He keeps his eyes on me and then turns and zips the tent. Relax. Relax. He's your husband. He is not the enemy. He's your shield. Just relax. Shield? Who am I kidding.

"Whats up with that look on your face." He asks laying down and turns my way with his elbows holding him up and his hand under his chin.

"I'm asking you a question." He says and I quickly turn to him.
"N-n-nothing." I say and a smirk crawls up his lips.

He pushes in closer with his eyes on me.
"Tell me sweetheart,"
"Are you afraid?" He whispers huskily with tease in his voice. I swallow and exhale heavily.

I shake my head side to side.
"N-no" I say.
"No? And Why not?" He asks looking into my eyes. I quickly look away. Gosh what is this!

"Eyes on me" He says putting his hand under my chin. "Don't touch me" but its fine when he touches me! No.

"Don't make me repeat myself Sumi." He says sounding annoyed.

"B-b-because..Y-you-you're my h-husband." I manage to say it quietly and he looks amused and satisfied. What exactly does he expect me to say? I don't understand him at all.

"Really now?" He says teasingly and he puts his big soft hands over mine and takes it into his.

He's just messing with you. Relax. I begin to sweat my breathing was growing heavier and my throat felt dry and my stomach was having this really funny feeling.

Are my hands soft? Is he noticing my sweat?

"What's the matter? You look tense." He says still with tease.

"N-no. I-I-I'm just just hot. " I say swallowing. My heart rate was going faster each second I think I'm gonna go into a heart attack. Why is he doing this!

"It's quite cold actually. Is there some other reason you feel hot?" His smirk grew wider as if he was enjoying this.. Taunting flirtatious way of speaking.

I nod my head side to side.
"N-no.. That's it." I say with my dry throat. My heart was throbbing hard. I wish I could just slap him. But I have more respect than that.

"Why are you so quiet? Are you shy?" He asks and I shake my head side to side.

"Oh really? Then come . Relax." He says kind of pulling my hand. His touch sent shivers down my arm. His voice , his touch, his warmth. All of him was intoxicating me. I felt scared yet I was still drawn to him. Maybe because no man has ever been so close. But why? When I know, my heart knows, my brain I know that he's messing with me and I was literally letting him.

"Don't be scared sweetheart I don't bite" He says and I begin to shiver as he properly lays down and kind of tugs on my arm for me to lay next to him.

Does he plan on choking me while I'm asleep?

"Are you sure I'm not scaring you?"He quietly whispers into my ear. Breathe breathe hold yourself together. Hold yourself together woman!

"T-the windows- can I unzip it?" I ask and that smirk again. That taunting smirk.

"That's a good girl. You're getting there."He says sounding ever so satisfied that I asked him and didn't just do it. Gosh.

"You may open that little zipper. He says pointing to the one behind me. Okay it was like the size of a ball. It's not even gonna make a difference. But at this moment anything will be fine..At least it'll give me a reason to move away.

"Feeling better?" He asks and I nod.

"But I'm not." He says huskily and kind of more sternly. Keep yourself together girl. TOGETHER.

I swallow trying to speak with my dry throat.

"I'm cold." He says with his jaw clenched. okay.

I quickly get up and pull the blanket over him as fast as I can. I quickly lay back down and see that same taunting smirk on his face.

"This isn't doing much." He says. I quickly begin to inhale and exhale heavily.

"Okay, okay! Here take mine too!" I quickly say pulling my blanket off me and putting it on him.

"It's still not as good. But it'll do." He says turning the little battery lamp off. Great now I'll freeze to death. It's not hot it's cold but I was suffocating.

Why is he doing this. I can feel rocks beneath me already isn't that bad enough. I lightly tap his arm.

"What." He says opening his eyes. And I flinch.

"um. can you..move a little." I say swallowing. He looks at me and I look down avoiding any eye contact.

"If that's what you want." He says moving in closer. Wait. What.

"I mean that way..." I say.

"Why?"

I scratch the back of my neck.

"I can feel a couple stones on my back."

"How sad." He simply says closing his eyes.

I should have known.

"Please." I quietly say and he doesn't respond. I could just go on the other side even though there's like bags and weird tools .

I crouch down and go in to take a step but he grasps my hand and pulls me back. He moves all the stuff all on the side so there's no room for me to sleep.

"Sleep well." He says with a smirk.

I lay there for a bit trying to get some sleep. I check if he's awake and push him only to turn him  and his eyes open.

