THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To the people who have reviewed and actually READ my story. By the way people, U R NOT gonna find out what Jacob said to Aysha and Rayan til later, so DO NOT ask me again. It's a mystery…hehehe.
I'd like to say that I LOVE my beautiful friends who have been helping me out in the story: Ayesha, who gave me my favourite part in this story so far and Shereen, who gave me an important part in this chapter. And my gorgeous sisters: Marium, who read this story before I put it up and encouraged me to do it and Miran, who…….well, I just want to say thank you to her. Oh and my brilliant brother: Omar, for annoying the HELL out of me and bugging me to put the chapter up.
And my beaut reviewers. You guys r great!!!
Okay, here's the chapter you've been bugging me for!
I still hadn't gotten over the 'Jacob saw my hair' incident. Every time I'd bump into him at school, I'd quickly avert my eyes and walk the other way. Even if it was the wrong way. The way I acted toward him was waaayyyy different to how I was giving him the cold shoulder; this was very quickly noticed by my two best friends.
We were walking to the cafeteria one cloudy day (a week after the 'Jacob saw my hair' incident) doing the usual; complaining about school work, school work and……..school work?
"I don't know what I'm supposed to do! We don't even have time at school to even start the friggen project." Rayan wailed, kicking the floor.
"Why don't you get him to come over your house?" Aysha suggested. Rayan looked at her like she was the craziest person alive.
"Are you kidding me??? As if my dad would say yes! My mom would, but definitely NOT my dad. Besides, Jacob wouldn't come to my house if he was paid a billion dollars!" she exclaimed.
I stayed quiet and continued hobbling next to Aysha. I sound extremely depressed but, hey if you wore the scarf and some dude just saw you without it on……….you would have a HEART ATTACK!
"What do you think, Sheri?" Rayan asked, after giving Aysha another 'I don't know why I associate my self with you, you crazy person!' look. Kind of ironic, you know? Coming from Rayan.
I shrugged and said nothing. Rayan and Aysha groaned.
"Oh Shereen, get over it! It's been a whole week!" Rayan exclaimed. Aysha nodded fervently in agreement. I instantly flared up.
"Oh yeah? How would you feel if some guy saw you wearing a tight blue T-shirt and your hair?? Someone who you, for some reason, see EVERY SINGLE DAY!?" I gave them a furious look and stormed away.
All I can say is………….luckily they knew I was PMS'ing…..
But, sadly, the little 7th grader who got in my way didn't.
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"Well, this is as good as it's gonna get-tuh." I said, quoting 'the princess diaries'. I stood in front the mirror that was on the door of my wardrobe, trying to look for anything in my outfit that needed changing.
I was dressed in white straight leg jeans, a dark blue halter neck knee length dress, a long sleeve white top (which I wore underneath the dress), a white scarf and blue shoes. This outfit had to be good, because I was going to the airport. I always have to look good when I go to the airport. Its sort of tradition, but I'm the only one in my family who follows it. I mean, they dress nice and everything but I go further.
I closed the wardrobe and headed downstairs, where my dad, my older brother and my sister were waiting for me. My dad took one look at my outfit and smiled.
"As usual, always outshining us." I felt extremely flattered "I like your dress, by the way. Who bought it for you?"
I rolled my eyes. He had bought this dress for me when he saw me ogling at it while we were monthly shopping (Father – Daughters bonding) two months ago.
I rubbed my hands together. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!"
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"Where are they???" Yehia asked, annoyed. We both stood on our toes and strained to see someone that resembled Miran over the heads of other people looking for the people they were waiting for….does that even make sense??
We looked for a couple more minutes before...
"Yehia! Shereen!" I heard Mona call from behind us.
I turned around to see her heading towards us, dragging a gorgeous, tall scarfed girl by the arm.
"MIRAN!!!!" I screamed and ran to my cousin at a Carl Lewis worthy speed. I engulfed her in a hug. She squealed and hugged me back tightly. We hugged for about two minutes until, finally, we let go. But even then we were acting like total idiots; I was jumping up and down like a two-year-old and she was shouting that she'd 'missed me heaps'. We quieted down a bit after my dad appeared and told us off.
"Hey, Shereen!" said a happy voice from behind me. I turned to see Ramsey. He looked a little dishevelled but other than that he was practically glowing. (A/N sound familiar?....as in doesn't she sound like Jacob?)
"HEY RAMS!" I screamed, yet again. He winced slightly from the impact of my voice on his eardrums, but grinned like he'd just won the lottery. He moved forward to hug me but I moved away automatically. I gave him an awkward smile and shook my head. He looked crestfallen as his arms fell to his sides.
"Oh well. It's still good to see you!" he said rather weakly, looking down. I poked his arm.
"Rams, you so know why I can't hug you. I don't hate you or anything!" I said in a 'Duh!' tone. He looked up and smiled genuinely.
I heard my dad clear his throat. We looked at him expectantly as he looked back and forth between us sternly, then he seemed to have shrugged off the whole 'something is definitely going on here' feeling coz he said in mock unsureness "Do you think we should go?".
"I don't know dad, this spot is kinda looking comfortable!" Mona exclaimed.
Ten minutes later found us in our black seven-seater Toyota, driving to our house. The car was filled with the chatter of the guys; Ramsey, my dad, my brother and the girls; me, my sister, Miran.
