Chapter 22

Maysa: zayoon kahu kahu, ka barrak

Me: saway roo7ch matshofena

Maysa: men9ejch entay? ana ma9adagt 3ala alah ashoofa

She was going to his way but I held her hands quickly

Me: nag9een fethaye7 e7na? balah faris came ou shafkum m3a ba3ath mara thanya! maysa bs tukfain mu nag9een

Barrak turned to our side, he was shocked when he saw us, 3ala 6ol laf wayhaa

Maysa: a777 sheftyy? 9ad 3ana

Me: maloma el9ara7a, wayha kela 6agat mn faris ou b3dain akeed lama shafna 7sbala ena faris ma3ana

Barrak took his order ou 3ala 6oul 6ala3 mn starbucks

Me: emshay khana6leb o neg3ad

We went and ordered our food, we took them and sat at one of the tables! maysa was silent wana kent agreg fog ras'ha

Me: umbay mayso, mat9adgeen shkether faris qathnyy! tkhaylay sheftay hal taiba ely yat salemat 3laih elyoum? ely ma3ana bl hotel ely salemat 3laih b3d thak elyoum 3al ryog! tkhaylay ana getla wakher 3anha ma7eb ashofek etsolef ma3aha welyoum uhwa ely nadaha 3ashan ysalem la o ysolef b3dd! qathny kel hatha 3ashan shnu etwaq3ain? 3ashan magetla 3anch o 3an barrak! ynarfez 9a7?

Maysa was staring at me bas embayen ena mukh'ha mu ma3ay

Me: maysaa??

She was silent

Me: mayso ou yahaddd

Maysa: ha ha shfeech

Me: aklmech laish matreden? mokhech wain shared?

Maysa: zayoon ga3da afaker! tawa barrak laish 9ad 3any o mayaby ykalmny? akeed fe sebab thany mu 3ashan faris! akeeeed! lana uhwa gali bl lobby gabel la faris yshofna ena ra7 y7ebny 6oul 3umra o mara7 yatrkny mahma 9ar!! al7eeen shfee? masra3 ghayar raya?
She started crying silently, hnee ana khala9 magedart askett, ksarat kha6ry hal maskeena

Me: maysa bagoolch shay, bas please haday ou lat3a9ben bser3a ok?

Maysa: ok shfeech golayy

I told her what I was in avenues the other day, she was shocked bs kanat etdawrla 3ether

Maysa: yemken his cousin? Latathlmeena

Me: maysa latchathbeen 3la nafsech!! faris gali ena kel his cousins kbar 7ail o metzawjeen + elbent ely ma3a kanat sgheera o tawha shabab! o ham faris gali ena barrak ra3y banat

Suddenly, maysa burst in to tears!! Hadait'ha lama gelt bas bs she was still crying and the people around were staring so I took her to the bathroom quickly! My phone rang faj2a ..

Incoming call: Azooozi;*

Me: hala 3aziz

Aziz: entaw wainkum??? 9arli sena adegg!! bnamshy 3ankum tara el6ayara bet6eeer

Me: enzain wainkum now neye

Aziz: e7na 3end elbab ely dakhalna mena, bser3a 6yaraan!

I told maysa that we have to go quickly, she washed her face and on the way to them I told her to hold her self  jedamhum and we'll fix everything in the airplane

We reached the airport in 15 minutes, we did the passport things and everything then we rushed to the airplane, we were the last people to enter ..

Shadan: oh hatha mu chena barrak?

Aziz: ohhh hala wala

Barrak was infront of us, shakla mameda yghayer 7ajza fa rekab ma3ana

Barrak: hala bu s3oudd

Aziz: afaa laish khalaitna o re7t?

Barrak was about to say something bas shakla kan metwahag ma3arf yredd

Sager: rab3ek awnas menna ya3ny? wala thag khelgna lama faros galna

Barrak: haha ee enshala elyayat akthar

Faris gave barrak a stare, ely 7eta ana khtera3ttt!!

Me: maysa emshay khaneg3ad

Maysa: 7a6ona yam ba3ath?

Me: ee

Maysa: ashwaa

Me and maysa went to our seats, kena b3ad 3anhum fa madre wain elbajy g3adaw!

Barrak mar men 9obna lana kerseya kan akher shay, lama we9al 3endena maysa gave him a nasty stare, he was shocked from her stare, kan fe nas wara fa 3ala 6ol meshaa

Me: maysa are you ok?

