Recap:

He drives those fancy cars that you like
But he doesn't call you at night and tell you he loves you
And he's thinking of you

Today is going to be a long long long day.

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August 19 2016

Dear diary....
So... 7 freaking good days to my 18th birthday huh. I CAN NOT wait! My body is shacking me. 

That is by the way. Guess what I'm doing today!! I'm attending a party. Remember Meena from Kano? The fair and chubby and fine and nice and crazy Meena. You say I'm crazy. But wait till you see this Meena.  She's beyond crazy. In fact... Compared to her I'm a very very very very very normal person. Lemme tell you today's secret.... I think Meena needs to go to a psychiatric hospital because her craziness is out of this world. But don't tell her I told you ohh.

Anyways.... Today is her cousin's birthday and she's celebrating it so she invited me. It's not like the Meena herself is going ohh. What actually happened was.. the cousin whose name happens to be Zaynab told Meena to invite me on her behalf because Meena lives in Kano while Zaynab loves here in Abuja. Now you must be wondering how I know Zaynab or how Zaynab knows me. Let me narrate the story.

Two years ago.. That's 2014 When I went to my younger paternal uncle's wedding in Kano, I met this girl Zaynab who happened to be my young paternal uncle's bride's niece. That's when I knew that Meena and the girl are cousins. In fact.... I think they're blood sisters sef. There's this striking resemblance. Zaynab is just the dark skinned version of Meena. After my paternal uncle's wedding, I met Zaynab quite a lot of times at Meena's house and we got along pretty well. My problem with her is... She's super quite and thinks she is always right. She might have changed? Who knows? After all I haven't seen her for a whole year.

I wonder what she looks like now- the Zaynab I met in 2014 had this flawless dark skin, intelligent and confident eyes, average height, chubby and had this chubby round face with tiny cute lips.

Who knows what she looks like now? She might have taken some slimming tea or gone on a diet or something. I mean that's what is in vogue these days right? Anyways.. What am I even supposed to wear? And who is going to take me? These are the questions I should ask myself not what if Zaynab is slim now because it is not really my business what she looks like.

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So now I'm at the party venue trying to figure out where I can find Zaynab because honestly I don't know anyone here and I am not in the mood to start saying hi to people that probably won't answer me just because I want to know where the birthday girl aka Zaynab is. Goddd! The decorations and everything here screams I'm 16 I'm 16. I can't believe I came to a 16 year old's birthday. Now people will think I'm her friend. Ruination! I need to do something. Something like get out of this place right now??

Oh no. That did not just happen. I raise my head to see the girl who just bumped into me causing my phone to fall. Oh my PHONE!! I mean I almost fell down too but my phones matters too right? No no! I don't mean my phone is more important than my life. I mean at least I didn't fall right? Who am I even asking? But... I would've preferred to be in the phone's place now- on the ground. What if my screen broke or cracked now? Oh wait! I have a screen protector. Which reminds me.. my phone is still on the ground. I should pick it before someone else who appreciates it more than I do pick it and this girl who bumped into me looks familiar. Well maybe I saw her on Instagram on a stalkery day. Who cares?

"I'm really very sorry" she says shaking me out of my thoughts and handing my phone over to me. Aww. Such a sweet and nice girl. I forgive her.

"Uh... No problem. It wasn't your fault" I say collecting my phone and slowly examining her hands up to her face that doesn't look like I've seen it on Instagram but in real life. Hmm. I must be hallucinating. This is my chance. "Uhm do you know where Zaynab is?"

She chuckles for a while then says "oh you mean Zaynab the celebrant who has been celebrating her sweet 16 for the past three years??"

Sweet 16 for the past three years. Wowzers. Noted!

"Yeahh"

"Well she's over there. With her friends who have also been 16 for three years. That's if I did the math well" she chukkles again and leaves

30 minutes later

Okay. So I went. To meet Zaynab and just like I guessed.... She's now slim and to be honest the skinny girl thing doesn't fit her and she was pretty nice but I could tell that her friends don't like. Who cares anyway? Not like I like them. So now I'm sitting here alone thinking of what I'm still doing here. If the Zaynab had not been nice and showed how glad she was that I came I would've left this place 20 minutes ago.

"Hauwa right?" A girl in in a black and white patterned long sleeved peplum top and a plain black long straight skirt with a black scarf says interrupting my narration. I don't even know her from anywhere and she knows my name? Wow

"Yeah? Do I know you?" I ask with an overly questioning and confused look on my melanin face

"You must be wondering how I know your name. Well I know everything. And I know you're going through a relationship crisis your your boyfriend or should I say ex boyfriend?"

"He's still my boyfriend. And how did you know?"

"But you guys aren't on good terms so we can call him ex. And do you know what I do whenever one of my boyfriends breaks up with me??"

"What?"

"I sing. And everything becomes normal. So I'll sing my go to song for you

Well, I had me a boy, turned him into a man
I showed him all the things that he didn't understand
Whoa, and then I let him go

Now, there's one in California who's been cursing my name
'Cause I found me a better lover in the UK
Hey, hey, until I made my getaway

One, two, three, they gonna run back to me
'Cause I'm the best baby that they never gotta keep
One, two, three, they gonna run back to me
They always wanna come, but they never wanna leave

Ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me
Like gho-o-osts they want me to make 'em all
They won't let go
Ex's and oh's

And I can like hook you up with some nice nice nice cute ass boys. Just tell me when you want"

"You have a nice voice" and I mean it "I don't want any boy"

"You're boring but guess what! I'm going to hook you up like it or not. I'll give someone your number "

"How will you? When you don't have it"

"Hauwa. You're making me laugh wallahi. I know you like I know my name"

"And what's your name??"

"Fatima as in Zara as in Batul as in Binta as in Nana as in Lipsdripping"

"Wow.."

"I know right. So see you some other time Hauwa Ahmed aka the countdown mistress" with that said... She disappears into the thin air. She has to be a witch or something. And this girl is really crazy. Remember when I said Meena is really really really really really really crazy?? Cancel that because this girl is more than crazy. And it just clicked! 7 days to my birthday and I haven't done anything at all. No cake no venue no menu. Nothing nothing. Hauwa Maijidda Muhammed Ahmed.. You are in trouble!

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Late update but it's still Saturday🙃
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