《The Track of The Eyelids》


 First moments between Ahmed and Maryia

    In the dawn darkness, Ahmed stretches his arm to turn off his phone alarm.


    He washes his hands, puts the mat on the floor and starts praying Fajr. After saluting, he prays:


    " God, I don''t want anything but your blessings and forgiveness. I''m.. I''m trying to keep your guidance as I can.. Please, save my family and me from any crisis. Amen"


    At the same time, Maryia was praying at her room, and crying:


    "God, I know I have to be patient but.. I''m tired of these thoughts.. I can''t resist it anymore.. Please Allah, let me get healed from this soon".


    Maryia is suffering from Psychosis. She has been suffering with delusions and dissociation since a period of time.


    The morning comes, and Ahmed gets out of his room holding his school bag. Suddenly, he remembers that he forgot something, his books!


    Ahmed has a history with ADHD but he doesn''t remember about it. His medications were taken at the age of 6. He didn''t know what ADHD means. He was a child. Hopefully, he got healed from it, did well in studies and socials, and stopped medications, until he starts to suffer again with a different pain.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    He passes beside Sarah, his mother, having a warm short conversation:


    Ahmed:


    "Mom, I''m getting out, Bye"


    Sarah:


    "Eat something before leaving, dear!"


    Ahmed after opening the door hurrying to school:


    "I''ll eat something outside"


    Sarah smiles reacting to his teenage behaviors.


    At the same time, Maryia was holding her school bag tightly. She has a serious personality. No boyfriends, no jokes, just studies!


    She passes beside Yousra quickly, her mother, having a usual cold conversation:


    "I did!"


    Maryia leaves the house, and Yousra looks surprised. Maryia has been very distant and staying alone a lot. This habit gradually exceeds.


    In the school corridor, Ahmed and Maryia are walking on the same floor. On the first days of the first semester of senior high school year. They exchange glances. Maryia looks interested, while Ahmed looks cold and prestigious, which makes Maryia adopt the same attitude.


    Maryia gets in the class quickly. She sits beside her friends after coldly warming them as a serious perfect good girl. Ahmed comes after her. The class boys (they are men as they believe about themselves) salute Ahmed warmly. One guy asks him how he feels, another one asks about his health, and Ahmed waves at each of them and shakes some of their hands.


    Maryia looks at him with narrowed eyes. Ahmed sits beside one of his friends and starts talking and laughing.


    The teacher suddenly:


    "Ahmed! Keep silent!"


    Ahmed waves at the teacher showing apologies. Maryia who was still looking at Ahmed looks back at the teacher again who resumes the lesson. She doesn''t forget to drop her eyelids showing an uncaring attitude, although she showed the opposite a few seconds before.

 The Eyes Speak in the School

    Maryia is a talented guitarist. Although she is serious, she believes in arts and has a sense of beauty. She always had feelings to express, but her psychosis prevented her from effective communication with people. She needed strength, and believed Love is a weakness.


    When she was playing guitar outside the classroom, Ahmed was sitting and watching her in curiosity. He didn''t know if there was something growing inside him, or just her beautiful fingers caught his attention.


    When the teacher gets in the classroom, Maryia stands up with her friends to get in the class, as well. Ahmed monitors her when she comes inside.


    As the teacher explains the lesson, Ahmed was peeking on Maryia, adjusting his t-shirt. Something was growing inside him seriously. He wanted to look amazing in her eyes as she also did.


    Suddenly, some girls at the class catch Ahmed looking at Maryia and adjusting his t-shirt. They whisper in each other''s ears and laugh. As Ahmed noticed this, he felt embarrassed and covered this with a serious face and threw it in the book acting he was attentive ti the teacher.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    The break comes, and the students are in San Francisco''s International High School campus. The atmosphere is full of the youthful actions.


    As Maryia was sitting on a seat, she was monitoring Ahmed who was playing football, or as he was supposed to focus on. He was coming and going everywhere in the playground, talking, joking, running, joining a football match... He has an ADHD history!


    Maryia, who was curious about mental health, was surfing her phone searching for Psychosis, her disorder, and... ADHD?


    She had a feeling that Ahmed has ADHD and a past suffering with it. Her sense of mental health and the huge amount of information she acquired from reading made her very pickable for the cases and from what they may suffer. However, she failed several times to put down a diagnosis.


    Her phone showed several information about Psychosis and ADHD. When she was reading about ADHD, she was monitoring Ahmed''s movements more and more. She was analyzing everything. The hyperactivity, the talkative characteristic, the inattentive and hyper-focusing attitude, and more symptoms she was curious if he has or not like daydreaming.

