Chapter Thirteen

Noura: So, Faisal's mine


Me: what?


Noura: he's been with me gablek


Me: we're not together a9lan


Noura: oh really?


Me: ee, eash ga9dk he's been with you gable?


Noura: ya3ne hoo 7abeebe, 7age ana, e7na together


A lump made its way to my throat.


Me: bye


I managed to say that and I got up from the table with what dignity I had left.


Noura laughed and said


Noura: 7abeebte we're splitting the check


I turned around and stared at her happy expression and I threw up, right there, next to the stairs in Burger Boutique, right in front of everyone.


Noura gasped then laughed.


My tears were like waterfalls as I ran to the car.




***




I got home with my puffy eyes and red nose, thank God no one was there. I got myself a glass of water then went to my room and sat on the edge of the bed with the glass still in my hands.


How did everything go downhill faj2a, it was going great! I was finally living the love story I've always dreamed of and Faisal was always good to me, he still is but why did he lie?


Could it really be true? I cried even more. I put the glass on the desk and went to bed.


I woke up in the morning and checked my phone. 5 bbms.


3 from random people, 1 from Sara and 1 from HIM.


Sara: ABEER


Sara: ABEER WEENICH NEMTAY


Sara: ENTAY CHALBA, ET3ARFEEN?


Sara: CHALBA


Sara: CHAALBAAA


Sara: CHAAAALBAAA


Sara: HAW HAW HAW


Sara: WOOF WOOF


Sara: a7ache nafse :"""(


Sara: GOOOOOMAY YA MAL EL ZAG


Sara: YA 95AALA


Sara: A7ACHEECH DON'T FORGET OUR PROJECT


Sara: BATHBA7ICH EN NESEETEH


Sara: ABEEEEERR, YOU'RE KILLING ME


Sara: WHERE ARE YOU YA 5ARA?


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Me: enshalla mane nasya shay


Sara: shfeech?


Me: wala shay


Sara: betgoolenle in school :)


I ignored that.


Should I open his conversation?


I will and I'll ignore him.


FK: weenech kella ma t7acheen m3ay :p


FK: amdach nemtay ya el deyaya


FK: la ykoon za3lana


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There were a lot of pings. I ignored him and went to school.


***


Sara was waiting for me 3end el bab and nashabatle she wants me to tell her eash feene. I told her everything.


Sara: agoolech shay bas ma et3a9been?


Me: ee


Sara: he told me about her ba3ad ma shefnaha eb el mall


Me: what did he say?


Sara: she's telling the truth


Me: he's with her?


Sara: WAS with her


Me: so they're not together?


Sara: no


Me: that's not what she said


Sara: well then she's lying


Me: what did Faisal say exactly?


Sara: gal ena ohwa awal ma yeena ehne he had a friend o ba3deen yoom men el ayam ra7 beet refeeja o he had a sister o that sister is Noura, el mohem ena refeeja went to get bage el rabe3 men 3end el bab o chan tye Noura etsawe nafsaha d5alat eb el 3'ala6 o badat she gives hints o chethe, Faisal 3a9ab o gam o 6ela3 men el beet o ba3deen a week passed o ehya bas ta36e hints o she added him o ohwa men 3'aba2a he accepted, t3arfeen el 9bayyan mhabbal, o 9ar elle 9ar


I stayed silent digesting this massive amount of information.


Sara: bas tara ohwa ma y7ebha wela 3omra 7abha o 3ala 6ool when he realized ena he loves you, he left her o ana a3aref Faisal o5ooy, ma ychatheb


Me: then why did he deny knowing her?


Sara: ma yabe mashakel


I nodded and walked to my next class. I didn't see Noura for the whole day and when it was a5er el dawam I saw her next to el bab, sawat nafsaha enha testafre3' tgaledne ams. I hate her so much.


If he had told me the truth men el bedaya it would have been better, I would have accepted the fact that he used to have a girlfriend. I mean, all teenage boys are like that, well most of them at least. Bas ana elle gaherne why did he lie to me about knowing her?


***


When I got back home, I checked my phone again.


