Chapter 10

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The weekend passed with me not calling Hussain & him not calling back, I hated Hussain as much as I hated Ya3goub. On saturday we had our family gathering & that was it.

I wasn't in the mood on Sunday. Sunday meant school & school meant seeing Ya3goub. Ya3gob tried to talk to me in school but I kept on ignoring.

At the end of the school day, I went out to wait for my driver & I saw a familiar face,a very familiar face, those beautiful eyes, Hussain's eyes. But what brought him to my school?

He was standing with a group of guys, about 6 guys. I recognized 2 of the guys, they were with me in school & there was a guy giving me his back, facing Hussain. 
Hussain noticed me looking at him and smiled. WTF? After a whole week of not answering my calls you just smile at me?

The guy giving me his back turned around to see who was Hussain smiling for. I was shocked to see that it was Ya3goub. I couldn't believe it, he smiled a supid, nerve
wrecking smile. I wanted to go & pull Ya3goub from his stupid shirt away from Hussain.

WHY WERE THEY DOING THIS TO ME????? ARGHHHHH!!!!!

I called my driver to see what's taking him so long. 5 minutes and my driver arrived.

I was so nervous, scared, shocked, I felt every bad feeling that moment.

When I arrived home, I switched off my mobile & slept around 3:30 pm . I woke up at 11 pm having a massive headache.

I skipped school the next day because I really didn't want to see Ya3goub's arrogant face.

When I opened my phone at 3 pm the next day I saw that I had a MissU text that stated that Ya3gob called me once, Hussain 3 times & Fatoom once.

I had 3 other texts 
Ya3goub's text:
Cut the drama.

Nafool's text:
Wainch elyum:c? We missed you.

And last but not least Hussain's text:
When you open your phone call me:).

I ignored their texts & went down to sit with my parents. My mom thought that I was PMSing, so she didn't nag a lot about me skipping school.

My dad told me that Mish3al was on his way to get my sim card as it was ready.
As soon as I got my sim I activated my Blackberry service & sent out my pin to Anfal & Abeer, they added me & bc'ed my pin. At that time Fatma didn't have a blackberry.

I tried to avoid Ya3gob as much as I could but something in me wanted to know why Hussain was here & how did he know him.

So I decided that the next time I see Ya3goub I'm going to march up to him & confront him.

On Wednesday During second break Ya3goub was standing alone. I decided to take advantage of that. Ya3goub was walking to his friends but stopped when he heard me yelling his name.

Ya3goub: 5air?
Me: 5air bwayhk, mumkin tgoly sh3rfk eb Hussain?  

Chapter 9

Sorry for the delay but I'm busy applying for universities, here's a long post to make it up to you guys x.


Fatma came at 6:10 we sat & talked about stupid things till I said,
Yla Fa6oom t7chy!
Fatma: ok so I went at that party 3gb ma Dana (her older sister) 7anat 3lay, because its gonna be so much fun & all of that, I agreed, I wore a simple not so revealing summer dress, straightened my hair & applied simple make up.

Let me describe Fatma, she's about 155-158, a bit chubby, naturally tanned with dyed light brown hair, small eyes, a medium nose & small lips, she was fair & I've said that to her face, still there is something about her that would attract you.

Fatma continued: enzain so I looked cute, we went there & I discovered that Hessa invited the seniors & the graduates of last year, let's face it we both know that *** guys are hot.

I held my heart in a dramatic way & said: AAA5 YA GALBY, so true.

Fatma giggled & said: I was sitting at the couch because I really didn't like the atmosphere, then a guy came and sat next to me, he tried to start a conversation, at first I didn't respond yet he continued so I decided to give him a shot. We talked almost the whole time till he asked me to dance with him, a slow romantic song was playing & tbh I wanted to be close to him.

Me: ayal fa93a, you wanted to be close to him haaa?

Fatma's face turned as red as a tomato:Ha..... La.....mu 3an....shko.... Umm I didnt mean it that way

I laughed till my tears came out. Her expression was priceless : Fa6oom yal habla, LOOOL, I know you, I was just messing around with you. I continued laughing.

Fa6oom was going to explode, literally.

Fatma: OOOOH, whatever I'm not going to tell you what happened next.

Me: yalla 3ad, Ana Rayoom rfejtch, 9deqtch el 9adoqa.

Fatma: malat 3lich mn rfeja.

Me: Afa, al7een 9ar ana malat 3alay? Ok ok, mshkora w ma tg9ryn.
Whenever I tell her that sentence she'd loosen up, I just love how kind she is.

