You know how you're just this normal girl.. lives in a real world but doesn't necessarily have realistic thoughts? you have those dreams and daydreams and wishes about being a princess, owning a castle and someday having your own prince charming?! Oh, that prince charming.. the kind that every girl wants, dreams about and waits for.. sometimes her entire life..
You know when you're sitting in class, daydreaming about that cute guy that goes to your Uni.. or when you're in bed trying to imagine your wedding day and how your husband would be like.. or when you're in the car thinking when the hell your love is finally going to ask for your hand in marriage, or when your crush will finally say he loves you? even if you're that girl that gags at the thought of love and boys and says you're never gonna get married.. deep inside you want it to happen.. at least someday.. let's face it, we all want that, every girl whether she does or does not admit it she dreams.. she has wishes and she wants them all to come true
But do they? i mean do dreams really come true?
I was that girl.. just like any other girl, i melt when i see romantic comedies and i wish they would happen to me, i sigh at the sight of cute couples holding hands, i almost cry at weddings, i imagine myself in a huge perfect white wedding dress.. who doesn't right? i was the girl who was always told she was pretty but never saw it herself, the girl who looked in the mirror and thought she wanted to change her life, the world, and live happily ever after.. And this is my story..
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" Duuuuuuude you're so cliche!! i feel so sorry for the guy who's going to marry you seriously! " Badra shouted, she was the cousin and best friend of Saray, the star of my story
Saray felt her heart sink " But- it could happen! he'll be perfect! oh if only he's rich! and handsome! and treats me like a princess! he won't even look at other girls.. " She had a dreamy look on her face
" 7abeebty.. all guys are stupid, they're all the same, kilhom shiya6een shi6ana mo 6abee3eyya, kilhom msafreen w y5arbe6on w yabon banat! killlllllhom " Shatha said, the girl's aunt who was only 4 years older, and was considered the older and wiser of the group, and ofcourse the one with the most exprience in this department.. and other departments for that matter, she was the best consultant for everything form college to food to highways around Kuwait city!
Saray was sad, she didn't believe that.. deep inside, she knew that there were good guys, maybe one guy in particular, just like her who believes in love and honesty and was sitting thinking about her right at this moment.. she thought about it a little then laughed at herself to quickly wash the thought away..
What she thought and what the girls were saying made her come to a quick disappointment ( maybe they ARE all the same..) she thought to herself giving up, remembering an old flame of hers.. a guy she was on and off with for years who claimed he loved her but never showed it, he still wouldn't let her go, they both hanged on to each other even though the spark was gone.. good times were so little and the bad times just seemed too much, she knew he did a couple of things that were shameful.. maybe he cheated too, she didn't know why she still had his number, or why he still stalked her from time to time.. but she didn't stop him either.. maybe they were each other's safety blanket? She sighed. They ended it a while ago, and she wasn't ready for love either ( the only guy im ever going to be involved with and love is my husband, that's it ) that was her motto
She was the prettiest of the bunch, guys came at every corner to get just a look from her but she never cared, she had one experience and she hated it, she wasn't ready at all nor was she interested
" Ana wallah batzawaj wa7ed '3any 7atta law shayib mu mushkila a7bly wa7ed 9'3eer 7lo on the side " Badra joked
" Oh my god i don't even knew how i'm going to get married, i don't want to " Hala said, she was the quietest cousin of the girls, she was the only girl between 3 boys, she was considered to be very very spoiled and daddy couldn't say no to anything she asked, she was very sweet but her words could be brutal and they loved that about her, she studied abroad and they miss her terribly when she goes away
"Ofcourse who needs a husband with daddy's money " Shatha joked
" Yalla 3ad im not like that " Hala defended
They all laughed, they were best friends ever since they can remember! even though each had a completely different personality they were sisters! it's the best thing when your family members are your friends too and you know they have your back
Every weekened the girls would arrange an outing to have fun, let loose and escape a little, they'd have dinner, cruise a bit and then have a nice sleepover at the their grandma's, stealing their aunt Shatha's clothes, watching Tv or should i say mocking every program on it! And ofcourse eating their midnight snacks and talking for hours until they all fell asleep
" Oh my god i can't believe i graduateddddd " Saray said, she was always the happy girl, the glass have full girl, she loved life, she always saw her rainbows, she was in her Lala land and she didn't care, she loved it. She just finished college -even though her brain is of a 5 year old- and was ecstatic! she studied business marketing at Kuwait university
" I knooooowwww oh my god it feels like yesterday!! " Badra was only a couple of months younger but had finished from Gust earlier because she finished all her courses fast, their graduations were only a course apart " Oh my god i DESPERATELY need a break "
" I knoooow i wanna travel so bad! " Saray said " Bas madre ma ymdy 7aflety bagy 3alaiha shway, ymkin aroo7 3ugub "
" Way ee ana b3d basafer shakly baye m3a ay wa7da fekom w akshit bl dawam " Shatha mentioned
" 5o enty kila kashta bl dawam mta dawamtay a9lan ? " Saray said, Shatha had graduated only a couple of years before the girls and was working now, she hadn't worked for long but she loved sleep so working hours were dreadful to her even though she worked in a public institute and her working hours were very short
" Oh my god i could never go work in 7kooma , so boring! i want something interesting ana ma derast Finance 3ashan a76 reel 3ala reel bl maktab no way " Badra said
" Way wala ana.. bs shswe i don't care as long as the job is good and the place is good i'll work there, mako marketing companies wayed bl kwait and i want a secure good job " Saray said
" Way ana 5al a5aLi9 awal g6ee3a " Hala was still studying architecture abroad just outside the UK, and was trying her best to excel
The girls headed to Slider to have some fatty goodies and headed home for a sleepover.
