i chose you. chapter3

next morning i woke up early, i looked at my phone excitingly thinking that saud sent me something, and he did. but it was only a text.

saud: sorry babe i was sleeping, tell me when you wake up!

ehmmm, i've expected my phone to shut down from how many calls i would be getting from him because we didn't talk for a whole day but whatever, maybe he thought i'm tired. soo i texted him back.

me: it's okay! goodmorning<3

saud: lol but it is 6:pm here

me: haha you know my point!

saud: i miss youuu.

i looked like an idiot smiling. what was weird tho that i didn't blush, maybe cause i got used to him saying that? maybe!

me: much more! :(

saud: so what are you going to do today?

me: madri maybe beach

saud: hmm, no bikini's.

me: lol why??

saud: because i know my babe has a hot body?;)

me: ahaha stoppp, and no i'm not going to war bikinis tho;p

saud: okay then have fun nouf!

what? nouf?

me: ehmm i'm hanouf

saud: ohh sorryyy 7beebti

me: meen nouf?:p

saud: one of my friends!

me: wow and you talk to your 'friends' like that?

saud, what the hell? hanouf shfeek i was joking

me: umm 6yb.

la 9dg wsh thalni6'am? etha 3ala kitha i will have another 'friends';) and let's see what he would think about it.

Khalid? why not!

i checked twitter, he tweeted 'good morning!' so i mentioned him 'good morning<3!'

LOL i just want to see his expression, the girl who didn't even look at him is mentioning him now.

he quickly dmed me!

khalid: hey, what are going to do today?

me: beach, you?

remember? friends.

khalid: beach too! see you there;)

me: lol inshalllah!

NOT.

anyway, me and sara wore our beach dresses and went out of the hotel, what i love about our hotel is that it has a beach view so it's so easy going to the beach.

my love for the beach is ENDLESS!

we took off our beach dresses and started swimming.

i saw Khalid and some guys walking toward the beach, shirtless. h o t n e s s.

sara: see who is here!

me: ee i know

she stared at me: kalmteeh?

me*not looking at her* eee

sara: min jdk enti? we know he is hot bs ma tkalmeena el7een ygul 5feefa! la o aish w9'i3 saud?

me: ehmm we didn't talk much i just told him that we are going to the beach and saud have girl friends you know

sara: whatever la t36eena wjh ktheer

me*smiling* inshallah

he kept staring at me, well i guess i should get used to his burning stares. but i can't! specially with what i'm wearing.....

me: sara i'm going to get drinks, do you want some?

sara: ee sure!

i wore my dress quickly, went to get drinks and sat by the counter.

me: excuse me

the man: yes ma'am?

me: i want two red bulls

the man: okay so it will be xx$

: wait

i turned to find khalid, wow so he is always stalking me? ugh.

me: halla?

khalid: 5aleeni adfa3 3anik*smiling*

okay, dimples are such a turn on.

me*smiling back* la shukran, b3dain shd3wa it's just a red bull

khalid: i insist

me: lol 6yb....

khalid: make it three please

he paid then handed me our two drinks.

me: uhmm thanks again

khalid: no need.

well i guess that's my clue to leave, but he walked with me and honestly? i know there is no point for talking or walking away because he will follow me again so i just let it go.

khalid: soo

i just looked at him.

khalid: kam btajlseen hina?

me: madri two or three months i guess.

khalid: oh! ana bajls one and a half month, good thing i will get to see you

i just smiled shyly, as you can see i don't really talk to guys not even as 'friends', only on twitter and it's nothing serious, just mentions o kitha ya3ni.

he continued chatting o ana madri wsh agoul, i just want to get back to sara as soon as possible and thank god! i saw here tanning.

me: it was really good seeing you khalid, i have to go

khalid: it was good seeing you too! byee

he looked disappointed but who cares?

so i went back to sara and tanned along.

the day passed SOO quickly, i really did enjoyed.

alzibda rj3na llhotel, aklna min elroom service o sara namat, ana jlast shwai b3dain nimt ba3ad.

i woke up later, i looked at my watch and it was 10:45?

there is this thing in me, i really don't sleep alot and sara is my total opposite, and this sucks.

i was getting deadly bored so i decided to take a walk around, no harms right? hmm.

and the weather is chilly at the night.

so i did, and right after i got out of the hotel shift khalid bwajhi. yarabi.

khalid: hanouf wsh tsween hina?

me: emm, amshi?

khalid*raising an eyerbrow* it's 11 pm!

me: so? i'm bored

khalid: ma t5afeen? we are in america yagalbi

galbi?

me: la 3adi

khalid*smiling* so you are okay if i left you here?

me: yeah!

khalid*smiling* sure?

pfffft.

i just nodded, i don't need him.

he turned to walk away and that's when i got a closer view of what's around me.