Fatma: enzain la yse7 7enchich bs, so I danced with him & he took my number.

Me: is he cute? Hot? Handsome?

Fatma: actually he isn't that good looking,

Me: aham shay his personality.

Fatma: yea his personality is AMAZING, but he's a control freak, la tro7yn hny la tro7yn hnak, don't wear this don't buy that, we3 I hate that about him.

Me: WEEEE3 mu mn 9ja.

Fatma: tra he talked to Hessa & told her that he's serious about me.

Me: AWWWW cute.

Fatma: 7ada, & umm I went out with him after a month and ummm......

Me: ummm???? T7chy

Fatma went all red again -.-: ummm he asked me this " Will you be mine?" & umm.... I was shocked & umm....I said yes & then Umm he umm.... ummm....

Me: HE WHATTTT?????!!!!!

Fatma: he kissed me, French kissed me.

I was shocked. Fatoom always complained about her cousins & sister & that they were so free & that they hugged/kissed guys without giving it any second thoughts.

Me: aha

Fatma: Rayom you know that this isn't my thing, I'm nothing like my cousins& Dana but it was something, how can I describe it? Something magical.

Me: EEEEEEWWWWWWWW,,,,,TOO MUCH INFOOO!!!!!!

Fatma: I dont regret doing it, I had my first kiss & it was amazing, I hope you experience it to know what I'm talking about.

Me: 3ma b3ench Enshalla la.

Fatma: tbyn tshofyn 9ort 7moodyy?

Me: mno hatha?

Fatma: 9arly sna asolflch 3an mno :)? 

Me: LOOL shdrany madry shsma.

Fatma showed me his pic, he wasn't good looking & she knew it but she loved him for his personality, good for her, I'm not shallow but looks does matter a little. Mohammed isn't Fatma's first boyfriend but she really does have feelings for him.

Me: tbyn tshofyn Hussain?

Fatma: DUUHHHH!!!! Show me mno ely yab ras el princess Reem

I laughed & showed her the pic of Hussain & I.
I studied her expression, she was shocked, her eyes widened, you might think that I'm exaggerating but she was stunned.

Me: shfech? 

Fatma: hatha Hussain? 

Me: ummm ee, ma tshofyna wagfa wyah wla shno?

Fatma: Rayoom, HE'S HOT!!! LIKE WAY HOT, IS HE A MODEL OR SOMETHING?. She was screaming now.

Me: way3a Enshalla , w6y 9otch la ysm3ch Mishary aw Mish3al! & no he isn't.

Farma: JMEEL, 3ATHAB, 5SHF, DAMAR!

I ROFL'ed at the stupid words she was saying.
Me: enty hay yal 3qedya shal alfath? 6l3 el 3rj  haaa? 3adoch your cousins.

Fatma laughed: alla yhnech walla tlogon lb3th.

Me:  you too tlogon. I felt that my cheeks turned to two tomatoes, so I changed the subject.

We kept on talking till it was 8:30, then my mom came in & asked us from where we wanted dinner. We ordered from Johnny rockets & ate. Around 10 Fatma left.

I called Hussain but he didn't answer, I was starting to get worried. UFFF.

Nothing interesting happened that week & Hussain didn't call me not even once in that week. I wasn't going to answer if he called me, bastard. 

I was ignoring Ya3gob. Every time I see him I kept on remembering his words "let's face it you're not that beautiful & he's every girl's prince charming, I don't think he'll be loyal to you. Shno fech zood 3nhm?" it still hurts.

On Thursday I went out with the girls & I didn't tell Fatma tha he was ignoring me.
We went to 360 had fun, went back home & slept around 1 am.

Chapter 8

This post is dedicated to AAH<3 & the anonymous readers.
Sometimes I feel she's the only one reading-.-!
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Ya3gob: Hussain is a......player
Me: Ha! 
Ya3gob: I'm sorry 
Me: shdrak? W 3la ay asas tgol chthy?
Ya3gob: I just know
Me: HOW? DO YOU HAVE PROOF? Wla bs chthy 3b6.
Ya3gob: Reem bgoolch bs promise me ma tz3lyn.
Me: ok bs t7cha
Ya3gob: promise me!
Me: I promise, yla spill.
Ya3gob: Reem, Hussain wa7d 7elo, ana a3trf lch. 7ata lw ana 9by agoolch elwalad 7elo.
Me: Gay alert.
Ya3gob: Reem, mu wakt '3ashmra.
Me: ok Hussain 7elo, mu awl wla a5r wa7d ygol hl 7chy shda5l hatha eb being a player?
Ya3gob: let's face it you're not that beautiful & he's every girl's prince charming, I don't think he'll be loyal to you. Shno fech zood 3nhm?
 
