Tumultuous Love

Chapter 12

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The next morning, Fatima woke up as early as 9am and took a shower. Her secondary school classmates were holding a class reunion and one of them, who she had no idea how she got her contact called to invite her last night. She didn't want to go but she didn't want to seem rude either so she told the girl she was coming.

Now after eating breakfast, she was feeling too lazy to go, she barely talked to any of the people that were going but she was excited to see them after so long.

She stood up anyways and went back to her room to get dressed. The girl that called; Aisha had sent the details via WhatsApp after the call and according to that, they were meeting at crushed rock mpappe by 11am. She was already running late as it was so she threw on an abaya over her jeans and put on a pair of sneakers. She had no idea what they were doing but she was trying to be as comfortable as possible.

Malam Ahmadu was already waiting outside for her so she quickly said bye to her mom who had just woken up a few minutes ago. "Mama I'm going" she announced. "Okay, come back safe" she answered and then Fatima left after.

She greeted the driver and told him where they were going. It took about 50 minutes for them to get there and when they finally did, Fatima realized she had to climb a rock to get to them. She sighs and gets out of the car happy she wore sneakers. "Thank you Mam Ahmadu. You can leave, I'll just get someone to drop me home" she says to the driver. He nods his head and starts the car again, then he left.

In less than ten minutes, she found them sitting in a large circle on a mat. Siddiqa; one of her ex- classmates noticed her first and shouted her name. Everyone turned to see her and all the girls ran to hug her while the boys stayed behind and simply waved. They ended up talking about so many things, from reminiscing memories to their lives now. How much it had changed, what school they all ended up going to and future plans.

Fatima was quite sad that the only person she was close to couldn't make it. She was happy to see the rest of them nonetheless but she wished Maimuna came. She hadn't heard from her since she went to school and it was partly the main reason why she came today. She made a quick mental note to collect her number from one of her classmates.

A call came in a few minutes later and she brought out her phone from her bag to see who it was, it was Amina. She stood up from the noisy crowd and walked a few steps away from all the noise. She picked the FaceTime video call when she was finally away. "I know I'm unimportant but you could at least call even to insult me" Amina whined immediately Fatima picked am the call.

Fatima shook her head, "you're so dramatic, we talked like three days ago" she replies. "Still, I called you then too" she continued. "You're nagging Amina, just say you miss me" Fatima teases. "In your dreams, i don't miss you even one bit. Where are you?" She answers and then asks noticing Fatima's surrounding. "Secondary school reunion. In fact come and pick me up. We'll go anywhere you want and I'll make it up to you" she says.

"Am I your driver? But send the address, you know I can't reject free food" Amina says already standing up to get dressed. "Sorry ma'am, I'll send it now. Just put it on your google map." Fatima explains. "Okay, bye" Amina says. "Bye" she replies, ending the call.

Amina arrived in less than an hour and calls Fatima, "I'm here, come out" she says immediately Fatima picks the call. "Okay, I'm coming" and she ends the call.

"You guys I have to leave. The person picking me up is here" she announces as she puts on her shoes. "So soon?" Aliyu asks. "Yes, I have somewhere I need to be." She replies. "Oh okay, it was nice seeing you again", Raliya adds in. "Same, I'll collect your numbers from Aisha" she tells them. "Okay, bye" everyone choruses. "Bye" she waves at them and starts going down the rock.

"Hello driver " Fatima says teasingly as she settles in the front seat. "I'll throw you out of my car if you don't shut up" Amina threatens. "I'm sorry mommy" Fatima replies, raising her hands in mock surrender.

"I don't know who told you we're mates with the way you're disrespecting me" Amina says as she starts driving out. "Please it's just seven months" Fatima replies. "I was crawling by then!" Amina retorts.

"Okay I've heard, you're older than me and I will stop disrespecting you." Fatima surrenders. "Better, now where are we going?" She asks. "I don't know, where do you want to go?" Fatima replies having no clue. She didn't know a lot of places because she didn't go out frequently even when she was permanently here.

"Let's go to Johnny Rockets then" Amina says as she types it into her google maps. Fatima nods and they continue the ride in banters and chats.

It was a few minutes to 3pm when they got to their destination. They both ordered burgers and fries and chatted as they ate their food.

"Ya Sa'ad's wedding is starting next week fah" Amina informs. "Oh yeah, where is it taking place?" Fatima asks. "Kano but they are doing a dinner here on Sunday after they bring the bride on Saturday" Amina says.

"Oh I can't go to Kano but I'll definitely come for the dinner. Am I invited?" She asks jokingly. "No you're not, we'll throw you out if you come" Amina replies sarcastically as she kicks her leg under the table. Fatima laughs, "that was painful" she says with a full mouth. "Was supposed to" Amina replies taking a bite into her burger. They finished eating shortly after and paid before leaving.

After spending another thirty minutes driving around Abuja, Amina dropped Fatima home by 4pm and apologizes for not being able to come in. "It's okay, I'll come before you go to Kano In Shaa Allah. When are you even going?" Fatima asks. "I'll be waiting and we're going on Tuesday." Amina answers. "Today is Thursday, I'll come during the weekend" she tells her. "Okay, see you then" and she drives off.

Mama was sitting in the living room watching an Indian movie when Fatima came in. "Mama ina wuni" she greets as she sits on the chair putting her head on her mom's laps. Mama involuntarily starts rubbing her head, "how was your outing?" She asks.

"It was amazing, I met a lot of my classmates and I ended up going out with Amina. I had fun" she tells her. "That's nice, how is Amina?" Mama asks. "She's fine, her brother is getting married next week" Fatima informs. "Oh Maa Shaa Allah, you're going right?" Mama asks. "It's happening in Kano but I'll go for the dinner that's happening here In Shaa Allah" Fatima states. "Toh may we see the time safely" mama prays and Fatima whispers a soft Ameen.

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Totally forgot today is Sunday and I'm supposed to update. But better late than never right? So here it is😌
See you next week In Shaa Allah.

With love,
Fatima❤️