Saturday,
"Yuma bas chini ta3abt?" I told my mom as we went shopping in Avenues. We'd been shopping for almost five hours with barely any breaks. I got like five bags worth of clothes and accessories since I needed new clothing sizes.
"Ee wallah 7ata ana, wain tabeen nit3asha?" she asked me.
"Kaifich," I told her.
"Maki?" she suggested, and I nodded. I loved Japanese food, and it was right above us.
We dragged ourselves to the elevator and finally to Maki, where we ordered without looking at the menu because we were famished.
"Quickly please," my mom added to the waiter.
"Way 3ayazt," I told my mom as I stretched my legs.
"Hatha 3an sina ba3ad latgouleen tabeen shopping rou7ay brou7ich!" she told me and I chuckled as I sipped on my water. I opened up Snapchat just to pass time and distract my loud stomach, I was so hungry. My mom was on her phone too, catching up with five hours' worth of messages.
The waiter brought my salmon nigiri and I began to slurp it down as I looked at Snapchat, and I nearly choked at a selfie in Sarah's story.
There they were, like eight people all together in the picture sitting together and smiling: Sarah, Lulu, Nouf, Fatma, Abdullah, Zaid, Yousif, 7amani (Lulu's brother), and some girl I didn't know with dark wavy hair, a perfect tan and a bright smile sitting next to Zaid. Sarah took a selfie of them all in Zaid's chalet.
Akramkum allah Al-M!
She added to her story. I realized that the girl I didn't recognize was probably Zaid's cousin.
Awalan what were they doing in Zaid's chalet? I was hoping his cousin invited the girls while he invited the guys and they just became a group especially after yesterday's reunion dinner. I felt so excluded and like such a loser. I probably would've been with them had nothing happened between me and Lulu. Or if Faisal never showed up. Our next meeting was supposedly next week, and I was dead nervous like it was the first time.
"Omniyah? Shfeech?" my mom suddenly said worriedly as I looked at the picture for too long, the whole ten seconds apparently.
"Umm la walashay," I told her with a smile.
The waiter brought my mom's beef teriyaki and my shrimp sushi, which I finished in like a minute.
"Lat8i9een," my mom said as I chewed on a mouthful of sushi.
"Tabeen tshoufeen ma7al thani wala khala9?" my mom asked. I shook my head. We'd done enough shopping to last me ten years.
"La2 mashkoura," I told her.
I opened Snapchat again to see Sarah's snap again but only she'd posted a video of Abdullah, who did a dare of jumping off the first floor of the chalet and landed on a trampoline. And another video of Lulu and Nouf trying to eat ice-cream by the liter and screaming from the brain-freeze as a dare as well.
I kind of wanted to be part of their group; they did look like they were having the time of their lives.
Sarah updated her story and I waited at least two minutes to see it just so I wouldn't look so desperate.
"Yallah namshi?" my mom said as she picked up the bags, and I stuffed my phone in my pocket while I picked up the rest of my bags.
We walked all the way to the parking, and I fished out my phone just as I got seated in the car.
Sarah had posted a video of Zaid saying something and smiling, I couldn't really hear what she was saying and I could't really listen with my mom next to me so I waited to see the snap when I got back home. I suddenly felt sick; like I felt so sick at the fact of losing a person I'd thought I knew and sick at the thought that the new person was someone else's. It didn't make sense but that was exactly how I was feeling; overprotective of something that was gone.
We finally reached the house and I ran to my room with all the bags weighing me down as I threw them on the floor. I quickly closed the door and sat on my bed as I opened Sarah's story and skipped to the part with Zaid.
"Umm al7een ildare inna," he suddenly broke into laughter and there was background laughter as well. He suddenly jumped back and into the cold water of the swimming pool behind him and began to scream that it was freezing. I found myself laughing as well; I put my phone away and changed into my pajamas and opened my laptop to watch a movie. Only my mind was somewhere else.
Was he treating another girl the way he treated me? Did he move on? Was he with Lulu? A cloud of questions formed into my mind and I couldn't find the answer to. All I knew was;
He was not my Zaid.
Well one thing for sure was that I was not his Omniyah anymore.
