Ummi was in a hurry as she doesn’t want khadija to wait long. They planned to meet today at central mosque, to review some of their courses.
Her phone rang as she comes out from toilet, it was her sister Amira, she smiled and answered the call. “Lil, I missed you.” She said
Amira giggle “But you never call first.” Amira complained
“It’s because am busy” Ummi apologize
“Ok guess what” Amira said.
“Please just tell me” Ummi pleaded
“Am on my way to Zaria.”
“What, don’t tell me you are coming to Zaria,” Ummi asked surprisingly
“I already arrived, I will be at your place in few minute.”
Ummi was so happy, she never thought about Daddy letting Amira to visit her.
She called Khadija and apologize, for not being able to come as they promised. And khadija told her to “nevermind”.
She dropped the phone on the center table, and move to kitchen to prepare something for Amira.
“Ummi!” Inna called
Ummi quickly went to Inna.
“Pls go and check who is ringing the bell, I think we have a visitor” Inna instructed.
Ummi was so happy that she can’t close her mouth, she moves towards the door delightedly.
To her surprised it was khadija standing by the door, she was stunned that she only stared at khadija opened mouthed.
Khadija burst into laughing “what is this? close the mouth it’s me for sure, you are not hallucinating” they all smiled and plodded inside.
Khadija helped Ummi to concocted lunch.
Ummi was so angry, so Amira lied to her by saying she’s visiting while she’s isn’t. Khadija told her to wait and see may be it’s because of traffic jam.
Amira and their uncle arrived, Ummi look at her icily, Amira smiled she know what the look is about am sorry sis, we are late because some cars have an accident so the road is block.
Ummi greeted Mahfuz before holding her sisters hand to her room, Is Kadija that look at him smiling and asked him to followed her.
Khadija and Ummi serve the guests,
Inna called Hajiya (ummi’s grandma), and told her about Khadija, Hajiya was so excited to hear that her granddaughter befriended a female, she hate the fact that Ahmad is her only friend.
Since that day Khadija and Ummi studied together at Ummi’s place during the mid semester break.
Amira stayed at Zaria for almost 4 weeks, they sometimes go to lectures together, Ummi’s course mate keep saying the two are quite different, that Amira is totally the opposite of Ummi, she’s simple and friendly.
*****
After several complain from Khadija for not visiting her, Ummi finally decided to visit, it’s Sunday morning after finishing all the house chores Ummi prepared herself, she looks good even though she did not wear any make up on her face, Inna’s driver is the one that driver her to Khadija’s place.
She wants to surprise Khadija so she did not inform her that she’s coming, after the driver dropped her she knocked the door and the gate keeper open the door with just few knock, he let her in.
The young man who is about to leave stopped the car before Ummi, He’s smiling Ummi can’t help smiling back before greeting him, “You are Amatullah right?” He said grinning she recognized him he’s Khadija’s older brother she knows him on Khadija’s phone, “Yes I am.” she said humming.
“I told her I can recognize you and she thinks am just saying it.” Ummi only smiled.
Khadija was happy she never for once think of seeing Ummi at their house. Ummu was so surprised, how everyone knows her, though they never meet in person.
“So this is how you keep circulating my pictures?” Ummi Said peering apparently in to Khadija’s face as they walked towards the gate when Ummi is going home.
Khadija smiled “I’m sorry will never do that again. ” she said gripping her ears.
Ummi smiled not doing it again won’t do anything since they all know me.
*****
Khadija recommended islamiyya (islamic school) to Ummi, which they would be going on weekends and during their free time, Ummi was so happy about the proposal khadija made but she has to informed her Dad first.
The way khadija keeps telling Ummi stories she read on social media made Ummi to want to have her own accounts. She’s on WhatsApp already but she chat with only 3 people Ahmad, Amira and recently Khadija, so she asked Khadija to add her in some groups so she can be reading stories too.
After adding her to the groups Khadija insisted that she join Telegram channels, and Instagram and so she can be checking what’s going on when she’s bored.
*****
Now that Ummi knows alot about life, as she read alot of things on social media, she begins to understand how lucky she was with her parents.
Though her parents got divorce, her stepmom was their mum betrayer, and her father quarrelled alot with their stepmom, but still she thinks they are lucky.
Some stories scared her, as she read on some blog or pages, some girls or boys would write seeking for advice on what to do, about their fathers entreating them, some will said their fathers never cared about what they eat or place they sleep.
Others will complained about how their stepmom hate them, and treat them as indifferently, in some stories stepmon sometimes killed, or make their stepchild a disabled person, girls would asked for advice on what to do with their father wanting to have sex with them, while others will said they are impregnated by their Dads or stepfather’s.
She somehow felt grateful to Sa’ada for not handling them as her rival children, rather as her own although she couldn’t like her.
She sometimes wanted to be like khadija, yes carefree person but the fear of been deceived is still in her.
Now that she has khadija in her life, she’s gradually understanding and believing that not all friendship destroyed you, yes she believes in one thing about her friendship with khadija that she would never betrayed her.
Khadija will never be like her mum’s friend Sa’ada, that’s her thought even so she doesn’t know how her mum’s friendship with sa’ada started, but she believed sa’ada had ill felling towards her mum from the beginning.
Ummi Love’s Twitter so much though she hardly tweet, but she always retweet and comment on other people’s tweets, her words are always impressive, educative, and inspiring, that bring her alot of followers on Twitter.
She never post her picture not even on her Dp but alot of men are in love with her words, lot of them keep sending her messages through Dm endlessly. The fact that she never checked her in-box, make her not to know who or what people send to her as message.