Till Death Do Us Apart -part 10-

She woke up excited, wanting to see him so badly. Ever since the day he told her his secret everything as even better between them. She felt like she could tell him everything, but the one thing she didn’t know was why couldn’t she tell him about her secret?

Since today was a Friday, maha’s schedule wasn’t any different. She’d go sit at her grandma’s house, wining about how she wants to go back home or go see Sara and as usual her father would give her a long lecture about how important families are and how she needed to spend more time with her family. Unfortunately, that long speech wasn’t any use. She’d still sit there wining, if not to her dad then to her mum until they finally give up and went back home. Then, she would sit & watch TV until Sara comes over so they’d have a girls movie night. That was the usual Friday. But, she thought that this Friday she’s do something different, she wanted to go out with fares instead of having the usual movie night with her best friend. Maha picked her mobile up from the bedside table and dialed up Sara’s number.

“Hello?” Maha said after a 15 second wait.

“Hey, how are you?”

“Am good, listen about today…”

“Oh yeah I wanted to ask you. What do you want to watch, Drag me to hell or prince of Persia?” Sara cut her off before she continued.

“Yeah about that, I wont be able to have the movie night today. I’m going out with fares”

“Oh” Sara replied disappointed.

“I’ll make it up to you I promise.”

“No don’t worry about it. Ok listen I got to go. Bye.”

“Ok bye”

Sara’s perspective

Wow. Is she really blowing me off for a guy? I mean the movie night is our tradition; she wouldn’t let anyone ruin that. But, looks like I stand corrected. Fares just did. Well, he is the love of her life after all. I guess if she’s happy, then I’m happy.

Real World

Maha started getting dressed to go to her grandmother’s house. She wore a 3abaya because she thought that her father’s family were a bit closed minded, not really like her family. To her father’s family, anything she does would be counted as 7aram or 3aib, but she just put the shaila on her shoulders; Maha thought that if she wore it, it would be against her “I’m independent & I make my own decisions” principle. And it would be caring too much about what they thought.

She wore her favorite loafers & headed for the door where her mother & father were waiting for her. Maha rode into the car and already started to complain about not wanting to go & how they always judge how free and open-minded she was. They told her that they wont be long for them to come back, and she wouldn’t have to suffer too much.

She already had a plan. She would go there, sit a bit with her family then complain about how she’s having a really bad stomach ache and keep nagging until they took her home.

Surprisingly, it worked. Maha & her parents left at like 4:30pm. Once she got home she changed into her pink juicy sweat suit & called fares.

“halla 7beeby”

“Umm, hi” he replied. Maha sensed that he was tense, not talking in the usual tone.

“fares? Are you ok?” she asked worried.

“yes.”

“no you’re not, what’s wrong?”

“Listen Maha I’ll call you later alright?”

“Umm, alright” she replied, still confused. The last time she talked to him he was perfectly fine.

Maha tried to ignore what just happened and just clean her room up and the house since she had nothing else to do. She decided to call Sara and have their movie night after all. Her mobile was running out of charge and she was downstairs, so she called sara as she was going up to her room to charge it.

“Alooo?” Sara answered.

Silence……

“Alooooooo Mahaaaa?”

Silence……

“MAHAAAAAA” maha’s mother yelled through the phone.

Call Ended ..

Till Death Do Us Apart -part 9-

“This is it…” he whispered, Staring out the window.  “This is where it all went down.”

Maha turned her head to where he was looking, and the first thing she noticed was a piece of clothing wrapped around a tree, she couldn’t tell what it was exactly.

Fares got out of the car, and walked towards her door. She could tell by his gate that he was serious, mysterious. He opened her door and extended his arm for her to hold on. Maha slowly got out of the car gripping onto fares’s arm, scared to let go. A little did she know that the thing she needs to be scared off, was the same things she was holding onto for safety, or at least that’s what fares thought. They both walked very slowly to that tree, the tree that had something wrapped around it. As soon as they got closer to it, Maha could tell that the piece of clothing was a scarf, a pink polka dotted scarf.

“Fares, what happened here?” Maha asked, still holding onto him.

“Here” he took a deep breath before finally said “I killed her.”

For a second Maha couldn’t grasp what he said. It went through her mind several times before she let go of his arm, but he clutched to her. He didn’t want her to get scared, not of him. She looked at him with teary eyes and said “KILLED WHO?!”

“Dana AlX” he replied with a trembling voice. “But its not what you think, its not what everybody thinks” he waited for a reaction from Maha, but her face was as still as a rock. So he continued “That’s why I brought you here, to explain; I know you’ll believe me.”

