Because I have away for awhile; i decided to write an extra long post and PART 9 will be out soon too :*
I am inroducing new charecters here. And because it is long, i seperated the part with places e.g. WORK .. HOME .. ROOM .. CAR so no one will get confused
Thanks for your support and paitence ;***
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:: WORK ::
I arrived at work wearing a baig trouser, a brown silk shirt, a shifon tiger printed scarf and a baig jacket, brown heels, and my fav LV bag. Fresh light make up: sun block, mascara, blusher and a lip gloss.
I went to my office to find only Marwa sitting doing some God knows what on her computer, pretneding to be busy, beacuse there is nothing to do at 7:40 am! Right?!?
"Saba7 el 5eir" I said as i was sitting and turning on my computer
"Saba7 el noor" Marwa said gazing me
Since I knew she won't give me any work til '9ary -my anonymous boss- comes back, i decided to check on my email and read some articles on the internet -thank God we had it!
30 min later, with silence and non stop gazing from Marwa, Nahed came in wearing all the brightest colors in what we can call "WINTER in KUWAIT" AKA December!
"Eslam 3aLikoum!" Nahed said with a cheerful smile
finally i heared your voice
"Wa 3alikom el Salam" i said smiling
"entay esh7aga met2a5ra?!" Marwa asked her
"reday el salam bel awal!!""lama edawmin 3adel, ared el salam! esh7aga met2a5ra?! La Rayel, La 3yal, La 3amat 3ein!! LEISH MET2a5RA?!?!?"
"5alit 3amat el 3ein 7agsh! gmt met2a5ra oo za7ma el shuware3! weih kelateny begshoury shfeeesh!?!" it was obvious that Nahed was pissed and embareesed from two facts: 1) Marwa's rudness 2) Embaressing her infront of me!
"EEEH! manaby el yidida ta7seb ena el wath3 samarda7a fee edaratna! el estath '9ary wayed ra7 yet'thayag etha 3eraf ena el qedam oo el yedad yet2a5roun!"NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA3AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM"etha qasdsh ana, fa ana ma at2a5er 7eta mu bs el edara samarda7a, etha el Hay2a eb koborha samarda7a ana ma at2a5er! oo ba3din (el ydida) 3ndaha esm ohwa 3AYSHA oo etha mu 3ajbsh gulily 3AWASHA, bs latekalmin 3any bse'3at el '3ayeb aw cheny nakera!"and before she say a word
"Oo lil 3elm etha shefteny te2a5art aw gasart fy she'3ely elly aslan ma adry shenu ohwa, mu entay t7asbiny, entay bs neqlay el kalam 7ag el muder oo ohwa yetsaraf! ENTAY MU MUDERTY!!" I said
i know it is my second day of work, lesa ben2ul YA HADY, but the idea of her wanting to tease or treat me the way she does with Nahed is completley unacceptable! I had to draw CLEAR lines from the very begining!
Nahed was stunned! she actually gave me an admiring smile. While Marwa was
shocked and just said
"ana ma aby akaber el mawthoo3 -- lama 2eyee el estath '9ary ra7 ykun lah kalam ma3ash!""oo hatha ely ana abieh!" i replied looking stright in her eyes then turned at Nahed and said
"e5et Nahed, etha tabin asa3dsh bchay.. ana 7ather"Nahed and Marwa eyes
POPPED and jaws
DROPPED!
"Enshallah 7abibty mashkura!" Nahed said with the widest smile ever!
"5anga!" suddnely Marwa said and went out the room!
I smiled and returned to my web surffing when Nahed said
"ya 3omry, feta7tay 3ala nafcsh bab!""Leish?!""Marwa, wayed wasla oo shareya, ana asket 3anha 3ashan may7ushny mnha char!""ana elly ma ye7termny ma a7terma lu kan ra2es el Hay2a! oo etha ehya wasla oo foog, Rabsh mawjoud oo mayertha 3al thelm oo foog kel thalem enshallah" i said with confidence
I got this strength from my dad, though we are not close, but he is 3esamy! Kawan nafsa eb nafsa and he did it all alone oo btwafeg mn Rab el 3alamin... Things as he sees it are either BLACK or WHITE, meaning, either RIGHT or ... WRONG!