I was shocked. I couldn't talk. His words were offensive.
Was he serious? It hurts telling a girl that she's ugly.
Ok even if I am, What's going to harm him? Is he going to marry me? No. Does he have to see my face everyday? No.

I cleared my throat & said: aha, is that it?
Ya3gob: think about it, dump him before he dumps you, I don't want to see you hurt.
Me: bye & I hung up.

He doesn't want to see me get hurt? Well his words hurt. I hated Ya3gob that day.

I went to sleep without calling or texting Hussain, I wasn't in the mood.
I need to talk to someone, I miss my friends, I wish I could talk to them about this situation but they won't get my point of view.
I woke up the next day at 11 am, took a shower, ate breakfast & watched tv. Mom& dad were out for breakfast, Mish3al & Mishary were still asleep, Brook was in the pool & 3alawi was in the playing room. God, how much I love that kid.

At 1:30 mom & dad showed up, finally. I talked to dad about changing my sim card to prepaid & after several "why" questions he finally agreed, but I had to wait for a few days, hff.

School started, Nafool & I were in the same class,whilst Fa6om & 3boor where in another class. We went to our form tutors & during our first break we went to the head of secondary so that 3boor & Fa6oom would transfer to our class. We choose our subjects, I ignored Ya3gob during breaks & between lessons & the day went on normally.

I offered to give Fa6oom a ride since her mom was going to be late & on our way o her house I told her everything about Hussain & what Ya3gob told me.
Fa6oom: malch sh'3l eb Ya3gobo, m9rg3 w elkl ydry, 7greh w chna ma 9ar shay.
Me: Madry Fa6oom bs y3ni he's right.
Fa6oom: ya 3my la right wla left, ignore him.
Me: LOOL ok.
Fa6oom: Rayoom bgoolch shay.
Me: hmm goly.
Fa6oom: You know my cousin Hessa? 
Me: Hessa....Hessa, ayhi? Ely eb ***
Fa6oom: ee hathy, when you were in the U.S. she threw a party & you know her parents are very free...
Me: tell me about it, huh.
Fa6oom: 5aleny akamel hff,
The driver: Madam Reem, we are here.
Me: ok thank you, way Fa6om t3aly baitna elma'3rb, I want to know.
Fa6oom: ok Enshalla, I'll ask my mom.
Me: ok bye.

I miss Hussain, I didn't talk to him since Friday but why didn't he call or text? Was Ya3gob right? Is he a player? I shook my head & called Hussain, he didn't pick up. I guessed that he was in university.

I arrived home, said hi to my family, went to change my clothes & went down again to eat lunch with my family.

About 5:30 Fa6oom called me to tell me that she was on her way to my house, I went & wore something  casual, applied a little mascara & lip palm & went to tell my mom that Fatma is coming.

Chapter 7

Huff!!! I kept on calling Ya3gobo over 20 times & at 5 pm he answered, FINALLY.

Me: ALOOOOOO Y3GOBO.
Ya3gob in a sleepy voice: Halla 7ayate.
Me: Ha :|, I was so shocked. I felt butterflies in my stomach. Weird.
Ya3gob: oh, e7m halla Reem shfech?
"Ana shfeny wla enta shfek:)" Me: umm la wla shy bs 3baly fek shy, laish kl hl msjat w missed calls 3sa ma shr?.
Ya3gob: aklmch b3dain bye. & he hung up.

Wtf? Is he serious? Why did he call me 7ayate? Did he think I was his girlfriend? OMGOMGOMG ashkra Ya3gob has a girlfriend, but why didn't he tell me? I told him about Hussain! Ok its true I told him after a while but at least I did tell him. Maybe he was going to tell me later but didn't get the chance? Who's the girl that he loves/likes? But he's my best friend he can't have a girlfriend, lol Reem what's wrong with you? Of course he can have a girlfriend. Who does he love more me or her? Duuh! He loves me more, or maybe he loves her more. But he's mine. No he isn't Reem,you guys aren't together why are you jealous he's like a brother to you. ARGHHHHH!!!!!!

All those thoughts came & went through my mind. I was pissed, jealous, sad, happy, I didn't know how I felt that time. I suddenly wasn't in the mood to go out with the girls & I called & conferenced them to tell them that my dad said no. Simple as that.

It was 7:30 & Ya3gob still didn't call me, I can't wait, I need to know what was the big deal, so I decided to call him.

Ring 1
Ring 2 
Ring 3
Ring 4
Ring 5
Pick up already.........
The customer you are calling is not reachable.

