I know I said I'd update the story soon, but then I got writers block…lol
Happy reading…
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Tina shifted in her uncomfortable chair, and glanced at Wahim who was staring stolidly ahead.
"Wahim?" she whispered, and he looked over at her, "What are you doing?"
Wahim grunted, than replied quietly "I'm thinking of a way to get out of here"
Tina blinked "Oh…ok then, I'll leave you to it."
Tina squirmed again; they'd been sitting there for hours. They hadn't seen anyone since Sameer had given them food and the heat was sweltering, she shook her hair out of her face. As she waited for Wahim to come up with a plan, she looked around the hanger (which made this, like, the 57th time) and eventually became lost in a day dream…
She wished she had a boyfriend, one that was handsome and sweet, charming and especially, she wanted a boyfriend who liked her for herself and not her father's money. Tina wasn't the type of girl who lived for boys, well, she didn't think she was, but boys were an important part of her life. She read so many romance novels and watched almost every romantic movie that came out, she even had a secret list of good-looking celebs on her computer …despite all this, she couldn't seem to hold on to a boyfriend. She knew what she wanted, but the question was whether she would find the perfect guy…one of the attributes of the perfect guy would be the approval he would get from her family. Her father had disliked Dave on principle (he was a father after all, he didn't think any guy was good enough for her), but her mother hadn't liked Dave either…maybe, next time she should trust her mother's instincts on boys?
Tina shook herself out of her daydream 'Boys' she thought to herself 'can't live with them, can't live without them.'
She looked up when she heard a noise; some people were coming in at the door of the hanger. When they came closer, she recognized one of them as Sameer, the three other men were faceless, nameless kidnappers. After Wahim's warning on Sameer, she wasn't prone to be friendly this time around.
Sameer walked up to them nervously "Hi…um, we guessed you might need to relieve yourself by now…these guys…" he indicated the three built men around him "…are supposed to make sure you don't try anything. Um, Tina, do you want to go first?"
Tina nodded slightly and Sameer came behind her to untie her hands, Tina got up and was forced to walk between the burly men, to a small room at the back of the hanger. Tina peered into the tiny room warily "At least its clean" she breathed a sigh of relief and entered. She locked the door behind her and gratefully stretched, she walked around the room a few times to loosen her muscles and then did her business. She took as long as possible in front of the small mirror attached to the wall. She pulled a small brush out of her pocket and brushed the tangles out of her hair…those monsters had emptied out her pockets and just given her back her things that couldn't be used to attack someone, or communicate with. So there went her cellphone and her nailfile. She adjusted the silver pendant around her neck and went out.
Sameer seemed relieved to see her "What took you so long? I was worried." Tina didn't say a word, but brushed past him. She didn't mean to look at him, but she caught a twinkle in his eye. She flipped her hair and hurried back to Wahim, he gave her a questioning look. She shook her head and slouched back into her chair "I hate this" she said angrily.
Wahim was taken away, but returned much sooner than she had. Tina looked down as she was tied up again, and didn't reply to Sameer as he tried to talk to her again. Eventually, they were left alone again.
"Well?" she asked Wahim
"Well what?" Wahim replied grumpily "These people knew what they were doing when the captured us, I have no idea how we could possibly escape from here."
Tina slumped "I guess we'll have to wait for daddy to get us back"
Wahim shook his head glumly "Yes" he sighed
Tina strained to get a glimpse of her watch, and then remembered that there was a time difference between New York and Saudi Arabia…she had no idea what it was though. She guessed it was almost twilight, judging from the fading light from the windows and the lessening heat.
She started to doze in her chair, for how long she didn't know, but she only woke up when she felt a cool breeze on her face. She opened her eyes to see Sameer coming in with two stacked trays, he silently untied their bindings again and placed the trays in their laps.
Tina looked distastefully down at her burger and chips, "I'm just gonna gain more weight…" she complained to Wahim "…and look at this soda, its not even diet."
