Laila My Love - S01 E07

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Laila My Love - S01 E07

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 7

I woke up and got ready to go to the

library. I made no effort in my outfit

today, simply grabbed my denim jacket

and threw it over my long black jersey

dress and paired it with green hijab. I

didn’t tell Sabir about going to the

library because if he finds out that I will

be tutoring Farid, he will sure tell Ammi

about what happened in the parking lot

and she wouldn’t let me take this job.

I took my phone my texted Farid before

I left home to see if he is in the library.

L: Hello, are you at the library?

F: Here

L: Okay I am on my way

F: K

Ammi and Sabir were both outside so I

locked up the house, took the keys and

went to library. The buses were on time

for once, and as a regular bus commuter

I couldn’t be happier.

Finding the library in a small town

downtown was harder than I expected.

I have never been to this side of town

before. As soon as I got off the bus, I

could spot small shops spread across

the busy lanes. Before I went searching

for the library, I saw a cute little café and

decided to pick up an Americano. It

tasted blissful. After asking couple of

cool hipster kids who were sitting on

the front porch of some raw vegan

restaurant, I finally found my way to the

library.

The library was huge, it had four

massive floors and each floor had insane

gothic architecture. Instead of hunting

down this idiot, I gave myself a break

and sat close to the windows behind the

bookshelves to enjoy my delicious cup of

coffee. I texted him again to inform him

that I was here.

It didn’t take him long to find me but he

wasn’t alone, his sister was with

him…what was her name again? Ruba or

something? Anyways she instantly

recognized me and ran towards me.

‘Hello, I know you’ She said cheerfully

and took a seat right next to me.

‘Hi, I know you too’ I smiled at her.

Farid took a seat right across from me,

his arms were crossed and he learned

back as if this is the last place he wants

to be at and trust me he wasn’t the only

one. But if he had so many problems

with me, then why did he agree to this

when Mr.Charlie asked him about me

tutoring him. He should have just said

no.

Without wasting anymore time, I

opened up my bag and reached for the

authorization forms and a pen and

pushed it forward to him.

‘Here you go’ I said calmly.

‘Well what is it’ He was clearly here to

laugh at my misery.

‘Well I will be tutoring you for Project

Management course and these here are

some of the papers that need to be

submitted before we start.’ I looked at

him and saw him smiling. Of course, he

knows how it works.

He kept smiling; I hated his perfect

dimply smile.

‘Why are you smiling like that, sign the

papers I have to go somewhere’ I said

annoyingly.

‘Oh so you do have a life outside of

college?’ He leaned forward and I could

smell the strong musky cologne he was

wearing.

He was dressed well, as always. Farid

was wearing light blue denim and had a

gray knitted sweater on. For a guy who

was wearing street style clothing, he did

clean up quite well.

‘Still with me?’ He snapped his fingers to

get me back to my sense. Was I just

admiring him just now? No, I wasn’t I

was simply just looking at the material

of his clothes.

‘Yh, there was a bug on your sweater

so…’ I told him, looking away. Girl get it

together.

‘Riiighht, okay so let’s sign this shall we’

He grabbed the pen and read each page

carefully before signing it off. While he

was doing that, I went back to talking to

Ruba. She was a sweet girl, were they

real siblings? because something is not

right with Farid’s DNA. Both of them are

so unalike. Where Ruba is cheerful,

sweet and warm, Farid is sarcastic, rude

and cold.

‘Here all done.’ Farid finished signing all

the papers and I also signed the last

page of the contract. It was all signed

and sealed.

I put all the paperwork inside my bag

and before I could excuse myself, Ruba

asked me to recommend some books

for her to read. I usually can’t keep up

with conversations for too long but if

someone asks me about books, I can

happily stay back and talk for hours and

hours. I asked Farid if I could show her

some of the books and he actually let

me.

Ruba followed me around the library

and I was having such a good time with

her. After spending an hour or so

looking for books, we finally found three

books and I took her back to table

where we were sitting earlier. Farid was

still there, browsing on his phone.

‘Done?’ He asked his little sister.

‘Yup, we found three books. Thanks

Laila’ Ruba gave me a hug and I

returned it back happily. I saw Farid

looking at me and even when I looked

back at him, he didn’t move his eyes

from me.

I let go of Ruba, and she went back to

the checkout area at the front to sign

out the books, leaving me behind. It was

just Farid and I now; there was no one

else in sight since we were in the back

of the library so I turned around to leave

as soon as possible.

‘Hey’ Farid got up from his chair quickly

and walked towards me to block my

way.

‘Yeah?’ We were both standing between

the two bookshelves.

‘I could give you a ride’ He offered me;

he was obviously up to something.

‘It’s okay’ I tried to move away but he

didn’t budge and kept blocking my way.

‘You know what this means right?’ He

asked me leaning forward.

I kept moving back until my back hit one

of the book shelves. Farid placed his

hands on both sides of the shelf, and

now I am trapped.

‘What?’ I didn’t realize my voice was

shaking until I heard my own voice.

‘Hmm’ He kept coming closer. I placed

my hand on his chest to keep the

distance but it didn’t make any

difference.

‘What do you want Farid?’ I kept my

voice sturdy this time but still avoided

making an eye contact with him.

‘Look at me’ He demanded. What was

wrong with him honestly? I raised my

head and looked at him, didn’t realize I

was crying.

‘That’s why you agreed to this right

Farid? You are enjoying this? Does this

make you happy? Look I am a simple

girl, I can’t keep up with your games

and tricks. I know I shouldn’t have

slapped you that day and I know you are

doing this to get back to me so if you

want me to apologize I will. I am so…’

Farid stopped me just as I was about to

say sorry, he placed his hand on my

mouth and just kept looking.

I didn’t realize I was still holding his

shirt until I heard Ruba’s voice from the

behind. She was looking for him. I

pushed him back and this time it

worked. Before it gets any worse I took

off and went straight out outside the

library, breathing hard.

Whatever happened between us will not

happen again. He wasn’t a nice guy, he

screamed trouble and I knew it the first

time I saw him but no matter how much

I try to stay away from him, the more I

end up seeing him.

I reached home and there was still no

sign of Ammi and Sabir, I guess they

went to pick up some grocery. I went to

the bathroom and took a relaxing

shower, blow dried my hair and opened

up my laptop to see I got any emails.

There were a couple of emails from my

college, different stores offering their

discount sales, and one was from Rafay

Khan, my advertising student. I clicked

on the email and it said:

Hello Laila,

Thank you for your email. We can meet

tomorrow if that works for you. I was

going over the class list and I saw your

name, we have advertising class

together, I was away for the first few

weeks that’s why I need some help to

catch up.

I will be waiting for your response. My

phone number is in the authorization

form, just contact me through texts.

Best Regards

Rafay

He sounded professional which I

appreciated. I grabbed my phone and

sent him a text confirming to meet him

after class to get the paperwork signed.

I was about to call Sobia after finishing

dinner, but I realized that it might be too

late. It was 10 pm but unlike me, Sobia

was an early rise which meant that she

went to bed early.

So I killed some more time watching The

Walking Dead series and called it a day.

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