Once upon a lie 21

Hello everyone!


Am baaaaaaack ! so heeeeerrrre's your next post, hope you enjoy it! love you ;*


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Previously;

" okay so you saw a girl trying to cross the street, so what? "


" It wasn't just ANY girl 3baid, I feel like i know her from somewhere.. "


Shaikha was half asleep in her friend's car, her heart was still pounding and butterflies won't go away , the time she had with 3bdelWahab was just .. perfect.



" Just .. be careful " Shaikha suddenly slapped herself back into reality hearing her fried out. And even though it's only been a little while, she felt like she'd known 3bdelwahab all her life. Like Wahab had said, there was a certain vibe people often got from him. But she didn't see it, he may have been a lot of things in the past, but he wasn't anymore.. at least not with her.


" you know me better than anyone else Swair i KNEW there was something .. something in him that made him so miserable and captured as a prisoner in his own soul. I want to make it GO AWAY "



Here sat Shaikha , the bravest, craziest, most beautiful girl she knew talking about making some guy's life a " happy summer " again , while her own was in jeopardy.

Yes, in spite of her misfortune .. Shaikha had a deeper secret that only the closest people to her knew.


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For an entire week i didn't hear from Shaikha except for the various texts we sent each other every once in a while. I didn't know what was going on with her and i didn't want to be impolite and ask. If she wanted to tell me something, she'd tell me in her own terms, i told myself.



I was in the shower when i heard my phone ring, " Whayyib ! el7ag el9a7ba gam tdeg !" I heard 3baid shout, he knew i was eager to hear from her. Even though i tried to hide it every single time he brought the subject of her up, he caught me. It was no secret that i missed her ever since i saw her the other day at the cafe and she turned my offers to go out down. Both offers.



" Uhh .. can you get it man? am kind of busy, just tell her i'll call right back " i called out



" Uhh .. o-kay .. " I heard uncertainty in his voice , but he picked up the phone anyway " Alow " He answered in his very 3baid like voice, friendly but not too eager voice, i heard a pause go on for a while .. then i heard him say " Uhh.. no, this is 3baid Wahab's cousin, yeah he's in the shower right now i'll tell him to call you right back.. alright.. Bye. "



I finally stepped out of the bathroom to see my cousin's face totally dumbfounded and i laughed " Shfee wayhik "



" Duuude .. " He shook his head " Just call the girl "




I laughed again at his face , picked up the phone and went to the other room so i can change.



" How about i see you today? " I wanted to fake indifference , but i was just RELIEVED she suggested it. I really did want to see her.




" Today's great. Just tell me when and where " i shut the phone and went in again to see 3baid laying on the bed staring at the ceiling




" Ha what are we doing today? "



" Went shaku 3ashan tijma3? "



" WhAT? i thought we did everything together " he gave me a dumb look lifting both his hands up in the air



" 3baid , i told you this many times .. just coz your girlfriend left you and you have no life now, you can't take mine "



He gave me a puppy face " No that's only cute when Lulu does it "



" Maaaaaaaaaan " He got up hesitantly " Can we at least go somewhere where there are hot girls later? "




" Fine. Just please give me 10 minutes to get dressed "



" I'll miss you too much man "



" 3baid wely yer7am omik , shalla5tne "



" Aight am gone " And with that his head disappeared

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Elsewhere


" Noooooooooooooooo " A little kid was pulling his hand away from his mother



" Ya mama ya 7abeebee maku shay i promise ma y3awer " the mother was pulling back , feeling both useless and tired



" uhh .. This isn't exactly what i had in mind " I entered to see a room full of kids crying and screaming , others were just sitting there , scared. Perhaps i didn't mention where i was , i was at a private dental office. Yes, a dental office.



God knows what Shaikha had in mind for our " hangout " but i was scared. honestly , i was even more scared than those kids. Kind of.



" AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH " Another girl with pretty honey locks of hair sat in a chair crying her eyes out , her mouth wide open and her father was sitting helplessly next to her, probably out of encouragement words and wanting to cry himself.


I approached a young kid about 6 years old with chocolate skin and very short hair formed in little curls, and sat next to him.



" Hey man, " the boy looked at me with his wide eyes and wasn't interested at all , i tried to form what should've been a smile but am sure it was something completely different that made the boy turn his head with even less interest than before




" So , scary place? " I asked and he looked at me again with the same cold expression " No? oh okay than guess you're the tough dude around here. But guess it's good to see other kids cry and scream and you're the one who gets the sticker and the pride of being strong after all huh? " I joked and tried to playfully punch him ,but his eyes grew wider , waiting for me to finish as if he had more interesting things to do than sit and listen to me




" Wahab ! " I heard someone clap and i lifted my head to see a tall, tanned beauty infront of me, she was wearing what appeared to be a white coat and her straight black hair was up in a ponytail. She looked simply distracting.



