Hummingbird Heartbeat 2

We entered the school amazed, the school was five times bigger than our old school. Everything looked neat, new and organized unlike the jungle we used to attend to. 


I smiled and looked at Jouri. "Ha shrayich?"


"Not so bad after all. " She said while examining the hallways. 


"Enzain wain the principles office?" I asked looking around. 


"Madre" 


"Ok.. si2lay hathy ely wagfa yam el 7amam." I said while motioning my head towards a girl with brown eyes and wavy brown hair that fell upon her shoulders. She was short and cute.


"La2, entay si2leeha!" 


"Jouri asti7y fashla, you ask!" 


"Mmm enzain." She said as we approached the girl. 


"Law sima7tay wain the principles office?" Jouri asked. 


"Tkamloun seeda b3dain you go right wtshoufouna." She smiled. 


"Mashkoura." We replied. 


"Entaw ydad?" She asked.


"Eee." Jouri replied.


"Tabouni awa9lkum?" She smiled again. 


"3adi?" I asked.


"6ab3an, by the way i'm Lujain Al X !" 


"Ana Jouri Al X wihya Fay Al X ." Jouri said while pointing at me. 


"Wn3m." 


"Allah yn3am eb 7alich." I smiled as she led us to the principles office. She seemed very sweet. 


"Mr. Mark , there are two new girls waiting for their schedule." 


"Fay Al X and Jouri Al X? " A man with a western accent spoke, I figured it was Mr. Mark, the principle. 


"Yes."


"Oh yes dear , Rakan , let them in." Mr. Mark said. 


Oh.My.Gosh.


I started pinching Jouri's arm rapidly. 


"Shfeech?" She whispered.


"Hatha uhwa. Hatha ely shifta this morning." I said stunned.


"AYSHAY , 7LUUUUUUUUUUUU." Jouri almost shouted as he walked towards us. 


"Shhhhhh." I hushed her. 


"KAAAAAAAAAAAK RAKOUN SHMGA3DIK WYA EL PRINCIPLE." Lujain started laughing.


"Chubbay yal nizqa , yabeni the principle eb cham shaghla , entay yahel shfahimich." Rakan said then he started playfully punching her and messing with her hair.


 I felt jealous. 


"We asif." Rakan looked at Jouri and I. "7ayakum dishaw." His husky voice spoke once again, motioning towards the door. 


We entered the room and found the principle sitting on his chair , talking to a very attractive guy. 


He was tall , tanned , broad shouldered , and had his collar bones sticking out. He has really dark brown medium length hair , and nut brown eyes with dimples on his cheeks. 


Both Mr.Mark and the guy shifted their gaze at us. 


"Hello girls welcome to XXX, it's a pleasure to have you ." Mr. Mark said. 


"It's a pleasure to be here." Both me and Jouri replied. 


"Girls these are my two helpers , Yousef & Rakan .. They will be showing you around campus and taking you to your classes for the next few days until you get sorted out." Mr. Mark smiled and continued doing his work. 


They introduced themselves and took us to our first period , biology. Jouri liked biology, but I hated it. 


As they were leaving they flashed us a big beautiful smile that melted our hearts. 


They bell rang so we gathered our stuff and left for our second period , english. They were both waiting for us outside the classroom and took us to our class. They did the same thing for the rest of the day. 


At lunch .. 


We sat with Rakan and Yousef, we were still shy and things were a bit awkward. 


"Laish 6ala3taw min madrisatkoum? " Rakan said, breaking the ice. 


"Wala malaina minha , 9ar lina min Pre-K w7na feeha , gilna nabe taghyer shway. " Jouri said , before I got a chance to even open my mouth. 


She looked at me and smiled, which meant that I should stay quiet. I guess she didn't tell them and doesn't want me to tell them the real reason why we left our school. Which was that we had some problems with other girls from our grade because she didn't want us to come out as problem makers in front of them. 

Hummingbird Heartbeat 1

Insomnia; Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time. Am I an insomniac ? Yes, indeed. I can't help myself sometimes, I stay up all night for no apparent reason and when I do get some sleep its only for a couple of hours. The minium rest I get would be up to 5 hours, and sometimes 8, when I'm lucky. 


On top of that , tomorrow is my first day at my new school, so its pretty much impossible to sleep with all that rush and excitement going on. I tried every sleeping position from the Foetus to the starfish, nothing seemed to work. I even tried Mr.Beans way, counting up sheep in my head .. even that method failed. 


I checked my clock that read 4:30 am , and I had to be up by 6. So I waited til the Athan, I prayed, took a shower and decided to curl my straight long dark brown hair while watching The Fresh Prince of Bel Air since I had nothing else better to do. 


By the time it was 6:00, I was already dressed in my new school uniform, and I had to pick up my best friend Jouri, by 6:30. So I had spare time on my hands and decided to go to Starbucks first , so I could get us something to fill up our empty stomachs.

"Ef yala Jouri riday."I said silently to myself while walking to Starbucks , as I called her for the 5th time. 

"Aloo.." Jouri spoke with a very sleep voice.

"9arly sina adig 3alaich laish matrideen? Yallah goumay goumay jdami bamrich in 10 minutes." I said. 

"Eff Fay , 5 more minutes , ams ma nimt wayd." She complained. 

