Chapter 5

    I woke up the next morning at 6:21 am feeling fresh due to the early time I went to bed last night.  Before getting out of bed I looked for my phone, which I found under the pillow. I had two missed calls and two messages, one message from my sister informing me that my Dad is going to be away for a few more days because his business trip got extended. She also told me that she'll be sleeping over at one of her friends' house and she'll be back the next day. Great, I'm home alone. Again. 
The other message was from Noor:

Is everything ok w/ u? Adam told me that he never saw u yesterday is everything ok?

I checked the two missed calls and to my surprise they were also from Noor, I guess she really was worried. There was something about her that made me feel strange. Not bad strange, but in a good way. Even before we became friends she was caring towards me. She looked through my flaws, and probably is the reason why everybody else is so nice to me; she probably talked them into becoming friends with me as well. Especially yesterday she was very friendly with me; she actually showed me that she cared about me when she told me to meet her at the park. She's not the type of person who would just tell you they care about you, but she shows it. Sure anyone can say I love you, or I care about you, but not many can show their love and care. Not many are like Noor. She is understanding and knows what I'm going through. I decided to assure her that everything is alright before doing my morning routine.

I'm sorry for the late reply, but I came home late and tired last night and I guess I forgot, but thanks a lot for checking up on me! ^^

After that I washed up, drank a bottle of water, and had a banana as a light breakfast. Yesterday's events were still scrambled, I had no idea what I was supposed to do. I no longer have anything to threaten the guys with, and since the action I've taken yesterday, they'll probably come hunt me down, meaning I'll have to be careful when and where I go out. But for now I had to clear my mind, and since it's still not even 7:00 am, I don't think any of the guys will be awake, so I don't have to worry about them now.
I wrapped my iPhone around my arm with a band I had and plugged my headphones in. I also got a couple of cigarettes and a lighter and stuffed them in my pockets. Then I opened the doors, made sure to lock the door before I left and went for a run. 
I've been running since I was twelve, it was the one thing - besides cigarets - that allowed me to get my thoughts straight and think of what I wanted , instead of having multiples of thought popping up in my head. My running habit was one of the few things that neither cigarets nor the death of my Mother managed to change.
Running gives me freedom. It allows me to go where I want, I don't have people telling me what to do, I choose my own paths, my own directions to travel.  I had no one ordering me about and telling me what's right and what's wrong.
When I got outside under the rising sun, I started remembering yesterday's events. For some reason the first thought that came into my mind was Noor. Despite her being depressed because Adam is leaving soon, she was still really worried about me and tried contacting me multiples of times to check up on me. Then I remembered Adam, he's leaving, a friend of mine is leaving my life. He is leaving my life, just like how my Mom did. No, I'll still be able to contact him, his situation is completely different from my Mom's. I wanted to see her more than anything. My brain started collecting memories and pictures of her from the past. I couldn't stand recalling these memories, I had to block them out.
I increased my speed trying to get the negative thoughts out of my mind. I changed my direction; I just started running with no idea where I was heading to. My heart started pounding faster, pumping the blood through my veins, my breathing became heavier, my head started aching, and I started coughing, but my legs refused to stop moving and continued marching cluelessly. Then I started stumbling over my own feet, I felt my legs turning into noodle legs, and I started wobbling. My vision started getting cloudy and I saw everything shaking and moving around. I fell to my knees, and the last thing I saw was an empty alley, and then everything went blank.

“Wake up!” I heard someone shout over my head, and shaking my shoulder. I opened my eyes slowly, I saw something in front of me, maybe someone's head, but the sun rays managed to escape through their hair and blocked my vision.
“Are you okay?” the same voice asked. I still couldn't make out the features of the person in front of me, “I'll get you some water, be back in a minute.” the voice said, as the person stood up, I heard the person take one step back, then paused for a few seconds, and then sprinted away.
I gradually tried picking myself up.  I put one hand vertically on the ground to see my surroundings. I was still at the same alley, and the sun was still escalating, meaning I haven't been out for a long time. My headphones were on the ground, but my phone was still strapped around my arm. I turned around to see the streets, I've only saw a few people passing by, some didn't even notice me, and the couple who did just gave me a pitty look, and went on their way. I tried picking myself up, I tried pushing harder off the ground. I rose a bit, but I was still dizzy and my arm was shaking, causing me to fall back onto the ground, and for the lighter to slip out of my pocket. I  put it back in and decided to just wait for the person to come back.

