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“Come on, Nas, he’s not trying to steal your woman.”
“Dude still has a dick, and he sure looks too comfy with her,” I reply tersely.
“I assure you; she’s talking to the safest guy here. His partner is also watching,” he says directing my attention to the guy standing a few feet away from the Jade and the touchy guy.
I grunt, and cross my arms in front of me, determined not to stop them, but not controlled enough to hide my annoyance.
“My, oh my, how the mighty have fallen, you are in love with her,” he says, smiling.
“Yes, and she doesn’t want me to tell her that,” I confess to him.
“What!?” He looks incredulously at me.
“She’s convinced we are just enjoying each other’s company and at some point, I’m going to break things off with her and marry some imaginary princess. Nadra if I’m being specific.” I say to him though my eyes stay on her.
“Why would she think that?”
“For starters, crazy ass Nadra slapped her years ago.” His eyes widen at the utter shock of the action, I still cringe every time I think about it. “My dad told her that I’ll never pick her. She didn’t tell me, but I heard about it and my sister who was her friend joined others in making her miserable. So, yes, she has a few reasons to push back on me making any promises to her. I’ve only highlighted a few.”
“She’s with you now, which means you have time to change her mind.” I chuckled.
“I hope that’s possible; Jade can be annoyingly stubborn.”
“Guess, you need to pull all the stops to change her mind, from what you’ve told me. Her heart is already yours, the only task you have is to treat it right and it will remain yours forever.”
“Thanks, I need to save her from that guy. That smile she’s giving him is fake.”
He laughs and walks away.
I save Jade from the guy. We spent the rest of the evening at the party and night at my apartment in New York which Jade loves very much. We decided to stay till Monday morning.
Monday afternoon, we returned to Chicago. I always have mixed feelings whenever I drop her off at school. She never looks back which I find strange. I’m convinced, it means she doesn’t want to leave me either and would rather not look back.
“Let’s head to, Rhanaz,” I say to Rilwan.
NASEER
“Naseer,youhaven’ttouchedyour avocado, it’s usually the first thing you reach for once it’s set before you,” my mother says quietly in that observant tone. I ponder, whether should I tell them or not but what harm could tell them possibly cause.
“I’ve given up eating avocado,” I state matter-of-factly and continue eating my eggs. I could sense my dad sitting up and his bewildered expression which is also stamped on my mother’s face.
“Come again.” my dad says. I turned to him.
“I don’t eat avocado anymore,” I reply.
“But it’s your favorite, the one thing I’m always assured you will eat,” my mom says.
“Well, not anymore. I almost killed Jade. She’s severely allergic to avocado.”
“Can you provide more context? We do not understand you, and who’s Jade?” my dad asks still shocked I would give up avocado.
“Miriam is Jade. Jade is her middle name. I had an avocado and cucumber sandwich on my way to see her. We kissed right after I ate avocado, and she immediately started reacting to kissing me. She ended up in the hospital. I didn’t like, the fact I almost killed her. Since I happen to like her more. I’m now giving up Avocado.” I continue with my eggs. I know giving up avocado is a big deal for me but she’s more important.
I will never forget how she looked like she was dying before my eyes, and I couldn’t do anything to stop it. She broke out in hives and couldn’t breathe. Rilwan drove like a maniac to the hospital that day. At the hospital, they injected her with epinephrine, the moment I told them about her allergy. She starts breathing fine, but didn’t open her eyes.
I swore that day to give up avocado and anything that would cause harm to Jade. She knew about it and didn’t tell me. I was so mad at her, but I had to let it go. Since that day, I check to make sure she has her EpiPen with her and order some to have on me for her.
“Miriam … isn’t she your sister’s friend? And why are you kissing her, I thought you two were just friends and you are still dating Jurea, King Issa’s daughter.” My father says hurriedly, as my mother continues to look surprised.
