Chapter 8

  

So, today was a Thursday. Me and the girls were all going to my shalaih since it was my last day in Kuwait and I was travelling to Doha with mama tomorrow. If you guys are wondering if I told any of the girls about the real reason on why I’m travelling, well, I didn’t. I said I was just going to visit some relatives for a couple of days and they fell for it, shocking how with just a few smiles people believe you’re okay. Things with M7mad have been going great since the day he proposed his love to me and we’ve now been dating for 3 days, I couldn’t be any happier with him. As for S3oud, I’ve been ignoring him w mu ma36ita wayh at all, I know that’s a bit harsh bs madri, I was happy with M7mad, I don’t want to ruin that.

On the way to the shalaih (Reem & Noor)

“Noor I have something to tell you”

Every time I hear that sentence, from anyone, 7ta lw my baby cousins, I immediately freak out, madri bs I feel like I did something wrong to the person.

“Shfeech Reem? Is everything okay?”

“La don’t worry, its not something bad! Well, I don’t think it is.. umm”

“TALK!”

“Remember those two guys ely the helped us lma the rhino got stuck? Rashed & S3oud I think kan esma?”

“Ee what about them?”

I got nervous a little bit l2ana no one knew I used to talk to S3oud except for Maha, I still didn’t tell Reem or Lulwa about M7mad bs I was planning to today.

“Well, he sort of started sending me DMs for the past week w b3dayn we added each other on BBM, and now he told me he loves me and I told him I had feelings for him too, adri adri 7araka ‘3abeya w ana mu chee 6ab3i bs I don’t know why I did this Noor wallah! Ma3rf shloun to explain the feeling, its like my mind was telling me la ya Reem don’t do this, if 3aziz finds out he’ll kill you bs my heart…”

Before she could even continue I interrupted her and stopped her.

“Reem, calm down, you didn’t do anything wrong shfeech! You fell in love and I’m soooooo happy for you wallah! Shkla 5osh 9bay.”

“Min 9jich Noor? I expected you to be the last person on earth to approve of this”

“Well, speaking of that, mm there’s something I need to confess too…”

“What is it?”

“You know M7mad? U5o Maha? Yeah well me and him are sort of umm…”

And I told her the story from A till Z. I have to admit, she was shocked l2ana as I’ve mentioned before, I’m the type of person who makes fun of stupid people who date and believe in teenage love w el7yn I’m doing the worst mistake I could possibly do? But what can I say, it’s a bittersweet kind of love. 

Later on that day at the Shalaih

So, Luluu has already arrived here but Maha was still on the way and M7mad was dropping her off which meant more time to spend with 7amoodii <3 !

I knew Lulu is my best friend and she should be the first person I actually told about this entire M7mad thing, but I just didn’t find the perfect time too so I decided to break the bomb before M7mad and Maha got here.

“Mmm Lwail?”

“Shtabeen?”

See, when me and lulu talk in a rude way to each other, its not a way of giving attitude or nfsya or anything, that’s just the way we talk to each other and we’re never serious about it, it’s a sister thing.

“I have to tell you something bs PLEASE PLEASE don’t kill me”

“Shnu? Enty 7amil? Cause if you are, you better keep the promise you made me”

I giggled out loud; I can’t believe she still remembers that! Back when we we’re younger; we made a promise to each other that our first daughter would be named after each other’s. #AyamEl6foola

“HAHAHA LAA!”

“Shnu then?”

“Mm, remember M7mad? You’ve seen him once? U5o Maha?”

“Ee, ee el7lw what about him?”

“Min 9ijich?”

“Entay habla? Agool kamly, shabee fee. What about him?”

“Well…” And I told her the entire story, not leaving any bits out.

Her face turned blank, I could tell from her expressions that she didn’t like what she was hearing or perhaps she was just shocked? Y3ny 7ta ana I never expected this from myself.

“Lulu please say something, are you mad at me for not telling you? Wallah I know I should’ve bs there was never a perfect timing and I wanted to do it face to face! :(”

“Maynoona enty? Why would I be mad about that?! What I’m really mad about is how could you be such an idiot, I thought we were going to commit to the no dating rule remember?”

“Well things change and that was ages ago, w ana I fell for him el7yn, real badly Lulu, you gotta admit that surprise he threw me mu shway.”

“Tabeen el9ij? Ee that was sooo cute ya 7mara I’m happy for you!!! Bs no more secrets fahma?”

I gave her a huge hug then Reem also dropped the bomb that she was dating Rashed now, I could tell from Lulu’s expressions that she wasn’t really liking eljaw and what she was hearing but she added a fake smile on to make the audience believe.

Ding-dong

IT WAS M7MAADD! & Maha!

I ran to the door, and greeted them and invited him in for a while. I then excused myself from the girls because M7mad and I wanted to go walk shway by the ba7ar, I saw Lulu giving us a look by the end of her eyes, and it wasn’t a good look.

Between me and M7mad

“Chna your friend ga3da ta36een na6’rat?”

“La shd5al, she’s just shocked…”

“Anyways, I’ve missed you Noor, laish btrou7een w bt5leeni for an entire week?”

He said those words with a sigh then grabbed my hand and started playing with my fingers as we walked by the beach,

“I’ll phone call you everyday and I’ll have BBM don’t worry, a9ln I’ll only be half an hour distance away from you 7amoodii”

“Adri, bs be careful there! Ffhh wallah lw byadi kan I came with you bs wayn I leave Maha brou7ha?”

