your guardian angel [ 14 ]

" Raseel ! and he didn’t say anything !!? " Jood was eager to ask her friend , after the party Raseel invited her for a sleepover

" No Jood , y3ny what will he say ! " Raseel laughed ,

" That he is totally FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU ! "

" 3eesa and I are really good friends ,"

" PPpppsssshhhht ! yeah right ! , and I can fly ! , Raseel the guy looks like he's struck by lightning whenever he sees you ! "

Raseel closed her eyes for a long moment , remembering his handsome features , and then looked at Jood

" You tell me this after years with Msa3ad Jood , and you expect me to just give myself away for the next guy ? "

" R I didn’t say that , 3eesa SAVED you he's like TOTALLY your prince charming !"

Raseel smiled , Jood was not that sort of girl who believed in prince charming and fairytales , but when she wanted to argue with her best friend she knew how to get her attention

" Stop it… don’t make fun of me .." she gave her friend a light punch on the shoulder

" Raseel babe , you deserve to be happy .. , I WANT you to be happy .. im just saying that this boy… madree mn wain yaylich wentay madree shgam tsaween !!? "

" What did I do !? "

" Give you’re a heart a chance ! "

" I did Jood and look where it got me "


Jood sighed " Msa3ad is just another story .."

" Lets just hope he doesn’t do one of his stupid things .."

Raseel's phone began to ring

3eesa ! " She whispered "

" Answer ! " Jood whispered back " Wait , why are we whispering again ?"

" Madree " Raseel answered still whispering

" My friend is an idiot , "
" 3eesa ! " her whole face lit up and she didn’t even know it , Jood shook her head and headed to the kitchen to get some snacks

" So how was the party ? " 3eesa asked

" It was great ! , Rawa2 won the best costume did you know ? "

" AKeed ana mnaggeeh " he answered in confidence

After a short chat , Jood came in holding a big bag of Nacho's " What happened ? " she said with her mouth full , she couldn’t wait to hear what Raseel and 3eesa were talking about

" He invited me to dinner tomorrow.. "

Jood was chewing on Nacho's when she suddenly stopped chewing and some chips still stuck in her mouth , she swallowed quickly " AAANNNNDDD !!!?? "

" I don't know .."

" You don’t KNOW !? , did you see your face when he called Raseel !? "

" Jooood madreeeeee ! , am scared "

"Of ? "

" What if he turns out to be someone else ?.. someone.. I wont recognize later ? .. someone that might hurt me , You cant judge a book by its cover and Msa3ad was a cover Jood .."

" No actually Msa3ad was a garbage bag .."

Raseel looked at her friend " am serious "

" But you guys are best friends now ! and you are going to make such a cute couple!" , " wait what did you say when he asked you ? "

" That... I'll call him tomorrow and see what happens ? " Raseel was afraid of her friend's reaction , because she knew what she did was rude .. but 3eesa will understand " I'm scared to be alone with him Jood .. im scared that my heart will give up and fall HARD , well .. maybe hard – ER "

" Hhhhhhh Raseeel ! " Jood held her breath " You just said you were friends ! I just know you too well .." she shook her head

Raseel gave her a desperate look , " What am I supposed to do ? "

" You're going to figure out what you're going to wear that's what ! " Jood grabbed her friends hand and she was skipping towards Raseel's closet

" You're excited more than me ! " Raseel told her

" Well ofcourse I am , I have no love life so im wasting all my energy on YOU ! " She grinned happily

Raseel laughed at her , later they settled for a pretty blue turtle neck dress with Raseel's brown UGGS

The girls stayed up late , they both took bubble baths , did their nails and then after a long chat felt asleep

Raseel's phone rang in the morning

" Hey sleepy head , " 3eesa's voice came through the speakers .. it very warm and masculine and it was just what Raseel needed to hear in the morning

But after a few seconds , she jumped up quickly with her sleepy eyes and messy hair " Am I late !? did I sleep through noon !!!!? " she freaked out

" No noooo ! " 3eesa laughed at her

" I was just calling to check on you , see what happened about lunch ? "

" Oh .. good .." She fell on her pillow relieved , 3eesa heard the sound of her head hitting the pillow again and laughed , he wished he could see her now

They agreed to meet up at Beddi3's Wasabi , Raseel and 3eesa shared a love for Sushi

The girls woke up at noon , they went downstairs where Josephene was preparing lunch , she noticed that Msa3d stopped coming , Raseel's face was still glowing and relaxed and it was a good sign

The girls enjoyed the amazing Machboos Josephene prepared , of course it was Raseel's mother who taught her , when she remembered her mom Raseel was upset and Jood noticed but before she had the time to talk to her friend they both heard Josephene on the phone

" Yes hiii maaa'aaaam ! yes she's here hold on ! , MISS RASEEEEL ! " both girls jumped up and went straight to the phone

" Mamaa ! "

" Hala 7abeeeeebteee shloonich ya galbee ?"