FK: t7gereene?


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FK: answer me!!!!


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I can't believe I'm actually thinking about doing this, I never thought I would.


The screen said


Delete FK?


Yes - No


















































Yes.


As soon as I did that I got a bbm message from Sara.


Sara: why did you delete him?


He must have been waiting for me to reply.


Sara: are you serious? Shara7tlech everything, why did you do that?


I'm not answering.


Sara: abeer awal marra akoon serious ma3ach, redday


PING!!!


Me: yes?


Sara: why did you delete Faisal?


Me: because he lied to me Sara


R. She read it.


Minutes later,


Sara<3 calling...


Me: alo?


Men my voice bayen ena I was crying.


Sara: so you're crying?


Me: no


Sara: yes you are


Me: no


I heard some moving coming from the other end of the phone.


Faisal: alo Abeer


I hung up.
I don't want to talk to him, I can't talk to him.


I threw my phone away and re7t ge3adt 3ala the lunch table. I didn't eat anything. When I got back to my room, I found 28 missed calls from Sara.


I decided to take a nap. Anything to get my mind off of this mess.


I couldn't sleep. I got up and started moving around the room, fixing stuff. Ratabt my room. I rearranged everything and my mind was still wide awake to the fact that I could hear what Faisal has to say. I mean it's only fair that I hear his side of the story. I don't want to do that today. I'll do it lamma ajame3 all my strength 3alashan ma abke.


I reached for my phone. 5 new missed calls from Sara. 1 message from an unknown number.


"Abeer give me a chance to explain, you don't understand Noura's lying, I swear she is"


I'll just go take a shower.


I started singing sad songs in the shower.


Anything to make me forget, just for tonight at least. But nothing would make me forget.


I went downstairs and sat with mama


Mama: 7abeebte eash feeek?


Me: la wala shay mama


Mama: la bayen 3aleek kente tebkeen


Me: la walla mafe shay


Mama: tarane omek, la t5abbeen 3aleey


Me: 5ala9 okay, I'll tell you


Mama: yalla goole














































Me: I was watching A Walk to Remember


Mama: allah ye9la7ek 5awafteene 3aleek, banat a5er zaman


I forced out a giggle. Jalasna ana o mama nsoolef elamma it was 10 PM. I went upstairs, feta7t el laptop, sha3'alt My Sister's Keeper and I started crying.


Mama yelled from downstairs.


Mama: ABEER TA3ALE SARA WANTS YOU ON THE PHONE


Etha 9araftaha betshek mama ena fe shay.


Me: OKAY MAMA 7AWLEELE EL 5A6 PLEASE


Seconds later, the land phone rang


Me: alo?


Sara: et7agreene ana ba3ad? Wesh thanbe?


Me: faj2a asma3 Faisal yegool alo? Eash mafroo'6 asawe?


Sara: talk to him


Me: after he lied to me?


Sara: ba6lay dala3, it was an innocent white lie


Me: a lie is a lie


Sara: 7aram 3aleech Faisal is devastated, I've never seen him like this, sheftay that's why he didn't want to tell you


Me: it would have been better law he was honest men el bedaya


Sara: there's no use talking to you, rasech yabes


Me: 6ayeb a9lan I-


She hung up. Why is Sara being like this? She should be on my side. Ana el ma'6looma.


Kamalt watching My Sister's Keeper then I slept without touching my phone.


I woke up and went to school. Sara ignored me the whole day, I even sat alone eb el recess. She wasn't even looking at me.


I went up to her.


Me: why are you ignoring me?


Sara: same way you ignored me ams


Me: Sara come on, you know ma kan ga9de


Sara: I don't care


Me: yalla 3ad Sara


Sara: 5ala9 Abeer, please leave me alone shway, I need to think


Me: think of what?


Sara: stuff


Me: like?


Sara: who my friends are


She smiled a very annoyed smile then she turned away.


You know when you're too shocked to even cry? That was exactly what was happening to me, I bit my lips and walked away.


I stayed depressed for the rest of the day. This is all because of Noura.


Am I overreacting?


