The Girl.

Joining University .

Fiona's mother found a new apartment which was cheaper around Uzme that they could rent for sometime as they kept on searching for jobs around , the landlady told Ms Meriya that  if she raised a particular amount she would sell the house to her cause she was tired of checking on it , that apartment had been been empty for long , she'd to check on it all the time not to inhabit criminals ,Meriya asked her to take baby steps before selling the apartment to her , the apartment had a lounge room , a bedroom and kitchen on the first floor , it had one room on the second floor and through the second floor ,above was a rooftop from where you can see the whole of Bogota , it was orange in colour outside that made it outstanding from other house in the neighbourhood , and there was stairs from the main road that took you to the house . When Fiona and her father came back from the market as they've been doing for the past weeks , told them about the new apartment , all were excited that they were to be having something that looked like a real house other than a single room apartment they've been sharing since they came to Bogota , the next day they had to pack up to leave their current apartment , Meriya took all her family to the new house .

"Guess we will like it here , it has a nice view ,here you can see half of Bogota ." Miguel loved the place .

"I never cared about the fancies," Meriya contradicted him about the fancies, " the fact that it's cheap ,it's what made me think about having it and by the way we should be careful with our landlady , she's so grumpy ."

"Come on honey , where is your optimism ?"

"Mom , are we going to keep moving places because of this militant ." Monica looked disappointed with the idea of moving places .

"Would you  shut up you , it's your sister you're talking about here ."

"Let her be mom , slowly she will start to accept it ." Fiona sympathized with her sister .

"Whatever!"

"Mom ." Fiona thought of something . " Can I talk to you in private ?"

"What is it about ?"

"It's about the money for my university ."

"Let's go the rooftop ."

"So what is that you want to tell me about money for your University?" she asked on reaching the rooftop .

"The money we will get from selling the farm , I suggest that that money pays for my tuition at the university."

"Are you crazy girl , we're not going to waste our entire little savings to your stupid education ."

"But mom , this is the only way I can get to the university."

"Okay ,let say you've payed for your interview and your first semester, how about other semesters ?" She asked . " Where will the money come from ?"

"I can get a scholarship."

"Fiona , you can not live your life on chances like those you had throughout high school and elementary school , there is no way am to give you that money if we happen to sell the farm , it will be for renovations to this new house of ours ."

"You know what mother?, you can keep your money," she looked upset . " I will find a way out ."

The next morning, it was a day for Fiona's interview to join university , she had passed her high school exams , an admission form from a medical university was sent to her asking her to  get over there  for an interview.

Fiona's family were on a table having breakfast , Fiona  in her room was  preparing for an interview at the University , her mother asked her what was taking her so long , Fiona told her she was to come downstairs pretty soon and after a minute she was at the table standing there waiting for them to make a comment about how she was dressed up .