Calm Before the Storm: Chapter 27.

Previously:

I left the kitchen and went to the living room, I turned the TV on and watched what was playing, I wasn't interested at all I was just wasting some time,

My phone dinged, a WhatsApp notification from Musaab,

Musaab:

Twni astw3b en elsa3a t8reebn 7 el9b7 3ndkum

Wsh m97eek?

Judy:

3shan ams gayma bdri w nayma mn 8

3jzt agyl b3d ele5tbar so 3dlt noumi

Musaab:

3fya 3la zoujti

Judy:

W3 wsh elli zoujti

Musaab:

W3 b3eenk inshallah

Go online

Judy:

Mashallah amdak trj3

Musaab:

Eeh jmb shgti ;)

Judy:

Nenene

Musaab:

Inshallah etha tzwjna w jeena LA 3shan my PhD, nskn bnfs el3mara bs na5th lna shga aws3 wsh rayk?

La9ga b In-N-Out bt7beenha

Judy:

Bdri 3l zwaj 😳

Musaab:

La mub bdri

Mta wdk enti?

Judy:

Etha t5rjt mn eljam3a

Musaab:

N7ki FaceTime a7sn

Judy:

Wjhi mfg3

Musaab:

Y3jbni

Judy:

Lmao 6yb t7mla ajal

Tara ysd elnfs

Musaab:

Kli zg yallah rdi

"Musaab AlX would like to facetime…"

Musaab: "bsmallah elr7man elr7eem 3la mn da5l ana?"

Me: "klb!" I let out a laugh, "gltlk en wjhi mfg3 bs mu ketha bwjhi w3 bjee7!"

Musaab laughed: "astahbl m3k, wallah en mafeek ella kl 3afya 3n eldl3 bs"

Me: "enjr7t tara"

Musaab: "agoul bs 3n eldl3, mta glteeli wdk ykoun elzwaj?"

Me: "Musaab wsho zwaj 5lna nn56b rsmi awl a9ln"

Musaab: "el56ba inshallah etha rj3t"

Me: "mta?"

Musaab: "mu hl summer, elli b3da, l2ni ma a6'n bje Riyadh enu btjoun awal ma ybda el summer, ketha a4kr abouy gali"

Me: "nswi el56ba b LA 6yb"

Musaab laughed: "wallah?"

Me: "eeh"

Musaab: "ma3ndi mushkla"

Me: "astahbl 6b3n, 5la9 nsweeha el summer eljay uf b3eed"

Musaab: "b7awl aje ana, awl ma aje nswi el56ba wsh rayk?"

Me: "madri 6yb"

Musaab: "w elmlka gbl ma at5rj"

Me: "gbl ma tt5rj?" I curiously asked, "leesh km bagelk?"

Musaab: "5 atram"

Me: "ana bageeli 9!"

Musaab: "tara mu lazm ntzwj w enti mt5rja ana abi gbl, gltlk elmlka youm ykoun bageeli 7oul elterm aw termeen, w elzwaj etha t5rjt"

Me: "w ana 6yb?"

Musaab: "enti mub lazm etha t5rjti haw, mstgblk m3ay"

Me: "w tbeena nrou7 LA?"

Musaab: "eeh abi aa54 el PhD, etha t5rjt nrj3 Riyadh w nst8r hnak"

I remained silent,

Musaab: "ma a3jbtk 56ti?"

Me: "madri" I felt lost, "jlst t7ki ktheer Musaab ma rkzt wla fhmt shay"

Musaab laughed: "wsh wdk enti 6yb?"

Me: "ana abi kl shay etha t5rjt"

Musaab: "tbeeni ant6'r 4 sneen?" he sarcastically laughed, "wallah lw y36ouni million!"

Me: "la7geen Musaab, ahm shay el56ouba al7een"

Musaab: "mafi shay ahm mn shay, kla muhm, 5la9 glt lk b7awl aje gbl el summer inshallah"

Me: "6yb"

Musaab: "wsh feek?" he softly asked,

Me: "wsh feeni?"