Sara ma3 el 7ag always, I don't think eb te'6lemne.


I decided to talk to her.


Me: ahleen :p


Sara: hi


Me: keefek?


Sara: gd


Me: feek shay?


Sara: no


Me: leesh el borood?


Sara: mo borood


Me: ajal?


Sara: wala shay


Me: sure?


Sara: yes


Me: so one word replies mo borood?


Sara: no, mo borood


Me: sara please stop doing this


Sara: doing what?


Is she joking?


Me: this, being so cold to me


Sara: listen, you are my best friend, akthar ensana close to me tbh, bas you hurt my brother! I've never seen him like this, NEVER o I've lived with him for my whole life


Me: ma kan ga9de bas he lied


Sara: will you stop saying that? :)


Me: but he did


Sara: get over it, it was for your own good o stop saying ena it would have been better law he told you le2an ana a3arfich zeen o I know you can't handle the truth, even he knows that


Me: I'm sorry Sara


Sara: save it for someone who cares, bye


This isn't happening.


This is not happening.


Me: Sara please?


She ignored me.


I cried myself to sleep.




***




The next morning, mama came in to my room o bayen ena she was crying and told me that I wasn't going to school today and that we were going to 5alte Manal's house.


Me: MAMA EASH FEE?


Mama: mama 7abeebte agoolek ba3deen, now get dressed


Me: mama tell me


Mama: geltlek ba3deen, yalla elbase


I was shaking so bad as I went through my whole morning routine then I held my phone. 2 bbms from random people and wela shay from Sara.


I wanted to talk to her but I couldn't help but notice her status first, it said


اللهم ارحمه و تغمد روحه الجنة. إنا لله و إنا إليه راجعون


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Author's note:


PLEASE DON'T HATE ME FOR THIS CLIFFHANGER.


Love you all xxo


& happy reading!


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http://ask.fm/TheSaudiStoryteller

Chapter Twelve

PLEASE READ THE AUTHOR'S NOTE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.


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Faisal turned to me and nervously said


Faisal: shfeeha hal maynoona, emshaw bas e7gerooha o elle y3afeekom weee3


Noura was still staring at us and smiling.


I calmly pushed the plastic bag he got me to his chest and walked quickly in front of him and Sara. Sara caught up to me.


Sara: she was waving at us tara


Me: no she was not


Sara: ella walla I saw her, yemken entay emla5be6a ma3 el kalam elle sema3teeh fa ta5ayalteeha she's waving le Faisal


She might be right, things like this always happen to me but I was sure. Oh I don't know.


We all got in the car and kan hodoooo2. We got home and Sara got out of the car before me even though I was trying to go inside the house as quickly as I could. Faisal grabbed my wrist and turned me to him, tears were threatening to fall but I won't let them.


Faisal: goolay shfeech


Me: enta elle shfeek, why can't you just tell me the truth?


Faisal: I am telling you the truth, Abeer. You truly are my one and only, why can't you get it?


My voice broke.


Me: maybe because a girl waved at you today


Faisal: she was waving at you guys o even if she was waving at me, ana ma 3a6eet'ha wayh, loo ena we were together wela shay mosta7eel afashelha


Me: walla ma adre eash agoolek


Faisal: goolay ay shay, please t7achay


Me: I saw her waving at you o she was smiling which made it even more obvious that the wave wasn't directed at us because she stares us down eb el madresa


Faisal: yemken she was being nice, la et6'enneen el soo2


Me: so now you're on her side? Even though your side is defenseless


Faisal: shno defenseless? It's not a war


I sighed.


Faisal: we're not having our first fight, are we?


Me: I think we are


Faisal: and it's all over a stupid girl


I shook my head and walked away.


Faisal: Abeer please just know ene a7ebbich.


That made the tears that I fought so hard win, tears streamed down my face as I ran to my room. Sara didn't see what happened, she went to the kitchen to get herself a glass of water before heading back to the car to go to her house.
Good, I don't want to talk to anyone right now.


What if I confront Noura? Would she tell me the truth?


I thought.




I checked twitter, a couple of tweets from Faisal




I can't believe this.


