Normal? 9

PART 9

They plane ride was getting tiring when they already had dinner and the environment of the plane was sleepy. The lights were dimmed and the plane was quite except for the plane engine ofcourse. Mahra’s eyes were closing without her noticing it. Her head started to lose balance.

Rashid was in the small tv flipping through the channels looking for a movie to watch.   He didn’t like watching just any movie. It had to be liked by many people and he had to watch the trailer first. He was picky that way. 

Everything he did should be perfect. He suddenly felt this weight on his shoulders. It was mahra with her eyes closed not knowing a thing. He turned off the tv and closed his eyes, gently placing his head on hers. Anyone could see them would think they were happily married with no flaws.

Rashid woke up first and still found mahra asleep, she must be really tired. He adjusted her body so that her whole body would have support so she could sleep properly.  Mahra woke up and found herself lying on Rashid’s shoulder. Surprisingly she didn’t mind. They used to do that when they were younger.

Rashid: good morning

Mahra: it is actually morning I slept a lot

Rashid: yes you did, my shoulder is stiff

Mahra: shut up

Rashid: 7ta yoom tawch gayma, 3afanallah

Mahra: I need coffee

They remained talking and having small talks until the pilot announced that they were landing. They exited the plane and went to their apartment. What rashid didn’t tell his parents that he made a few changes to the apartment. Instead of one bedroom apartment it is a 2 bedroom apartment. Mahra was relieved that she wasn’t going to sleep next to Rashid anymore. Even though they are married but they weren’t In love or anything to sleep in one bed.

Rashid: so which room do you want?

Mahra: I don’t mind

Rashid: 5ala9 5thi elakbar

Rashid got mahra things and placed it in her bedroom then hoped in the shower. That is how it was with those 2 roomates but a little more tension, them being the opposite gender. Lucky for mahra she had arwa who she can talk to, them being in the same country and the same university.

Mahra and Rashid were settling in their new apartment and totally forgot about lunch. Mahra was fixing the apartment and cleaning it when Rashid came in with more boxes in his hands.

Rashid: and just when I thought that we finished from the boxes

Mahra: I know right, by the way what are we having for lunch?

Rashid: ohh we forgot about that, ana yoo3an

Mahra: ok lets go to the super market, ill cook us something

Rashid: you cook?

Mahra: ofcourse, what wife doesn’t (mahra felt weird saying the word wife, she still wasn’t used to it)

Rashid: maba ata3bch, tawna emsafreen, baseer ayeebelna akl and tomorrow we will grocery shop for the kitchen

Mahra: sounds good

Rashid took his keys and head to the door. Mahra was surprised that he was nice and cared. Ever since they got married they would eat at his house where his mother cooked for 2 days. Now everything changed. She had to do all the cleaning and the cooking. Until now he didn’t taste her cooking but was supportive and cared for her. She found him caring and sweat. He wasn’t as bad as she thought he would be.

Rashid drove into the drive in and got what he usually ordered but forgot to ask mahra what she wanted so he ordered what she used to eat when they were kids. He went back to the apartment but the look of his face he seemed tired. After all they are jet lagged. He put the food on the table and took a deep breath while throwing himself on the couch.

Mahra: shoes

Rashid: sho balach?

Mahra: your shoes

Rashid: ba3ad

Mahra: I said shoes

Rashid: 3rafna shoes!!

He laughed and took it off. He started placing the food on the table.

Rashid: you still eat beef with cheese and tomato but no onions

Mahra: always did, you actually remember

Rashid: I didnt forget

Mahra blushed a little for some apparent reason that she didn’t know why.

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PART 8

After the wedding:

Arwa walked to her car with a smile on her face. She has been thinking of mahra’s reaction to the 2 of them spending their first night together. She walked hile lifting her yellow gown exposing her 7 inch silver high heels clacking on the streets. She saw someone, someone that she wished she never did.

She ran back into the hotel and peacked through the grand doors.

Arwa: ‘what the hell is he still doing here?’

She took great measures avoing this human being. After the many humiliating pranks, pulling her hair when they were kids is all the memory she had of him which made her want to walk about to him and punch his face. She avoided him with every way possible. She never even said hello to him.

The more she thought about him the more she panniced. What if she walked back out and he just walkes up to her and strats a converstion, she wanted nothing from this guy.

