part 15

The next five days passed by really slowly. I tried to get over Josh but I just couldn't and he didn't help at all; he kept calling and texting me. It was getting harder and harder for me to not see him.

On Wednesday my phone rang with a local area number: *256****5 but it wasn't a number I knew and I'm sure it wasn't a 1-800 call.

"Aloo?" I answered, wondering who it is.

"Hallah Talah, shloonich?" A manly voice replied, "Ana 7asan."

Ah, Hassan Al-*****! He's one of the few other Kuwaitis studying in San Mateo College. I hang out with him at uni and let me tell you, he's a sight for sore eyes; especially sore eyes that hasn't seen 5aleeji guys in so long. I used to have a mini-crush on him (and Josh) when we first started college but he's just a friend and we never exchanged numbers or met outside of class but he's calling me for some reason.

"Oh, hii... ana zaina il 7amdilla, shloonik inta? 5ala9t il public speaking speech?"

"Hehe" He chuckled, oh man his laugh is killer, "ee.... actually, I called 3ashan widee akalmich ib shay... are u free right now?"

"Ee... 3an shino?"

"agoolich laman achoofich."

"um.... okay... il7een baroo7 Safeway bashterii cham shay."

"perfect, achoofich minak ba3ad 10 minutes."

"ok, cu." I replied and ended the conversation.

Hmm... Let me get dressed.


I put on my jean shorts, tank top, flip flops, my sunglasses, got my bag and keys and off I went.


My phone rang again, "Josh" appeared on the screen with a picture of him putting his tongue out.

Okay, I can't take this anymore! I clicked answer.

"Talah, phew! Finally! Talah please please can we talk." It was so good to hear his voice again, I really miss him.

"Hey Josh."

I think I heard him sigh on the other side.

"Talah, how r u?"

"I'm good." I tried to talk as little as possible because it's very possible that I might break down at any second and I don't need that right now.

"Talah, can we talk?"

I inhaled, exhaled, and counted to ten.

"Yes."

"When?"

"Today? But I'm on my way to meet Hasan at Safeway right now."

"Hasan? Oh okay... how about you come over for lunch?"

"Okay, sure."

"Yeah?" He's so cute.

"Sounds good, see you then."

"Bye Talah."

I miss him, I miss his breath next to my face, I miss the way he looks at me, I miss our talks, I miss our hangouts, I miss the way he used to hold my hand, I just miss him.



I arrived at Safeway right on time and saw that Hasan was there already but he was waiting at Tasty Treats, a delicious icecream place.

He smiled and waved which made me smile back, I guess I still have a TINY crush on him.

The lady greeted me as I came in, she knows me min kithir ma I eat there.

"How are you Talah? How's school? You come for ice-cream?" MaiLee the Korean lady asked me. She's so sweet! She always talks to me whenever I come in here for icecream and sometimes she'd give me free ice-cream.

"Hey MaiLee, how are you? Yeah, sure why not... I'm actually meeting up with my friend..." I pointed at Hassan who's now standing next to me, "he's actually from Kuwait too."

"Ahhh, I see." She winked and gave me a knowing look which made me laugh, "he goodlooking!"
She whispered to me but ofcourse he heard.

I looked at him and he ran his hand through his hair and lowered his face but was smiling.. you know what I mean? The thing that guys do... Ugh, that drives me crazy! Its so sexy.

I blushed and laughed, "MaiLee you're so naughty! Hehe, 7asan ma3alaik minha."

"Laish? galat shay '3ala6?" He challenged me.

"Hehehehehehe!"

"La2 3ad Talooh, matifa8na chithii!" He started tickling me.

"HAYY! bassss.... tadrii inee a'3ar!"

There was some serious flirting going on, it got my mind off of Josh for a few minutes... It actually felt really good.

"Hehe, yallah i5thay icecreamich 3ashan I have something to ask you."

"Okay."

I took my ice cream and was about it to pay when he made me go sit down and paid for me instead. I thanked him and sat down on of the tables.

"Okay." He said as he pulled in his chair, "I'm going to just ask," he exhaled, "are u still with Josh?"

Woah, that was unexpected, I was completely speechless. That came out of nowhere, we never talked about Josh.

"Talah, please jawbay."

"Um, madri...I think so."

"So you're broken up?"

"Errm... Yes."

"Do you still like him?"

"Ee."

"Okay, 7a9alt jawabi... ma kint abee agool shay gabil bas now that you're single bas kint bagoolich inee I'm interested in you."

Wow.

"Oo ba36eech wagtich bas I want to ask you if you want to go out. You don't have to answer now, I'll be waiting... i5thii ra7tich." He put his hand on my hand, "Talah, please fakree fee..." He said and got up.

"Okay." I replied.

"I'll be seeing you." He smiled his sexy smile, "Talah."

90210 teacher ;) the one that Matt looks like

I got a picture of him and a video... but to really know what I mean that the 90210 teacher is hot, you have to watch 90210... i couldn't find really good clips but here's one.... he appears at 3:10



and here's a picture:



and btw sorry for the confusion..when I said I'm typing a new post, I did a new post for Let's Keep This Just Between Us, Okay? not Love Drops.... Love Drops's new post is coming.. SOON ;) hehe

Thoughts & Questions

Okay awalan, i'm back on track! wallah sorry 3an il updates bas i had my exams.. but i'm ALL DONE now :D ... oo my internet wasn't working for the past TWO DAYS!! bas its working now :D thank God I had my blackberry....;) hehe .... i'm working on a new part right now..

