May in the Summer Page #2

No, it's not your wedding.

No one wants to marry you.

It's May's wedding and she said I

could wear whatever I want.

Fine, whatever?

Yasmine, can you

grab my phone, please?

Uh, yeah, where is it?

It's in... ifs in

the dressing room.

No, I got it, stay right

where you are.

In your bag?

Yeah, yeah,

in my purse.

Here.

Thank you, thank you.

Oh, my God, on, my God.

Finally.

I know.

- My God, we speak.

- Can you believe it?

No, why does it gotta

be so hard?

- I miss you.

- I miss you, too.

- How are you?

- I'm good.

I'm at-

I'm at my fitting.

I'm actually wearing my dress.

Nice.

How do you look?

I mean, is it okay to ask?

- Um...

- It's not unlucky or anything.

No.

It's weird, I don't... you know,

I don't feel like myself.

Oh, of course,

you know, that makes sense.

What do you mean it makes sense?

Well, you said, you weren't

sure you wanted to go through with it.

So it makes sense that you wouldn't

feel comfortable in your dress.

May, Issam wants

to take us out tonight.

Oh, come on, come on.

Um, Ziad, hang on one second.

- Yeah, okay.

- That's great, you should go.

No, all of us.

Cool, yeah, I'll be right back.

Ziad, I freaked out.

I'm sorry, it was

the planning, it was the book tour.

It was... it was all

of it at once.

I got scared.

- Okay, I mean...

- I love you so much.

Can we please just chalk this up

to some pre-wedding clich

and get on with our lives?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's what

we're doing, but okay.

Okay, but you haven't called

me since I... I got here.

You were with your

family, you needed time.

Why do you always think

you know what I need?

Because I know you,

May, better than you know yourself.

Yeah... Well, if that were true,

you'd be here right now.

We talked about this.

We agreed I should teach

and you said it was okay.

Of course, I said it was okay,

what else was I gonna say?

Well, how about what you meant?

That would be a start and

it would be helpful.

May?

May, can we go?

I have to get back out there.

Can I call you back later?

Sure.

This is awesome.

Oh, God, my body is like

physically rejecting this place.

I'm gonna... I'll-I'll

see you later.

I didn't think I'd

see you till the wedding.

I moved back.

What happened to Paris?

I'll go back one day.

I'm working with my brother now.

No way, we're all together?

Just like old times.

Where did Dalia go?

Her body didn't like the place.

- Yalla, cheers.

- Cheers.

Cheers?

- Oh, sh*t.

- Oh.

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

Can I bum one?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Oh, my God, that's disgusting.

Take it away.

Why'd you give me that?

You asked for it.

Oh, sh*t, I feel nauseous.

- Oh...

- Okay, okay.

Oh, my God,

everything's spinning.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Okay, just-

ooh, take it easy.

Can you walk with me?

- Mmm.

- Yeah?

Okay, just, oh, no, no, no,

that way, yeah.

Okay, sit on the hood.

Okay, okay.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, just wake up,

wake up, open your eyes, okay?

Hey, okay.

What are you doing?

What?

You were about to faint.

- No, I wasn't.

- Yeah, you were.

You don't know me.

Yeah... well, you needed help so

I was just trying to be nice.

You can't be nice

to people you don't know.

Whoa... uh...

okay, boss.

Can I sit here?

- Yeah?

- I don't care.

Just tell me something

about yourself.

I'm drunk.

"I'm drunk," yeah,

okay, I gathered that.

On.

I don't know where

my sisters went.

Oh, God, so drunk and lost.

I'm May.

I'm Karim.

Karim.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

Where are you from?

I live in New York.

Nice, New York, I love it.

You're May, yeah?

Yeah, I'm May.

You're-you're,

you're Issam's cousin, May?

Yeah, you're the one who wrote that

book about the Proverbs and... yeah?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, that's you.

I love that book.

- Really?

- I love it, yeah.

You're here to get married

or something like that?

How'd you do that?

Oh, Amman's

not that big, you know.

There you are!

We're gonna go, um, get the car.

That is my sister.

So you're not

that lost after all.

I got something

I wanna give you, okay?

This is not for you so don't

take it the wrong way.

This is for your wedding guests.

In case they felt adventurous.

You do tours?

Yup, like hiking,

scuba diving and...

four-wheeling in

the desert.

- Cool.

- Yeah.

Have some water when

you get home.

Okay?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Bye-bye! May'

- Bye.

- Bye.

- Hey.

- Where have you been?

Falafel place.

Had enough fun in there?

Can I have some.

Yeah.

Whoa, big bite.

Oh, wow, you're pretty drunk.

- No, I'm not.

- Yeah, you are.

No, I'm not.

What are you

doing up?

- I couldn't sleep.

- Me neither.

I thought you'd be sleeping in.

No such luck.

1J1 a

What?

Oh, nothing, it's silly.

What for?

I'm supposed to untie it.

But it's impossible.

You know Aunt Hanan

with her crazy ideas.

It kind of binds

it altogether, it's like a theme.

Binds it altogether.

It's really

essential to have a theme.

Why did she come with us?

I didn't tell her we

were going dress shopping.

Yasmine?

She has to be here,

May, she's gotta get used to it.

Let's keep in mind, I'm

looking for a nice pant suit.

You can drop

the pant suit, please.

That sounds wrong.

There's no getting used to it.

She's praying we break up.

No.

This morning, I caught

her untying this huge knot.

I swear to God, it's some kind

of freaky breakup voodoo.

When are we planning

your bachelorette party.

How about... never.

How about, that's not an option.

How about no scavenger hunts

or stripper telegrams.

Do they have strippers here?

Let's not find out.

May, was it a knotted rope?

Yeah... why?

What if we

take you to Hammam.

- Or we could go to the Dead Sea, huh?

- That sounds nice.

They say that if you untie two

pieces of knotted rope,

you're trying to break

the bond between two people.

Who says that?

I don't remember,

but it's some kind of spell.

She's got too much time

on her hands.

Do you think she'd

ever consider getting remarried?

- No.

- No.

Do you

think May would like this?

Are you kidding, that's trashy.

- I don't think so.

- No, it's too sexual.

What are you guys

whispering about?

- Nothing.

- Nothing.

No secrets.

I'm the bride,

you have to tell me everything.

. Okay-

Mom, you ever think

about getting remarried?

Why, I'm already married.

- Please don't say to God.

- Why not?

- Oh, Jesus.

- Him too.

And don't you poke fun

just because you have no faith.

Who says I don't have any faith.

I have so much faith.

Mom, I hate to break it to you,

but you married another lousy husband.

He's never around.

You can't see Him.

But He's here.

Everywhere.

That's right, I forgot,

He's a ghost.

Why is it so difficult

for you to respect my beliefs?

You're throwing a fit over my wedding

and you wanna talk to me about respect?

May, you don't know what you're

getting yourself into.

Your kids will automatically

considered Muslims, do you know that?

Do you know that if you divorce, you

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