Chapter 6 Chapter 6

"Am back, 'Assalamu alaikum', let me take shower before l sleep, because am tired today."

Nina come to her and collected the leather that's she hold on her hand, while welcoming her happily.

In the next following day, Nina went to the morning Qur'anic recitation school, she came during the day time. By then, she dress up and follows Mami to the place where she's working. It's a very big place and many people are coming to the place in other to buy the traditional kind of foods that they are cooking. While some are staying in the big restaurant and served the food.

Nina is nice, she's working very faster, by then customers start observing her. Some are calling her name " Nina.....Nina we need this and that. Nina is a very good, so in any places that she go people use to like and love her because of their good behaviors, and also she knows how respect.

Everyone in the restaurant were happy with her, even the people in the kitchen loved her too. Because Nina knows how to respect peoples very well.

In the other hand, Nura is always busy thinking about Nina, and the amazing thing is that, he didn't bothered about what who ever can do to him because of her. But he's blaming him self that Nina did not forgive him about what he did to her before.

Hajiya and her children were went to the restaurant and serve the traditional food today. It's the restaurant that Mami is working at, and today Nina follows her to the place.

Nura is sitting at one table inside the big hall in the restaurant, he's busy playing game with his big apply iPad that's on his hands. He quickly rise up his head, when he heard a voice from his back, he said " Nina please come."

When he realized that it's not her, he quickly get embarrassed because of the way he react. He's just start scratching his back head like the way the men used to do when they feel insubordination.

Some few seconds after, Nura also heard a voice again calling Nina in his ears. He quickly dropped his iPad on the table that's at his front. He said it out, " who is this calling this name?"

He started looking at the big hall in the restaurant, whether he can found her inside. When he found out like Nina is just logging him, he just ignored and continue with his game.

It's not logging, because it's true Nina is in the restaurant today.

It's Nina that brings one tray of 'tuwon shinkafa and miyan taushe' to other table, that's besides there place. Its the kind of traditional food, that Hausa people used served.

"Wow its my Nina" he said it out. He now quickly stand up and call her name loudly, because didn't use to scare of anyone. He shouted " Nina! Nina!" By then he quickly went to her position while he's breathing faster. " Assalamu alaikum, he greet her. "

Nina replay while she frown her face as if she have never seen him before. " wa alaikumus salam. She answered him." And then kept quite. She directly went to the table that call her attention to bring them juice.

Nura feel somehow, but he just ignore and continue following her everywhere she go, Nura said in slow voice. "Nina am busy begging you since, and l thought you am not the one that ask her to do that madness. She is the only one that arranged everything by her self. But now please you have to forgive me please and please." Nura he didn't not stop begging her.

Nura is with his mother Hajiya and his brother too. She get angry because of the way that she sees him following a girl and begging her to be sorry about something.

Abdul too his brother, he also get confusion, he talk amazingly " Nura, Nura my bad brother. So now he's the one that begging a lady. Impact is he in his sense or something went wrong in him internally we don't know? "

Nura steps down both his knees on the ground, he kneeled down at her front while begging her and showing his palms. " Nina please am so sorry. Please believe with what am telling you."

She quickly get scared about what he's doing. " l have forgive you, please stand up. I have forgive since, but l don't want you to talk to me in the place where l use to get my food. So please is okay, stop doing all these and stop following me."

He said it very glad, "Are you sure you forgive me Nina?"

"Yeah....l have forgiven you since."

He now stand up while looking at her especially the face.

Hajiya shout loudly till all the peoples that are in place look at her and she also call the attention of the workers too. " Nura are you in your sense? Why are you begging this poor girl." She completed her talk, while pointing Nina with her fingers in serious frustrating.

Nura frown his face and said in pampering " mum, l don't like this, she is one of my.....so please mum, you should stop doing such kind of things please. " by then he face Nina and then, said " Nina please so sorry, my mummy she didn't knows you, that's why she talk to you in this way. "

Nina get afraid, she now quickly went back to kitchen while her body is shaking, because of the way that she really get terrified and embarrassed of what Hajiya did to her right now.

It's Mami that come to them and also begged Hajiya to keep quite and sorry about what has happened. So that, the owner of the restaurant can not hears what's going on.

