Chapter 6 :
The day off Campus
It was one of those rare days on campus which we had no test
for the week and a short tut later that afternoon.
My new group of campus friends decided to go to Westwood for
coffee at Fego and do some window shopping. De-stress after a tiring semester .Lectures
end tomorrow and we were on study break for a week before exams. Shukr I made
D.P for all my subjects and can right all my papers, I saw loads of people in
the queue today trying to get an appeal to write the exams.
As we ordered our
coffee , I decided to try the red velvet coffee everyone was going on about ,
Ayesha turned her nose up ,she’s the health freak of the group always watching
the calories , but I didn't mind as I wasn't going to be in a wedding dress
anytime soon.
As we sip on our coffee and shared a bar-one piece of cake. I
got to know the girls a better, we don't have time to bond on normal days ,we
had back to back lectures, or rushing to finish our pracs or tuts before two .
There was Asma a shy petite girl. I had met her on the first
day of campus we instantly started chatting about high school as we waited for
our maths lecture to arrived , she is always dressed in the smartest
outfits and craziest sneakers – she is shy
but randomly has a burst of craziness , she is the only child - I can't imagine
been the only child , I have moments
when I’m ready to strangle Yumnah but I’m sure if they weren't there while
growing up I would have been bored out of my mind.
Ayesha was a funky hijabi so to say – she wore the latest cloaks
and pretties scarves with awesome colored
pumps and had to have her campus
bag matching her pumps , she and her sister who is also on our campus traveled
every day to campus from Stanger – what a long drive … today we found out that
she was engage to be married in 2 years , her fiancée Yusuf was also still studying and wanted to finish
before they settled – my parents would never allow us to be engaged that long
fathi was married 3 months after
Muhammad proposed .
Tasleem went to a white girls school , it was the first time
she had Muslim friends , she was a bit different to us , I didn't like her at first
but now I was warming up to her , she had a great sense of humor , and a total
nerd , she was studying Maths and Stats on campus ..
As we finished up we started wandering into shops, we passed
Taahir and his friends he gave me his normal nod and salaam I greeted back, it
was Amsa that noticed and I went bright red…
Tasleem noticed my bright red cheeks “What did I miss? Why
you blushing, Sara?” She asked
“Uhm nothing” I replied
“Sara has a boyfriend, Sara has a boyfriend “Asma started in
a sing song voice
“Shut up they can hear you still” I said “Stop acting like
we in kindergarten “
“Who is that?” Ayesha asked “I see him in lectures you
always going red when he greats you”
“His the neighbors son , I think his name is Taahir, I don’t
know him that well , and I do not go red… “I defended myself . Changing the topic
I said “Anyway is almost half 1 lets go back to campus a pray Zuhr and get
ready for our tut you know how Dr G doesn’t like us been late , that guy has it
in for me always calling me out in class Ms Kajee what the answer whenever I fall into a daydream … “
We headed back to campus all lost in our own thought for some reason , i couldn't get what Taahir asked me the other day of my mind ...