Maha took a long stride to a rock that was placed next to the tree, and sat on it. She looked up and the place was very dark and gloomy, dead flowers surrounded her that looked like nobody has even come near them. The air that came in through the trees was hot, not the breeze she’s used to in her neighborhood. Soon she realized that she was sitting in what used to be a park. (The Heaven Park) was its name, it was a place she’d only heard of but never seen. Everybody described it as the most magical place in the area, but doesn’t seem like it now.

After being silent for what must have been 10 minutes, she said “I’m all ears” she knew that the person she’s in love with, the most amazing person she’s ever met is not and never will be a killer, she knew that behind this secret is a long story. She was willing to listen and believe whatever he said.

Fares made his way to the tree and started fondling with the scarf that is wrapped around the tree, fingers caressing the tiny dots on it, admiring the material that was used to make it. He started getting flashes of the accident, he held on to his head, feeling like it may blow up at any second. He didn’t want to remember but he had to. He had to tell her, to have at least one person that knew the real events of that day. 

He took in a deep breath and started talking “Dana AlX, she was my Ex-girlfriend. We’ve been together since high school and everyone who saw us could easily tell how in love with each other we were. We never went anywhere nor made any choice without consulting with each other before hand… That day was a perfect sunny day, we had come here for a picnic like we did every week. We sat for hours, flirting, talking and laughing. We watched the sunset together like every week, and that’s when she decided to go fooling around on the tree. It was already dark and nobody was around except for me & her.” He stepped back, looking up at the branches of the tree, as if he can still see her climbing and laughing.

“I remember, she climbed the first branch and I started yelling for her to come down, but she was one of the most stubborn people I have ever met and occasionally I loved that about her. But not that day. She started climbing and getting higher in the tree and I kept on yelling for her to come down, but no point. Then she reached a point where she decided she would jump, and she thought that she would easily land on her feet. Well I thought she would too; it wasn’t that high.”

He closed his eyes trying to continue without imagining, but the harder he tried, the better the memory was in his mind. “She counted to three and jumped. As soon as she was in the air I started making my way to where she’d land. But…”

Maha stood up and started walking slowly towards him, she held on to his hand, wanting to ease his pain and struggle. He opened his eyes and saw her; she whispered, “you don’t have to continue if you don’t want to.”

“I want to, I need to get it off my chest” he was some how relieved of telling her that secret. That burden he carried around those two years, the same on he tried to explain to people but no one would listen, he finally found someone who would. He continued, “once she landed, I wasn’t yet where she was. As soon as her foot touched the ground she lost balance, she swayed in the direction of the wind and fell back down on the ground. After that, there was no sound, no laughter, and no breath. She had fell on a pointy piece of wood that went through her chest, stealing all the air out of her lungs. She laid there on the floor” tears started rolling of his cheeks as he spoke, remembering how beautiful she looked even in that moment. Maha’s hand only pressed tighter against his. With every word he said he felt like the oxygen was getting less, and his heart breaking. He thought he could her heartbeats for a moment, Dana’s heartbeats. When he laid his head on her chest that day, perfect and steady beats. “I ran up to her, and pulled out the piece of wood. My clothes were drench with her blood. I didn’t know what to do so I called my father, and since the park was right next to our house it took 1 minute for him to get here after hearing how panicked I was. After he saw her, he shooed me away, and told me to look for a place to stay far away from home, where nobody knows me. But, in time everyone heard about what happened, only they heard it in a different way. And ever since, everybody, and especially your mother have hated me. She was Dana’s parents’ best friend.” After he finished his story he expected Maha to walk back to the car and leave him there not wanting anything to do with him anymore. But that’s not what happened.

Maha looked deep into his eyes, letting him know that she wasn’t going anywhere. She got closer to him and gave him a hug. Once she did he no longer felt scared, he knew that he had someone that would support him no matter what stood in his or her way. He hugged her back. She pulled back and held his hand, kissed it very gently and said, “None of that was your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault. You tried to stop & save her but she just wasn’t meant to be saved.”

He drowned into her deep brown eyes, feeling like they’re his sanctuary, his place to hide and forget about everything else in his life. “I love you”.

Right there and then, she knew with all her senses and her heart, that she loved him too. “I love you too,” she whispered.

He held her hand as they walked to the car; he opened the door and helped her get seated. They drove around the place talking and teasing each other like they always do. That’s the fares I’m in love with she thought. That’s the girl I want to marry He knew, but he didn’t know that forever wasn’t in their agenda.

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Till Death Do Us Apart -part 8-

After fares realized his … girlfriend? No, the girl he loved was going to the dance with another guy. He immediately felt the rush of jealousy gushing through his veins, he couldn’t help himself from yelling, but he didn’t want to do that. He simply got up with all the frustration that’s within him and walked away from her.

