Trauma : All attention from you is mine.

Today was Saturday. The weekend. In the morning Zoë left for school. She enjoyed going to school. When she entered the classroom, her gaze fell towards a strange face, it was a girl, probably a transferee. She was beautiful, her hair were long and bouncy, her lips were plump and pink. She headed towards her for greetings. "Hey! Are you new here ?", She asked. "Yes, I'm a transferred student. Soha Qureshi is my name.", She said. "I'm Azza Kanmi. Nice to meet you!", She introduced. Then she left to her seat. She took her books to prepare for the physics lecture beforehand, so she could participate in giving answers to the sudden questions of the teachers.

After few minutes, Zuhair arrived. He looked dashing whether he's in his uniform or normal clothes. His face, his muscular body, the perfectly edged sharp jawline, the pair of evenly trimmed eyebrows and those foxy eyes would definitely make someone fall for him so terribly. He sat next to Soha, the new girl. No sooner did he started to talk with her, the rest of the students started gossiping about them. "Look, Zuhair is sitting with that new girl. Did he broke up with Zoë ?", A boy whispered. "I guess she might be his ex-girlfriend. Don't you think ? They're talking like they knew each other from ages.", Tara said to Umang, his boyfriend. Nobody understood what was going on in the class. Everybody was still processed and were trying to reach to the root of this unknown story of the school hunk and his rumoured girlfriend, the campus belle.

The class started. After the attendance, the teacher solved few numericals and the lecture ended. Zoë was still solving some of the numericals which she missed during the class as she was staring at Zuhair and Zoë. "Let's go to the washroom. I need to fix my makeup.", Sabiya said. "You just go alone, I've to solve this.", She said while pointing her pen to her Physics notebook. "Were you not paying attention in the class ?", She asked. "Maybe!", She exclaimed. "Wait! I can't believe. You were not paying attention in the class. Am I having a fever ? You always paid attention in each and every class whether it is boring like library or junk like club. But today you didn't. Wait! Is it because of Zuhair. Are you jealous ?", She poked.

"I'm not jealous of anyone. Why would I feel jealous ?", She retorted. "Don't act. You must be insecure seeing Zuhair and Soha too close, right ?", She teased. "Seriously! Why would I feel insecure for a girl like Soha ? She's transferred from America so she may knew him very well.", Azza replied. She was jealous. Her face could tell. Maybe she was covering her feelings. Zuhair didn't even talked with her for a once since he met with Soha. The all attention which he gave to her was now given to someone else. That made her frustrated. She didn't liked when someone ignored her, especially Zuhair. She distracted herself by solving the tough problems of Physics. At that particular time, all she could do that was distracting herself.

She wanted Zuhair's attention. She was feeling something running fast through her heart. Her heart clenched whenever she looked at them. They were smiling and were enjoying each other's company. She wanted to hit Zuhair too hard. But, she acted patiently. During the third lecture, which was computer, the teacher called everyone in the lab. The students made a line and were walking towards the lab. As soon as she stood up from her seat, a loud sound of thud was heard. She fainted. She was lying on the floor. Her forehead was injured and was bleeding. Vedant, run towards her and he held her in his arms. He sprinkled water onto her eyes to make her conscious. Her body temperature was too high and her body was shivering. The sweat was clearly seen on her soft palms.

She was traumatized. She couldn't bear that Zuhair didn't even helped her. He was just looking at the drama like other students did. Instead of him, Vedant came there to help her. Vedant was Zoë's friend. She was incensed. She asked for the leave to the principal and went home. Zuhair didn't even asked her about her wellness. He just ignored her. It was hard to digest all these things which happened in the school. She was frustrated. The guy who always stood by her side was not with her. He was accompanying that new girl, Soha. 'He ignored me just for a random girl. Was she his girlfriend ?", She thought.

At her home, She was lying on her bed to get some rest. Her brain was stuck at that moment when he ignored her. She could think nothing but only about him and that Soha. But, there was something that she couldn't understand. Why did she fainted ? That was a big question. Zoë's health condition was fit. When they had called the doctor, he said that she fainted because of stress. But, it was not stress, it was insecurity. Her heart was telling that she was insecure seeing Zuhair and Soha together but her brain was denying the fact. She was feeling dejected.

Zillions of thoughts were racing in her mind and to distract her brain, She took a book and started to read it. She thought that it might relax herself. She read the book for a while and then felt aslept.

