-LAYAN-
i woke up to the sound of my alarm.
i usually have a song on for that, i always change it though.
i got up and dressed for school, when i checked my phone and saw that reem had sent me a thousand texts.
reem: hey layan, what time do i come over?
?
chan astaw3ib what was supposed to happen today
i slapped my forehead, how could i forget?
suddenly i recieve another text,its as if she read my mind..
reem: you forgot didnt you?
as a matter of fact yes i did. i didn't want to go to the airport to drop my dad off, i didnt want him to leave, and usually when he leaves i tear up and get all emotional and we have one of those 10 minute hugs. he never lets go first, he waits til im ready. i never want to let go... those are some of the worst moments of my life, saying see you later or goodbye.
one thing about me, i never say goodbye.
so when i do cry and have my father daughter moment,
i want it to be just that.
a father daughter thing, i dont need any witnesses especially not faisal. wai3a, i bet hed laugh at me. or worse, he would know that i was emotional.
anyways i went to school and attended all of my classes on time and prepared. i was a joker i always laughed and had fun.
i loved all my teachers and i treated everyone like a friend.
but heres the thing i am totally into my studies, i dont study THAT much im just into my grades
my closest friend in school was a nerd. i love her to death. she and reem are alike in there tidiness and everything. her name is nouf. shes the sweeetist thing.
so as i was walking to last period with nouf i felt someone sneeze behind me. but heres the thing i knew this person was following me. i heard that sneeze 12 times already and ive been walking for ten minutes.
i swiveled around. and guess who i found
a guy with glasses and a tissue. this guy was tall but then again everyones tall to me. he was blowing his nose and staring at me.
he quickly wiped his nose
, looked at the tissue,
and smiled at me.
ew gross
but it didnt show on my face. 3aib inna ana a3ali8 3ala someone i dont even know. bil3aks he might take it as a sign for all i know.
"helloo are you following me?" i said. i was a straightforward person.
he blushed, waiha 9ar 6oma6a maskeen
nouf laughed beside me
"la2 ana ana ana bas kint ga3d...........amshy....bas ana- your hair is nice like that!" he blurted out
maskeen ya7ayati, he was talking about my kisha
"ok..... is that all you wanted? youve been following me around the school for the past 10 minutes to comment on my kisha?" i said. i looked him staright in the eye.
i5tira3 chan i6ali3 an inhaler and breathes it in twice.
maskeen...
*note: when i talk to people i never take my eyes off theres, 1.i hate elevator eyes, thank you but i dont need to know what your wearing and 2. i am a very very straightforward person. i will be nice but i will tell you the truth.*'
"la2- ana- asif - bas kint --" and he turns and runs away..
.....
pause.
nouf and i look at eachother and burst out laughing
it was a really nice first day.
ma7ad tijara2 yi7acheeny abad.
cuz everyone knows im not one of those girls
so i went home after school and found reem in my room
i gave her a huge hug and told her about the nerd guy
we laughed about it.
"layan what time are we supposed to go to the airport?" she asked as i changed into jeans and an a and f pullover. it was blue
" 3amo sa3ad and faisal are supposed to pick us all up at 7" i said, in a nervous voice. reem 3ala6ool la7athat ina fee shay ghalat
she looked at me
"are you really going to make me ask?" she said with a tiny smile
i smiled, she always knew the right things to say
"reem.... i want my farewell with baba to be private, i want to hug him and cry and recite a kumbaya my lord song 3ala ra7ty, meaning bidoon faisal breathing down my neck and watching the whole thing happen" i said and sat down
"if you want ill distract him, i5thay ra7tich.... layan hes your dad, even if the world was watching, your free to do watever you want. " reem said softly.
just then i realized that i was gonna pass out from how tired i was.
"why dont you lay down shway" she said,
i did as she said and slept on the bed, she sat next to me reading a book i gave her. wuthering heights, one of my favorites.
i slept with a smile on my face.
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BANG BANG BANG
"LAYAN YALLAH BABA YALLA" my dad said from outside the door. i woke up and found reem sleeping next to me with the book on her face. we both jumped out of bed and got out.
sha3arna mu 9ij
kishity kashat akthar , oh sha3ar reem mgasam kil wa7d 6ali3 3ala 9ob. ashkalna chinna the dragon ball z cartoons.
we took one look at eachother and burst out lausghing.
we put on straight faces and went outside to find my dad standing in the doorway with 3amo sa3ad and faisal
when they saw us they looked shocked
well atleast my dad and 3amo sa3ad did. faisal just smirked
when i saw 3amo sa3ad i ran and gave him a big hug,
"ahlan layoona, shlonich shlonich reema" he said, he was one of the kindest people in the world. he was just like baba.
"ahlhamdulillah were good" we both said. we got into the car.
