She finally received a message that the interview was successful upon seeing the message she took a step back and put a hand to her heart and Said All thank belongs to God Almighty. Quickly and gently she tiptoed downstairs to disclose the good news she and her parent had all been waiting for. She hugged her mum and dad from behind who shook slightly from shock. They hadn't seen her walk in.
"Mum, Dad I'm now officially a student at my dream university," she said stamping her feet, clapping her hands and shaking with laughter as They stared at her in blank Amusement.
"On behave of me and my wife congratulations," her dad said throwing back his head and smiling.
"Thanks, dad and mum for always being there for me through thick and thin," she said in a low tone.
Her dad knew she was getting emotional as She told them she hadn't even gone yet but she was already missing them, he told her not to worry that she won't be alone there because her aunt lives there and she could always go there whenever she feels like and besides they will be coming more often to check up on her, to make her feel better.
Her dad transferred a huge sum of money to Ember's Mum to take their daughter out for shopping to buy things that she will be needing when she resumes school she thanked and pecked her dad on his chick
Her aunt which is her dad's sister lives in The UK with her husband and four children two boys and two girls. They are cool and nice people, Ember hasn't seen her aunt in real, but, she has seen pictures of her and they had spoked on phone several times, she called her aunt and informed her about the good news, her aunt congratulated her and told her she can't wait for her come to come over.
A day before leaving for school she and her parent went out to a fancy returning to have dinner. Her mum and dad gave her a piece of advice and she promise to keep to it.
The next morning her parent took her to the airport, and when she was called for boarding she started to shed tears, her parents consoled her and her mum used a tissue to whip off tears off her face, as they walk her to where they could reach and they said goodbye to each other.
Ember made sure she took a magazine inside the plane because it was going to be a long flight to the UK it is about 10 hours.
When she arrived in the UK her aunt came to pick her up from the airport, They were able to identify each other thanks to modern technology.
" Good evening ma'am" she widens her eyes with excitement and hugged her aunt so tight.
"Evening Ember, my one and only favourite niece, hope your flight wasn't too stressful for you"? She said Waggling her eyebrow.
"Stressful is an understatement, I'm exhausted," Ember said as she keeps on yawning and stretching.
"Don't worry, my house is just twenty minutes away, we will get home in no time so that you can rest your head" her aunt assured her.
When they got to the car Ember called her parents to inform them that she has arrived.
As she got to her aunt's house she met her aunt's adorable kids and Husband, they all exchanged pleasantries, she loved to have fun with the kids but was so exhausted.
She was served dinner and went to her room immediately when was done to have her bath, pray and then sleep. She didn't even have the chance to say good night because she slept off.
She resumed school the next day and the lectures were going smoothly because the first few weeks of lectures are more of an introductory aspect of the courses. during recess she went out to eat, While she was eating she saw Alex from afar, and she wiped her face with her hand to be sure if he was the one she is seeing.
"Hi Alex," she said as she waved her hands so that he can see her.
He was surprised as he sees her that the shock robbed him of speech.
"Oh my God what the hell are you doing here," he asked as he stared at her in blank amazement.
"I should be the one asking that question you know, however, I'm a first-year student in this school. Embed replied and laughed.
"Me too" Alex replied in disbelief.
"I least expect to find you here," they said in synchronicity.
They both chit-chatted and went to class after recess,
As the lecture of the day continue Ember was lost in her thought that she can't concentrate anymore because she was having an uncontrollable thought about Alex she tried to resist but couldn't stop thinking about it. She was happy he was here but as a friend, not her lover.
"Wait am I having feelings for Alex? Because I don't understand these butterfly feelings in my stomach as soon as I saw him.
I don't think I like him it's just deceptive though and maybe it's because it's been a long I saw him" she thought to herself.
After they were done with lectures for that day Alex escorted her the where she could get a cab home, he offered to take her home but she did disagree.
Alex has loved Ember since he set his eyes on her during high school but did tell her how he felt because he was afraid it would not be reciprocated and decided to conceal it to himself.
He didn't get in touch with Ember for so long because he didn't have her phone number or anything he could reach her with, Ember is not a social media kind of person and now fate has brought them together, seeing her that day made his day.
It was when she got home after lectures she was able to have time for her Auntie's kids and gave each one of them a gift.