She sat there, looking at him walk away, not being able to stop him; she knew that it was her fault. She should have never said yes to humaid. When she imagined not talk talking to fares or flirting and laughing with him, she felt her heart breaking into little pieces, and knowing that she made him feel the same way made it worse for her.

He walked away slowing tarnishing, and she still sat trying to grasp what she just did & said. Slowly realizing that she might never see him again, her first love might hate her for what she did. that perfect sunny day didn’t feel so sunny anymore, it looked very bleak to her. The bright hot sun didn’t exist anymore, nor did the fluffy white clouds. It was all dark. Everything blurred & she felt the salty tears run down her perfect round cheeks. She blinked to let the rest of the tears rush out of her eyes, to clear the world. She finally got up and turned around to face the door. Walking slowly towards it, she lost balance and control of her legs, her knees wobbled and she couldn’t stand up anymore. She crashed into the ground in a matter of seconds. Her slim fragile hands fell beside her and everything went dark.

Maha opened her eyes, finding herself in baby blue room with white drapes and a television in front of her. She struggled for a minutes to open her eyes completely. When she did, she saw her mother and Sara sitting right beside her, anticipating a move. Maha’s throat was very dry to a point that she couldn’t say anything at all; she turned her head very wearily to the nightstand beside her and pointed at the glass of water. Her mother quickly rushed to grab the glass and helped Maha drink.

“What happened?” Maha asked not being able to remember anything.

“I came home from work honey and I saw you lying on the porch.” I dashed you to the hospital as soon as I saw that you were unconscious. I called Sara to meet me at the hospital, twa8a3tch tbainha wyach” her mother replied worried.

“Lying on the Po…” Maha said confused, trying to sit up straight. “Oh no!! Fares!”

Her mother shot her an angry look as soon as she heard his name “Maha didn’t I tell you to stay away from that boy, he’s nothing but trouble.”

“Mum I don’t get it, why do you hate him so much, he’s been nothing but a gentleman to me” she replied still trying to fix the way she was on the bed, and Sara rushed to her side to help her.

“Because I do. It’s a long story and you don’t need to know about it, all you need to do is stay away from him.”

Maha stayed quiet, she didn’t want to start any arguments right now; she was extremely tired as it is. She looked out the window trying to stop the feeling of guilt inside her, but it was impossible, she loved him too much to make this feeling go away. She needed to talk to him and apologize, even though he might not want to see her again. So as soon as her mother walked out of the room she talked to Sara about getting him to the hospital, knowing that her mother will be at work and wont be able to make it to the hospital in the morning. Sara left once it got dark and late, and maha’s mother slept on the couch in the hospital room.

The next morning the whole school heard about what happened to Maha, and only a few people took the time to send flowers, but nobody stopped by. Once maha’s mother left for work, she waited for Sara & Fares to show up. She waited and waited until it was 12 in the afternoon when she suddenly heard a knock on the door. She tried to sit up straight but she was still a bit tired, so she just stayed as she was. Sara’s head popped from behind the door and she walked in very gracefully and very slowly, and behind her came fares. Maha couldn’t believe that he was actually there, that he didn’t hate her.

fares’s perspective

I got in and I felt the air change around me, I inhaled something different. Her scent. That same scent that drives me wild just thinking of it. I saw her lying there on that hospital bed and I wished that I was in her place, to feel the pain instead of her. But wait. What’s wrong with her? I was confused. I was talking to her normally yesterday; she’d hurt me, that I remember. But why is she in that hospital bed? I walked up to her, suddenly feeling like the things she said yesterday weren’t all that important. Suddenly, I’m not hurt anymore, nor am I mad at her. I reached her bed and sat next to her, I took her hand hoping in some way I would stop her pain. Pull it away from her and into my body. I could feel the tear on the corner of my right eye. I couldn’t see her like that. I kissed her hand very gently not to hurt her, and got up and kissed her forehead.

Maha’s Perspective

I, I, I … what can I say? What can I think? He’s taking my breath away, with every move he makes, every breath he takes, and every word he says. He kissed my hand making me feel like he respects me, and my forehead to let me know I’m his. Yes, I’m his. From the moment I laid eyes on him until now.

Reality

“Y3lah fe 3roog galby wla feech, 5air yal ‘3la?” he asked with the most gentle voice I human ear can hear.

“Salamat galbk, b3eed el shar. Ta3bana shway”

“Hatha kellah w shway? Wla tedale3ain 3laina?” he teased.

