Chapter 8

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Previously: 

Dalal: ba'3ait shay?

Khalid: Ee.. Stay.

I chuckled a bit more, my cheeks turning all shades of red. 

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Dalal: Umm what?

Khalid: E7m, uhh sorry, I meant if you need to talk, I know I'm a stranger ya3ni, but I'm here. 

*He looked shocked himself by what he said.

Dalal: Umm, thank-you but I'd prefer to be alone.

*I didn't mean to be rude or anything, but I couldn't get to know him, I know it was a big chance and I might get attached. That was not something I could do just yet, I wasn't ready. I really did need some time alone, I needed to figure out at least what I'll be doing until the near future. 

Khalid: Oh, umm sorry then. Nice meeting you Dalal.

*He smiled, looking a bit disappointed and embarrassed. 

Dalal: You too.

I walked off, kind of regretting what I had done, maybe he was just trying to be friendly.. But I brushed off the second-thoughts, I couldn't do anything about it now.

I made my way to the last bench in the aisle of the floor. It was quiet, I was pretty sure no one was in these rooms because all I could hear were my heart-beats pumping at a pace that didn't seem normal. I stopped to regain my breath, but I couldn't. The bench I was walking over to seemed to be moving? How was it moving? 

Is that a shadow? Is there someone here? I felt myself kneeling down, beginning to lose my balance. But I held out my hand for some help, but all I got was nothing. The next thing I saw was black, I couldn't see anything. But I was alive, inside of my body.

I had felt my head fall against the floor, causing me to flinch before blacking out. I was still hearing things, it seemed like to be a lady, what was she mumbling? 

Twinkle twinkle little star, 

How I wonder what you are?

Up above the sky so high, 

Like a diamond in the sky,

Twinkle twinkle little star, 

How I wonder what you are.. 

I freaked out. I don't know how but I managed to open my eyes. I tried to move to get up, but my body was paralyzed. My eyeballs were already scanning what was around me, to my surprise I was no longer in the hotel. 

I was in a baby's nursery. The walls were blue, indicating it was a baby boy. It was a simple room, but against a corner was a car shaped little bed. THERE'S THAT LADY. She was singing to her baby boy while moving her hands through his hair. After she finished the song, she got up and kissed his cheeks then turned around to leave the room. She stood there and stared at me.

I blinked my eyes for help, blinked twice, three times. She was standing still, as if she was looking through thin air. 

Did she not see me? 

HELLO. I NEED HELP. HELP ME LADY. 

I couldn't transport the words from my mind to my mouth. I closed my eyes, losing hope in her noticing my need for help. 

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- DALAL GOOMAY.

My body was being shaken, I could feel so many tears falling down my cheeks. 

How did she know my name? 

Wait.. That's a man.

I opened my eyes hesitantly, kind of scared of who I'd see. 

It was my father. How did he get here? 

Why were we still outside the restuarant?

Why are there so many people around me?

I kept the questions inside, to ask later I thought. But then shot up and stood in front of my father. 

Baba: Are you okay 7abeebty?

Dalal: Eeeee, can we just go, please? 

I brushed my tears off, my dad noticed how desperate I was so he held my hand and escorted me away. I could see Ghala walking behind us, she looked worried. I turned around to reassure her that I was okay. She smiled when she caught me looking at her. I let go of my fathers hand for a minute, and pulled her to walk with us. I saw my fathers face hide a smile as I bonded with his wife. 

It was dead quiet as we walked, nothing. No one said anything. So I broke the silence, being the klutz that I am. 

Dalal: Baba, what happened?

He looked still worried about me, thinking of what had happened. 

Baba: I don't know. You started crying after telling me.. Uhm, about Youssef, then you blacked out. But you were crying while on the floor with your eyes shut. Dalal, what happened? 

I didn't know how to explain it, so I didn't. I nodded, and just shook it off. My father took that as a sign to let it go. 

They dropped me off at the hotel, made sure I was okay and left. 

I stayed up that night thinking about my future, thinking about the weird things that have been happening.. Everything seemed to make me think of Talal. I wanted to scream to the lady to help me. But who could really help me? Oh look, I'm thinking of Talal again. I laid down and tried to sleep, I had enough regret in me. But one more thing came to my mind, Khalid. Where did he come from? Why was he in my dream? It was a dream INSIDE of a dream. It was crazy! I also considered how I was feeling.. Khalid was great, but I didn't let him in, I didn't take his offer. 

Dalal: BINGO. Answer is found. 

Khalid = The perfect gentlemen. He was so sweet, so caring, so loving. 

Let me explain, Talal is perfect. I miss him. That's why I had the dream about Khalid. He's supposed to replace Talal. But I was hesitant and didn't want to get attached, probably because I'm still attached to Talal! 

I started laughing out loud at myself, I was so deep into my thinking that I was talking to myself, answering my brains questions. It was funny how when I pretended my brain and I were separate people, I was able to answer the questions. But was that really the answer? Just replacing Talal with a man in my dreams? Why am I always back to Talal? 

With that, I dozed off into deep sleep. 

I woke up around 12pm. I gasped, today was my last day in the hotel. I had to go find a job, and an apartment! I jumped out of bed, got dressed and went to get a job.

What could I work? I haven't started university yet. Hmmm, what are my hobby's?

Football.. But what could I do with that? Ummm.. 

Ahmed AL- ****'s Art Gallery. It was like a sign from god, I knew exactly what to do. But I didn't know how to. I knew one person could help me, but I didn't know if it was the right thing to do.. Should I really be seeing Talal after what I said? 

I didn't even think about it, I pulled over, turned the direction of my car, and started driving to back to Abu Dhabi.