Serenity and Smile

chapter 2

Ayesha had same class with Maria. Maria told her how she was half Pakistani and half American. It was like that her mother was an American lady who used to do a part time job in a hotel during her University days. There she met a Pakistani boy who was her colleague . They became good friends and then friendship turned into love . They fell in love with each other and get married. They have several issue while convincing thier families but at last thier love hailed as a victor. Maria told Ayesha their love story in a quite romantic way ,that Miss Amir aka The late girl get annoyed and said to Maria,

" Maria my love why you are transmitting this love virus into her ( Ayesha ) .She is nice girl and I am warning you not to make her a romance addict "

" Oh please shut up Ayaan , It is not like you never saw a romantic movie or read romantic books ."

" Yes I had seen enough romantic movies but the way you are describing your parents love story in which people are not actually interested is making me sick".

" Shut up ,you don't know anything about romance".

" No my love I know very much about romance word because I saw It each day in the school campus ".

" Oh , What you saw?" Now it was Ayesha who asked Ayaan.

Maria was ready to reply When Ayaan sent a death glare towards her telling her to shut up. So she didn't told Ayesha . AYesha was confused on their reaction when Ayaan said to her
" It is nothing for you to worry about but I assure you that you will Know about it with in a few days"
"Ok". Ayesha was still confused. But She was happy to have two new friends Ayaan and Maria . AYaan was a Pakistani girl ,She was first cousin of Maria. Ayaan was totally different from Maria . She was a bit taller than Maria,unlike Maria she had dark brown eyes . She was a humble person. Maria and Ayaan were best friends , they were more like sibling .
Maria was an emotional girl ,She loved to read romantic fiction . Ayaan used to call her " Aashiq Mizaj larki ", which means a girl who loves to read romantic fictions and poetry.

Ayaan was opposite to Maria. She hate romantic fiction because they were too cheesy that what she said to Ayesha. She was a jolly type girl. Always smiling and living every moment of life. Ayaan and Maria were nice girls since they accepted her with whole heart. Moreover they were Muslims and due to their common faith , Ayaan and Maria were like family members to her. She was happy to make new friends, since she missed her friends in Syria. Allah has his way of giving happiness to His believers. She was strong believer of Allah. She knew that with happiness comes sadness as well. She knew sadness and discomfort will also Come but she was ready for them.
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They were standing in cafeteria to buy thier food. Ayaan bought one apple, sandwich and a water bottle. Maria bought fries, Doughnut and a bottle of juice. When they both were done, Ayesha came forward to buy her food. She also bought a sand witch, a bottle of water and fruit salad. When she was done they found a table with four chairs and sat down.
They were about to begin their meal when a girl with pink shirt and blue shorts approached them. She had brown hair reaching her shoulder and beautiful light blue eyes. She was looking tired but still energetic . She was looking like she had an awful secret to reveal . She said hello to every one and sat down besides Maria. She was looking tired . Ayaan gave her bottle of water,which she accepted and drank from it. Ayesha realized that girl look familiar. She was girl with whom Ayaan sat down in Mathematics class.

" woh, Jen you look pretty tired ". Maria said.

" Yes I am exhausted Maria ". She said and placed her head on Maria's shoulder.

