andrahnasays: Behbeh powers ONLY, please!

Have you ever met someone and just absolutely clicked with them immediately? Like to the point where it was scary how much you knew about one another or how you have lived your life all the way up until then without them? Yeah that's NOT exactly how it went down with me and my Behbeh when we first met.

First let me start off by defining Behbeh - Behbeh is a proper noun, pronounced Beh-beh. It means babe/baby/boo/bae/the best person in world. Behbeh in singular or plural form (Behbehs) means exactly the same thing. It really just comes down to the context of the conversation. Being a Behbeh means we have exclusive powers to only understand each other. I know when she's gonna text me or call me; and I also know what she's thinking before she tells me. And vice versa. We have the same powers. It's the Behbeh powers. However, Behbeh is Rachel and Behbeh is also Rahna. And when you refer to us together it's The Behbehs. K? K.

How did we get to such exclusivity with our names? Well it was a whole bunch of senseless events that led up to it. I don't even know how to pinpoint it, to be honest.

We started off in two totally different groups. There was the Lebanese group from O'Connell and the Lebanese group from Ireton...I guess rivals? They thought what they wanted about us, and we thought we wanted about them, and needless to say we all thought very interesting things about each other. We had a few mutual friends..and eventually saw each other often enough to start striking up a conversation.

Here is what I learned about Rachel within the first few times I spoke to her --

-She didn't have a curfew.

-She hated pizza.

-She hated sushi.

-She hated Chinese food.

-She loved college.

-She loved Lebanon.

-She had a white friend, Lea; and an Ethiopian friend, Elwina- and everyone else was Lebanese.

In my mind, it translated as nothing but a handful of Rachel to get used to. But I quickly learned that this chick who was the absolute, total opposite of me would turn into one of my very closest friends. College would have been a disaster without her.

She was the chick that kept me sane in classes, pushed me to study for my finals, and helped me overcome my daily drama (so typical of me, I know). Some days, she was the only person I talked to all day...and it turned into our own language - with phrases that pissed everyone off like "what you make like do?" aka "what are you up to?" or "I make like sit." aka "I'm sitting". Her mom always stressed that education was my weapon and to push forward, and her dad always put a smile on my face and humored us with our Behbeh nicknames. I'm her encyclopedia, and she is the one who will empathize with me NO MATTER WHAT my situation is. If I want her to kick someone's ass for me, she will. Every girl needs a down ass homie like that, I'm telling you. She's my eyes when I'm blind too...watch out suckas!

Today, I'd like to say that we've grown up a lot together. WE now have a list of things to feel:

- We both don't have curfew.

- She will eat pizza if there is nothing else.

-She loves sushi.

-She will eat Chinese, but prefers Thai.

-She still loves college...Masters in the making.

-She still loves Lebanon...but only a few weeks at a time.

-She still has her white friend, Lea; and her Ethiopian friend, Elwina. And everyone else is still the same. :)

-Oh and one last thing...we both hate and love the same people. :) by default.

Oh, oh, sorry one more thing, again. She's the queen of #fitlife and a trainer in the making (if I have to force her to do it, I will). Despite all the heat she's caught for becoming healthier, leaner, and overall more gorgeous (if it's even physically possible..) - she remains non-confrontational and classy as can be.

I got exclusive rights over her latest photoshoot...so here's a sneak peak for you all: