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“Do you really have to go?” he asked one more time,
“Ee 7abeeby shfeek? I need to buy a dress for our engagement party, don’t you want me to look beautiful?”
“7abeeby you always look beautiful, no matter what you’re wearing” he said smiling. God how I love his smile, I wish I could jump in his arms and kiss him, but unfortunately my niece was sitting in the corner holding her iPad, our tiny chaperone, was engrossed in the screen in front of her.
“Still, I want it to be extra special.”
“Ok, illy tabeena 7abeeby”
I felt guilty, and extremely lucky to have someone like him, but for some reason I was determined to go with Talal. Maybe because seeing someone that I always thought of as strong and careless, seem so weak and helpless. In the beginning he refused to tell me what was wrong but I insisted, so eventually he did. It turned out that they found a mass in his stomach and were not sure how serious it was, but all the doctors he saw in Saudi insisted that it was there, and they weren’t imagining it. He says he knew about it for months, but was in denial, until he started feeling tired all the time, and was told that it has started bleeding.
Not a good sign. Even I knew that.
I kept reassuring him that everything will turn out ok, and that we will probably be back in 2 days instead of a week, but deep down I was worried. I googled his symptoms every day, and spoke to five different doctors, who all told me the same thing. They cannot determine anything until they run all tests.
So I packed my last suitcase, and was ready to fly with Sara the next day. He had gone a few days before us and had done his scans and tests, but I was to go to the doctor appointment with him to get his results.
I was told that Allah gives who ever asks Him during travel, and so I asked. I asked with all my heart, that he turns out ok, that the doctors he went to earlier didn’t know what they were doing. But I knew deep down what the verdict would be, and so I also prayed that Allah will help him through this ordeal.
Seven long hours later the plane finally touched down in Heathrow, we shuffled through the usual passport controls, picked up our luggage and were heading to the hotel where Talal was already waiting for us.
“I’m so worried Saro”
“Ma 3alaih shar inshallah, betchofeen it will all turn out to be ok”
I could tell from her voice that she wasn’t as confident as her words were, but I tried to push away all negative thoughts as we went down to meet Talal for dinner.
I smiled as I saw him approaching us, he had lost a lot of weight, but the distinctive look was still there. He was still as hot as I remembered; the lost look in his eyes maybe even made him look hotter, if that was even possible.
“Hello” I smiled
“Hala, 7amdilla 3ala ilsalama ya a7la 7ala”
“Hehe int ma tyooz ha?”
“Hehe 'ma tyooz', I love your accent”
“This is my best friend Sara, Sara this is the infamous Talal”
“Hello, I’ve heard so much about you” she said smiling,
“Inshallah 5air 3ad?” he asked, blushing.
Blushing? Talal is blushing? This is first!
We talked about everything, but the reason we were all in London, and he somehow seemed to relax, and laugh, forgetting, or maybe pretending to forget his worries for our sake for those 4 hours we were together.
There was something different in the atmosphere, I wasn’t uncomfortable, but for the first time in a long time I felt like I wasn’t the heroine in the story of my life, someone else was the center of attention, who was it do you think?
My best friend.
He liked her, and she liked him, despite the fact that she used to hate his guts before meeting him.
For the first time in my life, I was comfortable being the third wheel. I was content seeing my friend blushing and giggling with the hot guy sitting opposite her, blatantly flirting with her and forgetting everything else.
7ala: I love you.
Saif: Mb kethry.
I smiled, as I prayed once more, that he turns out ok, and that my friend, like me will finally get her happily ever after.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love your stories!! Can't wait for the next post xx

Anonymous said...

I just saw Ur blog Ur stories are amaaaazing I just finished the first one in 2 hours my eyes are hurting me right now bs it's worth it !! Keep up the great job and never stop !!

Anonymous said...

LOOOOOVEEEEE! but i think you should focus on one character instead of adding different characters and twisting and turning. Although, so far, so good.

Anonymous said...

Please post !!! Amazing story I hope nothing goes wrong between said oo 7ala

Anonymous said...

My God. This was amazing! Never had a blog keep me so engaged. Keep up the amazing work!