Mother: Na3am?! Mno hatha balah?

Lamees: …. *cries*

Mother: golili mnoo?!

Lamees: Bader.

Mother: Ay Bader?! Laykon Bader il Flani!???!

Lamees: ee Yuma.

Mother: MIn sijich intay!? deray balich! matadreen ina mo mithil

math’habna?! Latsaween mithil masawat i5tich!!! Laykon tkalmeeena b3ad?!

Lamees: LAaaaa !! la la makalma walla il 3atheem!

Mother: shofay Lamees la a3arf ib yom lich 3elaqa feeh aw shay! Yawailich itha kalamteeh! shal 5arabee6! Deray balich inzain!!!

Lamees couldnt believe her ears. What was the big deal!? Just when she thought her life couldnt suck any more it did. “Shsawee ya3ni, galbi faz 7ag hatha oo bethaat hatha!”  She sat quite during the whole ride with her mom, and her mom lecturing her on mathaheb oo hal 5arabee6 that lamees didnt find that important.

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Lamees: Shsawee ya3ni i cant stop thinking about him!!!

Said lamees to her best friend and cousin, she told her what had happened between her and her mother. And how Bader went off to london. And how painful that was not having to see him around anymore or hear anything about him.

Mariam: walla il 3atheem intay madri shlon sayra.

Lamees: shno laish?

Mariam: shloon t7eben wa7ed ma3umrich kalamteeeh!!?

Lamees: ee shno mo shar6 i could feel ina hes the one!

Mariam: wala mu 7ub hatha sadgeeni.. il 7ub iyee min il 3ishra inich tkalmeen wa7ed kilyom itshofena shga3ed esawe meta inam o mita igom min il noom oo it7ateena itha akal wela la.

Lamees: mo shar6 maryoom. I see him almost every week, bel shahar cham mara. I see how he is i observe him with his cousins and parents. i could tell hes an amazing guy it shows!

Mariam: madrii bas ana asameeh hatha 7ub afla6ooniii!! mo siji!! its just a crush believe me!

Lamees: just a crush !!! shlon just a crush?! u see me ana im always thinkng about him he is always on my mind!!!

Mariam: madri wala, maybe ur different. I dont know isara7a.

7ub afla6ooni?! Thought lamees, shlon ya3ni i dont really love him. Hes been on my mind for 4 years, hes been the guy ili i always see in my dreams, shlon its not real!?

But she was more doubtful than she thought, mariams words sank in harder than she thought she began to question weather if it was just a crush or an obsession or true love. It was her final year in highschool, and its been months since hes been gone and she had heard nothing from him. No matter how hard she tried to get news from her sisters or his cousins, she just couldnt get anything out of them.

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Time passed and Lamees went to college where she met many guys here and there, she tried to get Bader off of her mind but she couldnt she just pretended that he didnt exist anymore. She was 18, and guys came from allover either proposing or simply te7eresh. She didnt want anyone in her life, her mind thought that she should have fun during this time, go wild, meet guys, get crazy. But she knew deep down in her heart Bader still set camp in there, and was lighting a bon fire, that surely made her heart burn by the thought of him.

One of those memorable nights, Lamees was chatting on msn with her friends, one of her friends was Bader’s “more than the usual slutty cousin”, who was telling her how she had feelings to one of her relatives and that she was trying to “it6ay7a” but couldnt cuz ohwa mayabeeha. EE FIHMAY!! mako fayda.

Sara: abaih Lamees shsawee mayabeeni.

Lamees: its ok hun, ako many fish in the sea shma3na hatha.

Sara: shdarani iff:(

Lamees: its ok its ok;p dont worry we’ll get you another one. Hehehe

Sara: inzain am bored solfay.

Lamees: me too kilsh mako salfa intay solfay.

Sara: yala tabini asawe a7ad invite?

Lamees: sure, mno?

Sara: Badoor, hes in london my cuzn, t3arfeena sa7.

WHAT! WHAT! Invite?! Bader!? INVITE?! THE BADER?! LA LA LA MABI A5AF ASTE7I She thought. NO NO NO!!

Lamees: umm, madri la fashla i dont know him 3adil.

Sara: yala 3ad! chub basawee.

Lamees: LAAAA!!!

Bader was invited to the convo. and saw the big fat LAAAA!!

Bader: shno laa? matabooni?

Sara: Lool ee tgol teste7i minik!!!

Lamees wanted to throw the laptop 3ala ras sara bas

remained dead silent min il mista7a.

Bader: laish who is it.

Sara: Its Lamees i5it Mays mort 5ali m7amad.

Bader: oooh hi Lamees shlonich.

Lamees: am fine tamam how are u.

And finally they said their first words to each other, and here the story of Bader and Lamees begins.

**To Be Contintued**  

He was Bader, isim 3ala mosama she thought. She kept asking herself who is he, he better be someone she could see every day. Millions and millions of questions ran through her mind. She forgot the pain she was in and kept wondering. Mno hatha? cham 3umra? sheser 7ag m7amad (rayel i5it’ha)?

Is he looking at me? No, he couldnt be? why me? she looks behind her mako a7ad. She denied his looks and thought to herself, no way he’d be looking at me hes to good looking. “shyabi feeni ana?!”

