For Her

Chapter Nine: *Flash Back Chapter*

"But seriously, what's up?" I asked curously.

"Okay, I'll tell you! My mom... she's pregnant! I really wanted a baby sister or baby brother! I'm just really excited!" She beamed. Wow Aunty Su Ji is pregnant? That's amazing. I smiled as well and had the urge to hug her but didn't. In our religion men and women who aren't related or married can't touch. I always have to hold myself back, it's kind of hard at times.

"That's great news!" I replied with a smile. After a while it was time get ready for school so we went our separate ways. I walked into my house and ran up the stairs to my room. I grabbed a plain white V-Neck shirt and some of my ripped up jeans. I walked into the bathroom and put gel in my hair, with one last look I went downstairs. Yup, I looked good today! Alhamdulilah.

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"You're wrong dude! The red ranger is way cooler than the black one!" I argued. Hamid and I were walking into our middle school arguing which power ranger was cooler. The red ranger is way cooler! I mean it's the red ranger, the red ranger is the leader for a reason.

"You're wrong, the black is so mysterious and last time I checked mysterious is cool." He argued back.

"Whatever dude, lets just go to class." I said with a shake of my head. Just as we were walking in the halls Mara passed us with Amelia by her side. "Red ranger is cooler!" She exclaimed before she went to her group of friends. I laughed then turned to Hamid with a smirk. "See? Even your twin agrees with me!" I said proudly. That's my girl, wait did I just call her 'My Girl?'... you know what I mean!

"You guys are lame!" He said as he walked to his class. I walked into mine and sat down in my regular seat. A group of girls walked by me while whispering. I already know they're most likely whispering about me."Oh my god Ahmed is so hot!" A girl named Brenda? I think, said as she sat down next to me. That's the same girl who always fan girls over Hamid too. Well every guy she thinks is and I quote 'Hot!' It gets annoying at times.

"Class we have a new student today, his name is Zakariya Ali." Our teacher said. Just then a tall light skinned guy walked into our class. He looked like a mixture of middle eastern and asian like Amara and Hamid. "Hey guys I'm Zakariya but my friends call me Zak." The guy said as he waved his hands happily from left to right.

Zak, I still remember him. I remember everything that went down between both of us... I just never thought that I'd ever fight anyone like I did with him that day. I can't even remember why we fought in the first place but we did. It was stupid.

"Um, I just came here from Korea. And if you're wondering why I speak English so fluently without an accent... lets just say my grandparents were strict about me learning English. I started learning and speaking it since the age 4. I live with my aunt now and I have some cousins who live here. Oh and I'm half Yemeni as well, I can speak three langauges. So Annyeong, hello, and Assalamualaikum." He ended with a bow. Wow he seems like a pretty cool dude, and interesting.

I'm half Arab and American, my dad is Arab and my mom is American. She converted into Islam after meeting my dad, she said he opened her eyes to a world she's never known. It's a pretty incredible story.

"You're not the only Arab/ Korean at this school though, Hamid and Amara are too." Brenda stated as she looked at him up and down. Zak obviously seemed uncomfortable by the way she looked at him. I would be too if I was new and someone was eyeing me the way she was to him. Now I've become pretty accustomed to the constant stares I get at this school.