“La 7amood its only a week and I’m going to visit family, a9ln I don’t know anyone there not even my cousins so lat5af”

“Okay bs you’ll talk to me everyday okay? Promise?”

“I promise wallah wallah, a9ln shloun akamil youmy mn doun ma akalim a7la 7amood bl 3alam?”

“Laish enty kam 7amood t3rfeen? Hmm. La la, at3’shmr, I love you Noorty <3”

“I love you too :$”

He came in to hug me and he kept his hug for a bit longer, I love those kind of hugs, ely they make you feel like you’re safe and cuddled. I’m really going to miss him in this one-week time period ffhhh :(

Later on the day

Me, Maha & Reem hung out most of the time while Lulu just stuck to her phone on a side alone all day, I decided to go and talk to her… 

Between Noor & Lulu

“Lulu? Enty z3lana 3alay?”

“La I’m not”

“Mu mn 9ijich y3ny I’m travelling tomorrow! Mu m38ool you stay mad at me till the time I travel, y3ny there’s a chance I might not even come back and you’re being THIS cold?!”

Lulu stood up with a shock almost like she had seen a ghost in front of her face,

“Shnuu? 3eedy ely glty Noor..?”

“Nothing nevermind”

“Noor! You promised no more secrets, please tell me I heard wrong”

“No Lulu, you didn’t. My parents are getting a divorce! Happy 5la9? You heard the words?!”

A tear fell down my cheek then followed by another and another and soon became almost like its raining Noor tears after Lulu pulled me in for a hug, I guess I’ve been avoiding telling my friends about this because I didn’t want them to see me weak, I’m known to be the positive and funny person who’s always in a good mood and who advices people not gets advices from people and cries like a baby.

“Noor, asfa wallah! W enty ya 7mara y3ny tell me! Kl hal sneen friendship 3al fa9’y? Ffhhh habla!”

“I’m sorry :( I love you Lulu”

“I love you too”

The rest of the night was spent of me and Lulu catching up together, damn I’ve missed her. She kept lecturing me about how I should make the right decision of who I wanted to live with, I know that she wouldn’t want me moving away to Qatar and leaving her like that but it seemed like she was pushing me into staying with my mum, for my own best I guess?

As we we’re all almost asleep, where Maha & Reem have already passed out and fe sabi3 nouma, me and Lulwa were midway through passing out wla mra wa7da I heard the front door open a floor under us. I tried not freaking out, sh*t did we forget to lock it? I grabbed the first thing I could see which was my candy spray which from experience back then causes a person to stop seeing for a couple of seconds, I know not such a smart weapon but better than with nothing.

Lulu waited at the top of the stairs with a pair of heels ready to throw them on whoever it was if they tried attacking, and I went down and since it was dark I couldn’t see anything. I used my phone’s light to look for the light switches but someone grabbed me and put their hand around my lips just before I could scream.

“SSHHHHHHH”

Wait, that voice sounded familiar… I turned around, OMG IT WAS M7MAD.

“M7MAD? ARE YOU CRAZY? WTH WAS THAT ABOUT AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE 2 AM?!”

“Noor! Calm down, I wanted to call you before coming in bs I found the door unlocked so I used it to my advantage to come in and then I was going to sit there and wait for you to come down, you weren’t suppose to think I’m a murderer! Wait, knty btdaf3een 3an nafsich using a candy spray? Mashallah" 

"Chub hehe :$" 

I yelled on top of my lungs, and don’t worry about Maha and Reem, lw fee earthquake they won’t wake up.

“Omg hahahaha, Lulu 6l3 M7mad, 5ala9 go to bed I’ll meet you in a few.”

Then I heard footsteps coming down the stairs, it was Lulu, she just came and stood there with us… Mu k2na I told her to go to bed w 5la9? Laish razat wayha?

Bs 7mdillah M7mad broke the tension and asked if he could talk to me in private, so Lulu got the message the second time and run up to the room.

“Anyways 7amoodi shfeek jay 2 am? You still didn’t tell me?”

He pulled a cute teddy bear that had a huge heart sign on its chest, and he told me to check inside the zipper for the teddy what was there. I opened it and found a mini note “Teddy bear’s are cute to cuddle with just like you, keep this with you as you go to Qatar and hug it everytime you miss me :$” awwww! I know it was a bit cocky and tiny and to some people may seem worthless and just another teddy bear, but to me, it was one of the cutest gifts I’ve ever gotten. I pulled 7amood in for a hug and he whispered in my ear “Tw9leen bil salamah, btnawir g6r, sorry I forgot to tell you that earlier on in the day."

“Awwww! M7mad you came all the way here 3shan you tell me tw9leen bl salamah w t36eeni hl dabdoob?”

“Laish ma3jbich x_x adri its simple bs y3ny I found it cute at the moment I got it and everything w…”

I stopped him and gave him a kiss on his cheeks, “I love it, and I love you”

He kissed my forehead,

If I were ever to consider staying with Mama in Qatar, he would be the only reason I wouldn't do it and I'd come back no matter what, a piece of me is with him now and it wasn't just any piece, it was a weird thing I like to call my heart.

<3