Screw your customer is what I said :).

It's 8, he still didn't text nor call, so I called again.

"Please hold the customer you are calling is connected to another call."

OMG!! I can't believe he's ignoring me:).

Mish3al my 18 year old brother called me & told me to go to his room. I did what I was told. I knocked on the door.

Mish3al: come in
Me: heyyy!! Shfek ?
Mish3al: t3aly bklmch eb mwtho3.
"Shno? Mwtho3? Umbeh la ykon wa7d mn rb3a shafny ams m3 Hussain? La la I don't think so." 
Me: shoot.
Mish3al: Ana adry ena omy wayd shada 3lech because of the IGCSE exams.
Me: yea :( 
Mish3al: bas you know what Mishary did to them, yananhm.
Me: but I'm not Mishary.
Mish3al: I know 7bebty, but I want you to think about something, I graduated from an American school & u know how easy their system was, as for Mishary he's still doing his IG's for the 3rd year, why don't you transfer to my old school? At least your chances of getting a scholarship is higher. Tra it's only a year extra, chinch mswya the AS levels.
Me: adry bs tra ana gadha w gdod & I can pass the IG's plus ana mt3wda 3la my school & friends, I can't go to a school & leave my friends!!
Mish3al: I'm your older brother,trust me, La twgfen your future because of your so called friends.
Me: but they're not so called friends :) they're my real friends.
Mish3al: why are you so stubborn? La t3anden w trust me. Think about it. As you know I'm going to complete my studies abroad & tra ra7 asafr 25/9 so I'd appreciate it etha gltyly your answer before I travel.
Me: Enshalla.

My eyes started to tear, Mish3al was the closest to me, he understands me unlike Mishary he's always mad at me, for no reason. He was going to leave me here. Alone. Without him. Leaving Mishary in charge. 

Mish3al: BTW, I heard you talking to mom about buying a new phone, shno knty tbyn?
Me: blackberry :( al7en el kl shra ela ana, t5yl mom tgoly rkzy 3la drastch bla hal 5rabe6.
Mish3al: tough luck. Tbyn mine :p?
Me: YES PLEASE!!!
Mish3al: huh no way, shlon aklm el7ub b3den?
Me: mleeq ana bro7 bye.
Mish3al: ok bs gbl la tro7en ft7y the second drawer & bring me the charger please.
Me: hff ok.

I went & opened the drawer, I found a wrapped box that looked like a gift.
Me: ma lgeet elsh7n bs 7ag mno elhdya?
Mish3al: my gf, her birthday is tomorrow. Wanna see it?
Me: but it's beautifully wrapped.
Mish3al: so? They could wrap it again tra.
I laughed at him : ok let's see thoqk :p

He tore of the wrapping & it was a blackberry bold, the latest one, the one that I wanted:), I envied her.

Me: 3leha bl3afya
Mish3al: you know what? Coming to think of it, she doesn't deserve it.
 "She doesn't deserve you not the phone" is what I thought.
Me: hmm
Mish3al: how about you take it?
Me: mn 9jk? W Shno btshtrylha? Bacher her bd tra,
Mish3al: wya elwayh m9dga that I bought it for her? It's for you. 
Me: WHATTTTT????? MN 9JK? E7LF? GOL, WALLA.
Mish3al: thqly ya shqol. Walla 7gch, I told dad about your convo with mom& he gave me the money aro7 ashtrelch yah.
Me: YOU'RE AMAZING WALLA, I LOVE YOU, YA B5TY FEK.

I was so happy, he's amazing, everything I want he'd make sure I have it. Even if he had to buy it from his own pocket money.

Mish3al: bs shofy 3ad mu tfshelny jdam om elzeez, I told her ench btjablen drastch la telhen feh wayed. Well, at least mo jdamha.
Me: LOOL ok, thank you again.
I kissed his cheek & went to thank my dad & mom.

Mish3al "Mesho" my brother graduated a year ago & got accepted in California. With a scholarship of course. He took the year off to think about what he wants to do in life & is going to start university next month.

At 11 pm my phone lit up, it was Ya3gob. I got mad seeing his name.

Me: na3m?
Ya3gob: Halla walla
Me: Halla? 5er?
Ya3gob: 5er bwayhch, shl eslob?
Me: Madry 3nk, t5b9ny 6ol elyum a5r shy tgoly bye aklmch b3den. W ta7grny lma adg, wtf?
Ya3gob: ma3rft agoolch elmwtho3 , bs now I have to tell you.
Me: shfek gol?
Ya3gob: Reem, Hussain is a....Umm
Me: is a shno?
Ya3gob: Hussain is a ...........

