The Jinns Amongst Us

Chapter 45

"I mean, that's not what I mean, what I mean is..." said Khayun hesitantly. "Yeah, right, I know, it's alright Tim." said Afreen as she almost gets up and begins to depart but suddenly without a warning, Khayun reaches out his hand to hers and holds it, to which Afreen is both shocked and excited secretly.

"(Sighs) what I mean is, today was rough, and it left me in a hard place, but I don't want that to affect my decision in anyway." said Khayun in a tone similar to how Tim would speak as Afreen smiles but doesn't show as she still remains turned.

"So, that means?" asked Afreen.

"I'll come with you, I've decided, if you'll have me, that is." said Khayun to which Afreen calms herself and turns back without showing any excitement. "Okay, Monday, next week, meet me at the airport at noon if you wanna come." said Afreen to which Khayun immediately lets go of her hand and attempts to act normal.

"Yes, count on it, I mean, yeah, got it." said Khayun to which Afreen as she takes a ticket from her bag which she bought for Tim and hands it to him which Khayun receives.

"Thanks Tim, it means a lot." said Afreen as she smiles and leaves from the room with a excitement. As soon as she leaves, Khayun shuts down the door and returns back to his original form and is left with a confusion. "What have I done?" asked asked Khayun within himself.

Meanwhile, as Agent Jessica prepares to get rid of all mess caused by machine, including the body of Timothy Blake itself which is put into a body bag as Agent Jessica looks at it one more time before sending it away when she suddenly gets a call.

"Go." said Agent Jessica as she answers. "The body, what did you do with it?" asked Khayun. "What body?" asked Agent Jessica.

"Don't play coy with me Jessica, what did you do with Tim?" asked Khayun. "Sending it away to the trash after checking vitals, why?" asked Agent Jessica. "No! stop, stop them!" yelled Khayun. "Why?" asked Agent Jessica. "Just do it." said Khayun to which Agent Jessica looks towards the people dragging away the corpse.

"Hey! wait, bring it back." said Agent Jessica to which the men obey and start brining it back as she tends to her phone.

"There, happy?" asked Agent Jessica.

"Not quite, I've made my decision to go Ceylan as.. Timothy Blake till he returns." said Khayun. "Till he returns? seriously? look, he is dead okay, I just saw the corpse myself." said Agent Jessica. "He is a human, it will take time, I cannot explain or why or how, but.. I know Tim will come back, I swear he will." said Khayun. "It's either that, or.. you can't accept the fact he's gone." said Agent Jessica.

"Just keep the body, what have you got to lose? as long as you keep him, I will do your job, and when he returns.." said Khayun before getting interrupted by Agent Jessica. "If he does, you mean." said Agent Jessica.

"No, I do not." said Khayun as he ends his call. "And they say I have a temper." said Agent Jessica as she signals her men to keep Timothy's Blake's body back in the tube.

As a week passed, Afreen and her cousins, as well as her brother who was forced to go along with Afreen are awaiting till Afreen's friend arrives at the entrance of the airport. "So this friend of yours? what's her name again?" asked Nailah towards Afreen while Ali remains texting his friend.

"Uhm.. Ti...Yara?" said Afreen to which Madhat chuckles. "That's a biscuit company in Ceylan, Tiara." said Madhat. "Tiara huh? nice try." said Ali while texting to which Afreen knocks on his shoulder. "Ouch.." said Ali who continues texting. "Madhat, manners." said Nailah as Nashat starts to feel exhausted staying outside without sitting. "We've been waiting for an.. hour? I can't take it, can't we just go inside?" asked Nashat. "It's alright if you guys go in, I'll come once my friend arrives." said Afreen.

"What Nashat is trying to say is, are you sure this friend of yours is coming? it's just that, we're a bit worried that's all." said Nailah. "And Nashat can't stand without going bathroom." said Madhat teasingly to which Nashat enrages. "Shut up brat." said Nashat. "Nashat!" yelled Nailah at him to which he gives a irritated look. "What? she saw it coming." said Nashat. "Apologize to your sister, now!" yelled Nailah to which Nashat sighs.

"Sorry Madhat." said Nashat as she returns back to his phone. "Maybe you're right, we should.." said Afreen as she notices the car of Dr Shaw arriving. "Oh, there they are, one minute." said Afreen as she rushes towards Dr Shaw's car as it parks, and from within, Dr Shaw and Maggy as well as Khayun disguised as Tim comes out of it to greet Afreen.