 Rumors or Truths?

    Guys and girls are talkative in high school. They were talking about Ahmed and Maryia. Two guys and Pedro (Ahmed''s close friend) were walking beside each other in the school campus.


    Guy 1:


    "Maryia is playing with Ahmed''s feelings."


    Guy 2:


    "No, man! he loves her"


    Guy 1:


    "but her father is not as famous as Ahmed''s father. Ahmed''s father has the biggest trading company in San Francisco and it has many other branches across California. She is lower than him in the social status."


    Guy 2:


    "Pedro, did you hear this ''social status''? Haha! He is an idiot!"


    As guy 2 keeps laughing at the formal words his sassy mate said, Pedro looks serious and replies:


    "Of course he is stupid; because he thinks there is something between them."


    Guy 2:


    "so you believe he isn''t attracted to her?"If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    Pedro:


    "it is her who is attracted to him, not him attracted to her. It''s the opposite"


    Guy 2:


    "but the looks and the eye contact they exchange.."


    Pedro says in a confident voice:


    "Oh boy..just simple tricks from her to make him give her attention."


    A group of girls were staring at Ahmed and Maryia in the campus during the break. They exchange the gossips as they are standing:


    Girl 1:


    "Look at him. He guarantees her love, so he acts like he doesn''t care."


    Girl 2 adjusts her hair in a silly way:


    "No. He is supposed to love a girl like me."


    Girl 3 waves at Girl 2 to stop her talk:


    "Uh, stop it! Just look! Don''t they look like each other?"


    Girl 1, 2, and 3 exchange looks at Ahmed and Maryia who are a few ten-meters from each other and them.


    Girl 1:


    "Mm. not much. I mean. Why there would be a similarity?"


    Girl 2 replies to Girl 1:


    "They are Egyptians"


    Girl 1:


    "So what is this, you think? Silent love?"


    The girls laugh and walk away.


    Ahmed heard the girls in a coincidence as he was walking in their directions. He was noticing the rumors and their talk as well as Maryia. When he hears this, he smiles and shakes his shoulders showing his questionable attitude why they do that.


    Suddenly, Ahmed''s friends, Leo, Pedro, Akira, and Omar find Ahmed jumping on Leo in a playful way saying "Hi!".


    Leo:


    "Ouch! you hurt my shoulder!"


    Leo pats his shoulder as Ahmed does the same.


    Ahmed:


    "Sorry, Leo."


    He salutes the rest of the group. While Leo looks at Ahmed then to the group members in a sly way, he talks to Ahmed saying: "So, boss? Where will we go today?".


    Ahmed spreads his looks to the group members:


    "What do you think guys? Pizza?"


    The group shouts in agreement: "Pizza!", then they run behind each other.


    Maryia noticed all this situation with interest, always cautious that someone may see her focusing on him.

 Maryia Thinks of Ahmed

    Every time Maryia walks in the school campus during the break, watching Ahmed playing football or joking with his friends, she keeps telling herself "He is muslim, cute, loves cars and classic. Why not?". One time, Ahmed''s friend saw her staring at Ahmed. So, she quickly looked at her notebook.


    One time when she returns home. She gets in her room, throws the books, not her habit at all, and rests her back on the bed. She smiles in joy and stares at the ceiling. Suddenly, she stands up:


    Maryia to herself:


    "No.. no.. I shouldn''t have these feelings. I have to stop it."Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    She breathes quickly from the panic as she recognized that she has feelings for Ahmed. Teenagers with Psychosis usually can''t focus on relationships when they are dealing with different major issues like Psychosis. However, she was interested in this love.


    She starts to search for his accounts on social media and stalks. She discovered more about him and his personality, his favorite car types, his favorite friends, and more.


    She sits one day in her room, having the school book in her hands, but her heart and mind were somewhere else.


    Maryia to herself:


    "I refuse these feelings, Uh..Okay. It''s ordinary to have these feelings because I''m a teen but.. Uh.. No.. it is hard.."


    She feels hopeless with the days about conquering these feelings and keeping her strength.

 Ahmeds Dangerous Behaviors

    Ahmed and Leo, Ahmed''s best friend, are walking after school in the street. They have a cool conversation about having some fun.


    Leo:


    "I wish I could drive my father''s car. It is a sports one from Germany. Did you see it? On Instagram?"


    Ahmed replies in his cool voice:


    "Yes, I did. But I''m not interested in these kinds of cars. You know I''m a classic man!"


