Cursed With Beauty (72)

Previously:

"You worry so much. Calm down and let things be. You have to accept that some things aren't under your control, but that doesn't mean things won't work out eventually."

Amal: Trusting the stranger just felt right..

Khalid: What the hell was I thinking? I couldn't possibly just go with it..
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Saeed:
The boys joined me at the farm, since the weather was getting better, I thought quadbiking might be fun, but Amal's crush had a better idea in mind. We walk out of our farm and walk to the horse stables of another farm. "Are you sure we're allowed in?" "Chill, it's our farm." He laughs. He called Ahmed, the stable manager, the man who scolded me about scaring the horses with my quadbike so many times in the past.

Ahmed straps three horses ready for us to ride. "Saeed, you'll be riding Mayed's horse.. Mayed's a bit reckless so be careful." "And I?" Asked 7amad.. "Don't worry, Mohammed's horse is well trained." So I got the crazy one, I roll my eyes at him. I hesitate to get on the horse, but I manage. 7amad, on the other hand, is on the horse with one smooth move. "You've been on a horse before." " Polo team." 7amad answers. " You guys know how to ride horses, I have no idea!" Amal's crush reassures me once more " They'll both follow my horse anyways, and eventually, they did.

"So who are Mayed and Mohammed again?" I try not to seem so curious. "Mohammed is my eldest brother, Mayed is the middle child, an embarrasment." I wonder how come we've never met before.. "Mohammed's actually a good friend of Khalid.. Amal's older brother.."

Oh!

Amal:

Back at the hotel, Mai dresses up for a dinner with Khalid at his room. She looked beautiful in a low neck, wrap dress that hugged her pregnant stomach. She wore a gold statement neckalece. Her face was glowing, she had wine red lipstick on, and her chocolate brown hair curled, laying perfectly on her shoulders. There was no way Khalid wouldn't fall in love with her all over again. She looked at her reflection and breathed heavily, I didn't know if she was nervous or if it was the fact that she was pregnant.. I worried.

Mai: So, he remembers nothing?

Me: Nope..

Mai closes her eyes and I notice her lips move, as if in prayer.

Me: You're worried?

Mai nods silently, she wears an abaya over her shoulders and wear her shaila and walks out of the room, to get to Khalid's.

Khalid:

I called room service and had the table set for dinner with Mai. I still didn't know what would happen next, but I deserved a first date with my pregnant wife, the one I no longer remembered. My father insisted I get a hair cut, a shave at the barber, and finally suit up. I sit back and watch T.V. until I hear a knock on the door. I open the door for her, and she walks in with her head down. She smoothly takes off her shaila, and I help with the abaya, and hang them in the closet, while she seems to fix her hair in front of the mirror. I hold my hand behind my back, I feel my palms sweat, and my mouth dry.  "So, umm.. "

She turns to look at me. I point at the dinner table directly, pushing the attention away from me. I walk to her chair, and pull it out for her. She sat down and I do the same. When I take a look at her, she's wide-eyed and as nervous as I am. We laugh at each other. I hear her exhale stress, and notice she can't hide her smile. "So, how've you been?" she asks. "Good, I guess.. How about you?" "Yeah.."
She doesn't continue. I try to keep it going, an awkward free conversation.. I take the lids off our plates and we dig in. Her head down, she ate so quietly, she almost broke my heart. "This pasta is amazing, you have to try it." I fork some penne and reach over to her, she lifts her chin up and takes a bite. "It's hot." She closes her eyes while fanning her face. I get up to hand her a drink. "It's okay."
She giggles when she sees me on my knees  by her side. I guessed it wasn't that bad, it might have been my first date, but I didn't know why I panicked so much, then I looked at her stomach and it hit me. I get up, and take two steps back. There's a baby in her stomach..
 Father lost mother because of that.. What's going to happen to Mai? "What's wrong Khalid" I cover my mouth, I don't want to hurt her.. I just couldn't.. "Sit back, please? Just give us a chance.." Us? Mai and I, or Mai and the baby?