At the evening, Azza was cooking soup for her. She loved to cook. She was an expert in cooking just like her mother, Maria. Maria was very lucky to have a daughter like her. "Api, what are you cooking ?", Samara, her younger sister said. "Soup. Lemon coriander soup.", She replied briefly. "Can you bake some chocolate chips cookies for me ? Please!", She requested. "Okay!", She agreed. When soup was ready, she took some flour from the cabinet. Mixed some ingredients and started to knead the dough. Then she started to bake the cookies. Maria entered the kitchen, "Zoë, Leave this work and go outside, Zuhair is here. He's waiting in the living area.", She said. "I don't wanna see his face.", She said.

"Did something happened between you two ? ", She asked. "Nothing! I am just not feeling well. I'm going to my room.", She said. "First have your dinner.", She suggested. "Send my dinner upstairs with someone. I'll eat in my room.", She said and left the kitchen. She headed upstairs into her bedroom and threw the pillow in anger. "That rotten egg, what's he doing here ? He didn't even asked me if I'm okay or not in the school and now showed up here just for formality.", She screamed to herself. Zuhair heard thescreamsm and ran upstairs. The door was open and hence he entered the room. There he saw the mess which she created in her bedroom. He saw her crying. Those tears were not suiting her face at all.

He stepped forward and tried to hug her but she pushed him away. "Don't touch me! Just go away and leave me alone.", She yelled. "What happened to you ? Why are you reacting like this ?", He interrogated. "Don't try to act like you doesn't know anything. I thought that you're my best friend. You would never do anything which would hurt my feelings. But, you know what, you're just like others. No, I'm sorry. You're the worst.", She spoke. "First calm down. Let's talk after you get calm.", He suggested. After a while, she calmed down. She didn't wanted to talk to him but, as he requested too much she couldn't stop herself.

"What's it you wanted to talk mith me ?", She questioned, still in anger. "I'm sorry. I was not there to help you out when you fainted. ", He apologized. "Why being sorry when things are gone already. I never expected this from you. Can I know the reason ?", She asked. This time her voice was calm. "I was shocked at that moment. I don't know what had happened to me but, I felt so down when I found out myself was standing there like a fool. But, thanks to Soha who comforted me and suggested talking with you.", He replied. When she heard the name Soha, her heart clenched. "How do you know her ?", She asked. "We were neighbors in America. We shared a good friendship. Why ?", He asked.

"I had never seen you being too close with a girl. You two look good together.", She said in a sarcastic tone. "I guess you misunderstood. We're just friends. There's nothing between us.", He clarified. "Have I asked for any clarification ?", She said coldly. "Are you jealous ?", He said. "Yes, I am. I do feel jealous when you ignore me and give attention to some stranger like her.", She said blatantly. He can't believe what he just heard from her. She accepted that she was jealous. "Are you in your senses ?", He wanted to confirm. "I'm in my senses. Don't I've the right to feel jealous ? I'm a human too, and I also feel jealous too. I can't see when you give more attention to anyone. You know that what is mine is mine and I can't share my things with someone else so how I'm supposed to share you with someone ?", She said. She lost her control in her wordings. He wasn't believing in her words. He pinched himself on his hands for confirmation that he's dreaming or not.

"You left me speechless! But, if you don't like me being interactive with Soha, so I won't talk with her.", He assured her. "You don't have to do this.", She said. He held her hand, the feeling he got while holding her hand was indescribable. Then he hugged her tightly. Zoë was having butterflies when he held her hand and hugged her. "I'm sorry!", He whispered in her right ear while patting his hand on her back. She didn't wanted to forgive him but his behavior made her to do so. Then he fed her with his hands and afterwards they talked while she put her head on his shoulder. "All attention from you is mine!", She warned him. Then both of them laughed together.

Zuhair was in his room. He was thinking about what Zoë said to him. He was still not believing what she said in her room. She never behaved like that. But, he was happy. He thought that she may be fallen for him. He thought to make a move but also thought that whether she rejected him. He didn't wanted to make their friendship awkward. He was feeling guilty. He was not there to help her when she fainted. But, the question was why did she fainted. He had never seen her fainted in his life so why she fainted today. He took his phone and he saw a notification on his Instagram account 'Soha Qureshi started following you'. He just ignored the notification. He didn't wanted to follow her to make Zoë insecure. He already hurted her today so badly and now he didn't wanted to hurt her anymore. He can't see the tears rolling out from her eyes. He don't want to be the reason for her sadness and always wanted her to be happy. A new notification popped up. It was Soha's text on Instagram. 'Why don't you follow me back ? You are active, right ?', She said in her text. After reading her text, Zuhair blocked her. For him, nobody is mote important than Zoë. He was loyal with her.

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