Stars Align✅

CHAPTER 13: A DRAWBACK

"I'm really glad you decided to come with me I don't know whom else to invite with me" Daihaah said to Jannah as Jannah sat in the passenger seat of Daihaah's car.

Jannah looked up, "What do you mean?" she asked, "What about Adda Anee?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Jannah shook her head no at Daihaah's question making her hum, "Nah"

"Adda and Hermano left to Katsina" Daihaah said pulling up in the parking lot of the mall the two decided to go to.

"Oh" Jannah said turning her attention back to her phone, "When will they be back?" she asked.

"They live there now"

"Huh?" Jannah knew how much the El Khabirs loved staying next to each other; especially Aamir and Faruk; those two are inseparable just like Anee and Daihaah are. "Why?"

"Well they are the future King and Queen so they want their children to grow up there amongst their family since more than half of the El Khabir clan is there" Daihaah shrugged not bothering to hide the sadness in her tone. Clearly she didn't want to be away from her sister and Hermano as if possible one can say that she is now closer to him than her very own sister.

Jannah didn't know what to say so she just shut up. If it was the former the words to reply with will be at the tip of her tongue but the Jannah of now isn't the same. This Jannah rather keep shut as her head became void of anything comforting to say.

"Let's go" Daihaah said opening the door to her side of her car as she sensed the change of mood from Jannah which she instantly recognized.

The two made their way into the mall and started their shopping spree. Initially they went there to buy a few things for Daihaah's baby but the two ended up buying more stuffs for themselves than intended all thanks to Aamir's black card which Daihaah had the pleasure of spending lavishly on the most stupid things possible like rotisseries, baby food maker, egg cooker, pasta maker, electric can opener, electric cheese grater and many more things she'll never use, ever.

After buying kitchen appliances, they went on to buy shoes, bags, coats, tops and whatnot. This area is where Jannah comes in handy as she is a fashion designer in the making.

Three hours thirty six minutes of shopping later the two ended up in a food court. Jannah was sipping her Pepsi casually as usual having finished eating her fish tacos while Daihaah's eating her pasta alfredo.

"Hold on I'll just get something I'll be right back" Jannah said standing up taking her clutch with her.

"Alright" Daihaah replied her attention not really on Jannah as she's too busy giggling at her phone no doubt chatting with her husband.

Jannah rolled her eyes and stood up with a small smile on her face. Just as she turned, her gaze landed on someone or more some people. The smile that was on her face slowly fell and eyes squinted.

She saw them.

She saw him wrap his arms around the girl's shoulder.

She saw the girl look up and him and the two smiled.

She saw him lean down and kiss the side of the girl's head.

She saw everything just like she did five years ago. And everything came crashing back, it was all the feeling of déjà vu.

Daihaah looked up noting that her friend didn't leave as she said she would and was rather standing like a statue. "Jannah?" she said but the girl's attention wasn't on her, "Jannah" she stated again but got the same response as earlier, "Jannah!"

This surely snapped Jannah's gaze away from the two. And for the first time ever Daihaah saw something she never saw in Jannah's eyes. She saw the storm that she only heard of once in the eyes of the girl she knew as her best friend. And as much as she hates to admit it, she feared the person in front of her because the last time something like this happened, it didn't end so well.