Sunday, 22 September 2013

Chapter 8

"Lulu?" I heard a male voice calling behind me as I was walking with Leen and Shaikha at the mall, "Did you guys hear anyone call my name?" I asked as I turned to see who it was before the girls even could answer "Oh my god Aziz!!!" I litterally almost screamed, but I didn't really care who turned to see "Heyy, how are youu? How was London mate?" I said doing the best British accent mimicking I could come up with "It was rather delightful my dear" he answered with the British accent as well "and I'm doing great, how are you?" he asked "Oh, I'm really good" I answered as I smiled, the usual moment of smiling and staring, "so, um yeah, I just saw you and wanted to say hi and so, sorry if I disturbed you" he said as he scratched the back of his neck and smiled awkwardly. "Are you kidding me! Not at all, I'm very delighted to see you" I said smiling widely then give him a slight cheek-to-cheek kiss and said "Okay, I gotta run Aziz, see you later?" and wanted to walk away but he held my shoulder and said "I'm more delighted to see you, Laura." so I turned fast to face him but he turned his head and walked to the escalator going up, so I smiled awkwardly staring at him as he was going up then walked to the girls "Is that the same Aziz you showed me?" Leen asked excitedly "Yeah" I said relaxed while smiling a confident smile. "What just happened exactly?" Leen asked suspeciously "I went to say hello, what did you see exactly?" I asked with the same facial expressions "Okay, calm down I'm sorry! He's way hotter in reality" said Leen then walked ahead of Shaikha and I.
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"Are you sure you don't wanna sleep over?" asked Leen, her eyes begging me to say I wanna stay, as she walked me to the outer gate. "Yeah, I really need my room, enjoy you guys!" I said smiling at her "Plus, I'll see you in a few days at school, so whatever" I added before she could try convincing me further more then hugged her and opened the door to head to my car. I checked twitter, actually I opened Aziz's profile, his last tweet was "Talk about the beauty of consequences" I remembered his face for a second during the whole situation and smiled. I then plugged in my earbuds and put my music on shuffle as I layed my head back and closed my eyes just to observe the lyrics and the sound of instruments beating, getting higher, getting louder and feeling like my pulse followed them. I felt the blood moving inside of my body, refreshing me, getting warmer and warmer, till I felt it all in my face, I couldn't feel it anywhere else. "LAURAA" the driver's shouting voice interrupted indicating that we're home already, I apologised then stepped out of the car and went straight to my room, not bothering to check if anyone's there or not, I threw my abaya, handbag, and cardigan on the floor then took my flat shoes off. I switched off the lights, not bothering changing my clothes, wiping off my makeup; I just layed there on my bed, shut my eyes and replayed the songs I was listening to. The song Titanium came up. I was getting those feelings again, I felt the blood pumping in my face veins, I sat, not laying back to anything, not resting my back to anything. I let it get me, again. Rivers of tears went down my face. I didn't wipe them, I didn't move. I just stared at the dark blank and kept my tears running not caring about them. I always thought that crying helps, you know, it makes you feel better! I don't believe in that anymore, I was just crying to get rid of the extra fluids in my body, they needed to come out, so I let them! I can't live like this forever, I have school to worry about, I have social life, I have so many things to worry about, but what's there to do? I really always tried to stop this, just put an end to it, but I kind of gave up about a year and a half ago. I stopped trying. I let it get to me, affect me. I cried, hating myself, wishing I could die, just leave the world. Not knowing the reason why, but I just felt that way. "What have I done, ugh what have you done" I sobbed between tears feeling the self-hate grow bigger in my heart. I feared it'd get me to do something, I always feared I'd intentially hurt myeself one day, but I trusted god to keep me of doing that. An instrumental song came up later, and as I heard the sound of violin rising, I was starting to feel more calm and quiet, it was finally getting eased. I layed back again, set my lost head on the pillow and shut my eyes. I was trying to let sleep get me; I was still aching and crying...
"You have to focus on your studies, baby, don't let anything get in the way of your bright future, these are the finals of your senior year" "I will, you should do too, I want to see you become the best neurosergeon in the world when you graduate" "I promise you I'll do all I can, but don't forget about me! I need you, once you're done I need to see you again, okay?" he said then pulled me in for a hug not bothering to wait for my answer. "Okay" and I held on to him, allowing myself to separate my body off of reality and go into his own security, under his sheild of protection. "I love you, Laura" said Waleed as he rested his head over mine. I took a deep breath "I do too, Waleed, I do too" I answered feeling his heart beat arise next to my head.