It wasn't long until I saw a girl with long, dark Arabian hair, with slight curls at the end of it running towards me with a bottle of water in one hand. Her maple green-coloured eyes were shinning under the hot sun. Her skin was slightly too dark to be called tanned, but still complemented her features and her outfit. She was wearing a white shirt, with a big pink heart in the middle, paired with light, summer, dark, navy-blue pants.
She came next to me, reached out to give me the bottle, and when I wrapped my hand around the bottle, our eyes locked for a few seconds, and our bodies froze as if time itself refused to move. Neither of us wanted to stare away. There was something about her eyes, besides their mesmerising beauty, that was special. When I was staring into them, I found something familiar in them, a sight that felt like home, a piece of the past, or maybe also a gaze into a beautiful future. The longer I looked into them, the more comfortable I felt. I felt like I could stare into these jewels for hours, because I wasn't just staring into some girls' eyes, but there was something about them; about her, that brought a piece of me that I lost along the way of growing up. I saw the world in a better way, as if I saw everything from her perspective.
TING TING!
We both looked away when the sound of my phone brought us back to Earth, “I'm sorry, I hope you feel good soon.” She mumbled as she stumbled away.
My tongue was tied, all I was able to do was stare at her back with lost eyes as she disappeared into the distance. I kept replying the last couple of minutes dozens of times in my head, not wanting to ever forget it. I wanted to save it in my head somehow, so whenever I felt cross or mad, I would just remember the most beautiful view I caught sight of, and smile. It was the simplest way for finding happiness; look into the most gorgeous eyes in this world, but I didn't even know her name, or anything. The only thing I had was the bottle of water she got me.

I drank the water slowly, enjoying every drop of it. Then I looked at my phone, it was almost 11:00 am, I looked into the sky and saw that somehow the sun almost made it to it's peak. I had no idea where all that time went, those five minutes somehow turned into an hour. I looked at my phone, and found a text from Noor. How did I forget about her? When I looked at the time I received it, I found out that it was almost 20 minutes ago! 
Noor:
I'm glad ur alright don't ever worry me lke this again! I cant wait 2 see u tmrw.

I thanked her and went to the cold store to get myself more cold water and to get air conditioned. When I got myself a bottle, someone came in. Stupid! I'm such an idiot! I tried hiding behind the long shelves so Fahad wouldn't see me. As I was looking at him I noticed that he had a bandage wrapped around his right hand. I sighed in relief, he wouldn't dare approaching me with an injured hand. Wrong. He heard my sigh and marched towards me with a rather proud smile on his face.
“You're quite smart, you know that?” He smirked, “I still can't believe that you managed to scare Faisal, and get away without a single scratch. I wish I was as lucky as you.” He finished, showing me his injured hand. 
“What happened?” I asked casually.
“I got mad at him for letting you go so easily and for allowing you to play with him like that. But now I realise that all the credit goes to you, once again the human managed to tame the beast.” 
“Thanks for the credit.”
Just as I turned away, he grabbed me by the shoulder and whispered in my ear, “Don't think any of this is over. Yeah maybe I fought with Faisal but that didn't mean anything, you better watch your back, not only from us, but your angel could be the complete opposite.” He pushed me towards the counter to show me that he wasn't going to say anything more, leaving me completely frightened and confused.

When I finished the bottle I just got, I reached into my pocket and got out my cigaret, to help me think. How am I going to get rid of them? How will any of this end? What angel was who talking about? Could the person he was talking about the same girl I met today? Could she be the angel... Or demon?