They had a huge family, they had 12 aunts and uncles and many many other young cousins, they got together every Friday for lunch but their grandmother's house was full of people coming and going almost everyday! they were all very very close, all the girls and espacialy Saray who was the oldest granddaughter of them all spent more time at her grandma's than at home! " Baba mno gaylich baita fndq bs tnameen feh w takleen? " Her dad would always joke, because ever since she graduated she was either out with the girls or at her grandma's
She rarely saw her parents, or went out with her sisters who were a few years younger and would always beg her o take them out, she loved them dearly but she was busy having fun
" Helloooooo " They all said as soon as they walked into their grandma's, Saray ran to kiss her grandmother Manar who was the cutest 50 year old, she had on her big funny glasses, was knitting and watching tv at the same time, her house was busy ofcourse, her 28 year old aunt Jana was there with her 2 gorgeous children Ameena and yousif who were 3 and 1, her other aunt Deema was there with her youngest son a7mad who was 3
Shatha, was the yougest aunt and before her were Jana and Deema, they were always the cooler crazy aunts of the lot, and the girls loved them all
" Seyaaaaaaaaaayy " A7mad ran towards Saray and then Ameena followed, she was the kids favorite, they loved
her the most, no one know what it was, she was crazy about the kids too
" Hiiiiii my babiiiiieeeeessss " She hugged them
" Sosiiiii shlounich?! " Her aunt Jana asked " Wain 6al3een yal millaq laish ma ta3zemouni "
" Wai3 wain nyeebich inty w 3yalich " Shatha joked, Yousif who was just learning how to walk came and hung on to her leg " We yummmmaaaaa 3yalich el jomala2 wallah amoot amoot " She picked him up and started kissing him
" Shoufy ya 7mara 3yaly foqara ma y2athoon " Jana said sarcastically, they all laughed coz even though her kids were so adorable, they were crazy annoying and 7anna
" 3ade yeebeehom ana amsekhom! batbanahom 36ene yahom " Saray denfended
" 5ara feeeeech, madre laish y7bonha el yahal madre shmsawya fehom " Badra gave Saray a look of slight jealousy
" Ymkin coz she shares the same brain as them " Hala joked
Saray laughed " Ya shagoooool " She knew it was partly true, but she didn't care, she had the innocence of a child and a smile that made every kid a friend of hers
" A5 bs lo a7mdo kbeer chan zawajtich yah Soso " Deema said
" Waaaaay artha! an6ra ykbar 3ade!! " Saray joked
" Waaaa33333 blekhhh who marries their cousin?! " Badra said
" 7adda eeewww " Hala agreed
" You're so weeeiiirrrrrrrd " Jana made fun of the two coz they were talking in pure english
" Wallah ebtalashna bl english school ebtalashnaaaa " Shatha shook her head
" Bas 3ad! az3ajtony taraaa " Mama Manar interrupted
" Laish yumma enty gam t7eekeen wla tsm3eenna wla tshofen el tv ? " Jana asked
" 5aleeha ehya t7b tswe kil shay bwagt wa7ed fdait'ha " Deema said
They all looked at their grandma and laughed, she was too cute
" Ashoof yalla aho gomo wadoni jam3yya " She told them off
" Yumma sa3a 11 bilail " Shatha told her
" Ee haw shno y3ny ana wyakom wel jm3yya mba6la " without further convincing, Mama Manar got up to change
" Yay jam3yyaaa " Saray danced a little, it was her second favorite place on earth after Disneyland!
" Weirdooo, im just going there for the food " Badra had a body of a skeleton but ate like a bear! no one knew how it worked
" Wai3 malii 5lg aye " Hala, as usual being the lazy one
" Chub chub gomay tadree omy el7een cham 3arabana tby? kil wa7da btdz wa7da yalla ashoof " Shatha said
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The next day when Saray was back home, she got a Tango call form her father who was in London with her grandfather for treatment
" Hala babaaaaa " He said, she was the eldest of 3 girls and was considered the shinier diamond of the rest to him, he loved them all but Saray was different, she was his first pride.. the eldest who graduated with honors just like he wanted, the polite one and quieter one
" Hiiii baba i miss you! come back! " she said as she was trying to take her scarf off, " Haaa china tawich radda " He noticed
" Eee wallah mn bait mama manar knt nayma hnak " She told him
" Ahaaaa, inzain baba shrayich tyen 3nde? " He asked
" Wain baba ? London?! " she asked
" Ee 3ade ta3alay shrayich? '3ayray jaw tawech m5al9a jam3a, come shop here have fun " all of the sudden she was too excited to even talk right
" Ambai inzain shlon w shno w 7aflat el ta55arroj b3d cham youm w ma3nde Visa w wain bag3ad!! " It was all too much and her dad laughed,
" Bacher sawy el Visa go apply VIP w jarbay ymkin t5li9 b3d 3 days then you'll have 10 days in London atwaqa3 kafy "
She grinned " Yaaaaaay! bas enshallah 3ad t5ali9 el visa ! atwaqa3 za7ma hnak akeed it's February "
" Jarbay mnty 5asra shay .. ha wain ummich 3a6eeny yaha " He told her
" Okay, " still grinning, she took her phone to her mom and she slept early to wake up in time and go apply for a Visa
