Aaliyah to the World

33 | Goodbye

•Aaliyah

Six months later, I'm ready to pack out and leave to Dubai to bag myself a degree.

THE FREAKING MIDDLE EAST!

I got accepted to Zayed University. My accommodation had already been taken care of weeks before so all I needed to worry about was my registration and buying the necessities for myself and my new home.

Hamza was long forgotten, put in the back of my mind, and my new boyfriend was the library I was dying to meet.

My flight was scheduled for 18:30pm in the evening. Bilal just arrived to take me to the airport but he was too early as it was just 16:35pm.

He came along with Ruqayyah who I heard was skeptical of the relationship I had with Bilal. I explained to her with facts, pictures and a whole lot of other stuff before she was convinced. And it was as if we'd known each other for about ten years, we joked and laughed about different subjects and soon all was forgotten.

Bilal and I had 'the talk' again. And he explained that all Yusra did was throw shade at Hamza because she was angry at him for breaking up with one of her friends and she didn't know that he had changed for good. I still had doubts but a part of me believed Hamza had changed since he hasn't been seen with any girl apart from his sister's for at least two years now.

I understood what he tried to explain as Hamza's shortcomings that had already been moralized but I needed to focus on my growing business. All that I needed was to break it off and forget everything.

I don't know if destiny will bring us together again but just maybe I don't want that anymore.

I'm quite confused at the moment.

Halfway through the ride, Bilal convinces me to go to flavours for more with them one last time before continuing to the airport.

"Will you miss Hamza?"

Deep down I knew I would. But would he miss me too?

"No wa-Definitely." I said almost too quickly.

"Good girl!" Ruqayyah said as she noticed the crease of my brows, "Aaliyah, love doesn't speak, it acts. Even if you lie, your actions will speak another language."

"What?! Speak another language?" I blushed.

"Bitch I was trying to sound philosophical!" She said and we all bursted into a fit of laughter.

"You didn't deny it. That's good. There's really no point in lying again. If only you knew the things he used to say about you..."

"Tell me!" I demanded while Ruqayyah laughed.

"That's for him to tell you." Bilal said firmly.

"Ok. Just tell me one thing. Does he really care as much as he says he does?"

"Aaliyah he cares much more than you think but I guess some circumstances won't let you give your heart to him."

"Bilal, it's much more than the circumstances we've found ourselves in. I'm scared. Will he treat me the way I want to be treated? I believe I've suffered enough. I've gone through pain in a much higher pedigree than he'll ever know, Will he leave me once he finds a better girl? Or a prettier one. I have so many questions for him but I don't want to hear the answers now."

"When would you like to hear them then?"

I felt embarrassment wash over my entirety the moment I heard Hamza's husky voice coming from Bilal's phone.

"Bilal!"

He smiles evilly.

"He wanted to know how you felt about him. Today is your last day here. Come out of the car and we'll hear what he has to say." He ushered.