When the makeup artist was done with my makeup I looked at my self in the mirror
Well...I won't lie to myself, I did looked nice, but it was not as simple as I would have liked it to be
But I was actually surprised she listened to me and she did it simple despite Rabi'ah's rants
I thanked her as she stared to tie the head tie
The men of my family are ready to go for the daurin Aure
Yaya Abdul walked into Aunty's room with his babban Riga on and his Zanna Bukar cap perched on his head
I opened my mouth wide with a smile that couldn't even contain my face "Ha'an, ba sauki fah!, kayi kyau" (It's not easy! You look nice)
"Na sani ai" he said as he fixed his babban riga "I wish I could say the same for you" he teased (I know)
I gave him a blank face
He burst out laughing
I'm going to miss this dork
"Wasa nakeh, You know you look nice" he said (I'm Kidding)
"Yeah whatever" I said
"You see, that's why I don't compliment you, you end up not appreciating the compliment" he said
"When are you going to start crying? I don't want to miss it" he added
"Don't worry, I'll make sure you're there" Rabi'ah said
He smiled at her
I rolled eyes at them
"Let me take you two a picture" Rabi'ah said
Ya Abdul moved towards me and he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and I wrapped mine around his waist and we both grinned at the camera
Rabi'ah took the picture and we actually looked very nice
Ya Abdul left the room because everyone was waiting for him outside
I moved back to my room only to see it filled with most of my cousins and friends
Immediately they saw me the all started squealing like a bunch of crickets
Yeah, I know, I can be mean
They came to hug me one by one they made me feel so loved
I saw Khadija coming towards me and I was so happy she came
She hugged me and she spoke in my ear "girl! I found out you were marrying him yesterday!, do you know how shocked I was"
I released her and I laughed at her expression "it just happened Khadija"
I Know it must have been so confusing because I gave her a card saying I'm marrying someone like a week ago and now it's a different case
But she didn't question it
"Well I'm happy for both of you" she said
I grinned at her just as my cousin Fauziya enveloped me in a hug
I hugged her back
It took me some time to finally sit down
"Keh, Juma'ah prayer is over" Rabi'ah whispered to me (Prayer)
That's when I realized she was sitting next to me
I rolled my eyes at her but deep inside all I wanted to do was hide under a rock and never come out
I was sooooo nervous
Anyone who felt my heart rate at this moment abound think there was something wrong with me
Calm down
Calm down
Calm down
It seemed like about 30 minutes when Ya Abdul called through phone
I didn't even want to answer so I passed the phone to Rabi'ah
She answered the phone and immediately he started talking she stood up and she tackled me into a hug
"Congratulations!" She told me
And that was when I knew I've officially entered the other stage of my life
"You idiot! You're now Mrs Kashim, Umar Kashim is officially out of the market, Ashe akwai kuka yau" Salma announced (There will be tears)
Everyone in the room burst out laughing
I knew my shoulders were going to be numb by the end of the day because of the hugs I was getting
The mosque wasn't very far away from our house so I wasn't surprised to hear several horns at the gate
I walked towards the window
I noticed Ya Abdul's car first and several others followed behind, when the compound was full the gateman closed the door and he started indicating to people that they should park outside
Baba and Ya Abdul came out of his car and one of my uncles
Others started to go out of their cars too
Most of my cousins left the room to go help with serving the food
The yinnin biki officially started and more and more people were just coming into the house
Salma dragged me to Aunty's room and the make up artist re touched my make up
It wasn't like there was something wrong with it anyway
Aunty put a veil around me from behind and that's when Noticed she was in the room
She hugged me and I hugged her back we kept rocking left and right until Rabi'ah burst out laughing
"Aunty release her before she starts crying" she said
I rolled my eyes at her as I tried to keep my tears from falling
Aunty released me and she led me downstairs to take pictures with Baba and my uncles
I couldn't even remember his many people I took pictures with
After Baba, I took pictures with my uncles, then I took a picture alone with Ya Abdul and Rumaisa, then with Aunty and Baba, then with my aunties, then my male cousins, then my female cousins, then my friends, then finally I took a picture with Rabi'ah and Salma
I couldn't even see well because of the flashes, my cheeks were hurting from grinning too much
When I thought it was over and I could finally go back
The photographer insisted he must take me alone
He took me the pictures alone and I went back upstairs with Salma trailing behind me
I entered my room to see food and I honestly couldn't contain my joy
I immediately dug in
I haven't realized how hungry I was
I finished and I drank water, all I wanted to do was sleep and get out of this heavy gown
The daukan Amarya was at 5 o'clock
I haven't noticed how I missed Umar, don't get me wrong but, I actually missed him and frequent annoyed glared
I didn't want him to be glaring at me with anger, hurt and disappointment in his eyes
I rather watch him glare at me with annoyance
And, he's actually suppose to call me now
Well, he should have if you haven't made him angry
My mind told me
I sighed as I looked at Salma who was trying to clip her bracelet in place
She noticed me looking at her and she looked up
She frowned when she saw my face "why the sad face?"
"Cmo'n smile for me" she added
I immediately smiled when I remembered telling Umar that in the hospital
I'm so crazy
"Let's go dance, everyone is waiting for you" she said as she ran downstairs
I looked out the window to see all the cars from earlier cleared, all of them parked outside
And three big canopies were set up
Some men were arranging chairs around the tables in the canopy
And by the right side of the compound there were masu kidan kwarya seated on their mats ready to start beating
Are they trying to ruin our ears?
Which one are we doing to listen to?
Them or the dj?
I was still looking out the window when my two cousins Fauziya and Hannatu came to my room and they dragged me downstairs to dance
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Masu Kisan Kwarya- The people hitting the calabash
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