CHAPTER FIVE

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          What!!!!! I exclaimed in shock

          What!! Don't you want me to stay here? Grandma asked

           No, that's not it, I was just wondering why the sudden change of mind, I lied trying to cover up my outburst

            That good for you because even if you don't want me here, I will still stay, when you get married this house will be empty, she said turning away from me.

           I proceeded to my room and sat down heavily on my bed.

    I am dead meat if grandma lives with us, all my day will end with her asking for my suitor and when I will get married.
         I. AM. DEAD. MEAT.

                I undressed and went into the bathroom to get a cold shower. I turned on the shower and watched as the water cascaded down my  body before flowing away. Bathing is one of the thingsngs I love doing, water on my skin is heaven, I always feel refreshed cleansed both physically and spiritually.
         weird right? I know but it is something I had believed since I was a child.

           
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           Hello!! I said into the receiver as I picked the call from Fatima.

          Hey girlfriend, she replied

       How are you? I have been meaning to call you, when are you going to be free so we will pick our clothes from the tailor and proceed to do other things.

                I already called the girls and they agreed on tomorrow, I was wondering if you are going to be free tomorrow too

               Of course I will be free tomorrow, what time will be okay?

                Is 10:00 fine ?

          Yes it is I will see you then.............. Lest I forget, are we going to meet in the store or we would pick each other up?

            Nabila is going to pick us up from our homes after all it is her day we are preparing for, she said with a playful edge in her voice

                     You like awuf pass your life, I said laughing as we ended the call.
 
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        What is happening here? I asked surprised to see my mum and my grandma chatting like long lost friends.

           What else is happening, we are having family time, go ahead and eat before coming to join us, my grandma replied me

          Okay, I said as I walked to the dinning room, I am sure something is amiss but what that is, only Allah knows.

             Dad I want to ask you for permission to go out with the girls tomorrow, we want to go pick our clothes from the tailor, I said after I had finished eating and settled down with them in the sitting room.
    In case you are wondering,I still ask my parents before going out I am not a big girl oooo    
 
            Which clothes do you want to go collect? Is it sallah time already? My grandma asked instead

         My friend is getting married so we want to go pick up her anko that we chose, I explained knowing what is coming next.

         So your friend is getting married? She asked as if to clarify something

        Yes she is, in a week and a half time, I answered

          What are you still doing at home then, you are supposed to be happily married, with a child now or even pregnancy but no you prefer to sit down at home and be forming city girl, if your father had listened to me when I told him not to stay in the city, all this wouldn't be happening now, she laments as if it is the most sinful thing.

              She is going to get married at her appointed time, we don't have to pester her, my dad said coming to my rescue.

            Yes we shouldn't pester her and at her age she doesn't even know how to cook, my grandma said eyeing me

             Well mum has been teaching me how to cook recently and I can even make a couple of meals myself,I said proud of my feat

        Oh is that Soo, you even make a couple of your meals yourself,why don't you make a couple of of meals for your husband and see if he won't send you back to this house, she said with a sneer

            It he loves me, he won't send me back because I can't cook, we can easily hire a cook, I muttered but it seems she heard.

          Ga baki kaman if he really loves me. In ya mai da ki gida Zaki San wai ba love ake chi ba, wai baki San wai in kina son namiji ya so ki daga abinci neh(see your mouth like if he really loves me. When he sends you back home you would know that it isn't love that people eat, or don't you know that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach?), she said

           I have heard you, I will try harder to learn to cook,I said feeling hurt

           You would not only hear me, after this wedding you are preparing for,you would start your cooking lessons with me being your teacher,she said again

          Okay, I have heard you, I said as I stood up to go inside. My mom looks at me with pity in her eyes but she knows she can't do anything about it, no one goes against my grandma.

            When in my room, I sat on my bed with a huff as I begin to rethink my life. My grandma may be annoying at times but one thing that is sure is that she speaks real words.
             All this while, what I had been thinking of is my modelling and my dream shop but it hasn't moved further than that. I had chased almost all the guys away that I don't think I would see one anytime soon but I now know what to do but I would sleep over it first, I thought as I lay down and fell asleep almost immediately.

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          Hey girls,I cheered as I entered the car, I am the last to get picked up since my house is along the way to the designer's shop.

           Do you have to waste our time always? Rukayya asked as soon as I entered

           And to think I would be welcomed with a hug but this would do too, I said with a smirk

          You have drink something,this sassy attitude of yours would be the death of you, Zainab said

               I had no idea you are wishing for my death and hear I thought you are praying for my health, I said with a sly smile.

            You are insane, wallah Mimi, Nabila said smiling as she drove

           Why thank you kind Miss or should I rather say Mrs, I answered in a teasing voice knowing she is still shy when reference is made to her wedding.

         Must you girls always pick on each other, why can't we just talk to one another like normal human beings, Fatima said cautioning us like she always does

          Alright, we've heard you but I don't hear anyone saying she missed me, I said

             You are not well, Fatima said laughing as she smacked the back of my head.
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