Just Another Life; Chapter 4

“I get it little sisters are annoying sometimes” I said to Hamad as we were walking in

“I didn’t say anything” he said with a grin

“I know you were thinking about it, why did you bring your sister” I said

“Its not for her age” he answered

“True” 

we walked side by side in silence for a while “what are you two love birds talking about” Marwan said in a mocking tone 

“can you stop” Hamad said sounding pissed

“what the . . .”

“its fun you look funny angry” Marwan interrupted me and pinched my cheecks

I hit his hands so that he would let go, and just walked to Fatima and Maryam I can hear them arguing but at this point I just wanted the day to end, after several rides that I have been forced to ride because I knew if I didn’t Marwan would seize the opportunity and make fun of me “I am tired you guys go to that ride” I said

“come on Hamda” nagged Maryam

“you go I am really tired”

“fine” said Fatima 

“I will stay here with her” said Marwan

“hell no” I said before I could stop myself I cant handle one second with him with everybody around how about alone

“its fine I will stay” said Hamad

they walked away and left me there alone with him, what am I suppose to do I don’t know how to act I just sat and looked at my hands as I was playing with my fingers , to my surprise he drags me “come” he said we went to a ride we waited in line, he began asking me question and so I did too, it is now our turn I didn’t know what was this ride but when I saw it my heart dropped I think this is the scariest ride here “don’t be scared” he said I went on the ride and sat down I look down to find him putting his palms at my direction “I know you want to, it might help” he said with a grin the ride starts to move and yet again my fear takes over I couldn't help but surrender and there it was our fingers interlocked together I suddenly felt safe like nothing could go wrong what is this feeling taking over me, the ride stops as I was ready to let go of his hand he holds it tighter and pulls me out of the ride, what is he doing I was astonished I don’t know what to say, as we were walking out we saw them he quickly  let go of my hand but ofcours Marwan noticed and he smirked,

“can we leave” I asked

“why I want to stay a little more” said Maryam

“fine I don’t want to play Ill just sit here ALONE” I said stretching at the word alone

as they were walking I sat in relief, I watched them disappear, when I started to think about what just happened “hi” I hear somebody say I look to my right I see a good looking man with dark brown and honey colored eyes 

“hey” I answer

“is this your first time here” he asked

“no it my second time, what about you” I said

“I lost count” he said

“is that because you like it or you are being dragged here”I said

“second one, I don’t know what they see in this park the rides get boring”he said

“I thought I was the only one being dragged” I said

“welcome to the club, my name is Jason what about yours”

“Hamda nice to meet you”

“like wise”

we were talking when I see Marwan coming

“oh god” I couldn’t help but say

“what is wrong” he said

“don’t look but the person coming our way is an ass and I want to kill him”

“hello” Marwan said looking at Jason

“hi’ Jason answered and raised his hands waving

Marwan totally ignored him and looks at me and says “you want to leave”

“I see what you mean” said Jason

“ya” I answered to Marwan

“lets go” Marwan said

“what about the others” I asked

“come we will go get them” Marwan said

“its fine I will wait here” I said

Marwan gave me a deadly look, as he was leaving he looks at Jason and gives him the fakest smile ever

“sorry” I said to Jason when Marwan was out of earshot and I was sure he wont be able to hear me

“its fine, I see what you meant” he said

“now I am stuck with that the whole ride back to the hotel”I said

“well good luck do you have an email so we can stay in touch” he said

“ya “ as I was giving him my email I saw them coming I told Jason good bye an I headed to them and when I just arrived to them

“who is he” Hamad asked

“he is cute” said Fatima

“are we leaving” I said 

finally I am in the lobby in one piece “get dressed we will go to dinner with our parents” Marwan said

what this day is not over “I think ill just go to sleep” I said

“what you are passing a food opportunity” Fatima said

“I am tired”

I was forced to go by my mom, I got dressed and headed down to the lobby I see Hamads eyes wide open, and Fatima turned to me and said “now you look like a lady” I just rolled my eyes, we were in the restaurant and I could see Hamad looking at me every once and a while, and Marwan was quite why isn’t he commenting on anything we are far from our parents so they cant hear us, but I took what I got and didn’t say anything dinner finished fast now I am laying on my bed and just thinking about what happened and what will happen tomorrow hoping it will be better

Just Another Life; Chapter 3

Why cant I sleep I couldn't stop thinking about lunch tomorrow and every time it pops in my head I start to smile,

“I see someone is smiling” said Fatima its like she has some sixth sense I just ignored her