She chuckled and he smiled; he thought she’d be al right. He didn’t know the real reason she was in the hospital. She couldn’t tell him and break his heart again. She was just glad that he was there for her, she knew he’ll always be. That’s why she knew what she had to do.

They sat and chatted just the two of them in the hospital room, he fed her and she laughed. She teased and he joked. Anyone that saw them could immediately tell how mad about each other they were.

The time passed really quickly and neither of them noticed that it was time for maha’s mother to come back from work. As they were teasing each other and talking she walked in, and stood still by the door, shocked. Why was he here? She thought.

“Get out!!” she yelled, burning right through him with vicious eyes. For a second it looked like she was going to eat him up.

Fares slowly got up, kissed maha’s forehead and headed to the door. He looked back at the bed where the love his of life laid very peacefully and smiled. He turned and continued walking until neither of them could see him anymore.

“MUM!!! What’s wrong with you & him?!!! Can’t you just tell me?” Maha yelled furiously.

“I know this will not be the last time you see him, I can see how much you love him from your eyes, that’s why I want him to stay away. But if you really want to know, ask him the next time you see him” she smiled, and started fixing the placement of everything.

That day passed by very easily, and of course Maha couldn’t stop thinking about him, the way he smiled, and the way the corner of his eyes wrinkled when he did. All that thinking made her love him & want him even more, and nothing could stop her for loving him, not even her mother’s reason.

The next day, the doctor let Maha go home but made sure she promised to rest before doing anything exciting. She went home and settle in front of the TV, she figured that if she wouldn’t do anything exciting for a whole day or two, might as well watch something.

After watching several TV shows, and when she was hooked on how I met your mother her mobile rang. Omg he’s calling she thought. She tested her voice a couple of times before answering.

“Hello” She Said.

“Hey you how are you today?”

“El7amdilla much better, what about you?”

“I’m good since you are” he replied. “Hey, can you go out today? I have something important to tell you. In person” he sounded serious.

“Uh, I don’t think so. But I think I can sneak out at night if that’s ok”

“Perfect, I’ll see you then. Bye gorgeous”

“Bye” She said as she hung up the phone. A million questions went through her mind.

Why did he want to meet with me to tell me something? Why couldn’t he just saying it on the phone? She kept asking herself the same questions over and over again when she finally decided that she’d wait and see.

Fares’s side

This is it. He finally decided that he would tell her. Tell her why her mother hated him so much. Why everybody hated him. Why he was such a monster in everyone’s eyes except for hers. He felt the fear going though his body, trying to rule out the choice that she might hate him after finding out. After knowing what he’s done before he came to their neighborhood. Before she fell in love with him. He was driving, he’d taken his father’s car; he needed to take her where it all happened to make her understand better. To explain why, and exactly what happened. Because when everything happened he didn’t get the chance to explain himself, he was shooed away by his father as soon as he found out, for fares not to get caught. He hit the driving wheel out of frustration; he didn’t want to have to tell her but knew he should.

Maha’s side

Maha couldn’t be more excited; she was going to see him again, Away from everybody, just the two of them together. She got up and got dressed; she wore her new pink striped body with her favorite pair of jeans. She put on her converse, fixed her hair & was set to go.

The clock hit 12:00am and right on time, she got a call from fares telling her that he was waiting for her outside. Since her parents were heavy sleepers, she was able to easily sneak out and get into the car. She looked at him and smiled, but he didn’t smile back. He was scared. Maha started chatting, and all he did was nod and occasionally smile. He was focusing on the road more than her, and she found that very weird. She was not used to the serious fares. She was used to the joking, flirty fares. What was happening?

“Where are we going?” she asked, starting to get scared.

“You need to see to understand, I’ll take you to where it all happened.” He said, in a deep serious voice.

“Where what happened? Where are you taking me?”  She asked again, getting even more scared.

“Don’t worry, trust me.” He said that, and silence took over. Neither of them said anything for the whole 15-minute ride.

Maha just sat there in the passenger seat staring at him, worried. Was this why my mother was so worried? She thought. Is he going to show me what happened? Many question she asked herself, but knew she won’t get the answers until they got to the place where he was taking her.

The car suddenly came to a full stop.

“This is it…” he whispered, Staring out the window.  

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Till Death Do Us Apart -part 7-

Maha ran down the stairs when she woke up realizing that she was late for school. She took one bite out of her peanut butter & jam sandwich and sprinted to school. Maha ran into Sara on the way and they both started walking together & chatting along the way. “So, did you talk to fares last night?” Sara asked curiously.

“No, he started acting weird after the whole mum thing. I just hope he doesn’t hate me for it.” Maha replied sounding blue.

