Kifak Inta - How are you?

Assuming this is the first time they meet (coincidentally) since their separation years ago, this is what Fairouz has to say (in the most subjective way imaginable) : "(Wow? Is this really you? Looong time no see)? Do you remember when was the last time we met? And, by any chance do you remember the last thing you told me then? (Oh? I just met you? What the hell am I talking about?? I?ll get to this later)? And I haven?t seen you since? umm, but I guess I see you now? (God, I didn?t even say "Hi" yet) ?By the way, how are you? (Oh, what a you!)

Do you remember the last night you spent at our place? Do you remember that person whose presence bothered you? (For, the presence of any authority bothers you men? it just freaks you away) ?well, it was just my mother? she just used to care about me? and was a little worried about me while with you (Oh, what a you!) (And believe me? now that I know you enough, I admit she had every reason to be so?)

Anyway? so, you didn?t tell me, how are you? (Why on Earth aren?t you saying anything?) ?oh, I hear them say you have kids now? (Ooops, that?ll mean I?m curious and concerned about your news? and that I?m up to date with everything? damn it, you?ll think I still care? I better change the subject) ? I really thought you were outside the country though? (Well-done? this will also make a good excuse for not visiting to congratulate you for your newborns? Oh, it?s toooooooooo lame) ?tell you what, just forget about the country? and god bless your children!

(I can?t take this any longer? it won?t harm if I show some emotion, plus it?s not that I?m saying anything I?m not 100% positive is true) Hey? you know what? ?at times, it just crosses my mind that we should be together? it?s just that I feel we were meant to be so? yes, together? me and you (Oh, what a you!) (Oooooooooo, I said a lot? I spilled it all out? plus, how could I?? especially when you treated me the way you did that last time we were together? wait!) Do you remember what was the last thing you told me that day? (In case you don?t, well I sure do? and won?t hesitate to remind you) "If you want you can stay, and if you want to leave you can also leave"? (It stunned me how cold you were? you couldn?t care less if I stayed or not? you seemed to want me as much as you didn?t)? it made me very upset back then? (Oh it sure did? in fact, ?upset? is an understatement !)? for, I didn?t analyze it nor give it enough thought? (but today I have everything in perspective? you men are too proud to show a lady you want her to stay, even if that is all you want? it was your ?masculine pride? that I didn?t understand back then? it was this very ?pride? that separated us)? well, I couldn?t blame you? you were simply being you (Oh, what a you!) (the way every man is just a man when it comes to telling a lady how he feels about her)

(Be it you? or be it another man? I?m just a woman who fell in love with you? for the very same ?unjustified? reasons any woman might blindly fall for any man? the difference is that I?m swept away, and I won?t refrain from confessing to you of the blizzards going on inside me) ummm, I just? I just feel like telling you? yes, telling you that it?s all coming back to me now? (you ?invade me? the way you?ve always did)? I know you?re married and you have kids? and I also know how much gossip and people I?ll have to put up with? (in spite of all that, it?s still your right to know and my right to tell you that I? umm?) ?you are my first and last ?I?ve loved you since the beginning? (even when I left you then? I thought you?d care and call me back? but you?re a man? and perhaps you thought it would?ve deprived you of your manhood if you did)? anyway, I? I do love you? (Oh, what a you!)"