Being The Sheikh's Queen

CHAPTER TWO

Chapter two

Farzana smiled at Ahmed as he brought a chair next to her table,and sat down with his lunchbox opened.Farzana lifted the lid off her lunchbox and held it out for Ahmed to see if he perhaps wanted to eat.

"Chicken sandwich." She said,her smile growing when he reached forward to take the triangle sandwich part out of her lunchbox.When Farzana put her lunchbox down,he surprised her by holding out his own lunchbox causing her to shake her head,"No,you eat from there.I'll eat my half here."

Ahmed shook his head still holding out his lunchbox,pushing it towards her and Farzana bit her lip.If she did not take it would seem as if she has a problem with eating his lunch and if she took then it would look like she was stealing his lunch.When his eyes started to drop as if disappointed by her not taking a bit of his lunch she took out a cut up sharwarma piece causing the boy's eyes to light up.

Farzana and Ahmed begun to eat.They did not speak a word to one another until her phone begin to ring.Farzana reached for her phone,Humaira's name flashing on the screen.She slid the green tab up as she put the phone to her ear.

"As salaam mu alaykum Humaira."

"Wa alaykum mu salaam,ma'am."

"Are the girls okay?"

"Yes ma'am,they are fine.We are going to take the girls for a walk in the nearby park,is it okay?"

"It's okay.Just take their milk bottles with and watch them closely.If you'll want take some money and go have lunch at a nearby restaurant with the kids."

"Okay ma'am.Jazakallah.We'll bring back the receipts."

"Okay.Take care.When you'll get back please message me."

"Yes ma'am.As salaam mu alaykum."

"Wa alaykum mu salaam." Farzana put her phone on the table as she took a bite of the sharwama and her taste buds erupted,"Wow,this is amazing."

Ahmed looked at her before shaking his head,"But your lunch is better."

Farzana had to bite the insides of her cheek to stop a huge smile from breaking out on her face as he spoke an almost complete sentence,"Jazakallah for the compliment but won't who made this be angry that you don't like it as much as you like mine?"

Ahmed shrugged as he took another bite,"I tell her all the time.My ammi's was the best and she can't beat it."

Farzana did not let the pity show through her eyes,she knew that was the last thing the child needed so she nodded her head as she took another bite.She thought about what she would say carefully before speaking,"I understands what that feels like." He raised his head to look at her and she continued,"I lost my mum a couple of years ago and up until today I can't find someone who makes food as deliciously as she used to make food.No one can beat her food."

Ahmed looked down before reaching for the second part of her sandwich as she took a piece of his sharwama,"What will you bring tomorrow?"

Farzana smiled at him,"What do you want?"

Ahmed thought as he took another bite,"Something Indian.Ammi loved Indian food and I loved it also but I don't like how Mrs.Chef makes her Indian food.You are an Indian so I think you'll make it ten times better than her."

Farzana chuckled at Ahmed's straight forwardness before nodding her head,"Okay.What Indian dish would you like to eat?"

"Biryani.Butter chicken.Dal and rice.Chicen curry and rice.Roti." He looked up at her with a small almost embarrassed smile,"That's what I like so for tomorrow any of those but you don't have to.You can make anything else,I wouldn't want to trouble you."