" jen where were you yar, I didn't see you since Mathematics class. You know how hard it is to spend time with Maria, Thanks to Ayesha that she gave me accompany or otherwise I could have died ". AYaan said while throwing a teasing smile toward Maria.
" You could have died , oh please Ayaan ask my poor self how am I surviving". Maria said with a aweful expression .
" stop it drama queen."
Maria was about to say something when Jennifer amused from all this ,lifted her head from Maria 's shoulder and said
" Guys stop it, I have a wonderful news ".
" What is it, you got selected as cheerleader " Maria said.
" No , I selected as basketball team's manager".She said with Enthusiasm .
But her friends didn't respond to her enthusiastically.
" What !don't tell me Jen, You are happy on being a manger.I don't get it".
" Why don't you get it Maria ,what is wrong in that ?"
"What is good in that Jen?"
"I know you are not actually going to like me as a team manager but seriously I am so passionate about it ".
" Ok if you are passionate and happy about it then we will obviously going to support you". Ayaan said to her.
Jen was happy . They were busy talking to each other,when Jennifer suddenly notice that she didn't greet with girl sitting with them. Turning toward Ayesha she extended her hand and said " It is so rude of me,that I didn't greet my self to you. I am Jennifer Gabriel ."
Ayesha took her hand in her hand and shaked it firmly and enthusiastically.
"I am Ayesha Bakir. It's a pleasure to meet you ".
" Pleasure is mine ".
Maria turned toward Jennifer and said " Finally your eyes saw that there was a new girl sitting with us".
"Hey ,I said I am Sorry ".
"Yeah ,yeah whatever". Maria said with poker face.
Jennifer left Maria on her own and turned toward Ayesha .
" So Ayesha where you came from , I mean I heard you are transferred here ,so where were your family living before coming to New York ".
Ayesha turned toward Jennifer Gabriel and she looked at her and answer her question .
" I transferred here from LA but actually I came from Damascus . You see actually we immigrated from Syria due to different stuff going on so..".Ayesha was trying to find the right words to put it because it was difficult for her to talk about something related to Syria. It was her home.But still she regained courage .
and continues, " so we came to America. My maternal uncle lives in LA. He gave us place to live. My father find a job in NYC and get settled there but He didn't take us with him because he said that it will take him some times to find a proper place to live and also his salary was not enough to afford it. Me, my mother and my brother started to live with my uncle and his family."
Maria who was dying with curiosity ,couldn't help but asked her
"So how you continue your studies".
Ayesha smiled and said" I had homeschooling and I also went to immigrant school but you can see this is my first day ever coming to a high school of America".
" Really !" They all said with surprised faces . Even Ayaan was shocked as well.
" Yes It's my first time ".
" wow ". Jennifer said with amazement.
" you are really brave girl Ayesha ". Ayaan said to her . Ayesha knew that she was talking about her life in America and how she was still smiling even after leaving her dear home and every thing behind .
Ayesha couldn't help but smile at Ayaan and said " Thank Ayaan ".
Jennifer Gabriel excused her self because she had to see her friends.
They were all left all alone . Maria couldn't help but asked Ayaan .
" I don't get it, why jen would ever have wanted to become basketball team's manager ".
" who knows what could be reason behind ?" Ayaan said .
" Reason , Ah ,you don't mean Yasin right".
" Shut up Maria," Ayaan said to Maria .
" What? I was just saying "
" Don't say it then "Ayaan said to her and shut her up like she always did.
Ayesha didn't knew who this mysterious Yasin was but she knew she was about to find out soon. '
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They were sitting together on same spot, same table and same were those two. He didn't think about anything else and went toward them to join them. Both of them saw him coming and thier face lit up with happiness. One was a slim and smart girl. She had dark brown hair tied up in a high pony tail . Her perfectly cut bangs were trying to cover her beautiful and unique hazel eyes . She was no doubt a beautiful person .
She a mixture of Grace and Pride.
She was his best friend and her name was Hannah Grey. Bedside her was sitting no one else but his one of best friends, Tyler Richards . He has dirty blonde hair falling on his forehead . His dark green eyes resembling topaz .
He came to stop near their table. He dragged a chair and sat down . He was dressed in a white shirt and pair of blue jeans . He had blonde hair and flashing blue eyes. He was one of handsome guys in the whole school. But still he was living life of single person. He was no one else but Daniel Blades. He was a popular guy, there was no doubt in it. He had everything in his life ,one could only wish. He belonged to a rich family , He has his own Lamborghini , bank balance like everything.But all of that He was never happy. There was some thing that was missing in his life. He knew that missing thing but never tried to find out. They both turned to him , Tyler Richards asked him
