Part Two

Baba: sara.. Bas 3ad.. Ilyoum 3eed, la taksireen ib 5a6ir libnaya..
Sara: wallah shoof 3amayilha!!
Baba: 5ala9 7a9al 5air.. Yalla yoba mishaina..

Baba carries 5aloodi, oo 5alti sara takes faroo7a by the hand and they all go to the door, me trailing behind..

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We took our usual tour...Bait 3ammi.. Bait 3ammiti.. Bait yaddi.. Bait yadditi.. Can't those ppl stop fighting so we can have 1 big gathering for all of us so we can just meet at one place bidal hal frara?! And of course, 5alti sara goes to visit her family after going on our tour with baba. I rather stay behind to spare the glares that I get..

After going through all of that pain, it was nearly 1 pm.
Baba: yoba shraykom nit'3ada barra?
Me: 3ala ra7tik yoba
Sara: min si2alich intay? Ee ee 5al nroo7 mukan bidal 5angat il bait
Baba: (giving her a nathra).. Yoba zaina wain widdich nit'3adda?
Me: 3adi yoba ay mukan
Faroo7a: baba! Baba! Abi buwgew buteek!!
Baba: ehehe.. Shrayich yoba?
Me: hehe 5ala9 illi tabeeh faroo7a yamshi!
Baba: 5ala9 ok..

We were all quiet on the way. Except for 5alti sara, she kept whining about that watch she saw madri mino min il 7areem wearing. She wants one. I was sure it was WAY baba's ability to get it for her. Wallah yaksir 5a6ri, ya3ni isn't it enough inna ya9rif 3ala ahlich oo 5wanich il ba6aliyeen?! Allah y3eenik baba.. We got to alraya, the usual place ppl yaboon yitrazizoun bil 3eed. Groups of guys were everywhere. They all looked cute in their dishdasha oo '3itra. For some reason shababna ma y9eeroon tikana chithe illa during 3eed.. We went up to Burger Boutique and got a table. To me it wasn't any different if I was home or here. I would be left out anyway, unless faroo7a had something to show me, a cockroach she caught or a spider that she put in her mouth. We placed our order, baba and 5alti sara were so into their conversation, faroo7a teaching 5aloodi a new language of her own.. I looked around. Everyone looked so happy, either with family or friends, or with their spouses.. Aaah, mita ya rabbi..

I was in another world, I wasn't really SEEING wut was in front of me. It took me time to realize inni mtan7a 3ala wayh the guy at the other table. He was watching me, with a look I couldn't recognize. Was it i7tiqar? Or kasra 5a6ra or something? I lowered my eyes, mabi yroo7 mu55a b3eed.. I was never into hasowalif.. A6ay7a wi6ayi7ni oo madri shino.. That would be a too shallow life for me. While I was making up my mind on what his face said,

"We met for a moment, and then its goodbye.. I just lived a lifetime, with u in my mind.."

It was my phone. Waaay la2!! Did it have to be that song?! And right in front of this guy 3ugub ma 5azzaita chinni mo shayfa 5air!! :s I fumbled in my bag til I got the damn phone. The screen glowed "Mimi"... Aaaahh, always calling bil awqat il '3ala6.
Me: aloo (my face red with a mix of fury and blush)
Ma3ali: ahlaaaaan.. 3eedich imbarak!!
Me: hala ma3ali.. Ayamich sa3eeda ( my tone wasn't as happy as my words)
Ma3ali: shfeech? Ee akeed isa7ra mthaygitich!!
Me: what? La la it isn't that.. U just.. called at the wrong time...
Ma3ali: laish ba3aaaad!! Ya kithir ma tgooleenli hal jumla!! Sh3indich wainich wut are u doing????
Me: waaay waaay wa7da wa7da yam3awda kalaiteeni.. (My tone getting softer as she made me laugh..)

My eyes flickered towards the guy "bu nathrat".. He was still watching me.. My face just got into a deeper blush.. Wth is he looking at?! I just noticed his family with him at the table.. 2 older boys, and a girl that looks younger than he is. And his parents. They were all immersed in conversation. Kan widdi a36ee 6rag agoola have fun with ur family while u can stupid!! Was I more interesting? I wonder wuts going through his mind right now.. I forgot ma3ali on the phone..
Ma3ali: ALOOOO!!!
Me: huh? Ee aloo shfeech it9ar5een?
Ma3ali: la mintay 6abee3iya.. 9arli sa3a asolif wintay shaklich ib 3alam thani!!
Me: giltlich wagtich '3ala6 (I said in a whisper, mala da3i yisma3ni oo he starts to think too much of himself..)
Ma3ali: aahaaaa.. Wallah shaklich warach salfa ya zayoon!! Ok just call me back asap!! Ok??
Me: ok 5ala9.. Yalla bye!
Ma3ali: bye..

Whew.. Ma3ali killa kashfatni.. Bas wallah I love her so much <3
We met 3 years ago bil jam3a, in one of our classes together. She was simply the bestest friend. Ya3ni if someone asks me for a definition for friendship, I would say ma3ali ;*

I put my phone back in my bag.. I looked up in time to see the guy's mother looking from him to me.. Giving me a7qar nathra marrat 3alay in my 21 years of a lifetime.. Ouch, did he have to be so obvious in front of them? Madri wuts his problem shfeeh y5iz chithee?

Baba: yalla yoba mishaina?
Me: ee ee ( I was in a hurry to get out of this guy's sight)

We got out and went to our car. Just as I was getting in the backseat after 5aloodi oo faroo7a, I notice the silhouette I've been staring at for the past hour coming our way.. I was stunned. I stood at the door watching him coming our way. Min 9ijja hatha?! Wut is he thinking!!! I was frozen in my place, mo gadra adish il car. I was too afraid of wut he was gonna do. I've heard lots of stories of guys who do stupid things to girls even if the parents were present. Would he? He didn't look like the type that would, but who knows?! They all got in the car, baba looking at me as he got in.

Baba: yoba zaina shfeech yalla dishay!
Me: ha? Umm.. Ee yalla..

The guy was approaching us.. Umbay min 9ijja?!?! I was on the verge of tears, madri shako, 5ayfa ysawi filim jidam inas... I got into the car just as he was getting right in front of our car........