"So, have you written any stories lately?" Miran asked, curiously.
I blushed. Hey, just because I like writing doesn't mean I'm exceedingly good at it!
"Uh……erm…..yes?"
She brightened up even more than before…….the brightness was killing my eyes! Not literally of course.
"Oooooooo! What's it about??" she asked eagerly. The car was suddenly quiet as everyone (Ramsey, my dad, my brother) stopped talking and watched me. Besides my dad, of course, since he was driving, you know, like when you drive you need to keep your eyes on the road.
Did you know that?
But even that didn't stop him from glancing at the review mirror.
I got a teeny weenie bit nervous so I opened the window and inhaled loudly.
"Well, isn't the weather just wonderful!" I gushed. It was the complete opposite actually; really cloudy, gray and chilly. Even though I had my head turned away, I could virtually hear their eyes roll.
"Nice try Shereen." Miran complimented sarcastically.
While looking out the window, I spotted a McDonalds' in the distance. I leaped at the chance.
"Dad! Please, can we go to McDonalds?! Please, please, PLEASE!" I begged. Miran, Ramsey, Yehia and Mona raised their eyebrows at my randomness. I tried to look serious rather than desperate not to talk about my lame-o stories.
"No, seriously. I'm starving!" I really was and just to prove my point; my stomach rumbled. I mentally thanked it for its perfect timing.
My dad sighed and slowed down a bit. "Does everyone agree with Shereen? If you do, you're about to waste sixty minutes of your life."
At the word 'waste' , they all chorused a "yes!" and we were soon parked in the parking lot of the lifesaver I (or rather, the world) called 'McDonalds''. We trooped out of the car and went into the fast food restaurant. I knew what I was going to order but looked at the public menu thingy anyway. I saw my dad looking back and forth between the McChicken burger and the Quarter pounder. He looked extremely distressed. I watched him with amusement until I remembered something and sauntered over to him.
"Dad, don't forget….." I whispered something in his ear and he nodded knowingly. I walked over to Mona and whispered the same thing in her ear and then did the same to Yehia. After I'd finished doing that, I went to sit by Ramey, Miran and Mona. We chatted animatedly for a long time since my dad kept making Yehia refer to the phone while he was ordering.
All of the sudden Mona got all excited and started pointing ahead. "Sheri, isn't that the guy you were telling me about??!" I followed her gaze and went into shock.
Jacob friggen Black was just coming into the restaurant with his friends, ones I knew and ones I didn't. I don't know why, but I glanced at Ramsey. I saw that his face had hardened. He put a protective arm around the back of my chair when Jacob spotted us and started making his way over. This didn't seem to affect Jacob which annoyed me immensely. I mean, yes I was annoyed that Ramsey had his arm around me, yes I was annoyed that he thought I liked Jacob because of my fantastic sister(note the sarcasm).
But I just wanted Jacob to go away!
It was supposed to be a HAPPY day……I still wasn't ready to face him without feeling naked. Found out.
Exposed.
Jacob P.O.V
"Are we there yet?" I asked, completely bored. We had been driving for the past ten minutes. I know!..........a VERY long time.
"For the tenth time in TEN minutes, no!" Sam retorted, his usual calm face mangled with annoyance.
I huffed and looked out the window. No-one was talking to me. I was a loner, squashed to the side by those idiots called Quil, Embry and Jared.
I kept staring out the window; not really seeing anything. I was thinking about Shereen. With hair. I had been trying to block that thought out because I knew I wasn't supposed to see her like that. But she looked so pretty!! The colour blue looks really good on her; I can see why she likes it so much. She's got it everywhere, her pencil case, her bag, her….stuff?
I had been at Quils' house. We were hanging out in his backyard, when we heard someone groan. I had been the one that got was curious. This person had sounded absolutely fed up. So I had decided to look over the fence.
And who had I seen?
I had seen what looked like a tall, beautiful girl wearing baggy sweatpants and a tight blue T-shirt. I had noticed that she was frustrated as she picked some clothes off the ground. Then she picked up something that had made me blush for the first time in months.
Yeah……..a bra.
I hadn't realized it was raining until a rain drop splattered all over my nose.
That was when the girl had looked up.
Shereen Deloui with hair! Wavy, shiny, soft-looking chocolate brown hair.
She had looked extremely horrified. I had ducked my head before she could have recognized me.
But she obviously had recognized because she avoided me for a week. Not in a cold way like before, but like she was embarrassed or something.
I decided to try to forget her.
With hair.
"Jake!"
I snapped back to my situation. Quil was waving a hand in front of my face. I grunted to show that I was listening.
"We're at McDonalds!" he informed me, clearly overjoyed. I lightened up instantly and jumped out of the car with everyone behind me.
Jared yanked the door open and we trailed in. that's when I heard "Sheri, isn't that the guy you were telling me about??!"
Sheri……Sheri!!
Sheri – Shereen.
Uh-oh. I looked up around and saw Shereen, with a few people sitting around her, looking extremely nervous. I started making my way to her.
Wait, who was that guy next to her?
Yes, I know that was EXTREMELY crap but I was FORCED people. FORCED. TORTURED into writing this chapter. Oh the agony I had gone through!!!
LOL
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