Fix me (COMPLETED) #Wattys2016

Chapter Thirty One

No one can imagine how much I've missed them. I miss my dads famous scent that I always get a whiff off every time I used to run to the door to hug and greet him after a long day of work. I missed the way my mom would always kiss my forehead when I came home from school, and then hand me a plate of my favorite cookies and ice cold milk, demanding all the juicy things that happened at school. I missed everything about them, the arguments, the misunderstandings, the banter, the dry jokes that only dad and I understood and shared, the secret gestures mom and I would do behind dads back, moms famous breakfast buffet everyday, her Lebanese & Iraqi dishes, all of the memorable moments spent with them... I simple miss everything about my parents.

It's true what they say, you don't know what you have until it's gone... except mine didn't just disappear into thin air.

I left them, not the other way around. I ran and hid, afraid of what the truth might do.

Back to the present now, Sami texted me a few minutes ago, telling me that he was on his way back from the airport with my parents.

We all made a plan and decided that Sami would be picking them up from the airport while Adam stays with Melak in her room while they're here so I could have the privacy I need.

I don't need to sprig the truth on them on one go, it would be better for everyone involved if I told them everything bit by bit.

I walk down the hallway and enter the living room, checking if everything looks okay. I think I've cleaned this particular room about 7 times today and I'm not sure if my aim was cleanliness or if it was only nerves. I walk towards the large grey sofa and fluff the pillows, I turn around and rearrange the plates filled with snacks on the table. I walk to the window and try to decide whether I should keep the curtains open and let Allah's sunlight in or-

"The room can't get any cleaner than this." Says a voice sounding like Adams.

I turn around and find him standing by the double wooden doors to the living room, with an effortless smirk on his face.

He walks in, and tries to sit on the sofa—"Wait don't! I just fixed that!" I yell at him.

He looks at me and chuckles while shaking his head. "Layla, babe, stop worrying. You've been pacing around every room in this house, you've been cleaning every corner around here more than twice and no offense but it's becoming a pain in the ass."

"Heyyy! Innocent ears around here." I say while closing my own ears, I try to not look but I see Adam smiling at me.

I see Adam taking a few steps closer until he is right in front of me and trying to remove my hands from my ears.

"I was just kidding, now listen to me Layla." He says taking my hands in his. "Everything's gonna be fine, stop worrying. No matter what happens, you've got Sami, your daughter and even me by your side. I'll be with Melak the whole time and once Sami gives me a call, I'll bring her down here and introduce us two. Everything is under control, don't worry your beautiful head and just focus on telling the truth and staying strong. Alright?"

The whole time he has been speaking, I've been nodding my head. This Adam is only a glimpse of what I've had and seen this past week. He's been so sweet and helpful to me, I can definitely get used to this since my heart has been warming up to it.

"Alright?" He asks me again, brining me out of my thoughts.

"Yes. Yes alright."

"This might seem like a dumb question, but do they know about us? Our marriage?" He asks, looking unsure.

"Yes, or um kind of, teta said that she told them about our marriage briefly... She didn't tell them that its temporary, only that we didn't get married out of love, but for responsibility or something like that. " I tell him, thinking back to our late night chat from a few days ago.