BFFs: troubles within A Year

29. Heartbreak

Fatima's POV

After the Walimah which was boring by the way, Ameela called me to Aunty Nana's room so I'm going there. She's with an iPhone. Aunty Nana doesn't have the money to spend on an iPhone. I enter the room flabbergasted and she drags me to sit on the bed.

"Ameela waya saya miki waya {who bought you a phone}?"

"Wani gaye na samu wai shi sunansa Aliyu, yana da wayoyi uku sai ya bani daya. Wai shi yana sona. Dana zo na fadawa mamana tace inje in ansa. Yanzu ya bani sim dinsa da numban wayansa yace gobe mu hadu a lokacin dinnner. Keh gayen ya hadu. Ga gashi kamar na larabawa {it was one guy named Aliyu, he has three phones so he gave me one, saying that he loves me. When I told my mother she said i should go and collect it. So now he gave me his sim and phone saying we should meet tomorrow during the dinner. The guy is very fine. With hair like an Arabian}." I nod.

"Wai toh shidin waye ne {so who is he}?"

"Wai shi ya raka wani ne shine ya ganni {he said he accompanied someone and that was when he saw me}."

"Toh shikenan ayi soyayya lafiya." I stand up to leave.

"Keh bani numbern ki {Give me your contact}." I give her and walk out.

But did someone really stop Ameela and give her a phone or did she throw herself at him as usual? Ameela always uses the littlest of opportunities to throw herself at a male irrespective of age, status, financial status and physical appearance albeit she's a beautiful girl.

One glance at her and you'll know she has Fulani blood running through her veins. I shrug the thought off since it's none of my business. I go to the room and start getting ready for the dinner.

After we arrive at the dinner venue I tell Halli to go and have fun that I need to catch up with some of my friends and cousins.

I know i shouldn't have lied and she knows I lied because she gave me the seriously look. Moreover, i caught her reading my chats with Amir and I'm sure she saw the part where we talked about sharing our first kiss.

She leaves then I and Amir find ourselves an empty table. He excuses himself a few minutes later and when he comes back he's quite angry so I suggest we go back.

When we go back he asks about the kiss the same time Ammi calls me. When I come back the dimwitted fool is kissing Ameela like his life depends on it.

The nitwit is even moving his hand all over her body and the abnormal human being I consider my favorite cousin is moaning.

I pull Ameela from the wanton fool and slap Amir.

"You this useless idiot, dimwitted nitwit, brainless perverted homosapien with no common sense. How dare you? Betray me? What do you think of yourself? I trusted you but.." I wipe the tears that fell without my knowledge.

"...You decided to betray me. But what should I expect from someone like you. Men like you have no use on this earth." I leave them there.

"Aliyu but you tell me you no have girlfriend, what about my sister?" On a normal day I would've laughed at her but alas, it isn't a normal day, at least for me.

"You know I told you that there are a lot of girls after me. She's one of them. She loves me and when i told her I don't love her she wanted to kill herself." A loud sob escapes my lips and I run away.

I barge into our room. I can feel my heart beat against my ribcage so fast that it might just come out. My breath is slowly withering. I hear someone call my name but it's as if my throat is blocked, I can't say anything. I can't even move. I feel so lifeless.

I then feel someone hold me, making me flinch thinking it's Amir. I take in Halli's chocolate fragrance. The girl always scents of chocolate. 

Without thinking twice, I engulf her in a hug burying my head in her torso. She has always been right and I, wrong. She warned me but I didn't pay any heed to her and now I'm paying for it.

She starts soothing me and once I stop crying she raises my head.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I nod and she drags me to the bed.

She brings a cup of chilled water and gives me. I take it all in one gulp. I lay on her lap and she adjusts for me to lay properly. Once I'm comfortable, I tell her about everything.

She raises my head such that my eyes are looking directly into hers then sighs.

"There's this book I read on wattpad. It was about two girls, Anita and Greg. Anita and Greg were best friends and they both loved the same guy. Anita had promised herself that she would do anything to make the guy hers. Greg on the other hand was ready to give up anything for her best friend. She gave up the guy but the guy didn't give her up. He kept on pestering Greg and she finally said that if the guy really loved her he had to date Anita.

"The guy started dating Anita and he betrayed her. At the end Anita found out what Greg did for her and she asked her why she did it. Do you know what she said?" I shake my head.

"Greg told Anita that 'no matter what i won't ever let a guy come between us' Those words sank in and that was how i decided to let you and Amir be." Her words bring tears to my eyes. I was such a fool to have believed all of Amir's fake promises. I engulf her in a hug sobbing.

"I'm so sorry Halli. God. I feel so horrible..." she shushes me and rubs my back.

"Now clean your face and take a bath let's have some fun!" I look at Halli skeptically.

"What do you mean by fun?" Halli laughs.

"Just go. I'll go get some stuff." I take a bath and wear joggers and a huge t-shirt I stole from Ya Sa'eed.

Immediately I enter the room I see a laptop, a tub of ice-cream and two bowls of popcorn from Eaman. I wonder how Halli did it?

Halli bathes and wears her Elena of Avalor pajamas. I jump on Halli the moment she comes out of the bathroom making her scream.

"I love you!" I scream in her ear and we laugh.

We watch Mulan one and two while eating popcorn and taking ice-cream.