Afraid To Fall In Love

Moving In

"Whatever" I answered rolling my eyes so he wouldn't pester me any further,

"I actually love it when you do that with your eyes...its almost as if you are trying to seduce me" he said with his eyes preying on me

"Ohh no you got it all wrong...i...I'm not trying to do anything like that" I began to explain myself

"I know you don't mean that" he laughed "I can't get my mind off you and its driving me insane...you are so beautiful" he added touching the side of my face, and then to my head removing my head cover to revealing my messy bon.

"What do you think you are doing" I flinched moving a bit further

He smiled leaving the room, it sure felt awkward because deep down I didn't want him to leave.

A dew days later Abbah summoned us all to his leaving room but I had a feeling it was all about Nasreen's wedding arrangements so I wore my black abaya and a black veil over my head.

I met them all seated in the living room. Abbah asked for suggestions on were to go for Nasreen's furniture shopping and other small things any of us would like to buy for the wedding,

We all agreed on Italy and Abbah ordered that we make a list to make the shopping easier. We were about to leave when he stopped us all

"One more thing... Shatuu about these two I think its high time they get their own place" he suggested,

"I have been thinking the same thing as well since they have settled themselves" she replied looking at the both of us

"That's good! Mahmud you can take your wife home tomorrow or the day after that as it pleases you" Abbah ordered,

"Toh fa! Alhaji so soon? I thought maybe we could give them a bit of time" Mamie said,

"Haba Shatu! How much time do you want to give them, they have lived here for a year, they should have moved out a long time ago" Abbah scolded,

"You are right, I will inform Fatima about it inshaa Allah" Mamie gave in

"Please do so but I don't want any formalities, he will just take his wife and leave that's all" Abbah warned

Everyone left the living room excited except for me, this issue of moving in has shattered my excitement about going to Italy and all I could think about was how i was going to cope.

My phone started ringing as soon as I entered the room.

"Hello" I answered waiting for his response,

"Malama you heard what Abbah said so pack your things we are leaving tomorrow evening" he said happily

"Why do I have a feeling you had something to do with this" I asked

"Just be ready to leave" he said hanging up the call.

Can this really be happening to me? I kept asking myself while I tried to figure out ways to stop this from happening tomorrow or at least prolong it for as long as I could.

I decided to talk to Mamie about it but it seems her hands were tied too there was nothing she could do.

Everyone kept moving up and down as if we were having guests or something, the chefs were also busy preparing a lot of mouthwatering delicacies it was beginning to excite me... Maybe Ammi is coming over or something.

We were having a few of the samosas being prepared when Mamie came into the kitchen chasing us out and ordered we all go to the salon,

"But Mamie we were there a week ago" I whined,