"Mashallah 3alish, ana mn sheftesh 3eraft ensh qaweya oo Marwa mara7 tegdar 3alish" she continued
"3al 3umum, ana 7abet a7athrsh... oo ra7 a3almsh cham sha'3la la2ena '9ary emasek el she'3el kela 7ag Marwa, ana asawee el taqarer oo Marwa traje3ha gabel la '9ary yshufha""fehamt" i said
"al7in ra7 a3almsh 3al taqarer el awaliya oo 5asa taqarer el shu2un el zera3iya, ya3nee mazare3, arathy oo chethy.. 3ashan ana amseq el Samakiya, oo entay el Zera3a oo Marwa ely maskita el shu2un el edariya oo muraja3at taqarerna... enzain?!" she asked smilling
"Enzain" i smiled back
Another dump report i worked on for an hour then Nahed revised it and corrected what I missed.
Marwa was not to be seen anywhere! A7SAN ;)
"Mashallah 3alish! mu wayed a56a2"
"Hehe, entay 2ustatha tfahmin 3adel"
"la eshda3wa 2ustatha! bs 3einy 3alish barda"
"shukran.. mumkn break?!"
"ee 6ab3an" she smiled as I pushed away my chair and left the office
I wanted to see Saja. Yesterday's conversation with A7mad didnt shade away!! I had a weired feeling about ... THEM!
KNOCK KNOCK
"ahlan ahlan!" looking georgous with a silk pony tail, a red-wine lipstick color and a thick eyeliner
"hala fesh, shlounsh?!""zaina, shensh 6awaltay el yum lein yeteny?! wayed she'3el?"
"la2, bs Nahed 3alematny a dump report that i worked on it""and where was Marwa?!""hehe I'm glad you asked!"I told Saja the morning movie that happened with Marwa...
"HAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" she laughed her heart out!
"Zain tsawein feha! la2ena mayenfa3 ma3aha ela chethy! oo ma3alsh mn kalam Nahed, '9ary rayal oo 3aref el wath3 and lay3a chabda mn Marwa oo swalifha""yeebain lama 2eyee..." "ee sa7" she gave me a weired smile
"shefesh chethy e6al3eny" i was faking a smile that looked very obvious as a YELLOW one
"salamtsh, bs el youm me7lawa akthar mn ams" she said "3younsh el 7elwa" 7ady aby a3aref shenu el wathe3 bensh oo benah! bs madry shloun!!!She gave me a smile and we started random talks.... and time passed as i excused myself and went back to the office
The remaining of the day: Marwa and I exchanged discusted gazes and Nahed gave me another dump report and I worked on it
I went toward my car when I heard a voice from the back
"3awash..."I turned around to see Saja walking toward me
"Amray?!""shraysh neltegy 3ala youm nshrab coffee?! I really want to get to know you outside work""Akid! me to!" i said excitly
Yat mn Allah!!!"shufay nafcsh oo let me know; ana dayman fathya ela hal weekend cz we might go to chalieh"UFFFFFFFFFFFF THIS CHALIEH! :@"a7san ba3ad! ana ma7eb 6al3at el weekend, kel mukan za7ma!" I said
"deal! an6er your call today" she said, kissed my cheeks and left to her car
Turned on my car, played Rwished's
(Methel ma gelt) song and drove home
:: HOME ::
I got home and immediatly went to the dinning room where my dad and mom were just about to eat. Kissed their forehead and sat infront of mom dince dad sits on the front-head of the table.
"Yuba 3a6iny el daqus"
"tefathal"
"shlun el she'3el yuba?"
"zain el 7amdila"
"shufay ya yuba, el 7ayat feha el zain w el shaain, entay ra7 tsadfen b7ayatsh ashkal oo anwa3 mn el bashar.. w medan el she'3el '3eir medan el derasa"
i was listening carefully while he was pouring Daqus on the rice then he looked stright into my eyes and said "mumkn tensadmin mn waqe3 el 3amel, mu ely entay tabina... lakin dayman tethakeray el 9aber mefta7 el faraj, oo 6awlay balsh 3al nas ela el ehanat mayensket 3anh; 7ata etha mudersh hansh mataskteen! Allah el '3any.. sem3atay yuba?"
"7ather yuba" then i continued eating
We finished our lunch and head to the living room where my brother Ghazy just arrived in.
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>> okay, here are some key features of my family <<
I am the youngest child of my family.