Fahad had his back against the wall smoking. He could sense arwa hiding with her yellow dress inside. So he took his time smoking wondering if she will ever come out of the hotel. He just waited for her wondering what her next move is. The thing he saw a crazy woman in ayellow gown running towards her car wit her heels in her hands. That is when he just laughed. She literarly ran for her life. That is the crazy arwa that he always knew.

The next morning:

Mahra woke up with this werid feeling. The space between her and Rashid was already gone; they were so close to each other almost into each others arms. 

She woke up and found Rashid still asleep. So she went to take a quick shower and change into new pair of cloths. After she was done she went back to Rashid and slowly woke him up.

Rashid was a light sleeper unlike her brother which took forever to wake him up. She called his name but no reply she called again with a very soft and polite tone. She reached out for his shoulder touching his bare skin. She seemed to white for him. Their complexion was a contrast. Rashid heard this soft voice that was amazing to his ears. He felt this warm yet gentle touch that is when he snapped out of it. He realized that it was his wife, mahra.

Rashid got up and stretched then rubbed his eyes.

Rashid: good morning

Mahra: good morning

Rashid: your already dressed

Mahra didn’t know what they were going to do so she wore anything that was suitable. She decided to go with a navy summer dress. It had a three quarters length sleeve and knee length. She paied it with baige ballerinas and ready she was.

Mahra: I had a head start

Rashid walked to the bathroom and left the door open, he brushed his teeth and washed his face.

Rashid: tbain etseereen netrayag ta7at

Mahra: haih ana wayid yoo3ana, mob makla shay mn ams esa3a 10 el9b7

Rashid: 5ala9 3ayal benetrayag ta7at

She closed the bathroom door and ran the bath. He took about 10 minutes to take a full shower which made mahra fix herself, like dry her hair and comb it. She heard the door unlock but she was facing the mirror which was opposite the bathroom door so she could see Rashid when he came out of the bathroom. He came out with a towel wrapped around his body and nothing else. For mahra it is something she never experienced before while for Rashid he never looked into it that much.  She pretended that she wasn’t staring and continued to comb her hair. Her straight black hair that she loved a lot.

Rashid grabbed his cloths and went back into the bathroom he came out looking hot and refreshing as ever. He had on this light blue buttoned shirt with a white undershirt and greyish fitted jeans.

His hair perfect in length not short not long. Mahra remembered that she forgot her bag inside to apply eye liner and a bit of gloss. That was it she didn’t like applying a lot. She entered the bathroom and her nose was about to explode.

Mahra: ohh woooooow did you take a shower with the perfume!

Rashid: sho lazm at3a6ar

Mahra: ya5ii 5ashmii bey6ee7 mn mkana

Rashid: hhhhhh sho ya5i ana raylch

Mahra: hhh sry I got carried away, but its too much

Rashid: sho too much lazm ree7tii 7lwa

Mahra: your weird

Rashid: and your annoying

Mahra: shut up

Rashid: rly even early in the morning

The smell of the perfume is good but when it concentrated in one place and a lot it kind of gives you a head ache.

They went to down strairs to get breakfast and they enjoyed there time. It was official they are a married couple. But they treated each other as friend since they rarely knew things about each other.

Two days after…

Rashid: yalla benet25ar

Mahra: would you wait for one second, I just make sure that we didn’t forget anything

Rashid: why do you check the last minute?

Even thoughh they were married for a few days they acted as if they were married for a long time. Mahra slowly learned things about Rashid. Its called being a wife.

Rashid: tara fahad eli beywa9elna elma6aar, and he will follow us their after a few days

Mahra and rashid where the first to go to Canada, following them are: arwa, mayed and fahad.

They both rode the car to the airport. It was final today was the day that they were going to Canada to study.

Fahad: etseroon o tow9eloon bisalamah inshallah

Rashid: mashkoor fahood, enchoofk ehnaak inshalla

Mahra: mashkoor fahad

Fahad: walla eyhmkm, mawa9eekm

Airport fashion is the best, I love looking at what people have on when they travel

Rashid

Mahra:

They both said their good byes and waited to board the plane. It was time and they both boarded the plane. They took their seats in first class because they had to be comfortable, it was going to be a long trip. Their trip was at night so the lights were dimed and they were going to get dinner soon.

All mahra could think about is that if she would miss this place, miss UAE and her family even though she was very anxious to leave it all behind and get going with her life. She wondered what life has instuled for her. Was there more to her life than what she thought.

