Chapter Three

Chapter Three:

Sara’s point of view:

It has been a couple of days since I last saw Lulu. She ran out on me that day and we haven’t talked since. I’ve been calling her texting her and she wouldn’t answer. I thought she needed time alone and she will call me when she is ready to talk. I’ve been trying her on BBM too but she would read it and not answer.

Beep Beep I looked at my cellphone and it was a text from Lulu saying: Come to my place ASAP… No explanation, No nothing.

I decided to go, I changed hoped on the bus and sat there thinking. I can still remember the day I met Lulu. It was the first day of freshmen orientation in our university. I was homesick and didn’t feel like it but it was mandatory. It was Ramadan we were fasting, it was hot and we had to walk all around the university. 

The good thing was that I knew the group leader, he was my cousin's friend. 

I was talking to Salim a guy from Emirates who is a good friend of mine right now. We were having a lunch break, so they gathered everyone who is fasting together in the student center. Salim disappeared and left me alone. 

I was sitting on the couch texting my cousins telling them how I was stuck there with 20 annoying Saudi guys, who just stare and an Indian girl or that is what I thought. Khalid (The group leader, my cousin's friend. A junior from Algeria) came by and talked to me he was really nice he made me feel not so homesick. 

He went to see the rest of the group and I was stuck alone again. When...

Indian girl: Hi, how are you?

Me: Hey, I’m good. How are you?

Indian girl: I’m good. I’m Lulu by the way.

Me: Nice to meet you Lulu I’m Sara

Me: So where are you from?

Lulu: Kuwait, What about you?

Me: Saudi

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I was really shocked when she said she was Kuwaiti. We just sat there and talked for a while. After that we were in the same dorms and we became really close. I still tease her about the fact that she looks like an Indian. She told me later that she was kind of pissed from me. She was thinking why wouldn’t this girl talk to me? She actually went and asked Salim if I was his sister; because we were the only Arab girl and guy talking. (Saudis are awkward) We still laugh about that. I don’t know how I would’ve survived the dorms and my first year without her.

I snapped out of my thoughts and realized that I reached her bus stop. I was really worried. Something had to be wrong for her to just disappear. I walked the familiar path to her place with a thousand thoughts running around in my head. I got there and knocked, the door opened…

Lulu(crying): Hey come in

Me: Hey what’s wrong honey?

I gave her a hug and she started crying more and more. Then she suddenly snapped out of it.

Lulu: I don’t want to talk about right now could you please just stay with me I really don’t want to be alone.

Me: Yeah of course,, Ana km Lulu 3ndee?

Lulu (with a smile): You are the best.

I was glad that I managed to make her smile. I never saw her this sad before.

Me: What about we go out? T’3yree jw shwy and you clear your mind

Lulu: Ok, where do you want to go to?

Me: What about the mall? You can do some shopping miss shopaholic

Lulu: Lol ok

Me: Come on go change your clothes and I will call a cab to pick us up

The creepiest taxi came to pick us up. He kept saying that he wants to take us to some guys from Dammam to party. According to him these guys are rich, handsome, they drink and smoke weed. We couldn’t wait to leave that cab but we got some good laughs out of that ride.

We finally got to the mall and guess who we bump into, Salim.

Salim: Hala wallah

Me and Lulu: Hala feek

Me: What are you doing here alone?

Salim: Jay ar89 y3nee aish aswee fee el mall I’m shopping.

Lulu: Lol he schooled you

Me: Y7sb nfsa thkee

Lulu: Can we join you?

Salim: Yeah of course I need some “fashion advice”

Me: Oh then you’re in luck you just found two fabulous ladies b5dmtk (and I stuck my tongue out at him)

We spent the whole afternoon shopping, laughing and teasing Salim about his taste in clothes. We had a lot of fun and decided to go out for dinner. 

This day was just what we needed a day to forget about the world and problems and just remember that we are young and have fun.

We left the mall and walked to Olive Garden. It was so crowded we had to wait for our table. While waiting we were just talking about random stuff and making fun of a clumsy waiter.

Salim: Shoofoo al7een b6y7 the soup on that lady.

Me: La moo 6bee3ee hada el ensan

Lulu: Jed, asw2 waiter fee el 7ayah

Me: Ooh and he does drop it on her, he should have his own show

Lulu: 5ala9 m8der 3lai

While standing there laughing really hard at the poor waiter two guys come through the doors.

Salim: Hala bel shabab

To be continued…