Forget Me Not Vol 1: Chapter 5

 Chapter 5

     "Get in!", ordered I graciously. "Why? What's wrong Heba?!!", Toka was confused. "He is HERE!!!", Mariam couldn't hold herself. "You're kidding, right? Hady?", Menna was making sure she understood us correctly. "Well… They can't mean room service!", stated Noureen pointing at it as an obvious matter. "He is not gonna kidnap us, is he?", asked Salma anxiously. "He doesn't look like someone who would do such a thing… But, rewinding the history of serial killers, they NEVER did! Oh my God… I'm making it worse, amn't I?", Nada looked out only to find us all nodding. "Okay… There's no need to panic because seriously who would go to Norway to kidnap someone?!!! That must be some losing business or even worse A NEW LINE OF BUSINESS FOR ORGAN TRAFFICKING!!!", I stopped only to realize I made it worse than Nada did. "You know what… Let's just unpack our bags, shall we?", Sarah saved us from our intrusive thoughts. "You're right… I'm up for this, Heba? Are you in?", Menna asked. "With Allah's will, why not? Let's just take a deep breath and relax!", relaxed I. "I agree, I mean like what could possibly go wrong…", Toka was relieved for the moment. 

     "Oh no… No! No! No! I'm gonna… Ahhhh!!!", screamed I through the pillow. "No what?!!!", Mariam asked after hearing my ear piercing screams. "Heba… I don't remember the fact that you wore dark grey, havan or sea blue!", Toka marked. "Neither that you're that tall…", Menna was bewildered. "Nor that you wore pants, honey…", noted Noureen. "You switched the bags, didn't you?", Salma checked. "What did I tell you about black bags? The highest percentage of switch ups!", rewinded Sarah. "Wait… If we opened his bag by mistake, then he must have opened mine! Oh Allah, out of all… Why him? That's SOOO embarrassing! We have to find him… We have to get that bag back!", announced I. "But… We don't know what room he is in!", thought Mariam. "The receptionist… Come on ladies, we have a property to retrieve!!!", lead Noureen. "She's right, it was just a mistake… Who cares?!!! What's he gonna do, sue us?", joined Menna. "Could we please make this quick?", pleaded Toka. "Is it only me, or this adventure is getting weirder and weirder?", wondered Salma. "I won't blame you for that, that's just a lot of coincidences for one adventure…", Nada thought carefully. 

     "Hello… Sorry for the disturbance, but we're having trouble. You see there has been some kind of switch up, so we were wondering if you could tell us where his mini house in we would really appreciate your help!", pleaded I. "I'm sorry I can't do so, but here's what I can do… I can call that person you're referring to so he can come up with your bag and you can easily do the switch up!", suggested the receptionist. "That's great!", Mariam interrupted. "We can wait in the waiting area, can't we?", asked Toka. "Okay… But we seriously need some hot drinks because I'm freezing a little bit!", demanded Menna. "Offff!!!! Your hands are really cold…", agreed Nada whilst holding out Menna's hand trying to warm them up a little bit. "I wanna have some hot chocolate with marshmallows…", craved Noureen. "Yaaahhh… Me too, sounds very delicious to me! Sarah, are you in?", checked Toka. "Sure, with Allah's will… Why not! Anyway, it's getting dark so may be it would help us get over that time lag…", justified Sarah. "Could you tell them to add some extra marshmallows? That would be very nice, I am planning to have a sugar rush!!!", Salma decided while freezing from the cold. We're sitting next to a fire place, but it's just whenever the door to the inn opens that it gets really cold. They have windows you know, big windows! It's on, I'm home… 

    " Peace be upon you… ", greeted Hady. "Peace be upon you, too! I didn't mean to open it… It was a mistake and I sincerely apologize for it!", apologized I while looking away. "It's okay…Here you go!", Hady calmly exchanged the bag with me. "Okay… Since we're done here let's just enjoy the view!", announced I after Hady left. "Wow… You didn't tease him?!!!", Mariam was amazed. "Why would she?!! He didn't say or do anything wrong…", Menna made a point. "Our order is here!", noticed Toka. "Bring it on! I feel so cold…", Salma was shivering so she held her blanket closely around her. "It's beautiful Heba…", observed Sarah. "It's her home, of course it would be with Allah's will…", Noureen stated while taking a sip from her hot chocolate and taking a bit of the marshmallow piece. "Heba… So what's next? Are you gonna look out for your mom?", wondered Nada. "I guess… I need to… But I still haven't thought about it yet! I don't know where to look… I don't know whom I should ask… I will tell you in the morning, with Allah's will! But right now, I just want to spend it with you… With The Squad… My REAL Ohana!", decided I. Where are you, mom? Sing to me and I shall follow your voice… 

    " Heba… Can we go now? I'm freezing… ", Mariam couldn't take it anymore." Okay… You go, but you will have to excuse me because I can't take my eyes off this beauty! ", refused I to leave. "Then, take care of yourself…", wished Menna. "Take this blanket, you would probably need it more than I would!", Salma wrapped me with a blanket of hers, it had her initials! I love Salma, she's an INTJ you know. I'm glad that I can finally understand her, she is a tough girl! I know she's, I could feel her…" I would love to stay with you Heba, but that hot drink got me drowsy! I better hit off to bed…", Noureen was so sleepy, hanging on Salma finding their way to our mini house. "Heba… You need some sleep, my dear! Honestly, I'm worried about you…", Sarah looked terribly concerned about me. "Don't worry! It's not like I'm gonna kill myself or anything…", assured I. "It's better off if we just leave her out alone, come on you Heba! She is a lone ranger… Like, Jean in X-men! The Phoenix!!", metaphorized Toka in an attempt to calm Sarah down, but none of them were really comforting if you asked me. I just wanna sleep here I guess… I wanna feel everything! I wanna be part of it, connected once more… So this is home! No wonder why mom called me in here… I sang my mom lullaby, it makes me feel better! Reminding me of who I am and who I am to become… No one is here anyway, I secretly told the receptionist to wake me up at the time of Fajr prayer… I didn't wanna miss it!

