"You know you are strong

But sometimes we need that one person to lean on and tell us it is okay to feel a little weak both emotionally and physically"

Zach's POV

"Hey Zach" Amal says with smile while taking a seat next to him on the lunch table

"Hi Amal, hope you didn't get into trouble for going home late?" I ask curiously

"Actually no, I got lucky last night" Amal says making me to raise a brow at her, she quickly realized what she had said making me let out a chuckle.

"Oh my God,That sounded so wrong" Amal states making me to burst into laughter

"I mean I am not pra- never mind that, i hope your grandma didn't spank you" Amal asks with a teasing smile making me roll my eyes.

"Nope but my dad was waiting for me and boy didn't he spank me hard" I say sarcastically with a stiff chuckle that she didn't respond too.

"Your dad?" Amal asks in confusion

"Yeah turns out, he was waiting for me at home how funny right?" i say with a forced laugh but Amal brow just furrows oh she wants me to tell her more...gladly.

"Not really...what happened?" she states seriously making my smile fade

"Apparently, he came to get me as he promised too but not as soon as he said" I say with another forced laugh making Amal scowl not at me though but at what I said.

"Oh really?" she says drily

"Yes but I told him no then he tried to apologize, I still didn't answer him also I found out that himself and my mom are divorced now too" I explain before taking a deep breath

"Wow that's a lot" she states making me smirk

"I know right?" I reply

"I have news too but it is very old but I couldn't wait to I share it with someone" she says making me raise a Brow waiting for her to say it

"My elder sister, she's pregnant"she says happily

"What really?" I ask with a smile also her excitement is making me happy...do you get it?Nah? OK moving on.

"Yes I'm so happy, i love kids ans now I would have my very own nephew or niece" she cooes at no one in particular which made me smile.

"Wow tell her congratulations next time she cal-

"I will tell her right now " Amal says cutting me off before she pulls out her iPad from her bag dialing her big sisters number

"Hell-ahhhhh" a dark thick long haired girl screams into the screen making the both of us to blink not expecting that outburst, well we flinched at the sound too but don't tell anyone.

"Well I didn't know that I was that scary" I joke making Amal laugh as we stared at that dark screen but soon it colors were back with Amal's big sister with what looks like a t-shirt on her head? Is this supposed to be normal?

"Well Amal you didn't tell me,you were going to call me with your non mahram friend close" Amal's big sister scolds her baby sister who blushed in embarrassment making me grin, I never see her flustered or embarrassed so this is something I'd definitely enjoyed seeing.

"I"m sorry I didn't know you were not wearing a headscarf" Amal apologizes

"Wait!, that was actually your hair? wow I thought it was your headscarf" I say making her roll her eyes but with a friendly smile

"Hey am Azad, Amal's big sister"Azad States with a smile but her eyes scanning me like I was some criminal.

"Hi I'm" I start to say

"Zachary yes I know" she says cutting me off

"Actually i'm Zachary Perez you didn't know that" i say with a cheeky grin

"Urgh smart mouth, don't allow Amal and xeeva to rub of on you" she states sternly sounding like a mother talking to a child.

"You know about xeeva too?" I ask her with a laugh, she laughs along while Amal glares at the both of us.

"Of course! I do, Amal is always talking crazy about xeeva telling her to do things" Azad states trying to hold back her laughter but she failed completely so it's official I like her.

"Hey" Amal yells defensively

"What?, it's true" Azad says with a giggle making her sister to fold her arms angrily

"Where is he?, I want report his wife to him" Amal states sternly making both myself and her sister to burst into laughter.

"He went to pray I think but I gotta say he is not a big fan of Zachary" Azad finally says making me frown

"what why?" I ask in panic the news about Amal family not liking me made me feel some type of way because she is my friend and i want to keep her around for long.

"Well that's because Amal always used to rant about you all the time" Azad states making Amal eyes to widen guiltily

"well nice to know you talk so nicely about me Amal" i say sarcastically making her send me a sheepish smile

"What you were kind of annoying at first" she says with a shrug

"You weren't the nicest person in the world either" i say with a grin

"Do you guys always Banter like this?" Azad asks it was rhetorical question

"Yes they do" Sam says scaring the both of them while Azad searched for an extra face but didn't and couldn't identity the new one.

"Where did you come from?" I ask looking towards the other side where Sam was seated, away from the screen.

"My momma" Sam says with grin making Azad to burst into laugher

"I like your new friends Amal" Azad says to Amal with a grin

"I like you too, if you weren't married I would have kidnapped you and gotten married to this beauty" I say jokingly

"Haha he is also funny nice choice for me" she says playing along while Amal was laughing while pointing towards the screen and that was when I saw it or should I say him?opps.

"Why thank you but I'm afraid your husband is just right behind you" I say with a grin making her brows furrow in confusion but she didn't look back, she cocks her head to the side at her sister instead.

"Hey Amal so who is your friend that my wife is complementing?" he states making his wife jump as realization finally hit her

"Hi I'm Zachary Perez" I say

"Is he THE boy?" he asks Amal

"Amal!,how many types of description have you given About me?" I ask Amal just shrugs

"Trust me!,there are a lot of them so much I can't even count them" Azad says with a laugh

"Well i'm not going to try to defend myself anymore, Zachary the bell just went off" Amal states not even trying to defend herself.

"I just wanted to say congratulations on your pregnancy" i blurt out

"Pregnancy?, who is pregnant?" Azad's husband asks making my eyes widen as I realised that he didn't know from his expression

"Oh shizzle" I hear Amal say as she face palms what's it with the cute cuss words?

"I gotta go love you both muah muah" she says quickly before she hangs up

"You just ruined the surprise" she says

"Well I didn't know but isn't she like 3 months now how doesn't he know?" I ask confused by all this

"She is... how do I put it?she's still not showing...up till now for some weird gym reason?" Amal explains

"Wow she must be Gigi hadid then" I joke but it's true that girls abs just never fades away.

"She joined the gym when she started getting bullied she took boxing classes and karate classes too..."

"Wow, she must have kicked ass then" I say with a grin

"Back in her senior year ...yes she did,she got suspended once even though it was not her fault,it was only self defense. Her set were the worst bully's to ever exist, I mean just because she is a Muslim they tied her up and locked her inside the janitors closet,they actually hit her and no I'm not talking about only the ladies but the guys too, i guess along the way they got her to start fighting back, and I think the one that pushed her to the edge was the one where they beat her until she couldn't move and then threw her into the dumpster out here she actually schooled here years ago" Amal rants I watch her with wide eyes ad I remembered the nice girl in question the one I had just spoken too a few minutes ago why would anyone be so cruel to anyone?

"What all of this because..." I trail off

"Yes because of her religion and the funny part was that she didn't even tell anyone she fought her own battles" Amal states with a grin making me frown

"That was what you wanted to do right?, we are all different just because your sister can do that doesn't mean you can do it too, don't get me wrong I know you are strong" I start to say but trial off not wanting an angry Amal on me.

"Zachary..." She mutters as she let's out a sigh she didn't want to talk about it anymore...she has told me more than enough so I'm okay with her keeping a few to herself until she feels like she is ready.

"You know you are strong but sometimes we need that person to lean on not just physically but emotionally" I say looking at her only to find out she is surprisingly already looking at me,holy shit when did her brown eyes become so intense?

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