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PART 7

The guests were slowly leaving and mahra just stayed in her position while Rashid sat there with her. Got closer to her ears and whispered

Rashid: why is your body so tense, loosen up

Mahra: shut up

Rashid: rly even in our wedding day, is this your time

Mahra: sry im jst nervous

Rashid:  what is there to be nervous about? The guests already left

Little did Rashid know what mahra was thinking about, she wasn’t tense about the guests or anything, she was tense towards everything. All she thought about is later that night she would spending the night with her husband who is a friend in one bed. She wasn’t nervous because she knew nothing would happen but she was nervous towards the senario she has never slept in the same bed with a guy before she had the right to panic a bit.

Arwa: so you ready

Mahra: don’t you dare!!

Arwa: bismillah what?

Mahra: don’t play stupid now ok its too late and besides nothing will happen so behave and let that dirty mind of yours to yourself

Arwa: whatever but you know its true, don’t panic, relax and ill see you whenever I see you yallah I have to go bye

Arwa already left and mahra had to go to her hotel room. She walked while Rashid by her side. It was done, just both of them alone. They opened the room and went inside. The room wasn’t that huge. They was a small living room connected with a bedroom. Mahra wasn’t that scared of the whole thing because Rashid was a friend right she tried reassuring herself confirming that nothing will happened tonight. Rashid got into the bathroom first while she waited outside opened the clips of her hair. She took her time lost in her thought when she realized that she lost quite some time. She was done with her hair so she took out her little bag and her night gown. It wasn’t a lingerie really but it wasn’t a pj at the same time. It was above the knee legth (showing her thighs beautifully) sleeveless silky in a light pink color. It showed her cleavage a bit which made it even more attractive.

Rashid took his time inside the bathroom, he took his time adjusting to all of what is going to happen and he took a deep breath before going out fearing the most. Fearing that he would find something he wished he hadn’t found or seen. He went out and saw mahra trying to unzip her dress, more like struggling to unzip her dress.

Mahra wanted a head start because she knew that she won’t be able to unzip her dress and that she would take an awful long time to do so inside the toilet. She found Rashid looking at her with a pj buttom and a white wife beater. She could see that he spends a lot of time in the gym from the way the shirt showed off his body. she realized that she was staring a bit too long so she just continued what she was doing. Rashid sat on the bed watching her and commenting at her.

Rashid: so your just going to stand there and try to unzip your dress

Mahra: I cant get this thing off of me

Rashid: (laugh) let me

He got up and grabbed her waist to adjust her body. He placed one hand on her back and the other on the zipper to unzip the dress. He pulled the zipper downwards taking his time after that he finished by releasing her and her dress.

Rashid: there all done

Mahra: thank you

Mahra went to the bathroom and locked the door behind her. She tried to calm her breathing down she wondered what the hell happened out there. She took deep breaths and cleaned herself she got into her night gown and was done. She slowly opened the door and found Rashid still sitting on the bed like he was waiting for her.

Rashid saw mahra coming out of the bathroom door, looking at her wearing nothing but a night gown made him go a little crazy. He didn’t understand what was going on. He was officially married to this girl who has a sexy night gown on.

She hanged up the dress and fixed her things before she lay down on the bed. While Rashid got up and started looking through the cabinets. He took out an extra blanket and pillow and went to the living room.

Mahra laid down on her bed wondering what is happening when she realized that Rashid just left to the living room holding a blanket and pillow in his hand. She stayed in her bed for a few minutes then went out the door.

Mahra: this cant be comfortable for you?

Rashid: its fine I can sleep here

Mahra: why are stubborn?

Rashid: im nt stubborn

Mahra: just sleep on the bed ya3nii

Rashid: what?

Mahra: you heard me sleep on the bed ya3nii wain?

Rashid: ya3ni wain intii betergdeen mathalan?

Mahra: Rashid sho hal ‘3abaa2 the room is big and so is the bed mafeeha shay. Today is our wedding day you know that we are officialy married right?

Rashid: mab’3ait ala3wezch

Mahra: its not fair if you sleep here alone, its fine the bed is huge, I don’t mind

Rashid got into the bed with her and just laid there each of them lost in his thoughts. Rashid was confused with this whole situation, he just hopped and everything goes well. On the other end mahra laid there staring at the ceiling while rashid suddenly laid on his side and watched her.

Rashid: tedreen ench wayid tesr7een

Mahra: hhhh, I tend to think a lot

Rashid: about?

