Welcome to the cruel world. Chapter 13.

I grabbed the card from Nawal and reread it over and over again, trying to understand what was happening. Tears started welling up in my eyes but I couldn't let them down. I will not let this ruin my day or any other day.

Nawal's face was terrified when she said, "Norrah, shra7 nsawe?" With a shaky voice.

I wiped the tears from my eyes with the back of my hand and said, "Nothing, absolutely nothing."

Her eyes were wide like two flying saucers.

"Are you crazy? What do you mean nothing? Yabe ythb7ich, don't you understand??" She yelled at me.

And I did understand but I was growing tired of this.

"Nawal, you have to promise me that you will not tell a soul about this." I said with pleading eyes.

"Not even Khaled?" She asked

"Specially Khaled! Please promise me and let me handle this" I said while holding her hand.

She sighed and said, "I pro----"

Khaled walked in before she could finish and I quickly crumbled the card and put it under my pillow.

"Oh ou mn mnu elward?" He said while leaning in to smell the roses.

Nawal and I were looking at each other waiting for the other one to speak but my tongue was tied as if I forgot how to form words.

So Nawal went in for the rescue.

"Uhh mni ana! Kent 6albat'hum ou twa yo9loun hehe" she said in one breath

Thankfully, Khaled bought it.

"3shtaw! So, Norah yala badlay 3lashan nrou7 ou tara all your stuff and Abdullah's are there and I talked to Mila "our housekeeper" so she wouldn't worry" he said with a broad smile.

Nawal handed me a bag of clothes so I'd change in the bathroom and left after giving me a hug cause she had a class in 30 minutes (she has a summer course)
So it was just Khaled and I.

Cue the awkwardness....

"So...... Um, yeah I better go change..." I said while giggling in shy way.

"Um, yeah you should.." He said

I hopped out of my bed and silly me, I lost my balance so I closed my eyes and prepared myself to fall face-first on the floor.

Waiting..

Still waiting...

What the hell?

I opened one eye and I was expecting to see the floor but instead I was in his arms, Khaled's warm arms.


He was looking down at me with a small smile.

I laid in his arms for 10 seconds still trapped in his gaze, refusing to look away.

"Wow" he whispered so lowly that I almost didn't hear him, but I did.

His ringing phone snapped us out of it and brought us back to the world.

Hallelujah! Saved by the bell.

I got out of his arms and limped my way into the bathroom with my clothes. Once I got in I locked the door behind me and started to comprehend what the hell just happened.

I could feel my cheeks were on fire so I splashed some cold water on my face to cool them down.




It's been a year. A year free of the beast. A year filled with laughter. A year of pure happiness.

My wound and bruises took a long time but they were finally healed.

It was a Thursday which meant it was a family day out!

Well not really, just us "kids" will go out.

It was about 4pm when Nawal knocked on my door, "me and 3aboud are living with them remember?"

She told me that we're going out in a couple of hours.

"Mnu bye weyana?" I asked her while painting my nails blood red.

"Ummm Ana akeed, entay, Khaloud, 3aboud and Dana" she answered.

Dana is my 14 year old cousin, she's nice but she has this crazy crush on Khaled that's kinda annoying.

"Mm okay babe" I said to Nawal.

She gave me a flying kiss then went to her room.

I looked at myself in the mirror and I was happy with what I was seeing.

A girl with a big smile on her face, her face was bruises-free, her hair was healthy.

If someone told me a year ago that that would be me I'd totally laugh and ask somebody to put you in a mental's hospital.

But that was me! I don't know what I'll do if Khaled didn't come for me that day.

Oh, and Khaled? He's gotten even hotter if that was possible. But I don't know where we stand, I remember him telling me the L word but now? It's almost as if he's avoiding me. He has been working part-time at his fathers company so I don't get to see him pretty often not even at university.

But we're going out tonight so yuppie!

-outfit in the end but without the hat-

I finished getting dressed and went down stairs to make sure 3aboud was done and we all were but we're waiting for Mr. Khaled -.-

15 minutes later I got up and headed to his room so I could see what was keeping him so long.

I raised my knuckles to knock on the door but stopped them in midair when I heard him talking on the phone. I couldn't hear the entire conversation but I did hear him say something before he hung up which was, "okay, bye 7yati"


Dun dun dunnnnn


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Welcome to the cruel world. Chapter 12.

