White Rose

CHAPTER FIVE

"Allah is the best of planners" ~Qur'an 8; verse 30

Adda, Huda and Hannan are gone and so was she, Ahsan and her had bid goodbye to his Kaduna home and they were headed to Kano where if she passes will be her home for six years or more. She will go to her dream university, study her dream course. She had forgotten her long she had forgotten to dream, but it felt good, to dream about the future with a bunch of new people whom Allah sent to help her, all she could say is Alhamdulillah

The road between Kaduna to Kano wasn't smooth completely but it was bearable, the car was quiet with the Qur'an recitation playing in a low voice, Ahsan was also quietly reciting along but she wasn't really surprised, nothing about him surprised her anymore

"Do you need anything?" Ahsan asked once they were stuck in holdup

She shook her head "no thank you"

"Alright, so do you remember anything from school?" He asked

"Yes, a couple of subject mainly the Jamb combination" she replied "I need to brush up on physics"

"You aren't a physics guru?" He asked with a smile
She laughed at the the question "physics is easy but hard in a way, I was never really physics minded, I just tend to pass and move on. It is too complicated and abstract"

"That's the beauty of it"

She looked at him with a raised eyebrow "really? I mean tell me is there any reason to ask a teenager to calculate the speed at which a man jumped from a building or maybe the angle at which a football is tilted or maybe the rate at which the stone is dropped from the top of the building or talk about the assumed magnetic core of the earth"

He laughed "sorry mam, I think I touched a sour subject"

She laughed and shook her head "you didn't, I just don't see the use of most of it but here we are anyways, learning it"

"In school I always wondered why english language was an exams, it annoyed me greatly" Ahsan said rolling his eyes "I mean we get that it is a universal language but really why?"

"English was a bonus subject to me, I preferred it to computer and I was a huge bookworm, I read the entire dan brown collection by 16, fun times" she mused

"Then you'll like the new house, there is a huge in built library filled with floor to ceiling books varying from each subject" he said "I got it coz I'm also a reader but more of a painter"

"Now that sounds fun"

"Yep" he replied "are you ready for the tiring adventures of school again?"

She nodded enthusiastically "yep, even though I'm sure I'll regret it saying this after about 3 months tops"

"Everyone hates it at one point, I mostly hated it coz it messed with my sleep"

"Tell me about it, by 5am you are awake to get ready, I always despised it but it is worth it"
The conversation kept flowing till they reached Kano, Ahsan had bought some food for them then drove to their place

Nahars mouth hung open when she saw the place he casually called a house. It could buy her existence. The gateman closed the gigantic black gates of the eco friendly house and he parked the car "welcome to mi casa"

She stepped down and looked up, this is her home, wow! They took their suitcase and dragged it behind them, he opened the huge brown front door and led her into the house "I'll give you a tour, come on"

He showed her around the house and she was impressed, the inside is finer than the outside and it had more colour than the last house

He took her to her room and told her to settle in before leaving. It was big, one wall had a floor to ceiling window covered by white curtains, there was also a balcony, a window etcetera. She searched for a wardrobe instead she found a walk in closet. She arranged her things then moved to the bathroom. It was gorgeous

She bathed then performed ablution and prayed maghrib and Isha after which she slept off

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The house was as cold as the last one and bigger than the last, it made her wonder just how much Ahsan earned. It was morning so she was going downstairs to make breakfast. She had fully covered herself so she took her phone and went to the kitchen. It was every girls dream, her mother would have loved it here, she shrugged her thoughts immediately, some memories were rather forgotten

She searched the fridge and cupboards and saw pancake ingredients, she also found the utensils and got to work making Ahsan and her breakfast, pancakes and orange juice

A month with him and she had memorized his schedule. She was frying the last batch when he entered a salaam which she answered still concentrating. When she was done, she served him and washed everything up before sitting down to eat too. He finished before her and stood up "your post UTME lesson teacher is coming at 2pm, here are what you need, there's wifi connection through out the entire house in case you need it"

He dropped a laptop and a couple of books in front of her and she looked at him shocked "Ahsan, this is too much, thank you"

"I told you, it isn't and you are welcome" he smiled at her and shoved his hand into his pocket "I've got something to do, you are going to have the lesson in the gazebo okay, and goodluck Yasna"

She nodded "okay"

"Call me if you need anything or anything comes up" she nodded again "bye"

She watched him walk out before slumping tiredly. She owed him big time, she isn't going to let him down, not at all and maybe one day, she'll pay him
A few minutes later, she stood up, cleaned up the kitchen and went to her room to figure out how to use her laptop, she sat down on one of the couches in the room. Less than a year ago, she didn't think her life will turn out this way. Indeed, Allah is the best of planners!

The sound of zuhr adhaan finally made her stand and she prayed zuhr, read the Qur'an till 2pm, after which she stood up and with her long hijab, took her materials in the bag Adda had given her then went downstairs making sure her phone wasn't on silent in case Ahsan called her

The door knock greeted her the minute she descended and she immediately went to open it not wanting to keep her teacher waiting. She opened the door to reveal a dark skinned woman dressed smartly, holding an office bag "good afternoon ma" she bent down in respect then stood straight

"Good afternoon, you must be Nahar"

"Yes ma, please come with me ma" she led her to the gazebo in the very eco-friendly backyard. There was even a swimming pool, some lounge chairs and hammock, she didn't notice, she saw the French doors leading to it covered by the curtain almost like all the floor to ceiling windows in the house. She smiled imagining the steinway tucked away in the library facing the backyard

Turning to the stiff looking woman, she smiled at her, she'll make him proud "so i was given your documents and I have to say I'm impressed, we will brush up on everything together till the exam, I hope you are ready for some real work" She nodded "good, let's get to work, my name is Mrs Ugo"

Nahar nodded again "good. Bring out your note and physics, let's get down to business"

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As Salaamu alaykum.... Yes I'm alive😂.... It has been hard, uni has been crazy and I have no time to even have a social life.... After classes, it is sleep like no in between.... Y did I choose to go down these path again? Idk tbh but whatever🙄

How have y'all been? Hope you love these?

Don't forget to add a smile to someone's face 😀 and have a lovely time till we meet again
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With love, smiles, hope and sprinkle some permission to dance.... Iykyk😂

~Aiyla😘