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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