Abii and the guests would be arriving in an hour,ummee was busy in the kitchen with the cooks while zainab stayed with the helps outside.
Their rooms have been prepared because they will be staying for almost a week before they can move to their own house.
They finished and moved up to dress,the table has already been set for dinner,amir and Faruq were already at the airport to pick them up.ummee has insisted that not only the drivers should go because that would be a sign of disrespect.
Zainab wore a Black straight gown and maroon Veil,she applied some makeup and sprayed herself with an oud perfume.she uses only oud perfumes because her body allerges to other brands.
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The screeching of tires and winking of horns announced their arrival,zainab was on her bed typing away on the phone when ummee sent for her.she did a little touch over of her make up before going downstairs.
They were all settled at the table when she arrived,uncle Ali's second daughter Rahma squealed and jumped on her.
They are age mates thereby friends with zainab being just a month older than rahma.
Their friendship binded with zainab's frequent visits to Saudi.
"Rahma whats that?,can't you see that she's not as fat as you are,do you want to break her?" Mamma said and they laughed
Rahma gave zainab a "we'll talk later" sign and she nodded
Zainab found a comfortable seat next to her mom and slid in, her eyes searched the table for someone and she found him sitting right next to amir and opposite her mom.their eyes met and she rolled hers before looking away.
She then landed them on Faruq who had a smirk on his face, she sighed and looked away this time keeping her eyes on her food.
"Zee you've grown thinner,have you been sick?"mamma asked looking at her
"Noo it's just this project thing, it has been been stressing me out" zainab said smiling
"when is the defence?" uncle Ali asked
"in a month time" she replied
"what course?" rabi"a asked giving her a disgusted look. She is the second born and first girl, also Faruq's age mate.she and zainab never really liked each other.
"economics" zainab said already getting tired of the questions,ummee noticed and gave her a nudge.
"Ohh you studied the same thing with ya ahmad" Rahma said with a big smile
"Oww that's nice" zainab said forcing a smile.
Ahmad typed away on his phone not looking up, zainab resisted the urge of rolling her eyes.rabia kept stealing dead glances at her while she just pretended to not have noticed.
"so Ahmad are you still interested in the force?" Abii asked
"yeah"
"that's good, I've spoken to my very good friend general Audi and he has promised to help"
"Alhamdulilah, thankyou so much Abii. I'm very grateful" Ahmad said with a wide grin on his face
Zainab scrunched up her face and gave him a disgusting look.ahmad looked at her and suddenly started wondering why she was showing him the attitude.
He has seen her countless times when she came to Saudi and when he visited Nigeria but they've never had an encounter.
Ahmad is amir's agemate and best friend.they attended the same university in London for their first degrees and later went back for Master's degree.
"so when is rabia's wedding?" ummee asked in a teasing tone
"not anytime soon,i have to settle into business first" Rabi said happily.pride oozing all over her.
Will she ever get married, when she's there dying for ya Yusuf's attention.zainab felt the urge of saying but resisted.
After the meal ummee asked a maid to show them to their various rooms.
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zainab couldn't sleep, her stomach kept growling.she couldn't eat to her satisfaction on the table and after dinner ummee wouldn't leave her to rest.
She crept out of bed silently and crept quietly to the kitchen upstairs.she was shocked to see Faruq and amir already there.
"so you are hungry too?" amir asked opening a new pack of coco pops.
"yeah too many annoying stuff on the table I couldn't eat" she replied settling on a stool.
"guess your reason is different" amir said passing a bowlful of the cereal to her
"what's your reason? " she asked
"we have worms" amir said smiling
"we?, you mean Faruq too?" she asked surprised
She turned to look at Faruq who was already staring at her trying to hide a smile
"you know you don't have any worms right?" she asked Faruq
"of course I do, i ate everything that was served on that table and i was still hungry"
"hmm"
"just that rabia's makeup was irritating"faruq said and they burst out laughing
"thank God I wasn't the only one that noticed" zainab said
"don't blame her, probably she didn't get to look at the mirror when they were leaving because they were in a hurry" amir added
"she likes Ya Yusuf" zainab said
"maybe that's why she doesn't want to get married now" Faruq said
"don't judge a book by its cover, she clearly stated her intentions on the table" amir said earning a look from zainab and faruq
"you are no fun,which girl is going to say she's waiting for a boy in the presence of his parents and siblings" Faruq asked
"besides she knows we don't like her because she's bad at everything" zainab added
"even the makeup explains that" Faruq said and they bursted into a series of loud laughter
"shhh, it's past midnight and you know very well that if ummee or Abii gets us still awake we are tossed" amir said
"they would probably think we are ghosts or something" zainab said looking at the door
"we should do this everytime" Faruq said
"for the first time you've said something sensible in your life" zainab said jumping down from the stool she was seated
Faruq picked a serving spoon from the counter and she ran out, he followed leaving amir to clear the mess alone.
That was not easy at all.
Sooooo how do you like the guest, Rabi? Rahma? Ahmad?
How do you like the late night bonding?,I love it.
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