Are You Hearing Voices?

Ch. 1: What Is This P. 1

Christy's 14th birthday is on June 08th, a couple days after school closes for the Summer Break. Jason already celebrated his birthday on April 26th. He took Christy out to the movies and Red Lobsters and bought her some flowers. They were a bouquet of Red Rose Petal Flowers.

"I got these for you bae..." Jason said when he surprised her with the flowers from behind his back.

"Awwww, they are soooo cute!" Christy said as she took the bouquet of flowers and held it up to her nose and sniffed them.

"Bae it's your birthday, how come you're the one giving me gifts?" Christy asked Jason while smiling.

"I just love you so much, and I love to make you happy" Jason said.

"Your happiness is my happiness."

"And plus, this is the first birthday I get to spend with you. I want it to be special."

Christ began to blush and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Awwwww." She said as she smiled.

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I've grown to appreciate Christy more after being stabbed and hospitalized. You always grow to appreciate the little things in life more after you have a near death experience. I'm not saying that Christy is little or anything like that, she's probably the biggest thing in my life right now. That is, after "Allah". Abdul has told me much about Him.

"What is He?" I asked Abdul while laying down in the hospital bed after being stabbed. Abdul lifted me up at the train station and carried me all the way to the hospital after I was stabbed and bleeding profusely.

"Jason, when referring to Allah it is not permissible to label Him as a 'what', rather a 'Who'" He said to me.

I was still confused, I didn't know "Who" He was and what He is.

"Okay, could you please tell me 'Who' He is?" I asked him.

He stared at me for a few seconds without blinking with a blank expression on his face.

And then he stood up and slowly walked to my bedside and placed his hands on the bed.

"Jason, in the beginning there was nothing, and only Allah existed."

I stared at him. "But... what does that mean?" I asked him.

"It means that Allah is the Only God and He is the only One Who deserves to be worshipped." He said.

I paused for a few seconds as I looked at him.

"But... what does that mean?" I asked him again.

Abdul looked at me and began to laugh.

"Enough of that now Jason." He said in between laughter.

"Are you hungry... Do you want me to get you something to eat?" He asked me.

"Umm... I don't want to... impose or burden you or anything like that." I said to him.

Abdul's eyes widened and he immediately responded.

"Oh no, no, of course not, you're not imposing, just tell me what you want and I'll get it for you bro." He said.

I paused for a few seconds. "Well... okay... if you insist."

"Would you mind getting me some Oreos and Apple Juice." I said to him.

Abdul gave a wide smile and began laughing. "Damn bro, you sure love Oreos."