

The girls laughed as Amina stomped her feet. The little boys laughed at her and left.

"Okaaay! They are not adorable." Aliyah and Isabelle said together.

"I am crashing in with you guys tonight and the next, and the next until they start pranking someone else." Amina said and jumped on the sofa.

"Why do I feel like this is going to be a long week?" Isabelle said with a sigh.

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Amal (Ariana) was trying to wake Jamal (Jem) so that they can pray Tahajud together. Jamal was always a heavy sleeper. She pulled the blanket but he wasn't waking up.

"Wake up!" She shouted. He hugged his pillow and groaned.

"Habibi!" She shook him. He swiftly pulled her on himself. She struggled off him but couldn't. "Let me go."

"Shush! I was dreaming about you."

"Jamal!" She shouted.

"Shush! You're ruining the moment."

"Wake up!"

"Arghhh! Can't a man dream about his wife in peace?"

"Don't be so melodramatic."

"I am being melodramatic?" She nodded affirmatively and he rolled her off himself and started tickling her. She struggled to breath as she begged him to stop.

After wasting thirty minutes of laughing and embracing each other, they finally woke up and prayed.

"Ooh I forgot to tell you that Haytham is coming today." He told her as they finished reading the Quran.

"Running away from her again?"

"Yea." He chuckled. "She actually befriended his Mom and poor aunt thinks she is an angel."

"Serves him right!" Amal said stifling a laugh.

"Amal?"

"Well he can be a jerk sometimes."

Jamal was about to grab her when Hanaan started crying.

That baby picks the wrong time to cry. Jamal thought as his wife ran to the baby's room.

Asalam alaykum

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