Chapter 6

13 miss calls were from ya3gob, 1 from Hussain, 1 from Fa6om & 1 from Anfal, I missed them, I haven't seen them since our gathering before I travelled. As for the texts they were 4 were from Ya3gob, 2 from Hussain & 2 from Shayokh.

Ya3gob's texts were " Reem, wee need to talk." at 1 am
"Elmwtho3 mhm" at 2:30 am
"Awl am tg3den klmeny" at 4:30 am
"la tnsen throry enzain?" at 5:44 am

Hussain's were wishing me a goodnight sleep & that he loved me.
Shayokh's were "5l n6l3 bacher, I want to shop"

I took a warm shower,got dressed into very casual clothes, pulled my wet hair into a bun, I wasn't in the mood but I didn't want to disappoint my dad, come on he woke me up himself.

We went to zaatar wa zeet in marina crescent to have our breakfast & then I asked my mom if I could go buy some books from virgin

Mom: w enty hathy 7altch? Kl ma tbdy elmdars t5omenlch million rwaya w telhain 3an drosch?
Me: al7en yma shd3wa? Agrahm eb my free time aw bl weekends mr7 y2thr ;s
Dad: Shd3wa Znuub 5leha ttsla
Mom: m7d m5rbha w mdl3ha '3erk.
Dad: hathy Rayoma, ras elmal, 6a3y elwayh 6a3y! Shlon tgdryn trdenlha 6lb
I put on my puppy face 
Mom: UFFF, allahoma 6awlk ya roo7, bs tdryn etha nzlw drjatch 3an el B? Btshofen shy ma ysrch, tra bugalch bs hal sna w elsna el yaya w t5l9yn w mabech ttmarmeren nafs Mishary o5ch, hathail emt7anat IGCSE mafeha l3b.
I replied bored as usual, I memorized this lecture, every time I'd ask for stories she'd play this record.: Enshalla yma wla yhmch, yba any elcard please.
Dad: hach yah w e5thy barook wyach ymkn yby shy.

I dragged along my stupid/annoying 7 year old brother & went. I bought the first part of banat elthanawya & 3 more stories, brook bought some stupid things, like him. 

When we returned to my parents, I showed my mom the books I bought, her comments were "Shlch eb rwayat el7ub?" " Hathy banat elthanawya ma ymd7onha shko sharyt'ha" & to be honest it was true, I heard that it was a very outrageous & I was curious.

I started to think about Ya3gob, what the hell is so important? He was acting weird. When we got home I played with my adorable 1 year old brother, HE WAS SO CUTE, CUCCI COO. I love him more than all my brothers maybe because he's still young & doesn't annoy me yet.

I went to my room & it was about 2 pm, I called ya3gob, once, twice, no answer. I figured that he would still be sleeping since he was up till 6 am. I then called Nafool, long convo short, we decided to go to Johnny rockets for dinner.

I called Hussain, we had a random conversation & while I was talking to Hussain my mind was with Ya3gob, what's so important & deserved 13 missed calls & 4 texts?

Chapter 5

The movie started & if you guys haven't watched it, it consists of many scary & emotional parts. I'm afraid of snakes, VERY afraid & thanks to lord Voldemort, Hussain had the pleasure of having my head glued to his shoulder :).

Half-way through the movie he held my hands, I paused for a moment, it was my first time of holding a guy's hand in a romantic way. I blushed, felt the butterflies in my stomach & smiled, he then pinched my cheek :)!

I was thinking يا ارض بلعي ما عليج, ARGHH I was so embarrassed. After 15 mins or so he tried to side hug me, to which my dear friend Ya3gob kicked his chair to stop him from doing that, when we saw who it was I laughed out loud & received several SHHH's from the people around -.-! Hussain just gave me a death stare.

The movie's ending was very emotional, I cried my eyes out :( & Hussain laughed at me :), douchebag.

He whispered "Fdait el5shm el a7mr ana", I ignored him. Why did he laugh? If he had feelings he would have cried too. 

The movie ended with me having red eyes & nose, thank god my mascara was water proof.

We went out of the cinema & he dragged me to Baroue, you want to know why? To take the instant photos :'). I laughed at him, his actions are so childish.

He took two photos & I took two, they were amazing.

It was 9 already we had to go back home, we said our goodbyes, just then I saw a text from Shayokh asking me where I am, they lost us in the crowd.