“Oh, no I’m sure he didn’t. Maybe he just thinks it’s awkward right now, don’t worry”

the girls kept walking till they reached school. Their regular schedule is: 3 classes – break – 3 classes – break – 2 classes – home.

The first 3 classes passed by really slowly since 2 of them were the girl’s least favorite subject, math. Maha didn’t understand one bit of math lesson; she always had a tutor to teach her at home, and still felt like she couldn’t completely get it. Sara just hated the whole concept of numbers, fractions and decimals.

At break time

A random guy walked up to Maha and asked “Hey, you’re Maha right?”

“In the flesh” Maha replied.

“Cool, so you know about the dance next weekend?” he said fidgeting with the ends of his t-shirt.

“Yeah I think I heard about something about that” She replied, curiously.

“Yeah so I was wondering, would you like to go to the dance with me?” he asked, hopelessly wanting to hear a yes.

Maha’s perspective

Wow, this is the first time EVER that a guy asks me out, and more importantly to a dance where everyone can see us, dancing & talking.

But, what about fares? He’s the one I want to go to a dance with, not this guy, although this guy is the most wanted throughout the school. Why would he want to go with me? He was the guy that as soon as anyone says “Humaid AlX” you’d see girls waving their hand over their faces: Gesturing for some air. He was handsome, smart & funny. Exactly what every girl wants.

Fares was… I don’t even know how to describe him; I love the feeling he gives me, of safety & love. But he hasn’t called me in two days, I don’t know if I should wait any longer. Maybe he heard about me, and realized we had no future, or maybe he just didn’t feel what I felt the other day. I think I should just forget about it before I get in too deep.

Back to reality

After a 5-minute wait on humaid’s side, and 5-minute thinking on Maha’s side. She finally decided.

“Sure, I’d love to” she said w a perky smile on the tip of her lip.

“Really? Great!! I’ll see you later then I guess” he shot her one of his marvelous smiles as he walked away with the sense of victory.

“Are you crazy?!” Sara asked, shocked by what just happened.

“whattt?!” Maha asked back.

“Maha you just said that you’re going to the dance with the most popular guy in school. That is not normal; these kinds of guys don’t even look at us. I’m telling you he’s hiding something” Sara warned her.

“Oh come on, how bad could he be?”

“Ok fine, that’s up to you. But what about fares?” She asked once she remembered the other day.

“I haven’t heard from fares in 2 days. Its obvious that he doesn’t want to talk to me anymore. Plus fares & I aren’t anything official.” Maha replied, trying to hide the fact that she’s totally in love with him, and that she said yes to humaid just to know how fares would react when he finds out; to know how much he cares about her.

The rest of the day was easy, fast, and a bit boring. Nothing interesting happened except that in the 2^nd break, humaid started talking to Maha and asking questions; wanting to get to know her better. Sara thought that the whole thing was a bit suspicious; humaid was one of the guys that always makes fun of Maha , why is he asking her out all of the sudden? She tried to ignore the fact that she hates it that Maha is going with him to the dance, because after all its not her decision.

After both the girls got back home, Maha found him waiting for her by the doorsteps, fares. She was walking by the door of the garden when she noticed him, and she suddenly stood still, shocked. She inhaled deeply, allowing a lot of oxygen to fill her lungs; Feeling nervous, she walked up to him. Every step she takes increased a weird feeling in her body, she didn’t know whether she was scared, or felt guilty. She wanted him badly, but then again, why did she agree on going out with humaid? As she reached the doorsteps, fares stood up gesturing for a hug, but she didn’t move. She just stood there looking at him with gloomy eyes.

Fares pulled back his arms and said “Hi gorgeous”

“Hello”

“Sh7aalich?” he asked looking very innocent.

“el 7amdilla b5air w enta?” she replied not wanting to show him how much she have missed him.

“b5air damch b5air” he said. “can we talk?”

“Sure” she said with a very mellow expression on her face.

They both walked up to the swing that was placed on the porch. Fares knew that her mother was at work at that time, which was the main reason he showed up when he did. Walking to the swing Maha fought the urge to hold his hand, and he was trying to get closer to her but she moved away every time he did. They finally sat a few inches away from each other and fares started talking calmly “I’m sorry I didn’t call nor txt, kint mash’3ool way el ahal. I know that you’re mad and I don’t blame you, I should’ve told you. I don’t want you to think that I don’t care. I do I swear, but like I just said, I was busy.”

Maha didn’t say anything back; she just sat there quietly listening to him. He noticed that she wasn’t going to say anything anytime soon, so to break the silence he said “I heard you have a dance at your school next weekend, would you like to go with me?”