"What the f*ck are you doing." He says I almost died. He sits up as I sit there staring at him.

"n-nothing."

"Sure doesn't look that way."He says staring at me.

"It is." I say and he just stares at me he looked so intimidating I think I'm gonna pass out. If I was as tall and big I would just take his arm and twist it and make him cry.

"Are the rocks still bothering you?" He asks gritting his teeth. Note to self. Never bother him while he's asleep.

I nod.

"Okay Let me help you then." He says grabbing my arm and aggressively pulling me to him with his arms around my waist ,my back against his chest  I could feel his heart beat and I was intoxicated. The fear, the intensity, the warmth and the comfort was killing me. A million different feeling going through me all at once. Never been touched by a man until now and this feeling is so new I think I'll just run away now.

"Is this better? Or are the rocks still bothering you." He says under gritted teeth. He was not happy. His arms were not holding me gently no, they were stiff and I could tell he was pissed.

I tried to speak. I tried to move. I tried to breathe and relax. But I felt as if my body had suddenly shut down.

"I-I-I'm s-s-sorry." I whisper my mouth trembling with fear.

"are you?" He asks gritting his teeth even tighter and tightening his arms around me like he was going to squish me to death. Never have I been so afraid of him.

"yes." I manage to say and he let's me go and I breathe in and out relieved.

I don't move. I lay there on my side in shock. Suddenly I feel him get up. I quietly turn as he puts takes something in his hand and gets out zipping the tent. He can't just leave. and leave me alone in this time of the night. I quietly get up wrap my hijab up and get out and sneakily follow him. Im a spy. A loser spying on a jerk.

He stands at a sight where you can see the ocean. Beautiful ocean that is. What a beautiful sight. Subhanallah.

Suddenly he puts something in his mouth and flicks the lighter on. Oh I see. Not on my watch.

Just before he lights the cigarette I run and take it out of his hand.

"NO!" I shout. And he just looks at me with a blank expression. I stand there awkwardly as he takes a step closer. He looks surprised actually.

"What the f*ck are you doing?"

"I'm stopping you from ruining your health." I quietly say.

"Stay out of my f*cking way. I told you before." He says gritting his teeth.

"Why do you smoke."I ask and he crosses his arms and kind of leans closer.

"Why the f*ck do you care."

"I don't I just-"

"Then give me my f*cking lighter and go back to your f*cking tent." He hisses.

"I won't give it to you." I say.

"I told you. What I do does not concern you. It doesn't f*cking concern you damnit!" He swears so much! Gosh!

"Yes it does! You're my husband! Just give me your cigarettes! Stop smoking." I say pulling it out of his hand and throwing it and stomping over it.

He stands there. Even though I couldn't see his eyes properly he was looking at me.

"Just when I thought you learned. " He says turning back to walk and I follow him.

He turns and takes a step back and takes my hand.

"If you f*cking cross your limits then I will too." He says taking the lighter from my hand and aggressively pushing my hands away.

-

I lift my head squinting my eyes. He wasn't there. I could hear voices of everyone clearly I slept in. I unzipped the tent and stuck my head out.

"Sumi you're awake. Did we wake you up?"

"No no. What's going on?" I ask. Everyone was just standing there by the barbecue looking stressed and bored.

"We're waiting for our driver. He's suppose to light this thing up" Mama says and I burst out into laughter.

They all just stare at me.
"Oh wait you're serious?" I say stopping. That moment where you're the only one laughing..

"Well why should we wait why don't we do it on our own" I say and this time it's their turn to laugh. Except for rock. That's his new nickname.He's obviously standing there observing me.

"What's so funny?" I ask.
"Sumi we don't know how to do that." Mama says and I stop myself from bursting into laughter.

"Yeah our dad does it" Adam says. So then what do they do.. sit and watch? Do they even watch? They should know.

"Yeah same-" Yaseen stops and pretends to cough. Why'd he stop? He's hiding something. I guess I should change the topic.

"Well I can do it! "
I say shoving past them.
"Okay. First we just -" I try to lift the big bag of coal. Okay not a good idea. I unfold the bag and scoop my hands in and throw them into the barbecue.
Once again until Rock comes in my way. I feel like I was asking for it.

He lifts it up and slowly begins to dump them.

"Okay that's enough." I say and he puts the bag down. It felt good to be in control. But at the same time it felt wrong.