" 7mdelaah mama entaw shloonkom ? how's daddy ? "

Her mom was quiet for a few seconds , " Il 7mdelah shway a7san 7beebtee , ta3ab 3alaina ams shwaya bas enshallah mako shay .. "

Raseel's face was sad again , " Abee akalma.." she said in a low voice

" Hala bil '3alya " A sweet soft voice answered her

" Baba ! 7beebee shloonik ? sha5beriik ? "

" Ana el 7mdelaah yuba ma3alich mn omich tdreen ehya shloon kila ma5tha el omoor jad w she worries a lot , kanee mafeenee ila 3afya , "

Raseel had to admit , her mom DID worry a lot, and her father sounded fine .. and she heard his voice and that's all that mattered to her

" Baba meta gal il dektoor tegdar tred ? "

" Kilha cham shahar 7beebtee .. enty shemsawyaa ? mafeech shay mo me7taja shay ? shloon il bait ? M7ammad w Jalal mawjoodeen ? wela 3a6aiteehom ejaza b3d ? " he knew that his daughter was a sweet- heart and would give the guards more holidays than they're supposed to have

" La baba bas once .. " she giggled

" Ya yuba , ana gam asawee chthy 7ag ma9la7tich ana 5ayef 3laich, wallah lo mo il marath cha nana w omich ma 5alainach , ana 7a6lich yahom 3shan ydeeroon balhom 3laich mo 3shan enty t9arfeenhom kil yoom wel thane "

" Enshallah yuba .."

After a long talk with her parents she hung up the phone glad to have heard from her loved one's , they promised they'll be back as soon as her dad's treatment is over

The girls stayed in watching T.V and almost forgot about the dinner with 3eesa

" Ambee ! its 6 ! , you're dinner is in an hour ! lets get to work " Jood pulled her friend from the couch and ran upstairs

They took out Raseel's dress and leggings , Jood helped her curl her hair and put two tiny black clips on each side of her head which helped hide her bangs and show her pretty eyes better , Raseel put on her mom's beautiful earrings .. they were big pearls with a golden frame around them , Jood applied some Mascara on Raseel's big eyes and crimson lipstick on her full lips , Raseel put on her UGGS and was ready to go


Jood decided she wanted to hang out at Coffee Republic in Galeria and have some alone time reading

As soon as Raseel got into her car , 3eesa called " Ha wainich ? "

" Kanee tawnee rakba el sayara .."

" Ana tawnee wa9il , come up to the cabin "

She drove away and was sick in her stomach , she was nervous about meeting him so she turned on the Radio to put her mind off of thinking too much because then she wouldn’t be able to drive !

She gave the Waitress 3eesa's name and she led her to the cabin upstairs

She opened the door to see 3eesa watching the candles peacefully , he was wearing a grey V-neck sweater and he looked so preppy and handsome as always

He sat straight as soon as he saw her come in ,

" You look really nice.. " He told her , " Thank you , you do too " she smiled at him

She loved V-neck sweaters on guys and the view of 3eesa wearing one wasn’t a disappointment

They ordered and chatted while the order came , 3eesa ordered some things that Raseel never tried before , but she loved experiencing it , they talked for hours and had a good time , they felt comfortable with each other , ignoring the fact that both of them had more than butterflies going on inside them

" Nice book , " Jood glanced up only to see 3eesa's friend ya3goub sitting near her on the other table

She was reading Gone with the wind , " Hey you ! , what are you doing here ?"

" 3eesa keshat fenee allah ysalmich .. as you see im here all alone .." he told her

" Yeah our friends ditched us didn’t they? " She narrowed her eyes at him

" 7adhom ! " he laughed at her

After a nice evening at Wasabi's 3eesa walked Raseel to her car

" Ra7 asayrech bil 6ereej , il wagt shway te2a5ar.. , do you mind ? "

" No , not at all that's so sweet of you , but you don’t have to 3eesa .. "

He looked at her like he didn’t know what she was talking about

" Yalla get in , " she laughed at him , it was funny that he didn’t even care about what she just said and he was cute being bossy " I think we passed phase el rasmeyat Raseel ," He looked serious for a moment , like he was mad at her

But she laughed at him , " Mo layeg t3a9eb tara .."

" Off 7asafa , it doesn’t work wala 7atta on Rawa2 ! "

He followed her home and made sure she got into the driveway , she waved at him and went inside


He was happy now and his mind was at ease , he didnt have to worry about Raseel and he knew that she was safe now

What he didn’t know that the white Range Rover wasn’t hiding behind a few cars ahead anymore , this time it didn’t park near Raseel's house ..Instead it followed 3eesa's Silverado