Musaab: "madri 7saitk nfsti fj2a"

Me: "ma nfst, bs d5t 5la9 abi akl"

Kelly came with a tray of my breakfast. I smiled,

Musaab: "wsh tna6'reen?"

Me: "ja f6ouri, 5la9 bye aklmk etha 5l9t akl"

Musaab: "klmeeni w enti takleen"

Kelly: "who is this?"

Me: "this is Musaab, you can say hi"

I flipped the camera,

Kelly: "no no, don't take pictures of me, just tell him I said hi, you talk to boyfriend ha?"

I flipped the camera again,

Me: "no Kelly wsho boyfriend" I laughed hard, "he is my fiancé!"

Kelly hit her head: "yes yes I remember when he came with his mom and sisters!"

Me: "yeah"

She smiled and left,

Musaab: "ya 7leelha" he laughed,

Me: "eeh wallah ya 7leelha" I smiled, "bs yallah 6s abi akl"

Musaab: "mu9era y3ni?"

Me: "eeh, a7akeek etha 5l9t, ma a3rf a7ki w ana akl"

Musaab: "5la9 ajal banam ana"

Me: "okay, goodnight"

Musaab: "goodnight 7beebti, a7bk"

I blushed,

Me: "w ana"

Musaab: "w enti wsho?"

Me: "ana Judy"

Musaab: "3n thgalt eldm, trak glteeha awl leesh ma t3rfeen tgoulenha al7een?"

Me: "t6l3 mn nfs'ha he, la tgouli agoulha"

Musaab laughed: "6yb"

Me: "5la9 bye!"

Musaab: "bye, a7bk!"

I smiled as I hung up to eat my breakfast, once I was done, I went back upstairs and waited for either Esraa or Alia to wake up, I called the both of them a lot, WhatsApped them as well, but it looked like they both were in a very deep sleep.

At 3 PM, Esraa picked me up and we went shopping to buy me a dress for her milka in about a month, but I found nothing, so we went to have lunch at some restaurant. My phone dinged and it was a WhatsApp notification from Musaab,

Musaab:

9ba7 el5eer

Judy:

9ba7 elnour

Ent nmt w gmt w ana b3dni ma nmt lol

Musaab:

6'reebt elli ygoum el9b7 bdri

Judy:

Nenene

Musaab:

Wsh feek m3lga 3leeha?

Judy:

Madri jayztli

Musaab:

Bl beet enti?

Judy:

La 6al3a m3 Esraa

Musaab:

Ween?

Judy:

R7na ndwr fstan bs ma lgaina

Jalseen nt3'da al7een

Musaab:

Fstan lwsho?

Judy:

Mlkt'ha

Musaab:

Esraa kubrik?

Judy:

Eeh haw

Musaab:

Ha shoufi btmlk wla galt bdri w ma bdri

Wrak enti rask yabs?

Judy:

56eebha byt5rj next year 6yb

B3d elt5ruj ytw6'f w bytzwjoun

7na w6'3na 3'eer 

Musaab:

😒

Judy:

Wsho?

Musaab:

Dlou3a enti

Judy:

Haw wsh d5l eldl3

Wna el9adga 3nd rbi

Musaab:

6yb alzbda

Ma wrak 3'da bbeet mama Noura?

Judy:

3'dahum smk, you know I don't eat that

Musaab:

W sm7u lk enk ma tjeen?

Judy:

6b3n la2, Esraa will drop me bs bakl hna

Musaab:

Zeen, 3lmeeni etha w9lti

Judy:

Ok

I left my phone and spent some time with Esraa. She dropped me at my grandmother's house once we were done and I found them still eating,

Me: "lw adri enkum ma b3d 5l9tu kan mreet Starbucks!"

Aunt Yasmine: "agoul 3n eldl3, w t3ali ejlsi m3na"

Me: "5alti Yasmine, tdreen eni ma a7b elsmk!"