3amo sa3ad drove and my dad sat next to him.
that made it alittle awkward for the three of us.
suddenly ana o reem had a silent wrestling match 3ala who was sitting in the middle
i lost 6ab3an, reem only came here in the first place for me.
so i sat in between reem and faisal
i hated both of them in that minute. both of them were taller than me. 7ameer
he looked at may hair
"motha yideeda?" he said. ib kil borood
"ee faisal ana mit3amda 6al3a o sha3ry chithy" i said. 3ala a39aby..
"allah yi3eenich" he said
"ajma3een inshallah"
he ignored it
so when we got to the airport we got out and helped baba and 3amo sa3ad ma3a jna6hom.
when we got in people where staring at us.
"why are they staring " reem asked clueless, as always
"yimkin la2ana sha3rich o sha3ry manfoosh." i said in a sarcastic voice.
i held her hand. ta3awadna min o a7na 9ghar inna we always hold eachothers hands when we go out. that habit stayed with us..... plus i got distracted easily. i got lost a million time swhen i was a kid.
faisal looked at our hands, he then looked at me "aww, how cute," he said in a dry emotionless voice and went to walk next to our dads
reem looked at me in a confused way "shfee im3a9ib" she said
i shrugged my shoulders and we kept walking.
when it was time to say goodbye faisal and 3amo sa3ad did that one second hug slap eachothers back thing that men do. at that moment i wished i was a guy, i wished i wouldnt miss my dad as much as i do.
so what happened?
reem tried to distract faisal but he caught on and paid extra attention on us.
so, i just looked at my dad and he looked at me... we stared into eachothers eyes
"ana 7as lo ibkaifich chan ma 5alayteeny aroo7" he said. he tried to smile
but it wavered
his eyes glazed over and thats when i lost it, i gave him a huge hug. and cried into his chest
usually i knew when he would come back. usually it only took a month at most. and usually i didnt cry like this.
when i finished crieng i jsut hugged him tight.
i was aware just then that everyone around us was staring at us. but i was only shwaya aware. i was too busy what reem told me to do
i was too busy not caring about everyone else and just being here with my dad.
so just then i decided to let go, i was pulling back but my dad just hugged me tighter and whispered in my ears.
"layan baba ana abeech tathi8een ib faisal, ana a3arfa 3adil, o tara ohwa 5osh wa7id. trust him please 3ala shany, o daymen khalich ma3a ohwa o reem . 8amthay o fat7ay o ana raad"
and then he let go and i saw that there were tears on his face too.
i guess that made me daloo3at oboy
" see you inshallah baba. troo7 o trid bilsalama" i said.
i watched my dad leave and just before he entered he turned to me and waved. i waved back.
faj2a chan astaw3ab inna faisal oo reem were staring at me
thankfully they didnt comment. but there eyes told me everything. so we stayed in awkward silence.
"aby pinkberry!!" reem said
"ya me too" i said.
"la2 mako, yalla lazim araji3kom ilbait" he said and ushered pointed toward the general direction of the door.
and just like that we were back to normal
" imbala yalla imsur3a inroo7 o inrid" i said
"mako yalla jidamy"
he said in a low calm voice, shfee hatha, hal walad biyirfa3 tha86i, rasa shino yabis
" LAISH" i said in a loud voice.
"you could lose some weight" he said. ITS FRIGGIN FROZEN YOGURT
:0 :0 <------ this was what reem and i looked like
:)<------- this is what faisal looked like.
he walked infront of us
ba6iga
reem istaw3ibat how i was feeling chan tyirny 3ala wara.
"YALLA my gramma can walk faster than you" he said and kept walking.
we followed the asshole to his car. it was a different car from the one we came in. the other one was a black escalade
this car was a black mustang!! i secretely love this car, but no one can know... well except for reem.
"what happened to the other car?" i asked
"the drivers came and took it and brought in my car" he said carelessly.
birooodta mo 6abee3iya.
reem rkubat wara and i sat infront.
"dont you want to sit with your friend" faisal said as he climbed in next to me
"la2 la2ana we need you to drop us off ib her families shalet, ill just say hi to her parents and then well go home i just need her to get there cuz her driver is busy" i said
he stared at "me. it was thursday after all, she started school yesterday which is wednesday.
he stared at me for a complete 2 minutes.
two can play at this game, i stared back. he looked away first and got out of the parking
"wain shalaihkom?" he asked in a rough low voice
"its really far away"" she said from behind
"ya3ni bnaaider?" he asked
"no its in---" she said.
"wain yi6la3 hatha awal mara isma3 fee" he said as he kept hhis eyes on the road.
