How time flies, Fadimatuu still can't believe she's starting University today.
It's just like yesterday that she graduated from high school.
She's a little bit scared of University.
How would University treat her?
Are the lecturers nice or they aren't like how she heard from people?
But she hoped they're nice In sha Allah.
But when she remembered she's not alone, Aaminah, Ameerah and Zaynab were there with her she felt at ease.
She stared at the mirror in front of her as she put some powder on her face, then applied khol in her eyes and put lip balm on her lips.
She's not a fan of makeup, she preferred leaving her face natural.
She tied her veil in Talha style as she's dressed in her simple black Abaya with some small embroidery in it.
She picked her phone from the dressing table and put it inside her bag.
She went and pick her black half covered shoe and wore it.
She checked her bag again to see, if she didn't forget anything, her books and pen were inside.
And even her student card.
She would start her lectures today at 10:00am and now it's already 9:00am, she need to hurry up, she can't be freaking late at her first day in university.
She don't want to appear bad in front of her lecturers.
She quickly ambulated out of her bedroom to her father's room and knocked on his door.
"Come in" She heard his calm voice said.
She open the door and went inside saying "Assalamu alaikum Abba"
"Waalaikumussalam Princess, I see you're already for your first day at University" He smiled warmly at her when she sat on the rug below him as he's sitting in a one sitter chair.
"Yes Abba, I even come to tell you I'm going now as I have lectures at 10:00am" She replied him.
"Okay let me take you to school since I'm going now" He told her.
"Okay Abba let me call Aaminah so that we can go together" She said picking her phone from her bag to which he nod.
"Let me go and greet Ammi" She said again standing up.
"Okay I'm coming out now too" Abba said and she nod leaving his bedroom to Ammi's room.
"Assalamu Alaikum Ammi" She said as she entered Ammi's room as the door was opened.
"Waakaikumussalam" Ammi replied her not even sparing her a glance.
"Ammi I'm going to school now" She told her.
"It's not my business if you're going to school, hope you clean the whole house and cooked breakfast" Ammi said.
"Yes Ammi I had done everything I usually do" She replied her.
Fadimatuu didn't return to sleep since when she wakes up from Subhi Prayer, as she's busy cleaning the house and after that she cooked break fast.
"Good for you" Ammi said waving her hand at her dismissively.
"Bye till I return from school" She said standing up and heading out of Ammi's room as she didn't even replied her, only glared at her in return.
She heard the ring tone of her phone, she looked at it and saw Aaminah calling her, she even forgot to call her as she said.
"Assalamu alaikum" She said immediately she answered the call.
"Waalaikumussalam your Highness, I've being calling you since but you haven't answers huh? You want to make us late at our first day at University?" Aaminah rambled at other end of the call.
"When did you call me? I didn't see your missed call" She said as she check her phone for any missed call but of course they had to be her missed call. "Maybe you called" She smiled sheepishly.
"I have to call nah" Aaminah said.
"Are you ready? Abba is going to take us to school" She informed her.
"Yes I'm ready let me come out" Aaminah said to which she said "okay" before hanging up the call.
"Princess let's go" Abba said immediately he entered the sitting room.
"Okay Abba, but you haven't taken your breakfast" She said quite concerned.
"Don't worry princess I'm not hungry now but I'll take it once I reached the market" He replied her smiling.
"But let me package it for you" She said to which he shake his head in amusement.
She went to the kitchen and package Fried yam with scrambled egg and take Tamarind juice from the fridge and put them all inside a nylon.
She saw Abba already out and inside his car.
She went inside the car too, and kept the breakfast she package for him beside her.
He roared the car to life and went out of the house as he already opened the gate.
When they went outside, they saw Aaminah standing beside their house, Fadimatuu wondered why she didn't come in.
She went out of the car and closed the gate.
"Hello" She said to Aaminah who's dressed in an Abaya too, only her her own is peach compared to Fadimatuu's.
"Hi" Aaminah replied her.
"Let's go" She said dragging Aaminah towards the car.
She open the back seat for Aaminah and she hopped inside the front seat.
"Assalamu alaikum" Aaminah said immediately she sat in the car.
"Waalakumussalam Aaminah, hope you're prepared for your first day at university?" Abba asked her.
"Yes I'm prepared" Aaminah answered him shyly to which Fadimatuu watch in awe, she and shyness are like poles apart.
"May God bless you two, you should study hard and just concentrate in your studies, don't make bad friends choose your friends wisely" Abba advised them.
"In sha Allah Abba" Fadimatuu replied him and Aaminah nod and said "Thank you".
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"Akhi please hurry up, I don't want to be late at my first day at University" Zaynab whined as Khaleel was making her late.
" Abu let me be please, it's not like am the one that says would take you" He replied her combing his hair.
"But as my big bro you supposed to take me at my first day at University" She said dragging him away from the dressing mirror.
"Let me at least spray some perfume" He groaned reaching for the various perfumes in the dressing table and picking an incense oud perfume by Kilian and sprayed it .
"We can go now" He adjusted his suit and heading ahead of her, as he's also late for work.
"Bye Mama" He hugged her when he saw her sitting in the living room.
"I see today you're late for work" Mama said when they broke out of the hug.
"Mama I'm the one that's late at my first day at University" Zaynab whined tapping her foot on the floor.
"Hey I'm tired of hearing this first day at University, you're not the first that was going to the university" Khaleel rolled his eyes.
"Leave my baby alone, don't make her more late, May God bless you" Mama said and Zaynab hugged her.
"Okay let's go now" Khaleel standup heading to the front door with Zaynab trailing behind him.
"Akhi please drive fast" Zaynab plead with him as she's seeing he's not driving fast.
He ignored her and continue driving.
She heard the ringtone of her phone and she reached for it to see Fadimatuu's name flashing in the screen.
"Hello girl, how're you?" Zaynab asked her immediately she picked the call.
"I'm fine and you?" Fadimatuu replied her.
"Fine too" Zaynab said.
"Okay where are you? We've being waiting for you for a while now, Ameerah is already here too" She asked her.
"I'm on my way now, we're almost at the gate of the school" Zaynab replied her.
"Okay hurry up" She replied her and disconnect the call.