Hey babes i just wanted to say a few stuff: first i'm NOT going to post daily, I'm sorry but really, I'm not. This stuff needs time, time that I don't have. But I doing my best into writing a chapter for you guys. But please don't pressure me cause I'm doing my best;**



I woke up the next day pretty late, I was used to waking up at 6am or 8pm. To me 10pm was really late. But I didn't get up of my hospital bed. I wanted a few minutes to myself. No nurses, no beast, no nothing. I turned my head to face the window and I just looked at the way the sun was kissing the grass, the way the birds were chipping, the way the doctors were coming in for their shifts. I was so fascinated with the way that freedom felt. I was free.

-knock knock-

A nurse stepped inside my room, snapping me back to reality. She was my favorite, she was in her mid -twenties, her face showed how kind she is, and she had that motherly hint although she was a single women. (As far as I know) Oh, and her name is Kate.

"Hey hey, I brought your favorite!" She said while throwing a bag of Oreo biscuits or what it's called on my bed, her words were thick with her Indian accent.

Now you know why she's my favorite.

"Thank you so much, you're a life saver!" I said while opening the bags in a pretty harsh way.

"Soo how are you feeling now?" She asked while checking my blood pressure and stuff.

"Better, much better." I answered, with a smile on my face.

She smiled back, "Good! Oh and you can leave today but you gotta be careful with your wound and try not to put pressure on your leg, sweetie." She said, in a more of a motherly voice than a nurse(y) one.

"Don't worry, I won't," I replied while stuffing my mouth with there heavenly biscuits. (P.S if you didn't realize, I'm eating Oreos right now. ::)

"I'm gonna leave you now," she headed towards the door but stopped in her tracks, "oh, and there's a cutie waiting for you outside, should I let him in?" She said while turning to look at me with a smirk.

"Uhh, duh!" I said, and we both started laughing.

She went outside to let the 'cutie' in while I started to comb my hair with my fingers but no such luck.

As I was trying to get out of bed and to the bathroom, he walked in and I stopped with a guilty smile.

I wasn't supposed to put pressure on my legs, remember?

"E7na shgayleen?" He said while resting his back on the wall and raising one of his eyebrows.

"Hehe, nesait?" I said while scratching the back of my neck.

"Hehe nesait" he said trying to imitate my voice.

"Are you mocking me, mr. Khaled?" I said with my mouth open like an O.

"Oh, not at all madam" he said with a smirk.

He started to walk towards me and my stomach was going crazy.

I had my face facing the floor but I could feel him inches away from me.

He put a finger under my chin and raised my head so I can look at him and whispered, "you don't have to shy away from me"

"I know" I whispered back, my cheeks had a hint of red on them.

I didn't know what was gonna happen next and I'm gonna find out cause someone barged into my room and had us startled and made us step away from each other.

It was Nawal.

"Ohhhhhhh I'm sorry, did I interrupt something?" She said while grinning evilly.

"What no" "no what?" "No la2 shaku" me and Khaled started stuttering.

"Whatever you kids say...." She said, her voice unsure.

"Ana barou7 asawe your check out papers" (I have no idea what in saying but clearly I'm not a doctor so go on with me) he said almost running out my room.

"Sooooo you and Khaled?" Nawal said while winking.

"What pffffffft NO I mean hehe madree" I said, a million shades of red on my face.

"He loves you." She wasn't asking, she was stating.

Sigh.

We were chit chatting almost about anything till another nurse walked into my room holding a flower bouquet.

"Oh gosh, they're beautiful! Who are they from?" I said, in complete awe. I LOVE flowers.

"I don't know, love. But there's a card" she said, giving me the bouquet and then leaving.

I took a sniff and boy, was I in love. I told Nawal to read the card and she did.


Dear Norrah,

3balich ma ra7 algaich? 3balich ra7 akhleeich? I'm gonna finish what I started and that is a promise.

Love, your daddy.


No.

This can't be happening to me.




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Welcome to the cruel world. Chapter 11

SURPRISE! i thought i'd make it up for you guys. OH and this chapter ends in a nice way so enjoyyy:*


It all came flooding back. The flashbacks were so vivid that I thought it was happening again.

