Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. *** Claire is lost and scared and utterly alone. Her family is in shambles after the death of her older sister Ina, and she's left to pick up the broken pieces of herself as her life heads into a downwards spiral of loneliness. Her heart leads her to 5:48, a little cafe by 33rd street, where she finds her new home. With a broken heart and a speech disability, Jasper has his heart and mouth sewn shut by the winding threads of hurt and fear. Painting and serving coffee in cafe 5:48 are one of his last few saving graces, but the smile he's been painting on himself will soon fade away as everything he's ever held dear slips away from his grasp. Ezra is out-of-sync and oddly cold by the way life has treated his young self. Abandoned by his single mother at an early age, he has grown up thinking that he is a mistake. His constant shaking hands are a reflection of what he often thinks of himself, but the delightful pastries he bakes for 5:48's customers are a reflection of what others see of him. Drew is a quirky rarity. He is a dash of loud, a pinch of exuberant, and a cup of eccentric - just like the meals he serves in the cafe as the only chef there. Behind his playful grins and outlandish clothes, however, are his jutting ribs, hollowed cheeks, and too-thin arms. Sometimes he cannot stomach being in his own skin as much as he cannot stomach food. This family has gone a long way from finding each other, and they'll be going a long way together too as reality comes catching up to them, threatening the newfound happiness they've found with each other. Secrets are revealed, pasts become presents, and lives are changed. Slowly but surely, they find their way back home. *** NOTE AS OF 08/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012, posted in FULL. Another story that will be considered a reprise of this old version is in the works, and will be posted under the name "Hiraya House."

There are people in this world who are mesmerizing...Like you. She remembered everything she did with you. Remember the constant laughs? The smiles? The troubles, the ups and the downs? She does. And even if you do forget them, it's okay. Because she wrote them down. These were memories that led them to become sisters.

Author's Note: This is the narration of a Muslim girl and the struggles to return to the right path. The path towards nothing else, but Allah (God), and His Paradise. I speak of religion. Let us take a journey for our souls. Allah is Merciful. Corruption. A distant past. Her innocence was lost to a cruel fate. Her faith forgotten. Her name rearranged to fit a plastic appearance in the midst of an adolescent society. Her title degraded. Shame. But the attainable hope was beyond her comprehension...

Daleela is fifteen, hormonal, and all around your average teenage Muslim girl. Well, you know, if being a Muslim girl in America is what you call average to start with. She has a quick temper, an overly soft heart, and to add to that she's constantly fighting to do the right thing. But what happens when choosing to do the right thing is suddenly a much harder decision to make? When she and her family move away from the homey state of Virginia to the bustling city of New York, her life takes an abrupt turn at the very corner of crazy-ville. How is she going to handle her first year in public school as the only visible Muslim in sight? Not to mention the fact that she's forced to be locker buddies with a completely bipolar psychopath that seems to hold the key to a murky past not even he knows the whole truth of. Daleela will face it all; a journey full of love, mistakes, discrimination, and maybe a few unplanned adventures. Although she's always been a true fighter, how will she handle everything that is happening without losing sight of what's truly important to her? Will she be able to juggle keeping up with her family and protecting her modesty while still maintaining a firm grip on her faith? What will happen when one girl has to fight for the respect of so many and prove herself to everyone looking down on her? Well, you'll have to take a dive into her world and find out for yourself... © 2012-2021 JAMEELAH LATHAM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Sakinah- Muslim, random, weird, kind, misfortunate~ Mirza- Jerk, playboy, mean, boy band and let me stress evil~ Hassan- Paranormal dude, scary at times, sweet, cool and collected. What will happen when all these three fatefully crossed path and went to the same high school? That's your job to read and find out :P (Warning= Chapters are kind of long but insyaallah worth it and entertaining) <3

Ameera Choudhury. An 18 year old young Muslim girl living in Dinajpur. From a young age she has realised that life has been planned for her from the day she was born. The death of a loved one helps her to realise that she needs to help her family now more than ever. In the fruit farms that she works in, she finds it impossible to fight the attraction between herself and her "master". But knowing Ameera's family, Could there really be a chance for love or is everything that is set out for her really going to go to plan? Find out as you read "Falling for the Wrong People" *Entered for a competition here on Wattpad* (All rights reserved)

A Compilation of pieces that show why some people decided to embrace Islam. "...Verily, the Right Path has become distinct from the Wrong Path..." [Al- Qur'aan 2:256]

Her life was all planned for her. Her future set out without her consent. Her silence was taken as acceptance, and her fear as innocence. All in the name of religion. Kiran Khan is a eighteen year old girl, raised under the shadow of an intimidating father, whose word is law. He has her married to a stranger she's never met, without her consent. Kiran, afraid of what will happen, keeps silent and tries to go with the flow. But the stranger she marries is not who she expected. And the future turns out to be different than planned.

The story of two people with a love-hate relationship, brought together by a book.