Prince Heartless

Chapter 8: The Nut Al Shajat Awards (part 2) (nut- nooth...pronunciation)

Aairah's P.O.V:

So the ceremony got over pretty soon thank god. And we 3 were about to leave. Just as we were about to exit the manager of the event held hands me an invitation letter inviting the 3 of us for the after ceremony dinner. We were a surprised and curious as to why but just then papa gets a call saying that one of his employees met with a car accident and they both left immediately conveying profusely their apologies to the Emir.
I was escorted to the dining hall, anxious as to why he invited me. No nothing serious i guess. Maybe just asking about the hospital... No or yes. Oh no! Or the fact that before the ceremony i had declined on accepting the award money of 250,000 dirhams. Yeah now i wondered wether i should have taken it....oh no too late i could have gone shoe shopping, bok shopping or something or best a vacation...but it didnt feel right.
I quickly cleared my thoughts as we approached the door. I asked the manager,
"why am i invited to this dinner?" curiously.
"the emir asked so ma'am and infact you will be seated at their table." he replied smoothly but also with a hint ofo curiosity.
"Can i just politely reject the offer, im really nervous." i ask him nervously.
"Too late ma'am. We are here and the Emir is loking at you. If i may ask you? Do you know his highness personally?"

"no ofcourse not, not even nearly." i reply nearly getting hyperventilated.
Thats when one of the sheikh's i guess assitants or manager came upto us and escorted the two of us to the table. While on the way
"assalamualaikum Dr.Syed. I am Jaffaar Waheed. His highness 's assistant. the sheikh has personally invited you for the dinner to introduce you to the others."

"Walaikum assalam Mr. Waheed. That is really kind of him." I reply relaxing a little

"Well. This way then doctor." He replied warmly and gestured towards the small crowd of 8.

As we walked towards the group my breath began to quicken and what was small crowd seemed to grow bigger by every step I took. Few familiar faces came to my view as I saw the Emir and then I saw Hamdan. I smiled as I saw him while he was busy conversing with one of the officials whose back was turned towards me. Then I saw a shorter lady with blonde hair who is Angela Merkel the German Chancellor. My jaw dropped little by little as I recognised everyone in the crowd. There was the slovakian prime minister Robert Fico. Then there was the uae minister of education Hussain al Hamadi, then there was listening to what hamdan was saying and laughing was the crown prince of Abu Dhabi hh general sheikh mohammed bin zayed al nahyan, then we had the ever smart ,highly intelligent and graceful and fun lady, the first lady of the United States of America Michelle Obama and when we closed in to the group hamdan paused his conversation with the man In front which made him turn around as the Emir smiled was the crown prince of UK prince Charles duke of Cornwall.

The emir asked us to move to the table and sit down. We did and we were given the announcement of the first course to be served in the next 10 minutes. As we sat the emir introduced me to the rest of the 8 members. I could hear wow brilliant really etc. I was blushing mad with embarrassment when the sheikh mo. Bin zayed asked me about my educational background and how I went about it.

I took a deep breath preparing for the outcome as knew when I said I did all that at this age made me proud I felt completely out of place.
"I Finished my 12th grade by 13 here i dubai and then applied for architectural program in India but couldn't get in..." I look towards the first lady while sheikh hamdan eyes me intently like judging me....I hated that. "So I did pick medicine although you can o ly apply until you are 18 and finish an entrance exam for which I wasn't allowed but after sending plenty letters and irritating the members of ministry of education they finally let me write the exam with no intensions of allowing me college despite what ever the result maybe. I topped the All India medical exam so they had to let me in." I smiled seeing a controlled shocked expressions on everyone's faces. I continued further " so I did my 5 years of mbbs at Armed Forces Medical College in pune India. There I had some military training and we were posted as trainees at the Indo Chinese border.
Then I did my 3 years of MS at All India Institute of Medical Sciences In New Delhi India. I'm just working for now as I plan to do my 2 years In Cardiothoracic surgery studies. I haven't decided the place yet." I finish and then wait for their reaction.