21- Everything She Was

We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the path we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

~Sirius Black, Order of the phoenix

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Marwan was tired, like fall-down-on-the-bed-and-never-wake-up-till-the-next-week kinda tired.

After an all-nighter at the office, all he wanted to do was sleep off his exhaustion. And he had gotten his wish right until Noor had called him. He had set up a custom ringtone for her like a cheesy teenager so even through the haze of sleep, he knew it was her.

Scrambling to a sitting position, groaning when his head hit the headboard, he swiped the answer key and pressed the phone to his ear.

"Hey beautiful," he greeted through a yawn. "How are you today?"

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