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...

Part 11 : Baby , Just Sway Me Now....

It hit her harder then a baseball batter hitting a home run . She remembered J mentioning that Marwa was a visual arts major when she was studying with J. 


With that in mind, she felt a flush of relief flow over her so hard that it knocked her over. She slowly got up, wiping away the tears of relief that escaped, and quickly took out a black tank top , with a emerald green cotton sweater , with a pair of her favorite navy blue skinny jeans. 


She laid them out on the bed and headed to the bathroom for a quick shower before Moh'd would pick her up. 


She quickly took out the DVD , put it in it's original packaging and put it aside. She also put aside her set of keys of J's condo that he had made especially for her, just in case he wasn't home. She then stepped into her Porcelain colored bathroom. She always loved everything to be neat and in place. 


She turned the tap on and let the warmness of the hot water relax her muscles. She stood like that for awhile before reaching for her soft white sponge and squeezing onto it some of her favorite St.Ives Vanilla body liquid wash. She always loved the smell of vanilla and the calming effect it had on her. After washing it off, she got out and put on her fuzzy rabbit slippers with her equally comforting over sized bath robe. She quickly dried herself off , applied her body lotions and what nots , and quickly got dressed. She was combing her hair when Mohd called.





Nayla: Hey hey "saying it in an up beat tone"





Mohd: I am waiting outside.... Somebody sounds like their in a good mood .





Nayla : I am , and I'll tell you all about it , just give me 5 and I'll be right down.





Mohd: k , see you in a bit.





Nayla: Bye.



Click. Phone call ends.





She then quickly applied some of her NC42 mac foundation, that always leaned towards he natural looking appeal, which she always favored. W


ith a bit of Labelo , she was done and heading out down the stairs, went to say goodbye to her mom and headed out the door. She then quickly recognized her cousin's flaming red mustang. The thought of that always made her laugh, knowing her cousin oh too well , being a car junkie herself. 


She went ahead, and opened the passenger's seat door...



Nayla: Haaaaa Hamoodiii ! How've u been couz ?



Moh'd: I am great , and how r u kiddo?



Nayla: I am only a year younger then you, you do remember that , right ?



Moh'd " with a evil grin" : But it's fun tormenting you ! You've always been my favorite person to tease.



Nayla: What goes around comes around. First chance I get , you'll be sorry ......



They both ended up laughing a lot. It felt to good to see her cousin after so long, he always knew how to cheer her up. He was easy on the eyes too. Both their mothers would always tease them about how good they looked together, and that one day they would end up together. They always would laugh in their mother's faces, thinking if their mothers only knew the truth , it would leave them both of thinking that their children had gone mad....


Moh'd was deeply and madly in love with a friend of Nayla's , Ashwag .


Nayla and Ashwad have known each other since pre-school. When ever those two had a problem or a fight, Nayla would come to the rescue and patch things up. 


They've been together for almost 6 years now , and they were more in love then ever now. He always a had a picture of them together on his key chain and so did she. He was fit and had muscles in all the right places , with tanned skin and grey eyes, just like Nayla. People would sometimes mistake them to be siblings, but then were later corrected. 


As they were heading on to the highway , they started catching up and laughing about some of their early childhood memories, while Nayla explained what had happened earlier. Moh'd knew that J would never do that and swore once he found who this Marwa was, she'd kiss her sorry ass goodbye. She laughed at the thought of Moh'd doing that, but in her heart some relief washed over, knowing Moh'd always did what he swears he would do. 


As the sun set, Nayla always loved the sight of it and each one reminded her of J and their very first date. A bunch of memories rushed into her , and she smiled thinking of each one of them. She was like that the whole way to J's condo......

Hey Everybody ! Hope your all doing well.

Unfortunately, Due to the fact that my finals have already started , I am gonna be on a "leave of absence" . I hopefully will be back before you know, and please wish me good luck = D ! Ly all x x.

Part 10 continued....

Hey Everybody ! Pheww ! I'am finally done with my finals and the summer is here ! There will be more posts coming your way during this vacation,and here's part 10 continued . Waiting for your feedback ! Ly xoxo



A video started playing with a woman introducing herself..

" Hey Nayla , You probably know who I am , And if not , let me enlighten you. I am Marwa."



Nayla felt a hot flush surge within her. Anger replaced her usual calm exterior.She usually wasn't the type of person who's anger levels would rise so easily, but something just ticked her off this time.


Marwa : "J must have already told u about me , and being the honest guy he usually is , he probably told you about what happened earlier....He probably told you of how I was the one who approached him and blah blah blah.. well , that was his version, this might show you something else...Hope you enjoy, I know I did ; ) "

She blew a kiss to the camera and the clip started.



Nayla's eyes started tearing up for the first time in what seemed like years and she felt like a butcher knife went through her heart.


J seemed to have kissed Marwa and proclaimed that Marwa was the one for him.


Oh the pain she felt. Her world had crashed and burned in the matter of 1:20 seconds. She fell to the ground with her arms wrapped around herself, and let the tears trickle down. She cried and cried, and did that till she couldn't breath , her head pounding , her heart beating at what felt like 120 beats per second, and her eyes swollen as if a bee had stung them. Her mascara and eyeliner smeared underneath her usual welcoming looked eyes. She got up , went to the bathroom and splashed some cold water against her face.


