BEING SKINNY IN NIGERIA

Does my ass look fat in the jean?: Chapter 9

I arrive home as everyone is preparing hard like someone won an award it's just a birthday party, everyone is just making it a big deal, mum's tailor is over at the house with her five hundred and fifty thousand naira ashoebi, dad bought me one too but God knows I won't wear that, dad also knows, but at the end of the day I must wear one of my expensive lace, that actually really fits me but I don't like cause it makes me skinnier.

Aishat is suddenly so excited about this party that it's suddenly making me wonder why, cause she didn't also want to attend but didn't really act up, probably cause she loves going out to show off her fashion traits blah blah blah, but she's too happy, it's not just about showing off her fashion sense anymore
I'm in my yoga pants like the rich people call it, rich people that attend yoga classes like my mum, and my hoodie, it's weirdly freezing this evening,  it's like rain will fall this night,  oh the best, I would have slept in late if I'm not being forced to attend a stupid birthday party,I'll  look like a mess, and see Mubarak while looking like a mess.

I walk to aishat as she chats away happily on her phone

"What's up angry bird"

" what's down loser, what are doing poking your head all over me" she spat out. she's so mean.

"Well, why are you so excited" I ask her, suspicious

"Well its nonya business,  shoo" she says pushing me away

"That's no way to talk to your elder sis Aishat bakare " mum gave her the dirty look, the tailor was around Aishat couldn't even pretend to be responsible and well trained

" sorry mum, what!" She asks me angrily giving me the dirty eye

"You didn't want to go to this party why are you suddenly happy?"

" since you've insisted, you know that boy's picture you saw on my phone, he's going to be there, aparently his mum is a friend of Mubarak's mum, so we're going to meet after 2 months of chatting online, and I want to look my best! " she chirped happily

Of course it's a boy, why hadn't I realised, that's the only thing that would make Aishat suddenly interested in something she wasn't previously interested in

I walked up to my room, my dress has been laid out and my cute little transparent heels dad bought me for my 16th birthday, I so dreamt about those shoes, with dad not being around I wonder how he knew I wanted them so bad. Probably mum told him cause she's a snooper, she loves eavesdropping, she knows I make video vlog talking to myself cause she loves snooping around, but she thinks it's my video diary stuff, well I went along with it, I also downloaded an app where you vlogged your daily life it's like life video diary blah blah blah, to make it more convincing for mum.

I laid on my bed 5 new messages, I opened them 3 from choco and 2 from drake, none from my group chats, weird.

Choco: I hate going to the doctor's, we went by 10 am for the mammogram and by 12 we were already home, I'm bored

Choco: hey, where art thou, drake is a hilarious idiot, he just messaged me hi gorgeous, you'll meet a new princess on Monday in school, she's a nice person now

Choco: does my ass look fat in the jeans, I'm trying on all my clothes

Woah her ass looks massive,  I think her ass is 50 percent fat of  her whole body

Me: yes, I can't even see half of my screen, your ass covered almost all of it

Immediately she replies

Choco: well too bad, I'll throw it away
Me: what's with you and not liking the fact that your ass is massive, it's really attractive

Choco: well I don't like it cause it attracts creepy people, a doctor in the hospital was checking me out, i was disgusted