Kareema's pov :

These past few months were crazy.

First I got my master's degree in English literature.

God, I can't believe I finally got it! These past 6 years I've done nothing in my life other than studying and working.

Seriously when did I become that type of person?... I used to be a very active fun person when I was a little girl.
I wasn't the feminine type, I liked playing outside with my friends and getting scratches playing football, hid and seek, and other stuff...
even as a teenager I wasn't interested in makeup and boys, I still wanted to play football but due to my low-level school and their lack of sports activities, I had to focus my passion on something else which was reading and learning more about life and religion.

which is the reason why I choose English literature because I fell in love with Charles Dickins's novels.
I was never the type that liked the new popular books.

though I respect everyone's opinions I found more joy in the pages of the yellow old books and the morals of them,
Anyway, after getting my master's degree I met safwan.

A very kind young man who I grew to love... yes I did I admit it Come on a girl there is no shame in that you are getting married to him today loosen up already.

A knock on the door interpreted my thoughts, it was my mom her name was Salma.

Salma walked in and said "honey what are you doing up here we have an appointment at the salon in an hour for your wedding remember! "
Kareema said :

"yes mom how can I forget it's the seventh time you have reminded me this morning"

Kareema's mom rolled her eyes and said in a motherly tone
"It's because I'm happy that my little girl is finally getting married, and for once is getting all dressed up and will be the prettiest girl that I'm sure of"

You know how every mother is
like on her daughter's Weeding day?.. well my mom was extra.

but it's my fault I never gave her the feeling that I was a girl.
Poor woman, she wanted a Disney princess instead she got me.

it's not that I'm ugly it's just I never really liked all that fuss about looks and outside appearances, especially in the Instagram Era.

everyone is so focused on how good they look on the outside but they forget how good they feel on the inside.

So 4 hours later we finally got out of the salon, I had light classy makeup and my hair in a beautiful curly style with a silver crown as an accessory,
My dress was a perfect fit for me a long white sleeveless dress with glowing sparks all over I can't wait to see if safwan will like how I look for once I feel like a princess.

You see we agreed to have two separate ballrooms at the wedding, one for the men's section and the other for the women's section, that way the girls could freely dance and enjoy themselves and wear whatever they want.

When we got out of the salon we went back home to wait for Safwan and his family to arrive and pick me up in his car to go to the ballroom or rooms.
You see these are our traditions, the groom must come with a big group of family and friends to the bride's parents' house to have a small celebration and pick up the bride and take her to the ballroom or hotel.

In the car drive, Safwan looked at me and said
" you look very beautiful"

I blushed and then I took a look at my mom and sister who were sitting in the back seat, they didn't seem to have heard him so I looked at him and said
"thank you, you look very handsome today"

I said it in a very low voice that I didn't even think that he heard, I was embarrassed because it was the first time that I have complimented him about his appearance I always thought he looks good in anything he wears but I just didn't feel like expressing it.

He interpreted my thoughts and said "thank you, my beautiful wife"