Chapter 10

I could hear some of what they were saying because it was sort of loud whispering and I was known for my amazing sense of hearing. I saw Juju show Sara a conversation on her phone between her & someone and I couldn’t help my shock while hearing her say “Omg, ma9adig you guys are together el7yn? Mabrook Juju wallah zayn, she seems cute w 5osh bint if she stole your heart LOL bs et2kdi M7mad la y3rf 3nkom.”

5osh bint? What did she mean? Laykoun… :/

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I’m going to skip forward a bit so here’s a brief summary of things;

So it’s been a couple of days for me now in Qatar and after that Landmark day a lot happened, I now know almost everything about my family here. The day Sara was on the phone with Abdulrahman when we were in the car, he was asking her about me so she’s been avoiding bringing my name up to him after that l2nha ‘t3’ar 3aleeh’ and they had somewhat of a cute relationship so allah y5alehom lab3a9’. As for Juju, she was bi and is now with this girl called Maryam and her ex is a guy called M7mad whom she broke up with by making up an excuse so that’s that. Her mum has also passed away a couple years back which I recently found out about, 9ij tifashalt lma I found out, y3ny I didn’t know about my own uncle’s wifes death… And regarding her body, she has this really skinny modelish body now because she also used to be REALLY fat ib m3na el kalima, she used to weight over a 100 kg so she did a 3amaleya and kept a diet going and ended up with this body, so she’s really over protective and cautious on what she eats and drinks, she barely eats any sugar and junk food is her worst enemy. As for Fahad (my cousin) ely kan wyah elkids the first day I came to the house and came down and gave Juju a kiss on her cheek, he was almost like a brother to Juju. She has been living with them since she’s the only child and her father was always busy with work so Fahad had always taken care of her and he’s like a brother to her. Me & Fahad have also gotten closer in the past few days, to be honest I kinda liked elwa9'i3 here. And one more last thing, believe it or not, I started wearing a 3abaya every time I go out to malls and public/crowded places, just without the shaila but I actually looked good in it and mama loved this whole new 3abaya-ized me. I found it pretty cute since I could just wear my leggings and tank top under it and not have to worry about outfits. So up till that point, my life in Qatar has been going great until one day...

Back to reality

I woke up and went down to have breakfast with the entire family; it was kind of our routine. The girls & I were going to this place called The Pearl today then spending the night at my auntie’s apartment there alone with just the 5adama! Reminded me of old shalaih days:(. From what I’ve heard from Sara & Juju, it seems like a great place and is really different than other places here in Doha and it wasn’t too far from the house! We got ready and I wore the kind of 3abaya that came with a belt around your waist and it had this kind of design on its shoulders, 7ada cute:

I applied some bronzer & blusher with simple eyeliner and light pink lipstick then we were set to go, I didn’t like wearing a lot of make up, y5rb elface x_x

We got there in our black tinted Cadillac and went down 3nd the door by Hermes. The place was an outdoor walking area with the view of a ba7ar full of yachts and some people jet ski-ing! It had stores and cafes outside & was a lot like Switzerland. I absolutely loved it; the weather was not too hot either! There was slow music playing in the background fitting the jaw and 9ij eny 7sait 7aly in Europe not g6r. We then decided to go eat at the Chocolate Bar, which I’ve heard had the best Red Velvets in Qatar.

As soon as we were seated, we all sunk into our phones totally ignoring each others’ existence and I updated my status since my BBM was working now to “@Chocolate Bar *QA*” then got a BBM from M7mad who has been talking to me everyday since I got here.

M7mad Al-flany/#Shalaih 2*5: Bil3afya 7yatei ;*

Noor Al-flany/ In *QA*: Allah y3afeek <3

M7mad Al-flany/#Shalaih 2*5: I miss you Noor, yala rj3ey! :(

Noor Al-flany/ In *QA*: I miss you more wallah! Yala klha 3 more days w I’ll be back <3 !

M7mad Al-flany/#Shalaih 2*5: Can’t wait! Btw rab3ich hnee m3 Maha e5ty, I just saw them mn b3eed, I wish it was you I was staring at right now :'(

Noor Al-flany/ In *QA*: Awwww! 7baybi I miss them wayid </3 don’t let them have too much fun bdoony!

To be honest, I was a bit mad at most of my friends back in Kuwait except Maha, maga9irat y3ny she talks to me almost everyday w called a couple of times as I’ve been here, Lulu w Reem talk every now and then, Reem 3adi y3ny she’s always like that bs usually when I travel, Lulu and I dayman on the phone or skype updating each other with everything! Mdri what I did bs I feel so drifted away from my best friend </3

Later on at the apartment

“Guys lets play truth or dare” said Sara in excitement

I wasn’t too excited myself since I didn’t like this game ever since a long time ago, its pointless and you never really know if a person is answering the truth or not bs the dares were pretty fun.

We spun the bottle w jaat 3lay ana w Juju, Juju asks me.

“Have you ever dated or fell in love before?”

I thought about my answer before opening my mouth, I didn’t really trust people that easily so maku da3i they know about M7mad so I simply answered

“Yes I’ve fell in love.”

The next turn was that Sara asks Juju,

“How far have you and Maryam gotten to? Wink wink”

Juju: “1^st base” (for you who don’t know what the 3 bases are, search it.)

Sara: LOL you go girl bs wa3.”

Juju: Chub.

Okay, that’s a bit disturbing bs after everything that’s happened in her life, y3ny losing your mom isn’t that easy and most people turn lesbian or gay due to family problems or parents’ death so I’m in no position to judge her.