Maysa: *burst in to tears*

Me: bas bas khala9 7abebty hadayy

Maysa: zayoon laish chethy sawa feny? laish ychatheb 3alay o ye6la3 ma3a bannat? qaherny qahernyyy a7s bamout!! ga3adt shahrain madry thalatha wana ta7t chethbaa wa9kha menna

Me: latithaygen 3umrch wala! hal wa9ekh mayestahel dmoo3ch bs mayso ga63tay galbyy

She was crying in my chest, until she fell asleep .. the trip back to kuwait wasn't so long, bser3a we9alna

We took our bags, and found baba waiting for us outside! we hugged him so hard 

I whispered to maysa ..

Me: tabeen anam 3endech chood terta7ain??

Maysa: no I need time alone, thanks 7abeebty

Me: ay shay tabeena call me ok?

Maysa: inshalla

We said our goodbyes, faris came to us

Faris: hallah 3ame shloonek?

Baba: hallah wallah faris, el7mdellah ent shloonk shloon elwaled?

Faris: wallah tamam

Faris: yala ma3salama 3ame ma3asalama bu s3oud

Aziz: alah ma3akk

He didn't even look at me or said bye! madry laish ga3d ysawyy chethy feenyy!!!!

Aziz: ela yuba wain omy?

Baba: kahy bl sayara

Me: walaht 3alaihaaaa

Baba: 3ad msawytlkum thak elmachbous ely taklon a9ab3kum waraa

Aziz: ayabaaa!!

We went to the car, salamna 3la omy o chethy then re7na elbait ..

I changed in to something comfy to wear, we had lunch, then drank tea, after that I did my homework and chatted with my friends on bbm! it was a boring day, I decided to sleep early today since im going to school tomorrow

At 9:30, I recived a call from faris, but I decided to ignore since he ignored me earlier today in the airport, and I was about to sleep, I put my phone on silent then slept like a baby

When I woke up the next day there was 26 missed calls from faris! akhaf 9ayer shay? I decided to check my bbm incase he talked to me

Faris alflany:
Zayoun?

PING!!!

PING!!!

PING!!!

PING!!!

PING!!!

Laish matredeen? Dagait malyon mara!!!

Zayouuuna??

PING!!!

PING!!!

PING!!!

Waaaainech entay? akhaf 9ayer feech shay!!

PING!!!

PING!!!

Kalamt 3aziz tawa! chena elwath3 3ady, akeed ta7greeny

Zayouna

PING!!!

Zayouna, kaifch taben ta7greny 7egray bs 3al aqal read this .. zayoun ana wala asef 9arakht 3alaich ou 3a9abt tara ou qasaman bela 3a9abt la ams wla elyoum gader anam wala magdar akhaleech etshelen eb kha6rch 3anii! adry iny 7mar o 7aywan eny za3ltech bs wala la eradyaan! tenarfazt lama sheft hal ... staghferla!!! tenarfazt lama shefta ma3a bent khalty o yalaita 9ej yaby yetzawjha! ga9 3ala ne9 banat elkuwait!! zayoonti please sam7eenyy! wala mu gader a3eesh bedonch, gemt abchy methl elyahel :')! eb hal arba3 ash'hur 9ertay DENYETYY wala!!

I read what he said, and tears started running down my cheeks! I MISS HIM!!! I miss his silly jokes, I miss his stupid laugh, I miss his deep voice, I miss our stupid fight!!! My life is nothing without him! 9ej ena youm wa7ed o 7asait ena fe shay nage9 eb 7ayatyy!!

I decided to ignore, hal kalam mayabela bbm lazem face to face or phone call and mama is calling me so lazem arou7!!

I saw shaikha at school in lunch break, she came towards me

Shaikha: shlon elsafra ma3a 7abeeb elgalbb? ha tesab7taw bl beach ma3a ba3ath? ou re7taw elcinema ma3a ba3ath? ou re7taw ma63am as couples? Huh, say goodbye to these days la2na faris marada lyy 9adgeeny

SHTABI HATHYY??? jad jad ba6at chabdyy, ou elmushkla ena jedam elbanat

Me: sem3ay shaikha, kalam yo9lech o yet3adach, 7ayate elkha9a malech sheghl feha! a6la3 ma3a menu o shasawy malech sheghl fahma?? bs malooomch, hatha kela mn sebat el7ara ely feech :') ya3ny ma3qola kel hal sneen entay jedam faris o mafakar ykalmch? wana bas martain shefta o yebt rasa 3ugubha? ee o 3an faris, ana a7ba o uhwa y7ebny o 9adgeeny mara7 y6el eb wayhech

Her face was ':|' like that bl thab6, ana kel mara asketlaha 3ala hal 7arkat bs now khala9 enfejart magedart!! Shaikha dam3at 3yoonha men el7ara o ra7at magdarat etkalam 7ata!!

OMG, staw3abt ana hala o jude shafaw o sma3aw kelshayy!!!!! wana gelthum ena maku shay bainaaa ana o faris

Jude: zayoun? you and faris? laish maglteelna?

