I looked at Jannah she was crying and shaking, her hijab was taken off her head, it was in Sophia's hand who was tearing it into pieces, she looked at us in victory then walked away, throwing what was left of Jannah's hijab.

But I didn't care about her, I only cared about Jannah and about finding a way to calm her down.

Jannah was crying and shaking like a baby, I wanted so bad to hug her at that moment and let her know that it was okay, that I was there for her, that I will avenge her pride, but I didn't want to add insult to injury.

The headscarf for her wasn't only a piece of cloth to just cover her hair, it was part of who she was, it was part of her degnity, and also part of her pride.

I took off my jacket, and put it on her head.

" Here, take it, it's okay " I said trying to calm her down.

I could understand her sorrow, she felt as if her pride crumbeled into pieces in front of her.

I could see the sense of helplessness in her eyes, she was paying for sombody else's fault, not only her but also her religion is being blamaed for it.

And for Jannah, her religion was all she had got.

" Come, let's go home " I said trying to help her up.

After about ten minutes she calmed down, and stood up, I followed her to my car silently.

The whole way to her house we didn't say a word.

When we arrived at her house, her mother opened the door for us,

" What Happened?!!!" She said

hugging her daughter.

I explained everything to her, she thanked me, I told her I didn't deserve it.

" Come in, let me see your wounds " she suggested.

" Thank you ma'am, I'll be okay " I said leaving.

" I'm afraid my wounds were deeper " I thought.

I went back into my car and looked into my rear view mirror, my face was swollen, I barely identified myself.

" Oh God, my parents can't see me like this " I said to myself.

I didn't dare to call Jannah that night, I was dying to make sure she was okay, but the last look I saw on her face frightened me, I didn't have the courage to speak to her.

I was afraid that she would have belived Richard, I wanted to tell her that what he said was a lie to tear us apart.

Next day at school, I looked for her, we had chemistry together at the end of the school day, so I waited for it.

I tried to speak to her before the teacher comes in.

" Hay, Jannah, I need to speak to you, my life depends on it " I whispered to her.

She didn't say a word.

" Jannah, are you okay ?!! " I asked.

Still she didn't even look in my direction.

" Jannah, just say anything, anything, girl " I whispered angerily.

Still no word from her, the teacher came in, so I couldn't speak to her anymore.

After the class, I tried to stop her.

" Hey wait " I shouted at her.

She stopped with her back to me, without saying a word, then she continued to walk away, so I followed her without saying a word.

After reaching a secluded place outside the school, she stopped with her back to me.

" I need to speak to you " she finally said.

" At last, I missed your voice girl " I said happily.

" It's not a joke James, listen to me " she said seriously.

" Okay " I said in surrender.

" I'm a hypocrite " she said.

" What, what do you mean ?!! " I said in shock.

" I'm a hypocrite this whole time for letting you near me, I knew it wouldn't work, but I still let you near me " she said.

" Jannah, what are you speaking about?!!, At least look me in the eye when you speak to me " I said trying to grab her arm to look at me.

" James, don't " she said pushing me away.

" Okay, sorry " I said in surprise.

" James, just let go of me, this is over " she said seriously.

" What?!!, After all this, after going through heaven and hell together, you are going to surrender like that, they want us to be torn apart, you are just making their job easier " I said angerily.

" It's not about them James, it's about us, look at us, look how your mother treated me, look yourself in the mirror and see what happened to you when you tried to stand up for me " she explained.

" I don't care, I only care about you " I shouted angerily.

" And I can't, James, I can't let you near me anymore, because it would only make it more difficult " she said.

" Make what more difficult ?!! " I asked angerily.

" Make you forgetting me more difficult " she explained looking at me.

" No, no, this won't happen, okay, listen, I understand now, I will convert if you want me to " I said suggesting.

" No James, you can't convert because you love sombody, it won't work, do you really think that I can live with that, you can only convert if you love Allah and convinced that Islam is the truth " she said.

" Why everytime I try my best to figure a way out ?!!, You close the door in my face " I said angerily.

" Because I'm realistic, James, I'm not a hopeless romantic girl " she explained.

" So that's it " I said hopelessly.

" Yes, that's it James, and for standing by me all that time, I'm eternally thankful, you gave me hope to trust people again, thank you" She said, and with these words she left.

It was the most painful drive home in my whole life, I couldn't believe I have just lost Jannah.

I knew that I broke his heart, but Allah only knows it was for his own good, we had no future together.

I went home with that load off my shoulders, I told my mum about what I've done.

" It's your decision to make Jannah , but why now ?!!" She asked.

" When I saw Richard and his boys beat and kick him, I couldn't take it, he didn't deserve it, he used to be their friend, now they bully him, I could never forgive myself for putting him in that situation " I told her.

" Anyway, James came a few days ago and dropped this, he wanted me to give it to you on your birthday next week, but I guess you should take it now " she said giving a piece of paper.

I opened it and it was the prom ticket.