I met Shayokh & Ya3gob near Hassan optics, she was so excited LOLOL I don't know why & Ya3gobo was pissed off, he was like a loaded gun waiting for someone to pull the trigger, I didn't talk to him, Shayokh said good bye & we left.

On our way back to my house, I told her every little detail that happened, we kept on screaming a lot LOL. 

Shaikha: agoolch laish y3gob mnfs?
Me: shdrany 3na, lw adry byt9rf nfs elyhal chan ma gtla.
Shaikha: ee 9dmny yum rfs Hussain bl cinema, b'3et ana arfs rasa.
I laughed at her words.

I went back home, sat about an hour with my parents, I missed talking to them& then I slept.

My dad woke me up at 9:30 am to tell me that we were gonna have our breakfast out.

Before entering the bathroom I remembered my phone, I didn't check it since the avenues.

I had 17 missed calls & 8 text messages, they were from......

Chapter 4

At 7:30 Shaikha came, we sat down for 30 mins with my parents & then went to my room. I told her everything from A to Z. She was mad at first for not telling her since the beginning but I explained that it's my first time & I didn't want to tell her if it was going to end in a flash.

She was happy for me & told me that she'll be there with me, we decided to go to The Avenues, we'll meet outside at Casper&Gambini's at 5:30.

Thursday came, I was so excited that I even didn't sleep well that night. I'd wake up every hour or so, that's how nervous I was. At 4 I called Ya3gob & Shaikha to remind them, she was picking me up at 5 & Ya3gobo would already be there.

I wore a cute half sleeved beige dress that was up to my knee with a black belt on my waist, I waved my hair as I hated it for being too straight -.-. I applied very simple makeup & I was ready to go. Shayokh was wearing black jeans with a white Burberry shirt & a kardigan & white 7jab.

We arrived at The Avenues, I was so nervous!!!! I felt that someone was punching me right into my stomach. With a rock. You might think that I'm exaggerating but this wasn't even half of  what I felt.

It was 5:30 I went outside alone. Ya3gob was sitting at cafe blanc with his friends & Shayokh sat at Starbucks, LOL it was so funny seeing them like that, they looked like the FBI or something.

My phone rang & it was Hussain, I answered with a nervous shaky voice, he laughed :), Moron.
Hussain: ha 7bebty wainch?
Me: ga3da eb Casper & u? 
Hussain: Kany 9ob Baroue al7en yay
Me: ok, tby a6lblk shy?
Hussain: orange juice 
Me: ok 7ayate, bye.
 
I texted Ya3gob & Shaikha the same text that he was coming. They both knew about each other.
I ordered two orange juice & a bottle of water, why the water I don't know-.-.

I was looking at the photos in my phone when I heard a male cough, I looked up & saw the most adorable eyes I have ever seen, the guy was HOT, handsome, he was even beautiful. He was naturally tanned, had black hair, small eyes that were surrounded by long thick lashes, a perfect nose, full lips that were perfectly shaped and last but not least a dimple in each cheek. 

He smiled and I melted, his teeth was perfect. Coming to think of it, HE WAS PERFECT. 
I smiled back & he sat, he was holding a red rose, he gave it to me & my cheeks became as red as the rose. I just realized that I didn't describe my self.

I'm pale, very pale & I hate that. I have big hazel/green eyes that I got after my dad, light brown hair, a sharp nose & full naturally pink lips. I'm about 162 cm tall & 60 kg. So I'd classify my self as chubby.

I took a sip from my orange juice & smiled like an idiot, I wanted to face palm myself but hey I was nervous, don't blame me.

Hussain laughed at my reaction and started the conversation : 6l3ty a7la mn el 9owar eb 100 mra, ma b'3ena nshofch? 
I giggled the most ridiculous giggle ever & said: you're not so bad yourself.
We talked for 30 mins non stop & I was facing Ya3gob he looked a bit pissed off, I don't know why. Shaika on the other hand looked as if she was watching Noor & Mohanad :). She was enjoying it more than I was.

At 6 Hussain told me that he booked us two tickets for Harry potter: deathly hollows part 2. I couldn't say no as he already booked them. I texted them that he booked the tickets & that they should book tickets too. I don't want to be alone with him, I trust him but not enough.
He paid the bill & we went to the cinema.

Thank god they found two tickets in the row behind us, Ya3gob excused himself from his friends by saying that he found his cousin walking alone & that he'd join her. 

