"I'm Tasha. Tasha Isabel Brooklyn. Today's April 14th, 2014. Nothing particularly happened today..no eventful moments at college. Just I met this weird guy ugh.. Ibi or something I hate him. I'm just angry at myself for letting him get on my nerve...."
Tasha reads upto this points closes her diary. It has been 5 months since she met Ibrahim Yousif. She was reading her diary and smiling by herself. It's so funny how things can change so fast. It feels like just yesterday she met this guy! She hated him so much and now things has changed upto this point that she can even leave everything for him. It's not like she didn't love her family her sisters. She did. She loved them the most.. more than anything. She's never been not grateful to God for blessing her with this family, for sending her to this family. But Ibra that guy is a loner.. He has nobody by his side! He has no one to lookout for him, nobody to care for him. It's only her. She means everything to Ibra.
She still remembers the day she met him. Her seatmate was absent that day and they had a new student in their class. He was this tall, handsome and undoubtedly a good looking guy, whose name was Ibrahim Yousif Harris. When Mr. Williams our homeroom teacher introduced him he just shrugged and said to call him just Ibra in a very low voice. Mr. Williams then directed him to the empty seat beside her. He was really quiet then accidentally our hands touched. He moved away from her like she was infectious! It really hurt her pride. She gave him an angry look and said, "Sorry, that wasn't on purpose just so you know!"
Ibrahim replied, "I know." Then gave her a smile. That made her feel very awkward so she quickly looked away.
At lunch Tasha sat with her usual girls group. They were all laughing and kidding about stuffs.
Until Tasha noticed him, at the table on other side of theirs was none other than Ibrahim who's reading a book and eating his lunch. We were loud and that seemed to annoy him, because his eyebrows were slightly curved. Who reads at lunch time! I mean certainly not Tash. And "why is he sitting alone..", she thought.
She kinda felt bad for him. She kept looking at him until he looked right at her back and that made her blush when he caught her stealing glance at him. The next day they didn't sit together. Unknowingly Tasha's eyes kept looking for him at lunch time. He wasn't at lunch. Days went by and Tasha began to dating this guy named Robert. Robert was a nice guy. Everything was going smoothly between them. Until one day Tasha saw him.. Ibrahim.
Tasha and Robert met at this coffeeshop Lights and Darks. They were all cozy and talking about silly stuffs. Then Ibrahim enters the shop tagged along with a girl with dark hair. He was very uncomfortable and seemed reluctant to Tash. She might've been mistaken also. So this girl linked arm with Ibra enters the shop and sits at a table not far away from theirs. Ibrahim still didn't notice Tasha and her boyfriend. They sat down and a waitress took their order.
"Tash! Heyy girl??",Robert days.
"Yes yeah, I'm sorry what?", Tasha asks.
"I was telling you about what Lucas did the other day at practice?," Robert says.
"Oh yeah I'm sorry Rob! I was a bit lost what did he do?", Tasha asks.
"Baby are you okay? You seem pale.", Robert asks all concerned.
"Um yes I'm fine. Don't worry about it. Let's just hear about Lucas.", Tasha says.
Robert continued to tell his story and Tasha continued to not paying attention to him.
The girl was trying to convince something to Ibrahim and he was trying to avoid it you can say by his looks, Tasha thought. He was telling her something then all of a sudden he looked right at her eyes. Tasha got so startled by it she even forgot to look away. The girl continued to talk and he just looked her in the eye. Tasha forgot to blink. Something was in his eyes.. those deep brown eyes. They were so ordinary still extraordinary. It was that moment. That intense look and the slightest smile forming in his lips.. Tasha knew she can't run away from this moment ever. She didn't want to. She broke up with Robert after a few days.
Then their story began. It wasn't a smooth path. Rather it was the opposite. Ibra wasn't easy. He had strange issues. He never dated anyone before. He usually stayed away from girls, which was good for Tash. Tasha had to convince him and made him realize that she wasn't the only one who felt this way. It was a mutual feeling and they should be together. Ibrahim kept saying no. Until finally he had to give up and finally confess that he loved her. He really really loved Tasha and can't possibly imagine his life without her now.
Since then they've been dating. It's been 3 months. Some strange events took place during this times. And their dating wasn't ordinary or the way usually people dated. Ibrahim was a Muslim guy. He had faiths and beliefs. He did love her but also feared Allah. He might not be happy with this. He never touched her once. Tasha was really bothered by it at first. With time he told her all about Islam. She's began to understand it now. It's so peaceful.. So she has taken a big decision.. A decision that might change her entire life..