Mahra: your very nosy you know that right

Rashid: ohh come on

Mahra: nothing just this whole thing is…

Rashid: hhhhhh I know (he put on arm at the back of his head)

Mahra: I know this is werid but please don’t make it feel like that

Rashid: I know, and you the same, I don’t want any awkwardness

They stayed there for few minutes until rashid fell asleep while mahra remained in her position thinking.

Mahra: ‘shit im a married woman’

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PART 6

She walked towards the surprise but this time with a genuine smile on her face, a smile that hadn’t appear on her face for quite some time.

Mahra: hala 5alo sh7alch?

Rashid’s mom: eb5air 7abeebti intii sh7alch?

Mahra: el7emdillah, sh7alk Rashid?

Rashid: ana eb5air el7emdillah

She went to take a seat but her mom and rashid’s mom were already occupying one sofa and Rashid was sitting on the opposite one with space beside him. It would be awkward if she sat alone, and so she had to sit beside her husband. It is official, Rashid is her husband after the melcha. She sat beside him but left space which made it even more awkward she didn’t want to be that close.

Mahra’s mom: ha intii o arwa 7a9altow shay

Mahra: la lain a7een

Mahra’s mom: bs e5taray shay

Mahra wanted to pick but her mom is not making it any easy. Its is her wedding the dress has to be the best thing she could lay her hands on other than the groom of course.

Rashid’s mom: ma3alaih 7abeebti ana bawadeech bacher, fi ashyaa2 lazm araweech eyaahm, o 5alii arwa intii wiyana, mnzaan 3an ha yahlailha

Mahra: inshalla 5alo

They sat there and talked for awhile till Rashid and his mother left. Mahra went to her room and ignore her mothers comments or whatever her mother had lecture prepared. She got into her PJs and went to sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a long day for shopping.

Arwa was already at mahra’s house waiting for mahra to finish getting dressed then they would go with rashid’s mom.

Arwa: YALLLAH!!!

Mahra: uff lat9ar5een ethoonii et3awernii

Finally rashid’s mom arrived and they went to this small boutique that the girls have never seen before.

Rashid’s mom: this is a small boutique with dressed flew all the way from paris. It was suppose to open next week but I pulled some strings for you girls to see it first and get the dresses you want.

The wedding day…

It was already here the wedding day, what mahra was waiting for not because she wanted to get married but for the 2 days after this day where she would running away from her family. All of this was so neutral to her. Arwa was surprised to see her best friend so neutral to what is happening. It was like she was a statue with no feelings.

Arwa:  yallah it’s the time for the bride to go in

Mahra: okay yalla

Arwa: sho yalla mahoor intii 3ndch 8alb? feech e7saas?

Mahra: sho tbain, you said ready and I said yallah, so yallah lets go, by the way you dress is amazing, yellow suits you a lot

Arwa dress was just like the dress that Kate Hudson wore in her movie how to loose a guy in 10 days. You know the silky yellow one.

Arwa's dress:

Mahra's dress:

She made her way to the koosha with this wide smile on her face which to her surprise wasn’t that fake. She sat on it while the loud music blasted from every speaker in the hall. Arwa was very happy for her friend but very worried on what is going to happen to her. I mean what else would you be if your best friend was kind of forced to get married. The whole situation was messed up. Arwa said hello to everyone she knows and had a little chit chat with them about the wedding of course leaving the whole forced situation out of it. 

The girls were in all shapes and sizes, the colours were bit too bright. It was the first time mahra saw all those girls from the stage while she wore the white dress. For the first time she was the centre of attention. She was always the girl with the other girls watching whatever was going on. She secretly enjoyed all the attention she was getting because no way in hell was she ever going to get the attention from her mother. Arwa came up to mahra and realized the little frown in her face.

Arwa: hey whats wrong? We talked about this it is your wedding

Mahra: I know I just don’t know what im doing anymore

Arwa: listen to me, you will be alright ok, just hang in there

Mahra knew that arwa was right and this wedding is a good thing she tried telling herself. It was her ticket for running away from her parents and getting a better education. What also troubles the Arab girls unfortunately is that after they reach a certain age they wait for a husband and not all get what they are waiting for. So what if Rashid is the only guy that actually proposes to her (not that he was the one to propose).

The loud music ended and the part of where the groom was entering started which snapped mahra out of her deep thought and responded by sitting up straight into a beautiful posture. Arwa came up to help her fix herself and before they knew it the men were ready to enter.