I woke up happy cause of the dream really, I checked the time and it was 10:00am, so I got up, showered, got into a velvet blue maxi skirt and a clear white tank top, a long golden necklace and a couple of golden bracelets as well, and black sandals. I applied some light eyeshadow, and a dark red lipstick. I took a Musk perfume and sprayed it on the tips of my hair, arms, and chest. I felt good. I went downstairs to find no one, so I just decided I'd study, then suggest to mom and Yazeed we'd go out for lunch. I did all my assignments and was done by 12:30. "Someone's all dressed up! Where you going to gorgeous?" Yazeed entered the living room smiling, he had a black shirt and sweatpants on, he seemed as if he just woke up. I giggled "I was thinking we'd go out for lunch, you, mom and me!" "Doesn't sound bad at all, but call mom and see when is she coming back from work" he said then sat at the couch facing me. I called mom and told her we were going out for lunch, so she said she'd be back by 3:00. Yazeed smiled at me, so I smiled back. "Shaikha talked to me on the first day of eid" "Cute, what did she say?" "She wished me a happy year" "That's nice of her" I said "So when are you gonna like officially propose?" I asked "She told me about the incident too, but I never had time to sit and talk to you" he said then bent down and put his arms on his knees and clutched his hands and looked me straight in the eye "I don't wanna hear why you haven't told me he followed you, right when he did, I just wanna know, is he still following you, Laura?" he looked so serious, I actually was scared of him more than I were of Metib three years ago. I cleared my throat "Um, I don't know Yazeed... I'm trying to ignore him, I didn't check" Yazeed got up then sat next to me, so I turned to face him, I think it was obvious I was scared of him "Don't be tense. I'm not only your brother, I'm also your best friend, and no matter how old we both get, you know I'm always here for my baby sister Lulu" he said then sighed and went on "I want you to be comfortable telling me everything and anything, I never judge! I want you to check right now if he's still following you, and if he is just give me your phone" he said then put his hand on my shoulder. I felt paralyzed, I didn't want to go through any drama all over again! "I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you, I'm sorry Lulu, I didn't know he wasn't to be trusted, I'm really sorry" said Yazeed in a whispering in a very throaty voice. Without even noticing, I felt my cheeks wetting up. His words made me even more sad. All the happiness I felt today just vanished, depression was getting the most of my life right now. Yazeed broke the silence and say "Lulu don't cry, please! I shouldn't have let you go! It's not your fault, I should have not let you go, I should have known better!" he said and I felt his eyes watering. I couldn't talk, I didn't know what to say actually, and I knew I wouldn't be able to say anything anyway. I just kept silent and stared at him. I never blamed him for anything, and I'm not mad at him, but I just couldn't talk. His tears disappeared, and his eyes were normal again "Please stop crying". I wiped my tears and looked at him "Now check" I unlocked my phone and saw he was still following me, but Mona unfollowed me. He screenshotted his profile and sent it to himself on what'sapp. "I'm gonna deal with this my own way! Now block him, and Mona if you remember her account!" He told me while opening his phone "Thank you Yazeed, I appreciate all you do and say, and I never blamed you for what happened, I don't blame anyone! It was a lesson to be learned, and I had my lesson! You're the best brother I could ever dream of having, don't blame yourself for my mistakes!" I said and smiled at him. "And you grew wise too" he said jokingly and patted on my arm. I let out a little giggle then checked the time. "It's 2:30, I'm gonna go bring my stuff so we go right away when mom comes" I said then got up and headed to my room. I fixed my makeup and put my abaya and handbag on my bed, I don't feel like going out anymore. I don't feel like socialising. I tweeted "Again, another day ruined by you." then threw my phone inside the bag. I wore my abaya and took my bag then headed to the living room downstairs and sat on the couch, waiting as usual, and as I were waiting, I kept tweeting stuff as such, indicating I was bothered. Mom came in at 3:05 and rushed to her room. Yazeed came down at 3:20, mom came at 3:35, and we finally went to Yazeed's car. "So where to?" asked Yazeed. "Where do you wanna go Lulu?" mom asked and turned around to look at me "I don't know, anywhere you guys want" I smiled. "Then let's go to Lusin Zizo" mom said to Yazeed which caused me to laugh. Yazeed's 20, and he's fully grown, but for some reason mom sees him as the same clumsy 5 year old Yazeed. "I feel better and more comfortable when I'm called Zizo than when I am called Yazeed" Yazeed said and rolled his eyes at me. We drove over to Centria and went to Lusin, had lunch, Yazeed and mom kept talking, I was mostly silent, unless they ask me about something, I'd reply with something short and not talk afterwards. I checked my phone when we were at the car and found it shut off cause it lacked battery, so I charged it as soon as we got home, but I didn't check for notifications. I got into my swimming suite, and put my hair up, went to the pool, started the bubble system, sat inside and layed my head on the floor. Waleed is so gorgeous, I wish we'd talk even more often. I love how he's always the first to answer when I ask for help. He just came out of the blue and he already means so much... He's really amazing eh! I kept thinking about how amazing and gorgeous Waleed is, and of course hoping that we'd be together one day for about 45 minutes. I finally got bored and got out of the pool, showered, got into my Smurfs onesie, and took my phone. 5 missed calls from Waleed! How in the hell do I even have his number?? 2 missed calls from Shaikha. 7 notifications from twitter. 5 from what'sapp.
I checked what'sapp first. Waleed, Shaikha, Leen, mom, Areej
Shaikha: Where are you?
Shaikha: Why aren't you answering?
Shaikha: Who ruined your day?
Lulu: Metib, I'll tell you later