Aunt Yasmine: "eeh w kl el3ayla tdri b3d, ejlsi m3na bs mub 6'ark"

I sat next to Alia,

Me: "bsr3a 5l9i"

Alia: "leeh wsh 3ndk?"

Me: "wla shay bs ma a7b ajls ketha, goumi n6l3 foug"

Alia: "abl3 el lugma 6yb"

Me: "j3lk t3'9een"

Alia coughed: "ya zag!"

I laughed: "amz7 wallah bsmallah"

Alia: "wsh tbeen?"

Me: "madri zhgana wdi a6l3"

Alia: "twk raj3a bsmallah 3leek"

Me: "Alia a5r youm bl ejaza!"

Alia: "mn 6oulha y3ni klha esbo3een"

Me: "ma mnk fayda 9dg!"

Alia: "bukra n6l3 ana wyak"

Me: "la tgrdneen mabi"

Alia: "kaifk"

Me: "bsr3a yallah 3ndi swaleef!"

Alia: "eeh gouli 3ndi swaleef! Jalsa foug rasi mn awal!"

Me: "yallah ana al7gk"

I went upstairs and waited for Alia to come, I unlocked my phone and saw a WhatsApp notification from Musaab,

Musaab:

Ma w9lti?

Judy:

Ella mn awl bs knt jalsa m3hum ma entbht ll jwal sorry

Musaab:

Ya sheen broudk

Judy:

Wsho knt tbi shay?

Musaab:

La 5la9

Judy:

6yb wdk adg?

Musaab:

Ray7 eljam3a

Judy:

3adi klmni bl 6reeg

Musaab:

Wa7d mn el3yal bymrni mnb ray7 bl7ali

Judy:

Ok

He read my message and left me on read. I waited for Alia to come and we talked, I actually didn't have so much to tell but I just wanted to catch up.

We watched Grey's Anatomy latest episode together, as always.

Alia: "t5yli en hatha a5r episode bl season!"

Me: "wsh aswi 6yb?"

Alia: "tara 9dg 7lu! Ma adri shloun ma ttfrjeena!"

Me: "mu thak elzoud Alia, I'm not interested in medicine"

Alia: "you will, bs tfrjeeh!"

Me: "ra7t 3leek, I already made my decision"

Alia: "wsh tbeen?"

Me: "project management"

Alia: "eeh Allah ywafgk"

Me: "wyak 7beebti, yal doctora"

Alia: "yarab!"

It was already 10 PM so we all went back home. Musaab WhatsApped me,

Musaab:

5l9t

Judy:

Dwam?

Musaab:

Eeh

Ma kan feeh classes a9ln bs ray7 ashouf w6'3i w a6'b6 jdwli

Judy:

Eeh good

Musaab:

Alzbda one of our Saudi friends invited us to come over

Judy:

And you're taking my permission to go?

Musaab:

Yeah

Judy:

Why so? Lol

Musaab:

Beause she's a girl

Judy:

Mashallah

Musaab:

Wsh rayk arou7 wla la2

Judy:

Wsh ttwg3ni ard 3leek y3ni?

Musaab:

Madri wallah 3shan ketha s2alt

Judy:

6b3n la2 Musaab 3n elest3ba6

Ent btr6'ali lw knt mbt3tha arou7 bait 9deegi mthln?

Musaab:

Bs klna mjtm3een y3ni a5wyay ray7een

Judy:

W etha gltlk en bbait 9deegi hatha 9deegati w klna ray7eenla y3ni 3adi jm3t a9dga2

Musaab:

3la 7sb

Judy:

Wsh elli 3la 7sb la tjls tslk lnfsk

Adri enk must7eel twafg

Gal 3la 7sb gal

Musaab:

Wsh feek 39bti 6yb?

