Bound by Nikah

Chapter 1

Bismillah

Abubakar woke up to the sound of his alarm to pray salatul fajr, got up from his bed and went straight to the bathroom to perform his abloution. He came out wore his black jalabiya and headed straight for the mosque with his younger brother Khalid.
When he came back from the masjid he headed to his room to continue his peaceful sleep. After all, he had spent almost all of his night working on some data analysis for the new project he was working on.    

His mother Hajiya Hadiza came to his room in room the morning. "Bubush" she called him, "me and your father want to speak to you about a decision we have made for you, get dressed and come down."

He stood up, went to the bathroom and showered. He dressed up in a black sweat shirt and grey sweat pants and went downstairs where his parents both sat at the dining table eating.

"Assalamu alaykum" he greet them both and they replied. "Have a seat my son" his father Alh Ibrahim Yusuf said.

"Mama and Baba how was your night" he asked sitting down.

"Alhamdulilah" they both replied.

"My son" his father started "Both I and you mother have noticed how you buried your self in work since the death of your fiancé Amira."

"And....?" Abubakar knew where this conversation was going but he couldn't wait for it to be over.

"And so I and your Dad want you to get married to Fatima, and you can't say no."

"Please tell me it's a joke."

"It's not a joke your father has already spoken to Alh Sulaiman."

"I'm not getting married to Fatima I don't even know her I only met her once, and that was when I was like four and she was almost one."

"Then we will set a date for both of you to meet and that's final" his dad said standing up.

Abubakar stood up, went to the key rack picked his Neue Klasee keys, signaled Nuru the driver to come and he collected the gate remote from him and left.

He eventually decided to call his best friend/cousin Sadiq to meet him at a restaurant.

*****

Fatima and her siblings were out on a shopping spree with their older brother Hamza as their driver, ATM machine, and even their fashion consultant. And typical Hamza had no problem with it unlike some other boys.

While Fatima and Sumayya were looking at some clothes, Hamza got a call from their father telling them to hurry up and come back home.

"You guys baba said we should round up and come home" he said to them.

"Okay me i'm done but can we please get something to eat and drink before we get home" Sumayya asked giving him her signature puppy eyes.

"Yes we can, but we're eating it in the car okay?"

"Ok I agree" she said while hurrying Fatima.

Fatima eventually finished and he paid for their stuff and they left to Nosta Coffee. Once they arrived, Fatima and Sumayya got out of the car leaving Hamza behind. Hamza and Sumayya had gotten their milkshakes and burgers and had gone to the car while Fatima was left behind still trying to decide what she wanted.