It was Wednesday evening and preparations for my 'Wedding' has begun
Like play like play this thing is actually becoming real
And it's not funny
I keep waking up everyday to hope that Baba would change his mind
But I know I'm just fooling myself
I was in the living room with mama and Rumaisa choosing laces
But the truth was, they were the ones choosing the laces, not me
"Hameeda, you like purple right, this will look good on you" Aunty said
I nodded without looking at the lace
Just playing with the bracelet on my arm
"Ok then, we would take this one too" Aunty told the woman
The woman nodded and she dropped the laces where the others were
My wedding date was Friday next week
I finally met 'the groom' yesterday
And when I went into Baba's living room to meet him I almost ran away
He was giving me a smile that would make a child cry
I managed to stay seated on the couch for a good hour without fainting
He was just asking me random questions and I gave short answers
I was hoping he'll understand that I didn't want to get married to him and call the wedding off
But NO!
He only seems to smile wider with every answer I gave
I also happened to find out he had two daughters
One my age and the other older than me
I was now going to be their 'mother'
That thought alone could make me cry
Rumaisa and Aunty began to choose their laces
What shocks me is that Rumaisa doesn't get the fact that I don't want this wedding, in fact she's excited
She happily lives her life while I cry my self to sleep every night
When Rabi'ah heard this news she couldn't help but cry with me when I started crying again
We have known each other since secondary school and she knows that this isn't how I planned out my life and isn't my dream wedding
Ya Abdul's reaction was the worse, he left the house and I haven't seen him since Friday
He leaves the house before I wake up and comes back when I'm asleep
I don't know why he's doing this, it's not my fault
I'm not the one forcing my self to get married
Zulaiha came in carrying a big black nylon filled with only God knows what
She dropped in beside Aunty and Aunty turned to look at her
"Zulaiha meh wannan?" She asked (what is this?)
"Su katin neh" she said and she turned and she left (it's the cards)
"Ooo, the cards are ready" Rumaisa said as she crawled to were the bag was and she tore the bag before she brought out one card
"Hameeda Yusuf Ali weds Sanusi Abubakar bello" she read out
I clenched my bracelet tighter
Aunty noticed that and she snatched the card away from Rumaisa and she dropped it back into the bag
"Don't touch it, wait until your father comes back" she said
Rumaisa nodded before she went back to her normal position
"Hameeda shikenan? You don't want any other lace?" Aunty asked (is that all?)
"Yes, these ones are ok, ca-..can I go back to my room?" I asked
"Sure" she said
I nodded and I went back into my room
I laid down on the bed and I realized it was time for asr so I
stood up, I performed ablution and came out
I put on my hijab and I started praying
When I was done I prayed to Allah to choose what's best for me
I laid down on my bed when the door opened and Rabi'ah walked in
"I realized you were having a bad day, so come on, let's go out" she told me, standing by the door
I smiled as I stood up and I took my veil before I followed her out of my room
I told Aunty I was going out and we left
We entered her car and she began driving
"Where are we going?" I asked
"I don't even know. Where do you want to go?" She asked
I shrugged
"Ok then, let's have lunch" she said
"At 4pm?" I asked
"So?, who says we can't" she said with a smirk
"It's like Umar Kashim has travelled" she said out of the blue
"Really? How did you know"
"I have one of his friends on Snapchat, and the guy posted Umar in one place like this, it's like they went together" she said
"Oh" I said
She turned the on the radio and the song cheap trills played on the radio
A chuckle escaped my lips when I remembered when this song played in Umar's car and I sang along with it only for him to get annoyed...as always
"What?" Rabi'ah asked
"Nothing" I said
We stopped at a restaurant and we came out
We entered and we ordered our food
Our drinks arrived first before the food later arrived
We were eating and talking when a girl came up to us with a grin
I looked up and I smiled at her a little
Okayyy
"Hi" she said
"Hello" i replied
"You're Hameeda right?" The girl asked
"Yes" I said
"You're very pretty Masha Allah, Baba showed us your picture"
At this point i was feeling weird
Rabi'ah frowned "excuse me, who are you?"
The girl face palmed her self before she turned to me again "sorry for not introducing myself, I'm Malika, you're marrying my dad"
Well that was very blunt
"Oh..ya kike?" I awkwardly said (how are you?)
"Lafiya" she said with a grin
"Sorry for disturbing you, I just wanted to say hi" she said
"No problem, take care" I told her
She smiled before she walked out of the restaurant with a plastic bag in her hand
I suddenly didn't feel like eating anymore so I pushed my plate away and I took a sip from my smoothie
I looked at Rabi'ah "are you done?" I asked
"Oh come on, don't let this spoil your mood" she said
I shrugged and I smiled a little "it already is"
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Heyy
How are you people doing?
Ayya, our Umar and Hameeda ship is breaking apart ☹️☹️☹️
How do you feel about this 'Baba' sanusi? 😂
I honestly forgot that I was supposed to update after three days now 😂🤦🏾♀️
Sorry for the delayyyyy
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