Part 12 : Your The Reason I Keep Smiling..

When they finally got to J's condo after the 20 minute drive, Nayla was the first one out. She practically sprinted to see if J's car was in the building's parking space.

Since it wasn't, she took out his condo keys. She asked Moh'd is he could come up with her to make sure everything was safe and sound. He parked his car , and when he got out, they both walked towards the lift that would take them start up to J's condo. Moh'd out of nowhere remembered something.


Moh'd: " This condo looks so familiar to me, its like I've been here before.. "




Nayla: " Really? "



Moh'd : " Yea I know I've been here , But I just need to remember when and with who.. "




A few moments of silence hang over...





Moh'd: " Now I remember !! I knew J sounded so familiar to me, we used to hang out together with a group of friends at Hong Kong, since they used to have lunch together once a week. He was laid-back and really friendly. But when he headed of to the U.S. , we felt like somebody was missing. He always used to make us laugh and even the restaurant staff liked him . He even got us a couple of free lunches. "



Nayla"grinning with a huge smile": That sounds like the J I know..



Then the lift stopped at J's floor. Nayla inserted the key into the brass key hole that opened up the lift doors directly into J's condo. He lived in one of the most spacious buildings in his area and Nayla loved how his condo gave off a Bohemian feel that would send you off imagining yourself relaxing on the beaches of Maldives.


Captivating right ?



When she got in , she saw that it needed a bit of cleaning up. Since she knew where he kept the cleaning rags and dettol, she started scrubbing any surface that had anything spilt on it. She stacked all his papers, and before she knew it , the place was spotless. She then called J , and asked where he was, he said he had just parked his car in his condo building. She told him she was waiting upstairs and that there's something she had to show him.



J suddenly felt nervous. Not the good kind that you get when your around the person you love , no the bad kind, the kind you get when you know something bad was about to happen.

You know what I mean. 

He took a deep breath , stepped out of his car , and slowly started heading towards the elevator doors , counting his paces as he went along. It was one of his many habits , one that usually showed up when he was nervous. When he finally got to his condo, his nervous face turned into a huge boy like grin. He saw Moh'd there standing next to Nayla , who without any hesitation , came over and hugged J in a tight embrace and gave him a light peck on the cheek. He then was sure that nothing was about to happen. He then headed over to Moh'd , and gave him a good old bear hug. he had remembered him from time to time and missed the times they used to hang out. They started catching up until Nayla interrupted them.



Nayla: " Sorry to cut your catching up short ,but J , there's something you need to see."



J: " What is it ? "

She then pointed to the brown package on his mahogany table , and at the T.V.

Nayla " with a remote control in her hand": This .

She clicked the play button , and as we watched the video , it was apparent that anger began flaring up within him. His started clinching his fists , and a tightness started developing around the edges of his lips. When the video finally was over , he took out the DVD and broke it against the wall with his very own hands. Nayla jumped when she heard the DVD crash . She had never seen J so angry in her life. He then sat down on the couch with his hands to his face. She walked over only to discover that tears were slowly trickling down his cheeks. That made her heart ache in such way, something she hadn't felt in a long time. She put her arms around him , and slowly stroked his hair. It was something that always calmed him down.

Nayla: " Baby , I know it isn't true , remember , you told me about her and how she was a visual arts major. "

J: " I know, but she's never gonna give up until she gets what she wants. She's trying to break us apart... "

Nayla: " That never is gonna happen , cause I love you , and trust you more then I trust myself. No matter what she does , she's never gonna tear us apart. The only thing that will is death ."


She gave him her famous reassuring smile , and he felt his heart skip a beat. He never really understood how Nayla thought and reacted to everything . But she now proved how mature she really was, and thought about everything with reason.

Nayla: " So no more tears , K ? They don't suit you anyways . Water works is my department. "

Moh'd: " Trust me , I know , you should've seen the lungs on this kid when she was a baby . Damn ! was she annoying , I dunno how I bared her. "

Nayla gave him a dangerous-in-a-teasing-way look. " Remember your driving me home ; ) "

He acted like he was scared, begging for mercy . They all ended up laughing


Moh'd: " And J , you don't have to worry about you know who , she has what's coming to her.."


He then felt so much love in that one single moment. He knew that they had his back and would be there for him no matter what. But Nayla was the real reason he kept on smiling...