Today Fadimatuu woke up feeling happy and sad.
Feeling happy because she's returning home to her Abba.
Feeling sad because she's leaving Ummi's house and returning to Ammi's cruelty.
She would miss Ummi, Ameerah and Imran a lot.
These time that they stayed together with Ameerah, their bond had really increased and they don't want to leave each other's side.
And now that they're going to study the same course in the university, they feel excited because they got to see each other everyday.
"If you finished day dreaming can we go and have our breakfast" Ameerah's voice brought her out of her trance of thoughts.
"Yes we can go" Fadimatuu replied her as she stand up from the bed.
They went out of the bedroom to the dinning room.
At the dinning table, they found Ummi and Imran sitting down and eating.
Daddy, their father had went to work early in the morning.
"Good morning Ummi" Fadimatuu went and side hug Ummi.
"Morning dear how was your night?" Ummi asked her.
"It was fine Ummi" Fadimatuu replied her sitting down beside her.
"It seems you forgot about my presence standing beside you" Ameerah said feigning hurt.
They just laughed at her.
"Morning Adda Fadimatuu" Imran greeted Fadimatuu just to irked Ameerah more.
"Good morning Imran" Fadimatuu replied him smiling already knowing the game he's playing.
"You this naughty boy, am I your mate? Ummi see the way he's laughing at me" Ameerah said smacking Imran's head.
"He's sorry please leave my boy alone" Ummi said.
"Ummi but--" Ameerah started saying but Ummi cut her off.
"No he did nothing wrong to you and you started hitting him, I don't want this to happen again" Ummi scolded her who mouthed "okay" in reply.
"And you Imran I don't want you teasing her again, she's your elder" Ummi scold Imran too who nod at her.
Fadimatuu looked at the daily drama that happened every each passing day between these two, Ameerah and Imran.
She would surely miss them a lot.
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Fadimatuu fight the tears that were threatening to fall as she looked at Ameerah's tears falling down on her face.
"It's not like I'm leaving the country we're in the same city, if you miss me I'm just one phone call away" Fadimatuu tried consoling Ameerah.
"But you don't have phone" Ameerah said pouting.
"Don't worry Abba said he'll buy me phone soon, before then you should call me on his phone" Fadimatuu said holding her hands.
"But I don't want you to leave, please stay for one week more, Ummi please talk to her in not leaving" Ameerah begged her and turn to Ummi to help her.
" I don't want her to leave too but her father had being bugging me in to letting her return saying he missed his princess very much" Ummi said.
"There is nothing you can do then, fine" Ameerah said turning her face away from them.
"Sorry my sweet girl, don't be angry nah, you forgot that we're starting school very soon and we'll get to see each other everyday" Fadimatuu said cheekily and that brought a smile on Ameerah's face.
"Yes you're right I almost forgot about that, I can't wait to enter university" Ameerah smiled brightly, one cannot say she's the same person that's act dull before.
"Me too" Fadimatuu smiled.
"Now am I permitted to go?" Fadimatuu asked Ameerah bowing her head a little.
"Yes you're but me and Imran are taking you home" Ameerah said and Fadimatuu rolled her eyes as if she didn't know.
"Don't tell me you took Zaynab's habits of rolling eyes" Ameerah gasped at her.
"Or your habits I took" Fadimatuu replied her.
"Whatever" Ameerah rolled her eyes.
"You see, you just rolled your eyes, I wish Zaynab was here to smacked you" Fadimatuu told her.
"And she's not here" Ameerah laughed.
"Yeah" Fadimatuu laughed too.
"I'll miss you Ummi very very very much much much" Fadimatuu said hugging Ummi who is standing watching them.
"I'll miss you too dear, don't forget to call me often" Ummi replied her smiling.
"In sha Allah I'll Ummi" Fadimatuu assured her.
"Okay May Allah continue to shower his blessings on you dear and all of you" Ummi prayed for them.
"Ameen" they chorused at the same time.
"Imran call Lado to take Fadimatuu's luggage to the car" Ummi told Imran who said "okay" and quickly ran out of the sitting room to outside.
"Fadimatuu you should continue being patient with your step mother, everything she wants if it's not wrong do it to her and live in peace with her because i don't want her to harm you in anyway.
"Continue respecting her as you always do, if she did something wrong to you and it's not your fault report it to your father or give me a call." Ummi advised Fadimatuu.
"Thank you Ummi, I'll do as you say in sha Allah" Fadimatuu said to her.
"That's my girl" Ummi said hugging her again.
*******
Fadimatuu, Ameerah and Imran stand at the gate of Fadimatuu's house knocking on it, but ten minutes had passed nobody open the it for them.
"Maybe there is nobody inside, we should just go back home and bring you back tomorrow or next week" Ameerah said feeling excited because there is no one at Fadimatuu's house.
"Let's wait a bit and you're feeling happy even if they is nobody at home, I would just stay at Aaminah's house" Fadimatuu said laughing at the face Ameerah gave her.
"Hmm" Ameerah just hummed at her.
They heard the sound of someone coming towards the gate.
"I think someone is at home"Fadimatuu said happily wishing it was Abba and boom Ammi opened the door surprised, she didn't know Fadimatuu was coming back today, she thought till tomorrow, Saturday.
"So the princess finally decided to come back to her kingdom" Ammi said the moment she saw them.
"Assalamu alaikum" They said salam to her ignoring what she said.
"Waalaikumussalam" she replied glaring at them and went inside the house.
"Let's go inside" Fadimatuu said entering the house first.
They went inside the sitting room and sat down, luckily Ammi is not inside maybe she's in her room.
"Fadimatuu we forgot your luggage at the car, Imran go and tell Malam tukur to bring them inside the house" Ameerah said.
"Okay" Imran said as he went out of the sitting room.
"Let's go and just bring it by ourselves since it's not that heavy" Fadimatuu told her to which she nod.
When they brought Fadimatuu's luggage they kept them at the sitting room and sat down.
"Let me bring water for you" Fadimatuu said trying to stand up but Ameerah held her from doing so.
"Don't worry yourself we're not tasty" Ameerah smiled.
"Okay since you say so" Fadimatuu replied her.
Just then Ammi came in and start opening Fadimatuu's luggage.
"Well well well so that Aunt of yours send you with all of these expensive things, no wonder you always want to go to her place because you saw she's rich" Ammi said hissing looking at all the variety of clothes, shoes, bags, jeweleries and other things.