Everything was going so well.


Someone always has to ruin the perfect picture.




Gafalt my phone because I'm really not in the mood for anything or anyone. I changed into my comfy PJs, got myself a big bowl of ice cream, and turned on the TV. I started switching from channel to channel until I found a comedy movie. Usually, I laugh at very stupid things but now I barely smile at the most hilarious things. I closed the TV and went to bed, it was a struggle to sleep.


***


I woke in the morning and checked my phone. 7 bbms. 3 mentions.


A bbm message from FK,


FK: Abeer


FK: Abeer if you're seeing this o not opening the conversation then please do


FK: I can't take za3alech, come on I know enech za3lana 3alay


FK: ABEER


FK: :'(


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FK: tara I'm not going to stop lamma you answer :p


FK: yalla 3ade mako sh3'l


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Me: yes?


FK: a7ebbich Abeer walla a7ebbich


Me: 7abetek el 3afya


FK: kent a7asbech et7agreene


Me: la wesh da3wa


FK: neseete hadeetich :p


Me: 3ade 5aleeha 3endek


FK: la loo Sara yayya 3endekom el yoom aw shay ba5alleeha etyeebha ma3ha


Me: okay, yalla ana we9alt el madrasa, bye


FK: tc :**


***


I was so sleepy because last night I barely slept, lots of things were on my mind. I was doodling and then I fell sleep.


My nap was ruined by my least favorite teacher who told me to go out and stay out. I went to the bathroom and washed my face then headed le el sa7ah.


I stayed under the hot sun replaying what happened yesterday over and over and over in my head until I felt like throwing up.


I saw Noura coming men be3eed, she's heading my way. I put my head in my hands.


Noura: 3asa ma shar?


You could tell she was so happy.
I lifted my face up and smiled the most lethal smile.


Noura: it was so nice seeing you guys eb el soog ams


Me: ee, leesh ma sallamte?


Noura: kan wdde asallem bas you guys kento ma3a so 3eeb asalem 3aleeh o el ahal mawjooden


My mouth fell open and I felt the sudden urge to slap her. Ma teste7e hathe?


Noura: you're so naïve


She laughed.


I'm going to be the bigger person. I calmed myself down before answering.


Me: na3am?


Noura: you don't know Faisal even one bit


Me: leesh enshalla?


Someone yells from a distance.


..: BANAT SHETSAWOON? MA3ENDOKOM 7E9A9?


I got up and walked away leaving Noura behind.


I won't tell Sara what happened until I get to know the whole truth.


What's Faisal hiding? Or is Noura just bluffing?


***


Later on that day at 5 PM.


1 PENDING REQUEST.


Ñoura ♥


I accepted and seconds later she talks to me.


Ñoura ♥: ahleen o sahleen


Me: hi


Ñoura ♥: keefek??


Me: good you?


Ñoura ♥: great


We stayed silent for a while and I wondered why she added me. Minutes later.


Ñoura ♥: you know I could tell you what happened here but I want to do it face to face


Me: okay?


Ñoura ♥: can you go out today wela in school tomorrow?


I guess I could go out today but I'm not sure if I want to go see her alone but I can't tell Sara and it won't be as private in school.


PING!!!


Ñoura ♥: so what's it going to be?


Me: when and where?


Ñoura ♥: Burger Boutique at 8 PM


Me: enshalla


Ñoura ♥: see you, wouldn't want to be you :p


Ya sheenha.


I went downstairs.


Me: mama I'm going out


Mama: 3ala ween?


Me: I'm going to meet up with a girl


Mama: leesh enshalla?


Me: umm shay eb el madrasa


Mama: o ma tegdaroon eb el madrasa ya3ne etsawona?


Me: la walla ya mama


Mama: 5ala9 okay bas la tet2a5ereen


Me: enshalla


I kissed her forehead and went upstairs to get ready.


***


It's 7:30, I should go out now, yemken yekoon za7ma.


I got in the car o started reading athkar and stuff like that. Elle yeshoofne yegool hathe ray7a etjahed. I'm freaking out.