"ana adaleek" reem said and i caught her eye in the rearview mirror.
she winked
reemo shnawiya 3alaina?!
i woke up to the sound of my alarm.
i usually have a song on for that, i always change it though.
i got up and dressed for school, when i checked my phone and saw that reem had sent me a thousand texts.
reem: hey layan, what time do i come over?
?
chan astaw3ib what was supposed to happen today
i slapped my forehead, how could i forget?
suddenly i recieve another text,its as if she read my mind..
reem: you forgot didnt you?
as a matter of fact yes i did. i didn't want to go to the airport to drop my dad off, i didnt want him to leave, and usually when he leaves i tear up and get all emotional and we have one of those 10 minute hugs. he never lets go first, he waits til im ready. i never want to let go... those are some of the worst moments of my life, saying see you later or goodbye.
one thing about me, i never say goodbye.
so when i do cry and have my father daughter moment,
i want it to be just that.
a father daughter thing, i dont need any witnesses especially not faisal. wai3a, i bet hed laugh at me. or worse, he would know that i was emotional.
anyways i went to school and attended all of my classes on time and prepared. i was a joker i always laughed and had fun.
i loved all my teachers and i treated everyone like a friend.
but heres the thing i am totally into my studies, i dont study THAT much im just into my grades
my closest friend in school was a nerd. i love her to death. she and reem are alike in there tidiness and everything. her name is nouf. shes the sweeetist thing.
so as i was walking to last period with nouf i felt someone sneeze behind me. but heres the thing i knew this person was following me. i heard that sneeze 12 times already and ive been walking for ten minutes.
i swiveled around. and guess who i found
a guy with glasses and a tissue. this guy was tall but then again everyones tall to me. he was blowing his nose and staring at me.
he quickly wiped his nose
, looked at the tissue,
and smiled at me.
ew gross
but it didnt show on my face. 3aib inna ana a3ali8 3ala someone i dont even know. bil3aks he might take it as a sign for all i know.
"helloo are you following me?" i said. i was a straightforward person.
he blushed, waiha 9ar 6oma6a maskeen
nouf laughed beside me
"la2 ana ana ana bas kint ga3d...........amshy....bas ana- your hair is nice like that!" he blurted out
maskeen ya7ayati, he was talking about my kisha
"ok..... is that all you wanted? youve been following me around the school for the past 10 minutes to comment on my kisha?" i said. i looked him staright in the eye.
i5tira3 chan i6ali3 an inhaler and breathes it in twice.
maskeen...
*note: when i talk to people i never take my eyes off theres, 1.i hate elevator eyes, thank you but i dont need to know what your wearing and 2. i am a very very straightforward person. i will be nice but i will tell you the truth.*'
"la2- ana- asif - bas kint --" and he turns and runs away..
.....
pause.
nouf and i look at eachother and burst out laughing
it was a really nice first day.
ma7ad tijara2 yi7acheeny abad.
cuz everyone knows im not one of those girls
so i went home after school and found reem in my room
i gave her a huge hug and told her about the nerd guy
we laughed about it.
"layan what time are we supposed to go to the airport?" she asked as i changed into jeans and an a and f pullover. it was blue
" 3amo sa3ad and faisal are supposed to pick us all up at 7" i said, in a nervous voice. reem 3ala6ool la7athat ina fee shay ghalat
she looked at me
"are you really going to make me ask?" she said with a tiny smile
i smiled, she always knew the right things to say
"reem.... i want my farewell with baba to be private, i want to hug him and cry and recite a kumbaya my lord song 3ala ra7ty, meaning bidoon faisal breathing down my neck and watching the whole thing happen" i said and sat down
"if you want ill distract him, i5thay ra7tich.... layan hes your dad, even if the world was watching, your free to do watever you want. " reem said softly.
just then i realized that i was gonna pass out from how tired i was.
"why dont you lay down shway" she said,
i did as she said and slept on the bed, she sat next to me reading a book i gave her. wuthering heights, one of my favorites.
i slept with a smile on my face.
-----------------------------------
BANG BANG BANG
"LAYAN YALLAH BABA YALLA" my dad said from outside the door. i woke up and found reem sleeping next to me with the book on her face. we both jumped out of bed and got out.
sha3arna mu 9ij
kishity kashat akthar , oh sha3ar reem mgasam kil wa7d 6ali3 3ala 9ob. ashkalna chinna the dragon ball z cartoons.
we took one look at eachother and burst out lausghing.
we put on straight faces and went outside to find my dad standing in the doorway with 3amo sa3ad and faisal
when they saw us they looked shocked
well atleast my dad and 3amo sa3ad did. faisal just smirked
when i saw 3amo sa3ad i ran and gave him a big hug,
"ahlan layoona, shlonich shlonich reema" he said, he was one of the kindest people in the world. he was just like baba.
"ahlhamdulillah were good" we both said. we got into the car.
