Take off your Hijab (Rewriting)

Who are you? ✅

"Seeing right through me

Is so sweet yet so scary

So I guess I'm a coward backing into a corner

begging you to please not look at me"

Amal POV

"Hey i'm Zachary perez, you can call me Zach" a familiar voice says making me jump in fright and look up, only to see the one and only Zach resting his jaw on top of his hands which were placed on top of the table, my  table, he was currently peering up at me with a smile, like a creep making me frown in obvious confusion, as i wondered what exactly is his plan was this time?.

"Um hi?" I finally say out loud, but it ends up sounding more like a question than a greeting.

"Your name?" he asks with a....Hold up! is that a polite real smile?, since when does he give me those?, instead of his signature annoying smirks?.

"What ar-?" I started to say but I pursed there, because I couldn't ask him why he was not smirking today!...I mean!, just How weird would that be? The Next thing you know, there would be rumors' everywhere saying not only is she a terrorist but she also asks weird questions like a weird creep yassss!!!.

"You didn't say your name after you said hi?" he states in a questioning tone, making my frown deepen as I stare at him, right into his eyes for a few seconds, trying to figure out whatever game it is that he was playing, hoping to beat him at his own game, only God knows for how long I found myself just simply staring at him with a judgmental look on my face.

"You probably look like a weirdo staring at him like that" that voice in my head says, making me snap out of my trance.

"Amal Adnan" I muttered , not really enjoying the fact that I was giving away my personal details to another possible enemy of mine.

"Well..., that's different" he says, making me raise a brow at him, wondering if that reply of his was a compliment or an insult in disguise?.

"Hm" I decided to say in reply because who cares!, I won't even mind if it was an insult anyway, I mean I already receive them on a daily basis, more would just be like icing on the cake.

"But I like it" he says with a grin, making my head snap as I look at him one more time, this time wondering if this guy was high on....crack?...Are the crackheads also after me? Great!, just when I thought Ayana and her squad were enough, the dope heads found their interest in me, just great.

"Oh-Okay" I choose to say instead before moving ahead To open my lunch bag, taking out a familiar long wrapped food.

"You do KNOW that you can just Take it and leave" I state, making him look at me with what looked like him faking his disbelief.

"Has anyone ever told you that you can be quite rude sometimes?" He replies, not missing a beat, making me smile, because two can play that game honestly.

"Well, did you expect me to act nice? Sorry, I'm not a good actor unlike You are'' I shoot back at him, because I couldn't sit or lay on my back and just take all of his offensive words, i wasn't in the mood honestly, I just wanted to have a peaceful day at lunch today since Anaya and her crew seemed To be absent today, but he disrupted that plan for me, just by simply showing me his face, for the one millionth time again.

"Acting?, What do you mean by acting?" he asked, sounding genuinely lost to the point that I almost believed that he was innocent, I personally wonder Why is he even trying so hard in the first place?, perhaps it has to do with the saying that the easiest way to defeat an enemy is from the inside and from a closer distance, unknown to him, I was already aware of the kind of game that he was willing to play.