I shifted from side to side whenever I heard Mai scream from the other room. "Push! Push!" Some french doctor would shout every two seconds. Mr. Nicolas and Anna, his wife, had just arrived. "Khalid!" Anna panicked. "Go to her! Help her!" "No thanks.." I was terrified. "She needs you now more than ever, Khalid. Go hold her hands." Mr. Nicolas pats my shoulder. I step inside and they dress me up in some kind of scrubs, face mask, and gloves.
As soon as I see her, I kiss her forehead while still wearing my face mask, and apologize for what she's going through. "Breathe, umm, I don't know!" "Tell her to push!" Her doctor shouts at me. "Okay, do that Mai!" Wait, PUSH WHAT! I pat the sweat on her forehead dry and she breathes heavily. " I.. I can't go on like this.. I can't.." She cries. "Come on Mai, you can, I promise you can. Please, for me.." One final wale, and it's out. A tiny human creature covered in blood and other things I really didn't understand.
He cried uncontrollably, and as soon as we heard his cry, we both cried along with him. He was wrapped up in a blue blanket and carefully placed in her arms.
Amal:
We got a call from Khalid! It's the greatest news I've heard in a while.. Is it impatiently through class, texting Khalid on how to create a Skype account.. When I got back from school, I texted him to set up the laptop so we can all see each other. I sat with my grandmother and Osha on my lap as we video chatted. "Hey.. Who's that?" Khalid asks, pointing on his screen. Our smiles fade.. "Who do you mean? I'm Amal.." He chuckles. "I know that stupid, who's the kid on your lap?"
I look at my screen and I see Mai's worry obviously painted across her face..
I ended the video chat and got to my phone instead. "Your sister Khalid, you named her! How could you forget!" I texted him. "I'm sorry, I think I forgot, what's her name?" he replied.
This was frustrating, Mai should not have been alone with my brother, and yet there was no way I could get there.. They needed watching over..
Amal:
We got a call from Khalid! It's the greatest news I've heard in a while.. Is it impatiently through class, texting Khalid on how to create a Skype account.. When I got back from school, I texted him to set up the laptop so we can all see each other. I sat with my grandmother and Osha on my lap as we video chatted. "Hey.. Who's that?" Khalid asks, pointing on his screen. Our smiles fade.. "Who do you mean? I'm Amal.." He chuckles. "I know that stupid, who's the kid on your lap?"
I look at my screen and I see Mai's worry obviously painted across her face..
I ended the video chat and got to my phone instead. "Your sister Khalid, you named her! How could you forget!" I texted him. "I'm sorry, I think I forgot, what's her name?" he replied.
This was frustrating, Mai should not have been alone with my brother, and yet there was no way I could get there.. They needed watching over..
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