Ammah🥀👑

CHAPTER 1 : trip to abuja

Ammah's POV
Today was one of the greatest days of my live because baba finally agreed to allow anty Fatima to help with my educational fees so I could further my education in Abuja, it was not like i have never been to school or anything but honestly I had a very bad education throughout my life not because I wanted to but just because my parents weren't able to support my education very well with the little they had.

But today I had a feeling something was going to change in my life either for good or for bad, I was not quite sure which one yet. I woke up this morning around 6 am to get ready for my trip to Abuja, I was just about to perform my prayers when mama came in, but when she saw me in my hijab she told me to finish praying first so I performed my subh prayer and sat down next to her on my almost torn out mattress.

" so ammah as you Know today after so much convincing baba finally agreed for you to go further your education, I know you are smart enough to know what's right and what's wrong so I don't have to waste my time telling you. I just hope that you put in use all the values and morals  Me and baba put in you, kinji. may Allah keep blessing you my daughter" she said as tears ran down her beautiful face.

" of course mama I will always stand with the values you thought me inshallah, I won't disappoint you I promise" I said to her trying so hard to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall down my face.

With that she stood up from the bed and exited the room I took that as my cue to continue getting ready for the trip, after about 15 mins I was all ready to go. I had on a pink and blue designed atamfa baba bought for me last sallah, it was the best of all my clothes. I headed downstairs to baba's room to greet him before breakfast as I always do.

" salaamualaikum, inakwana baba" ( salaam good morning baba) I said to him almost as a whisper after I knocked on the door as baba hates loud noises.

" waalaykumulsalaam, shigo aita ( come in my daughter)" I heard him say after a few minutes.
I entered the room to find baba sitting on this old brown three legged chair as always, He raised his hand to me as a sign for me to come in and sit next to him, so I did.

" gashi ( take )" was all he said before he handed me this pink box with ribbons on it, I was a little confused before I opened the box. It had all this family pictures of me and mama and him including ya Aliyah and Ibrahim( my siblings) I had never seen any pictures in this house, I had always thought baba was just never into pictures or memories and stuffs like that but I guess not.
After I was done observing the box I quickly collected it from his palms to have a better view of what was inside.

" I want you to have this box so that no matter where you go you will never forget us. Ooh and I almost forgot Aliyah said I should give you this she could not come because her husband was out of town today and she needed his permission before she could come, but she really felt bad so she bought you this bracelet" he said while handing me the beautiful bracelet, it was of course locally made but coming from her it meant a lot.

" thank you baba" that was all I could say at that point, I had not realize how much I was going to miss them until now, I mean baba's strictness was frustrating at times but I was still going to miss it, mama was like a puppy so trusting and forgiving she was like a soul from heaven, Ibrahim was naughty as hell sometimes I really wish he  was not around but he's just 11years so, and ya Aliyah was the best of all she was like my best friend I loved her so much before she left with her husband to Kano I really miss her but know I feel like I don't even know her anymore.

With that I said goodbye to everyone and was on my trial to the bus station, after about 20 minutes of trekking I finally arrived and took the next bus to Abuja city, as I entered the bus a kind gentleman was awfully nice to help me with my box, so all had to do was to enter the bus, he needed 7 more passengers before we would be on our way.