Judy:

L2nk tnrfz 9dg

W su2alk mal oma da3i

W etha tbi trou7 b7reega sw elli tbeeh

Estans m3 "your Saudi girl-friends"

Musaab:

Ok

I locked my phone and got up to brush my teeth and wear my pjs, I lit up a candle and tried to sleep. I couldn't, I spent 2 hours in my bed doing nothing, just staring at the ceiling…

I woke up a few hours later with a dry throat. I grabbed my phone to check the time and it was 3 AM, which was 5 PM according to Musaab's timezone in LA.

I sent him a WhatsApp message,

Judy:

R7t? 😂

I got up to get myself some water then laid on my bed again, I switched to Snapchat and watched my friends' stories, an hour passed and Musaab still hasn’t replied.

Judy:

Enjoy anyways

I locked my phone again and tried to sleep, an hour passed and I was still up staring at the ceiling again. My phone dinged, a WhatsApp message from Musaab.

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Calm Before the Storm: Chapter 26.

Previously:

Judy:

😂😂

Bye bdrs

Bs dg 3lay gbl la t6eer please

Musaab:

Bdoun ma tgouleen dag

I smiled and locked my phone to study. I was totally done at about 2 AM and my family were already back home, I WhatsApped Musaab,

Judy:

I'm done

Musaab:

Tbeen ajeek?

Judy:

La

Wsh tje tswi?

Musaab:

Madri

Ma wdk?

Judy:

Klhm naymeen mafi a7d bl beet

Musaab:

A7la shay ;)

Judy:

Kl zg 😂

Ma k2n wrak r7la ent?

Musaab: 

Twni mashi mn 3nd el3yal

Ray7 elm6ar

Judy:

Blsalama

Musaab:

Allah yslmk

I got up and took a warm shower, I wore my pjs and did my night routine, I lit up a candle then laid on my bed. It was around 2:30 AM.

Judy:

A7sni btwfa mn eln3as

Wdi ant6'r bs bagi ktheer 3la r7ltk

Dg 3lay ma r7 anam bs ba5th li 3'fwa shway ok?

Musaab:

Glbi enti wsh d3wa nami etha t3bana

Ana a7akeek awl ma aw9l inshallah

Judy:

La la

Dg 3lay awl ma tjls bl 6yara

Musaab:

7a6'r

Judy:

❤️

I made sure my phone wasn't silent and took a nap, the sound of my phone ringing woke me up,

Judy: "alo"

Musaab: "nmti?"

Judy: "eeh, weenk al7een?"

Musaab: "twni rakb el6yara, glteeli adg 3laik"

Judy: "eeh"

Musaab: "smi"

Judy: "madri Musaab n3sana w t3bana w wray gouma elsa3a 9 3shan el e5tbar"

Musaab: "5la9 ajl WhatsApp me"

Judy: "6yb"

Musaab: "mu tnameen!"

Judy: "ma r7 anam, brslk WhatsApp"

Musaab: "zeen yallah 7ayati bye"

Judy: "tou9l bl salama 7beebi"

Musaab: "Allah yslm glbk"

He hung up and I WhatsApped him,

Judy:

Klmni awl ma tou9l w ent bl 6yara 7ta

Yallah goodnight

Take care glbi I'll miss you

A7bk

Musaab:

Ya 76'i ❤️

Mn 3youni amreeni enti

Ana myt feek wallah

I smiled as I slept and woke up again at around 8 AM, I got dressed and only applied BB cream. Raju took me to the university,

Me: "elslam 3lykum" I grabbed my papers and gave them to the woman, "elyoum 3ndi e5tbar mu2jl w bybda b3d n9 sa3a, t3rfeen ay classroom Allah y3afeek?”

The Woman: "e5tbar wsho inshallah? Laish 3'bti 3na tdreen ena 76eena lk F?" she rolled her eyes, "wsh esmk enti?"

Me: "wshloun tgouleen 76etouli F w enti ma tdreen wsh esmi a9ln?"

The Woman: "etha jaya tdwreen mshakl e6l3i a7sn lk, l2nk jeeti elmakan el3'l6" she challenged,

Me: "mnb jaya adwr wla shay, jaya a5tbr w amshi" I tried to control myself,

The Woman: "malk e5tbar! F agoul lk!"

