Lovable Zainab

chapter three

                 Chapter 3

               Yusuf's POV.

     I woke up for fajr feeling excited and anxious. Today is the day my family and I ask for Zainab's hand in marriage. I hope she says yes.

After performing fajr and saying my Dua. I asked Allah for guidance and success. 

I went to the living room and found Fatima dressed in a baggy track suit a short hijab was on her head and a white ear plugs in her hand.

"Fatima where you going to?"

"Ooh I'm going out to jog. You should come with me."

"I'll pass I'm just gonna do a few push up."

"But Zee Mama might come out too that's if she has not gone back to sleep." She shook her head in disappointment. "But look on the bright side you might meet the rest of the family." 

"Hmm okay let me grab my phone." I agreed. I just wanted to see what her family will be like. I hope that are okay.

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"Couz" Fatima called when I finish jogging my third lap. She was standing with a girl of about 16 and one that is probably 12. "This is Sally and Maryam, Zee's younger sisters.

"Ladies nice to meet you." I say and Maryam giggles. She is a brown skin girl and had eyes like a cat. She was beautiful.

"So you want to marry Zee Mama?" The older one Sally asked.

"Yes. I hope you ain't gonna object."

She chuckled and said in a fake American accent. "Nah I ain't gat no objection to it. I mean you know I ain't the one getting married it's my lazyass sister.

I laughed. Sally seems okay. "Your sister is lazy huh? 

"Yes." She sat down on the road and huff. "Zee Mama is so lazy. Why do you think she's not here with us. Baba has spoilt her to the core. Right now as I'm speaking to you she is sleeping in her room and Ahmad, k.b and Sadiq are also there sleeping because they know baba would ask us not to wake her so they sneak into her room....

She kept on rambling about how their fathers favorite is Zainab. I zone out most of her laments. The girl can talk. I was saved by Fatima who lied that I have some work to do at home. I was glad I talked to yet another member of Zainab's family.

When we got back to my uncle's house I went back into the room I shared with my elder brother Khalil he was not in the room so I quickly went into the bathroom and took my bath. After that I went downstairs for breakfast. My father said we are going to Zainab's house by ten this morning. So I got ready I put on a black kaftan



. I'm so nervous. What if she says no. Maybe I should have at least tried to get to know her before asking for her hand in marriage. Looking at it now I realize how foolish this is. I mean which girl in her right sense will accept a stranger as her husband regardless of the fact that it's her best friend cousin brother. Even though Fatima promised to help me persuade her to accept I just feel stupid right now.

I remember the girl from the other car when we were coming to kano. The one who showed me her middle finger. She sure looks like Zainab. I know I haven't seen Zainab in real life so it might not be her but I have seen her photos from Fatima's phone and also the fact that I know that she was also traveling that day too also the car looked exactly like the one Ahmad used to pick me up from the airport. I would have checked the front seat to see if it was him that was driving but I was to busy staring at Zainab's look alike or whatever.