My own father stabbed me.

He left me there to bleed to death.

His eyes had no mercy when he plunged the knife into my stomach. But I didn't give him the satisfaction of hearing my cries of pain.

But I was proud of myself because I fought back, for the first time in my life.

But I still couldn't understand, why do all of this? Is it really because I look like my mother or is there another reason?

But I'll never know.

All I kept thinking of while I was waiting for death to come to me was Abdullah and what will happen to him if I was gone. I tried to fight but I had no energy left in me.

I could feel someone shaking my shoulders as of they're trying to wake me up but in a rough way. Apparently I was hyperventilating and poor Khaled was horrified.

"Norah please look at me, Norah! Can you hear me?" Khaled said trying to make me snap out of it.

But I couldn't stop the flashbacks.

But three words caught my attention. 3 words, 8 letters and one meaning.

"I love you," he said with pleading eyes, almost begging me to stop and listen.

I tilted my head a little to the side like a scolded puppy. "I'm sorry, shnu gelt?" I said, hoping what I heard was right.

He smiled that breathtaking smile and said, "I said, I lov-"

A ringing phone in the background interrupted his confession.

Dang it. -.-

I could hear bits and bits of the conversation since he was standing at my door for better reception.

"Eeh dour elthani" "No 3la elymeen" "yala bye"

Who the hell is he talking to..

"Shfeeik?" I said, with my hoarse voice.

"Um, we've got visitors?" He said while scratching the back of his neck and smiling sheepishly as if he was caught taking a cookie from a cookie jar.

"Are you asking me or telling me?" I said with one eyebrow raised.

"Um, I'm telling you....." He said looking anywhere but at me.

"And who are these visitors exactly?" I said.

"Um, you'll find out in 10 minutes.." He said, giving me a childish smile.

Is it legal for someone to look THAT good?

I kept looking around the room for a mirror but no luck.

"You look beautiful, don't worry." He said, looking at me straight in the eye.

I kept touching my face and hair, "um, really?" I said with a hint of redness on my cheeks. I hate that I blush so easily. -.-

"Are you seriously asking me that? You look beautiful with or without makeup. With fancy clothes or sweats. With a hairdo or just messy hair. You are the definition of beauty and don't you ever forget that." With every sentence he'd take a step towards me until he bumped into me with one last sentence, "and yes, I love you." He said, while brushing some hair away from my face.

"Umm.. I don't know what to say.." I said, looking at the ground with tomato stains on my cheeks.

"Don't say anything, I don't expect you too. I just wanted to let you know that I'll wait for you, I can wait for a year or 10. Just knowing in the end I'll have you in my arms is enough to make me wait for eternity."

I was about to reply but someone knocking on my door interrupted me. People have the worst timings ever. -.-

"Wain bnayteeeee?" A voice said who I recognized was my grandma's.

"Mammmaaaa" I said rushing towards her forgetting about my stitches and bruises.

Behind her was Nawal who said once she saw me, "hey hey sweet cheeks"

"Naawaaaaal" I gave her a tight hug after kissing my grandmas forehead.

"Shlounich 7beebty?" My granny said while sitting down.

"I'm fine now bs wain 3ab-"

"La t7ateen 3aboudi 3ndna yan6erich tyeen," she said, the sadness clear in her voice when she remembered why I was here.

"Wain aye? Ma fhamt," I said, the confusion clear on my face.

"You're moving in with us ou bdoun arguments please" she said, ending the discussion.

"But.."

"NO BUTS! Entay tadreen shkan by9eer feene youm darait? Wallah ma tg3deen eb hal bait law shnu! We'll fight for your custody and Abdullah's. I'm not letting you get in harms way ever again, fhamtay?" She said, tears of angry rushing down her cheeks.

"Fhamt mama" I said while kissing her forehead and hugging her.

They stayed over till 10pm and that's when the nurses kindly said to them that they had to go so I can get some rest.

"Baby bacher bn6al3ich okay? Ou I'll come in the morning to check up on you" Nawal said while heading to the door. Grandma was already outside waiting for Nawal and Khaled.

After she left only Khaled was with me. To say that it was awkward would be an understatement.

"Sooo... Um, I i should go.." He said, while stuttering. One word, CUTE.

