" Yeah we will be late if you don't hurry"
I hear Ariya say before the bang at the door that followed after. I brush up really quick and take a cold bath. Still in the shower I remember I do not even have my black cloths for mum's burrial and I'm almost late .
Holy shitt!!!
"Ill never be able to make it on time" I scold myself. I Dry myself up before leaving the bath room into the room with the cotton white towel round my waist.
"Ethan you better put something on, I'm coming in"
Wow what a nice way to warn Ariya, bravo!
"I have a towel on, you can come in"
*OMG looking at his shinny skin and everything got me a watery mouth. Just by looking at his well shaped lips till his smooth apps*
"I got you some cloths because we are already late. I hope they fit"
"Cloths? How? From where?"
"I rushed to the mall and got them while you were in the shower"
I watch in admiration as she placed the new cloths on the bed and she picked up my other cloths, folded and packed in the wardrobe.
"Please try to hurry Ethan we ain't got much time left"
I hear my phone buzzle, it's aunt. I pick up my phone. "Thank you Ariya" sincerely meaning it before I spoke with aunt.
"Hello aunt"
"Where are you nephew? We will be starting the ceremony in less than an hours time did you forget?"
"No aunty, I'm sorry, I'm on my way, we will be there before you know it"
I drop the call and put down my phone before hurrying for the cloths.
"The last thing you wanna do now is be late for your mums burial so hurry"
Before I got the chance to say anything else, she went out already. Well fair enough at least I'll hurry now. "Hmmm she got really good taste with fashion" like I can't believe the fashionable long sleeves she got me, it's beautiful, really beautiful and it fits like it was made for me. I match it with the black quality jeans she brought it along with. I wear it before cutting off the price tag from it.
"Wow!"
It's even an H&M brand. I so love this brand. I finally slot the brown leather belt in the stripes of the jeans after taking in my shirt. Finally I wear the mustard brown leather cow boy boots she got along with the outfit. How did she even know my EXACT size?
"Hmmmm" I muse. But I love the way I look right now because of her.
I hurry and leave the room and once I get close enough, I hug her. Yeah I do hug her, I mean this is too much, I feel like a baby on Christmas Day.
"Thank you so much" I manage to say over her shoulders. She gently pushes me off before starring at me. She smiles which makes me smile too.
" hmm you look much better than I imagined you in them. They fit so perfectly " she said analyzing what she just created with a bended index finger under her chin.
"Let's go"
I rush before her and opened the door to the passenger seat so she can get in. Not getting tired of this anytime soon, I smile to myself. I get in the drivers seat and I start driving. I drive as fast and as careful as I can hoping to get to the wake 30minutes before time.
We soon arrive and I open the door for her to come out. I stare with so much satisfaction and admiration.
"I didn't get the chance to tell you back there, Ariya you look breath taking in black".
"Thank you Ethan"
God knows if this woman wasn't here by my side I should have probably already jumped off a bridge by now. And drowned, or died.
ARIYA.....
We get in and rush to aunt Steph hugging her so tight, then Ethan hugged her too and placed his left arm over her shoulders as they move to the casket in which aunt Su lay.
I just sit myself in one of the white chairs at the front.
Ethan is standing by that casket too long, I know he's gonna be feeling drowned soon. I stand up and move towards him by the casket to keep him company. Aunt Su left too soon, she's lying so peaceful in this casket. I turn back in Ethan's direction and he's just standing there steel, no motion, no tears, I could only read the pain in his eyes and feel the vibration of his agony in the room.
Soon, the wake was crowded with different people, family, friends, workers, well wishers. I spotted many of aunt Su's workers from Su's crying at the back. Every one was in black to symbolize the fall of a great kitchen wizard.
At exactly 4pm, we move the casket to the cemetery for the funeral. All the while, Ethan is moving by aunt Steph who hasn't stopped crying for the loss of her sister. Sometimes it's ok to let out all the pain we feel inside , it's ok to just cry, at a point it'll make you feel better.
We all stand steel in sorrow as the priest reads out the text of meditation.
"Susan was a good woman, God gave and so he has taken, may her gentle soul rest in the bosom of our father"
"Amen" the crowd says in a chorus.
"In the name of God the father, God the son, and God the Holy Spirit "
"Amen" the crowd replies.
"Our father..." the priest leads the Lord's Prayer and we follow till conclusion.
Thank you aunt for everything, I'm a better cook and a lover of Cameroon meals today because of you. You were an amazing person, thank you for welcoming me into your home like I was family. I'm gonna miss you but Ethan and aunt Steph will miss you more. Please watch over them from above, your son is weak and he needs your guidance please always make it on time to him so he doesn't hurt himself. I'll help him too in anyway I can.