Short Story (1)

Short stories 

Story 1

Next chapter of hypothetical soon 

(This is based on true events but I switched the dates and changed some details) 

2010

I was cooking the traditional Saudi dish, saleeg, but without salt, since he has high blood pressure, while listening to rashed al majed, this is my happy place, cooking in my kitchen and listening to music 

It was 1 pm, mish3al my husband is at work, about 500 kilometers away from me 

Mish3al works at Riyadh, while I, sara wait at Alkhobar for him to come. 

He usually leaves for 3 days and comes back to alkhobar, it’s very frustrating and sad sometimes 

But this is the last year of him having to go through this routine. In a matter of months he will come and stay in Khobar for good! He gets paid well and enjoys his work environment so I didn’t want to force him to come back sooner 

Mish3al usually comes back home at 7, but today he said he’ll leave work early so he can come back home and we can spend more time together 

So there I am cooking in my kitchen for the love of my life , 

Until I get a call

But not any call, a call that I’ve been hoping I won’t get since the day I loved mish3al 

It was his office, I headed over to the living room to answer the phone 

A random guy answered me, he probably works at the office with mish3al 

He answered me with his voice sounding nervous and hesitant 

Guy: alo, alslam 3laikm, elansa sara alflani, zojat mish3al Al-Flani? 

“Ee N3m, tf’9l”

Guy: bs 7bait a8oolk inna zojk ll2sf t3b mn irtifa3 el’9’36 w wdoh elmstshfa 

“Bismillah alr7man elr7eem, mta? Kaif 7alta al7een”?

Guy: N8ool inshallah tt7sn 7alta, Ana ma 3ndy ay fkra 3n 7alta, bs 8alooly a3lmk, lw tbeen t3rfeen m3lomat zyada 3n 7alta d8y 3la 050*******

I wrote the number quickly as my hands were shaking like crazy 

He was fine when I last saw him 3 days ago! 

He sounded fine when we Skyped yesterday night! 

I quickly thanked the man and called the number written on my hand 

6ooooooo6.........6oooo-

Guy2: alo? 

“Elslam, ana zojat mish3a Al-Felani, Aish 9ar kaifh”?

Guys: oh ahlan sara, Ana M7md 

M7md is mish3als best friend, they were childhood friends since they just came out of the womb 

“Ahlain, kaif mah3l”?

M7md: uhh la t7ateen inshallah ma feeh illa el3afya

“6yb 9a7y”?

M7md: sara abeek tjlseen 

“Laish”?!

M7md: mah3ql jah stroke w ll2sf d5l fy ‘3ybooba

I then started crying and tears raced down my eyes 

This never happens to him unless he is really under a lot of stress or he’s overthinking 

“6-6y-yb a-aish i-ism elm-stash-fa?” - I barely managed to say in between breaths 

M7md: sara w elly y3afeek la t9ee7een, wla tfkreen inna tjeen, ma by3jb msh3l, 5leek bmkank w Ana bklmk w b6mnk awl b2wl

“La aby aajy ashofaa”

M7md: Mafeeh shay a9lan ela6ba2 mtfa2leen

“Inshallah”

M7md: sara abeek troo7een bait ahlk aw u5tk w ay a7ad w tjlseen m3ah, la tkooneen l7alk 

“6-6yb”

M7md: m3 elslama, b6mnk awl b2wl

“6yb”

I got up and called my sister, she’s just 2 years older and she’s the closest to me out of all my sisters

I ran back to the kitchen and turned of the stove, I went to the living room and turned on the Quran, and I went to my room and started reading Quran, leaving the phone beside me 

My sister came over and I told her everything, we both prayed and started praying to god that mish3al yrd lna blslama 

An hour passed 

My sister is still comforting me 

She kept assuring me that he will be ok 

I kept thinking to my self many things 

he will Live, and in a matter of hours he will enter the house again with his manly, yet comforting aroma filling up the place

And I’m sure that in a matter of hours we will also be fighting about what show we will be watching before bed 

But oh how was I wrong

In fact, the total opposite happened 

After a matter of hours, the hospital called telling me that he sadly couldn’t wake up when they tried to defibrillate him 3 times. 

He died 

My soul and whole heart died 

He did died and took a part of my heart with him. 

Allah yr7mk ya ro7 w 8lb sara 

I woke up crying, I quickly turned around to grab on to mish3al and hug him very tight, I found him and he got up frightened and started to comfort me and calm me down, and then I quickly realized; this was all a dream

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(The last part is not true, sadly someone I know did pass away) 

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