Amal

Chapter Three

When we arrived to the restaurant. The waiter guided us to our reserved table. As we walk as I look around me trying not to intimidate anyone. Beside three full tables, the restaurant was full of young couples. If she didn't reserved the table I don't think we could find any empty table. It's normal since it's located downtown.
When we arrived to our table, we thanked the waiter as he went to bring us the menu. The restaurant has a mixture between modern and moroccan style. We can see the modern style in all furnitures and the moroccan style in the choice of colors, lighting as well as in the small integration of a pattern in some tiles in the ground.

"What do you think about it? I'm sure it's your first time here.", She asked me when she saw me examining every corner of the restaurant.

"Yes, it's my first time. The atmosphere is comfortable here. I really like it yet the place is full of couples", I answered her as I turn my head in the direction of a table where a couple is sitting. She nodded and we start laughing.

The waiter bring us the menu and disappeared few seconds later.

"No wonder the design of the restaurant is an eye-catching. All meals are really expensive"; I told my friend as I look for something tasty yet not expensive

"Don't worry about the price and order whatever you like", she assured me. We had never a problem to pay for each other. Even thought, this restaurant is way expensive. So I went to the drinks page hoping to find something.

"I'll choose a Bolognese pizza and Sprite, what about you?", She asked me.

"I'll choose avocado juice", I answered her.

"No try something else. You always choose the same thing", she groaned

"It's ok", I assured her

"No, if you don't choose by yourself I'll choose for you", she threatened me.

"Ok ok, I'll choose the same thing as you", I answered her as I read the price of all pizzas. The Bolognese pizza seems the cheapest one besides the Margarita. However, I hear no comment from her.
I raised my head to look at her. Her black eyes start widing and sparking as she starts waving her left hand and looking behind me. I turned back to see an unfamiliar face. I turned to face her but her focus was in the guy who has just entered the restaurant's door.

"Who is he?", I whispered.

"He's the guy that I've been seeing", she replied, without even looking at me. She already told me that she was dating a random guy from her university and he studies the same major as her, economics. Just he was in his senior year while he was just a freshman. However, I've never had the opportunity to meet him.

Now I understand why she reserved more than two places. I wanted to ask her why she didn't mention anything about him but I preferred not to when I felt his presence next  the table.

"Hey, how have you been?", he greeted Sara with a big and warm smile in his face as he declined to kiss her on the cheek and I immediately lowered the gaze. It's really uncomfortable.

"Hey, I've been good", she greeted back. I can see her wide smile just by hearing her voice.

He turned to look at me but I didn't notice it until he start talking. "You must be Amal, right? I'm Adil, nice to meet you", He represented himself and I raised my head to see his right hand extended in front of me, with the same expression in his face. She obviously has already told him that she will bring me with her. Unlike me. Or maybe she wanted to surprise me, but what kind of surprise is this!

"Yes, I am. Nice to meet you too",  I answered smiling back to him as I extended my right hand to shake his hand.
He sat down in the chair next to Sara as he asked us if we already ordered something and Sara shacked her head. He checked out the menu as the waiter appeared next the table. Sara ordered two pizzas and 2 sprites for both of us and we waited few seconds until Adill chooses what he wants.

I couldn't help as I found myself looking at him for seconds as he talks to the waiter. Just out of curiosity. He's wearing a pair of a dark blue jeans short almost reaching his knees anda sky blue shirt with short sleeves and a straight collar. The three upper buttons are open. His black light beard drawn over his tan face and her black hair is in a pompadour haircut with less volume in the top part. I can imagine how his muscles are defined just by seeing his both arms.

I start laughing inside my head as I asked myself how she always ends up with guys like this one. The only difference is Adil looks mature, humble and friendly than the previous ones.
They really do look perfect together. Even if Sara is just one year older than me, which means she's 19, she looks older with all the makeup on her face.
Meanwhile I stopped looking at him, my phone starts vibrating in my hand. I checked it out and I started smiling trying so hard not to laugh when I saw a message appeared on the screen from Sara, who is sitting in front of me asking how I find him. I raised my hand to look at her and I gave her a thumbs up as we start laughing together making sure not to intimidate the guy who has already ordered a crepe filled with ground meat and Coca-Cola.

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