The group if men came in, Rashid in the lead with his best friend fahad and other friends and family behind him. Mahra’s dad came up to her and kissed her forehead which was a first, she knew deep down it wasn’t from the inside and boy how she wished that it was. Rashid’s dad was next and he did the same but with more passion to it. What made mahra even more upset than she is right now is that her in laws were happier for her than her own family. 

Rashid was next which made mahra smile a little, alteast her friend was here to share the same situation she was in. For the sake of appearance he kissed the crown of her head and made her wear the ring and necklace. He sat down next to her which made the perfect picture for a frame or wasn’t it?

The girls were glancing at the guys and fixing their make up to get the attention they were desperate for. While the guys just winked and some laughed at the pathetic scene. And now girls wonder why they were without husbands. THIS IS WHY!!

Somewhere between the crowd:

Fahad kept his eye fixed on one person and this person only. His eyes followed her everywhere with her silky yellow gown flowing behind her. How could something like that just keep his head so occupied. He hasn’t seen her ever since they were kids. It’s been 6 years. Now all he thought about was her. the moment he let eyes on her 3 hours ago and she was already in his mind. And yet they still haven’t talked to each other. He remembered the olden days where he would just annoy her for the fun of it. Arwa was a girl that crossed his mind 6 years ago and never left it.

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PART 5

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The guests were starting to leave and mahra in her seat with this smile that was so fake, even though plastic would break in the presence of it. Just like her mother’s words ‘smile like you never smiled before, fake it if you have to’. 

The family and friends were leaving and it was just them sitting when rashid's mom asked them

Rashid’s mom: ya 3yal tbown 3sha, tarakm makaltow shay

Mahra: haih ana yoo3ana

Rashid just let out this loud laugh.

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Mahra: fi shay ey’6a7ik? (it was the first time the he said something since the start of the melcha, if you count laughing something to be said)

Rashid: la la mashay

Mahra: ana yoo3ana inth tm ehnii o e’67ak ebroo7k

Rashid’s point of view:

She just never changed. She is exactly the same. Her stomach first then the others around her. Its good to know that she is still the same. I just hope nothing awkward happens between us even though we are in an awkward 

situation.

They sat on the chairs while the maids served the dinner on the table. Mahra got up and started taking off her shoes.

Mahra: ufff 5ala9 towba, eryoolii et3awernii, bs marrom asta7mal

Rashid: hhhh, walla mat’3ayartii ya mahoor (it was what he always called her)

Mahra: Rashid, im forced into this as much as you are

Rashid: I know (he let out this small weak smile that broke mahra’s heart into small tiny pieces.)

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Mahra never understood why she hated him so much. It is just because her mother compared everything she did to what he did.

Mahra: im sorry (what she meant that she is sorry for this whole thing and for despising him)

Rashid: its not your fault, its no ones fault these things happen right, we were friends before we can be friends again

Mahra: id like that

Rashid: so what did you pick for your major?

Mahra: renewable engineering

Rahshid: nice, im civil engineering

They talked about themselves and what they missed out on the past years. It felt good for the both of them to catch up on things.

Mahra: ayyy ba6nii ey3awernii bs

Rashid: its good to know that you still laugh at my jokes

Mahra: I forgot that you were that funny

Rashid: am I supposed to laugh ya3nii

Mahra: shut up

Rashid: rly that is how your suppose to say to your fiancé

Mahra: that is how I talk to my friend remember

Rashid: ok friend shut up

Mahra just laughed she forgot how all this went, all her laughs and smiles they shared together. They were really good friends.

Rashid: enzain yallah ana baseer a7een and let you rest

Mahra: see you

Rashid: good night

Mahra: you too, drive safe

Mahra escorted him to the door and watched him till he drove away. She closed the door and wondered how her life would be after this.

The next day…

Arwa: yaaaay this is so cute

Mahra: do you want me to kill you, I would look weird in that

The girls were looking at wedding dresses for the official day. They were at arwa’s house.

Mayed: lazm etkoonoon fil bait, ya3nii elwa7id mayroom yetraa7 fi bait’h

Mara: mayood come here for one second, tell her this is going to look ugly on me please

Mayed: I don't blame her it would be hard to find you something good to wear

Mahra: rly, your going to joke NOW of all times

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There was no hope what so ever, mahra was trying to look for some dresses but no luck. She and arwa would look more until they found the perfect one yet.

