Love & everything in between. Part 1

Hello! Just like I promised I'm going to start posting my new story! Enshalla I'm going to post weekly. I might post long posts or short posts. I hope you like this story as much as you liked the old one. The story is based on some true events and some aren't true and all the names in the story are made up. Please tell me what you honestly think!

- love 

bella xoxo

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     It was the first week of July and everyone was either traveling, or getting ready to travel. Noura on the other hand had no plans for the summer. Her parents were already abroad and she stayed in Kuwait with her brother Fahad. She really wanted to travel, but she was busy looking and applying for jobs. All her friends were going to travel in a few days and they all decided to go out for brunch before each one goes in a different direction. Noura loved her friends but they weren’t so close as they were back in high school. They barely saw each other, but when they did, its like they never graduated.  But Noura did stay close with one friend only, Lulu. Noura and Lulu were inseparable since Middle School, and they stayed that way. Noura really considers Lulu as a sister, and her family loves her and considers her as their daughter.

The girls all finished eating and were enjoying some sweets with coffee and discussing everything when suddenly Abrar said, “Banat mageltlekum!!”

“Sheno golay?” Noura said

“Et3arfoun 3azeez AlFlani? Ely obouh Mohammed AlFlani?” She said

Noura quickly gave a look to Lulu who understood what she meant exactly. Noura kind of knew who 3azeez was, but that was around 4 years ago.

“Eeeh golay eshfeeh?” Lulu asked instead of Noura, who tried to seem uninterested.

“Sema3t ena khe6ab!” Abrar’s eyes gleamed, as if what she said was valuable information.

Noura gulped nervously and smiled, “eeh allah ewafga..” but deep inside she was burning with curiosity and wonder.

“Haw laa Abrar chena sema3t ena ga3deen edawroonla?” Fatima said

“La la ana omi galatly ena kha6eb bas ena lama al7een ma e3lnouha!!” Abrar smiled.

That was Abrar, always interested with other people’s lives. She always had the latest news and gossip, she was very trustworthy but she couldn’t keep her mouth shut.

“Eeh kaifha e7na shako?” Noura said

“Matabeen et3arfen mino eb ya5th?” Abrar said

Noura shook her head, “Ma3arfa wala e9eerli w mayhmeny el9ara7a!”

“Waay Noura maleeqa!” Abrar said teasing her friend.

Noura was the type that didn’t care for gossip and she hates when people start gossiping.

Lulu sensed that Noura was bothered with the subject so she immediately started talking about something else. Noura on the other hand sipped her coffee quietly, listening to her friend’s talk but her mind wandered off to about 4 years ago, the day she met 3azeez.

It was the year she graduated from high school, and the summer that her niece, Jana, was born. Dhari, Noura's eldest brother, works at the Kuwaiti Embassy in America. He’s married to Salma and they occasionally come to Kuwait in the holidays. Mostly though, Noura, Fahad and their parents visit Dhari each summer. That summer, Fahad had plans with his friends, they were going to Europe and so Noura and her parents were the only ones who went to Dhari. Noura had a great time with her family in the States and she met with some of her friends and had a blast. But Noura had to leave three weeks earlier than her parents because her classes were starting.

Dhari was the one who dropped off Noura at the airport. He helped her check in and walked her to security.

“Bel salamah 7abebty, deray balech 3ala nafsech oo 6amnena awal mato9len” Dhari kissed Noura's cheeks and hugged her. Noura was the youngest of her siblings and both her brothers loved her very much. But she was closer to Fahad than she was to Dhari even when the age difference between her and Fahad was 6 years, they were very close.

“Dhari eshda3wa tara mu awal marra asafer brou7y!” Noura teased her brother

“Walla law etsafreen eldenya kelha brou7ich ba’9el a7atech wayin matrou7een! You are my baby sister!”

“Haay haay shno baby! Ana al7een ta5arajt men thanawy so ana mu baby!” Noura bugged her eyes.

“Laa baby w ne9!” Dhari laughed

Noura rolled her eyes and hugged her brother; it was time for her to head to the gate. “Enshalla ebtyeoun eb December?” Noura asked

“Eeh enshalla 6ab3an!” Dhari smiled

“Ashwaa! La2ni men al7een walhana 3ala Janooya!” Noura frowned

“Afa! Bas ebtolheen 3ala benty??”

“Laa 6ab3an 7ata enta w Salma! Lat6awloon 3alayna tekfa Dharooy!” Noura begged

“Men 3yoone,” Dhari winked and they said their goodbyes and Noura proceeded to the gate.

She boarded the plane and got seated. The seat next to her was empty and she felt relieved. She didn’t want to be sitting next to a stranger for a 16-hour flight. So she put her bag on the empty seat and got her book and Ipod and prepared them for the flight. The flight attendants were serving complementary drinks and snacks so she got herself a diet coke and some salted peanuts. She was seated in the business section, which wasn’t full at all. There were only a few passengers in that section and it was nice and quiet. 5 minutes before the gate was closed, a tall handsome man boarded the plane and was looking for his seat.

Noura wasn’t paying any attention; she was looking for songs on her play list when suddenly she heard a voice ask her, “Law sama7tay hathy jan6etch?”

She looked up and was completely mesmerized by his eyes. He had soft brown eyes that would take your breath away. Noura was completely speechless. She opened her mouth to reply but no words were coming out. It was like she was suddenly put on mute. He smiled at her cute embarrassed face, which made Noura's heart melt. His smile was absolutely adorable. He had two dimples and when he smiled, his eyes became so small.

