Sarah:
"Oh Ahmed, you are going to be a great man who women will admire."
Ahmed smirks, and she looks in his eyes:
"Ahmed, I see that you think alone a lot."
Ahmed looks away from her eyes, then Sarah smiles in a curious look.
Sarah:
"Who do you think of?"
Ahmed smiles, and his eyes sparkle. Sarah embarrasses him:
"How is the girl you love?"
Ahmed laughs while Sarah tickles with his cheeks:
"Mum!!"
Sarah cheers:
"Tell the truth! Tell the truth!"
Ahmed looks down and smiles:
"Okay, mum... Yes, I love a girl."
Sarah:
"What's her name?"
Ahmed:
"Maryia."
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Ahmed drops his smile:
"And she does not help me to keep loving her."
Sarah widens her eyes:
"Seriously? You are so brave to admit your love."
Ahmed looks sad again. Sarah continues:
"Oh dear! Okay, do not be sad."
Sarah dabs his back:
"I know that you have been in love since last year. Some of your friends told me that, and I am sorry that I did not care. I thought that she would be a first experience, and it would go with time."
Ahmed looks at her, and his eyes are full of tears.
Sarah:
"Oh, Ahmed! I did not know that she was that special to you."
Ahmed starts to cry:
Sarah:
"Did you tell her?"
Ahmed wipes his tears:
"No, mum. It will not help at all."
Sarah:
"Why, dear? Is she in another relationship?"
Ahmed:
"No, but she does not seem to love me. We did not talk even once. And she did not come to the graduation party."
Sarah looks seriously:
"She will not be suitable for you. You are a kind man, and you should marry a girl who loves you. You are a STANFORD UNIVERSITY student! And it sounds like she didn't enroll in a good university, so she didn't want to attend the graduation. You also can't love a girl who you didn't talk to ever."
Ahmed keeps silent for a while then moves from the bed:
"Okay, mum. Excuse me, I am going to sleep."
Sarah:
"Wait!"
Ahmed looks at her with a sad, hectic face:
"Yes?"
Sarah:
"Show me her photo."
Ahmed smiles with happiness:
"Umm...okay."
Ahmed opens his phone, goes to her profile, and shows Sarah her photo in the class picture.
Sarah comments:
"Mashallah, you have chosen a perfect one!"AHMED smiles in a hopeful way:
"Yes, she is."
Sarah looks at him with a smile and care. Ahmed looks at her with a sad face.
Sarah:
"See, dear. If you have a fate to be together, you will be, but know that you must focus on your studies first. Okay?"Ahmed smiles:
"Inshallah... good night!"
In his room, Ahmed talks to himself:
"I've never talked to her about our love, or my love... I do not even know if she really loves me or knows about my love."
He lies on his bed and continues:
"Or... oh. Who said I love her?! I do not love her anymore. It was some mess in high school, and I am 19 now. We are more mature than before. I must forget these things. I will find a better one. I must move on."
He looks at the ceiling, opens his phone, and searches for Maryia's profile.