I have 6 sibling; 3 brothers (Jassim, Fawaz, Ghazy) and 3 sisters (Muthy, She5a, Dana) and me all together 7 :)
S3ud (45 yrs) is married to my cousin Lamya and have 4 children
Fawaz (40yrs) is married to Souha - typical family arrangment - and have 2 children
Hesa is my eldest sister (44 yrs) is married to Othman and have 4 children
She5a (42 yrs) is married to 3bdallah and have 2 children
Dana (35 yrs) married to M7amad and only have one baby girl (3 yrs) and pregnant with her second baby
Ghazy (30 yrs) not married and i dont think he is intending to!
and me .. 3awash -a5er el 3anqud and i guess by mistake ;pPp
I won't go through all my nighou and nises - because they are 13 and one on the way ;) - but I love Rawan (15 yrs) bnt e5ty Hesa (retired) ... aslan i love all Hesa's children cz she is my second mother!
She5a (doctor) was always in her bubble and very practical; she married someone who is excatly the same... We only see her in our weekly gatherings and her kids are geeks just like her ;p
Dana (muhandesa me3mariya) ... what can i say about the wildest sister!!?? She kept on falling in love with the wrong guys! Ya mu mn nwa5ethna, ya mu kuwaitiin, ya mu nafs mustawaha el ta3limy, or something very weired!!! hehe Mom went crazy from Dana and she tried hard to hook her up in arranged marriages with any guy from the extended family -- and Dana, akeed refused "ana matzawaj nafs yadety oo Omy!" ;p Until one day; an anonymous lady called my mom and asked to propose for Dana. Dana -on the other side- didn't know who is that guy and agreed to see him only because he is not family! To everyone's surprise; she said YES and they got married in less that 2 months! Nseiib!
Ghazy (works in wezarat el 5arijiya) ... Because my brothers were too busy to take of me, they assigned Ghazy for the job! They looked at me as a spoiled brat and someone must draw my limits! Yes that was Ghazy's job, official spokesperon of Jassim and Fawaz! Kan rayal 3alay ana, but when it comes to important family cases or decisions, y7e6una sefer 3al shemal and they dont his opinion on anything! Things were like that until i reached my second year at University. He suddenly realized what he was doing was wrong, and that's when we became really good friends :)
S3ud and Fawaz are the meanest creatures on earth! They stick their noses in everything... A typical solider type! S3ud is 3aqeed bel jesh while Fawaz is Mu7aqeq bel shur6a! UFF u can imagine how mean, sick and suspicious both are! As well as their wives and children! Mom and Dad married after a vecious love story - i dont know why! - both believe in love is the core of every good thing in life and only by love they can face any problem ahead <<>
That was a quick tour for my family; just to clear things up :)
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>> Back to story <<
"Yuma te'3adiet?!"
"EE yuma weya el rabi3"
Mom was pouring some tea to dad as he said "erked ya sbay! sh6ulk oo sh3rthek tru7 takel ma3 rab3ik mu ahalik!!"
"Ya bu S3ud ba3ad el rabe3 3zmuny aredhoum?! 7elwa b7agik ygulun welda yred el 3azayem!?"
My dad just stared at him and nodded his head
"weeih ya bu S3ud oo weldk saj! 5ala yestanis bdenyetah... Bs ana aby yarged mn soub thany" and she gave him a concerned look
"ana baru7 anam... tamrun 3ala chay?!"
Ghazy was heading to the stairs to his room when mom said "Yuma 3awash, maku banouta 7elwa nzawejha Ghazy?!"
He stopped, turned at me and gave me a GAZE!
"YUMA! 5ara3teny! lu sej aku wa7da fy bally bahawen mn hal 5aza!!!" I said seriously I was scared!
"ya3nee aku?!" my mum excitedly asked
"la yuma maku!" i smiled "oo etha feih entay awal wa7da agulsh"
"A3almsh! tesb7un 3ala 5eir!!!" Ghazy went to his room
Dad was drinking his tea when mum started her famous complainings about Ghazy; I excused myself to have my nap too.
:: My Room ::
Text msg composed::
Maryoomty,, mumkn ma taz3jeny?! I had a very long day and i need energy to tell you all about it ;*
Text msg composed Ana ta3bana oo banam, akalmk bs ag3ad
I changed the mobile status into Silent and slept so deeply after this long day at work!
"Na3am???" i said in a heavy voice
"5alty 3awash gumay!!!"
OOH! hatha sout Rawoon! i looked at my watch it was 5:30 PM "deshay..."
