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Recap:

"This key signifies home. And you are my home" he said and made me wear the bracelet
"Always keep it with you"

"It's so beautiful. I promise"

"And I'm falling in love with you"

I didn't even wait for him to ask for a kiss. I just leaned in.

In case you're wondering what I wore......

August 10 2016

Dear diary...

Diary diary. I know I haven't had time for you for three days. That is if I did the math correctly. Whatever! You should just not be mad at me because a lot has been happening.
Yeah yeah I know I'm supposed to share everything with you but I didn't have the time to do that. Now what's the use of this suspense? And why do I always talk to you as if you can actually hear me? The answer to that question is I DUNNO. I have to go to Hafsat's house

Okay. Bye!

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After I told my friends about my relationship with Aminu and blah blah, I didn't hear much from Hafsat -none of my friends did. We found it weird you know. Like normal Hafsat CANNOT stay away from her phone for 30seconds. So Mufeeds suggested that we should go to her house to check on her. Beginning of wahala.

We went. And we saw her. Not in a good state. "Hafsat what is wrong with you?" I asked ohh. But Hafsat did not answer me. I asked again but the girl did not answer. When I asked the third time was when she decided to answer. I just wonder who she was forming for. Don't tell her I said that. Me Hauwa Ahmed that went for that girl's suna- naming ceremony. I just love blabbing.

"I just hate that woman" was what she said. I didn't need to ask who 'that woman' was because I just happened to know who she was referring to. You see there's this one thing that we both (Hafsat and I) have in common -our grandmothers hate us!  SUPERRRB

Why does Hafsat's grandma hate her? Because Hafsat is dark skinned and all her siblings and cousins are light skinned. I know you'll agree with me that that's a very very stupid reason.
A stupid reason to hate someone that much.

Why does my own grandma hate me? Because Maama grew up abroad and Daddy met her when he went to do his masters in Australia then they fell in love and got married there. Daddy told kaaka(grandma) who was not so happy about the marriage because 1. Maama didn't grow up in Nigeria 2. Kaaka prefers auren dangi- marriage amongst relatives so she can control the wives of her sons. Then Kaaka wanted me to study a professional course but I chose interior design and decorations instead. So she hates me. I just hope she knows that the feeling is mutual. I hate her too. Thank God Hafsat hates her kaaka too (I hope so). Then another fun fact is our grandmothers both hate each other. We don't know the story behind the hate but if we consider the fact that I like trouble, this is too much fun. Kick!

But we're not here to talk about haters right? Lemme carry on with my story. So when Hafsat said she hates her Kaaka I said "yeah I know. You've been saying that for Allah knows how long and you haven't exactly done anything to show her you hate her"

"You're so not helping matters" she scolded and that was when I noticed that she was crying.

"You don't expect me to help matters if you keep me in suspense. Hope you know?"

"You guys. ENOUGH.  We came here to find out what is going on in this pretty girl's life" Mufeeda stated acting like she was the only sensible person there. Typical Mufeeda. "Do you mind telling us what has been going on in your life?"

"Okay." Hafsat started with a sigh. "So Hanan called me some weeks ago with a number which happened to be her husband's number. Then she requested me to send some pictures to that number. They were like furniture pictures. I sent the pictures and later got a reply from that number but I ignored it. Then he started calling and texting but I ignored some and gave some silent treatments. I don't know how Hanan found out about the calls and texts but when she did she told Kaaka immediately and she of course had to make it look like I wanted to snatch her STUPID husband. What's so good in him to snatch sef? Shitbag!"

"Wait! You mean Hanan your very very very light skinned cousin?"

"Yes"

"The Hanan they call baturiya- a white person?"

"Yes"

"Hanan your grandmother's favorite?"

"YES!! why the questions?"

"Nothing. Just wanted to be sure who we're talking about. And I like the way you stressed the 'stupid"

Mufeeda shot me a dead glare and said "you won't be the end of me Hauwa" then she turned to Hafsat and said "first of all I want to say sorry for all that......." I had to interrupt

"Mtsw. Anty nice. Why are you saying sorry Mufeeda? And you Hafsat I can't believe you're here crying" I turned to face her "c'mon! Don't fall my ass. You need to learn to stand up for yourself and become your own heroine. Stop being such a slacker"

"Uhm... Incase you forgot, this thing is serious" Mufeeda said frowning at me. What did I say wrong please?

"Exactly. And we're having a meeting on the 11th. I'm sure that woman will come up with some stupid decision that will ruin my life"

"Perfect! This is a perfect opportunity for you to stand up for yourself and show that woman how much you dislike her. Be the heroine of your story Hafsat!"

"You're not realistic" Mufeeda said rolling her eyes

"Does that make me ideological?"

"I don't know. Maybe" Mufeeda answered

"Then I'm cool with that" I said smiling "get ready Hafsat! To become a heroine. Then I'll write a book about it"

"It's not as easy as it seems" Hafsat sighed

"Then you make it easy!" I exlaimed

But for now.... Good night. I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a long long day. A long day with adventures..... Sweet dreams. Or should I say dream of Aminu😌. I meant I should dream of Aminu. None of you should dream of him. If you do that... I'll hunt you in your dreams till I kill you.

Pssst. This is Hauwa's dictionary ⬇️

Lool. I'm just kidding. Hauwa is not that dangerous.

Sorry for the suspense. I just had to. See you in the next chapter. Till then!...... Daura your danmara!!

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It really hurts me to see or hear of things like this happening. And the fact that there's nothing I can do about it hurts me the most 💔
Whatever happened to the love and values of humanity?