Mahra went back home, a place she desperately wanted to leave.  She has been waiting for that day ever since. That seemed pretty closer than before which made all the other days seem worth the wait. She unlocked the door to find a surprise at her house.

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PART 4

Mahra: mama, baba ana emwaf8a 3ala elzawaaj, batzawaj rashid

Mahra’s mom: emwaf8a, (she had this neutral look on her face), channa kan 3nch ray ya3nii

What her mother meant is that she knew her daughter was going to say yes. She knew exactly what her own daughter would do. Her daughter was like a 

puppet to her not her own blood and flesh.

Mahra’s mom: 5ala9 benete9el 3alaihm o bagoolm

The next few weeks…

Mahra’s mom: elwrood betkoon lonha 7amra

That is what they did for the past week, the only thing they have been talking about is the wedding day. The melcha is after a few days. Everything was rushed because they kids would be travelling soon. Mahra was just numb they talked and she nodded. And that was it. She didn’t even know what dress she was going to wear for her own melcha. Ever since that day she hasn’t seen Rashid. She wondered what was his situation with all of this.

Rashid’s mom: mahra 7abeebti, sho betelbseen 7ag elmelcha

Mahra: aaahhh, ba3adnii ma 8arart

Mahra’s mom: shooo tetrain ba3ad?

Rashid’s mom: la la ma3alaih, seerii elyoom o esharailch ela3raa’9

Mahra: inshalla :)

In rashid’s mizra3a…

Fahad: ha ya3nii betetzawaj?

Rashid: fahood sho tbanii asawii, elwalda elgaila, ma3arf sho asawii

Fahad: sho ensawii fi hal halaat ba3ad

Rashid: ‘bs law drait ya fahad’

Fahad is rashid’s best friend who was going to study with rashid in Canada. The plan was 2 best buddies studying outside the country having adventurous trips. But their plan wasn't what they expected.

In the mall…

Arwa: what the hell is wrong with you, your not even looking at the dresses!!

Mahra: arwoo sho tbainii asawii ya3nii, mool mob wakta ashara fsaateen

Arwa: 9dg ena mafeech fayda, this is your engagement ok, listen I know you don’t want this marriage but you have to look good ok

Mahra: FINE!!! Yallah lets look for one

They shopped and shopped and couldn’t find anything.

Mahra: this is hopeless

Arwa: ohh come on they are still more shops on the other side.

They were looking and searching until this beautifull green mixed with purple dress hanging (not ay green color but the light sexy one). It's like it was waiting for mahra to find it.

Arwa: it is sooo this one

Mahra: omg I know right

Arwa: try it on, NOWWWWWW

Mahra: FINEEEEEEE

Mahra came out wearing the dress, the dress shaped her body in the most perfect way it brought out her eye color perfectly and her it matched her skin tone.

Arwa: its perfect

Mahra: rly?

Arwa: ofcourse, we are soo getting this

It was finally the engagement day and the girls were getting ready. They were done and the place was packed with their closest friends and family. It was time for mahra to make an entrance.

Mahra: arwoo im nervous

Arwa: mn sho?? Don’t worry you will do fine, yallah they are waiting

Mahra walked with all eyes on her, it was time. Today was the first day that she was going to see Rashid since this whole thing started. She was kind of nervous knowing the he was forced into as well. She knew it because saeed told her.

She made her way to her seat then watched the girls dance and have fun. It was a weird experience for her, it was usually her dancing with the girls. It is different watching them than actually joining them. She wondered how the rest of the night will go.

Mahra: arwoo im nervous (she said it while whispering into arwa’s ears)

Arwa: don’t panic everything is going well

It was time, the time that mahra was waiting for. She had no idea what to expect, nothing at all. Rashid came in looking as hot as he can be in his kandoora and ghitra. He made his way to mahra and took a seat beside her. mahra didn’t know what to do so she just sat there waiting to find a reaction to all this from his face. Apparently his face said nothing, not a smile nor a frown. He was neutral to all of this. She sat here next to him trying to sell the fact that they were a perfect couple. The couple that everyone would be jealous from. 

Both their parents made a great effort at keeping the whole story behind the marriage to people. Little did the people know the real story.

Normal? 3

PART 3

Mahra’s mom: mahra mama, intii tbain etseereen o tedrseen bara3 9a7?