The wedding was over, her sister went off to her honey moon and she never felt this lonely before, the house was different, Kuwait was different. However, the biggest reason that put her down was the thought of bader. Her heart ached everytime she thought about him, she was convinced she was in love.

Time passed by her sister came back and all went to normal. She started hanging out her sisters house much, she still didnt see him though, even though he was her brother in laws’ nephew. He was supposed to be there in the family gatherings waina?! She started to be friends with all his cousins and especially his sisters. She loved them so much, she loved his parents, and every time they mention his name her heart skips a beat, and apparently he was a popular guy around their extended family cuz it seemed that every girl who knew he existed had a crush on him.

But she thought she was different, she was in love with him, even though she only saw him once. He entered her heart and managed to sit there and set camp. Bader, Bader, Bader she thought. and more of that name every where, he was an illusion she could never get rid of an obsession that will never part. His name was all over her diaries, her notebooks, she played how their first conversations might go when she finally meets him. (you know sowalif morahaqa;p)

Months, LONG months passed, where she became better friends with his sister, and his slutty cuznz, she didnt mind cuz she thought they might someday bring me closer to him.

Their families have decided to rent chalets in khiran resort, she must see him there she has to!

And she did. She was walking towards her chalet and saw him in the chalet next to them, was he staring at me? she didnt know, she had her head down. She was scared to death and felt her heart beating in her ears. She walked faster and he walked parallel to her. IS THIS HAPPENNG?! she sped up and walked faster to her chalet, and felt his eyes on hero. She ran the last two steps to the door and slammed it after her! she just stood there staring at the door.

“Lamees!”

She turns so quickly her head starts to spin, breathless staring at her mother.

“Haw, shfeech?”

“wala shay”, she blushes and runs up to her room, locks the door and lays down on the bed. Did that just happen? was he looking at me? or was it cuz i was the only one there? DID THAT JUST HAPPEN!!!?

Years and years passed by, her obsessions of bader grew as she did, not a day passed without thinking about him. She had seen him tons of times, many times where he stared at her but yet again her lack of confidence made her believe that he was looking at the picture frame behind her, or just simply staring at the air that happens to be next to her. She never talked to him, but had countless conversations with him in her mind.  She used to cry herself to sleep, she cries asking why couldnt this be any easier?

Little did she know, it was going to get much harder. Harder than she thought, he was travelling to london to study abroad. Her world fell apart, she wouldnt see him every thursday anymore, how on earth is she going to know hows he doing or is he sleeping or eating well?

Her mother noticed that she wasnt well, so she asked: “shfeech intay hal cham yom mo 3ala ba3thich?”

Lamees: haw laish? 3adi shfeeni. *forced a giggle*

Mother: golili shfeech laykon t7ebeeen?!

Waaay galb il om, she thought.

Lamees: la yoma itha ba7ib bagolich lat5afeen ;p

Mother: golili mno?

Silence.

Mother: ok , mnoooo mnooo mnooooo? *her mother was trying to guess who!*

Lamees: waay yuma la allah i5aleech!

Mother: yala 3ad golili mno!!

Lamees’ eyes start to well up.

Lamees: yuma a7ibaa…

**to be continued**

The music was too loud; she was too tired, too traumatized. She felt like losing a part of herself, she had to say goodbye, tonight. She was more than a sister to her, she felt like she was her second mother and her close friend. She had to fake a smile during the whole ceremony, she had to. It was her sister’s wedding. She had to be happy for her sister, because she finally married the man that she loved. The man that her family tried to keep them apart from each other but failed.

She remembers exactly how her sister looked when her dad said that she will never marry this man. She remembers exactly how many days her sister spent crying on that pillow of hers, and she remembers exactly how happy she was when her father finally gave in. All that heartbreak for a reason that Lamees loathed, a reason that seemed so ignorant. “Shno ya3ni sena oo shee3a?!”, she thought.But it didn’t matter now; she was losing one of her favorite people in the whole world.

Mays is getting married and she’s happy now, I’m happy for her. Lamees is only 13 years old she was young at heart, but acted older than her age when she wanted to.Her trail of thought was cut off by the song that makes her sad and happy and scared and excited all at the same time. It’s time for her sister to come and walk, that walk where every single girl wishes that it were she instead of the bride. “hab il sa3ad” was playing, and the most beautiful creature walks in, her eyes start to fill up with tears at the sight of her sisters beauty, she always knew that her sister was more beautiful, but never knew that she is that breathtaking.

After she sat on the “kosha” she waved to call Lamees, they hugged and cried.Mays asked Lamees to stay by her side, until the groom comes. She happily accepted and waited, and didn’t want this moment to pass. But it did. In he came, he looked so handsome, and a huge crowd came in after him.

At this moment every girl in the room shifted and moved to get a better look at the most eligible bachelors. Lamees didn’t care at this moment. But some one caught her eye, his eyes to be precise. He was looking at her, and at that moment when their eyes met. It felt like an eternity, in that moment she felt that she fell in love got married and got old with that guy. Who was he?

***To Be Continued***

Note: Ok, this is the surprise I was telling you about. It’s not much but I know how much I love these stories, and am hoping that you guys do too. The only questions that I’m not going to answer are: is it a true story? Is this your story? I just prefer to keep that fact on the low.