His Angel

Chapter 2

Ten years before.....
   September 2008.
      'Umma, How many hours more?
'Just a few hours more darling '
'Is it really as amazing as Abbi always says? Asked the anxious fourteen year old.
'Yeah...
'Can't wait to see Hajiya Babba and Kawu Sagir, he promised to take me out for the Durbar festival whenever I come and he's also going to teach .....
'Haba! You talk too much, I need  to sleep now.
She continued imagining what her home country looks like, She had been begging her Dad, Abbi since she was twelve to let her visit her country but he wouldn't listen, and now he gave her a bonus, she wasn't just visiting anymore ,they were relocating permenantly! Isn't that great?
     It wasn't like she didn't like America, she had great friends and the life there is mostly fun but she had always felt like she didn't belong there even though she was born and raised there, She had also visited other countries like France and they had gone to Saudi for Umrah when she was ten but never Nigeria.
      She had always communicated with her maternal grandma(Hajia Babba) and the rest of her Family through Skype and she's really fun, She knows almost everything about anything. She sighed at the memory of one of their video call sessions, when Hajia teased her about having a boyfriend, she told her she didn't have any but she didn't let her be until she confessed about having a crush on her one of her Classmate Adnan, She still calls her Matan Adnan even thou she has gotten over the crush and now finds him annoying. She continued day dreaming about what her new life is going to be like until She fell asleep.
   “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Mallam Aminu kano international airport. Local time is 10:48pm and the temperature is 29 degree Celsius .
For your safety and comfort, please remain seated with your selt belt fastened  until the Captain turns off the Fasten Seat Belt sign. This will indicate that we have parked at the gate and that it is safe for you to move about. 
    It was the flight attendant voice that woke her up, Woah...
Finally,  She's in her home country, She turned to the window but could barely see anything since it was dark, then
She looked back and saw her mother still sleeping.
'Ummi, Tashi mun iso.
'Really? So we've arrived. Her mother started arranging their personal belongings while Hadiza woke her ten years old sister Firdaus while her Dad carried four years old Khayrah
and baby Muizah was with Ummi.
They got to their Kano home by 12:00am, tired and they all retired for the night.

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The next morning The Maliks house was filled with both close
and distant relatives, everyone wanted to his/her brother Malik and his Family, Different delicacies was been served, jollof rice, Soya beans cake(awara), Samosa, small chops, Tuwon Shinkafa, Amala and lots more.
   Hadiza was fascinated with every single thing, She never knew her father had so many relatives because he doesn't talk about them at all and no one is also allowed to mention them.
She continued enjoying herself until someone caught her attention, a young man of about sixteen or seventeen, she went ahead to meet him. Her throat suddenly felt dry on seeing him, he's like the most beautiful human she had ever seen, Tall, athletic, light skinned, with hypnotizing brown eyes, and lush looking black hair, She almost forgot what brought her to him.
'Hi, I am Hadiza, what's your name? He didn't reply and looked clueless, then she understood, he doesn't speak English.
'Yaya sunanka?
'I heard you the first time'  was his reply and he left.

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Hi pals,
How was this chapter? I hope you liked it, Don't forget to comment and like the story because you never know how your comments improve me. Thanks for reading.

Salma.