Cursed With Beauty (24)

Amal:

Back home, I spread all 12 books on my bed..

Twelve? In a week? I doubted my abilities as the thought of backing down angered me.. This is only the beginning..

All the books were about self improvement, etiquette, & sociology..
I didn't understand what 7amad was trying to tell me, but I began..

For those dozen books, every single second counted.
I read during class, in between, while I had lunch, as I went up the stairs.. Even in the bathroom I took a book with me!! I breathed words and sentences.

Khalid:

Mr. Marwan invited me to lunch at his meelas. It was almost always grand there. As I parked outside I saw a car come out of the garage.. It was Aisha! It was finally Aishah my eyes saw..

It was also Aishah in the driver's seat, and to me it wasn't my favorite fantasy.. Aishah should be in the back seat. Someone driving for her and meeting her every need.

This was what I always thought, but seeing the power she had made me go crazy. A woman who "can" and "will" and is not afraid.. That thought never occurred to me..

As I gazed with all those thoughts on my mind, I spotted Mai sitting on the front seat, leaning forward..

She looked at me & winked. Aisha only then noticed my existence.. She looked at Mai, then looked at me like I was an overflowing dumpster.. Then she drove off.

NOOOO Mai! What did you do!!

S3eed:

Saif won't stop talking about Joojoo.. I don't know who was the one who decided that she was too dangerous. Idiot..

Saif: S3eed I found joojoo on twitter!

Me: Saif, people call you, flirt and close, you don't even know the girl's name. You flirt with unsaved numbers for fun, don't tell me Joojoo can change all that!

Saif: S3eed... Even though Joojoo knows about the people, she never spoke about them, nor does she speak about those pitiful feelings. She actually let me inside her head for once. She has those amazing ideas and the way she thinks is pure amazement! I had girls tell me to "text them before they sleep or else they can't" but conversations with her take me over the moon and back every night!

Amal:

 3amy Rashed called! He finally had a day off! He asked if we would spend tomorrow at the farm, & I agreed we'd go instantly!

I texted Khalid and father everything, then I went to mama Hamdah's room..

Mama Hamda: Dear, take your sister and close the door behind you!

Sooo not the time for that!

Me: Nshallah, but grandmother, 3amy asked us to gather at the farm tomorrow!

Yado: How do you agree without permission, and without telling me! I'm not coming, I have other things to do.

I nodded & left.. I went back to reading.

With the door open, I saw yadoh as she got out her room with emerald green fabric in her hands.. I took the baby and followed yadoh..

She sat on the floor in the living room and pulled an old sewing machine from behind the TV set..

She spread the fabric in front of her and started folding it around. Cutting here and there. I watched closely as she unfurled the piece of fabric and I saw a cut out of a jalabyah..

Then she began sewing, and every step there was, I watched.. By the end of it, she pulled the inside out and a jalabyh was created..

Yadoh: I see you don't have any more clothes in your closet, wear this.

And she threw it at me.. Apparently I forgot I was in shorts and she thought I didn't have any clothes.. Other than that, seeing a piece of clothing created right before my eyes , to me & as a girl, was incredible.