Me And My JJ

3

Anaya's P.O.V

"Erm guys I have to go" I say before hanging up
"So? You met a guy huh?" He asks
"Yeah" I say confidently

Ain't no commoner from London gonna have me simping
"Ain't no commoner gonna have you simping?" He laughs
"Shit did I say that out loud?" I say
And he nods as he laughs

My phone pings.

Mummy💖:- Anaya I'm going to the cafe next door to the building I'll be back in ten xx

Great! I'm stuck with this idiot

"So, Anaya" he says getting closer to me
Okay, two can play at this pathetic ass game
"So, H-Harris" I smirk reminding him of our encounter yesterday

He stops for a second but regains himself
"H-Harris isn't here anymore it's just Harris now" he says as he gets closer
Okay way too close

"Erm ever heard of personal space?" I say walking back and he keeps walking forward until my back hits a wall

Of course

He smirks
"Curly hair?" He asks referring to the conversation I had with my friends
"Always wearing sunglasses huh?" He asks pulling off his sunglasses

Damn he's got a nice pair of eyes you know
"Good taste in clothes?" He asks looking down at his perfectly chosen outfit
"Did you listen to all my conversation?" I ask curiously
He ignores me,
"Cute face huh?" He asks

I swear if he gets any closer the unspeakable may happen

"OI NO SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE!" I hear someone shout
I turn my head and see Naz, Adam and Slim running up to us. Wow drama queens.

"We weren't gonna do anything" I say rolling my eyes
"I thought we were" Harris asks jokingly and I glare at him and he just smirks

"So, you finally grew the balls to talk to her?" Slim asks
I look over at Harris and, I mean, if looks could kill

"Why would he need to grow balls to talk to me?" I ask confused
"Cos he's shy of you innit" Naz says and I smile
"I love your accent, I wish I had an accent like yours" and he smiles
"What about mine?" Harris asks
"It's nothing special" I shrugged

"We need to go now" Adam says and they walk off before I can ask them why they happen to be here

Just as they leave my mum walks in through the door. Wow about time.

A few minutes later I get called on to stage as well as everyone else. I see everyone else walk on to stage and I'm the last one. That's when I realise everyone's wearing an abaya. I mean, even the guys are wearing thobes. They look cute to be honest and now I feel super overdressed

When I turn to face the 'judges' who I now realise is the reason why the guys are here, Harris gives me a cheeky smirk and I feel a slight blush. Ew I never blush

"Okay guys, so you signed up for a Naat competition right?" Adam asks and we all nod our heads
"Okay, so the competition will be divided over the week and the finals will be on Friday" Slim explains

Great! My whole week off from school will be spent here.
"Okay so for today, we're going to be putting you in pairs and you're gonna sing together" Naz says

"And then every day after that until the finals, you'll perform a Naat or Nasheed and you'll either be kept in the competition or be asked to leave" Harris finishes

"So, for today we'll begin putting you into your pairs" Slim says getting up

There's only about ten of us so the groups small.
Slim reads the pairs names out and he gets to my name,
"Anaya Hussain and Ali Anwar"

Wait
Who?!
Ali?
Ali Anwar?
As in my Ali Anwar?

That's when a familiar pair of green eyes meet my chocolate brown ones.
He comes and stands next to me as I feel a hot flush come over me because of his aftershave. It smells good. Like really good.

"Okay, so you'll all be reciting a Naat by any artist. However, no Nasheeds, just naats today. They can be in Arabic, Punjabi or Urdu" Adam says
"You have two hours" Slim says and everyone starts until a random girl walks over to the microphone and taps it to get everyone quiet. I recognise her.

She was giving me looks before. Everyone looked confused.

"Erm, we're at a Naat competition right?" She asks
What kind of question is that?
"Yeah what's your point?" Naz asks
"Well shouldn't that girl be wearing more appropriate clothes" she says pointing towards me

Oh no she didn't.
"Last time I checked, what I wear is none of your business, so why don't you go over there to your little partner and sing okay?" I smile sweetly in an attempt to piss her off, which seems to work because she looks a little embarrassed now
"Alright alright that's enough girls, I'll stop that before it goes any further" Adam interrupts
I glance over at Harris who has an amused look on his face
"Okay, guys your two hours start now" Adam instructs

I look at my watch. It's now 11:00am. I would be in bed if I was at home right now.

"So, you sing?" Ali asks
I turn to him and nod,
"And so do you?" I ask and he also nods
Okay this conversation is so awkward so I guess for once it's my job to make a conversation less awkward.

"So, what should we perform?" I ask him and he shrugs
"Can we do an Arabic one?" I ask and he nods
"Okay are you gonna speak or not?" I ask him
"Sorry yeah. Erm Arabic Naat yeah" he says completely distracted

I follow his eyes to where he's looking and he's staring right at Harris. Whose starting at me.
"Are you and Harris together or something?" He asks still staring at Harris

"What? No! Why?" I ask laughing
"I don't know, I'm just asking. It seems like you are"
"Well, we just met so no" I explain and he nods understandingly

We start practicing and before we know it, times up
"Okay so guys, first up we're gonna have Anaya and Ali" Adam says and everyone claps
That's when the nerves kick in because I haven't sung in front of people in so long