"You guys came, hello Tim." said Afreen as she greets them while Afreen's cousins remain confused. "Her friend is a boy?" asked Madhat. "It's called boyfriend Madhat." said Nashat. "It can't be.." Nailah. "It is, those two can't keep hands to themselves." said Ali.

"Wait, you knew about this?" asked Nailah. "Not until yesterday where she was secretly telling her friend about Tim touching her hand almost like she was.. one second thought, forget it." said Ali as he looks towards Madhat who is eagerly listening. "What is she thinking? we can't go home with him? what till momma think?" asked Nailah. "You won't have to, he's just in for the ride." said Ali.

"What?" asked Nashat.

"You'll see soon enough." said Ali as Afreen looks towards her cousins and returns back towards Nailah. "Afreen, what the hell is this? this is your friend? a boy?" asked Nailah. "I'm sorry, I know how you will react, that's why I didn't say." said Afreen. "At least now we know why you were eager to book the ticket online, you booked for your boyfriend as well." said Nashat.

"He's not my boyfriend, he's.. a friend, and his mom died in Ceylan, which is why I thought he could come with us, then depart at the airport." said Afreen. "Afreen, this is serious, we.. we need to inform father about this." said Nailah. "Nailah please, just.. he's in a pretty bad shape now, his aunt told me to take care of him and I couldn't say no, I'm sorry." said Afreen.

"Wow sis, no one can beat you when it comes to excuses." said Ali. "Shut up, now is not the time." said Afreen as Nailah keeps thinking. "Okay, since you've already called him, we have no choice, I guess." said Nailah. "We do have, send him away, tell him we don't like to fly with strangers." said Nashat.

"I already gave him a ticket, he will be coming either way, I'm sorry." said Afreen. "Okay Afreen, fine, you should have informed us about this, but.. just for the journey right? do we need to drop him too?" asked Nailah. "No, no, his relatives will be coming on his own, he'll leave." said Nailah.

"(sighs) okay.. bring him." said Nailah. "Thank you." said Afreen as she departs to bring Tim to them. "Looks like our journey is with Tiara too now." said Nashat. "Will there be biscuits then?" asked Madhat. "Nope, not that Tiara, this is.. well, I don't know what this is." said Ali as Afreen introduces Tim to her cousins and her brother. "Guys, this is Tim." said Afreen. "Tiara, you mean, Madhat just asked for biscuits, care to give any?" asked Nashat sarcastically. "It's Tim, dickface, mind your tongue, or I'll mind it for you." said Tim.

"What's a dickface?" asked Madhat. "A bad word, one you will never use, ever." said Nailah. "You think I'm afraid of you big boy?" asked Nashat. "Nashat! that's enough." said Nailah. "He just called me a.." said Nashat before getting interrupted by Nailah.

"You've started it, just.. can we proceed please? flights in.. oh shit.. five minutes.. come on!" yelled Nailah as she rushes to the airport along with her family and Tim.

Moments pass, as they finally reach their flight in time, and after a bit of convincing, all of them finally managed to get in the flight where they take on their seats one by one when suddenly Tim gets a call from Agent Jessica.

"s**t, I gotta take this." said Khayun as he walks towards the bathroom but gets blocked by the air hostess. "I'm sorry sir, please take your seat, the flight's about to take off." said the air hostess. "But, the call, I have to take it." said Khayun. "I'm afraid you need to switch off your device as well, please return to your seat sir." said the air hostess as Khayun as he sighs and returns back to the seat given to him as he switches off.

At first, Afreen finds herself excited to have a empty seat where Tim begins to approach, but suddenly Nailah seats in that very seat as Khayun goes further ahead and sits beside the seat next to Nashat. "Geez, this guy again?" asked Nashat as Khayun sits down.

"I'm not happy about it either dickface." said Khayun. "Stop calling me that." said Nashat. "Or what?" asked Khayun ragingly to which Nashat ragingly looks back at him when suddenly another air hostess arrives.

"Uhm... sorry to intrude sir, I think you're in the wrong seat." said the air hostess. "Great, about time." said Nashat. "She means you, dumbass." said Khayun to which Nashat turns towards the air hostess.

"Me?" asked Nashat.

"Yes sir, I'm sorry, can I see your ticket please?" asked air hostess to which Nashat gives his ticket.

"Your seat's further ahead, right next to your younger sister." said the air hostess to which Nashat sighs and moves as another person takes the seat.