Hala: laish e7na mu rab3ch zayoun? mafrooth ench etgolelna o man3rf eb hal 6areeqa

Jude: ya3ny lo mu shaikha yat tkalmch chan e7na still madrainaa

I was shocked, ma3rft shared 3alaihum! nazalt rasy, cus e7na men 3umrrr kelshay y9er engola 7ag ba3ath! bs kheft agolhum 3an faris ou a6ee7 mn 3ainhum lana hathy mu swalfhum

Basma: banat 9adgoony ehya kanat betgolkum, bs malegat elwagt elmunaseb! Fehmoha

Hala: shnu? entay tadreen?

Jude: matwaq3t'ha mench zayoun! shme3na basma ely tadry? kent a7aseb ena kelna khawat?

Hala: la jude, ethaher ena alzain tshoof ena basma ehya bs ekht'ha, gomay khanroo7 el9af

Hala and jude stood up and left! AWCH!!! laish chethy ga3d y9eeer? kelman men 9obbb yez3al:( ifffff

The day passed by as slow as a turtle, hala and jude were avoiding me the whole day! kent ag3ad ma3a basma 6ool elwagt, wetha ra7at 3endehum shwaya 3ashan etjamel ag3ad with one of the classmates or bro7y

When I reached home, I found 9 missed calls from faris! I decided to call back

Me: aloo

Faris: hala zayoon

Me: hi

Faris: kentay bl madresa?

Me: ee

Faris: enzain zayoun bagoolch shay o sem3eny laih elakher please

Me: faris please, magdar al7een, 7ady ta3bana o male khelg shay kelesh! akalmek b3dain

I closed the phone quickly, I laid in bed and started crying like a little child! I was such in a bad mood!! everything is happening these days are depressing! faris, shaikha, hala, jude, and this taiba ..

Faris called more than 3 times but I closed the line! I was in no mood to talk ..

I washed my face, then went downstairs, there was no one in the house, weird!

Me: roseyyyy

Rosey: ha zayouna, im in the kitchen

I went to her in the kitchen

Me: where is mama baba and 3aziz?

Rosey: mama baba go out for lunch, and aziz go to his friend dewanya

Me: ok maku lunch for me?

Rosey: embala mama said cook for zayouna spaghetti, u want it now?

Me: ee yala im hungry

Rosey: ok

I ate my spaghetti then sat in the living room to watch tv! I left my phone upstairs kelsh male khelgaa

Suddenly .. the bell rang! haw mnu yayna? mama baba and 3aziz kelhum 3endehum elmefta7!

Me: roseeeyyyyy

Rosey: whaaattt?

Me: bell is ringing! check who's outside please

Rosey came to me ou nafs'ha eb khashmha :)

Rosey: why don't you see? don't you see i have work?

Me: and don't you see im wearing a pajama? 

Rosey kharbe6at shay bl philipiny! anyway, she went then came back after 2 minutes

Rosey: friend aziz is outside

Me: haw? tell him aziz is not here

Rosey: he said that he only want to give him some papers

Me: did he give you?

Rosey: no he said lazem someone from the house not kadamaa

Me: iff shd3wa 3laih?

I stood up and went outside, 9akart elbab shway o enkhashait wara elbab since im wearing a pajama 

Me: n3m ukhooy?

...: ekhty yayblch awrag mn elmadresa 7ag 3aziz

Me: ok

This voice mu ghareeb 3alay kelesh!!!! 

7a6ait edy bara 3ashan akheth elawrag, faj2a he held my hands and pushed me outside

Me: WAKHERR 3ANYYYYY

...: ushhh usssshhh

Me: FARIS????

Faris: laish matreden 3ala mobilech???

Me: maby

Faris: laish matabeen?

Me: maby yah!!! mu qaseb

Faris: zayoun tukfaa sem3eny laih elakher please!! ana ma6gait darb laih baitkum 3ashan ta7greeny

Me: faris al7een ukhoy wla oboy eyoon wala enrou7 feeeha khala9 tukfa hedny ou roo7

Faris: ta3alay ma3aayy ou netfaham ma7ad ra7 yshofnaa

Me: wain ayee ma3ak?

Faris: bs shway enfer bl sayara ou netfahaam ou aredech wala!!!

Me:  na3aam?? Laa

 
Faris: kelshay laa?  wala mani maklech wala!! bs lazem netfaham, ya3ny 3ajbech 7alna chethy?

Me: akeed mu 3ajebny

Faris: 3ayal yala badlay o nezleely ana bawagef sayarty 3end yerankum in case a7ad men baitkum shafny

Me: mm, ok