"Mashallah 3al sa3a 10 entay bfrashich ou ma nimtay wayd? Agoul goumay rou7ay 9alay ou qaslay wayhich." I argued. 

"Waaaaaay enzain. " She whined. 

I laughed. 

"Ana el7en 3ind Starbucks , shinu tabeen?" I asked. 

"Mmmm , nafsich. " 

" Vanilla frappuccino ou 7alloum panini ?" 

"Eee . "

"Yala rou7ay tizahibay." I hung up. 

I walked over to the counter and ordered then I started fiddling with my blackberry , waiting for our food. 

"Shway law sima7tay." An unfamiliar husky voice said. 

I was too distracted with my phone to notice. 

"E7em." He coughed. 

I looked up to find a tall tanned figure looking right at me. He had medium length dark brown hair, big hazelnut eyes , and a light stubble. He was wearing navy blue sweatpants, weya qamee9 abyath that complemented his fit body, showing off a bit of his abs. I was so mesmerized with his flawless figure that I could have melted, and forgot that even talked to me. 

He coughed again. 

Finally I got my senses back and stuttered for words so I just looked down and moved away. 

"Number 54." The man behind the counter said, after waiting for 5 minutes. 

I got my order and went straight back to the car and off to Jouri's. 

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Fay ♡ :

PING!!!

PING!!!

PING!!!

PING!!!

PING!!!

I'm out! 

Jouri '32 :

Coming !

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I waited patiently in the car for Jouri to come. I looked over to my window, as I sensed a medium height figure approaching the car. Luscious black locks, dark brown eyes; Jouri may look like a bimbotic, dumb brunette, but when you meet her, she’ll tell you never to judge a book by its cover. Jouri has always been the brightest apple in the box. She’s very serious when it comes to her work and school and doesn’t let anything interfere with that. Jouri gets along with everyone, she’s quite the peoples person. She’s very sweet, but she knows how to stand her ground, she won’t let anyone walk all over her. She doesn’t sugar coat, she is pretty blunt and upfront about things.  She is honest, almost brutally so, but she’d rather stab her own eye out than lie about something. When she turned 15, she started to become more and more beautiful. Now a lot of guys show interest in her but she doesn’t know what to do because she has no experience whatsoever. Even though she’s pretty now, Jouri still feels insecure. She’s strong and has a wall built up around her.

"Hala hala hala." She said as she sat in the backseat , next to me. 

"Hala feeech." I laughed , giving her , her food. 

"Shil akhbar? Laish mbtasma? " She asked winking, then taking a bite from her sandwich. 

"6afich tawa." My smile got bigger. 

"Sh9ar?????!" She raised her eyebrow. 

"Shft wa7d , yabouuuuuuyy shnu 7lu !" 

"Ya 7mara bdouni? 3inda rabi3? Describe shakla!!" 

I told her what happened at Starbucks and how I humiliated my self in front of him. 10 minutes later we arrived at our new school and I could feel myself getting nauseous. 

"Fay , cheni hawant? " Jouri said nervously. 

"Latgoulen chithy , ba3dain we worry akthar!" 

"Akhaf , what if they don't like me? Awal mara nkoun eb a mixed school , ma3arif shat9araf wla shasawe, ou shloun bnsawe new friends? Wtha ana wyach mu eb nafs el 9af?" Jouri kept going on and on and I froze , I never thought of that, but we'll make it through this. 

I looked at Jouri and held her shoulders and I started shaking her. " CALM DOWN WOMAN. Be optimistic , think on the brighter side. Allah mu katiblina ela el shay el zain , mu we agreed nrou7 a new school for a new beginning? Ou matadreen this could be the best years of our lives. The boys aren't animals mara7 yaklounich , bil3aks this could help us socialize more 3ashan ma nitwahag bil jam3a or in life. Plus who is stupid enough not to like you? You're beautiful inside and outside , I'm pretty sure you'll make friends in seconds. Ou always remember that I will never leave your side , 7atan law if we're in different classes, we'll make it through this , wa3ad." I argued. 

She took a deep breath. "I guess you're right." 

"Of course I am. " I winked and we both got out the car and into a start of something new. 

Introduction

" Mama,  what's it like falling in love? " My 14 year old daughter, Al-Zain asked. 


" Ee khalty Fay, entay ou ume shloun kntaw t3arfoun ba3ath? " Jouri's 14 year old daughter, Jawa asked. 

" Shloun 3araftaw mnu taboun tizawjoun?" Al-Zain asked. 

" Enshallah laman tkbroun shway ngoulkum." Jouri, my bestfriend said. 


"Laaaaaaaaaa Mama tell us now! Shkthr tabouna nkbar? E7na 14 mu yahal , we're mature enough." Jawa protested. 


I laughed and looked at Jouri, I can't believe how blessed we are to have such an amazing family , and have the most beautiful daughters in the whole world. I can't believe how we both got so lucky and married the one we loved. 


"Ha Jouri, shtgouleen? " I took a small sip of tea. 


"Yala ba3d, khan gouluhum gabel la 7anat'hum tzeed." Jouri said as she placed her hand on her head and shook it in a tisk tisk way. 


The girls huddled down on the floor and looked up at us with enthusiasm and excitement in their eyes. 




And this is where it all began ......