Chapter 1 — “The Note Reply”
It was just another night. My phone buzzed with the usual flood of follow requests — strangers, classmates, people I barely knew. I was talking to my best friend, Hamza. He excused himself to pray and in the mean time I thought to check my follow requests because I prayed earlier. While I was looking at the follow requests an account caught my eye.
Haider Shah
I stared at it longer than I should have. I have seen his account before, he was the kind of guy people warned u about. A red flag. A player. The type who treats hearts like trophies. And yet... my finger hovered over the “accept” button.
One click. That's all it took.
I wasn't the type of girl who dies for boys. Not boys like him. I don't know why I accepted his request. Something came over me.
I requested to follow him back as well. It took just 5 minutes for him to accept my request. I checked his profile and I found him quite attractive. I don't know why because according to me he wasn't my type at all. He viewed my story and even liked it and I felt my heartbeat racing fast. This wasn't like me. I'm not like this. And suddenly I wanted to message him but I wasn't going to make the first move. He should make the first move because HE was the one who requested to follow me, right?
A few days passed by, he kept on liking one of my stories but he never messaged even though I wanted him to... I wrote a note, “ Why do I always see the same two people online every single night😭”
Haider was included in those two people
After a minute or two, he replied to my note. And that stupid thing in my chest started happening again. My chest tightened. What was happening to me? This is not me AT ALL. I opened his DM. It said “Am I one of those people?” I replied “Idk. Maybe. Yes, you are one of those people😭.” We talked for some minutes and we clicked off immediately. I found myself lying to my best friend — Hamza. I told him Im going to sleep when I was clearly planning on talking to Haider. I'm not those type of people who ditch their best friend's.
Haider and I talked all night and I found myself enjoying his company. I learned a lot about him like he was going in Medical field, his family lives in California, U.S while he lives in Pakistan with his aunt. I told him my parents and my little sister live in New Jersey, U.S while I live in Pakistan as well with my older brothers. On that same time the area of my spinal cord was hurting as well. I don't know what came over me but I told him that. As he was going in Medical field next year so he knew a little about the spinal cord. He suggested I ask someone to massage it slowly and take a painkiller but I told him that I'm flexible enough to massage it on my own. I took the painkiller as well. After sometime the pain was gone. The massaging really did help. I told him that and thanked him because this pain was bothering me for a week straight. Time went by so fast and it was 6:00 A.M already. I heard a knock on my door but there was no one. I kept on hearing the knocking and I got so scared.
I told Haider that someone keeps knocking on my door but there is litrerally no one. He asked me to calm down but I wasn't calming down. I mean who would stay calm in this situation. My palms were sweaty, I couldn't move, I kept on staring at the door. He asked me if he can call me but I wasn't sure yet so I denied. The knocking stopped after sometime and I was calmed down. We talked for one more hour and then I said goodbye because I needed sleep so bad. I turned off my phone and put it on my side table. I was continuously smiling. I kept on thinking about him. Was I in love? Was it love at first sight? What the hell is wrong with me. I don't fall in love,. Boys are Ew. I don't plan on falling in love. Ever. My mind was telling me that no boys are ew you can't fall in love. But my heart kept on denying it. My heart was saying the complete opposite.
I didn't realise when I slept but I know one thing for sure that I slept while thinking about him. About Haider Shah...
I hope you guys liked this 1st chapter😭😭 Some parts of this novel are based on real life and some are fictional. This is based on real life. I'll tell u guys when the fictional parts come. Please like, comment, and follow.
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All the chapter's will be in Aina's POV except for a few