Noura's face turned red, she wasn’t only embarrassed by the fact that she was speechless, but also by the fact that he noticed she was embarrassed.

“Eeh..” was the only thing that Noura could whisper.

Luckily for her, the flight attendant came to the rescue and took her bag and placed it in the overhead stowage.

He sat next to her, and her heart started racing. She looked around her and found so many empty seats. He could’ve changed his place and took any other seat, but the fact that he wanted to sit next to her was making her feel so ecstatic.

While he was getting seated she quickly studied his hand and face to guess how old he was and if he was married or not. She found no ring on his hand and he seemed to be in his early twenty’s.

Everyone got seated and the plane took off. She wanted to talk to him but she didn’t want to seem as if she was bold or brash.

So she grabbed her book and started reading, and to her luck, he started the conversation.

“Paulo Coelho ha?” he smiled and hoped that the conversation keeps going.

She smiled back at him and nodded, “eeh he’s one of my favorite authors.”

“7ata ana,” He smiled and made eye contact. He noticed that her face turns red every time their eyes meet. He stared at her eyes. She had beautiful eyes and beautiful facial features. Her face was heart shaped with high cheekbones, a narrow chin and a small nose. She had a gorgeous smile with white straight teeth. Her hair was the perfect shade of brown that complemented her olive toned skin.

She held out her book, “tara etha tabe tegraha, I’m almost done with it bugali two chapters.”

“Laa mashkoora gareha oo khale9,” he smiled again, “ma3ach 3azeez AlFlani,” He put his hand out to shake hers.

Her heart skipped a beat, “Noura AlFlani,” she shook his hand and smiled back.

“Welne3im!” He said

“Yen3am eb7alek, mashkoor..” She looked away shyly.

3azeez wanted to know everything there was about Noura. He was so interested in her the moment he saw her.

He didn’t know whether it was attraction or just excitement, he felt something towards her, and he wasn't quite sure if she felt the same way.

They kept talking throughout the whole flight, she told him that she just graduated from high school and he told her that he was studying in the States and that he was going back home for a few months and going back for the spring semester.

It turns out he was 3 years older than her and that she was still so young for any kind of relationship.

Noura wasn’t even the type of person that would be in a relationship, although her family wasn’t conservative at all, Noura never really had anytime for relationships.

3azeez on the other hand came from a very liberal family, yet he was a bit conservative.

Noura fell asleep for the last few hours of the trip and 3azeez watched a movie.

When they landed to Kuwait, Noura was wondering whether they’d stay as friends but she wasn’t going to suggest anything. 3azeez was also wondering if he should stay in touch with Noura but he didn’t say anything because he was waiting for Noura to bring the subject up, but sadly she didn’t so neither one of them got any contact information.

“El7emdalla 3alsalamah,” 3azeez said as they got out of their seats and grabbed their bags.

“Allah esalmek,” Noura smiled

Then they fell in awkward silence, so 3azeez quickly said, “allah ewafgech oo sheday 7alech belderasa!” and he put out his hand to shake hers for one last time.

“Mashkoor, o ent ba3ad allah ewafgik enshalla..” She shook his hand and stared at his eyes. A part of her wanted to stay in that moment forever, she wanted to fly again and just keep talking to him, but that wasn’t happening. They said their goodbyes and left the plane and for four years, she never heard from him nor saw him again. Although she kept hoping for a miracle to happen and she’d see him by coincidence, but that miracle never came.

No one knew about what happened between her and 3azeez except Lulu. So when Abrar brought his name up, Lulu knew exactly how Noura felt.

“Nouroo,” Lulu said to Noura as they were driving back home.

“Hallaa?” Noura said with a dazed look.

“Eshfeech em5ansa?”  Lulu asked

“Laa mafeny shay..” Noura said

“3alay hal kalam Nouroo?”

Noura sighed, “Lulu abe 3azeez..”

Lulu rolled her eyes, “Nwaira cham marra ba3eed elkalam 3alaich? 9adgeeni etha lekum ne9eeb 7ag ba3ath, beyeech!”

“Eeh enzain bas ya3ne lama solafna kan ako sh3our ghareb bayne w bayna! Ya3ne methl attraction!” Noura confessed

“7abebty that was four years ago!! Mara7 ag9 3alaich, bas tara 3ade elwalad nesach!!” Lulu said

“Waay yakalba latgoleen chthy!” Noura frowned

“La 7abebty bagool! La2na mu zain lech ench em3alga nafsech arba3 esneen ebwa7ed yemkn asasan maya’9kerich!” Lulu said

“Bas ana 7abaita walla! W met2akda ena ohwa 7abny!” Noura said

Lulu sighed, she was tired of having this conversation for the past four years.

“Enzain etha kalamteeh, eshbetgolenlah?” Lulu asked, she was finally willing to help out her friend.

“Madri, bas abe aklma.. Etha kalam Abrar 9j, abe aklma before its too late” Noura whispered, she waited for four years and she couldn’t wait any longer.

“Khalas ayeblich raqam elyoum..” Lulu said

“Eshloun???? W entay rathya?” Noura asked

Lulu nodded, “mani meqtan3a wayed bel fekra, bas mayendara she9eer.”

“Enzain men wayen betyebeen elraqam?”

“Faris.” Lulu replied.

To be continued...