STRONGER (ON HOLD)

Chapter 10

I woke up to the beautiful smell of spaghetti,oh yeah i'm so hungry.

I then got off the couch and made my way to the kitchen,mom was cooking.

I stood in front of her smiling but she didn't notice me.

"hey mom" i said

"i'm not talking to you" she said glancing over at me.

" but you just did" i said laughing

"alright fine" she looked up at me "i don't want to talk to you because i'm mad at you" she was about to cry.

"Aaand what are you mad at me for?"i said

"I don't want this to happen again okay?" she said "I'm tired, i lost your dad and i don't want to lose you too!" she almost shouted

I hugged her "mom that's never going to happen" i mumbled and put my chin on her head.

She wiped her tears and pulled away.

"guess what am i cooking" she said and cracked a smile.

"Spaghetti i recognized the smell" i said.

Then Yasser showed up.

"hey" i said smiling.

"hey" he smiled back

"how do you feel?"

"fine i guess" he said and i nodded

"I just can't go home like this" he pointed at his face

"Oh mom has got some makeup if you want to cover it" i said cracking up laughing and they glanced over at me....yeah i'm bad at jokes.

"Ha ha" Yasser faked a laugh.

I gave him a goofy smile.

"Or you can take me to the  America's next top model if you want" Yasser said with a silly voice.

"oh yeah i haven't thought of that"

"okay that's not funny shut up" he glanced and then laughed.

"Alright boys food is ready stop your silly argument and come eat" mom said.

"mom where is Abd?" i asked

"he left" she said and i nodded and began to eat.

After dinner mom start cleaning the dishes.

Yasser thanked her for the dinner.

"alright i should leave now" Yasser said

"yeah i'm coming with you" i said and we made our way to the front door. I put my shoes on and we headed out walking.

"dude my whole body is hurting me" Yasser said

"yeah Me too" i bit my lower lip.

"They took everything from us" he said and cleared his throat "our families friends....and our country i can't stand this i wish i wasn't even born to not see all this happening in our own country and WE are sitting here doing nothing at all and that no one even cares about whats happening in Palestine!" he almost shouted.

I looked at the floor.

"i hate this" he said.

He was really pissed off.

I tapped his back.

"Why can't we do anything about it Adam?" he mumbled "why?" he said again and looked away.

Why? Is the question i kept repeating in my mind...why?...but i don't have the answer..

He looked back at me.