Laila My Love - S01 E08

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Laila My Love - S01 E08

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 8

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‘Oh my god, stop my stomach is hurting’

I laughed at one of Rafay’s jokes.

‘Come on you haven’t even heard the

punch line yet’. Rafay turned out to be

one of the friendliest people I have ever

met. There was so much life in him. As

soon as I met him in advertising class, I

knew we’d get along and I was right.

‘Shhh the prof is here’ I told him and

turned on my laptop to start writing my

notes.

Rafay was a decent looking guy. He was

tall, had short brown hair, ivory skin and

a kind smile. He was totally the type of

guy Sobia would fall for.

‘Okay I shall continue my story after

class’ He was a goofy guy, but was very

smart. After the class ended we decided

to sit outside near the bleachers since

the weather was nice. October’s sun

was out and it was nice and warm. All

the leaves were stripped down from the

trees and now were making a crunchy

sound beneath our feet as we walked

across the field to find a nice calm area

to sit.

‘Okay let’s get this started’ I pulled out all

of my previous notes and handed to

him.

‘You can use my notes to catch up with

all the work you missed.’ I offered him

my notes and he began jotting down all

the key concepts into his notebook.

While Rafay was taking notes, he told me

about his family, his mother passed

away when he was young, his father

didn’t marry anyone after and raised

him and his young brother all by himself.

I also shared a little about my life, I told

him about my mother, my brother and

my best friend Sobia, but left one very

one person out, my dad. I don’t want to

talk about him with anyone. He wasn’t a

worthy man.

‘Okay all done, thanks Laila’.

‘No problem, I guess you don’t need my

tutoring classes anymore’.

‘No I still need help, besides we can

always work or our class assignments

and stuff together.’

‘You sure? You don’t have to’.

‘I am sure, besides I don’t know anyone

else here’.

‘Okay sounds good, you are actually

smarter than I am so I guess you’ll be

the one tutoring me’ it’s true, Rafay was

always participating in class discussions

and got along with all the professors.

‘I would love to pass down my wisdom

to you’ He laughed.

We packed our stuff and started walking

back inside the college to grab our stuff

from the lockers.

My locker was on the second floor and

his was on third, I insisted on going to

my locker but Rafay insisted in walking

with me to my locker so we could talk

some more. At least now I have one

friend in college.

We made our way to the second floor

and saw Farid and some of his friends

standing close to my lockers. I instantly

felt shy and wished he wouldn’t notice

but I was dead wrong. As soon as I

approached my locker with Rafay,

Farid’s eyes snapped up on both of us.

He was holding one of his many

girlfriends by the waist, I felt disgusted

by him and all the girls who let him use

them like that.

As soon as he saw my face, I think he

could tell I was disgusted because he

instantly let go of the girl and stood up

straight. I turned my back towards him

and continued my conversation with

Rafay who was not bothered with Farids

gang whatsoever.

Rafay and I continued our chit chat, and

I offered to walk with him to his locker

because I was afraid if Rahay leaves me

here on my own, Farid is going to make

some kind of comment to embarrass me

in front of his friends.

The girl who was standing with Farid

was a very beautiful girl; she had

beautiful red hair, tall, had a lot of

cleavage showing and was laughing at

everything he was saying. She was

pretty good looking, but seemed like a

total bimbo. Poor girl, you can do so

much better.

‘What are you thinking about?’ Rafay

interrupted my thoughts as we walked

down to his locker.

‘Nothing, I am just thinking about one of

my assignments that’s all’.

‘Don’t forget to submit your

authorization forms to Mr.Charlie before

you go home’ He reminded me.

‘Oh yes, that’s for reminding me I am

gonna go right now, catch you later.’

Thank god he reminded me or else I

would have missed the last date of

submission.

‘Should I wait for you?’ Rafay yelled from

the back.

‘No that’s okay I will see you tomorrow’

I rushed back downstairs to find

Mr.Charlie before he leaves. Finding his

office was quite easy but the

receptionist told me to wait because he

was busy with other students so I

patiently waited for him in the waiting

room. Meanwhile, I saw Farid and his

crew walking heading out but as soon

as he spotted me in the waiting room,

he stopped and said something to his

friends. He kissed the girl he was with

right in front of his friends passionately,

and the girl didn’t seem to care as well.

Talk about PDA.

I looked down instantly, and took my

phone out to play some games to kill

some time instead. After a while,

Mr.Charlie stepped outside his office

along with a Chinese girl who was

probably my age and her mother. After

the girl and her mother left the office,

Mr.Charlie asked me to come in. I gave

him all the paperwork and my direct

deposit information. After everything

was set, I felt the office.

I was on my way towards the bus stop

when a black Volvo stopped right in

front of me in the parking lot. I didn’t

know who it was, but before I could

even guess, the window in the car rolled

down and I saw none other than Farid.

He was alone in the car. I wonder where

his friends and that “special girl’ was?

He was still looking ahead, not looking at

me. Jeez

I moved around his car and continued

walking. Why does parking lot have to

be so goddamn big? I didn’t reach far

when which I heard him unlock his car

door. I started walking a lot faster, afraid

that he might catch me if I don’t fasten

up the pace.

It took him less than a minute to catch

up with me.

‘Are you ignoring me?’ He asked while

trying to keep up with me.

‘I am talking to you Laila’ Gosh, why is

he so demanding. I am not going to give

in. I didn’t answer any of his worthless

questions and continued on walking. He

was being ridicules.

‘Stop’ He yelled so loudly that a couple of

people near the stop sign turned around

to look us.

‘Stop making a scene’ I finally stopped,

but didn’t look at him.

‘Well I wouldn’t have but you are

pushing me” He snapped.

‘I didn’t push you to do anything Farid’ I

crossed my hands over my chest and

looked bored. Honestly, he has free time

to kill but I had tons of other things to

do.

‘Yes you did, why wouldn’t you talk to

me?’ Again being demanding.

‘Talk to you? About what?’ I laughed

sarcastically.

‘Look at me when I am talking to you’He

crossed his hands over his chest to

mimic my posture and he was so close

that if I turned my head around to look

at him, our faces would be few inches

apart, so I kept looking ahead to avoid

that.

‘I don’t want to talk to you about

anything Farid, can I go now?’ I gave up.

‘Our next session will be tomorrow,

after class. Meet me in cafeteria and we’ll

get started.’ He didn’t even wait for my

response and walked away. Such a

werido.

I got home and called Sobia to see what

she is up to. We talked for hours as

usual and she told me how a lot of

people from Ruba’s birthday party are

now contacting them for cake and

cupcakes orders. At least something

good came out from that night.

I also told her about Rafay and how she

would seriously be into him if she meets

him. I need to make it happen, I

promised myself. Rafay was honestly

such a decent guy, never had a

girlfriend, he is close with his family, no

trouble past, just a simple and single guy

perfect for Sobia.

After eating my veggie burger with

Sabir, we both went to our rooms. Ammi

texted to inform that she’d be running

late because she has got a new client.

There is no need for an argument with

her, even if I tell her not to take any

extra shifts, she would still take it.

Before I switched off my phone, I got a

text from Rafay asking if I got home

safely. Aww.

I replied him back saying that I did and

that my phone was on silent. We texted

back and forth for a while and said our

goodbyes for today. I was in such a

good mood after talking to my old and

new friends and then the ugly truth hit

me hard in the core. Tomorrow I have

my first tuition session with a guy I can’t

stand, the only guy who seems to get on

my nerves without even trying, the one

and only Farid Ibrahim.

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