" What up bro?"
" I am good man, how are you guys ?"
" He is fine , but I am not you know, I am very angry at you " This time it was Hannah who said that .
" Now , what I have done wrong Miss Grey ?" He said with an annoyed voice .
" I asked you yesterday to accompany me in shopping "
" Oh that ,I am Sorry I forget about that"
" sorry is not enough Daniel , you promised to accompany me "
" Hey I said I am Sorry , you should have brought Jessica with you. Why you needed me in the first place , it is not like we are something "
Hannah Grey was enraging on the last line he said , but she hold on her anger and said
" I know we are not a thing but still we are friends ".
" Jeez , Hannah you are really annoying sometimes "
" I am annoying ?,no you are ".
Before Daniel could have said anything to her , Tyler jumped in and said:
"Children, please stop it".
" sure old man ". both of them said
" Hey I am not that " ,He said while folding his arms around his chest.
They both burst out of laughing. When they were done laughing.They talk about random things. They were busy in their own thought when Hannah asked him
" Why were you late in the morning ?"
Daniel who was sipping his drink, put down his bottle and said
"Oh , yeah about that it's a long story ?"
"Well tell me about it ".
" It's like I went to club with Michael yesterday night and I got seriously drunk. I don't know when I went home , but it was pretty late. My mother was still awake and she called my father and told him every thing ."
" That's pretty bad ,what happened next ".
" Then I woke up late in the morning and my mother sent me awful looks. I had my breakfast . My mom told me to take a leave from school. But I was eager to come because I don't want to spend a whole day in my home. So when I was about to leave my mom told me that I can't drive on my own because she was not sure if alcohol was still in my system. She asked Mr Jason , my father personal driver to drive me to school ."
" Mr Jason ,the man who drive at a snail space, don't tell me Daniel " .
Hannah couldn't help but chuckled.
" Yeah ,you know what happened next?"
" What ?" His friends asked with curiosity.
" we were driving at snail space , when My driver Mr Jason saw a girl being caught by Traffic warden for not having the license and she was also driving under speed limits, so being an nice old man he jumped in and help the poor girl out of mess , But you know what is best part about it ?"
" What ?" Hannah asked him
" The best part is girl was no one else but that Hijabi girl having the name called Ayaan Amir ".
" Jesse , that sucks ,Muslims are just like that ?" Hannah said with an annoyed voice.
Daniel thought that he was talking about Ayaan so what does the Muslims have to do with it?. But he didn't said anything . He didn't disliked Muslims or girls. But there was one girl he disliked it was no one else but Ayaan . They had a history which was soon to reveal. Daniel who was busy thinking about Ayaan came to think of his friend named Michael.
" where is Michael ?" Daniel asked them .
" I didn't see him " Tyler said.
" I didn't see him either but He will be with any random girl doing his stuff ".
Hannah said with unimpressive look. They were all done with Michael and his random girls. Daniel stand up from his seat and was about to go When Tyler asked him :
" where are you going man ?"
" I am going to find Michael and will give him a piece of mind , and will tell him that he also has friends that he had already forgotten ?"
Daniel left them and walked on to find his best friend Michael Jennings.
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They launch hour was close to end. They were about to go to their classes . When Ayesha felt like that her hijab was not tight enough and she have to go to washroom to fix it.
" But there is nothing seems wrong with it " Maria told Her but she still wanted to go.
" you want me to come with you?" Ayaan asked her .
" No it is fine "
" Ok ,don't take too long".
" Ok ".
They left her alone. Ayesha with in a few seconds found the restroom. She opened her hijab in front of sink, and then started fixing it again with help of few pins while looking in the mirror.
When she was done , She was about to leave. She was making her way to her class, when she heard some one. It was like someone was in pain. She started moving toward that voice. She followed that voice. She came to stop at a point. Her world stopped there. Her heart was beating and running like horse. Her mind was paralyzed.
She was horrified. The scene before her was horrifying. She wished to never had came to that place.

. To be continued.
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What did Ayesha see?
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Allah Hafez