Falling For A Hijabi (part 1 And 2)

chapter 13 My brother

" It's about you!! " my mum said.

" About me!! What do you mean?!!" I said in confusion.

" There is somebody who...who wants to marry you!! " mum responded in hesitance.

I was silent for about five minutes. I was shocked. I didn't even consider marriage at that time.

" Marriage...me...now " I mumbeled.

" Yes, Jannah, marriage, you are not young anymore, you are graduating this year in shaa Allah, and you need a man to take care of you " she explained.

" But what about my dreams!! going to the university!!! " I said.

" Jannah, I want you to have everything in the world, but I don't think we can afford it " she explained.

I was watching my dreams crumbling in front of my eyes, I didn't know what to say. But I still had one answered question.

" Who, mum?!!" I asked her.

" Your teacher.....Mr Zayn Ahmed" she answered.

It was like being hit by a bolt of lightning,
" Mr Zayn " I mumbeled.

" Yes Mr Zayn, he is a Muslim, has a good job and a good family and from what I heard he is good looking too " she explained.

" But he is my teacher " I said.

" It's not important, he is about four years older than you, he is still young " she answered.

Finally and unfortunately I had my answer to his unexplained attention to me exclusivly, he wanted to marry me!!!
But I gotta say I respect the fact that he came to speak to my family first.

" Jannah, think about it, make your own decision, I can't force you, but you should know that this a good opportunity and you should seize it " she explained leaving the room.

Of course that day I couldn't study well, I was lost in my thoughts, trying to figure out the pros and cons of each choice.

I mean Mr Zayn is an extremely good looking person, any girl would be flattered if he gave her one look, with a good job and a good family and most importantly he is a good Muslim, there weren't many Muslims where I lived, so it was a good opportunity.

But still, I never had any feelings for him, he was just my teacher, I never looked at him the way other girls did, and I still have dreams after school, I've always dreamt about going to Harvard, I knew we couldn't afford it but I still dreamt about it.

The next day at school I didn't have chemistry, Alhamdullah, otherwise it would have been really awkward facing Mr Zayn.

At lunch I was sitting alone minding my own business, when - of course - James showed up.

" Helloooo princess, I'm really sorry about yesterday " he said.

He seemed to be in a really good mood, on the contrary I wasn't.

" James, just stop " I said to him in an ordering tone.

" Okay sorry sorry, I won't call you princess again, hello Jannah, are you still really mad at me for yesterday!! " he said .

" It's not about that, just stop hanging around me " I explained sternly.

" What, what do you mean?!!" He said in shock.

" I don't think it's a good idea to speak to you publicly in school " I said.

" What...why?!!" He sounded really confused.

" James, this is not going anywhere, just leave me alone " I said.

" Why Jannah?!! I thought we were friends !!" He said.

" Not any more " I explained.

" Is it that zayn Ahmed you like?!! " he said angerily.

I didn't know that it was that obvious untill he said it.

" Maybe " I said, I gotta admit I was trying to tease him too.

" Great, I knew it, so he is your secret boyfriend?!!" He said angerily.

" It's not like that James, we Muslims don't do this " I responded trying to defend myself.

" We...Muslims, you never spoke to me like this before " he said in shock.

" Yes James...we Muslims, in case you forgot, we are different James, from two different worlds, what is allowed in your culture is forbidden in mine " I explained.

" Okay....okay I'm sorry, I apologise " he said in defeat.

After a moment of awkward silence, finally, he finally spoke

" So you chose him over me?!!" He asked.

" It's not like that.......it's different.... James....I'm marrying him " I said.

I didn't know why I told him........

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