    Leo laughs and stares at Ahmed for a while, then he replies:


    "What about having a car ride tonight? With our fathers'' cars?"


    Ahmed looks serious and terrified:


    "Oh, no. My father would have killed me if something happened to the car."


    Leo, in a playful way:


    "Don''t be afraid. You are a great driver!"


    Ahmed looks serious and stops walking, then Leo as well:


    "I''m not afraid! I''m never afraid.. I''m just cautious."


    They continue walking again, then Leo replies:


    "Mmm. Okay, let''s delay this amazing event to a time that will never come."


    Leo waves at Ahmed and runs to his home:


    "Adios!"


    Ahmed stops in his place, staring at Leo, who disappears from the place, thinking of something we can''t figure out.


    At night, Ahmed is in his room, turning off the light to sleep. As he was about to go to bed, he heard a noise from the street. He was curious to know what it was, especially when the noise appeared to reveal more about its source, which was something Ahmed loves, Cars!


    He opened the window''s curtain and looked at the street. There was a cabriolet with some boys having fun in it. They were laughing and enjoying the Adrenaline! He looked at them and smiled. He can feel the excitement they are feeling. Unintentionally, he raises his hands and acts like he is holding a steering wheel. He tensions his hands strongly, but then he returns to reality and drops his face to the floor with a hopeless impression. Then, he closes the curtains and sleeps on the bed, dreaming of his car ride.If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    After some hours, Ahmed was moving a lot in the bed. He can''t sleep. Something is bothering him. After some minutes, he sits on the bed and brushes his hair with his hand in confusion. Then, he brings his iPhone and calls Leo.


    Leo in a sleepy voice:


    "What''s it?"


    Ahmed in a shaky voice:


    "Uhh.. Leo.."


    Leo keeps silent for a while, then figures out what Ahed wants:


    "So you want to have the ride?"


    Ahmed smiles in joy:


    "Yes!"


    Leo jumps from his bed:


    "Yesss! That''s my boy."


    Ahmed interrupts:


    "I''m your father. Don''t say it again."


    Leo:


    "We will see who is the father and who is the son."


    Ahmed:


    "Okay!"


    They turn off the call, and Ahmed leaves his bed as Leo did already. They steal their parents'' cars keys, get in the garage of each houses and bring the cars. Ahmed was very excited when he had the chance to insert the key in the car, and he was more excited when the engine starts to work.


    He drives until he meets Leo in a place in the city. They cross the cars and have a deal:


    Leo:


    "So we will have a competition, okay?"


    Ahmed:


    "Okay, cool!"


    Leo:


    "Who reaches the town age first is the winner, alright?"


    Ahmed, before moving the steering wheel:


    "Let it be.."


    They reach the town edge, and Ahmed wins.


    Ahmed gets out of the car:


    "I told you. I''m always the first."


    Leo in despair:


    "Ahh, you got this man. Fast and Furious champion!"


    Ahmed laughs at Leo''s humor. They walk during the midnight.


    Ahmed:


    "What an amazing view of this a.m."


    They sit on a seat beside a tree and have a conversation.


    Leo:


    "What''s the matter?"


    Ahmed replies in confusion:


    "Huh? Which matter?"


    Leo:


    "Something is annoying you."


    Ahmed:


    "Ahh.. not really"


    Leo in a serious voice:


    "If not, what made you awake till this time?"


    Ahmed looks stressed and replies, after brushing his hair with his hand:


    "Ahh.. I don''t.. I just wanted to have fun, and you made me drive my father''s car unconsciously!"


    Leo replies with a sly smile:


    "I think it is a girl."


    Ahmed looks in a surprised face:


    "No. What made you think this way?"


    Leo smiles again at Ahmed, who looks to the other side:


    "Because I know who she is."


    Ahmed kept silent like he didn''t hear.


    Leo takes a deep breath and talks to Ahmed while he stands up:


    "Okay.. Just remember, when you need to talk about it, don''t hesitate to tell me."


    Ahmed replies with an absent expression:


    "Sure, I will soon."


    Leo looks in a surprise:


    "Then I''m right!"


    Ahmed returns conscious and waves at Leo:


    "No, no. Uh.. I mean.. I mean.. I will tell you anything I want when I feel I need to.. Uh.. Yes.. That''s it."


    Ahmed breathes quickly from shyness and looks angrily at Leo, who keeps laughing out loud until he gets in his father''s car and leaves with it.


    Ahmed rests in the seat, stops his quick breathing, and smiles with bright eyes.