She opened the door to see her zoomby aunt -me ;p- laying on bed and barly moving!!
"Salam 5alty el hola!"
"chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuub!!!"
she sat on the edge of my bed "shyayebkoum?!"
"Omy galat dam ga3din fathyen gumaw 5anzur yadatkom oo yadkom"
"el beit fy Ghazy oo 3awash ba3ad!!"
she laughed and said "ee okay you are included bel 7esba!"
I stretched my hands and said "shenu a5er el a5bar el 3a6ifiya?!"
"hehe maku!" Rawan blushed
I placed on hand on my face while stretching the other "Ollaaaaaaaaaa ya entay chathaba!!!"
"WALLAH SEJ!!!" she continued "ana lel7in mu3jaba eb Mi7sn weld 5alty Hend"
"Mi7sen weld 5alty Hend" i said sarcasticly "mn zena!!! Aw mn zein OMA!!! 6el3aw bara el 3ayla!!! 5alaw dam ydid ydesh feha! Hatha Mi7sen aslan mayadree 3an hawa darsh oo yserlina mn b3ed... LEISH EL MAGATHA???!!!"
"ya3nee mn wein bashufly a7ad thany?! hathela nshufhoum byam3atna oo rabyin ma3ahoum! e7na mu dashen medars 5asa net3araf feha 3ala a7ad yswa! entay meta 7abitay?! Mu lama dashetay el jam3a and you met guys then choosed?!"
"Allah kareem!" i was thrilled with this girl's logical ... logic "enzain, gumay 5alena nanzel ta7at"
"okay bs shlun Mr.LOVA LOVA?!"
I bursted from laughing!
"Zain... yallah emshaaaay!!"
we went down to see Mom, Hesa, her other 3 kids: Rashed (12 yrs), Ranad and Rshood (10 yrs TWINS) sitting in the living room
Ranad and Rshood kissed me and went to the other Hall room to play while Rashed only shake hand me then went to Ghazy's room.
"el salam 3alikom Om R's" kissing Hesa's cheeks
"wa 3alikm el salam" kissing me back as she sat on the sofa "entay matyuzin?! shenu Om R's"
Rawan sat next to mum while I sat next to Hesa and said "Entay kel 3yalsh b7arf el R... oo kelhum a7ebhoum! mayser agulsh Om Rashed oo bekrsh Rawan, mayser agulsh Om Rawan oo 3ndsh walad, oo ham mayseer nensa twin el 5a6i2a" i laughed
"chubay! 5a6i2a bwayhesh! 7esbalsh kel el yahal methlsh?! yaya bel wagt el thaye3??!!" Hesa joked
"CHUBAW ENTAW EL ATHNIN!" mum said
we all laughed
"shlun dawamsh?!" Hesa asked
"6umasha, el yum metnajra ma3 wa7da!" i said
"HAW ya 7afeth! el yum Obsh sa2lsh geltela maku chay!! leish etchathbin?!" Mum asked concerned
"Waaay!! Yoomaa ya3ny agul 7ag oboy 3an nejrat 7areem?! Entay masaweteha!!"
"enzain leish methawsha?! shelsafa?!" Hesa cuiriously asked
"Allah ysalmsh aku wa7da ma3ay bel qesm esmha Marwa .... " i told her all about the situation with Marwa and Nahed's reaction and advice
Mum said "Malat 3aliha! mn ta7seb 3umerha?! bs ya mama el saber zain"
"el yum Oboy shgal?! 6awlay balsh 3al nas ela el ehanat mayensket 3anh; 7ata etha mudersh hansh mataskteen! Allah el '3any ... Sa7 kalama???"
My mum nodded
"Yuma! Oboy chena yadree ena el yum sayer film ma3ash bel dawam!!" Hesa was shocked
"ee te5ayelay! 7ada 5ara3ny! Bs a7la chay Om S3ud tabiny adawer 3ala 3arus 7ag Ghaziyo! hehe"
"ma asadeg!" Hesa turned on Mum and said "mn sejsh!? hatha weldsh mara7 yetzawaj 6ul ma2entay t7enin 3alih!!"
"EE mn sejy! oo batem a7en lein yetzawaj!!" Mum was some how pissed
"Yuma Muthy a5af 5aly y7ebla wa7da oo mu gayelkm" Rawan said innocently
Mum and Hesa eyes popped out .. HARD!
I laughed hillariously!
