A Little Story- part 2

She waited hoping to hear his voice saying “hey there angel” as he usually did but she did not receive any reply.. She didnt know what to do.. did he call her by mistake? but when did he come back to town anyway? should she hang up? she wanted to try her luck one last time so she said again “Hello”..

A female’s voice answered from the other end of the line.. she was crying.. She asked “Is this Layla?”..

Layla almost collapsed.. she did not know what to say.. why is a crying female calling her from his cellphone??!! there is only one answer to that… something bad must have happened to him..

At that moment she wished her phone never rang, she wished his phone number never appeared on her screen, she was hoping it was a wrong number.. but she knew that even after years of deleting his number from her mobile, she will never be able to forget it as it was saved in her mind and heart..  she was hoping that this is just a dream and that she will wake up and find out that it did not happen.. but it did happen and this famale is waiting for her answer.. when she was finally able to find her voice and say “yes this is Layla, who is this?”

“This is Reem, Khaled’s sister.. I am sorry to be bothering you but I thought that I had to tell you that Khaled had a car accident and his situation is critical”..

The things that were running in her head were strange, how can she be releaved that she said critical and not dead? he still might die, but knowing that he is alive made her heart beat again and her lungs breathe again…

The only thing is that she did not know why did his sister call her? and as if the sister knew what was going in her mind she said “I know you might wonder why did I call you.. the truth is he called your name before he went into a coma”…

Called MY NAME???!!! wait… coma!! she took the name and address of the hospital and promised his sister to be on her way..

She couldnt remember what she wore, and how she got into her car and drove to the hospital, she suddenly found herself at the door of room 186 staring at it and not being able to move.. She was afraid of what she is going to see inside, she was afraid of what she will feel when she sees him.. She wanted to run when all of a sudden the door opens and his sister stood infront of her..

She looked tired as if she havent slept for days, and her eyes were so red and swollen from all the crying.. She smiled, held Layla’s hand and walked her into the room… And there he was, laying in the middle of the room on a small white bed all covered in white with needles on both arms.. She didnt know why at that moment she remembered how they used to make fun of how he always need a special made bed to fit him and how he used to tease her on how she faints at the look of needles.. these memories made her smile..

His sister told her that she is going to leave them both alone and left the room.. neverthless, she could not move.. she kept staring at him not believing after all this time and after all the aching for seeing him this is how it happens..

After 5 minutes, she decided to move forward, she was afraid if she touched him he would wake up and ask her what she was doing there.. but when she realized that he cant she stepped forward and held his hand.. No words can explain how she felt when she touched him… she felt sad, angry, loving, hating.. all of the feelings that she experienced when she was with him and after he left her came to her at once…

She expected to collapse, she expected to not be able to stop crying, but she was amazed that she ran out of tears.. she stayed standing next to him, holding his hand until his sister came back to the room 30 minutes later.. She asked her to go outside to talk..

His sister Reem was telling her all about the accident when she said” I honestly was shocked when he asked about you and not Dana”

Layla: “and who is Dana?”…

Reem:  ”his girlfriend, or actually fiance.. she was with him in the car when the accident happened”

She stood there in shock not knowing what to say and decided to go back home, she had enough of this day.. she left the hospital not remembering what she promised his sister when she asked her to come back soon..

She drove back home with millions of questions going through he head.. when did he come back? did he leave at all? and why is he engaged to his ex-girlfriend Dana?? the one that drove him crazy when they were together??

She entered her house hearing her mobile ringing and realizing that she forgot about it and forgot about her friends who were waiting for her for dinner… She ran to answer the phone when she found the name of the most important person that she forgot about… her boyfriend Ali…

To be continued…