 Ahmed Thinks of Maryia

    Ahmed drives home and gets in his room. He rests on the bed and smiles. He sleeps on his edge and talks to himself:


    "Maybe she looks this way at all people. I think that I like her."


    He remembers her form when she plays guitar, imagining her beauty. He continues:


    "I like her personality and how she is not like the other girls."


    "Her eyes.. her fingers playing on the guitar.."


    He smiles adorably:


    "She is so beautiful!"This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    He covers his face with the pillow because of shyness.


    In the morning, Ahmed stands in front of the mirror before going to school for the first semester exam. He discusses with his inner self about how to reveal his feelings to Maryia:


    "It would be so blunt and stupid to go to her and say I love you!"


    His mind blows up with an idea, so he gets delighted with excitation:


    "Oh yes! I can go to her after the exam and ask her what she did in the exam!"


    After a while, his delighted face fades and shows hesitation:


    "But she may say, What''s your business??"


    He rests his chin on his hand:


    "It is like.. Nothing is gathering us except school and classes."


    His mind pops up another idea:


    "Maybe say a joke?"


    He loses interest in the idea again:


    "No, she is serious and won''t like that."


    He feels hopeless and sits on the edge of the bed and takes a deep breath. After a while, he looks at his hand watch, noticing that he is late. He quickly stands up from the bed.

 The Unique Feelings Confession: Master Scene

    Students are walking and talking during the break on campus with random voices. The atmosphere is stressing and youthful. The sky is sunny, although it is November.From the school stairs, Maryia appears holding her papers, revising with diligence, not caring for anyone. Her outfit is messed up, and her face is sweaty. She goes down to the playground.


    Ahmed is on the other edge of the playground, about 50 meters apart from MARYIA. He rotates around himself with anxiety and randomly moves his lips and hands.Ahmed acts his proposal:


    "Maryia, I wanted to tell you about my feelings..."


    Maryia steps the last step on the stairs. Ahmed sees her coming down on the stairs and centers his hands beside him in surprise. He has seen his love! And he is about to express his feelings, but something strange happens. He doesn''t move to go to her and speak. He just stares at her with love. His eyes sparkled, and his smile widened. His love conquered his fear!


    On the other side, Maryia looks around her and spots her concentration on Ahmed, who was smiling with sparkling eyes, but.. He is looking at her?? He seemed to be focusing on her.. or behind her maybe? she was in front of the stairs. Maybe he was waiting for his friends to get out of the exam hall? She simply couldn''t believe he was looking at her.


    She looks in a shocked way until two girls interrupt this eye contact.


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    "Maryia, is that answer right?"


    Maryia looks at them for a moment, then replies after reading the paper:


    "Huh? Uhh.. Yes, it''s right."


    Girl 1 to Girl 2:


    "See? I told you."


    They disappear from Maryia''s concentration and leave. She returns to Ahmed with her eyes in a skeptical way. Was it the truth? Did he look in her eyes? She was confused.


    She looks back at Ahmed gradually until she finds him with a sad face staring at her. When her eyes meet his, he smiles again with a wider smile than the previous one. His eyes sparkled more, too.


    Maryia felt stressed and believed it wasn''t true. So, she suddenly moves and holds the books and papers in her arms like she was telling him: No.. my studies at first!


    Ahmed''s face changes as she moves and leaves their parallel eye contact and looks at her in a surprised angry face. How dare she refuse him? He is higher than her! Did she even see him? He was also surprised and confused. All that they both knew was that they had this eye contact and acted upon it for years later.


    Maryia reaches a seat and sits on it while looking at Ahmed''s eye again in a proud face and uncaring eyelids. Ahmed looks at her again with sparkling eyes but with a disappearing smile and a begging face. However, Maryia drops her face to the books she holds with uncaring painful leaving.


    The place was silent, in Ahmed''s head. There was a noise, but he felt cold. It was like he felt ashamed for himself. He then tensions his arms'' veins strongly, showing a violent expression with hopeless and angry narrowed eyes and crossed eyebrows.


    After the exam ends, Ahmed runs to his house. He enters his room, throws the keys on the floor, and cries on the bed. He shouts suddenly:


    "God! Let me be dead!"


    His ADHD symptoms as a teen are fueled now by this situation, and the illness returns after recovery for years...


    When Maryia returns home, she keeps studying and looks beside her. She was wondering if what she had seen was true or not. She returns to studying after not figuring out anything.

 The Revenge!

