The next day maya woke up with big round puffy eyes from all the crying the night before...
she flipped over and looked at her phone
1 messege received
maya 7abeebty, plz listen to me, yes i was married b4 a long time ago, but i swear he's not my son...he just thinks i'm his dad becuz his dad passed away so i married his mother out of pitty, which was the biggest mistake ever, but please maya u have to understand, plz call me back we have to meet.
i love u xx
Maya took a deep breath...'that was a long message...too much to process... i think i have to meet him' she thought to herself twisting and twirling in her comfy bed not feeling at all a bit comforted by the thoughs rushing in her mind...
she sent a messege to 5aled telling him when and where and she'd be there, he replied in less than a second, telling her to meet him at Mirai for lunch at 2 pm and they would discuss it there..
It was 12 pm when they sent each other the messege.. so they had 2 hours to get ready and be there....
this was the first morning Maya gets up without any missed calls or a nice flirty messege from 5aled, and the first morning 5aled doesn't get a call back from Maya as soon as she opens her eyes in the morning...
it felt wierd for both of them....
but like every relationship they're having their ups and downs Maya thought as she got out of bed, she had breakfast, milk tea and cereal in a bowl without milk and sat in her room watching tv...she didn't feel like sitting with her family cuz she didn't want them asking her what's wrong and she didn't want to answer any of their questions so shedecided to hide in her room...
Maya tried enjoying what was on tv but all she could think about was 5aled's situation...and how long it took him to hide something like this...and what if he had more dark secrets? what if he was a lier.. don't they say once a cheater always a cheater? doesn't this apply to his situation??
maya kept thinking and thinking her mind all over the place....
5aled at home sat with his family...although he was unusually quiet but no one noticed... his mind kept wandering about maya...flashbacks of the way she was crying the night before tore him apart...he couldn't stand seeing his love cry like that...all he wanted to do was put his arms around her and stroke her hair and calm her down...
thinking about holding her at that second made him wish they decided to meet earlier...
he was truly sorry about not telling her about his past before..all she knew was that he was engaged to Tahani before her...even Tahani didn't know about 5aled's previous marriage...
Maya thought, bahrain is so small she would've heard if something like that happend...or maybe they didn't do an actual wedding party? maybe maybe maybe kept maya thikning and wondering...
she looked at the clock next to her and jumped..when did it become 1:00pm! now she had only and hour left and she had to shower, change and everything.... so she showered quickly, washed her hair, got out of the bathroom in her robe towel... opend her cupbaord and decided on wearing a white knee length cotton day dress, her new silver flats that she got on sale from Dior, applied some light make up on although she didn't feel like dressing up at all but she had to look good in a public place...
at 2 sharp she was ready and left the house..
5aled was waiting for Maya on fire, he was there before 2.... he called maya asking her where she was she said she was a few minutes away...
Maya reached, and went in feeling nervous and scared... she went in, saw 5aled... her heart couldn't help beating faster whenever she saw him... and 5aled felt the same... he couldn't help smiling whenever he saw her
they sat, facing each other.... they were both quiet at first, ordered their drinks and then 5aled broke the ice..
"Maya... bagoolaj qe9ity min awal..." he began nervously
maya didn't say anything but it was clear she was dying to know
"5 years ago my best friend died suffering from cancer.. he had a wife and a baby boy..his son was less than a year old..before he died he made me promise that i would take care of his wife and son as if they were my own family.... his wife was devastated...and so was i... so we bacame close...close friends..then more than friends... " he said all in one breath
Maya listened carefully as she sipped her drink nervously
"i guess we became close becuz of the loss of the person we both loved dearly... i felt sorry for her more than i thought i liked her... and her son... he was so little... and called me daddy and that made me reach out to them more.. i was the only man in her son's life and whenever i saw him i saw his dad's eyes in front of me and remember the promise i made before he died... i wanted to take care of them ... and how could i spend so much time with them when i wasn't 7alaal 3la his wife..or shall i say.. my ex wife.. so melachna 3ashan en9eer 7alaal 3la ba3a'9 and so we did.. and so she began walking in front of me without her 7jaab, whenever she felt down she cuddled with me ... and so one thing led to another and we began.. u know...." 5aled continued
Maya felt she was gonna explode with jealousy... and so she kept sipping on her drink biting the straw hardly while listening to 5aled...
"but soon after that it was soo hard, things got complicated... whenever anything happend she accused me of her husband's death..and so on... so things got a bit out of control...
i guess it was her way of expressing her loss or grief... but it was something i couldn't handle soo i decided to drop out of it... and she agreed it was best to do so becuz whenever she saw me she remembered him alla yer7uma and never got over it... and so we got a divorce a year later...
i think she got married now anyway.. to her cousin or something.. i'm not sure.. but the last time i saw her was in court signing our divorce papers...
i never told u this becuz it was soo hard for me to tell u... and i couldn't do it over the phone.. i wanted to tell u face to face but there was never a right time.. everytime i see u i just wanna hold u and kiss u..." 5aled smiled a soft smile to her and she melted remembering the way she felt in his arms... "fa gooleely... mita agoolaj..."
Maya smiled back to him, a smile with so much meaning... a smile of relief...
she couldn't help but be proud of him for what he did.. taking care of his best friend's family.. that was heroic... but still she was jealous over the moon about him having slept with his ex wife.. althoug her heart did go out to her... she still felt jealous and 5aled knew that.. and he loved that about maya... it made him feel special and dearly loved...
Maya ate her food relaxed now and relieved about what 5aled told her... and the way he looked while saying all that confirmed to her that he had nothing else to hide.... he was a clean slate now...
soo little by little Maya lightened up and begane enjoying her time with 5aled...
5aled saw how maya forgave him.. he couldn't help but feel really lucky for falling in love with an angel ... to him she was his angel.. his gurdian angel...
he held out his hand and reached for hers and held her hand tightly on the table
he motioned with his lips " i love u" and she blushed and said " i love u too " ...
Maya and 5aled enjoyed the rest of their meal relieved for passing this stormy weather...
just as they were leaving maya spotted a familar face...
her heart stopped... her jaw dropped...
5aled turned to see who was Maya looking at....
Tahani....
xxx;*hope u guys liked it...and sorry it took me so long :***