Hajiya she didn't keep quite till the time that she decided to. She is busy quarreling. " that is how they are doing if they see a smart boy like my son Nura. They will not allow them to study very well in the school, because of there disturbance, and they use to disturbed him all the time. "

Mami is afraid about what can happen to them if Hajiya left the restaurant because of what has happened between the children. And now, Mami is enjoying the place not like madam's own that she have left. That is how she continues following them and also be begging them too.

Nura is so anger, he now talk to Hajiya " mum what's all these? I think may be you want me to get an insults from my friends after this holiday, because l thought she is in our school, and also look at the way you are quarreling them."

Mami went to there front and stay. At the end, Hajiya decided to go back to the restaurant and sit down. Up to now, Hajiya she didn't kept quite, she continue persistence the issue.

Mami on the other hand, she feel bitterness, she went to Nina and start talking to her in quarrel, and in louder voice. " who is that boy? I uste to warned you to stop entering rich peoples side, because must of them, they don't like poor people like us. Look at the way she was shouted at you at the front of people, and she also talk in disgrace which is not good. So, as from today l don't want to see you again with that boy. "

Nina she didn't said anything, she just kept quite. It is one of the worker talk to Mami, and she also explain everything that was happened clearly, which is not Nina's offence. Mami understand everything, and also, at the end, she warn Nina to be careful with him and not entering his side again in her life.

After all this while, when they went back home. Nura start asking him self " who is that lady that come and begged us in the restaurant, and also look like Nina, they look alike. So is she her mother? No l think she's not. Maybe she is one of her relative." That's how he continue asking him self

Sani went to the Nina's house, he enter the like a thief because he claim over the wall. When he notice that their not anybody inside them he start working freely.

It's Kaka that start talking " who is that working in the house?"

He's now quickly open his eyes and also hide him self, his heart start beating faster. " oh, there is old woman in the house l don't know. Okey that's why l come to supervise the house so that l can know the point where l can start my operation, he then move out while claiming the wall again.

Kaka continues talking but no body answers her. It's by self decided to keep quite, and she also get scared because she heard the time that he steps down from the wall. When Mami and Nina come home from there work, Kaka narrated everything that was happened in the house today.

In the next day, Kaka and Nina were both stay in the house, because kaka she have already get scared of what was happened yesterday. Nina prepare a delicious food to them which is fryed plantain and rice. The food is very aroma. Kaka is in eager to get the food and eat. She's busy disturbing her " Nina are you done?"

Nina reply in louder voice, "No kaka, but am about to finish, so that you can enjoy my delicious food." When she finisht, Nina put the rice on one tray, which shape is in heart shape. She also garnish it with the plantain at one end sides of the tray. After finishing the eating they really enjoyed the delicious food that Nina cooked.

Nura used to go to the restaurant everyday where Nina and Mami are working just for him to see Nina, and he also knows the days, that she used to be present in the place. If he went, he's just be looking at her, he didn't use to bothered in other to eat the food that they brings to him.

Mami use to be afraid of his coming since the first day that he came him and his mother, because she notice his mother she didn't like poor people like them and she's also a too priest.

To day is Saturday, it's the last weekend for there holiday. Nina arranged all her school utensils before Monday.

On Monday, Nina dress in her school uniform. She look so neat and clean. She's busy walking on her feets to the school happily.

High Academy look very beautiful, because the school authority did many sanitation in both front and inside the school. The school was also painted during the long holiday, and they also changes many things in the school, which makes the school very attractive. Even the students were also get surprise because even there classes are get some changes too, like fans, chairs and tables and white boards.

Nina too she's so surprise, because of the way that see her school turn to. Because today is the first day in the third term some were not present in the school, so the school lessons are not taking.

He quickly raised up his head, the director said while receiving call in his office. "This term is the last term that remain for them in the school, because they are about to finish with secondary section."

Nura is so happy, because now he know that he is going to see his Nina everyday. He's also dress in his uniform, he now went to Hajiya and did good bye.

In other hand, Sani too is so surprise because its his right time now for him to do what he decided since in his mind. He's so happy.

Aisha Aliyu Taku

Novels and Script writer