Heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

~~SOMEONE LIKE YOU~~ adele

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I gently knocked on the door to baba's room, "Come in" i heard him said from inside.

It was just 30mins after ameela left. So, i came to apologize to him, for what i did. I realized i was really stupid, how could i simply turn my back at my father just because he chose a husband for me, after all he had given me in life.

"Salamu alaikum" i greeted before sitting on the carpet next to the sofa he was sitting.

"Wa Alaikumussalam" he greeted back, hands clamped together. The room was dead silent, his eyes were fixed on me and my head was down. I tried to remember what ameela told me to say. But I couldn't remember a word. I think i had a memory lapse.

"I don't have all day, speak" he said solemnly

"Baba I'm...I'm very sorry I understand i was... I was wrong. I didn't mean to hurt you really, I'm sorry for my behavior..." He cut me off "What exactly are you here for?" I gulped "Well.. I'm just here to tell you that I'm really sorry and i will marry anyone of your choice not even al amin, i promise you that"

The corner of his lips curled into a small smile. Yayyyyyy!

"This is what I expected you to say the other day, but Alhamdulillah" he spoke, i grinned widely "Do you forgive me? You're no more angry with me?"

He frowned "No"

The grin on my face was now gone "Why? Tell me whatever you want i'll do it I promise baba, wallahi" i was now at the verge of tears.

Its been 3 good days but he was still angry with me. He never got angry with me for days the highest was 24hrs. I wonder what i did again.

He remained hushed so i took that as my cue. I was just about to stand when he proposed his hands on my shoulders, i looked up at him with a puzzled look.

He smiled, dimples winking out "I was kidding Its okay I'm really proud of you, i know its not easy to marry the man who you don't love, I want you to do this for me, i have planned this for years but i waited for alhaji tafida to speak first and I was lucky he did, al amin didn't know too but I'm sure he must have told him by now" he inhaled "I've forgiven you"

I was surprised that al amin didn't know too, I wonder how he will react. I shoved the thought away because all i care about right now was baba, he has finally forgiven me. I hugged him as tears of joy slipped down my eyes "Thank you baba", he gently rubbed my back and pulled away "Don't cry", i smiled as i wipe the tears away.

Thank you Allah!

"I know you don't love him" a voice came from behind me, mama's voice.

She sat next to baba and gave me a sad smile "Always know that what Allah wills will be done he alone is the turner of hearts, some people say love comes after marriage and I believe them because that was exactly what happened between me and your father. I didn't know him and he didn't know me too, the marriage was arranged, but i knew he was a son of my father's friend", they looked at each other and smiled "I gradually fell in love with him after the marriage and even 7years without a single child we still loved each other, and later Allah blessed us with a baby girl Asma'u and then you. I thanked Allah and my parents for marrying me off to him, I realized me and him were meant to be together, your father is a great man. Believe me you might have a change of heart too"

Subhanallah their story was so amazing. How they looked at each other, they were really in love. But the thing here was will the same thing happen to me and al amin??. I felt like our situation was different from theirs.

I let out a sigh then looked up to see four eyes looking at me. "Baba i need a favor"

"Anything for my little baby" he replied, smiling.

Awwwn! Baba was really not angry with me anymore

I cleared my throat "I will marry al amin, but please don't fix the date soon, i want to start my university first, when i finish my first year of university, we can get married by then" they were both still staring at me like a poster in front of them "I'm... I'm sorry If you're not okay with it, its not necessary... I mean you can fix the date anytime you wish" i stuttered

Baba shook his head then smiled "Its okay i will talk to his father, I don't have a problem with that and I'm very sure he won't have a problem with it too"

I let out an air of relief "Thank you baba", he yawned "Its getting late, you should go and sleep", i looked at the watch hanging on the wall "Baba its just 10:34pm"

"Well, we the old people sleep early" he spoke, referring to himself and mama. "Baba you're not old... Umm... okay i agree but mama isn't old she's just turning 40", they both laughed "Okay If she's not old then I'm not old too" he defended

"No you've already said it, you are old"

"He is not old" mama defended him too

We chatted a little more before baba decided to shoo me outta the room, he said i talk too much and I won't allow them to sleep.

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Morning sun warmed my face, drawing me out of the deepest slumber I have experienced since 4days back.

I groaned, i was sure it was mama who opened the curtains.

I read the morning du'a then strolled to the bathroom.

I saw my phone ringing when i hopped out. I was surprised when I saw the person calling was no one but abdulazeez. My heart started beating so fast, i have to explain everything to him.

I dialed answer. It was Now or never

"Hello rukayya, Oh God finally you picked, what happened to you? Were you sick? Why aren't you picking my calls? I was worried sick about you, I almost gave up" he spoke in a matter of seconds without even breathing. I was really out of words and all i could came up with was what "Hey"

"What's wrong with you? Are you ill?" He asked this time calm. I remained hushed without uttering a word, I didn't know how to explain, I didn't know where to start from.

He was quite too, so I cleared my throat "abdulazeez", he was silent for a minute before he answered with "Hmmm"

"It's hard to find the words to tell you this, but abdulazeez i have to, please don't react" I swallowed "I'mgoingtogetmarried", he chuckled "Woo that was so fast, slow down I didn't hear what you have just said"

I closed my eyes and held unto the pillow on my lap tightly like my life depended on it "I'm going to get married"

"Whattttt? This is kind of a sick joke" he shouted

"Please abdulazeez don't react, let me explain" he didn't speak so I continued "The whole thing was arranged and i didn't know until the last 4 days baba told me, when i tried to beg him he got very angry with me, wallahi the whole thing was beyond my strength, baba was angry with me for days and I couldn't stand it anymore..."

