Moon and Stars

Chapter 17

Hilal's POV

Yesterday when I arrived, I found my family and Rayan waiting for me at the airport.

"Omg it's him." I heard Layla screaming while running towards me "I missed you Hilal" she said hugging me.

"I missed you too, Layla." I said hugging her back and then moved to my mother.

"How are you Hilal? Alhamdullilah you're finally here." my mother said, hugging me with all the strength that she had.

"I'm good alhamdullilah, seeing you all is what matters now." I said then greeted my father, my brother and Rayan.

The one hour trip to our house was such a fun. With mom and dad talking about some sad, happy and even funny moments at their work in the hospital, and Layla and Abdullah talking about video games and movies and Hilal and I talking about the upcoming football matches, my graduation and my attempts on studying and working in Canada.

"We should make a graduation party for you and Andalus as soon as she graduates." my mother said looking at Rayan "Isn't that a good idea?" she continued asking him.

"Oh my God!" Layla said excited "I can't wait." she continued giggling.

"That's a good one but I must ask her first" Rayan said looking at me. "you know" he whispered with a wink.

"Know what?" I asked, suspicious.

"We'll discuss this later." Rayan said right after we got home. "I've got to go to the university now, we'll meet later." Rayan continued, walking to his home.

The whole day passed about the same fashion but it changed after Isha prayers. I went with Rayan to the park after we finished praying Isha.

"So what is that I need to know?" I felt so stupid asking this question.

"Oh, Andalus" he said looking at me "Yeah as your mother said, it would be such a good idea having a graduation party for you both." he continued.

"Well ... it all depends on her" I said looking at the ground "how's she doing?" I asked in a calm voice.

"To be honest, good and not good, I guess" he answered while we walked towards the lake.

"What's wrong?" I asked looking at the sky.

The sky was full of stars and it made me think of Andalus somehow. Its beauty was irresistible. I wished Andalus was here with me.

We would be lost in the night sky, like those tiny stars.

And we would shine so bright, together.

And we would run into outer space.

"It took me ages to know what was wrong with her and I finally knew it. It was Youssra." He said worried.

"Youssra? how did she know about her?" I asked not believing what I just heard.

"Andalus was checking my Facebook once and I found out that she visited your profile and Youssra's. Probably she saw the posts on your wall. And she seemed to be annoyed since then. I didn't talk to her about that but I know my sister so well." he said throwing a gravel at the lake.

"But there's nothing between her and I now. It's not like there was something but it was her who always texted me and posted stuff on my wall" I said "she said that she's in love with me and I told my mother if it's possible to marry her but she refused because she doesn't personally know her or her parents." I continued with a sigh.

"I recognized that, I'm sure it's not you. I'll tell her and try to convince her." he said assuring me "don't think about anything and inshallah everything's going to be okay" he continued.