    In the morning, Ahmed is resting on the bed with red eyes from crying. He hasn''t slept or changed his clothes since the previous day. He looks at the ceiling for a while, then he leaves the bed quickly like he has planned for something.


    In the school corridor, Ahmed, Leo, Pedro, Akira, Omar, and other boys from the class walk along the road beside and behind Ahmed. They walk seriously and assertively.  After a moment, they reach Maryia''s exam hall door. Ahmed gets inside the hall quickly, and the rest of the group follows him.


    In the hall, Ahmed walks through the sets and the desks searching for Maryia''s seat number, which he has got from his friends in the same hall. He finally finds it, then kicks on it with his palm and jumps on it.


    Ahmed orders the group:


    "Come on guys, lift all these desks and throw them on hers!"


    The group as a response:


    "Hooray!"


    They start to bring all the desks and seats in the hall and put them on Maryia''s seat and desk. At the same moment, Ahmed sits on one of the desks and puts his leg on the other one. Suddenly, Leo brings a bag and opens it, getting a Shisha out of it and lending it to Ahmed, who gets the stick and sips of it. Ahmed then looks at the door, which they have closed in a challenge face. He was waiting for Maryia to come to the hall and talk to him expressing her anger.A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    Some time passed, and the exam bell rang. Ahmed and the group immediately get out of the hall without being seen.


    Maryia and the exam hall mates, including Maryia''s friends, Khadija, Tania, and Katy, arrive at the hall with surprised faces.


    Tania takes a step in front of the messed desks tower which was in the middle of the hall:


    "What''s this mess?"


    Maryia looks at the seats, noticing the mess tower is on her seat and desk. She feels a weird situation and crosses her eyebrows, then looks behind her, showing that she believes someone meant her by this behavior."


    She continues in a hopeless sarcastic voice:


    "Uhh... those idiots. What were they thinking of?!"


    The group of mates get in the hall and return the seats and desks to their places.


    After the exam, the students get out of the exam halls along the school corridor. While Ahmed is resting on the wall kneeling one leg on it, putting his hands in his jeans pockets, Maryia gets out with her friends. When he notices her, he sends his leg to the floor and adjusts his position to face Maryia. He smiles slyly at her with narrow eyes, expecting she will argue. As she passes by him, she laughs at a joke Tania says. Ahmed drops his jaw in surprise. She wasn''t interested in even arguing! While he looks to his side with a hopeless expression, Maryia, who already has passed by him, smirks and rolls her eyeballs to their edges.

 Ahmeds First Nightmare and The Friends Rumors

    Ahmed is asleep on his bed covered by a blanket. He is sweating and shrinking his eyes. He is experiencing a nightmare or a flashback. He wasn''t  sure at that time:


    Ahmed''s hand scribbles on the wall, and then he rotates and jumps on the bed he is standing on as he sees all the room walls full of scribbles. He stops and sees Sarah shocked in front of the door and puts her hand on her mouth.


    "Ya Allah, again Ahmed?"


    She looks at him, and he continues jumping and rotating, and then he sees Faried, Ahmed''s father, entering the room and looking at the walls. Ahmed keeps jumping while looking at them. Faried:


    "Oh my gosh! What''s all this mess!"


    Ahmed sees Faried coming closer to him, pointing to him with his hands, and raises his voice. Faried:


    "You are a stupid and crazy child. Are we going to clean all this mess forever?"


    Ahmed stops jumping, and Faried slaps him on his face. Ahmed falls on the bed, seeing the wall and the bed, and starts to cry.


    (Ahmed is sweating and tensioning his eyebrows.)


    In the morning, Maryia, Khadija, Katy, and TANIA are resting on a desk.


    The girls laugh loudly. Suddenly, Akira and Pedro pass by Maryia and look at her. Maryia looks beside them and leaves the place. Pedro looks at Maryia while she is leaving:


    "The cruelest girl in our school!"


    Akira:


    "Yes, she cheated on him. He does not deserve this."Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    They rotate their heads. Maryia looks to the floor, then looks forward and determines in her walk. Tania stands up from the desk and rests on it. Pedro looks at Tania, Khadija,and Katy.


    Pedro:


    Why are you supporting her?


    Katy:


    "Firstly, you do not know the truth. This guy, Ahmed, has told yo.."


    Akira:


    "He did not tell us anything. Trust me!"


    Tania:


    "So how did you know about her story with AHMED?"


    Akira uplifts his shoulders:


    "As you knew!"


    Tania:


    "She did not tell us anything."


    Pedro waves his hand:


    "Of course, she did not. She will not say I had a crush on Ahmed, and I made him love me, and then, I cheated on him to make of him a joke in front of the whole school!"


