Previously:
Khalid: I love you Mai..
Saeed: I decide to ask Joojoo where she'd like to study later on. "America." She replies.. I remember that Saif, my friend and her ex, moved there about a year or two ago.
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Khalid:
I woke up embarrassed from the night before, Mai was still sleeping when I got up for work. By the time I suited up, Mai was alarmed. I don't know if I was loud, or if it was the baby.
Around Mai, I feel clumsy. Whenever she looks at me, I lose my balance. I stiffly walk to the closet to pull out a tie, failing to act cool and confident. I walk back to the mirror to brush my hair to the side and fix my tie. The mirror reflected Mai, which was distracting. I saw her eyeing me with my tie, and I struggled to put it on.
"Let me help you." She suggested. "I'm fine, I won't wear a tie today."
I stop to look at her reflection struggling to get off the bed.
"Don't move, I'll come to you.." I guess I gave up. She sat by the bed, and I was on my knees before her. It was so awkward that my shyness burned my face red, I felt it.
"You look good in a suit and tie, you should've worn a suit to our wedding."
"I don't remember marrying you to remember what I wore that night."
The dorky grin disappeared from her face, she subtly shook her head back to reality. "Do you regret it?" She stood up, holding her baby bump, as if hugging it apologetically. It was such a sad sight to see, she looked lonely, and fragile. I wrapped my arms around her, trying to hug her, but not touch the baby bump.
The first thought that came to my mind was, it was too late to regret anything. "No." I whisper, my voice sounds too confident, almost insincere. "But..?" Mai demands truth. "I just wish I got the chance to get to know you better, before a baby comes between us." "Khalid, this baby is yours too.. It'll need you more than I do."
I start to feel offended. A couple of days ago I was living my life carefree, and then I'm suddenly responsible for two souls with one visit from my family. What am I going to do with a baby?
"I'm sorry you have to go through this Mai, I just don't remember how I was involved in this."
Amal:
I stood in front of the school gates and focused on every single detail. I missed school. I missed someone in school. The search began.
"Amal!" Joojoo hugs me from behind, Salma runs across the hall to join us. We sit at the nearest bench and I give out souvenirs. "Joojoo, I want you to give this to Saeed, they're just some T-shirts. Salma, give those to 7amad."
"Why me!?" Salma protests, but she takes the gift bag with her.
"Salma there he is! Run!" Joojoo points out, he doesn't notice us until Salma calls his name.
"Amal! You're back!" I stand up just to greet him, but he takes me into his embrace. What the hell!? "I missed you.." He breathes into my neck. I try to break free, he hugs me tighter, and lifts me off the floor.
I look at Joojoo, whose jaw is on the floor, and Salma's eyes are burning mad. "Let me go 7amad.."
He listens, then turns to look at Salma. "What's wrong?" He grins, then I understand. He's teasing her.
"Is this how you prove you like a girl?" She seems surprised, in shock maybe, she raises her hands up. she doesn't want to argue about it, so she left us there standing.
"7amad! You messed up!" His fun self disappears, and he pouts. I don't think he realized he was pouting, his eyes wide and sad, it was heart breaking to see. "Come, we'll get some coffee and head to the library. We can talk about this there."
In the library, the librarian suspects we're on a date, I pull out the closest algebra textbook and start solving whatever lesson I found I knew. He starts "I don't know what to do with her! No flowers, no gifts, no nothing makes her understand.. She's not even thinking about me Amal!"
"Maybe she doesn't need flowers or gifts." I guess. "What would she need? Help me Amal!" His face buried in his hands, he seems so desperate. "It's alright 7amad, I'll try To help, okay?" I try to reassure him. "Amal, what are you solving?" "The librarian is giving me death glares.." He laughs, and it seems I was able to change his mood somehow. I stare as his expression softens, and his handsome face relaxes. "I don't know how she's resisting you." I confess. "And you wouldn't!?" He teases. "Come on, you know me. There's one person in my head and it frustrates me enough." I sigh.
"The only difference is that you know he likes you back.."
What?
