All Of Me - (Islamic fiction, Z.M. Sequel)

Chapter 4

“Yeah, but it was an incident that caught you by surprise, so it’s okay.” Tasneem commented.

“But after that moment passed, Louis congratulated me and tried to give me a friendly kiss on the cheek but I pulled away making the situation even more awkward.” I continued.

“You did the right thing.” She encouraged.

“And I haven’t even told you about what happened with Harry. He came in for a hug with open arms and Louis just came between us in the right time to stop him from hugging me so they ended up hugging each other instead.” Tasneem was full on laughing now.

“You think that’s funny? They probably hate me now and they think I’m a weirdo.” I sighed.

“Oh, Stop it. I’m sure Zayn had told them about you and explained your religion side.” She said trying not to burst out laughing again.

“I don’t know. It was too embarrassing. I think I would hide every time I have to see them.”

“Shut up. You’ll get over it. Anyways, have you called your dad recently?” Her question made me crease my eyebrow.

“I have seen him at Nadia’s birthday.” I answered still confused.

“But you didn’t talk to him or your mom after the engagement?” She asked making me worried now. What could have happened in four short days?

“Well, Mom and Nadia were with me during the proposal so that was the last time we talked. Other than a few texts with my mom we haven’t probably talked since then. Why do you ask?”

“Well, your dad called my dad for the first time in a very long time, may I add. And he was kind of ranting about your engagement and about Zayn in particular.” She said warily.

“About Zayn? Why? He doesn’t even Zayn that well.” I was getting a little angry.

“Exactly Maggie. Zayn didn’t go introduce himself to your father properly and didn’t ask your hand in marriage from him like the tradition.” She explained.

“How was he supposed to know about that tradition? He is British not an Arab.” I snapped.

“He is a Muslim Maggie. Plus that’s not the only thing,” She trailed off getting me impatient.

“What else?”

“Well, when your dad talked to my dad, my dad kind of told him the family’s concern about Zayn having tattoos and basically not having that Muslim guy image.” She said hesitantly as she felt my anger.

“What? They don’t even know him that well. Didn’t you guys tell me never to judge a person by his appearance?” I was really hurt by what she told me.

Everything they told me when I was there about never judging and always finding forgiveness in your heart and being open minded was basically a lie. They were doing the exact opposite to Zayn.

“Look Maggie, at the end of the day we never get to see you and it’s your life but the important thing is your dad. You have to talk to him.” She said calmly, making me calm as well even though I was angry inside but I didn’t want to explode on her while she was helping me.

“I’ll call him whenever I can. Thank you for telling me though Tas,” I thought about it for a second, “Tasneem?”

“Yeah?”

“What do you think about Zayn?” Even though I cared about what everyone thought of me but Tasneem’s opinion mattered most to me.

“My personal opinion?”