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.