    Tania waves her hand:


    "What? In front of the whole school? Seriously? You are talking like she told us to gather the students to watch Ahmed proposing to her. kind of!"


    Katy, Tania, and Khadija laugh, then Tania rotates her head to them:


    "And how did she cheat on him? Did she even talk to him once?"


    Katy:


    "Yes, exactly. You know, Akira, that some guys and girls say that they like each other because of the way they look at each other, and they are already attractive."


    Tania seriously looks to Akira and Pedro:


    "Most of the guys here are jealous of Ahmed because he is better than them in everything. Most girls dream of being his girlfriend. Particularly, they say nuts to make him lose his prestige by persuading him that she is who made him lose his pride in the school. Tania waves her hand.


    "Huh? Guys, come on!"


    Tania smiles sarcastically. Katy:


    "Yes, this is why they talk about them."Pedro points his finger to them:


    "Say the truth, do you think she does not manipulate him?"


    Khadija:


    "She did not say a word about that matter. Do you mean because people here say they like each other and flirt with eyes? These students are cheating on you with their talk, folks!"


    Akira points his fingers to Katy and Tania:


    "I will just tell you a word. She will regret losing him."


    Tania moves her head down:


    "Like, okay. She may be in love with him, but maybe she does not care about him."Pedro uplifts his shoulders:


    "And he does not care, either!"


    Tania raises her head and looks to Pedro:


    "So why are you saying things and spreading rumors?"


    Akira:


    "We did not! We just listen to what the others say about them when they are in the same place."


    Tania closes her eyes and points to Akira and Pedro with her hand:


    "You, both! You are manipulating the situation to make her suffer rather than him. It is all done."She opens her eyes and waves at Akira and Pedro:


    "Watch your mouths, later."


    Tania leaves, and Katy and Khadija follow her.

 Ahmeds Last Trial

    Ahmed is scrolling his phone screen in his room. He clicks on a guitar song on SoundCloud and puts the handsfree in his ears. He looks up with wide eyes and smiles.


    In the morning, Ahmed is sitting at the back of the class. Maryia is seated in front on the other side of the class. Suddenly, Ahmed stands up and sits on the right side of Maryia on another desk. Maryia pins her eyes on the teacher. Maryia moves her notebook to the other side from Ahmed and writes with her pen on it.


    Ahmed looks at her, then holds the book on the desk and looks inside it. Maryia looks at the teacher, then Ahmed looks at him. Maryia writes in the notebook, then Ahmed writes in his notebook.


    Ahmed peeks at Maryia, who finishes writing and looks at the board. Ahmed looks in his book, and then Maryia peeks at him. This situation is stressful for Maryia and challenging for Ahmed.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    Ahmed keeps looking at the book and smiles. He puts the book on its base and writes on it. Maryia looks at the notebook, puts the pen strongly, and exhales.


    Ahmed looks at her and smiles. Maryia looks angry to the other side. Ahmed''s smile disappears and looks at her for a while.


    Maryia crosses her eyebrows strongly and rubs her hands while Ahmed looks down for 2 seconds, then shakes his head up and down.


    The teacher:


    "Ok, come on guys! See you next week."


    The teacher leaves the class, and the students stand up to get out of the class. Some girls behind look at Ahmed and Maryia.


    Ahmed stands up and looks at Maryia. He steps forward slowly, and Maryia looks to the other side. He passes by her, puts his hands in his pant pockets, looks down, and leaves the class. The girls behind put their hands on their open mouths.


    Maryia looks back to the door and widens her eyes. She crosses her eyebrows up and looks down, then holds her books and moves up.

 Maryia is Lost in Her Dissociation and Prepares a Surprise for Ahmed!

    Maryia is sitting on her bed, laying her back on the wall, and putting a notebook on her knees. Three books are opened in front of her. She writes: SSRIs. She is very focused. She writes: childish? She looks at her right side, then at the notebook. She writes again: Hypophrenic? She shrinks her eyelids, blinks, looks to her left side, and puts the pen and the notebook strongly on the bed. She closes the books, stands up, holds her phone from the desk, puts her finger on the front camera, then tabs on it. She smiles and looks at the door. Then, she steps forward. She turns back and moves her lips and looks at her right side. She stops at her place and moves her head with the music.


    At sunset, Maryia is putting her right palm on her chin and right cheek and rests her elbow on the window. She concentrates her eyes on the sun. She raises her head and looks at the guitar put on the chair in front of her. She smiles, and her eyes widen.