DRUNKS, everywhere! okay this getting scary.

i quickly walked behind khalid and of course he wont let that go.

khalid*smiling*: so now you're scared

me: shut up and let's walk

we walked around alot!!!! and seriously i didn't get bored, but i still had saud in my mind, i can't! i want him to talk to me, i want him to feel jealous, hmm i think i know what i'm going to do.

i chose you. chapter2

me: sara are we going or what?

pfft i hate how this girl takes forever to get ready.

sara: jeet jeet, enti enzli lel lobby awal

i walked out of my room to the elevator and waited for it to open.

i got into the elevator to find a guy, shakla s3oudi bs madri...

i just smiled awkwardly to him, but he kept staring at me and that freaked me out a little, is it the first time some girl smiles to him or what?

a5eeeran, the elevator door opened, i quickly went out of the elevator and sat on one of the couches, then sara came.

sara: yalla nrou7?

me: ee

sara: waait, omg i see a hottieeee

this girl is seriously crazy.

me*laughing* ween?

lfeet wajhi wla alga hathak jals y6al3 b3d, wdi a3rf wsh 3ndaa?

sara: eli jals y6al3ik

me*staring at her* min jdk? okay he is hot but a creepy one

sara: that's what makes him even more hotter

me*smiling* emshi bs

Me and sara went to spectrum, we roamed around for hours and of course, guys are following us:).

me: sara t3aaabt abi arja3 o maklamt s3oudi

i blushed deeply, ugh the word just slipped off my lips.

sara*laughing* s3oudi ajal? emshi a9lan a7san abi nakl belhotel

me: laaa ma abi belhotel bn6laa3 b3dha okaay?

sara: nshouff

we went back to the hotel, awal ma d5alt shift 'the hottie' again, awal ma shafni he stood up like he is waiting o ashrli al7ga?

i looked left and right, mafi saudis ela ana o sara that time so i guess he meant me?what.the.hell.

hu msha o ana lsa mu mstw3ba.

sara: hanouf wsh feek?

me: wla shai, yalla nrou7?

she looked at me weirded out,  i just ignored her, we chilled for a while.

i called saud but he didn't pick up, okayy...

me: sara s3oud ma yrd 3lai?

sara: ya7mara it's 10am there 6bee3i mayjawb

me: lol 97, ugh i miss him

sara: laish ma tguleenla yjeek?

me*staring at her* yjeeni wain?

sara*laughing* LA.

me: laaa we are not officially married yet a7s it would be awkward etha mama 3raft

sara: madri 3nk bs a7san min kitha, alzibda mac wla pizza hut?

me:*smiling* hatha eli gdrti 3laih?

sara: we didn't dress up you dumby

i rolled my eyes: 6yb mac

6l3na min elevator and AGAIN i saw that creepy hottie lol

i just ignored him and continued walking but he followed us right from the hotel to mac.

saraa: hanoufff ana brou7 a6lib o enti ejlsi hina okay?

i nodded,  jlst astnaha andd he came to me, o m g.

wsh thal l9ga ya5i......

the guy: hey!

ignoring.

the guy: yal7beeba 36eeni wjh shwai

ignoring.

min jda tha y3'azl b mac?LOL.....

the guy: hanouf?

what did he just said?

i i turned to face him: kaif 3raft esmi?

the guy: ana khalid alx.

emmm, this sound familiar but idk?

me*staring at him*: ee?

khalid*smiling* you are following me on twitter, o 3rftik min awal lma knti t76ain 9uwrik.

yeah old good days.

he continued: and you just checked in foursquare so that's how i made sure

ooooh now i remember, he looks so hotter in reality bs 9dg stalker much?

me: elma6loub?

khalid*smiling* mabi shai bs jeet asalm

me: allah ysalmk.

he just stood there, mta nawi trou7 yal3am?

sara came and thank god, he excused himself and left.

i chose you. chapter1

"babe" i said through the phone.

"hmm?" he replied.

"you should sleep" it was around 4:00am and we're still talking.

"but i still didn't get enough from you"

as always i blushed and replied "you will when we get married"

"three months left? i can't wait!" he whined.

"you can just like how you waited before, yalla goodnight!"

"hanouf!" he said quickly.

"3yuna?"

"i love you." he never forgot,  every time we end the call it would end by him saying'i love you' and me replying:

"much more"

i'm just too lucky. but that didn't come easily, or did it?

you may be confused now so i will take you back to a year ago.

2012:

sitting with my bestfriend sara, we were planning on our trip to LA ALONE! like seriously i was too thrilled to travel alone with her, it will be really a trip to remember.

my mom called us from downstairs, we went there and i saw her looking so happy with a weird expression on her face, allah yaster.

my mom: hanouf 7bebti ejlsi abi aklmk shwai

i looked at sara and she looked at me too, confused.

sara: 5alti tbeen a6la3 3shan ta54oun ra7tkum?

my mom: shd3wa sara enti mna o feena! ejlsi.

we sat next to each other and my mom began talking about marrige stuff that's when i understood.

my mom*smiling* esma s3oud alx.

