Rebound chapter 6: Always Think Twice

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   “HEELLOOO… earth to Razan! Tra ana laima al7en ga3da ehni! I’m waiting for some sort of explanation! Yallaa my mind came up with enough possibilities please put my mind at ease!”  Aseel couldn’t take this anymore. She needed to know what happened to Razan. It wasn’t because she was curious and malgoofa but because she cared about Razan like a sister and loved her to death and it killed her to see Razan in the state she was in. Aseel knew ina mdam Razan didn’t come home last night and she looked the way she looked it is because something went terribly wrong. She was certain that Razan didn’t get herself in any sort of trouble since she was mature and was raised up right. 

   Razan couldn’t help but break down crying again. She actually thought she ran out of tears and had cried her eyes out non-stop for hours last night. The ability of her eyes heavily crying again surprised her.

   5 minutes later she managed to take deep breaths and calm herself down to explain kil shay 9ar to Aseel. She told her how she found out about 7amad’s previous relationship and that Nasser from her English class blurted it out by mistake and that she then clinged to his side until he told her everything he knew.

   “Aseel t5aylay ina he asked me out as an easy way to get over her!! He wasn’t interested or anything! He didn’t even see me before he bumped into me that day in the library! You know what the first thing he told me when he started talking to me in the library after he picked my books up??? Ina he’s seen me around a few times but he wasn’t sure if I was Kuwaiti because of my looks!! W ana nafs il ‘3abya I believed him because I’m so naïve and never thought that someone would lie about something like that!” she wasn’t crying now. She was furious and was yelling. Her striking grey eyes, which usually are sincere and innocent now look so sad and reflect her shattered heart. She genuinely loved him and he damaged her pure heart beyond repair.

   The reason why she believe what he said was because no one knows she’s Kuwaiti because she just doesn’t look like it and she never makes an effort to correct people. It’s just easier that way. They tend to back off and leave her alone. Anyone she meets and knows she wont see again she wouldn’t bother correcting if they say she was from around here and her perfect American accent makes it effortless to go on with their statement.

   Razan has grey eyes, fair white skin with straight light brown hair which has natural light curls to it which falls down to the middle of her back. She’s one of those girls that never have to put an effort in making their hair look lovely because it just naturally is. She isn’t really short, She’s 158 cm tall so you can be the judge of where to categorize her. 
  
   She has a fit body and everything is proportional. Her sense of style also puts people off. She never over dresses but always seems to look stunning, something a lot of Kuwaiti girls try very hard to do most of the times fail and she always keeps her make up very simple. Never has anything more than her Mac compact, blush and thin eyeliner on. She doesnt usually apply lipstick and used her cherry labello to a bit of color to he lips. Whenever she has a special occasion she would add ke7l and maybe a darker lipstick.

   So, you see why no one thinks she’s Kuwaiti because of her looks. When 7amad told her he wasn’t sure she was Kuwaiti, she wasn’t surprised and at the time she thought that he didn’t ask around and even if he did no one he most likely asked would know her. 

   She didn’t think he wanted something out of that conversation so she believed him although she hasn’t seen him around. At that time she wrapped up the conversation she was having with herself in her head with the conclusion of her probably not noticing him around because she always listened to her iPod when she walks and tends to think and zone out into her own world.

   “intay mn 9jech?? He actually told you he used you to get over HER? Galech ina the other guys saw you and accidently found out you’re Kuwaiti and thought this was a perfect opportunity for 7amad to get to know you and get his mind off of her??” saying Aseel was infuriated would be an understatement.

   Razan thought again about the conversation she had with Nasser the other day. She actually doesn’t recall him saying exactly that, she must have misinterpreted what he said and understood it as something else.
   “La2 magale chthe.. I can’t remember what he exactly said, he didn’t say those words exactly bs ili fahamta mn ili 7ache ili gale ina he was using me to get over her.” She was somewhat calmer now once she realized she had jumped to her own conclusion. She felt a bit guilty that she never gave 7amad the chance to explain himself but at the time she was too mad to even consider that it may not have been what Nasser lead her to believe.

   Aseel felt a flush of relief. Since Nasser didn’t say those exact words it means that it wasn’t necessarily true. She always believed that 7amad was a good guy and that his intensions where somewhat clear and wasn’t the type of guy who would mess around with girls although everyone thinks he is. 

   She felt his love toward Razan was genuine and that he truly loved and cared for her. Not because he says it but because she can see it in eyes and in the way he looks at her. Aseel has caught 7amad more than enough times looking at Razan when she was not noticing. His eyes would express feelings he can’t say out loud. They would always seem to become lighter when he was around her and they would sparkle like the stars in the night sky. 

   His warm  honey eyes would twinkle as they look at her. They would convey love he cant express using words. Anyone would see the spark he has in his eyes every time someone as much as says her name. That is why Aseel couldn’t believe what Razan told her. As an onlooker she can see more than Razan is able to see and she knows that what she is observing between them isn’t just a game 7amad is playing.

   “5ala9 Razan you can’t just jump to conclusions without discussing it with 7amad intay 7tan ma 36aite for9a ina he explains himself to you and explains what you heard and you said things to him without thinking ina ymkn uhwa be nafsa en9dam mn il7che.” Aseel tried to talk some sense into Razan and get her to agree on seeing 7amad 3shan ytfahmon w b3dain kaifha after what seemed like hours Razan finally agreed to meet him but refused to be the one who called him so Aseel called him instead.

Aseel: hala 7amad shlonek?
7amad: I’ve been better.. intay shlonech?
Aseel: I’m… well ok, listen 7amad mara7 a6awl, meet Razan at our usual place at 8 today and no I’m not doing this behind her back she knows you’re going to be there.
7amad: la Aseel im sorry bs I don’t think I can meet her …