    (OUTSIDE THE THEATER)Ahmed, Akira, and Leo are in the corridor near the school theater, and AHMED is standing 2 meters away from them and looks at the playground. Maryia, Tania, Khadija, and Katy come in the corridor, and she is holding a guitar in its bag. Ahmed looks behind him and sees her. Then, he shrinks his eyes, drops his mouth in suffocation, and quickly looks to the playground. AHMED turns his head quickly to MARYIA and widens his eyes with crossed eyebrows. He then looks at the guitar. MARYIA looks at him with wide eyes and a little smile, then opens the theatre door and gets in, and Tania, Katy, and Khadija follow her.


    Ahmed stands in his place for 3 seconds. Then, he looks beside him, smiles, shrinks his eyebrows, crosses his arms, and rests his chin on the right hand.He drops his hands and walks until he is in front of the door. Then, he smiles and crosses his arms again and covers his cheek with the right hand.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    (INSIDE THE THEATER)


    Maryia''s friends sit on the seats. Maryia gets the guitar out of its bag on the stage. She sits on a highchair, adjusts the microphone, looks to the door, and smiles. She takes a deep breath and strums the guitar. Maryia sings with the guitar:


    "I WAS SERIOUS ALL OF MY LIFE. AS WELL WHEN I SAW YOU. ONCE YOU SAW ME."


    Ahmed, who is behind the door, rests his right cheek on his hand and smiles. MARYIA looks at the guitar. Maryia continues:


    "YOUR EYES SPARKLED. YOUR SMILE WIDENED. YOUR LOVE CONQUERED YOUR FEAR."


    Maryia raises her voice:


    "SO, I LOOKED AT YOU AGAIN. WAS IT A TRUTH? WAS IT A PHANTOM? YOU SMILED AT ME AGAIN. YOUR EYES SPARKLED MORE."


    Ahmed shows his teeth and narrows his eyes. Maryia comes nearer to the microphone. Maryia:


    "I THOUGHT I''M NOT ENOUGH THAT YOU LOOK INTO MY EYES, THAT WAY OH! YOUR SENSE EVOKED MY HEART."


    Ahmed smiles and crosses his arms. Maryia:


    "I WAS AFRAID, THOUGHT I WAS GETTING PLAYED. WHEN YOU SAW ME LEAVING, CATCHINGOUT YOUR BREATHOH! YOU FELT YOU ARE SCREWED DOWN." Ahmed smiles in pain.


    Maryia continues:


    "YOU WERE SHOCKED, BROKEN, YOUR BLOOD RACED IN YOUR VEINS. YOU LET ME FEEL LIKE YOU WERE IN A SHAME LIKE A COLD WATER PUT ITS FEAR ON YOU, THE SAME. I LOOKED AT YOU AGAIN. WAS IT A TRUTH? WAS IT A PHANTOM?"


    Ahmed looks to the floor and comes nearer to the door. Maryia:


    "YOU SMILED AT ME AGAIN. YOUR EYES BEGGED ME, THENI THOUGHT I''M NOT ENOUGH THAT YOU LOOK INTO MY EYES, THAT WAY OH! YOUR SENSE EVOKED MY HEART."


    Ahmed looks at the door. Maryia:


    "YOUR EYES TOLD ME A LOT ABOUT YOU THOUGH I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I REALLY KNOW." Maryia looks at the door:


    "I''M SORRY I COULDN''T SHOW YOU MY LOVE. I REALLY LOVED YOU BUT COULDN''T BELIEVE YOU DO OH! OH! OH!"


    Ahmed slowly pushes the door and looks at Maryia, who ends the song with:


    "AGAIN OH! OH! OH!I LOVED YOU, BUT I COULDN''T BELIEVE YOU DO OH! OH! AGAIN"


    Maryia raises her head, then looks at him. Her friends clap. Ahmed smiles at her. MARYIA looks at her friends and smiles. She puts the guitar in its bag and comes down the stage and stands by her friends. Her friends talk to her while looking at her, and she smiles in a fake way. Ahmed rolls his eyes, sighs, and leaves. Maryia looks back at the door and drops her smile when she doesn''t find him.

 The Last Eye Contact

    The senior students flood into the playground from the school building''s gates. The boys shout and run in the playground. LEO stands in the middle of the playground and raises his voice:


    "Let''s take a picture! Everyone, come close to here!"