All mahra did was nod, she was terrified what the hell is going on. Why are both her sister and mother smiling at her?

Mahra: laish matetzawijain o etseereen bara3 tedrseen?

Mahra's jaw just dropped. What the hell is her mother talking about, nothing is making sense to her anymore.

Mahra’s mom: hathaak elyoom yoom 5altch meera yat, hi 5etbatch 7ag Rashid, fakrii fil maw'9oo3 o 5abreeni enzain

In rashid’s house…

Rashid: SHOOO!!!

Rashid’s mom: bismillah balak et9aare5, ana glt faker filsalfa

Rashid: umai hatha zawaaj mb ma95ara, o ana ba3adnii e9’3eer, aba a3eesh 7ayatii

Rashid’s mom: la mob e9’3aar wala shay, ana wayid bartaa7 etha et’h bara3 o fii 7ad ye3tinii feek

Rashid: sho 7ad ye3tinii fiyii ana mob yahel

Rashid’s mom: bs faker fil maw’9oo3 rashid, allah ey5aleek

And that is how she left him, with her words ringing in his head. He knew 

eventually he would agree to it, it was what his mother wants. She carried him for 9 months then was in labor for 9 hours. If this is what she wants then it is what he is going to do.  As much as he doesn’t want to do it, it is his mother after all.

At arwa’s house:

Arwa: you are WHAT???

Mahra: you heard me im getting married

Arwa: no you are not

Mahra: 3ala kaifch, it kind of the deal, if I wanna to study outside I gotta marry Rashid

Arwa: but mahra, this is marriage not a joke!!!, and your acting cold about all of this!!!

Mahra: I know tht, but you know how it is, it’s my dream to study outside, and now my dream is coming true, it is just coming true with a catch thats all

Arwa: yh if your dream was to get married at 18

Mahra: I dnt knw what to do, I want to go with it, but them I don’t want to at the same time, what makes it worse is that my mom wants me to get married, and you know how she gets

Arwa: YOUR the one getting married not her

Mahra; but rashid’s mom is 5aloo meera so I kind of have to, my mom wont allow me rejecting her best friend’s son

Arwa: I haven’t thought of that

Mahra: well now I have no idea what to do, I gotta go home before I receive even worse news

Arwa: you call me tomorrow, and we will talk about this even more

Arwa knew exactly what mahra was going through, mahra didn’t talk to anyone about what she was dealing with at home. She knew that mahra needs to talk, and someone to listen to her while she let everything out.

Mahra had a decision to make the more she thought about it the more reasons she found for saying yes. First it was her dream to study outside the UAE, second her mom’s closest friend is the groom and her mom is kind of forcing her into it. She didn’t want to make anyone disappointed by her actions and decisions. What made her not agree to it is that the guy she is marrying, she doesn’t know anything about him. In fact she resented him for being so perfect. She lived most her life listening to her mom comparing her to Rashid. The fact that she was going to marry him ate her inside. If she ended up marrying him she would be his wife, serve him for the rest of her life. Is that the life she wants for herself?

Mahra laid in bed thinking like she always did. What she did the most is get lost in her thoughts and day dream for which seemed like a very long time.

She heard a knock on the door and sat up straight expecting it would be her mother or sister. But it wasn’t who she expected it to be.

Saeed: hey mahoor can I come in

Mahra: ya sure, feek shay?

Saeed: ha, hhhh la la mafeeni shay, mahoor mn 9dgch bt3arseen?

Mahra didn’t know what to say to her younger brother. She was actually pretty close to her brother. Even though he was the one that took most the attention from their mother. Anything he did had an excuse to it.

Mahra: madrii sa3dan madrii

Saeed: tara umai o uboi emwaf8een, elray raych

Mahra: adrii bs ma3arf sho asawii

Saeed: et3arfeen enhm bs yboon ma9la7tch

Mahra wished that she could understand and felt what saeed was saying, she really did. She gathered up her courage and went to her parents to finaly tell them what she decided. She wanted to get over with it and just face the facts. She wanted to do this for herself not just what people wanted her to do, especially her parents.

Mahra: mama, baba ana emwaf8a 3ala elzawaaj, batzawaj rashid

Normal? 2

PART 2

Rashid’s mom: rashid tara elyoom sayreen bait 5altk meera

Rashid: inshallah umai

5aloo meera is rashid’s mom’s best friend. She has 2 daughters and 2 sons. Rashid was close to 5alo meera’s kids but they grew apart.