We got there and it was still 7:45, I'm not going down now, then I'm going to seem too eager.


2 minutes later, someone knocks on my window.


Noura.
W3.
Fasheela.


Noura: yalla ma wedek tenzeleen? Ana baroo7 3alashan I get us a table


Me: okay


As soon as she went inside I got out of the car and went in. Besmellah.


Thank god ma kan za7ma or it would have been awkward, us standing there waiting for a table.
I was directed to the table where she was sitting and handed a menu.


I coughed.


Noura: why are you in a hurry? Look through the menu, eat


So she's giving orders now.


Me: I'm not hungry, momken please tgoolenle eash 9ayer?


Noura: ana abe akel awal


I gave her a very annoyed smile.


***


When she was finally done eating, it was 9 PM.


Noura: okay men ween abda?


Me: abe el zebda, I'm already late, mama galatle ma at2a5ar


She laughed.


Me: so?


Noura: So-


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Author's note:


ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER!!!


Some girl on ask.fm told me that the story was making her think of her crush o ma a3ref eash o ena she never thought about boys but now she does, I honestly felt really guilty. I mean it's normal for a teenage girl to have these thoughts but I don't want to be the one encouraging them. For a moment I though about ending the story but I don't know.
So If this story is giving you thoughts that are not welcome then please stop reading because the last thing I want to do is affect someone's life in a negative way. This story is just for entertaintment and I don't want you guys making reckless decisions just because of this story. 7alleloone if I gave you those ideas and ana abarre themte LOL :p I'm just trying to take away your boredom. :'(


Happy reading :*


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Chapter Eleven

Faisal: Noura mno? 

Me: Noura Alflane, elle eb our school

Faisal: ma 3arefha 

Me: ella, you asked about her

Faisal: ee bas a3refha ka esm ya3ne, leesh tes2leen a9lan?

Me: bas 3ashan a3ref

Faisal: a7ad gayellich shay?

Me: la

Faisal: enzeen, shsaweetaw el yoom entay o Sara? :p 

Me: sorry mafeene 7eel asoolef, I'm really tired o I want to sleep

Faisal: aha, ok gn :* 

And I ignored him. He might be telling the truth but you know when you're too disgusted with a person that you can't even talk to them? I might be over reacting but that Noura is one piece of work. I know Faisal and I are not together yet and that it's not official but still, he told me he loved me and I said it back. Am I jealous? No no w3.

***

I woke up the next day and found Sara on the floor of my room eating breakfast with an empty tissue box near her, a tissue flooded garbage can, and she was watching a movie. I yawned and stretched then said,

Me: leesh ma tjeebeen malabsek o 5ala9 t9eereen t3eesheen 3endena?

She gasped.

Sara: yomma 5arra3teene ya el 5erteeta, shga9dech haa?

She blew her nose.

Me: mo ga9de shay ya ba3ad kelle

Sara: chub bas, mo chenna 8al adabech hal yoomeen

Me: tetfarajeen 3ala eash?

Sara: ma 3endich e3yoon?

Me: A Walk to Remember, typical 5aleejeya girl

Sara: waay ya kerhich, chub chub bas el 7een ohwa yay 3endaha

5 minutes later, I joined her on the floor and started crying too.

After it was done we hugged each other and yelled that we were "nag9een 7anan"

Then Sara cracked a stupid joke about 5alte 7anan and I had to laugh.

Me: 5ala9 3ad 3eeb

And I was still laughing.

Sara: 7amdella o el shekr, te'67ak o etgool 3eeb, sektay bas sektay

Sara: laaa amzaa7 la etsekteen, ta3alay a7acheech

Me: na3am?

Sara: na3ama tarfes hal wayh ya chalba

Me: 5eer?

Sara: 5eer eb wayhich, geltay 7ag Fahad?

Me: le lessa

Sara: ya3ne betgoolenla?

Me: I guess

Sara: enzeen, mo tenseen

Me: la enshalla mane nasya

Sara: bathakrich kel yoom

Me: ma agool ella allah y3eenne

***

After I was done with my usual morning routine, we decided we wanted to go shopping. I asked mama for permission and she said that it was okay but there was no driver, so Sara called Faisal because he finally got his phone back and told him to take us.