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'3air hatha...for the past two days I've been walking up way too early.... madrii laish... lazim itchoofoon shakli ams... kint 6al3a starbucks bilail oo i was going to fall asleep on my friends...i was so sleepy.... fa laman radait il bait i went straight to sleep...


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Bas tara il7een il jaw 7ada 7iloooo for swimming..... 7ada yabeela chalet! ma ri7t :( bas I did tan and swim ib my cousin's swimming pool :D .... My face and body are now brownish-pink....

Any one else out there tanning?

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Random question: How old do you think I am? And what do you think I look like?

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I was watching a TV show... you know catching up with mosalsalat oo chithii now that I'm free? .... ee? oo the song "time after time" was on one of them.... oo it fit soooo perfectly... oo 9ar feenii sha5barii!!!

So I downloaded and am now playing it over and over again.

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Speaking of music....

Does anyone know the old Right Round song?
I, for one, don't like the new one.


I LOVE the old one... the new one is a pervy remake...


Awal ma 6ila3 il flo-rida one... i was like "oh!!! hatha remix?" oo people looked at me like hathee shfeeha?

oo i'm singing the lyrics to the old one: "you spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record baby, right round round!"

oo 6ila3 ina the lyrics are completely wrong....

i was so confused ina shisalfa?! im SURE those are the lyrics.... three weeks later or so, I figured out that flo rida made a new song.

heheh.... '3abiya wella shino?


anyways here's the video




which one do you like more??

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oo min the important dates in KUWAIT'S HISTORY from 2009 was the day COLDSTONE opened in Avenues...

I bet you ANYTHING that no one was more sad than I was that it was going to open...

and that no one was as excited as I was once I accepted the fact that it was opening!

Laman fatchoo I was shocked that they didn't have one of the KEY ingredients in any order: COOKIE DOUGH!

I was about to strangle the worker, miskeen...

My eyes opened wide and I asked him: "NO COOKIE DOUGH?!?!!"

He laughed and said that they still didn't import it and that the next time I'll be there, there will be cookie dough. I didn't want to push it and say that the next time would be tomorrow so I just shut up and ordered the icecream with brownie....




but....

dum dum da daaaaa
*scary music ;p *


I went the next day AND . . .


THERE WAS COOKIE DOUGH... hallelujah!!



But I'm in big trouble because I had coldstone seven times the week it opened.... I went daily to Avenues for the week and would walk from one side of Avenues to the other to get my coldstone after a movie or before shopping.

Yum.

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inshallah the new part will be ready by today... :)

I'm heading out now...

Thanks for reading :)

Comment people, please :)

Comments make me smile.... they make me want to WRITE! ;p

See you, love you all....

--Hi, My Name Is...

part 14-b

"Matt? 90210 hottie-look-a-like, Matt?" I stared at her.

Her eyes were down but she brought them up to look at me. She was really ashamed, "Please don't judge!" She pleaded.

"No, I won't, I won't.. but how, why, when?!"

"Okay...we started seeing each other before uni.. I didn't even know he was going to be a professor at our college.... but we dated, had our fun, you know?"

"Yeah." I nodded-- Bas akeed ya3ni 'had our fun' sha'3la '3air ib amreeca 3an il kuwait.

"Well, when I found out that he's a professor and he found out that I'm a student in his class, we broke it off... that would be really unprofessional, you know? And although he is young, he's mature and very responsible... so we called it off but I still have feelings for him... like strong feelings... this only happened two times before and when I got these feelings, I fell in love with those two guys.... so I guess this is leading to love... But anyways... where'd I leave off?.... ah yeah, we broke it off but I still really liked him... but we just became friends after that.. like I'd joke with him in class and stuff but its harmless..."

"Oh, I'm sorry... it must be hard."

"It is... and I just can't be his friend any longer.. so I made the move, the party was the first time since we broke up that we actually got together...."

"Got together?"

"Made out... danced... you know..."

"Ahaa okay I see" I winked, "What about Jared?"

"Me and Jared weren't dating for more than four months... I just knew him that amount of time... but when Matt and I broke up.. I thought maybe Jared and I would have a connection and we weren't doing anything that isn't allowed... he's my age and a student and everything.... but I'm not happy with him..... the happiest I've been is with Matt"

"Yeah.... hmm.... does Jared know that?"

"I told him tonight... no details, just that we were better as friends and I guess the feelings were mutual."

"Hehe, that's good."

She laughed, "Yeah...."

"So this is so highschool, but how'd you rate Matt's kisses out of ten?" I asked which got another laugh from her.

"Talah, trust me, it's 11.5 out of 10..."

"Wow, that good, huh?"

"Yup! What about Josh? I never got the pleasure of kissing him?"

Now it was my turn to laugh, "hehehehe, well me neither."

Her eyes became huge, "Don't tell me you've never kissed???"

"No I did just not Josh.."

her expression went back to normal... hahah;p ...."Why not?"

"wait first lemme explain Kuwait's society to you for a bit."

Fahamtha shloon ihnii 3aib il dating oo chithii.... oo like some ppl date secretly oo the part about religion oooo blah blah blah....

"I still don't get it but about the religion I get that... and it's good to pull away now then go in deep."

"Yeah, that's what my friend back home, Haya said....Hehe, I know you don't... you just have to be like there or a Kuwaiti to get it.... but in a way i think you got the concept.... hey, what time is it?"

"Shoot, 6 am..."

"Hahah, we've been talking for three hours..."

"Your explanation itself needed almost an hour!"

I stuck my tongue out, "Thank God, we don't have uni today."