Destiny

Chapter four

-Ameena-

I watched with amusement as Demi fumbled with my suitcase trying different combinations on the lock.

"Argh ...you are so evil. You know that don't you?" She sighed.
"Lemme see...4242...no. Okay...4344...
I suck at this." she said lifting both hands.

"You will only see the dress during the fittings." I laughed.

Just then her phone rang and she picked it up excitedly pulling it a little farther from her ear and mouthed the word "Kareem" before putting it on speaker and motioning me to keep my mouth shut.

Demi: hello handsome.

Kareem: hey sweet. How are you?

Demi: am fine, guess what?

Kareem: um...Ameena has arrived?

Demi: you just killed the fun part where I tell you she's here.

Kareem: you can still tell me

Demi: are you mocking me? Now am not talking to you for thirty...seconds

Demi: okay times up,I miss you already

Kareem: miss you more...listen sweet, can I see you? say...in an hour's time?

Demi: where?

Kareem: Reuben's

Demi: okay handsome, till then. Love you!

And she kissed her phone before hanging up

"That's gross, do you realize how many microbes just got into your system?"

"Well not much, seeing that I did not lick the phone. Just sending a breezy kiss to my one and only. And guess what? We are going to see Kareem this evening." She said all in one breath.

"It's almost five. Don't you think its late?" I asked.

"Reuben's just an eatery down the road. it's a walking distance from here, don't worry we will be home in time for magrib." She answered.

Soon we heard excited voices coming towards the room and I guess demi's girls are back. In less than a minute the room was swarmed with six girls of about the same age as I. After the excitement has died down, Demi began introducing the girls.

The lanky girl with the bright smile and cropped hair is Debra.
the girl with the fake eyelashes, fake hair (crochet braid looks nice though), fake nails and bleached skin is her cousin Lola.
The bashful girl with the pleasant face also happens to be her cousin is Alima.
The Dark skinned beauty with an open teeth is Bola.
The busty one is hikmah and the lovely light skinned girl with dimples is saudah.

After the introduction, they all welcomed me and bombarded me with questions.

"So demi says you are a designer. Can I see your designs?" Said Bola.

"Did you make what you are wearing?" Debra added.

"Is your hair real?" Asked hikmah.

"You look way prettier in person than in pictures." Alima added.

And I could swear I saw Lola rolled her eyes at that.

"Girls let her breath." Demi cut them off.
After some minutes the girls went down stairs and demi checked the time and exclaimed that an hour is almost gone.

"hurry else we are gonna be late."she said while quickly rubbing oil over her face.

"What's that?"

"It's coconut oil. I read that it's the most natural way to remove make-up, plus you get extra moisture." She said excitedly.

I smiled at that. Demi always gets excited about new beauty regimen which wanes when she is onto another. A month ago, she told me she uses olive oil as make-up remover and she's always after me to try this new diy face pack or hair mask she found on the internet.