He was here in no time.

"9aba7 el 5eer o el e7sas o el 6eeba, 9aba7en ma yeleeg ella be a7babe"

He started singing as soon as we got into the car.

Then he said,

Faisal: tawha shragat el shams

Sara: shokran ya 7elo 

Faisal: o entay shako? Atkalam ma3 Abeer

And I just smiled, I don't know why I'm being so cold with him but I just can't help it. 

Faisal: shfeech?

Me: mafeene shay

Faisal: aha

He turned to the steering wheel and started driving but there was a distant look in his eyes as if he was contemplating something. He looked so cute.

Majeed's song Loo Yoom A7ad came on the radio then Faisal quickly turned around to look at Sara, when he saw that she wasn't noticing, he reached for my hand and just left his this way. 

Eb el 3ada I'm so mwaswesa about people not focusing on the road, but this time he was steering with only one hand and I was perfectly fine with that. 

But I still couldn't get the fact that he knew Noura out of my head so I was still being cold. 

I was quiet all the way to the mall and then when we got there, Faisal said he was going to get a couple of things and then eb yetmasha until we were done. 

Sara: sh9ayer?

Me: wala shay

Sara: la tchathbeen

I told her how I asked him about her and how he denied knowing her.

Sara: 6ayeb yemken 9ej ma y3arefha

Me: bas ya3ne ma adre, I don't like Noura

Sara: wala ana bas shensawe 3ad

While we were shopping I got a bbm from Faisal,

FK: Abeer ma agdar ashoofech chethe o asket, shfeech? 

Me: mafe shay

FK: la fe, o law ma tabeen etgoolen at least tell me keef agdar I make you feel better

Me: walla mafe shay, 5ala9 Faisal drop it

FK: Abeer why are you being like this?

Me: like what?

FK: ma adre 3annech, abad mo 6aygatne

Me: la wesh da3wa

He ignored me.

Sara was going around and asking me about what I thought about everything she bought but I was in another world just thinking. 

I think it's safe to say that Sara was shopping for the both of us.

 After we bought half of the mall, we called Faisal and told him to meet us in front of Zara and he did. He helped us carry some of our bags.

Faisal: haa bashraw?

Sara: waaay awel marra el soog yekoon fee ashyaa 7elwa

Faisal: zeen, el 7amdella, o entay Abeer legeetay shay ye3jebech?

Abeer: ee

Faisal: e5the hatha lech

It was a weird looking plastic bag.

Faisal: la t5aleen hal de3la etshoof

Sara: hatha o ana e5tek, hathe a5rat el 3eshra Fa9ool?

Faisal: ay 3eshra? Ana ma'39oob a3eesh ma3ach

Sara: le2anek ma tegdar et3eesh bedoone

Faisal: chub bas 

I still didn't open the bag. 

Me: what's this?

Faisal: look inside

I opened it and found 1 rose, 1 daisy, and a simple golden bracelet that had a weird symbol on it.

Me: what does the symbol mean?

Faisal: it means forever in Japanese

Me: thank you Faisal

Faisal: el 3afo

Sara cleared her throat

Faisal: taboon ice cream gabel la ne6la3? 

Sara: EEEEE

Faisal: yalla okay

We got the ice cream and thanked him for it and then things were kind of going back to normal, I started laughing at everything he said and smiling, it was going great. Specially how we made fun of the dirty looks we were getting from people.

We started making our way to the car and then we spotted Noura. She waved at us, well not at me and not at Sara, she was waving at Faisal and smiling. What the hell? 

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Author's note: 

It's short, I know. I asked everyone on twitter and a3'labhom said that they wanted it today even if it was short so here it is.

Oh and I didn't describe how the characters look like because everyone has their own taste and I wanted you guys to use your imagination. :p

And another thing, there isn't any descriptive writing or anything that shows a writer's true potential because this is just a blog story and not a book. :p 

Thanks for all your support, love you guys xxo

Enjoy!!! :* 

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