"So you agreed?" He cut me off, "Please Abdulazeez don't get me wrong, its not like i want it too I can't just disrespect my father he raised and gave me all that i needed for 18 good years and all i could repay him with was disappointment, think about it" My voice was now cracking

"Oh really?" He snapped bitterly "Then why didn't you tell me for past four days i have been calling you, if you do love me and care about me you won't put me in such situation. Last four days were hell for me rukayya. If you only knew what i have been through, you wouldn't just dare to tell me that..i don't buy it, this is what girl uses nowadays, use auren dole ki cuceni! I guess this is it.. bye rukayya"

I was just about to speak when he cut off the phone. So i just lay back on my bed little sobs escaping from my mouth.

How i wish i can make him understand. Abdulazeez was never like this, he never raises his voice on me, he had a soft heart, it was never hard for me explain anything for him, he called me his Heart! I guess now its all history.. He doesn't love me no more, he has completely changed from what i told him.

I just hope he forgives me and find someone who will make him happy, i know i did him wrong. Ya Allah help me! Make it easy on me ya Allah, if this is a test then i hope i pass it.

My stomach groaned and that was when I realized I haven't eaten my breakfast and its already 11am.

I went downstairs and found mama and baba having their breakfast. i greeted them then pulled out a chair that was facing mama and sat.

"Where were you?" Baba asked wiping his mouth with a napkin, "In my room" i answered briefly. "Al amin and his father along with some of his uncles are coming tomorrow in sha Allah so get prepared"

I sighed "Okay baba Allah ya kaimu"

"Why are you so silent today? Are you okay?" Mama asked in a soft voice. I smiled "I'm totally okay mama" i lied

I realized letting abdulazeez go won't be easy, I cannot seem to get him out of my mind. I knew it will not be easy for him to understand the kind of situation i was in. What aches me the most was when he said 'this is what girl uses nowadays, use auren dole ki cuceni'. Abdulazeez was never like this

"Earth to rukayya" mama spoke snapping her fingers in front of my face. "Uh yeah?" I said abruptly

"What were you thinking about?" She asked after sitting on the chair beside me, i shook my head "Ummm... Nothing important". She just nodded and I proceeded with my meal.

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"Please ya husna" i begged really irritated. She called me on Skype to confirm if i was really getting married with Al amin and i said 'yes'. And now I realized i made a big mistake, she kept on ranting about how I didn't care about her at all these days and how I didn't tell her about the marriage that she was even the one that called to confirm and all.

"Baba shouldn't have listened to you, what's the difference if you get married now and later?, besides al amin is not a stranger, baba knows him very well, we shouldn't waste our time"

I place my hand on my forehead in frustration "Ya husna what is done is done the past cannot be undone, calm your horses, and why are you so eager? Its not like the president's daughter or the emir's daughter is getting married there is nothing special, no single party or anything"

"You're crazy, my one and only sister is getting married and you are asking me why I'm so eager, if i slap you ehn, and if you think there will be no single party then you made a big mistake" she spoke pointing at me

I rolled my eyes "Whatever"

"Don't whatever me" she warned then inhaled "I really can't believe my crazy baby sister is getting married with the most handsome guy in kano or let me say in Nigeria" she made a dreamy sigh

I rolled my eyes again "Well thank God my husband-to-be or whatever is more handsome than someone's husband" i stuck out my tongue

And the next thing that appeared on the screen was uncle mustapha, her husband with a raised eyebrow "So you mean to say that I'm ugly, thank you so much"

"Noooo I wasn't referring to you, I wouldn't even dare, of course uncle mustapha you're handsome, you know what? you're even finer than your wife, I'm even scared in the near future you will have to marry 3 more wives" i winked at ya husna whose eyes were now widened

"You.. How... Oh my..." She couldn't even come up with a sentence which made me burst out laughing. "Uhmm that is exactly what i was thinking of doing, maybe you should find me a girl that will suit me" he said his right hand supporting his chin. Ya husna shot him a glare and then me.

"Its no biggie, anything for my in-law" i gave him a thumbs up.

"Seriously this is not a joke" she rolled her eyes in annoyance. I like it when she gets angry.

Hahahahahha!!

He opened his mouth to talk but before he could utter a word she threw a pillow directly on his face "And you" she turned back to me "Prepare for our next meeting because its not going to be good"

"Haba habeebty i was just kidding, you know you're always my number one, my one and only" he tried to calm her down. She pushed him away before she disconnected the call.

I chuckled softly. I'm sure he will suffer real bad before he calmed her down. Well thats ya husna for you. The two of them are so cute together I could still remember the first time they met, it was so funny. She went for her best friend's wedding and was called to give a brief history about the bride then uncle mustapha was called too to do the same for the groom. After they were done the MC asked them to dance together, they were both shy and the whole people in the hall started to laugh at them. And from that very wedding they hooked up.

I smiled as the memory lingered on my mind

*sigh* *sigh*

A/alaikum beautiful people,
How are you all doing? Good in sha Allah?

I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

I still can't believe rukayya ameen is getting married with al amin muhammad.

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Ruru❤️