Her Crush

💖EPILOGUE💖

4years later....

"Maama! Maama!! Mamaa!!!" Was all I could hear from the kitchen where I was preparing dinner, Aslam is coming back from Thailand today and I've been busy since I prayed zuhr and farha and her brother Jalal are not making it easy for me at all.

"Farha what did you do to your brother? Haven't I warned you to stop forcing him to play in your own way?" I scolded walking to meet them in the living room where they were supposed to be watching cartoons before 'big sister' decided otherwise.

"Maama I didn't do anything to him, he was crying because I want to watch 'Sophia the first' and he wants to watch 'the incredibles'. And i'm older than him so he should do as I say" She said in her four year old voice which is surprisingly strict for someone her age. She has always been that child that is always wanting to be addressed as old even though she's not, being daddy's girl has it perks I tell you and also when the Dad is Aslam.

"Maa..ma cre..dibels, I want" Jalal says in his baby voice, he just turned 2 last week and started school this week. My baby looks a lot like me expect that he's fair skinned just like Aslam and farha. He was such a handful as a baby always crying at night but growing up he's the sweetest baby ever.

"Ya Allah, what do I do with you two!" I exclaimed, Aslam isn't arriving until after isha because there had been a delay in his flight and all this is making angry but I don't want to lose my patience with them, Like they're really well behaved for kids of their age but they can wear one out easily.

"Maama when is Daddy coming back. I miss him a lot and we have a whole lotta things to do" Farha said, she could see that I'm tired and their shenanigans is getting to me.

"Dada da..da" Jalal hearing her ask for their father chirped in clapping his hands and smiling.

"You see babies, daddy is gonna be with you before you go to school tomorrow" I said in a Santa voice.

"Yayyyyyyyy"

"Who wants to bake cookies with mummy"

"Me... Me.. Me" Farha screamed racing me to the kitchen, I picked J up and attached him to my hip following her, I entered the kitchen as farha stood on a chair to bringing out the ingredients from the top counter.

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The day turned out really exciting and fun, we ended having a flour fight and baking only a few batch of cookies and in the end we messed up the whole kitchen. Baba larai helped me tidy up the house before I took the kids upstairs for their bath, when I finished everything and sent them to bed it was already past isha and I had 5 missed calls on my phone. 'Ya salam'.

I ran to the bathroom to take my bathe and performed ablution before quickly running to grab my hijab, gown and praying mat. After the salah I folded everything and returned it to the closet before bringing out a blood red evening gown, with halter neck and a low cut bodice. I was spraying my perfumes when the car drove into the compound, I hurriedly packed my hair into a messy bun before leaving the room to welcome him. I reached the front door just when he was closing it dragging his trolley from behind.

I leapt into his body straddling him around the waist "Baby you're really heavy, get off me please" he whined.

"I missed you honey" I buried my face in the croon of his neck.

"I missed you too, how's princess and little one" He hugged me closer to him.

"I sent them to bed already, today was hectic, just don't ask for the details please".

"Sorry babe, they must have really given you a hard time" He said his voice full of concern.

"It's alright they're our babies I can always manage" I said getting down from his body and pulling him towards the stairs "You need to shower, eat annddd sleep".

"I can't say No to that".

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He took his bath and and came down for dinner, I served him vegetable fried rice and peppered chicken with kunun aya(tiger nut drink) and cookies. While he ate I filled him up on what happened while he was away and told him about Zahra's delivery of twins, and he was really happy for her. Lee and Ameera have both given birth to boys 3 years ago and this is the first for Zahra that's why we're all happy for them.

I packed the used plates and utensils to the kitchen, before serving his cookies with shakes in the living and sauntered upstairs to change. After changing into an extra ordinary pajamas, I went downstairs to join him.

His face lit up immediately he saw me as i joined him on the sofa, he extended his hand and I accepted cuddling him, we started watching a movie and before you know it I slept off right there and I didn't know anything until I woke up in our room that too because someone has been calling my name for 2 minutes now.

"Lemme sleep a little more please"I whined.

"No babe it's past salatul subhi already, i woke you up before I left for the mosque now I'm back and you're still sleeping"

"Ohk ohk" I drew the duvet from my body and sauntered to the bathroom to perform ablution.

After my azkar I folded my hijab and went to wake up the kids, there was no one in the room so I began to search around the house for them. I could hear giggles and screams from the kitchen, I found them sitting on the island both dressed in their uniform eating breakfast and Aslam was making funny faces at them......childish much!!!

"Maama Good morning" farha says stuffing pancake filled with nutella into her mouth.

"Morning princess, how was your night" I replied.

"Fine" She continued eating and smiling at her father.

"How's my little JJ doing?" I hugged his figure pinching his fat cheeks.

"Py...ine maama" He answered placing wet kisses on my cheek......Ewww!!

I kissed Aslam on the cheek as he served me breakfast too, from all indication he's not going to work today. I ate while conversing with the children while he left probably to take a shower.

We took the kids to school together that morning and promised to come pick them after school, on the way home I looked at our intertwined fingers and at a smiling Aslam. I wonder why he's all smiley today.

"Babe tell me already, you've been smiling since morning"

"Wellll......Today is our fifth anniversary and i'm just really happy. We're having a night out just me and you plus I have a surprise for you"

"Surprise? But you know I don't like surprises honey" I whined.

"You'll love this one i promise" He assured.

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We dropped the kids at Mamii's before going off to wherever it is my husband is taking us to, We drove for a couple of minutes with me complaing and him squeezing my hands and telling me to calm down.

We arrived at a massive building in maitama and came down from the car, I looked around the area not familiar with it but I saw something that caught my eyes in front of the building 'H.I.D international school'.
I turned back to look at Aslam who was grinning from ear to ear, HID is the abbreviation of my names Haseenah Ibrahim Dogon kudi.

I was speechless covering my mouth with my hands, Aslam kept calling my name but I didn't answered. I don't know how to show him how happy I was so I just drew him for a kiss, which turned into a very passionate one converying different messages to each other. Even after letting go I hugged him tight whispering 'I love yous' to him.

"I love you to honey and I'll always do, always and forever. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me, you gave me two bundle of joy and a family every one will wish for, the least I can do is making you happy. You deserve each and everything my queen..... I love you so much".