Me: "7beebti, hdeeli nfsk shway w 9li 3la elnbi, eljam3a bnfs'ha m7akytni w galtli elyoum e5tbari, l2ni youmha swait 3mlya w ma gdrt aji, wsh feek mt7msa?"

The Woman laughed: "mn m7akeek?"

Me: "mktb el8boul w eltasjeel"

The Woman: "7akeehum ajal leesh jaya 3ndi?"

Me: "etha ma 3ndk 5lfya 3n elmw6'ou3, gouli mn bdri, mu t6'y3een wgti w enti tt6g6geen, wray e5tbar ana mub jalsa amz7 m3k!"

The Woman: "e7trmi nfsk, l2ni lw abi 76eet lk F al7een bmzaji"

Me: "yuma mnk 3ad!" I whispered to myself as I went to the office,

She was young, I wouldn't talk to her the same way I did if she was older, she looked only a few years older, I'd give her the age of 25.

I walked to the register and enrollment office and took my exam, once I was finally done, I signed some papers and left,

The Woman: "enti haih!" she shouted,

I turned around,

Me: "t7akeeni?"

The Woman: "tshoufeen 3'eerk?"

Me: "3ndi esm 7beebti, w etha 3rfti t7trmeen elli 7oulk, 3rft a7akeek" I fake smiled,

The Woman: "en ma 76ait lk el F be5tbark ya bnt elnas, ma akoun bnt obouy!"

I ignored her and walked away,

The Woman: "tshoufeen!"

I turned around and stepped closer to her,

Me: "wsh ashouf?"

The woman stepped back, rolled her eyes, and walked away. I didn't get her actions at all, I called Raju and he took me back home. It was around 1 PM, I tried to take a nap but I couldn't. Every single person I knew was asleep, so I just watched my friends' Snapchat stories and read some tweets on Twitter until it was 3 PM, we had lunch and then I watched a movie with my mom. It was just another lazy day, so I went to sleep at about 8 PM,

I woke up the next morning at 6 AM. I calculated the hours and figured that Musaab arrived about 8 hours ago so I quickly opened WhatsApp to check if he sent anything but there were zero messages from him,

Judy:

Shd3wa 3laik 9ar lk 8 sa3at wa9l wla arslt shay

Ersl ng6a 6yb bl kthb

He immediately went online,

Musaab:

Hala b3umri

Wallah arslt lk awl ma w9lt w ana bl 6yara bs el6'ahr kant elshbka zft w twni ashouf enha ma enrslt

Est3'rbt enk ma rdeeti a9ln glt shd3wa nayma bdri

Kant 10 el leel 3ndkum

He sent a screenshot of our chat and there was actually an un-sent message at around 8 AM according to his timezone, which was 10 PM according to ours, I took a look at my number and it was saved as: "💍❤️"

Judy:

7lu esmi :$

7mdellah 3la slamtk glbi

Musaab:

3umri Allah yslmk

How was your exam?

Judy:

Not bad 7mdellah y3ni

Bs feeh w7da 3'bya t'hay6 wa6'7 twha mw6'fa w tbi tstfl 3la rasi Allah la ywfgha

Musaab:

A7 leeh wsh swt?

Judy:

Madri 3nha s2lt'ha ween a5tbr galtli wsh t5tbreen 7a6een lk F, b3deen galtli l76'a wsh esmk?

Tsoug el3b6 wallah 3la keef omha 7a6een li F w b3deen ma tdri wsh esmi a9ln?

D5lt a5tbr w sfht'ha w ana 6al3a galtli en ma 76ait lk F ma akoun bnt obouy, slamat ween jalseen?