After a while of playing this endless game, I heard someone knock at the front door so I decided to escape from having to answer anymore questions by excusing myself to get the door, and since Sara and Juju were playing on the second floor, I took my time to get there since they won’t even realize how long I’ve been gone with their amazing questions game. I unlocked the front door which led to some empty hallway then to an elevator at the end of the hallway to the left and anyways everyone was probably asleep by this time, who could it be?

As soon as I unlocked the door, a familiar face popped up in white shorts and a blue top, it was the guy back from Pinkberry, Abdulrahman Sara’s boyfriend to be more specific, tbh he did look hot. I was in shorts above my knees by a little and an oversized shirt with my hair in a messy bun so my face turned red and I tried covering myself by hiding half my body behind the door as he waited outside the door. 

“Salam 3alaikom, Noor 9a7?”

“Ee, 3alaikom elsalam…”

“Umm..”

“Why are you here at this time?”

“I needed to talk to Sara asap..”

“Y3ny she knows your coming?”

“Laa bs…”

I interrupted him and answered 

“I’ll go get here now, wait here.” And threw a fake smile towards him, and as I was turning around to walk away, I felt a tight grip hold my wrist making me stop from moving, I turned around and he pushed himself to enter the apartment still not letting go of my wrist… 

"Wait Noor!"

“Shtabee? 7mdilah wl shkr don’t touch me” I said at the top of my lungs in a loud noise but not loud enough for the girls to hear me, I hope.

He let go of my wrist, then said

“Asif wallah bs umm..”

“Omg talk, shfeek!?”

“Noor, you’re really pretty mashallah”

“Thank you bs you have a girlfriend on the floor on top of us so mafy amal.”

“Y3ny etha imagine I wasn’t with Sara, would I have a chance with you?”

“MY COUSIN IS YOUR GIRFLRIEND, E7TRIM NAFSIK SHWAY.”

This time, I turned around with all anger in me going to call Sara 3shan hal wlad, 9ij he doesn’t deserve her. This time he grabbed me from my waist and turned me around so that I could face him, I tried pushing him away and he just kept pushing his face closer to me and I heard footsteps running down from the stairs, “Yal habla what’s taking you too long? 7AMAN?”

I turned to my right and found Sara standing there in shock staring at how wrong me and Abdulrahman looked… I felt my face fall to the floor from the shame bs hw ely 3’al6an mu ana. Abdulrahman quickly let me go and backed off.

“ENTO SHGA3DEEN TSAWOOUN? ABDULRAHMAN? WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING HERE?!”

7aman: “Knt jay abee akalmich Sara, wallah latfhmeen elsalfa 3’ala6.”

Me: “Sara, listen to the story gabl ma you judge, wallah this isn’t my fault, you know I’d never even think of doing something like this to my own cousin.”

Sara: “I can’t believe this, what kind of explanation does this need? HA?”

Before I could even speak, Abdulrahman interrupted and told her everything and how I was saying ena she’s my cousin and that I’d never do such a thing to her, wow I had a feeling he was gonna lie, wallah 6la3 mu kathab after all bs ely swa mu 97 at all.

Sara: “So why did you do all this? Were you trying to make me jealous or get my attention wla shnu? Mafhmt sh89dik eb hal 7araka -.-“

Abdulrahman: “Uhh Sara, I don’t think you understood my point, I find Noor your cousin an amazing woman w mashallah jameela and things haven’t been really good with us lately, I know a year isn’t a short time bs what I’m trying to say is that I think its time to end what’s between us Sara…”

I felt my jaw could drop to the floor from how wide my lips were opened apart, kan shkly like this: “:O” bs times 20! Ma9adig he just broke off a 1 year relationship with my cousin over just seeing me twice… :/

Tears gathered up in Sara’s eyes but she tried hiding them by answering back in a strong voice holding her tears from slipping out... “Bil6gag ely y6gik ent wyaha, 5ayn w kathab.” And she ran upstairs leaving both of stranded there in the empty room alone; I quickly spoke what was on my heart…

“Abdulrahman, laysh swait what you just did? Maynoon?! Ma 9arlik more than 4 days you’ve heard of my existence w 7baitny? She’s my cousin w I won’t accept what you did to her at all!”

“Noor, adry ena its almost impossible to fall in love this fast bs I think they call it love at first sight, I didn’t believe in it at first bs now I do, shsawy bs! Ana a9ln I can’t believe I just broke up with Sara for a girl I never even talked too x_x please give me a chance”

“I think you should leave Abdulrahman, I’m sorry, bye.”

His face glab to “:|” mra wa7da, he felt rejected, bs she’s my cousin and I would NEVER betray my family or friends over boys. He came closer to me and game me a kiss on my cheek, apologized for tonight and told me "bra7tich." then left.

Later on that night

After a long night of tears and yelling between me and Sara, and Juju trying to fix things, we came down to a summary. Sara didn’t want to talk to me or see my face for now, even though I didn’t do anything, she was still pretty mad about her boyfriend choosing me over her and I decided to let it go, she’ll eventually let it go y3ny I'd also be extremely mad if someone did hal 7raka with my 7amood. We all went to bed, with Sara and Juju in one room and me in my own all alone between 4 walls. I tweeted and updated my BBM status to “What a night :s”

2 minutes later

I got 3 BBMS from M7mad, Maha & Reem asking what happened and I told them I’d explain later and they fell for it and shushed up for the entire night. 5 minutes later, 1 DM from…

S3oud.

“Noor, are you okay? Sh9ar? Answer w please don’t ignore.”

I decided to reply, if he cared enough to ask then I should at least reply,

“Hala S3oud, I’m fine dw, long story, a lot of drama with my cousin and her boyfriend and me having to be put in the middle.”

I felt like there wasn’t any reason why I should’ve just sent him that but I felt like saying it to someone.

Less than a minute later, I got a reply

“I’m calling you now, answer.”

" Incoming call: +965.... "