IF IT'S MEANT TO BE

Chapter 1

I was talking to my cousins about home like the village home since it was a get together. Everyone was giving me the attention since I grew up there and true I've never been anywhere else so hearing from them was fascinating that I even wondered why they thought the village was nice but what I envied about them the most is that they had their moms with them unlike me story of my life. One day my aunt from far away to visit and she came with my cousin Devon her son obviously and I was struck he looked well kept dressed in nice clothes and all he was polite and when our eyes met he smiled at me and I scoffed and left them. As usual, my other cousins followed me outside we went to our mat as usual and I began telling them stories we were having a great time until my lovely cousin came. He was silent just looked at me and kept on smiling I ignored him but he never gave up he wanted to be close to me like the others but the problem was that I hated his smiles the way he looked smart with nice clothes but the worst was that he got to be with his mother and my mum as well since she worked for them and each time I saw his kind smile I could feel so bad for he got to see my mum everyday and all my mum used to do for me, he was the one enjoying. I got up and left him as I went to my mother and his smile dropped. He kept his distance and later, he brought out a phone and started playing with it. I had never touched a smartphone before so yeah I was intrigued and when he noticed my curiosity ,he smiled and called me closer but one thing for sure there was a language barrier.

I know you guys are wondering we were young well I was seven years old but he was six years old he grew up in the city and I grew up in the village where all I have known is the mother language and all he knew was English and Swahili so it became a problem but by the time we parted,we could communicate and my uncle who lived in the city took me in he believed I was too smart to be in the village besides, my interest to learn excited him but I wanted to be smart just like him. I wanted us to be able to hold conversations without any difficulties so the change was highly welcomed but aspting to the city life at my age wasn't easy besides, there were other kids there as well and though I was tough children my age in that area were all male so imagine that I had to be a gangster but what really made me drop the baby girl persona is still clear to me up to date.

I went to play with them but they kept their distance claiming they couldn't play with a girl. Girl's couldn't climb trees nor buildings football was off limits girls were ton play house and any other games. The boys loved fight games and everything risky so with that they kept rejecting me but my uncle said they'll soon accept me so I never gave up. I felt what my cousin felt back then so I learned English till I became perfect in it then learned Swahili too I could practise my language with my uncle then he could teach me to be tough mentally if I wanted to cope later in life for the society didn't like weak women so I toughned out but the boys could still get in my head after all I wanted to play with them. One day they accepted to play with me so one of them hit me and told me girls are always crybabies and to be with them I had to be a man so I held my tears in but when another one hit me with a stone, I left and went to my aunt.

"Why are you crying,"she leaned to my face and when I narrated what happened she laughed."Let me tell you something, they want you to cry out here you look after yourself if they throw a stone at you take the same stone then hit them harder then pick your stone and revenge but crying is never an option they'll step on you more toughen yourself out there and if by then you can't handle them all even after your payment then come find me make me your last option now wipe your tears drink water then go back. Drinking water is hard don't let your tears go to waste for every year shed make them pay you've got this show them girls are strong too." I wiped my face, drank water then took a deep breath with the motion of making them pay my mother isn't here to protect me like she used to its time to stand for myself after all the worst that can happend is beating me into a plump. "You came back looks like the stone didn't hit you hard enough,"I looked at him and smiled then they saw me looking for the stone he had used to hit me. They laughed at me alright and when I found I laughed too then aimed at him my aiming was perfect all thanks to the bird I had to scarf away from the farm back in the village so I hit the same spot he hit me then picked a sharper stone and hit his forehead it bled and he wailed "I thought boys were not crybabies what happened. Are we playing or not." The rest looked at me the the eldest I assumed since he was the tallest came forward and took my hands in his "I like you, welcome to the Boyz corner" I felt excited and since then I played with them all manner of games fighting, trees and roof climbing height testing wen even bathed together like it was out in the open but yeah we did most things together we didn't even realise we had grown up until we couldn't bath together even when we went to swim at the lake, they'd go to the male section and me to the female section.

I was doing my final exams when I received a success card guess who sent it yes Devon did and in there was a letter he told me about his other siblings and that we'll meet soon at the seniors party that year at December which was next month I was excited and looked forward to it.
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Sorry but I had to bring it from far but now it's going well they'll be in their teenage years and soon you'll see the worth its a slow burn forbidden so of course heartaches are there stupid and unnecessary conflicts will a rise there is angst as usual but the tension between them will get heavier as they keep on ignoring it but trust me it will be great his POV will come not yet but it will come and goodness you'll need giddy music for that see you later.

Armys here I know we are going through a lot with suga right now but it will be well but they're attacking v now even going as far as reporting his ig account with.*breath*.