***
"Yuma bas chini ta3abt?" I told my mom as we went shopping in Avenues. We'd been shopping for almost five hours with barely any breaks. I got like five bags worth of clothes and accessories since I needed new clothing sizes.
"Ee wallah 7ata ana, wain tabeen nit3asha?" she asked me.
"Kaifich," I told her.
"Maki?" she suggested, and I nodded. I loved Japanese food, and it was right above us.
We dragged ourselves to the elevator and finally to Maki, where we ordered without looking at the menu because we were famished.
"Quickly please," my mom added to the waiter.
"Way 3ayazt," I told my mom as I stretched my legs.
"Hatha 3an sina ba3ad latgouleen tabeen shopping rou7ay brou7ich!" she told me and I chuckled as I sipped on my water. I opened up Snapchat just to pass time and distract my loud stomach, I was so hungry. My mom was on her phone too, catching up with five hours' worth of messages.
The waiter brought my salmon nigiri and I began to slurp it down as I looked at Snapchat, and I nearly choked at a selfie in Sarah's story.
There they were, like eight people all together in the picture sitting together and smiling: Sarah, Lulu, Nouf, Fatma, Abdullah, Zaid, Yousif, 7amani (Lulu's brother), and some girl I didn't know with dark wavy hair, a perfect tan and a bright smile sitting next to Zaid. Sarah took a selfie of them all in Zaid's chalet.
Akramkum allah Al-M!
She added to her story. I realized that the girl I didn't recognize was probably Zaid's cousin.
Awalan what were they doing in Zaid's chalet? I was hoping his cousin invited the girls while he invited the guys and they just became a group especially after yesterday's reunion dinner. I felt so excluded and like such a loser. I probably would've been with them had nothing happened between me and Lulu. Or if Faisal never showed up. Our next meeting was supposedly next week, and I was dead nervous like it was the first time.
"Omniyah? Shfeech?" my mom suddenly said worriedly as I looked at the picture for too long, the whole ten seconds apparently.
"Umm la walashay," I told her with a smile.
The waiter brought my mom's beef teriyaki and my shrimp sushi, which I finished in like a minute.
"Lat8i9een," my mom said as I chewed on a mouthful of sushi.
"Tabeen tshoufeen ma7al thani wala khala9?" my mom asked. I shook my head. We'd done enough shopping to last me ten years.
"La2 mashkoura," I told her.
I opened Snapchat again to see Sarah's snap again but only she'd posted a video of Abdullah, who did a dare of jumping off the first floor of the chalet and landed on a trampoline. And another video of Lulu and Nouf trying to eat ice-cream by the liter and screaming from the brain-freeze as a dare as well.
I kind of wanted to be part of their group; they did look like they were having the time of their lives.
Sarah updated her story and I waited at least two minutes to see it just so I wouldn't look so desperate.
"Yallah namshi?" my mom said as she picked up the bags, and I stuffed my phone in my pocket while I picked up the rest of my bags.
We walked all the way to the parking, and I fished out my phone just as I got seated in the car.
Sarah had posted a video of Zaid saying something and smiling, I couldn't really hear what she was saying and I could't really listen with my mom next to me so I waited to see the snap when I got back home. I suddenly felt sick; like I felt so sick at the fact of losing a person I'd thought I knew and sick at the thought that the new person was someone else's. It didn't make sense but that was exactly how I was feeling; overprotective of something that was gone.
We finally reached the house and I ran to my room with all the bags weighing me down as I threw them on the floor. I quickly closed the door and sat on my bed as I opened Sarah's story and skipped to the part with Zaid.
"Umm al7een ildare inna," he suddenly broke into laughter and there was background laughter as well. He suddenly jumped back and into the cold water of the swimming pool behind him and began to scream that it was freezing. I found myself laughing as well; I put my phone away and changed into my pajamas and opened my laptop to watch a movie. Only my mind was somewhere else.
Was he treating another girl the way he treated me? Did he move on? Was he with Lulu? A cloud of questions formed into my mind and I couldn't find the answer to. All I knew was;
He was not my Zaid.
Well one thing for sure was that I was not his Omniyah anymore.
***
Sorry if this is short, but tomorrow's two-post Tuesday inshallah so I'll definitely make up for it.:)
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ya5i a7b zaid 5leeh lessa y7ibhaa:(
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