     "And the heart is aching… And the soul is longing… For a place called home… For a place called home…", the lullaby except that time I wasn't signing it to myself. I know that voice! Mom… "I'm lost… I don't know where to look! I'm scared that I wouldn't find you… Where are you?!!!", I could connect with her. "I'm you and you are me… We're ONE! You know it's a good day to see the reindeers, from my knowledge they're known to love cuddles… It's time to wake up!", she kissed on the forehead and then she was just gone. "Heba, right? It's time to wake up I'm sorry… I don't want to get in any trouble! Please…", the receptionist needed to wake me up, she needed to reopen the place again. It's the favorite season for the whole world to witness the possibility of a Phoenix Aurora! I woke up quickly, I had to go to our mini house before they would notice. I don't want to startle them… I ran as fast as I could and jumped in bed so no one would notice. I need more sleep, I have a long day to run… 

     "Heba… Heba...Heba…Heba!!!", Mariam was waking me up for what appeared to be a long time. "What time is it?!!!", asked I while trying to comprehend where I am. "10:00 am… We're gonna miss breakfast!!!", cried Toka. "Over my dead body! Wake up you night owl!!!", Menna started throwing me with pillows. "I'm awake… Give me five minutes and I would get dressed up!", I jumped off bed putting warm clothes then having my dress on. One more but not less, my vale. But before all of this my hygiene routine, which I am not gonna talk about. I'm ready! "Are you ready, ladies?", checked I, but apparently useless. "Heba… We are already waiting for you!", pointed Toka impatiently. "Okay… Okay...Don't get mad! My bad…", apologized I. "Heba… Why did you sleep in the same outfit? You usually change to your PJs…", noticed Nada. "And she slept with her vale on… Which is very weird!", Noureen pointed out. "You didn't sleep outside, did you?", Sarah cornered me with her eyes, I had to tell them… "I… Slept...In...The waiting area!", confessed I. "Come here… You seem to need a hug!", Sarah hugged me tightly that I could barely breathe. "Okay… Move out of the way! I'm starving and I need some coffee…", Mariam pushed her way to the door and rushed us out. Me and Mariam have something common called HANGRY. Our advice, don't talk to us during that period! Just feed us… 

     "Now… Having eaten our breakfast! Where are we going?", Mariam inquired excitedly. "I was thinking that since there are reindeers around here, why don't we go and check them out? They love cuddles…", suggested I. "Now we are talking!!!", shouted Nada excitedly, but at the same time no one heard her. Don't ask me how! That's a privilege, I believe…"I thought they were fictional animals!", Mariam was amazed and so was I. I thought they were only present in cartoons and animation movies, never crossed my minds that they were for real. "Hello… Do you need someone to show you the way to our reindeers?", asked a man, apparently he was some sort of tour guide. "Yes, please!!!", Salma agreed after my announcement. "But… I'm not done with my coffee, yet!", Menna frowned. "We can finish it on our way there...Just pour it in your thermal mug or you would yourself having iced coffee instead, or even worse an iced coffee humongous cup shaped no longer cube popsicle!", advised Noureen. "I wanna come, too… It sounds interesting!", Sarah seemed so excited to join us. "I'm in! That would be good for an Insta story…", Toka thought about it. "Excuse me… Did you just say reindeers?!!", a man at the end of the inn restaurant yelled, which later on was found to be Hady. I could tell from his tone that he was so eager to see them, it's not like I'm gonna stop him or something… I don't wanna argue with him at all, I'm not here for this!" Well then, follow me!", invited the tour guide. He seems to be more of an animal expert… So we followed his instructions till we reached the place. Here they are, the so thought mythical creatures! 

     "Ohhh!!! Hello, beautiful…", said I while running my hands through their and rubbing their necks. Not forgetting to mention the cuddles I gave them! It wasn't until one caught my attention… It was different from the rest, some sort of a birthmark. Like the Aurora was having a dance here! And a pendant with an "A" initial and holding the colors of the Aurora, as well. I had to ask him, "Hey, mister?!", called I. "Chris… Call me Chris!", replied the tour guide. "What is his name?", asked I while playing with that reindeer. "It is a she, lady Heba! Her name is Aurora, named after one of our finest animal experts " Madame Aurora", in her memorial... She was the one who saved her from drowning in the lake", stated Chris mournfully. "What did you say?!!!", inquired I tearfully. I prayed that I had heard him wrong, that I was dreaming or something. "Is there a problem?!!!", Chris asked while coming closer to hold the reindeer for me. I felt dizzy, my feet could hold me no longer. She died! But… I don't understand!!! There must be some sort of confusion… "Heba!", yelled Hady. I lost consciousness, the first time in my life! I lost her…