- three days latter -

me: saraaa where's my dress? bsr3a jebeeh before we're late!

sara: 6yb 6yb

she hurried outside the room and came back with my dress.

i wore it, flipped my hair which was neatly curled and stared at myself.

everything looked perfect.

sara: you look amazing! i'm sure saud will go crazy when he sees you for the first time.

me*blushing*: 7beebti enti, mama ma nadtni?

she shook her head: la tgoul b3d 5 minutes btnzleen.

i took a deep breath, today is 'alshoufa' when i will meet saud and tbh i'm too nervous, i've never been this nervous all my life.

just to make things clear, i've NEVER fell in love with someone, i've always spent my life on dreaming about my prince charming who will come and knock my door asking for my hand,  i know it's childish but i kept that idea, what's the point of having a boyfriend anyway?like seriously i'm not getting too attached for someone who isn't even thinking about marrying me.

my mom came: it's time.

i went downstairs and i was literally shaking, shd3wa ya hanouf!

d5lt o slmt 3ala oma o his aunt i guess, she looked young.

they started asking me questions and i replied normally, i slowly got used to it, until they said that he's coming, yuma.

my mom: hanouf 7bebti rou7i elmajlis 3shan tshufeen saud*smiling*

LA. MA ABIII.

me*smiling* inshallah

i got up and walked to the other living room.

and there he was, omg....

he is too hot to be real.

me: alslam 3leekum

saud*smiling* w 3leekum elsalam

i juat sat awkwardly not knowing what to say.

saud: soo hanouf, enti ola jam3a?

me: ee d5alt ola jam3a l2anu twni m5al9a ta76'eeri*smiling shyly*

saud: oh you're 19?

me: yeah!

saud: well i'm 22*smiling*

i just smiled back, allah yfashlni ma3rft wsh agoul....

time passed SO slowly, he wasn't talking neither was i.

finally my mom called me so i said my goodbyes to saud and went out to see sara right in front of the door.

she jumped: bismellah

me*laughing* ttsm3en ya 7mara?

sara: ee b3d enti laish ma ttklmen? tfashleen*laughing loudly*

me: wshu it's my first time*blushing*

sara: ma 3leena how is he? is he tall? hot? dimples? broad shoulders? omgggg i think he's perfect

me*laughing* ma shfteeh a9lan, and emm... he's okay.

he is NOT, he is so handsome.

sara: okay? *laughing* what are you feeling about him 6yb?

me: mdri but i think he'a sweet*blushing*

sara*hugging me* est5eeri and eveything will be okay inshallah

as you can see sara is more than a sister to me, we do everything together like literally! we are unseparable, allah y5aleha li<3

so, our flight is one month away,

i still can't believe my mom actually agreed on this, she said it's a 'late birthday gift' lol i love how she is spoiling me because i'm her only kid.

and i approved on saud a7s ert7t lah, o i can cancel everything if something happens right? bs mara7 y9eer inshallah! i have a good feeling about this.

a month passed quickly, we spent it on shopping and reserving hotels.

Saud took my number, and he talks to me daily, i quickly got used to his phone calls and we actually went out together twice, 6b3an my mom knows about this.

we hopped in the plane and luckily i've found a really good movies to watch, while sara slept for 6 hours i guess?

she woke up later, we ate and chatted and that's how our time passed.

LA, at least!

me: ugh sara i'm too excited

sara: i'm moree! late nights and finding my summer love*dancing happily*

i laughed: are you sure you are 19? you seem like a pathetic teenager

sara: shutt up and let's go to the hotel, i'm sleepy

me: so no plans for going out tonight?

sara*rolling her eyes* lat5afeen btshb3een min spectrum, aren't you tired?

me: kind of.

elzibda the driver took us to the hotel, i slept for a couple of hours. i woke up and sara was still asleep so i wore anything that i laid my eyes on and got out of the room, i was so hungry.

i asked the reception and they said there is a restaurant that is close, so i walked to it, it wasn't late tho, 'cause we arrived pretty early in the morning.

- calling saud -

saud*sleepy voice* alo?

omg, h o t n e s s.

me: ooh saud asfa eni 97aitk bs ma knt adr-

saud: hanouf? la 3adi wallah knt ant6'rk tt9leen, 7amdellah 3ala alsalama

me*smiling*: allah ysalmik

saud: twik tou9lin?

me: la wa9leen min zman bs nmt o twni a97a o klamtk

saud*sighing* i miss you already

me*smiling shyly* shd3wa it's not like you see me everyday

saud: i know but time differences sucks

me: tell me about it

we continued chatting, i hung up eventually and called the rest or the family, and that was it, not bad for the first day.

well, what i didn't expect is that the other days would have so unexpected events.