Rebound Chapter 37: Eagles

   Razan was making her way to Aseel trying to look for an explanation. Waiting for someone to say something, anything. She was about 5 steps away from being right behind Aseel but before she could complete those 5 steps Aseel twirled around and quickly grabbed her from her arm twirling her around as well and dragging her behind her. "Heeey! stop it your hurting me!" Razan pulled her arm away freeing herself "ok sorry i wont hold you bs tkfain emshay AL7EEN!" Razan's eyebrows creased and her eyes became very serious. "NO! tell me whats going on!" She stood there with her arms crossed. "Razan 7bebti, walk no ask later, s2lay ili tbena lama endsh 9ob il departures ok??" Aseel talked to her with a calm voice in hope that she would convince Razan. "Please"

   Razan stood there starring at her for a few seconds trying to decide whether she should demand an explanation or to walk and ask later. She started walking and Aseel was glad she did the right thing "Fine, but you better have a perfectly good explanation." The girls walked back to where their mothers were sitting and quickly began to collect their belongings and picked up there backs as Aseel was trying to convince them that they had to go to the boarding gate right this moment.

   "5alte walla mako shay bs tawa hatha ili ma3anna bl jam3a hnak knt ga3da aslm 3laih w gale ina e5ta nafs 6yartna w ina al7en il boarding w lazm enro7 la2na jadmaw ilwakt." She knew this was not convincing but she tried to say this with as much confidence as possible. She didn't give anyone a chance to say anything. She grabbed her stuff and began to walk towards the departures gate. Aseel and Razan hugged both their parents said good bye and quickly got their passports stamped and were now on the other side of the airport.

   "Haa Fahad lgait'hum??" Fahad was so relieved that the girls went in. "umm.. ee bs tawhm dashaw ildepatures mal7agt 3laihum..." He knew this wasn't going to be good but he had to give the girls a heads up because he knew that what would be coming next if the girls hadn't rushed in would probably be very ugly. 7amad wanted to punch something but fortunately there wasn't anything around them for him to punch. "oooffff lo mnazlk mn awal shay chan al7en la7agt 3laihm 3la ma lgait parking w gdart akalm Razan!" His hands were in fists and his jaw was clenched.

   Fahad was one of 7amad's best friends from the states and he knows the girls. That was why Aseel knew him when she saw him and figured out something was going on since he was practically running through the long hallway in the airport and suddenly stopped when he spotted her.

   Once the girls reached the departure gate Aseel sat down on the chair while Razan continued to walk to the door not realizing that the departure time hasn't actually been changed. "Wain ray7a? mab6law ilbab ta3alay ge3day." Razan hated being left out and not knowing whats going on. It makes her feel stupid sometimes. "3yal laish kl hal loya??!! i walked! now can you please explain!" It wasn't really a question it was more of a demand, an order.

10 minutes ago:
Aseel: What are you doing here shfek?

Fahad: Lama shftch ma3a your mom 5eft aye akalmch ooff matdren shkthr etra7t lama shftch yayatle!!

Aseel: inzain goool shfeeek!!

Fahad: E5thay Razan al7en w roo7aw dshay 9ob il gates NOW!

Aseel: inshala tgwle whats going on!

Fahad: mu wakta i explain bs 7amad barra ga3d ydawr parking yabe ykalm Razan 7tan lo jdam her parents and he said he's going to do whatever it takes to get her back. Madre shfeh chna yan mara wa7da mn kther ma y7ate w mu ga3d ynam! i didn't want him to go through with this la2na mu 7lwa eb 7g Razan w eb 7alta hathe ma astab3d yswe shay '3abe jdam ilnas. So go NOW bsr3a madre muta ra7 eyi.

Aseel: Ok, thanks fahad so much!!

   Razan didn't know what to feel, happy to know that 7amad was going to fight for her finally or if she should be offended that he might actually do something to embarrass her in front of everyone. Her mind began to wonder, to play out different scenarios. One where she would run into his arms and his warmth and scent would make her forget everything. A second where he would start screaming and saying things he shouldn't be saying and attracting all people around them and people would just stare at her as her tears would start to fall freely from her eyes. Another was her parents being very disappointed at his actions and they don't accept him anymore even though they both worked everything out.
 
   A few more scenarios were imagined and she was scared. Her thoughts scared her and she was glad she got out of there cause she honestly didn't know what to expect. Razan sat back in her chair as her thoughts took her to a different world. She was completely consumed in her thoughts so Aseel didn't interrupt her chain of thoughts and left her as she was. The announcements where making the call for passengers on their flight to start to board the plane. Aseel placed her hand on Razan's leg and gave her a light shake breaking Razan out of her bubble. She looked at Aseel with eyes filled with confusion.

   "Yalla we gotta go they started boarding." Razan got up from her seat without saying a word and Aseel followed her lead as they began to walk towards the gate. Their boarding passes were checked and they then made their way down the long narrow portable tunnel which leads to the plane. The flight attendants showed them which aisle to walk down to get to their seats. They were nowhere close to each other. They were on opposite sides of the plane. Razan's seat was a bit closer to the front of the plane whereas Aseel was a bit further to the back.

   Razan placed her bag in the overhead compartment and took her seat by the window. She looked out to find the wing projecting from right under her. She stared at it. Studied it as she waited for the pilot to take off. She thought about how the wing was engineered and what each part of it does. She began to imagine the wing of an eagle and how similar its wing and the planes wing are. As she began to visualize it and began to compare the two the pilot announced for the cabin crew to take their seats and get ready for take off.

   Razan turned her head away from the window and sat back resting her head on the seat and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath as the plane began to accelerate and the noise of the engines grew louder. Within few seconds she felt that slight drop as the plane came off the ground and was now in the air flying into the clouds above. She heard the sounds of the wheels coming up so she opened her eyes and looked back out the window.

   The view was spectacular. Everything was tiny. She could see everything. Razan began trying to figure out which area they were flying over, she always did that but of course she was never able to actually figure it out. Suddenly something hit her. 7amad was down there. He was there and she was here, in the sky flying away from him. Was she ever going to see him again? Is he going to fight for her over there?

   As the questions began to roll in she felt knots beginning to form in her throat. Her stomach felt like there were dozens of butterflies, but not the good butterfly feeling, it was more of the bad butterflies. She wasn't seeing clearly anymore as the tears began to form. Kuwait wasn't clear anymore, she couldn't make out anything it was too blurry. As she realized this might actually be it all the tears began to fall down onto her cheeks forming streaks and streaks of water.

   "This might actually be it, bye 7amad i love you." She whispered those 10 little words under her breath and closed the shutter of the tiny little window whilst also shutting 7amad out of her life...for now.