Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Chapter Seventeen



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-Previously-

I finally managed to ask “Reemo... Are the rumors true?”

Reem hesitated and started chocking on her words... 

Oh no.

-

I waited for Reem to say something. “Y3ni akeed la! Ya-Yasmeen, how could you believe eny basawy shay chthy?!” Reem said, chocking on her words. I felt bad that I questioned Reem; its just, her relationship with Faisal, its too open! Yes, I’ve hugged Saif, but never the way Reem has with Faisal! Even the way he holds her hand; its just too forward... I quickly tried to forget about what happened and pulled in Reem for a hug. She wouldn’t stop crying! Reem was the kind of girl that was very popular in school. She was the kind of girl that new at least half the girls in a whole grade. But Reem; Reem had one of those reputations that no one would dare to ruin. Yes, she had guys as friends, but she has never had a boyfriend before Faisal, and she never planned to have one. Thats why the rumor about the kiss was a shock to everyone. 

Suddenly, we saw Faisal coming towards us while saying something and BBM-ing, not noticing Reem on the floor, crying. “Agoolkum, akoo Rawan e5tch w9lat, ehya w ahlch yabaw-” Faisal had just raised his head from his Blackberry and saw Reem. “Reemo, shfeeech?!” He said, signaling Layal and I to move away. “Yasmeen please 7awlay mat5aleen ahal Reem eyoon w echofona! Ehma fel dining room, yaybeen 3asha so stall Rawan w the parents please...” Faisal begged. I nodded and pulled Layal to the dining table to chat with Reem’s family.

-Faisal’s POV-

I walked towards the staircase to tell the girls dinner was here. They took so long to  come back, as usual. I noticed 7bebty Reem on the floor, crying in Yasmeen’s lap. Magdrt achoofha t9ee7! Dmoo3ha ‘3alya 3alay! Galbi gam ytga6a3! I quickly pulled her into my arms, and asked the girls to leave.

“Reem, 7bebty, shfeech... please lat9ee7een! Dmoo3ch ‘3alya!” I said, stroking her head and entwining my fingers into hers. 

“F-Faisal 7abeeby... em6-6al3een rumor that we kissed...” Reem said between sobs.
“7abeebty ma3alaych mnhum! Hay kla 7achy! Don’t worry about it!” I said, trying to reassure her.

“B-B-Bs Faisal... What if anyone saw the-” Reem stuttered.

“Reem. We said we would never bring up the pictures we took again. No one will see them, trust me.” I interrupted Reem, before she could say anything else.

Yasmeen came and told us we had to go to the dining room because things were getting suspicious. 

-Yasmeen POV-

Reem still looked a bit shaken from the whole rumor thing. I don’t blame her; I would’ve broke down if that happened to me! All of a sudden, my phone started to ring. Layan was calling. 

-Phone call with Layan-

Yasi: Layan yal chalba laish ma-

Layan: Yasmeen, please skty a7taj agoolch shay!

Yasi: Shfeech? 5ar3teny...

Layan: Its about the Reem rumor...

Yasi: Layan... what do you know?

Layan: I know who started it...

Yasi: and who was that?

Layan: It was Aziz...

Yasi: WHAT?! AZIZ?! WHY??

Layan: Yasmeen calm down! He did it because he was so devastated that Reem chose Faisal over him! Ya3ny obviously Aziz is hotter! I’m not saying what he did was right bs y3ny 9ij Reem didn’t even apologize about the whole thing! She never even gave Aziz a chance!

Yasi: WHAT THE... LAYAN ARE YOU EFFING SERIOUS? YOU KNOW WHAT THIS RUMOR COULD DO TO REEM’S REPUTATION?! MN9JCH INTY HE DID THE BECAUSE OF A STUPID APOLOGY?! 5AL YA7MD RABAH ENA ANA MB JDAMA CHAN AL7EEN L3ANT A5RAH!

Layan: Yasmeen mala da3y kel hal 9ra5!!! I told him ena el shay 5a6a2 bs mar’9a ysma3 kalamy!! He said ena the only way they’d break up is if there was a rumor that would ruin their relationship! Wallah I tried to stop him!

Yasmeen: Ya3ny you knew he was gonna spread the rumor w tamayty sakta?! WTF Layan ma7asabtch you’d do something so cruel to Reem.

Layan: Shda3wa Yasmeen!! Tawa hay 9ar!! Youm he told me seeda nshar el 5abar magdart I stop him, okay?! Fa please, stop acting like an angel. W btw, it sucks that this happened, bs Reem 7dha 9arat jaree2a w sl*t ever since she started dating Faisal, and you know this for a fact.

Yasmeen: Whatever Layan. Please don’t call again. Bye.

I hung up on her, because I couldn’t stand talking to her after the way she backstabbed Reem like that. I know she’s right about the whole Reem becoming jaree2a bs no one deserves rumors being spread about them. I knew I had to tell Reem.

I walked into the dining room and said “Reem, I need to get something from your room, bs your door is stuck again” it was a lame excuse, but at least it would get Reem out of the dining room. Reem’s door kept sticking these days and the only person that could open in it was Reem. She put her fork down and walked out of the room.

Reem: shno el shay el muhim ely you need from my room?

Yasmeen: nothing, bs I need to tell you something. 

Reem: Gooly.

Yasmeen: I know you’ve dealt with so much today, so ana I’ll ask you if you want to know before I tell you. *sigh* Reem, do you want to know who started the rumor?