In mahra’s house…

Mahra’s mom: ya 3yaal tara 5aleetkm btii elyoom, fa etjahzaw

Saeed: haaih mn zman 3nhm, rashood ba3ad byii

Yes you guessed it right, mahra’s mother and rashid’s mother are best friends.

Mahra’s mom: haih tara yeba eyseer Canada, b’3ait asalem 3alaih

Saeed (mahra’s brother who is younger than her by 2 years): allay ey7ayeehm

Mahra’s mom: seeri badlii mahra latfashleenii jdaam rab3ii

It was time and Rashid and his family finally arrived.

Mahra got dressed and waited in the living room. She actually liked 5alo meera. 5alo meera treated mahra as her own blood. She cared for her more than what her mother cared. She really liked her.

Rashid’s mom: esalam 3alaikm

All of them: wa3alaikm esalam

She made her way to they and greeted each one of them. She sat on one of the couch, it was like her second house.

Mahra: hala 5aloo sh7alch?

Rashid’s mom: eb5air el7emdilla inti sh7lch 7abeebti, a55 yata3ab

Mahra: el7emdillah, entii erta7ay ana bayeeblch 3a9eer

Mahra got in the kitchen and poured juice for her mom’s friend and her son. 

She made her way back and saw rashid seated talking to her brother about going abroad.

Saeed: ha mestanis 3al safra

Rashid: haih wallah mestanis

Mahra noticed the uncomfortable look on rashid’s mom’s face.

Rashid’s mom: ha mahra mesti3idh 7ag eljam3a?

Mahra: haih 5alo (fake smile)

Rashid and his mother sensed mahra’s fake smile. Rashid’s mom knew better, she knew that mahra’s dream was to study abroad but she had no say in mahra’s parents decision. She looked at her own son with happy but yet sad face. The thought of him leaving her and the nights that follow her worrying about him and how would he co-op himself with no one to cook for him. That right there is when it hit her.

Rashid: ha mahra sh7alch? (handing him the juice)

Mahra: eb5air el7emdillah

Long time ago mahra was pretty close to Rashid but everything changed. They grew up and grew apart. They would still see eachother in occasions but it still remained awkward between them.

The guys excused himself while the mothers stayed and talked. So mahra went to her room to chat with some friends.

After 3 days…

Mahra was extremely excited for this day. This day was the day that arwa was coming back, nothing could separate those two. Mahra hopped in the shower got dressed and drove to the airport. She waited in the coffee shop until arwa’s flight landed.

Arwa was trying to find her bag while mayed(her older brother) carried his and placed on the trolley.

Arwa: I cant see mine

Mayed: etrayay eshway bethakaaa2 arwoo

Arwa: bs mine is always the first bag to come out

Mayed: hathoo ha

They got their bags and went to meet up with mahra. The moment mahra and arwa saw eachother they ran into eachother’s arms. Well its like that for those 2 not seeing eachother for 2 weeks means a lot. While they made a huge scene, mayed with his cheeks turning a slight color of red from the embarrassing scene that his younger sister and her best friend are performing.

Mayed: fashaltoona, 7asbiyallah o ni3ma elwakeel

Mahra: hhh sorry bs malait wayid, mb 7ala

Arwa: lazm etmeleen yoom ana mb ehnii

Mayed: enzain yalla ana baseer t3abt

Mahra: you just never change do you

Mahra and mayed are close friends. He is like an older brother to her and vise versa. Her being the best friend of his younger sister made her close to him, nothing more nothing less. They got in the car and drove to arwa and mayed’s house.

Later that day…

Mahra had to go back home. She went into the house with a smile of her face now that arwa has come back. She head to her room and changed into her PJ’s. She laid in her bed when she heard a knock on the door. It was both her mother and sister. She knew it wasn’t good. Both of them in one room with her must be a disaster going on that she doesn’t know about.

Mahra: bismillah fii shay mistiwi?

Mariam: heheheheh la la bismillah mafi shay, bs b’3aina enkalmch fi sha’3la

Mahra: ‘what the fuck is going on’

Mahra’s mom: mahra mama, intii tbain etseereen o tedrseen bara3 9a7?

All mahra did was nod, she was terrified what the hell is going on. Why are both her sister and mother smiling at her.

Mahra: laish matetzawijain o etseereen bara3 tedrseen?

Mahra's jaw just dropped…