They were behind me which made me feel safe. The movie started Hussain bought me a large salty popcorn & got himself a large caramel popcorn & two large Pepsi & different chocolates. Being a gentlemen he didn't let me pay anything, he said this stupid sentence "Wain ga3den e7na? W Ana shmhnty?" he is two years older than me, I forgot to mention that too. *facepalm*

Chapter 3

It was the last week of August, we returned to Kuwait as school will start on the first week of September. My birthday was celebrated in the U.S. as it was in the first week of August, Hussain was the first to call me that day, in U.S. time. 

After a couple of days I went to our co-op, I had to visit the bookstore to buy the essential stationary I needed for school. 

Nothing interested happened in the week except THAT day. Yes THAT day, when Hussain called me to tell me that he wanted to see me, in person, face to face. I panicked & told him that I'll give him the answer later. I didn't want to tell Fatma about it, it didn't feel right. Instead I texted Ya3gob, I don't know why to be honest, his reaction is sure to be a 100% worst than Fatma's reaction.
"We need to talk, ASAP" to which he replied with "Umm, ok :s"

So I called him
Ya3gob : Aloo
Me: Hey,shlonk?
Ya3gob: tmam w u? *confused tone"
Me: adry that It's weird for me to call you bs I kinda need a favor.
Ya3gob: Reem fech shy? You know you can tell me anything 9a7?
Me: I know bs,,, 
Ya3gob: REMO GOLY
Me: fine fine, huff umm u remember Hussain? The guy I'm in a relationship with?
Ya3gob: Ee? *In a strict voice*
Me: he wants to see me & I want to see him too, tbh.
Ya3gob: ma tro7en bdony.
Me: lool thats what I wanted to ask.
Ya3gob: lool bs mn 9jy rayom, maby ag3d wyakm bs bkon mwjod araqbkm.
Me: thank you, thank you, thank you,,,, I owe ....
Ya3gob: chub
*Ma 5lany akml*
Me: I love you :$
Ya3gob: I know, I love you too.

I ended the call feeling happy, I'm gonna see Hussain with Ya3gob being there, so that made me feel a bit relieved. I called Hussain at the same instant to tell him that I'm in.

The phone call

Hussain: halla walla, halla w '3la, halla bl 7ub.
*I know it's cheesy but I just can't help but smile, HE'S ADORABLE*
"Halla fek" I said shyly.
Hussain: shfech 7bebty?
Me: So, mta ashofk :$? 
Hussain: 7LFY??? *he screamed to into the phone*
Me: walla, I said shyly.
Hussain: you made my day walla, A7BCHHHHH.
Me: me too. So mta?
Hussain: shraych el5mes?
Me: ok 7yate, we'll talk later about the details.
Hussain: ok 3mry, yla bye.
Me: bye.

So it was monday & I was going to see Hussain after 2 days. I was SO nervous. Seeing him, for the first time. Lord. 

I asked my parents for permission & they said yes, now the only issue is to find a girl I'd go with.
I thought about this a lot, I need someone I could trust. Someone that went through this before & then it hit me. SHAIKHA. My cousin, she has previous experiences. She was 19 & I was 15 & since I was an only girl, she acted as my sister.

Shaikha has three sisters & one brother, two sisters & a brother older than her & a sister smaller, even though the difference between me & 3athba is 2 years I never did see us as friends. She's totally different than all of her sisters. All she cares about is boys, looks, popularity & the most important thing of all is the name of the family. I've always thought that this is a bad habit. Who cares if you're poor or rich? Well, I guess that she does. 

I called Shaika to tell her about Hussain and that I wanted her help.

Shaikha: AHLEEEEEEENNNN, halla eb bnt America.
Me: AHLEEEEEENNNN, halla eb bnt Italy.
Shaikha: shlonch? Sh5barch? & how's America?
Me: kl shy ok, Shyukh I need to see you, I have something important to tell you.
Shaikha: shfech Rayom? 9ayr shay?
Me: la la, don't worry. Bs t3aly bleel baitna ok?
Shaikha: ok 7bebty, see you tonight.
Me: see ya.

I went to my parents to inform them that Shaikha is coming & they were glad because they haven't seen her in a while. My aunt Badriya is my favorite aunt from my dad's side. I swear she's the best. My dad has 5 sisters & 2 brothers, they were 8 in total including my dad. I wasn't that close with my other cousins, I don't hate them, I just dislike them.

Chapter 2

4 months have passed and Hussain & I are still inboxing each other, I felt that I was on top of the world when I was talking to him. I started to like him. How can you not like a guy that u talked to on a daily base, right? He then asked if a could add him on msn, I didn't say no, that's for sure.

I added him & we got closer to each other day by day, only fa6oum knew about Hussain as the rest didn't believe in these kind of relationships & would judge me without even knowing my point of view.

