part 3

1 month later:
Dalal:
A month passed since meeting Fajoor..i felt as if I’ve known her all my life…during the weekends we were at the chalet seeing that she's my neighbor and all and during the weekdays she was either at our house or we’d be at hers’…what was weird was that I haven’t seen any of her brothers yet..
We were all sitting in our room (me and Dayoom’s room) playing cards and truth or dare…when out of nowhere…
“ itr07on movie ?” Fajoor asked us… “eeee 7adi mishtahya cinema….” Dayoom replied “50 a7la shay il popcorn o0 nachos” I added “inzain shnoo mishtahyeen?” Fajoor asked “ madry mishtahya aroo7 MAN ON FIRE mal Denzel washington” dayoom said eagerly.. ”laaa ana mishtahya 13 GOING ON 30” I insisted “la la lanroo7 13 GOING ON 30 7adi mishtahya aroo7 MAN ON FIRE..wayed mad7eena.” said Fajoor…i lifted my shoulders and said “okay”….

Later that day…..
Dayoom and I got ready and dressed while Fajoor waited for us in the living room…I wore a navy dress and gold flats and Dayoom wore a light pink dress with beige flats that matched her skin color…
“YALLA DALOOL DAYOOM!!....” Yelled Fajoor… “KANA YAYEEEN!!” I Yelled back…..Dayoom went down stairs to Fajoor I guess and I checked myself one last time and left our room..


In the avenues
Fajoor’s driver dropped us at the IKEA underground parking and we went straight to the cinema place… the cinema card held in my hand i went straight to the machine while Fajoor and Dayoom followed behind….
“so you comin’ this weekend to the beach, babe??” I asked Fajoor “of course!!” she replied “you’re sure coz that’s what you said last week and you didn’t show…” “that’s ‘cause my brilliant brother got into trouble and well the plans changed..” oooow what kind of trouble I wondered…I guess she read my expression or something to that effect… “5alood thought it would be funny if he could skip school on both Wednesday and thursday and well my parents found out….what made it worse was that Hamad was his getaway ride!!” “nooooh” I said laughing “ I know!!”
All I could think about was OMG! Her brothers are cool!! I wanna do something crazy like that someday if Dayoom wasn’t such a coward…here’s to hoping..

“what do u guys want ?” I asked them…. “the whole package..” “me too” …. “three whole packages commin’ up.…” I ordered 3 mixed popcorns ,3 nachos, 3 different types of chocolates and 3 diet cokes… in other words the whole package….
After the movie
“3ajeeeeeeeeeb!!!” I commented “ offffff!!” “ ashwaa inna ri7na hal movie wal thak…” Dayoom added
“eeee ashwa….it’s like my favorite movie ever!!” “shda3waa Dalool ….gilna 7ilo..bes mo a7la movie” Dayoom replied “are you kidding??!!”

We decided to do some window shopping while we waited for Fajoor’s driver…while walking….there were two guys behind us following us like hawks….they kept saying “hmmm” “u7mmmmm”
Minsijhooom?!!!! Waaai3!!
We kept walking and we didn’t look back…we ignored them and then they started to insult us…. OH NO THEY DIDN’T!!!!! … I was about to turn around and just tell them to back off when Dayoom held my hand and shook her head slightly… “ma 3alaich minhoom…” “sim3tay shgaaal!!” i whispered angrily
“Dalool!! Lat reideen 3alaihom…t’thkery sh8alat omy..” Dayoom reminded me….
My mom told us to ignore people like them and they would get bored and walk away… but it’s not happening ….
“when’s your driver coming Fajoor?” I asked… about to burst in those pathetic losers faces… “in 10 or 15 mints”
“fee a7ad yamshee chithy??!!!.....sh’hal jooty?!!....waaaiih ya3nii tekanaa?!!.....Fahood chaik chaik ye3nii ana ibnya ma a36y waih….shift kishat’ha ana agool a36eech ra8am il 7ala8 isani3lich sha3rech ishwaya….haaa shkiltay???....”
I couldn’t take it much longer “wintaa shako?!!!! Malgoof!!” at that moment both Fajoor and Dayoom ‘3ashaw….and so did the losers…I didn’t get what was so funny…
“whoo… haday haday…..msh3al jan6itik wayed 7ilwaa…jinik bi6ee7 ….it9adi8 ta3abt….” Il7emdella they might go away now…’cause I can’t take it any longer…
“wala ya mish3al ti3abt shrayich itshelni ibjanditich…9ad8eni mar7 a5th mokan wayed…” “kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak” wai3 wai3 wai3 Dayoom kept a firm hand on my wrist and squeezed to make sure I wouldn’t react to what they said….i started to think on what those losers were saying…was my hair kisha?? Was I walking funny?? Is my hair really that messy ….did my bag look bad?… “Dayoom maashyety feeeha shay??” I whispered to her ear and she started to smile “ laaa mafeeha shay…ma3alaich minhoom..”

“eeee eeee chithy yebtasmoon…mo imkashreeen 7alatkom 7ala”
We couldn’t help but smile….
We entered a shop and they were behind us …we went to the girls section and yes ! they were there….i decided we should go to the bathroom and exit from a different door….and so we did and FINALLY they were gone …
I felt like I could breathe ….waaii3 sh’hal ashkaal….!! ….if Dalool hadn’t held my hand I would’ve probably imploded!!
“a5erraan!!!” said Fajoor heavily.. “waaii3 sh’hal ashkal!!” I added “haiila8” said Dayoom “ Dalool 6ela3tay the8eelah o0 ana madree..” teased Fajoor “haa haa haaa” i responded heavily“ I just couldn’t take it anymore and i just exploded….””ma shiftay shaklich when u answered back!! You looked hilarious!!” mentioned Dayoom ….it’s been 15 mint’s and it felt like hours!!.....where’s Fajoor’s driver??
“hay !!hay!!! u!!!! u!!! I could be ur girlfriend!! ….. no way !!! no way!!!......” it took a while for Fajoor to realize it was her cell ringing… her face shocked and her eyes wide…. She kept digging in her bag and I was flat out laughing!! It kept ringing loudly and people looked at me as if I was a mental person “alooo?...hala Yuma …ee ee il7een ra7 yo9al komaar……7ada 3ajeeb….lazim itro7eenla…..ee inshala…la 5alayta 3ala il mayze…eeee ok…bye”
I stared at Dayoom and she stared back at me and we both bursted into laughter….Fajoor looked at us with sharp eyes .. “who changed my ring tone???!! :@…..Imagine if my phone rang infront of people…better yet those losers!!!!” “Fajoor stop it plz!! I might pee on myself!!!” “if it rang while those losers were here ..Dalool probably would have cracked!!!”
As a prank I changed Fajoor’s ringtone to “girlfriend malt Avril lavigne” and pumped up the volume to its max before going to the cinema and I totally forgot about it…. the look on her face was priceless!!! She was shocked and was digging hard in her bag to find her phone….i couldn’t help it I laughed like the mental person I was!! I almost peed on myself!! At that moment komaar Fajoor’s driver arrived
We got into the car and headed home…Fajoor dropped us off at our house and as we entered we were greeted by our parents who had they’re hands folded and they really looked pissed off….
I looked at Dayoom and she looked back….confused by our parents harsh look…
“wain kinto??!!”