He immediately called me. I picked it up,

Musaab laughed hard: "shway shway la ynksr e9b3k w enti tktbeen"

Me: "ya sheenk Musaab dag 3lay 3shan tsm3ni 6'7ktk elmustfza w tgouli hl klmteen?" I annoyingly said,

Musaab: "la2, dag l2ni eshtgt l9outk w abi asm3a, w ma 3leek mnha 4i el7ywana t5si tz3l 56eebti"

Me: "ma hmtni wallah"

Musaab: "6yb w ana?"

Me: "w ent wsho?"

Musaab: "ahmk?"

Me: "dnyti ent a9ln" I said it in a very low tone,

I felt him smile,

Musaab: "w sa7ba 3la awl jumla glt'ha leesh?" he laughed,

Me: "eskt tara ysa7i"

Musaab: "haw gbl shway kna 7lween w nt3'zl, wsh 9ar?"

Me: "la tt3wd, he mara w7da bs bl sana"

Musaab: "eeh 5eer inshallah" he laughed,

Me: "weenk ent mu bshgtk?" I asked, "sam3a a9wat"

Musaab: "ana b In-N-Out at3asha m3 a5wyay"

Me: "tstahbl t7akeeni ketha gdamhum?"

Musaab: "6b3n la2, ma b3d tjnnt, r7t el7mam"

Me: "5la9 ajal ma a6wl 3leek"

Musaab: "6wli 3adi mshtag, w la7g 3la el3yal"

I heard someone open the door over the phone, "Musaab weenk 6wlt, tra brd burgerk w Mansour akl n9a w b6a6sk 5l9t, kl 4a zg?!"

 I burst out laughing,

Me: "rou7 rou7!"

Musaab: "yallah ajal yuma ana aklmk b3deen, la haw ma agdr FaceTime al7een agoul lk ana 6al3, eeh a7sn etha ja abouy"

Me: "wsh t5rb6 ent?"

Musaab: "famanillah"

Me: "a7bk"

He laughed and hung up, I WhatsApped him,

Judy:

Esht'hait burger In-N-Out 7sbyallah 3la 3dwk :(

He took a picture of his burger and sent it to me,

Judy:

Sum!!

Musaab:

Es7beeha ya zg

Judy:

Mnb sa7bt'ha

Musaab:

Eeh l2nk bzr mub jayba shay jdeed

Judy:

😂😂😂

Wsh feeh bu Fahad z3l?

Musaab:

Afa 3laik bu Fahad yz3l mn a3'la w7da bdnyta?

Ma ynz3l 3leeha a9ln ;)

Judy:

Agoul kl zg w kl w ent sakt

Musaab:

Wa6'7 enk est7aiti

Judy:

Ana ast7i?

La w mn meen?

Mnk?

Musaab:

E6'7ki e6'7ki

Bukra t9ereen zoujti

Judy:

Yallah bye enjoy your meal

Musaab:

Aklmk etha w9lt shgti ajal?

Judy:

Eeh good

Musaab:

FaceTime

Judy:

Okay

I was still laying on my bed, so I got up and washed up, I prayed, then changed into a basic maxi dress I wear usually at home, I went downstairs to make me some breakfast but then saw Kelly,

Kelly: "good morning, you want breakfast?"

Me: "bismillah I thought you were asleep!"

Kelly: "no" she laughed, "I wake up at 6 everyday, you don't know because you sleep!"

Me: "you're right" I let out a laugh,

Kelly: "what woke you up?"

Me: "I think yesterday's exam finally fixed my sleeping pattern"

Kelly: "yeah" she nodded, "good luck habibi!"

Me: "thank you"

Kelly: "so, what do you want for breakfast?"

Me: "umm omelette, please"

Kelly: "okay, you want to eat here or upstairs?"

Me: "in the living room please"

I left the kitchen and went to the living room, I turned the TV on and watched what was playing, I wasn't interested at all I was just wasting some time,

My phone dinged, a WhatsApp notification from Musaab.

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Guys, since I only have one chapter written left, I decided to put the blog on hold for a while until I write enough chapters. I'm sorry and trust me, I'm more than annoyed that I have to put it on hold. I hate it. :(