Leen: What's wrong?
Lulu: Metib, I'll tell you later

Mom: Honey I'm going out for the night, ask Marie not to lock the door
Lulu: Okay

Areej: Hey you!
Areej: I missed you!
Areej: I gotta see you soon!
Lulu: Pick a time and I'll be ready!

Waleed: Lulu what's wrong?
Waleed: Why aren't you answering your phone?
Waleed: Or Twitter, or anything?
Waleed: Please talk to me as soon as you get this
Waleed: Lulu I'm getting sick worried, what's wrong?
Lulu: Um, nothing, how do I have your number?
Waleed called right away
Waleed: Lulu! Are you okay? Are you alright? Why weren't you answering? Who ruined your day?
Lulu: Whoa Waleed chill hahahah! I'm alright! I wasn't answering cause my phone shut off lacking battery, and when I got back home I left it to charge then went swimming. My day was ruined cause of the same reason it was on eid, that's it! Now tell me, how do I have your number, and how do you have mine?
Waleed: Where were you?
Lulu: Lusin
Waleed: With who?
Lulu: Interesting way for investigating! My mom and Yazeed
Waleed: Is that your brother?
Lulu: Yes, now answer me?
Waleed: Okay, I'm sorry! Remember when you gave me your phone on eid?
Lulu: I do. But who in hell gave you permession to use it?
Waleed: In my self defense, I kept it just in case if I need you or something, just like today!
Lulu: Fair enough...
Waleed: So what happened?
Lulu: Nothing I was just a little upset, nothing serious
Waleed: It is pretty serious! You're a very fun person, so when you're upset it's serious!
Lulu: How'd you know I am?
Waleed: Well, I've seen you on Shaikha's snapchat a lot, the conversations you have on twitter with your friends, the conversations we have! You're very fun!
Lulu: The conversations I have with my friends? Are you admitting you stalk me? That obsessed?
Waleed: Guilty!
He let out a short giggle
Waleed: So, we joked around and all, now can you tell me what's wrong?
Lulu: I don't want to talk about it, I'm barely going on with my day, so could we not bring that up, please?
Waleed: I'm sorry! So, what are your plans for the future?
Lulu: What do you mean?
The call went on till I fell asleep without realising it...
"Umm Lulu?" "Yeah?" I stopped helping Haifa in her colouring book and looked at Waleed then smiled. "Can I talk to you?" he said hesitating "Sure, go ahead I guess?" I was confused "I meant in private" and he pointed at the door indicating that I should follow him out, so I just walked to the door, and he suddenly ran to open the door for me "Such a gentleman, thank you!" I giggled at him, "No problem" he smiled at me, we were out alone in Mama Haya's house's garden "So? What's the thing?" I smiled and looked at him in the eye "Well, you see, I kind of like really care about you" he said again hesitating "Well, I care about you too?" I said as I raised an eyebrow in confusion. "I care about you as more than a friend, I really really care about you!" "Umm, so what do you mean exactly?" I shook my head and smiled awkwardly "I want us to be more than friends, I really like you!" he said and got closer to me
My alarm went on, it was 5:15, so I got up, showered, got into my uniform, applied lip balm, set my hair in a ponytail and went to have breakfast, which is actually an orange and carrot juice and an apple. Shaikha and Leen were there to meet me by the school's gate.  

I know it's so full of drama and it's pretty depressing, but I really tried to lighten it with all the talking about Waleed and stuff. Now PLEASE give me feedbacks! I practically never get anything, I'd really appreciate it very much if you just say what you think, either you love it, hate it, think it should need more work, find something over exaggerated, anything! I welcome all opinions of all types!
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