3amo sa3ad drove and my dad sat next to him.
that made it alittle awkward for the three of us.
suddenly ana o reem had a silent wrestling match 3ala who was sitting in the middle
i lost 6ab3an, reem only came here in the first place for me.
so i sat in between reem and faisal
i hated both of them in that minute. both of them were taller than me. 7ameer
he looked at may hair
"motha yideeda?" he said. ib kil borood
"ee faisal ana mit3amda 6al3a o sha3ry chithy" i said. 3ala a39aby..
"allah yi3eenich" he said
"ajma3een inshallah"
he ignored it
so when we got to the airport we got out and helped baba and 3amo sa3ad ma3a jna6hom.
when we got in people where staring at us.
"why are they staring " reem asked clueless, as always
"yimkin la2ana sha3rich o sha3ry manfoosh." i said in a sarcastic voice.
i held her hand. ta3awadna min o a7na 9ghar inna we always hold eachothers hands when we go out. that habit stayed with us..... plus i got distracted easily. i got lost a million time swhen i was a kid.
faisal looked at our hands, he then looked at me "aww, how cute," he said in a dry emotionless voice and went to walk next to our dads
reem looked at me in a confused way "shfee im3a9ib" she said
i shrugged my shoulders and we kept walking.
when it was time to say goodbye faisal and 3amo sa3ad did that one second hug slap eachothers back thing that men do. at that moment i wished i was a guy, i wished i wouldnt miss my dad as much as i do.
so what happened?
reem tried to distract faisal but he caught on and paid extra attention on us.
so, i just looked at my dad and he looked at me... we stared into eachothers eyes
"ana 7as lo ibkaifich chan ma 5alayteeny aroo7" he said. he tried to smile
but it wavered
his eyes glazed over and thats when i lost it, i gave him a huge hug. and cried into his chest
usually i knew when he would come back. usually it only took a month at most. and usually i didnt cry like this.
when i finished crieng i jsut hugged him tight.
i was aware just then that everyone around us was staring at us. but i was only shwaya aware. i was too busy what reem told me to do
i was too busy not caring about everyone else and just being here with my dad.
so just then i decided to let go, i was pulling back but my dad just hugged me tighter and whispered in my ears.
"layan baba ana abeech tathi8een ib faisal, ana a3arfa 3adil, o tara ohwa 5osh wa7id. trust him please 3ala shany, o daymen khalich ma3a ohwa o reem . 8amthay o fat7ay o ana raad"
and then he let go and i saw that there were tears on his face too.
i guess that made me daloo3at oboy
" see you inshallah baba. troo7 o trid bilsalama" i said.
i watched my dad leave and just before he entered he turned to me and waved. i waved back.
faj2a chan astaw3ab inna faisal oo reem were staring at me
thankfully they didnt comment. but there eyes told me everything. so we stayed in awkward silence.
"aby pinkberry!!" reem said
"ya me too" i said.
"la2 mako, yalla lazim araji3kom ilbait" he said and ushered pointed toward the general direction of the door.
and just like that we were back to normal
" imbala yalla imsur3a inroo7 o inrid" i said
"mako yalla jidamy"
he said in a low calm voice, shfee hatha, hal walad biyirfa3 tha86i, rasa shino yabis
" LAISH" i said in a loud voice.
"you could lose some weight" he said. ITS FRIGGIN FROZEN YOGURT
:0 :0 <------ this was what reem and i looked like
:)<------- this is what faisal looked like.
he walked infront of us
ba6iga
reem istaw3ibat how i was feeling chan tyirny 3ala wara.
"YALLA my gramma can walk faster than you" he said and kept walking.
we followed the asshole to his car. it was a different car from the one we came in. the other one was a black escalade
this car was a black mustang!! i secretely love this car, but no one can know... well except for reem.
"what happened to the other car?" i asked
"the drivers came and took it and brought in my car" he said carelessly.
birooodta mo 6abee3iya.
reem rkubat wara and i sat infront.
"dont you want to sit with your friend" faisal said as he climbed in next to me
"la2 la2ana we need you to drop us off ib her families shalet, ill just say hi to her parents and then well go home i just need her to get there cuz her driver is busy" i said
he stared at "me. it was thursday after all, she started school yesterday which is wednesday.
he stared at me for a complete 2 minutes.
two can play at this game, i stared back. he looked away first and got out of the parking
"wain shalaihkom?" he asked in a rough low voice
"its really far away"" she said from behind
"ya3ni bnaaider?" he asked
"no its in---" she said.
"wain yi6la3 hatha awal mara isma3 fee" he said as he kept hhis eyes on the road.
"ana adaleek" reem said and i caught her eye in the rearview mirror.
she winked
reemo shnawiya 3alaina?!
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