The Hausa Girl's Rose

The surprise Birthday

6 months later
It's been 6 months since Abdul travelled to Ghana for work, Mama came back 3 months ago, she's going back next tomorrow cause her sickness keeps getting worst.

We are starting our WAEC in a week time and there was just too much to handle....
The plan was for Mama(my aunt) to follow Umma to London, and since the house was too big for us we decided to move into our apartment that my mom already had, it was coincidentally few blocks from our school which was to our advantage, our older cousin from Kano was coming to come stay with us, even though me and Bash are used to taking care of ourselves it was still better we had a guardian with us since no one is going to be around.

I haven't spoken to Abdul since the night before he went to Ghana, we decided on taking things slow, since I was still in school and all, but I didn't think we would lose all communication though, I don't know when he is supposed to be back and it hasn't really bothered me, I have been focused on my exams and taking care of Mama, he was definitely the least of my problems.

Its the weekend already,I just gave Mama her meds and served her some porridge I made for her, I made sure she got everything she needed before I headed to go and pray, I hadn't realized it was already Maghreb, I have been in her room since I came back from school, she was a little sick than usual today so I gave her all my attention, I prayed after taking a quick shower and went to eat, I fried some samosas and made a smoothie, after my dinner I studied Chemistry for a while then FaceTimed Yaya Amma because she wanted to see mama, I then decided to help her pack, we were also moving the same day she leaves so the house can be fumigated and locked, I packed everything I owned, some in boxes and bags, I had 2 big luggages, the amount of cloths I bought just coming to Nigeria alone was a lot, I then headed to Umma's room to sleep, we chatted a little with her and Mama before we all retired to sleep.

Mama was going today, We were all feeling down even though she tried to cheer us all up, we dropped her and Mama at the airport before we headed to our new apartment, it was a Sunday and we had school the next morning so we tried to clear two rooms one for me and one for Bash, the apartment had 4 rooms with bathrooms each, a sitting room with a small corridor, a guest toilet, and the kitchen with a backyard and a little dining area, I was so excited to style the apartment to my taste since Bash didn't really care about the interior and all, it was a flat house so we weren't the only ones in the block, we had 3 flat Neighbors,

After I unpacked and cleaned the rooms, I decided to take a shower and went to buy some few groceries, Bash was very tired and didn't want to come along, thank God I had my drivers permits so I didn't really care if he tagged along or not, I wore a t-shirt and leggings, then wore my Abaya on top, and styled it with a dark purple veil, I went to Amigo because it was closest to our apartment, after I was done shopping I decided to get some ice cream ,after getting two cups one for me and the other for Bash, as I was trying to balance holding all the grocery bags and the ice cream, I suddenly bumped into someone and every thing i was holding fell down, I almost fell too before he grabbed me by the arm and brought me back to balance ,

"Subhanallah I'm so sorry are you ok?"
I heard him say, his voice was so nice,
ma sha Allah, one of the best voices I have ever heard.
"No it's fine I'm ok" I said
"Are you sure ? I'm so sorry"
"Yes I'm fine"
He looked well dressed, wearing an ash Jalabiyyah, he was dark in complexion, very tall and very good looking, I had to stare for a minute, before I lowered my gaze,

I started packing my groceries and he bent down to help me, both the ice-cream cups fell too and everything spilled, he offered to repay for the ice creams which of-course I agreed , I mean...as he should ofcourse!
I was so annoyed and already tired from everything if not because of the way he was nice I would have fought with him most probably, after he handed me the ice cream, he walked me to my car helping me with the bags..
"Hm sorry I don't mean to intrude or anything but you actually look young to be driving" he said as he started scratching his head probably regretting saying that... so I smiled to make him comfortable,
" well I will be 18 next month so I guess it's all the same plus I have my permit I said proudly"
"Oh wow that's nice, good for you, he said as I gave him an affirming awkward smile,