DOWN HEARTED ✅

CHAPTER 11

"Ummi!"Ya Husna yelled.

"What is it?" Ummi yelled back, irritatingly.

"You know I'm resuming back to school, we have to chat and you'll also know what you'll help me with, before I'm back" she answered while entering her room. She sits beside Ummi, smiling at her.

"Okay, I'm all ears" Ummi answered briskly, replying a text with her phone; blushing.

"Please go to the henna maker and book, also the make-up artist and the hall decorators" she said, grinning sheepishly.

"It's now that you want my help abi? That day i was asking you but you snapped at me, saying you need some space" Ummi said, rolling her eyes; emanating how irritated she was. "Now, i need some space too" she added.

"I'm sorry lil sis, i mistakenly deleted a picture i cherish so much, in my gallery; that's why i was angry" said Husna; pleadingly. "Please" she drawled.

"Okay never mind" Ummi answered, frissonly. "I'm yearning for this marriage" she added.

"Hey! Stop it please" Husna said flintly, smacking her shoulders.

They nattered away for hours before Ya Yusuf came back and they zoom off.

***

"Mama how was the preparation?" Ummi asked intriguingly, sitting on a sofa beside Mama.

"Alhamdulillah, we've ordered the furnitures from Italy, they'll be here in two weeks time insha Allah. And the kitchen wares; we'll fix a date when she's back to go and buy them" Mama stated, looking at her daughter meticulously.

"Ahhh Mama, so we have alot to do" Ummi stated, freakily.

"Hmm, this is just the preamble baby gurl" Mama answered, briskly.

"Mama i want to go to the henna maker's, makeup artistes and hall decorators to book before its late. You know how december's weddings are" Ummi informed.

"It's okay. we'll go tomorrow, I'll drop you. When you're through; call ummaru driver. But be punctilious, we'll leave by 9"

"May Allah extend our time to witness" Ummi said.

"Ameen"

***

"Going out with you is the most loathsome thing one have to face. Hurry up abeg"Mama groaned. She's at the parking lot, waiting for Ummi.

"I'm sorry Mama" She pleaded. She scavenge for her veil, took her phone and headed to the parking lot.

"You're such a loafer, i wonder how you'll cope when you're married" Mama snapped and entered the car.

Ough!Nigerian mothers and marriage.

***

Wedding preps are not easy! Ummi hushed, while entering the living room.

She came back home groggy and frazzled.

"Have you booked"Mama asked.

"Yeah" She answered groggily.

"Okay go and fresh up, you look puny"

"Okay, I'll be back in a jiffy, I'm famished" She puffed and advance to her room.

***

Ummi layed glumly on her bed, reminiscing her school life when Haly intrude in her thoughts.

FLASHBACK.

"Aysha, let's go to the dining hall" Haly declared.

"Okay let's go" Ummi answered haltingly and ensued her.