“Why aren’t you asleep” I asked

“To be honest I am picking what to wear tomorrow for lunch in my head I mean I want to look breathtaking” she said as her eyes light up

“Oh my god get over it”

“You are the last one to talk I know you’ve been thinking about Hamad the whole time that’s why you were smiling” she said as she sat and looked me

I just turned to look at the other side of the bed and ignored her, before I could know it I see a beam of light hit my face and somebody jumping on my bed so enthusiastic my eyelids feel heavy the light hurts when I finally open them I see Maryam jumping on my bed like a four year old “get of the bed this instance” I said through my teeth

“How could you treat you sister like that when all she wants is to express her joy” I hear a familiar voice saying that in a mocking way, wait isn’t that what I told Hamad and then before I know it he is standing in front of me with biggest smile ever, I pulled the cover over my head and begged the earth to swallow me, I peaked through the cover hopping the earth really did open a hole and dragged me to it, I was still in my room Maryam and Fatima laughing thank god I just imagined him there “the look on your face priceless” said Fatima, Maryam imitated my face expression so now that wasn’t a dream what is happening “yalla get ready we are going to six flags” Maryam said

“I don’t want to I want to sleep” I replied

“Trust me you want to go Hamad and Marwan are going with us” Fatime said like an excited baby who you just handed her a lollipop

“Then let me rephrase that I defiantly don’t want to go”

 “No you are coming” Fatima said all angry

“Hmm maybe if Hamad came she would change her mind” my little evil sister said like she invented something so brilliant yet evil

“Fine I will get ready”

“We will be waiting in the lobby” Fatima said heading to the door waving

“No wait” I screamed “I didn’t eat anything”

“We will get something on the way” then I hear the door close

“ughghghgh” I said

“We heard that” I hear them both say through the door

as I arrived to the lobby they all looked at me “seriously that’s what you decided to wear” Fatime said to my ears smiling and acting cool,  I looked at my clothes in surprise I was wearing a normal shirt with jeans and toms shoes we are just going to six flags I don’t see the point in dressing when I will come a mess and she wasn't wearing anything fancy either just a shirt and shorts

“I think you look beautiful” said Hamad like he was reading my mind he said it just like the way they o in the movies when the prince says it to the princess

“Thank you” I bend a little just like the way the princess and gave Fatima a I told you so look does he laughed

“That’s soo cute” she said in the sweetest way possible “now lets go “ she quickly turned into her grumpy self

“Don’t forget my food” I said trying to keep up with her walking I didn’t want to stay alone with Hamad at the back

“You and food do you love anything more than food” she said

“Hmmm” I said pretending to think “nope” I answered

“I am hungry too” said Marwan

“There is this great breakfast restaurant on our way” said Hamad

We headed to the car as I opened the car door and as I sit, I see Hamad sitting beside me “oh god” I said under my breath

“I heard that” he said with a grin

“Marwan can you drive a little bit faster I am starving” I said

“Don’t be a baby we will arrive soon” Marwan replied

“Don’t be mean” Hamad said

“We get it you like her no need to act all sweet” Marwan said

my face became red I finally managed to talk

“Your friend is mean” I said hoping he can hear me

“I heard that” he said looking through the mirror so he can see me

“I don’t care” I replied confidently

“Stop acting like kids” said Fatima

“We are here” said Hamad

we hoped of the car heading to the restaurant I see Marwan laughing at me

“What” I said

“Nothing” he replied with a grin

“Just ignore him” Hamad said

   just my luck he is sitting right in front, finally the food came and as I take my first bite he stares at me and smiles and so on “what is wrong with you soon you will see the inside if my stomach from how much you stare at me” I said angrily

“Stop it” said Hamad looking at Marwan

he finally did and I could enjoy every bite in peace, and it is one hell of an awkward ride to six flags

