Recap:
He drives those fancy cars that you like
But he doesn't call you at night and tell you he loves you
And he's thinking of you
Today is going to be a long long long day.
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August 19 2016
Dear diary....
So... 7 freaking good days to my 18th birthday huh. I CAN NOT wait! My body is shacking me.
That is by the way. Guess what I'm doing today!! I'm attending a party. Remember Meena from Kano? The fair and chubby and fine and nice and crazy Meena. You say I'm crazy. But wait till you see this Meena. She's beyond crazy. In fact... Compared to her I'm a very very very very very normal person. Lemme tell you today's secret.... I think Meena needs to go to a psychiatric hospital because her craziness is out of this world. But don't tell her I told you ohh.
Anyways.... Today is her cousin's birthday and she's celebrating it so she invited me. It's not like the Meena herself is going ohh. What actually happened was.. the cousin whose name happens to be Zaynab told Meena to invite me on her behalf because Meena lives in Kano while Zaynab loves here in Abuja. Now you must be wondering how I know Zaynab or how Zaynab knows me. Let me narrate the story.
Two years ago.. That's 2014 When I went to my younger paternal uncle's wedding in Kano, I met this girl Zaynab who happened to be my young paternal uncle's bride's niece. That's when I knew that Meena and the girl are cousins. In fact.... I think they're blood sisters sef. There's this striking resemblance. Zaynab is just the dark skinned version of Meena. After my paternal uncle's wedding, I met Zaynab quite a lot of times at Meena's house and we got along pretty well. My problem with her is... She's super quite and thinks she is always right. She might have changed? Who knows? After all I haven't seen her for a whole year.
I wonder what she looks like now- the Zaynab I met in 2014 had this flawless dark skin, intelligent and confident eyes, average height, chubby and had this chubby round face with tiny cute lips.
Who knows what she looks like now? She might have taken some slimming tea or gone on a diet or something. I mean that's what is in vogue these days right? Anyways.. What am I even supposed to wear? And who is going to take me? These are the questions I should ask myself not what if Zaynab is slim now because it is not really my business what she looks like.
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So now I'm at the party venue trying to figure out where I can find Zaynab because honestly I don't know anyone here and I am not in the mood to start saying hi to people that probably won't answer me just because I want to know where the birthday girl aka Zaynab is. Goddd! The decorations and everything here screams I'm 16 I'm 16. I can't believe I came to a 16 year old's birthday. Now people will think I'm her friend. Ruination! I need to do something. Something like get out of this place right now??
Oh no. That did not just happen. I raise my head to see the girl who just bumped into me causing my phone to fall. Oh my PHONE!! I mean I almost fell down too but my phones matters too right? No no! I don't mean my phone is more important than my life. I mean at least I didn't fall right? Who am I even asking? But... I would've preferred to be in the phone's place now- on the ground. What if my screen broke or cracked now? Oh wait! I have a screen protector. Which reminds me.. my phone is still on the ground. I should pick it before someone else who appreciates it more than I do pick it and this girl who bumped into me looks familiar. Well maybe I saw her on Instagram on a stalkery day. Who cares?
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Countdown to my 18th birthday
ChickLitDear (diary)....... Today is August 1 2016. Does that ring a bell? I just hope it does because if it doesn't ring a bell to your ears you're dead. Like really dead⚰ I'm going to tear you off and after that I'll burn you and dispose your ashes. So...