"Haha, yeah you should.." I said laughing at him.

He did the weirdest yet sweetest thing ever. He tucked me in bed:')

After he was done he softly brushed his fingers across my cheek and whispered," good night beautiful"

"Goodnight" I whispered back, butterflies in my stomach were going cray cray.

And then with one final smile he left.

And that night I slept with a ginormous smile on my face.


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Welcome to the cruel world. Chapter 10

I'm sorry for the delay:** enjoy!

Beep.. Beep.. Beep..

That's all I've been hearing for the past hour, or so I think. For some reason I just couldn't open my eyes. Pain is the only thing I'm feeling right now. So much pain, to be exact. I could feel everything around me. I could feel that there was someone holding my hand. I could feel the sun rays hitting my cheek yet, I couldn't open my eyes nor move any part of me body.

I felt that someone entered that "place" I was in and talking to the person who was holding my hand in an Indian accent saying, "Hello sir, is there any improvements?"

Why can't I remember anything. And who was this "sir"?!

"No, I'm still waiting" a deep voice responded, making butterflies in my stomach go crazyyyy.

"I'll give her something to help with the pain," she said while injecting a needle in my arm making me go back to sleep.

Black is so not my favorite color.


Khaled's Point Of View "POV"

It's been 18 hours, 38 minutes and 14 seconds since I last saw her beautiful eyes. I still can't believe what happened to my angel. I couldn't wipe the memory of her laying on the ground.

My Norah, my beautiful Norah laying on the floor surrounded by a red substance I then found out that it was her blood. Her face was swollen. Her gorgeous hair was sticky with blood. Her legs and arms were so bruised that they didn't even look like human arms or legs.

I could see Abdullah screaming at the sight of his sister drenched in blood but that didn't snap me out of it. What did snap me out of it was her moans of pain so I quickly called the ambulance and told them to come as quickly as possible.

"Mmm 3aboudi.." Norah, my sweet Nrah said in a faint voice.

"Yes Nogha, I'm -hiccup- here" he said, trying to hide the pain in his voice.

"Baby I love, so so much," she said, a tear sliding down her cheek, her hand holding Abdullah's for dear life.

That's when I stepped in, " don't you dare say that like you're going to die" my voice was cracking up. But I wasn't ashamed of crying.

"But I'm so tired," her eyes were closing.

I held her other hand telling her, "please you have to fight, if not for you then fight for your brother"

In the middle of my "speech" the ambulance arrived outside so 3aboud went up to them to show them were the patient was but I continued nevertheless.

"I'm begging you, la tstaslmain khleeich qaweya. Allah byshafeeich ou btrdeen lena nafs gabel ou a7san!"

That's when the medical the came and forced me to get out of the way.

"FIGHT FOR ABDULLAH. FIGHT FOR ME"

I watched them take her away from me and put her in the ambulance. My legs couldn't hold me up so they just collapsed and my knees hit the floor.

Who would be so cruel to hurt someone so fragile?

"Khaled please tell me that she's going to be alright" a tear stained Abdullah said to me.

I pulled him to my chest and said, "I promise you, she'll be just fine"

We got into my car and headed to the hospital. I knew it was wrong to ask a child but I couldn't help myself.

"Oh it was the beast, of course" he replied.

"Umm.. What beast, sweetie?" I said, my voice sounded confused.

He turned his head to face me and said with his face straight, "the man who used to be my father."



It all makes sense now: how she never talks about him or never visited us after her mum left.

"How long has he been doing this?" I said through gritted teeth.

"For too long"


Now all I can see is red. I can't believe this, he was abusing her all this time and she never said anything? That explains the bruises I saw.

Allah yntqem mena.

When we got there she was already in the surgery room.

I'm in love with Norah. And I plan on making her forget everything that happened to her and I swear I'll make him pay.



Norah's POV.

Here comes the annoying beeping sound again..
But this time I could open my eyes. And the first thing I saw was the needles attached to my arms and the white walls , I then realized that I was in a hospital room. But how and when? My memory was like a good fish-.- I couldn't remember anything!

"Norah?" A deep voice said, startling me.

"Um, Khaled? What are you doing here? And why am I here?"

"Norah don't you remember?.." He said. His eyes wide open.

And that's when the memories came back to me.

My own father stabbed me.



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