Just Another Life ; Chapter 2

We were walking in Santa Monica Pier  “how do you know my mom” I asked curiously “she is my moms friend” “owh” it was silent as we were walking “may I know why did you ask me to walk” I asked in the most polite way I could “because” “because?” “I wanted to” I stayed quite I didn’t know what to say and I wanted to break the awkwardness in any way, “so is that your friend the one who was sitting beside you” “yea, you think he is cute” “no” “are you sure” “yess I am is this why you wanted to walk” I said angrily “no, I was just curious” “god” “what” “nothing” we kept walking till we arrived to the rides “lets ride the roller coaster” he said “no its fine” “are you scared” “no” I replied when I was, I am terrified of roller coaster how can somebody ride it, it can break in any second but I wasn't going to admit that to him no way no matter what “then we will ride” we were standing in the queue I could feel my stomach going in knots I was terrified even if the ride was small I was praying that something will happen to it before it was our turn I prayed and prayed until it was our turn “you look terrified” I heard him say “well I am not” I replied hopping that I sounded some what confident it went up with the fear it kept turning going down I didn’t realize that I was holding his hand the whole time until the ride stopped I quickly let go “I liked it” he said what was he referring to, did he mean the ride or me holding his hand “I knew you were scared this game is boring you should visit six flags” “I did and I will never go there again” “it fine Ill take you and Ill let you hold my hand again” he said with a smirk “no its fine” that’s all I managed to say I knew I should have never went to walk with him what did I get myself into “we should go back” “no we don’t have to go back we can walk” we sat on a bench and did  my favorite thing ever we were making fun of people and I hate to admit this I really do but it was fun, as we were walking back “about my sister its just something she does so that she can get peoples attention so they do stuff for her” he said justifying himself “it not that I don’t take care of her” he completed, before I could say anything we saw his friend “are we going to go” he asked Hamad “yea” answered Hamad then he turned to me and said “I had fun” and smiled “me too” I couldn’t help but blush I don’t know why, I walked back to Maryam and Fatima “I see someone had a good time” said Fatima with a tease “what makes you think that” I answered sharply “the big goofy smile you have” Maryam answered I didn’t notice that I was smiling I quickly frowned “no I didn’t he was rude” I lied “tell us everything” Maryam said I was saved by my mom saying that we have to go, we carried our stuff and headed to eat lunch we were walking when Fatima came beside me bumped my shoulder and said “you know we will eat lunch with them tomorrow” I didn’t know what to say I kept quite “I am personally happy because I will see Marwan” “who is Marwan” I asked “Hamad’s friend he came to ask where you two went and he was charming” 

Just Another Life; Chapter 1

Ahhh finally school is done, I finally graduated and I am heading to the U.S, after years of begging them to allow me study abroad they finally accepted, and now I am soaking in reality while laying on the warm sand, sunrays hitting the water reflecting light, seeing kids building sand castles god this is the dream, “come on lets go swim” said Maryam “let me enjoy this moment” I replied “blah blah blah yess you are spending the summer here and you will study here while I will be stuck in Dubai the least very least you can do is swim with me” leave it to my sister to be a party popper “god fine” we heading to the water my feet sinking in the sand with every step, as I put my feet in the water it was cold, and I feel something cold on my face that was my sister splashing water at me, I jumped over her soaking her with cold water, we saw our cousin coming in to swim we were thinking of a scheme “no don’t you even think about it, if any of you touch me I will make sure her death looks like an accident” said Fatima “we weren’t even thinking of doing anything” I said although we were, after a while of waves splashing our faces we got tired, we decided to go back and sit under the warm sun, on my I saw this little girl crying “hey” I said “hi” she answered whipping her tears “what’s wrong” “I wanted to play with my brother because I had no one to play with and all he would do is scream”

“Ill play with you” I held her hand and went on playing “who is your brother” she pointed at a very skinny guy sitting next to him was another guy who was fit, when we finished I walked to him “why do you treat your little sister like that all she wanted was to play with you she has no one else but you, you should be ashamed of yourself” and then I pointed at his friend “and you should advice him to take good care of his sister” and I just walked away I would pay anything just to see their facial expression as I walked away, but I will not surrender and look back, I sat beside Mariam and Fatima as I see a shadow come over me I open my eyes to see it was him her brother “hello” he said “hi” I said with keeping the straightest most tough face I could pull of at the time “yalla t3aly ill show you something” I was shocked you can see it on my face “why are you shocked is it because I am Emirati” he said soo confidently, if I knew he was Emirati I would have never said anything and he has the audacity to tell me to go with him somewhere “are you crazy you know our culture and my mom and aunt are sitting right there, and I will never go anywhere with you not in a million years” he turned to them and said “5alo 3ady I take hamda to see something right?” he asked so calmly “haih hamad “ she answered what they know each other what going on “well I don’t want” I put my glasses on my eyes acting like everything is normal “yalla 3ad”he held my hand and pulled up “aggressive aren’t we” “are you scared from me that’s why you don’t want to come” “no no no this is not working on me making some competitive thing so I can go with you” “just go”said Mariam “you are annoying us” continued Fatima  “fine” I answered.