C22 Twenty two

Just like the hands on the clock ran, so did the day. Waleed could feel a cold hand on his, he opened his eyes slowly to find Noors hands in his. He smiled, she looked so peaceful. He looked over at Anisah who was laying on the couch peacefully and chuckled, she was the exact opposite of how Noor looked.

He got up slowly and Noor didn't move, which was so unlike her so he immediately bent down and placed his hand on her forehead.

"Noorie" He said, he placed his head on her chest and there was not heart beat. Every molecule of her body was dead and so was she. Waleed couldn't control himself as he began to scream out Noors name while she laid in his arms. He had picked her up. Anisah who couldn't sleep pass the noise, woke up. She ran over to Waleed and touched Noor. Anisah knew she was dead, she couldn't control her tears as she immediately hugged Waleed. He hugged her back with Noor still on his lap.

"She's dead" Waleed mumbled. "And I wasn't there to watch her take her last breath" he sniffed.

"Waleed let's take her to a mosque, she needs to be buried. Her body is changing" Anisah managed to say. And Waleed began crying hysterically. Noor had died at exactly 12AM while both Waleed and Anisah were asleep.

"Anisah I will miss her" He said. "I will miss her" He hugged Noor closely. He couldn't give her away.

Anisah looked at him And walked over to the door and walked out. She managed to figure out where Yusuf's room was and informed him what had happened. Indeed Yusuf was also sad.

They both walked into Noors room and Stared at Waleed crying while cuddling onto Noors lifeless body. His eyes looked extremely red.

"Waleed" Yusuf said. Waleed raised his head up to stare at Yusuf, he sobbed and said. "Yusuf Our Noor is gone, She's dead" Waleed sniffed.

"Let's take her to the Mosque" Yusuf said and Waleed nodded. He knew that the right thing to do was to take her to the mosque at this moment. Her body was turning plain white, she didn't look like the Noor they all knew, she looked dead.

"Anisah stay here, Waleed And I will be right back" Yusuf said, he picked up Noor from Waleed and took her outside. He had already called an ambulance in other to take Noor to the nearby mosque.

Anisah on the other hand was left alone in the house. She did what she thought was right and picked up all of Noor stuffs and took them to her room, she didn't want Waleed coming back and seeing them. It would awaken his pain all over again. At around 4PM in the afternoon, they were both back and Waleed looked As though he had died seven times. He looked very weak. He didn't say a word to anyone and stormed off into Noors room.

"How was the burial?" Anisah asked.

"Alhamdudilah, she was buried in the mosque burial ground.

"Anisah where the fuck are Noors stuffs?!" Waleed screamed and fear immediately climbed Anisahs mind. He was furious .

"I kept them" she managed them.

"Kept them where?, Are you stupid?. Is Noor your child, Anisah please mind your business. Village girl" he hissed. He returned back into Noors room and banged the door shut. A part of him knew he was too harsh but what could he do, he felt good shouting at her.

"He's in pain, Don't over think what he just said" Yusuf said and Anisah smiled. "Next month would have made three years of Noor being here, Waleed brought her home when she was only one year of age. She was filed with complains and tantrums, I and Waleed had to take care of her even though we had school, we took turns" he chuckled through tears.

"She was brought from where?" Anisah asked.

"An orphanage, she had cancer when she was just one. Waleed wanted to take care of her, it was even because of how Waleed took care of her that she managed to leave 4 years" he said.

"Wow" Anisah muttered.

"Her parents had died in a car accident four years ago" Yusuf added.

"May All their souls Rest In Peace" Anisah said. Yusuf smiled and muttered an Ameen.

Waleed Walked out of the room and stared at both Yusuf and Anisah. He hissed, he stormed into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of cold ice water and gulped it down. He did the same on and on again, Yusuf and Anisah watched him carefully.

"Anisah Go and talk to him please, you guys seem to be close friends" Yusuf said. Anisah wished that it was true.

She nodded and Yusuf walked away towards his room. Anisah entered into the kitchen and said "Waleed" she called. He didn't turn to her and instead continued to drink the water.

"Give me that" she grabbed the bottle away from his hand. "Do you think you are helping yourself, Noor needs your prayers and nothing else. You have a family back home and right now you look like a Goat. I know it's only been today that she died but I didn't expect to see you like this, you need to be strong and accept her death" She said.

"I miss her" He hugged her tightly. She was shocked that he hugged her, she knew it was wrong of them hugging each other but she didn't mind and hugged him tightly.

"It's okay" she found herself sobbing. She also felt Noors death in her heart but could not express it, she was lost.

"I wanted to take her back with me to Nigeria" he said while still hugging Her. She broke the hug and held his cheeks.

"Waleed it's okay, Just keep praying for her" She said and he nodded. He placed his forehead on hers and her heart immediately stopped beating.

"I....." He paused. She could only feel his heartbeat as his eyes closed. He fell real hard and she began to scream for help.