    The class comes closer in front of LEO. MARYIA comes to the left side, and AHMED to the right side. They look at each other. AHMED blinks and smiles then looks to LEO. MARYIA looks to AHMED then to LEO. LEO puts a chair in the middle of the playground, stands on it, and holds a camera. He opens the lens and puts the camera on his eyes. He sees some girls away from them and waves at them:


    "Hey, Girls! Come join us!"


    The girls don''t hear him. Ahmed leaves his place and walks to them and smiles to them. Maryia looks to them, opens her mouth, and crosses her eyebrows. Ahmed to the girls:


    "Hi!"


    The girls stare at him:


    "Oh, Hi!"


    Ahmed:


    "Would you like to join us to take a picture there?"


    Ahmed points to the class students and Leo. Ahmed looks at Maryia. Maryia looks at the other side. The girls reply:The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    "Oh, yeah sure!"


    Ahmed points his hands to the way for girls to follow him. Maryia looks at them and shrinks her eyes, then looks back to Leo. Ahmed stands in his place, and the girls stand by the other side. Maryia looks at them with hate when they pass by her. Leo:


    "Come on! 3, 2, 1!"


    Leo counts from 3 to 1 on his three fingers, then he clicks the capture button. The camera flashes out. Leo takes the camera from his eyes and looks at the picture. Leo:


    "Okay, done guys! Thanks for being here."


    Ahmed smiles, showing his teeth, and looks around Leo. He looks at a friend in front of him.Maryia stares at Leo. She moves some steps forward and smiles. Maryia:


    "Leo! May I see the picture?"


    Ahmed pays attention to them, then shrinks his eyebrows and eyes and opens his mouth. When Maryia looks at him, he drops his face below his side. Leo:


    "Oh, Yeah. Sure!"


    Ahmed looks at Maryia, then closes his eyebrows. Leo gives Maryia the camera, and she looks at it. Ahmed is behind them. Maryia stands beside Tania, Khadija, and Katy. A girl takes a phone picture in front of them. In parallel to them, Ahmed, Akira, Leo, and Pedro. Another guy takes them a phone picture. They put their arms on each other''s shoulders. Maryia hugs Khadija, Katy Tania, and the other girls and waves at them. Ahmed looks at her leaving the place. He couldn''t believe it was the last time he was supposed to see her. The guy is counting to take the picture. He looks at Maryia, opens his mouth, and crosses up his eyebrows. He couldn''t believe the moment. Maryia looks at him. The guy interrupts their last eye contact, forcing Ahmed to pay attention to him:


    "3, 2, 1!"


    Ahmed looks at the guy who takes the picture. Maryia looks at the school gate. She takes a deep breath and moves steps forward.


    Maryia opens her room door, then lays on the chair and looks in the mirror. In the opposite world, AHMED lays his left side on the bed and stretches his hands between his knees. He smiles with the right corner of his mouth, then returns it.

 A Feelings Break

    Ahmed is sitting on the prayer carpet and looks down. His hands are fisted inside each other, and his arms are relaxed on his thighs. He inhales, closes his eyes, and raises his head. Then, he opens his eyes and exhales while dropping his head slowly. He stands up and picks his phone from the desk. He tabs on it and puts it on his ear. Leo replies:


    "Hey, AHMED. What''s up?"


    Ahmed smiles:


    "Hey Leo. How are you?"


    Leo:


    "I''m good. What are you doing?"


    Ahmed blinks his eyes and drops his head down:If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    "Nothing. I just..."


    Ahmed raises his head and smiles:


    "It has been 15 days since we met!"


    Leo:


    "Aww, Ahmed. Where are you now?"


    Ahmed:


    "Home."


    Leo:


    "Well, I am coming. Wait for me."


    Ahmed:


    "Please, Leo. I need you."


    Leo:


    "I am coming quickly, dear. Do not worry."


    Ahmed tabs on the phone screen, drops his arms, and looks to the floor.


    On the other side, Maryia gets out from a grocery store and holds a bag in her fingers. Two women are coming in front of her. They are talking. One of them moves her arm and points forward, then looks to the other woman. Maryia hears them. Her psychosis is developing more and more. She experiences auditory hallucinations. She hears one of the two women telling the other:


    "Look at this girl."


    Woman (2) looks at woman (1) and laughs. They skip Maryia. Maryia crosses her eyebrows then looks behind her. She hears the two women talking. Woman (2) "Yeah, my cousin said that carpet is not the best."


    Woman(1):


    "Yeah, yeah!"


    Maryia looks back in front of her. She continues walking and looks around her everywhere.

 Ahmed Reveals His Feelings To His Mother, Sarah

    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."If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    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.