Her heart crumbled into a big piece of, nothing. She regretted the moment she said yes to humaid, but she couldn’t change that now. She already agreed to going with him. Wanting to go back in time and change what happened at school today she replied with a very low voice “I can’t”

“Oh… why not?” he asked heartbroken.

“Because I said I’d go with Humaid AlX from school.”

Fares felt his heartbeats in the veins that popped out of his forehead, his hand suddenly turned into a fist. Jealousy ran through the liquid in his body, and he tried franticly to ease his anger, but it just wasn’t possible. 

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Till Death Do Us Apart -part 6-

The movie was over and they were more than in love with each other. They walked out of the theatre still holding hands, unable to let go of each other & Sara was right behind them. Of course Sara didn’t want to disturb so she just walked behind them very quietly going through her mobile and chatting with her friends on bbm. Fares & Maha were like two love birds singing and prancing together all around the mall.

Half an hour later. Maha was in the middle of telling an intense story, when she suddenly spotted her mother. She eagerly pulled fares with her to meet her mom. He was trying his best to stop her, he knew that her mother wasn’t over his past, and still thinks that he’s the same person he used to be a couple of years ago, but no point. Maha was more than excited to have him meet her. As soon as she got to her mom she said “Hiiii mom, mama this is fares” looking at him with loving eyes.

Her mother shot him this furious look that Maha found suspicious. Fares didn’t even say a word.

“Have you two met already?”  Maha asked curiously and somewhat confused.

“Yes, fares and I met a couple of years ago, his parents were good friends of mine.” She replied with an unpleasant smile, which was in a way or two, a threat. “Maha, go home, now.” She continued getting more upset by the second, still eying Fares.

Sara was standing right behind them confused of everything that’s happening.

“Mama twna 5alla9na mn el movie, and we wanted to do some shopping before we went home.” Maha replied, with a million questions going through her mind.

“Mb lazm shopping, redo el bait a7een.” Her mother said, ending the discussion.

Fares was silent the whole time, he didn’t want to say anything that would make everything worse, so he just waited for the discussion to finish.

“Enshalla” Maha said.

Maha, Fares & Sara started walking towards the exit and none of them said a word. No one knew why Maha’s mother reacted like that, except for him. He understood everything, why she was worried that he was with her daughter, and why she felt like he was a threat to their lives.

The driver parked and waited for the girls to get in the car. Maha was really disappointed to have to leave; she didn’t want this day to end. Every second she spent with him, meant the world to her. Finally she felt like she could forget all about her sickness, that nothing will ever change, and they will spend their lives together happily ever after. But unfortunately, not every love story is a fairytale.  

Fares looked at Maha with sad eyes; he wished he could make her stay, never leave & always by his side. But now that Maha’s mother knows that they are “hanging out” things will get harder for them. That, he was sure of.

His lips trembled, he wanted to tell her why her mother was acting this way, but he knew that she might not want him if she knew. He faced her, holding both her hands, feeling the heat from her body through his. She felt the unbelievable urge to hug him, fall in his arms, and lay in his embrace until, forever. Drowning in his hazel eyes; she saw herself in them, the better version of herself. If only he could see himself the way I do she thought. He slowly leaned in, getting closer to her, moving his face towards hers. Maha anticipated his next move, preparing herself and her feelings, taking a deep breath. Then, she felt his soft lips on her cheek. The butterflies in her stomach fought to come out and fly, & her heart started scrambling in her chest. She couldn’t help but break out a very shy & joyful smile.

“Take care of yourself for me ok?” he said, still holding her hands.

“Enshalla” she replied with a goofy smile on her face.

“I’ll see you as soon as possible. Until then, try not to miss me too much”

“You’re not the only thing on my mind you know.” she said teasing him.

“Yeah right.” He winked as he turned around to leave.

As soon as he walked away, Maha turned to Sara and started apologizing for not spending the day as planned. She didn’t know that what happened was exactly as planned. They got in the car and headed home, and throughout the ride, Maha couldn’t stop talking about fares & about every feeling she had when she was with him. And at last Sara felt like she finally made her best friend happy, and that’s all she cared about.

After spending a long day with fares and Sara, Maha felt that she needed some time alone to think about life and all that is to come ahead.