As she looked into the mirror ,and thought to herself " What am I doing to myself ? why put up with all this pain and humiliation, There's one thing J taught me is to never back down when some one's done you wrong. I'am not going to be the victim."


She grabbed her Blackberry , and starting dialing a number...



Mohd: Hello..



Nayla: Hey , It's Nayla..



Mohd: Oh hey hey ! How've you been kiddo ? Long time no speak !



Nayla: Yeah sorry couz , I've been busy with school and all.



Mohd: Oh Yea , your graduating this year right ?



Nayla: Yea finally ! No more uniforms , no more getting up at 6 a.m. , College life here I come !


There was then an awkward silence between them



Mohd: Ok Nayla , drop the act , What's going on ? Are you okay?



Nayla felt like the tears were choking up, but calmed herself before responding..



Nayla: Remember the guy I was telling you about ? J ?



Mohd: Oh yea ! How is he ?



Nayla : He's gonna be dead.



Mohd:....Ha ?



Nayla: I need a ride , can you give me one ?



Moh'd: On one condition , you tell me what's going on..



Nayla: I will on the way, how long do you need before you get here ?



Moh'd: About 1/2 hour.



Nayla: Alright I'll be waiting...And Thanks Hamood ..



Moh'd : Anytime Nayool



Nayla: Bye


And the call ended. She put her blackberry down and went straight to her closet, She took out a medium sized black box that had a lock on it. The key was around a chain on her neck, and opened up the box.

Inside were all gifts,pictures,and whatever J had given her. She looked at it and felt a huge pang of guilt. Then she thought to herself "Something isn't adding up, J saw Marwa at school earlier that day, and practically chastised her "

Then it hit her..

She just had a revelation...

Part 10 : And Here Come The Water Works.....

Nayla lay her head on her pillow with pure bliss shining in her eyes. She knew J was the one she'd spend the rest of his life with, espically after he told her about Marwa and the stunt she tried to pull off earlier, She knew he was faithful and all hers. She eventually dozed off and went into a deep peaceful slumber.


She got up the next day and had the her regular routine, breakfeast school, lunch with J , and then home. When she walked into her room , putting her back pack aside, not paying attention to the box that lay on her bed. She walked towards it , and picked it up. She kept thinking to herself what's in the box ? She noticed that there was small letter tapped to it. She tore it off , and read what was on the inside.


" This is something you really need to see. It will open up your eyes.."


Then, curiosty sank in. Nayla, having the curiosty of a cat, opened up the box to find a CD. She popped it into her Sony laptop, and a video started playing. What she saw changed her whole world upside down ...

To be Continued...

Part 9 : Give It Up Suga , The Gig Is Up...

After a long and exhausting day at work, J finally turned the keys to open his condo's front door. He dropped his keys on the kitchen counter top, headed over to the fridge, and took out a nice cold can of red bull. He looked at it with a smile on his face. Nayla knew it was his favorite, but this wasn't just an ordinary can of red bull, she got it flavored with peach syrup, which seemed to be his favorite.

He popped it open and starting sipping it. He felt the rush of pure bliss go down his parched throat. He let out a sigh of relief. As he did, he took off his black polo shirt, and as he did he revealed his hard core pecks, with amazing biceps and triceps. That image right there would make any woman fall to her knees. He hadn't noticed that somebody else was in the apartment.

Stranger: Woaah! Now that's a sight for sore eyes …

When he turned to face his intruder, ready to defend himself; his face turned grim.

J: You again? And how the hell did u get in here?

Answering him: I told you that I still love you

J: It's more like you wanna stalk me...

Stranger: Aww, your being mean, that's no way to treat a guest…

J: Trust me, your no guest; now get out before I make you...

Stranger: Ohh, That sounds good to me

J: Marwa, Get the fuck out and I mean it!

Marwa: Oh come on J, stop playing hard to get. You know you still want me …

J: You make my skin crawl, and that's not a good thing.

She got up off his couch, and slowly started walking towards him. She had a super tight cocktail dress on, with her auburn hair in sexy curls, and a crimson red lipstick that was a great contrast with her cream white skin. She looked divine, but to J, it was something he had already seen before, and was of no interest to him.

Marwa: Come on, I still know there's some chemistry left between us, you can't deny it.

She said that as she put her finger on his lips, forcing to him to stop speaking. He smacked her finger off.

J: Don't you ever touch me again!

And without any clue of what was about to happen next, She forced a kiss on him. Their lips met and whenever he tried to pull away, she'd pull in harder. He finally got her off and pushed her away.

J: She is everything your not, and is the person I chose to be with. Stop trying to be that person and get the hell out ….

She grabbed her handbag, stuffed some stuff in it and left.

He sat down in utter shock, thinking to himself "She's stooped so low, to try and force herself on me. She is a completely different person now. Thank you god, for opening my eyes …"

He immediately took out his cell phone and start dialing...