"Okay um do we have any paper?" I ask and everyone looks around.

"No. Nothing."

I put my hands on my hips. Hm. I think I made my clothes dirty...

"Light bulb!" I say snapping my fingers. Okay that wasn't meant to be said out loud.. I smile awkwardly.

I rip a large piece of the coal bag.

"Lighter or match anyone?" I ask.

"Right here Sumi." Imran's mom says taking it from the table.

I flick it and put the paper in and slowly put it into the barbecue.

"We should collect a couple sticks and those pine corns." I say lifting a stick from the ground and snapping it into two.

"Cones. Pine cones." Yaseen whispers correcting me.

Imran and Adam bring in a couple and I slowly one by one put it in.

I take the tongs and put the rack on. The fire was lit but it wasn't strong enough yet.

Everyone was basically just watching.

"We need something. Flat. "

"Everyone heads into the van bringing the coolers and mats and beach chairs out.

"Can you pass me that lid." I ask. Imran passes it and I swish it up and down like a fan and once again rock butts in and puts his hand in the way and begins to do it except obviously faster and better. Well he is a man. If I was a man I'd be just as good.

I squint my eyes as ashes fly out.

"I think it's good now."

Everyone sits down except for rock whose standing there on his phone. Now that's what I call camp material. Yup. That's not how I picture a camping trip. Not at all.

I take each patty out and quickly put them on the rack and wait.

Occasionally flipping. Patties and chickens were done and everyone was busy making burgers and eating chicken including the driver!

There's like two patties left  and the fires gotten real strong and suddenly sparkst come out and I quickly cover my face with my arms and suddenly I'm pushed aside and covered. I open my eyes only to see Yaseen there protecting me with his arms wrapped around my head. His back towards the sparks.

This feeling... He protected me.

He lets go and stares at me.

"What was that! Have you lost your mind ! You want to burn yourself!" He shouts.
Everyone stops talking and they turn to us.

"What happened?" Ma asks.
Yaseen turns around looking kind of ticked. He's got the shortest temper ever!he's angry like 98.9 perecnt of the time.

"Ask her." He says looking at me.

"What do you mean? Sumi?" She asks.

Yaseen just walks off. I hate his stupid baby like behaviour, begging for attention.

"What happened?" Mama asks lowering her voice.

"Sparks flew and he thought I was gonna burn. "

"What!"

I laugh.

"No no. Nothing to worry abou-" I stop seeing him sitting far holding an iced bottle over by the side of his neck.

"I'll be right back."

"You're okay right?" Adam's mom asks and I nod and quickly run over towards him.

He looks at me gritting his teeth.

"What're you doing?" I ask stepping closer.

"Nothing that concerns you."
"Let me see that." I say grabbing the bottle from him only to see a burnt spot all red.

"You burnt yourself!"

"Get the f*ck out of my face. " He hisses and I flinch.

"I'm just gonna take a look-"

"I don't want your f*cking help! Looking at your face is making it ten f*cking times worse! Get the f*ck away from me. This has nothing to do with you."
I quickly give him the bottle and he places it on his burn.

He's so impossible to work with. Why is he swearing so much gosh.

After I finished eating I began taking down our tent. It seems to me like everyone was having fun and didn't notice this guy's temper issues.

We settled in and everyone was putting things in the van except for the rock.

"Your husbands calling you." Imran says.

Uh oh. This cannot be good.

I hop off the van and walk towards him and stop in front of him.

He runs a hand through his hair and I could hear his breathing. He was not happy.

He stares at me.
"Where"
"Is"
"My laptop" he asks. I don't respond.
"I asked you a f*cking question. Where the f*ck is my laptop!" He says gritting his teeth and shaking me.

I just stare at him. I didn't bring it.

"I- I di-"
"Stop f*cking stuttering and tell me where my damn laptop is or I am going to f*cking slice your throat open. Tell me!" He shouts and I flinch.

"I didn't b-bring it." I say quietly.
He stares at me angrily and right now I think I'm going to pass out.
"You are going to f*cking pay for this." He whispers walking off. I breathe.

Why!!!!

-

I plant myself next to him angry. I just want to strangle him. We hit the road and the tension right now for me was horrible.

He kept his attention out to the window. I lean upwards to see his burn.

"What're you looking at." He says and I quickly sit back.

"N-nothing. "
"Have I not told you to stay out if my way?"
"I - s-s-sorry. " I say and he just stares and turns.

-
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