Maha’s Perspective

How can I do this to fares? I know that we have no future, but he doesn’t. What would he do if he found out? I am very sure that he wouldn’t want to stay with me. I feel like my heart will come out of its place, slap me, and get me back to reality. I can’t fall in love; it’s just not possible. Love feels amazing, and now that I have experienced it I can’t get enough, and I know that there’s more to it. Tears started gushing through my eyes, even after trying very hard to keep them bottled up in me. I can’t stop them anymore. I’m only getting him closer to heartbreak and that’s the last thing I want for an amazing guy like him. “UGHHHHHHH” I screamed, wanting to let out all the frustration within me, wanting to scream at this cruel world. Why me? I don’t want to feel like this anymore, I just want him with me to forget about everything else in the world. I want to rest my head on his chest and listen to my favorite song, his heartbeat. I’ve never heard it, but I’m pretty sure that’s the only thing I’ll love more than him.

Writer

Seems like both Maha and fares have two big secrets, we know Maha’s, but what’s fares’? Who’ll be the first to spill the beans? & Why does Maha’s mom hate fares so much? Three major questions that are asked, and waiting for them to be answered.

Till Death Do Us Apart -part 5-

"Sooooo??? Tell me EVERYTHING!" Sara held Maha by the shoulders like a puppet.

"Ugh Sara there is nothing to tell, we just talked." Tears starting running down her bronze cheeks. "Why me? Why do I have to be sick?"

"Hey hey, calm down." Sara gave her a huge bear hug, and she couldn't help but drench Sara's shoulder with tears. she tried talking about how amazing fares was, but of course since she was crying nothing was comprehendible to Sara, she just hugged her as tightly as she could until Maha fell asleep.

The next morning the girls woke up to the sound of Maha’s mum calling them down for breakfast. They got up, washed up & got dressed. As they walked downstairs Maha couldn’t stop remembering fares’ features. His eyes, nose, lips, etc... But even though knowing that she couldn’t get him off her mind, she tried to forget all about last night and the first time they met, like he never existed. They ate as fast as they can; according to Sara the girls have plans today.

Sara knew that Maha wanted to see him, but wouldn’t admit it, and she’d always wanted to help out her best friend but felt like she couldn’t. So, she knew that fares would be at the mall today after a long chat with one of her school friends.

“So, 3ala wain today?” Maha asked eagerly.

“The mall, we have some shopping to do for you, the whole makeover thing remember?”

“Oh god, please no” she sighed.

“Oh yes. Lets go” Sara couldn’t be more hyper.

They got in the car, and played some music. Maha felt like she wanted to dedicate every sweet song to him, him who’s always on her mind since the moment she laid eyes on him. Her mind would wander, imagining if they were together, what nicknames she’d give him, the ones he’d give her. Holding hands while having a stroll down the street. The feelings she’ll get when she’s with him. But of course, she tried as hard as she could not to think of him that much. Sara noticed that Maha wasn’t all that into singing along and was staring out the window, hoping to see him she thought. She didn’t interrupt; she wanted her best friend to feel everything, the love, the need, the craving. Knowing she hasn’t got much time on her hand. So, she just sat there wondering, how could she let them meet, and feel like they never want to leave each other’s sides. For them to find their other piece of the puzzle in each other.

Sara pretended to sing along as she thought of everything. That 10-minute car ride to the mall felt like forever to Maha. They finally reached & Sara was more than excited.

“Ok so were do you want to go first? Movie or shopping” She asked.

“The bathroom please.” Maha replied.

“Alright then you go to the bathroom, and I’ll book tickets for a movie”

“Ok sure”

Maha went to the bathroom to freshen up, and make sure she looks extra good and not pale as usual. Sara walked to the ticket counter at the cinemas when she ran into fares there. *This is my chance* she thought, and since he already knows her she didn’t feel shy about going up to him and talk. She walked to his direction and he could tell that she wanted to say something, or say hi.

“Heyy, fares right?” she asked politely.

“Yeah, and you’re Sara Maha’s friend”

“Yup, listen I needed to talk to you about something and I hope I can do this real fast before Maha shows up”

“Maha’s here? Where? Is she going in for a movie” he got excited knowing that the girl he couldn’t stop thinking about was here.

“Alright, I kind of already knew that you were coming here, that’s why I asked Maha to come to the mall. First I need to ask you. Do you like her?” She asked hoping for a yes.

“Are you kidding, she’s the only thing that’s been on mind since I met her. I can’t stop thinking about her.” He said, knowing that Sara has a plan behind that question.

“That’s great, she’s been the same way. So here’s what’s going to happen” she told him the plan, and he listened very carefully.

All of the sudden fares was out of sight, and Maha was walking up to Sara. They got all the snacks they wanted for the movie, and got in. Sara showed Maha where their seats were and they got settled. As the lights dimmed and trailers began the girls were chatting among themselves and laughing until the trailers finish. Then, it became quiet and the movie started. Maha had a box of popcorn in her lap and was eating out of it.

“Miss me?” a voice suddenly came out from behind her, near her ears.