Nayla: Heyy baby! I've missed your voice...

J: Darling , I've missed yours even more, you no idea….

As they were talking and catching up on each other's days, Marwa took out her video camera, started playing a video, and edited a few things here and there. With a smile on her face, J was in for one hell of a joy ride…..

Part 8 : Simply Jump Over The Bubbles...

Hey Everybody! I'm back and better then ever. Sorry I took so long to post the 8th part, but I had some loose end to tie up and some deep soul searching. I'd like to thank everybody for being so patient and hopefully you'll keep enjoying what I deliver x x.


With the concert and planning Nayla's birthday surprise, He had his hands full. He stayed after school with his students, making sure that everybody got their parts right, helping them where they had some trouble hitting the right notes , and making sure they took good care of their instruments. While they weren't around, he'd be making phone calls to flower shops, calling numerous jewelers, and etc… He wanted everything to be perfect and so much more. She deserved it. After a while, He put his iPod headphones into his ears and started searching some things online. He heard somebody walk in but probably thought it was one of the cleaners, coming to clean up after the students. He continued to work, till he felt somebody tap him on shoulder. He turned around and when he did, his face turned ghost white..

J: Marwa?! What are u doing here?!....

Marwa: I'm here to see my baby? Don't I have the right to?

J: I'm not your baby anymore, you made that clear last time you saw me, remember?

Marwa: You know I was just mad sweetie; we were having a huge fight over nothing.

J: If it was really over nothing, you would have tried to make things better the very next day, not 2 years later ….

She stood there speechless, not knowing what to say.

You see, Marwa was J's First Love. They met while they were both studying in New York, and had right away fallen in love. Well at least J did. They were Both 18 and stayed together for over a year. They did everything together until one day; they were going over study notes till one of her guy friends bumped into them. Let's rewind time to 3 years ago to a cold winter's day….
Khalid: Marwa...

Marwa turned he head to face him.

Marwa: Khalid, what are u doing in New York?

Khalid: I study here, How've u been?

Marwa: I've been great…

J coughed, making sure she didn't forget he was there..

Marwa: Oh sorry where are my manners? J this is Khalid, Khalid this is J.

They both exchanged their hellos and chit chatted a bit.

Khalid: Anyways I've got to go , it was nice meeting you J and see you around Memo…

Marwa "feeling nervous": Yeah, you too…

After he left there was an awkward silence between J and Marwa for a while until J finally spoke up...

J: what did he mean by "see you around Memo ..."?!

Marwa: Baby it's nothing, Khalid's an old friend of mine and its a pet name.

J: I didn't think I was going to have to bring this up, but I know who he really is Marwa...

Sweat starting forming at her brow, while she started playing with her hand nervously…

Marwa: What do you mean?

J : Jason told me he saw you with that guy on campus last week and that you two were getting a little too friendly..

Marwa: Oh come on! You believe that bastered? He's high half the time and never pays attention to anything…

J: Stop right there. First things first, you have no right to call him that. Second, he was dead serious, and I know when he's bullshitting and when he isn't.

Marwa: Come on baby, you know I'd never do that to you.

J: You admitted to me that you used to be a player, how can I believe you aren't playing me right now?

Marwa: I wouldn’t do that to you….

J: Marwa, we've been together for over a year now, I know when your lying and when your not… You're lying now.

Marwa: How would you know if I was lying? You never even pay attention to me.

J: I pay more attention to you then I do to myself!

Marwa: Don't shout at me, I'm not a little kid.

J: I wish you were, at least a kid would tell me the truth!!

Marwa: That's it, you've crossed the boundaries.. IT'S OVERR!

She picked up her stuff and walked out, leaving him to stare dumbfoundly at her while she walked away. He never heard from her again. He'd hear about how she and Khalid hooked up and that she was on top of the world, while J hit rock bottom. He couldn't sleep or eat, He was miserable. He eventually finished college in 3 years , thanks to the fact that he took I.B. in high school, he graduated and headed back to his home country , Bahrain. Now back to where our story was…


Marwa: Sweetie, the past is past and I was a kid then, I didn't get anything, and I was confused… I still love you...

J: ENOUGH!

Marwa was startled; he'd never seen him burst like that ever…

J: IN WHAT PARLLEL WORLD DO YOU LIVE IN WHERE YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST WALK RIGHT BACK INTO MY LIFE AFTER WHAT YOU DID? YOU DESTROYED ME! YOU WENT OFF WITH THAT SON OF ……you know what? It's not even worth it anymore. I'm done saying what I have to say, now get out of my face, and I never want to see you again...

Marwa: You must really love her ha?

J: Yes I do , and I know she loves me back. I'm about to give her everything I was willing to give you and so much world.

Marwa: Can I know what her name is?

J: It's Nayla, and she's my angel.

Marwa: Alright then, See you around J and Take good care of her.

She then walked towards the door, not looking back not once, just as she did last time. Except this time J was the one who took control. He had never been more relieved in his life. It was something he had kept bottled up for what seemed like eternity. He then got back to his laptop and continued going through the web pages.

He kept telling himself  "Just jump over the bubbles..."