I got up "Hello " i said smiling crookedly at her " Is this another weird one of your things? you're secretly a baby Dr. ? no no wait , you run this business to scare the hell out of little kids just for fun "



" Am glad you came " She grinned at me , the grin that scares but also excites me " and What were you saying to that poor kid? " she moved her head around my shoulder to look at the boy i was next to, He was tilting his head to look at us




" 5 minutes and you already made a friend huh? " She said smiling




" yeah a pretty good friend too " i said sarcastically



She looked at me like she knew what i was up to



" So where exactly would we hang out , you wana sit on those little chairs and play with the blocks , or you wana go sit in the pink waiting room where everyone has a huge cotton in their mouth ? "




" No silly. Remember when i told you i volunteer for my sister's dental office? "




" Yyyess.. " I said carefully examining her face



" Well here i am! and you're doing it with me! " There's that scary grin again




" Uh-oh .." i said still looking at her hoping she'd laugh and say it was a joke, but with this girl .. nothing was a joke.



" C'mmon , you're going to give away toothbrushes! " She said excitedly and led the way



" Brush your teeth " I warned a little boy holding his cotton ball in his mouth tightly " No one likes bad teeth , you're not gonna get gir- " Shaikha stood behind him and made a gesture for me to stop talking " gggood grades! " I finally said and she grinned




The kid looked confused but took the toothbrush anyway



Another girl came in line and i handed her the toothbrush " You should brush your teeth everyday, no matter how beautiful you are those teeth are going to ruin your l-" Interrupted again by Shaikha's hand gestures , i stopped and smile " Your lovely teeth " i softened my voice and the girl left , well, at least that one didn't glare at me. I thought.



Another kid came "Look , dude. Just brush your teeth okay? you get this toothbrush right here and you wash em up alright? " The kid nodded with big dopey eyes and hurried away



I got up " this job is harder than i thought " i complained. Shaikha crossed her hands and looked at me " But am glad you're here to make it easier " I moved closer to her



" Nice save " she giggled and turned away quickly before i could speak or get lost in her sharp features again. So i went back to my toothbrushes



" Oh no no no no please don't cry , please don't cry " I heard Shaikha say in her melody-like voice , i looked up to see her calming a scruffy looking kid who didn't look pleased




The kid was crying silently but all the others were looking at him and were scared as well. This isn't good , i thought. Shaikha then turned her head to look at me with a pleading look




" Me , no " I signaled for her , what the hell did i know about calming kids?



Not able to resist her face i got up anyway, " Hey .. " I managed to say at the short dude , He stopped crying for a second and looked up at me




" What's wrong little man? " I knelled down to his level " You're teeth are hurting? "



The kid nodded, Shaikha smiled and walked away feeling like i could handle it. But i couldn't! I looked like a sick kid myself when i saw her walk away from me




" Uhh .. " I looked at the boy again " i um- hate when that hAPPENS too " i nodded " But you know what the best part is? if you brush your teeth after every ice cream cone and candy cane you eat you're good to go! " The boy looked up at me with a ray of hope in his eyes



" Am serious man you can have the whole deal, candy, chocolates and milkshakes. But you gotta brush okay? and don't over do it! " I warned again and he stared at me in fear, " But girls LOVE a guy with good teeth , " I winked at him and he laughed at me. " And also, don't tell the tall pretty girl over there i said that " He nodded and smiled. Phew, i thought. That didn't go so bad.



I got up again and saw Shaikha from afar calling the names of the children in office to go in, i paused for a second to just stare at her like i always do When i want to have the time to analyze her. She was weird , with the craziest theories and ideas i've ever heard, but maybe that's what's gotten me so sprung up. I dont know what exactly she had on me, i was standing in a dental office trying to stop kids form going wild. I played it over in my head and thought it would be a very funny joke to tell the guys, But for that moment, i just wanted to enjoy it.




I hadn't done anything like this before. But , for what it's worth .. I actually enjoyed it.



Shaikha finally looked my way and smiled.



" Ready to go hang out with people older than the age of 7? " She asked as she took her lab coat off



I smiled at her and bit my lip " There's one particular person i had in mind " She giggled and i followed her outside




" But please , take me anywhere that doesnt have desserts, i got scared after i saw all those cavities "



" There goes my appetite " i commented




She punched me