"Stay" he breathed against my stomach.
Not only butterflies started to move in my belly but the whole freaking jungle was freaking out.
Warmth crept up to my cheeks to colour it. His hugg tightened slightly as I stood between his two legs.
My hands dangled down not knowing what to do with them. Should I pat his back or stroke his hair? I haven't been this close to a boy before beside my father and brothers. Ya Allah what should I do? I would push him away but he looks miserable. Maybe he needs some comfort, God knows what happened to him.
His hair did really looked soft and before I could stop myself I ran my fingers into his full and raven. And I guess it right, it was really soft and instead of running my fingers in there I began to massage lightly his scalp assuming it help him relax a little. A sound came from his throat which made me wonder if I should stop or not.
"I won't be able to let you go if you don't stop." He whispered with his voice husky. I immediately lifted my hands from his head, my cheeks getting warmer and warmer by the second.
Staying still for a couple of minutes I started to get uncomfortable under his arms and decided to break the silence.
"You know, I can get you a pillow for you to cry on if you want." I smirked, maybe he won't feel so awkward if I joke around. He pushed me slightly and snorted "you wish."
"To see you cry? Absolutely, that will be a dream come true."
His eyes wrinkled with amusement as he rolled them and a smile played in his lips. I felt relieved that he's smiling now.
"I guess that will be nothing more than a dream then." He said.
I chuckled "We will see about that." I stared at him wondering if he relaxed a little. "Are you feeling okay now?"
"Yeah, sorry if I woke you up. You can go back to sleep now." He nodded.
"Umm-kay. Good night." I waved to him before I went back to my room and allowed the sleep take over me.
*********
"Gurrl you're late." Latifa groaned with Sabrina by her side. I ran up to them at the entrance of the mall. We needed shopping for tonight.
"And since when do you keep track on time. You are never on time." I rolled my eyes and hugged both of them.
"Well have you forgotten the time freak is beside me." Latifa titled her head to Sabrina as Sabrina slapped her shoulder. I laughed out loud and twinned my arms around one of theirs. It's true, Sabrina is never late, not even for a second.
"Whatever let's just go." Sabrina said dragging both of us.
"So what's the plan?" I asked debating on what to buy first.
"Let's buy our dresses first and think about her presents while we do that." Sabrina suggested.
"But what's the theme of the party?"
"I heard that it was a masquerade one but we can facetime her." I said and pulled out my phone and dialed Scarlett.
'Hello' Scarlett answered in a reply busy environment.
"Hi!" We all said in unison.
'Hi guys, what's up?'
"So we wanted to but our outfits for today but we don't know what kind. So we were wondering about what theme the party will have." I explained.
'Its masquerade party so make sure you wear a mask and look your bes-' Someone cut her off by calling for her and she added that she needed to leave. I guess she was really busy since the party will be huge and in the most luxurious place in New York.
Her parents are loaded.
"Yeah, do your thing honey and see you later." Latifa waved at the screen as Scarlett sent her a kiss before hanging up.
"Masquerade party huh. I wonder if I will find my Romeo there and I will be his Julliet." Latifa sighed with wonder getting her 'romantic' mode on.
"The both die at the end." Sabeina deadpanned making Latifa hiss.
"Well dang S thank you for that, I haven't watched that. Did you really need to spoil the movie in a heartless way?"
"Okay, okay guys we need to move." I broke the two up and went from a store to another for hours. It was hard to find dresses that looked good on us both the colour and the shape. But in the end we found the perfect dresses for tonight.
I don't think I'll just show up and leave the party considering how beautiful the dress is. I will have to make it worth.
Luckily the mask store was next to the one we were before which we found some beautiful with reasonable price. By the fourth hour we all got a complete outfit for tonight and we were exhausted. Somehow each one of us managed to get a present for Scarlett in the process of finding our outfits.
I got her a beautiful silver bracelet, Sabrina found the perfect make up kit for Scarlett and Latifa brought a pair of her favourite brand shoes.
"Man we will bomb the party tonight with our looks." Latifa grinned and I laughed and said.
"Well we're not going to be only ones there, everyone will try their best to look stunning so we will have a competition." I winked.
"Well sucks to be them then, I have the hottest girl friends in the world." Latifa said and Sabrinna smirked.
"Let's go, the party starts in 4hours. We need to get ready." Sabrina said.
"Hey, let get ready together at my house, no one is here today so I will be home alone." Latifa cheered and Sabrina and I nodded and made our way to her house.
*****
We heard a knock on the door and we all jumped up.
"Who is it?" Latifa called and her mother's head popped up behind the door.
"My oh my, look at my girls rocking these gowns." She sighed. Latifa's mother is very sweet and playful just like her daughter and she is like a second mother to me.
'Hi auntie." Me and Sabrina said in unison which earned us a smile.
"Hi sweethearts, by the looks of it you guys are ready and I hope you enjoy yourselves and find husbands soon so we the parents can finally rest." She winked and we all gasped.
"Are you trying to get rid of us that fast?" I began and Latifa finished with "Well too bad we aren't going anywhere in the near future."
"Isn't that a little too early for that? We're too young for that." Sabrina uttered with her usual calm pocker face.
"Yeah yeah you guys are hitting 20 soon and you think you're still young? Women, don't grow old and still single, no one will want you then. Use your beauty before it's too late." Auntie said and Latifa exclaimed "Mom!"
"Okay okay just don't be late and be careful. Have a nice evening, bye~" Auntie laughed and closed the door behind her.
"Sha we go?" Sabrina stood up and got her purse.
"Yeah" I smiled. I hope we have a blast there.
The next chapter will be Amir's point of view and thank you for reading.
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