Fifteen

"Don't show fear in front of people, cover your weakness with strength, and your fear with cruelty."

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Tehzeeb walked inside the department and saw just a few students hanging around the department. She walked inside A4 that was the class for the day's lecture. She sat down and put her bag on the other chair for Khady since she had not sighted her anywhere around the department. She brought out her handout and started to go through it since there was still time before the lecturer arrived. She was engrossed in her reading, muting every noise around her surrounding so she could concentrate on her reading, she was about to flip to another page when the book was snatched out of her hand, without thinking twice she knew whose hand work it was. "Khady drop the book" 

"And if I don't?" Khady asked

"Hmm. I don't know what I will do with your trouble"

"No option dear, we are just like liver and blood"

"Why are you late