She suddenly let out a shriek and threw the popcorn on the person sitting behind her.

“Hey hey, this is what a guy gets for trying to surprise someone?” he whispered to her.

“Omg, fares? Am so sorry, you freaked me out!!” she scream whispered.

Everyone in the theater started shushing them.

“Can I join you?” he asked, hoping of a yes.

“Umm, yeah sure.” She replied, confused, not knowing why he was here or how did he even know that she was here.

He got up and sat next to her, not taking his eyes off her, heart pounding in his chest. Wanting to just stare at her forever, to make her his. They started talking through the movie, commenting on every detail and laughing together. Maha forgot all about Sara, and didn’t notice that she wasn’t sitting next to her, leaving them to enjoy the movie alone. Fares was working up the courage to hold her hand, catching his breath every time she touches him. Feeling the adrenaline rush through his body every time she laughs. Listens carefully when she talks. Maha wanted to lay her head on his shoulder, knowing that it would be the most comfortable place on planet earth, knowing that she was missing out on what’s called love, knowing that she could no longer pretend that she didn’t like him. She liked him, she wanted every bit of him to herself. He finally started moving his hand to hold on to hers, slowly. Feeling every bit of fear in his body, afraid of rejection. He took a deep breath and held it in when there was no space between their hands anymore, the tip of his finger touched her hand, they both felt that tingle in their bodies. He couldn’t help himself anymore, he put his palm on top of hers, turning her hand over, slipping his fingers between hers, and held on. She didn’t hold back, she squeezed his palm, never wanting to let go.  She looked at him & he couldn’t help but drown in her eyes. She stared at his perfect feature trying to capture this moment, for it not to be forgotten & he’s already taken a million mind photograph of every move she made. She fell in love with the warmth of his body. He fell in love with the way she made him feel. Right there and then, they both knew that they couldn’t be without each other.

Till Death Do Us Apart -part 4-

She walked really fast between everyone with her head down, when suddenly bumped to a large figure of muscles. She lifted up her head to see him in front of her, the same him she bumped into two days ago, she couldn’t help but gaze into his eyes.

“So that’s how we’re gonna meet every day?” He Chuckled. 

As soon as his words came out of his mouth, he noticed the change, the face, the clothes, the makeup, everything. He Was astonished, she took his breath away. All he wanted to do, was go somewhere alone with her and talk, just them two.

Her face showed confusion, shyness. She didn’t know what to say, she just kept staring at him, like he was something unrealistic. She wanted to talk, to say something to break the ice, but the words couldn’t find a way out. 

“Umm well, can I get you something to drink?” he asked nervously.

She finally got her voice back n said “Sure”

They walked across the room to where the drinks were, and everybody kept on staring at both of them, she has never had someone who liked her, and he’s hanging out with the most unwanted girl in school, and with his bad boy reputation. There must be something wrong.

They talked for hours, while others danced and pranced around them. He loved the way her voice changed with every expression on her face, and she adored the way he tells a story with great enthusiasm. She Chuckled, He laughed. He said, She Listens. They talked, they fell in love.

 “Maha come on, I’ve been calling you for the past 10 minutes, we need to go it’s getting late.” Sara came running from across the room.

“Owh sorry, I didn’t hear the phone ringing. Can we stay for like 5 more minutes, please?” Maha gave her the puppy eyes look, she couldn’t say no to that of course.

“Ugh Okay, just fiiive more minutes, I’ll time you” She turned away complaining about how she didn’t find anyone to be Juliet with.

"So where were we?" Maha asked.

"You were asking me about where i lived before coming here" he reminded her, with a smile to die for.

"Owh yeah, Soo ?"

"Well, lets just say i lived where nobody wanted to be." He Smirked.

She loved how very Mysterious fares was, but could she stay that way? Could she fall in love with him without knowing about his past?

5 minutes passed and right on que came sara to remind them that their time is up, and that they have to leave. Maha felt the urge to give him a kiss on his cheek but felt like she couldn't go through with it, she didn't want to start something she wouldn't be able to finish. so she just said goodbye and left him hanging, staring at her back as she walked away.

-Back at Maha's place-

"Sooooo??? Tell me EVERYTHING!" Sara held maha by the shoulders like a puppet.

"ugh Sara there is nothing to tell, we just talked." Tears starting running down her bronze cheeks. "Why me? why do i have to be sick?"

"Hey hey, calm down." Sara gave her a huge bear hug, and she couldn't help but drench Sara's shoulder with tears. she tried talking about how amazing fares was, but of course since she was crying nothing was comprehendible to sara, she just hugged her as tightly as she could until maha fell asleep.