"way3a!! entay mn wein t3arfin hal 7achy?!" Hesa hit Rawan - who was sitting next to mum - with a cochin
"oo leish ma3arf?! ana mu yahel!"
"yahel oo seten yahel ba3ad!"
"BAS!! yayeen tehaweshun 3endy!!??" Mum yelled
I kept on laughing
"Hesa, gumay e5thay 3yalsh oo ma3 el salama! ru7aw tehaweshaw fee betkoum! yanantuny!" Mum got of her seat and was heading to the kitchen
"Yooomaaa ... Yoomaaaa" Hesa yelled at mum, who ignored her, looked at Rawan and said "ana a3almsh ya bnt Othman!!!" and followed mum
"7adesh 6umasha!" i looked at Rawan and laughed
"leeeeeeeeeeeeeeish me7taren mn el sej?! i said MAY BE!!" she said "hehe ymkn Omy Muthy mataby 5aly Ghazy ye7eb wa7da 3ala kefa"
"et-hagein?!" i wincked at her
"7adsh tadrin etha ohwa y7eb a7ad or not!! ... ygulsh kel chay" she grabed the remote control and chaged the channel
"KTV ya3nee dather eshwaya 3aliha! leish ma3endkum ART?!?!?"
"ana 3endy foug oo Ghazy ba3ad; yadsh y7eb kel chay traditional"
"I see" she switched to MBC they had an Arabic series
We were watching the show and after 30 min Rawan said "5alty 3awash, gumay ne6la3"
i looked at her -not in the mood - and said "wein balah?!"
"madry ay mukan!! thaag 5elgy!"
i felt bad for her "tru7in Sultan Centre Salmiya?! I need to get some stuff then nmur Johnny elly yam el Fanar for dinner"
"EE!! YALLAH PLZ" Rawan happily said
I dialed the kitchen extention number and told mum we are going to Sultan Centre then have dinner
"ana aweslha el beit" i told mum through the phone
"5alas omha tgul enzain.. deraw balkom" mum said
it was 6:30 PM when i realized i left my mobile up and didnt check it! I told Rawan to wait for me as i change in less than 10 minutes.
I got to my room, checked my mobile and found
3 misscalls from Maryoom
4 msgs
"ok ... 7ata ana 3endy salfa !! noum el 3afya "
"3ala ra7tsh!"
"kel hatha noum!!! GOOOOOOOOOOMAY!"
"3awash shlounsh?!?! meta maw3edna?!"
I decided to call Maryoom when I leave the house, reply to Saja and msg A7mad -ly al7in maly 5elga!!
I wore a baggy jeans and a long sleves black t-shirt with a back cab and my did a pony tail with my hair, very casual.
Rawan was wearing a bagy black jeans and a colored shirt with her natural wavy hair down.
We got into my car, and drove to Salmiya
:: My Car ::
"ba7e6 CD mn 3ndy" Rawan said
"okay, bs a5als my call and do what ever you want"
"Mr. LOVA LOVA?!" she teased
as i was dialing Maryoom's no. i said "SHAGGY :p"
She call me Mr. Boombastic say me fantastic, touch me on me buttshe say I'm Mr. Ro...mantic
We sang along when...
"KEL HATHA NAYMA?!?!?" Maryoom screamed in my ears!
"ALO! WAY3AA !! Gemt mn zeman bs Hesa yatna ma3 3ayalha oo al7in ray7a agz m3 Rawan"
"ya salaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!!! wein enshallah?!"
"Sultan Centre Salmiya oo 3gub 3asha eb Johnny"
"5iyana!!! 3ayal mu fathya tgulin salftsh sa7?!"
Honestly... i was bored from saying it 3 times aday!
"ee ... beliel agulsh oo tgulinly"
"enziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin, yalla estansay ya a7san 5ala bel dinya HAHAHA" she teased
"chub! bye"
"bye"
i just hanged the phone when Rawan inserted her CD and played an English song; this girl is so into HIP HOP than anyone else I ever knew
Text message Composed
"ana ray7a el jam3iya ayeeb a'3rath 7ag Omy ma3 Rawan, akalmik lama ard"
"Hiii Saja shlounsh?! shraysh nru7 Starboucs Sharq bachr 7azat el ma'3arb?!"
Few minutes later
One New Messaged recieved
"Shfeesh??"
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To Be Continued ... A Woman Torn Apart
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Mie Mie