Reem: YOU KNOW WHO STARTED THE RUMOR?! EE BSR3A TELL ME 5ALNY AL3AN GFDAYNHUM.

Yasmeen: Shhhh! Ga9ry 9otich! It... it was Aziz...

Reem: A-A-Aziz...? The Aziz that said he loved me... the Aziz that could never hurt a fly and was loved by everyone? The guy that would always shout at the guys who disrespected us? Mu-Mum9adga...

Reem’s eyes filled with tears. These weren’t tears that meant she was mad. She wasn’t even mad that the rumor had spread. She was hurt; broken. Aziz had told her he loved her; w hay mb shay 9‘3eer. Reem and Aziz have always been friends, bestfriends even. He hurt her; he hurt her bad.

Reem: How... How could he? Why would he hurt me?

Yasmeen: Aww 7abeebty Reem!!! Wallah masta7mel achoofch chthy!

I pulled her in for a hug and started crying! I felt like a piece of breaking when Reem started to cry! Wallah Reem is more than a sister; she’s my other half! And Reem has ALWAYS been the stronger one! Nothing broke her.

-

“Yalla goomy 7abeebty, its 6:45” My mom said, shaking me slightly to wake me up.

“mmm, mama... Al7een bagoom...” I said, covering my head with my blanket.

My mother pulled away my blanket and dragged me out of bed. “Yalla, manaby ta25eer!” Mama said, dragging me towards the bathroom. Once I finished up, I prayed, got dressed, put my hair up in a ponytail and ran downstairs. I got myself a nutella sandwich, a cup of milk and ran to the car where, as usual, 3essa and 3li were already seated. I was about to BBM Reem then I remembered her phone has been off for the past couple of days. She hasn’t even logged in to Twitter from her laptop. 

Once I got to school, I walked over to Saif and Faisal instead of my usual morning routine, which was talking to Layan and Jumanah about my weekend. I couldn’t stand seeing Layan after Thursday.

-Conversation with Saif and Faisal-

Yasmeen: Hellooooooo, chftoo Reem elyoum?

Faisal: Yasmeen? Shfeech ga3da ma3ana elyoum?

Saif: Jaziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Yasmeen: Alaaaadiiiiinnnnnnn

Faisal: a9lan 3ady, maknt ata‘9rch etrideen 3alay...

Saif: Jaziiiii elyoum first break ma3ay ha

Yasmeen: hahahhahahahahaha Faisal! Maby ajabel Layan. And okay Aladdin ;;)

Just as Faisal was about to ask why I didn’t want to talk to Layan; Reem walked into the school. She didn’t bother talking to anyone and went straight to Aziz. 

-Reem’s POV-

I couldn’t talk to anyone right now. I had to talk to Aziz first. I walked right pass everyone and got to Aziz. He was startled by the expression on my face and he could see that I found out it was him. I dragged him to an empty corridor and started to talk.

-Conversation with Aziz-

Reem: talk.

Aziz: Reem, I love you, w abech 7gy ana bs. So, I’m sorry I had to spread this rumor, bs 9ij masta7mlch weya Faisal!

Reem: Excuse me? you HAD to spread the rumor? You didn’t HAVE to do anything! If you truly love me, you would never want to hurt me; never want to see me broken and fragile. If you actually wanted me happy, you wouldn’t have ruined my reputation and made half the school think I’m a slut. Aziz, forget we were ever friends. Forget my number, my bb pin, my email, and forget me. I believe in forgiving and forgeting, so I forgive you, and I want to forget you.

I was about to walk away, tears slipping from my eyes, but Aziz pulled be back.

Aziz: Reem, bs sm3y aish ab’3a agoolk. I thought you had feelings for me too! I thought you just felt sorry for Faisal! I thought this would make you happy! I, I just thought... I thought you loved me too!

Reem: 3zooz, int mn9ijik? Akeed I love you! But not the way you love me! 

All of a sudden, Aziz pulled me in for a hug. I noticed a small tear falling from his eyes and I couldn’t stand seeing him cry so I hugged him back. “Reem.” Faisal said, from behind us.

“Faisal wait!!!!” I said, running after him! Oh no, he saw me hugging Aziz! 

“Na3am Reem. Go, go Aziz yabeech.” Faisal said, obviously hurt, his eyes not meeting mine.

I lifted his head with my hand and said “a7bk”, my face already filled with tears. Faisal hugged me and said “Mb kthry yal sa5eefa”. The bell rang, which was our cue to stop hugging. I saw Yasmeen and pulled her to the girls bathroom.

-Conversation with Yasmeen-

Reem: Yasii, I need to show you something... Sorry 5shayt hal shay mnch...

Yasmeen looked nervous.

-Yasmeen’s POV-

Reem looked like she was crying. She said she had to show me something, which was never a good thing. She handed me her phone and showed me 4 pictures.

first picture: Reem’s short, black hair looked gorgeous from the breeze coming from the sea. Behind her was Jumanah’s shailah. She was dressed in an oversized “I love Paris” hoodie and skinny jeans. Her make up was simple; red lipstick and mascara. She was sitting in Faisal’s lap and was making a kissy face to the camera.

Second picture: Reem was in the same outfit and the same background. This time she was kissing Faisal’s cheeks while squishing his face.

Third picture: Same outfit, same background. Faisal was squishing Reem’s face and kissing her cheeks.

Fourth picture: Same outfit, same background. Reem was asleep in Faisal’s lap.

My face was blank.

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