Sameer, who had been sitting near them, helping whenever needed, turned to Tina "I thought Americans liked food like this…"
"Americans with unfairly high metabolisms can eat stuff like this" said Tina "Not people like me"
Sameer laughed "What do people like you eat?"
"Salad and mineral water" replied Tina quickly
Sameer stood up and hurried out, he came back with a bottle of water "I didn't have time to make a salad, but I did get you some water" and he placed the bottle on her tray.
Despite herself, Tina smiled at him. She wondered what he looked like under that mask…"Isn't it a bit warm to wear that mask?"
"Yes, it's a bit uncomfortable."
Tina said sympathetically "You can take it off if you want"
Sameer shook his head "I'd get into a lot of trouble"
Wahim spoke up "Speaking of trouble, what role do you play in this whole kidnapping?"
"Um…none, really" Sameer said uncomfortably, "I'm just supposed to look after you until you're released."
"When are you going to let us go?" Tina asked
Sameer fidgeted "I don't know…as soon as my uncle gets the money I guess…"
"Wait, you're saying that your uncle engineered this whole plot?" Tina demanded
Sameer was really uncomfortable now "Um…yes…but…I-we…he…I'm really sorry…"
"Sorry? You're sorry! If you were so sorry, you'd let us go!" Tina was angry and shouting.
"Tina!" said Wahim
"I hate you!" said Tina emphatically to Sameer
She pushed her tray off her lap, and the plastic cutlery scattered.
Sameer tied them up and left quickly after that.
Tina settled into her chair and tried to go to sleep, she didn't say anything when some other person came and spread a thin blanket over each of them. Tina eventually fell into a fitful sleep.
Wahim woke up when he felt a slight breeze and saw Sameer creeping into the hanger. "What are you doing?" he asked him
Sameer motioned for him to stay quiet and he bent and untied Wahim's bondings, "You watch the door and I'll untie Tina" he said to Wahim.
Wahim stood up unsteadily and after a quick stretch, tiptoed to the door, blinking out blearily in the darkness.
Sameer bent down and untied the rope tying Tina, Tina woke up and asked groggily "Daddy?"
Sameer shook his head and when he realized that Tina was in no condition to walk, he picked her up in his arms, and he joined Wahim at the door, "Anything?" he asked
Wahim shook his head and Sameer led the way out, slowly moving through the shadows, until they came to a small buggy.
Sameer dumped Tina unceremoniously in the back and he got in the drivers seat. Wahim jumped in at the passenger side and Sameer started the buggy. Thankfully, it had a quiet engine and Sameer managed to pull it away from the abandoned airport and into the desert.
The bumping and jolting woke Tina up properly and she suddenly sat upright "What's happening? Where are we going?"
"I'm getting you out of here" said Sameer tensely
The cold desert wind blew in their faces, and Sameer removed his mask so it wouldn't hamper his driving.
Tina caught sight of his face in the rearview mirror and gasped
"What?" asked Wahim concernedly
Tina just shook her head and Sameer turned his head to look at her "What's wrong?" he asked and his eyes twinkled again.
Tina just stared, and thought back to her list of hotties…her hottie of the month had been Sean Faris, and here was his more tanned twin staring back at her. Tina's heart was beating a bit faster than usual, but she managed to smile back at Sameer…what do you say to a guy who looks like Hollywood's newest teen-heartthrob?
"Nothing's wrong" Tina said eventually
Sameer turned his attention back to driving, and his eyes narrowed against the cold, stinging air. He saw something in the distance that made him swear in Arabic.
Tina and Wahim both asked him simultaneously "What?"
Sameer shivered unconsciously and said "Sandstorm"
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So sue me, I said I'd finish it…but I keep adding all this other stuff in it…
I make a solemn promise that I will finish this story in the next chapter!
Oh, and Sean Faris, in case you didn't know, appears in 'Sleepover' and 'Pearl Harbour' and some TV series. Do the research if you want, but the main point is that he's gorgeous…
Read and Review…come on', you know you want to!