My friend Ya3gob is a year older than me, he's like my brother, I knew him since I was in grade 4, I loved him unconditionally he was closer to me than my own brothers.he even transferred to the new school with me but for some reason my dad didn't like him that much.

I trusted him with my life, yea that's how much I trusted him. Every little secret of mine, Ya3gob knew about it and this was vice versa. 

Our final exams are after a couple of months, we all took tuitions in the same institute & used to fool around rather than focus on our tutor. It was literally the time of our lives. 

Our exams started, we passed it with average grades, so year 10 here we come.

HELLO SUMMER!!!!!!

My relationship with Hussain, extended to texting & phone calls and it felt wrong not telling Ya3gob about it, but coming to think about it, he's a teenager I can't believe he never liked a girl, I mean can it be? Yet he never did talk about this  topic, not with me at least.

It's been 8 months since the first time I talked to Hussain, till now our relationship is based on either texts or calls. We never did meet up in real life. He only saw pictures of me & I saw of him.

I went out with the girls 13 days in a row before I travelled to the U.S. as usual we stayed there for two months as we have a house in Orlando, Florida. During that time I only talked to Hussain 7 times on the phone. I know it isn't much but my sim card is postpaid & I wasn't willing to lose my parents trust, not now.

Chapter 1

Ok so this isn't a regular blog but I really want to share my story. MY REAL STORY. I'm going to drop out some events as they are too personal & I'm also going to change the names of the characters.

My name is Reem, I'm the only girl between four brothers. Two older than me & two younger.

It all began when I was in 9th grade, when Fatma, Anfal,Abeer & I became close friends & soon turned out to be the most popular girls in school. Even though Anfal & Abeer used to bully me when I was the new kid in school, we grew later on becoming friends, practically sisters. In our group Fatma & I were very close, even though I loved the rest as hell but she was somewhat different.

Abeer is the eldest among her siblings, she has a sister & two brothers. Anfal has only one brother older than her & well Fatma had many siblings, she was the middle child like me.

As you know us girls most of our conversations would be about either boys, fashion or rumors & gossip.

On Wednesdays we had physics as the first two lessons. During class where I was bored as usual, I threw a note on Fa6oum that said "Agoul shraych naksht bl 7e9a elyaya? I really can't stand double physics :c", Fa6oum was brave unlike Anfal & Abeer, they were chickens -.-. Fa6oum replied with "Loool 3ad twny ga3da agoul ena alla hadach w 7bety el mada, anyways I'm in" 

First lesson ended & we had a 5 min break between the lessons, I was sitting behind a fat guy so ma knt abyn a9ln, Fa6oum was sitting in the last row, she was short & always crouches, the teacher wouldn't notice us missing. We went to our regular "kshta" place which was basically a deserted room in the roof & started talking about our past days & the interesting situation that happened.

Class finished & we continued our school day. Nothing appealing happened that week till it was Thursday, I logged onto Facebook as it was the "habba" at that time & accepted friend requests. I got about 15 requests, while I was checking the users I saw him. He was the hottest a guy I have ever seen. I accepted without even knowing who he was. I logged out & Anfal called me. 

Me : Heyyyyyzzzz
Anfal : Heey Heyy gurlfraynd
I laughed at her, :  So 'sup?
Anfal : bayylch 3ady?
Me : Nafoul mn 9jch daga ts2lyn? Enty tdr3men bl3ada
Anfal : shswy glt a7trm nafsy 3shan la atfshl nafs kl mra jdam 5wanch. 
Me: LOOOL ok yal 9eda, call elbajy w shofyhm etha byyon
Anfal: ok ciao.

I went to take a shower, clean up my room & logged onto Facebook again to find that the inbox icon had the number 1 on top of it, I checked to see who it was & my face lit up with a smile as I saw that it was him. The hot guy. Hussain was his name, 
Hussain : welcome
Me: Thanks you too
Hussain: You no speak arabec?
I laughed out loud over his English.
Me: embla :p
Hussain : 3yl laish ma t7chety mn elbdaya :@ twahagt
Me : LOOL

Just then my phone rang & it was Anfal : yalla nzlylna ana w 3boor t7t
Me : ok 

I ran to open the door to let them in & we went to my room, me : ha wain f6oum?
Abeer: bl6rej shwy w tyy.

F6oum came after a while & we had our movie night & talked about the boys in our school and how Nafool had a crush on a guy that was in our grade but in a different class. The girls left around 11 pm & I logged onto Facebook hopping that I had a message from Hussain & I was so glad that I did.

We kept on talking till 2 a.m, then I fell asleep.