she told me once " boyfriends come and go but friends come and never go"(24)

" janoon yalla yumma 5anamshy,e5wanich lawe3aw chabdy" mom said after she finished sipping her tea.

" 3amety laish entaw matro7oon o ana age6 jana el bait ba3dain" Terki suggested.

She ignored him and looked at my dad. "Sure, you're her husband now" my dad said. God I love my dad!

After many failed attempts from terki's mother to make them stay longer, my family left with Farah's parents.

" esh7alatech elyoum" terki whispered into my ears.

"Thanks baby, enta ba3ad" I blushed.

" janoon,terki 3a6ooni pose 7elo" farah raised her pro camera.

" wait! ana agolokom shetsawoon" she said excitedly " terki put your arms around jana, jana boseeeh esh7alata elyoum!" she clamped her hand over her mouth " sorry, um just..ignore me!"

Terki's face turned to different shades of red; he wrapped his arm around me awkwardly. I couldn’t help laughing.

She took so many pictures of us with different embarrassing poses, terki wanted to kill himself min el fashla. " farah laish mat9awreen khalood o Fay?" he said.

" la malaina menhom 9araw qeddam hehe, entaw a7la, etshawgoon 7adkom newlyweds!"

" ana baroo7 el dewaneya, tamroony ebshay?" saud said while looking at me.

" salamtek bu 3bdul3zeez" both terki and Khalid muttered.

Farah excused herself shortly after that, she kissed me goodbye and whispered "boseeh!" into my ears.

Then while Khalid and Fay were caught up in their sowalef, terki and I quietly made our exit, and walked through the moonlit garden together, just savoring the moment.

I said nothing as he led me down across the garden, beside the pool and into the beach.

He sat on a wooden bench and I laid my head on his lap, I looked up at him, still marveling that he was there, let alone engaged to me.

" I never asked you, min wain yayeb hal 3yoon el 7elwa? Ma7ad min e5wanik nafs your eyes, 7atta your parents" I said.

He stroked my hair " 6ale3 3ala yadety om oboy, kel 3amamy nafsy chethy 3yonhom tgoleb hehe o semer 7adda weird combination"

" BEAUTIFUL combination" I smiled.

He kissed my nose. " bagolich shay bas latz3leen" he said.

"What?!" I panicked.

He laughed " shfeech 5ayfaa?"

I shrugged. Then he got a more serious look on his face " I think you're getting a bit thin, when I met you , you were very sexy, curves and all , now you're skin and bones and im worried"

I sat up and wrapped my arms around him " im perfectly fine, you don’t need to worry"

He didn’t say a word, he gazed at me for a while, and then his beautiful mouth spoke "lets get married as soon as possible, I don’t want to spend any minute away from you"

" in a month enshallah, I'll be completely yours"

"enshallah" he said.

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When terki dropped me home at 3 am, I received a message from Saud.

" I'll say it again, el a7mar yet7acha 3alaich, you were stunning tonight , I didn’t know how I held myself, but you're not mine, I promise I wont bother you ever again, im happy for you, your smile teswa el denia 3endy.a7ibich jana. Abeech tensain kel ely getlech eyah, I don’t want my brother to get hurt, he deserves you.

Ps: I didn’t feel anything towards Farah, she's a great girl mashallah 3alaiha bas she's like the sister I never had

Pps: thanks for meeting me"

I sighed, at least he accepted the fact that im his brother's fiancé. I turned off the lights and slept with my dress and heels on.
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The next couple of weeks were hectic, I was getting married in a month and that was like pulling the impossible, so we decided to make a simple ceremony. Farah was a star, she helped me with all the arrangements, especially with the shopping; it was really tiring but really fun!

She was waiting outside the fitting room while I tried a few gowns that were so beautiful but not on me. "farah im so frustrated! Kel ely gayast'hom mu shay 3ley! Bas two left lel7en I didn’t try them o 7ady 5ayfa!"

" try them on, etha ma3jeboch enro7 somewhere else 3ady!" she suggested.

" okay" I agreed.

I gasped when I looked at my reflection in the mirror, I looked like a princess in that gown, it was a creamy strapless Oscar de la renta that looked amazing against my tanned skin and honey brown hair, I wanted to cry , I felt like it was made especially for me. " haa esh9ar 3alaich?" Farah's voice interrupted my thoughts.

" I think I found the one.." my lips trembled. I opened the door of the changing room and I could see from the tears in her eyes that she loved it too.

" you look.. simply amazing!" she brushed her tear with her left hand. "Twirl! Let me see!"

I did a quick twirl for her " eyanin 9a7? So simple yet so gorgeous! Terki will love it!"

After we finished our shopping Farah went back home with me, we had a Chinese dinner with my mom and then we headed upstairs to my room.

" janoon gimme your phone, badezly elpix maloot elyoum!" she said.

"sure e5theh min jan6ety" I said and headed to the bathroom.

When I finished my business I headed back to my room again. I was applying my moisturizers when she approached me with a very disgusted expression on her face. "sheno hatha?" she shoved my phone on my face.
"sheno sheno?!" I stared at her blankly.

" s3ood shako dazlich message, mu message ba3ad MESSAGES, laish?? S3ood loves you??? You told him about my feelings for him?!!! and you're still with his brother?!!! I wonder what terki will say when he sees this! "She snapped.

" meno sema7lech o galech tba6len my messages?!!!" my heart pounded so hard , I didn’t know how to defend myself.

" you think kent aby ashoof hal mas5ara ely ga3da et9eer?!!! Allah ekshefech o it was opened bel '3ala6!! Jana, how could you?!! He loves you so fucking much 7aram 3alaich!!!"

" HOW COULD I WHAT?!!! I love him to death too entay tadreen!!! Bas shasawy if his brother is in love with me!!" tears were rolling down my cheek.

" then leave him, tabeen etfargenhom? Uhma e5wan jana, they love eachother, tabeen etfargenhom 3la shay tafeh?!"

"shay tafeh?!" I chuckled between tears " I cant leave him!! farah he's my husband NOT my boyfriend!! I'll marry him in two weeks!"

" I know that you love him, bas shloun sema7tay 7ag nafsich ena you meet him, jana what if Terki found out!! "

" he wont! I wont let it happen, I know I know!! It was very stupid of me to meet him bas kent lazem a7e6 7ad 7ag s3ood!! Please don’t tell terki!! Please" I sobbed.

" I wont, I would never do such thing to you, but you have to leave him, you cant start a relationship that is based on lies jana, you just cant"

" is this some jealousy thing farah?!!, because Saud loves ME not YOU, IS IT?!"

Her face looked shocked for a second " you're… you know what jana? I have to go, enjoy your lies"


And that was the last time I saw Farah as my best friend.