"Basma! Basma! Basmatuuuu!" Rahma yelled. "Urgh! What?" I groaned . Umma said you should wake up it's already pass 11am." She informed. "Oh whyyy please let me sleep." I whined. "No get up please, I'm really bored," she said pouting. "Okay fine I surrender." I said sitting up raising my hand up.

"Oh God! I just remembered I have 2pm class today, thanks for waking me up" I grinned patting her shoulder. "Seriously you're going to leave me alone?" She sighed. I chuckled, "sorry babe I won't stay long, I'll be back in 3-4 hours."

"Alright then I can wait."

"Oh my god have you seen the way hamma yazeed was looking at you yesterday when we were eating, he might be in love with you, you guys should totally get married, oh god, oh god you will make adorable babies," she blabbered all in one breath.

"Oh my god Rahma breathe before you faint!" I said with my eyes wide open. "And speaking of hamma yazeed looking at me, it's not bad to check out your beautiful cousin," I bragged. She started laughing hysterically. "Nope he's definitely falling for you."

"Well he better stop falling and stand up before he gets hurt." I said going through my closet looking for what to wear. "Hey what do you mean by getting hurt, so you mean you'll hurt my brother?" She pouted with her shoulder going down.

"Your words not mine!" I replied still searching for what to wear. "Okay now if you'll excuse me I'm going to take a long hot shower" I said grinning.

"This isn't over lady!" She yelled.

"It is woman!" I yelled back.

After I got out of shower, I wore skintight and a black shirt then wore my lacy brown and black kimono on top. I've gotta say m_and_aclothing have taste in clothing.

I prayed zuhr and read some surah's from my Qur'an (the holy book). After that I went downstairs to abba's living room to greet him and babpa. Then I went to umma's living room to greet her and aunty ramlat.

"Umma I'm off to school," I said walking towards the big brown wooden door.

"Why don't yazeed take you to school?" Aunty ramlat suggested. I stood there like a tree. "Uhmm isn't he at work?" I questioned. "Nope he's on two days break so he decided to crash here," Rahma said coming out of no where.

I glared at her before saying, "Aunty don't worry the driver is already waiting for me outside." I rejected politely.

"No silly it's alright yazeed will take you, besides you two have a lot to catch up with," she beamed at me. They're up to something. "Okay," I sighed sitting down on the purple couch.

Rahma went to call him and they came into umma's living room with Salam and we answered. He looked at me and smiled. I smiled back, umma and aunty ramlat laughed at us.

"En dilla (let's go)" yazeed said heading towards the big brown wooden door. I stood up and followed him.

I hopped into his car. I've gotta say the car is breath taking. I was looking at the passenger window when he cleared his throat.

"So basma you know it has been long since I saw you," he started, his eyes fixed on the road. "Yeah!" I shrugged, looking at my phone. "Last I saw you, you were so tiny, but now," he chuckled looking at me then continued talking. "Now you've grown up. You look much more beautiful than before you know."

I glared at him before smiling. "Wait how old are?" He asked looking at me then fixing his eyes on the road again. "Why do you want to know?" He chuckled softly. "I just want to know."

He kept on talking and talking. Urgh can't he just shut up for a minute. Right on cue we arrived at my school.

"Useko (hank you)" I said going out of the car. "Jabbama (you're welcome)" he replied.

"Wait what time should I come pick you up?" He asked. "No thank you the driver will come and pick me." I rejected. "No tell me please. I insisted." he pleaded. "And I said no." I slammed the door close. The worst part was Farida and najah were watching, so I definitely know they'll annoy the heck out of me.

"Oh my god, who is he?" Najah asked looking at every movement of yazeed's car.

I gave her a 'you-are-so-annoying' look.

"He's probably the new catch, already tired of my cousin?" Farida said, raising a brow at me.

I glared at her. "You guys are making me sick right now, he's just my cousin, yazeed." I whispered yelled. "You air heads know him!"

"Ohh is it the yazeed I know, the sexy lips yazeed?" Najah said raising one brow.

"Gross!" I yelled

"Like seriously his lips are so sexy, it makes me wanna kiss him hard," Farida said with a dreamy sigh. I looked at them with my mouth open and my eyes wide open.

"Jeez basma your eyes are really big stop making them look bigger, you look scary" najah said.

"You guys are really gross," I said picking my bag. "I'm off to class, weirdos" I added walking away and giving them the peace sign.

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"Where the heck is this driver, I am really starving and tired." I mused to myself, looking at my wrist watch and shaking my leg.

Sometimes I wish I could drive but abba's ridiculous policy discouraged me to learn. (abba said no girl in his house will learn how to drive until you get married then your husband will teach you). I've been waiting for the driver to come and pick me up for like 30 minutes now.

I was about to call umma when I saw an unfamiliar car. He came out of the car and guess what, It's yazeed. "Hey basmatu" he said waving at me.

I glared at him. "If you don't want to get a purple eye right now don't call me that again," I threatened him. He started laughing.

All the girls around us were looking at him giggle and murmuring. I could hear what some were saying. "Oh my god he's so handsome"

"He's so hot." I rolled my eyes and then stood up.

"Shall we?" He asked moving for me to pass. "No!" I said stubbornly. "Hey please don't be stubborn let's go" he pleaded. "What happened to my driver?" I asked with my hands on my bosoms. "Umma sent him on an errand" he lied. I glared at him. "I know you're lying" I said moving towards the car.

He opened the door for me and I hopped in immediately. I sighed looking for my other phone inside my bag. He started the ignition and we started moving. The whole time my eyes were fixed on my phone. We suddenly stopped. "Oh finally we're home." I said looking through the window.

"Wait this isn't home, hamma where are we" I asked. "Hey calm down we're at my office," he said going through some files. "And why will you bring me to your office? And I thought you don't have work today" I said. "I want to go through some files and I have something to do in my laptop." He said still going through the files. I groaned, "take me home this minute, I'm tired!" 

He ignored me and then went out of the car. He opened my door and asked me to come out. "I'm not going anywhere," I said stubbornly. "Suit yourself" he said walking towards the tall building.

"Hey wait up!" I yelled jogging towards him. "Thought you said you were tired," he smirked.

As we reached the front door of the office, the door opened by itself. All workers there greeted him and I. We entered the elivator to the last floor which was yazeed's office. The office was pretty large with all the comfy brown couches, a big chandelier hanging from the ceiling, wooden floor, milk curtains, a big brown desk and on top of it was pile of files and by the right side was yazeed's name written on a golden rectangular plate.

"Make yourself comfy while I go through the files," he said sitting down behind the large desk. "You know I have to go home and help umma with cooking right" I glared at him. "Relax babes it's only 6:05pm" he said looking at his wrist watch. "Don't ever call me that again!" I snapped at him. "Okay sorry babes," he chuckled. "Didn't I just.."

I wasn't done with my sentence when a lady knocked at the glass door probably his P. A

"Come in" yazeed said looking at his laptop.

"Sir you have a visitor," she said.

"And who's that?" He asked

"Sir it's your friend Ahmed" she said with her head looking at the wooden floor.

"Then tell him to come in" he shrugged. "Yes sir" she bowed a little and walked out. "Yazeed!" Ahmed said shaking yazeed's hand loudly.

"I've been waiting for you here mehn," yazeed said resting on the chair. "Not my fault, it's traffic" Ahmed said.

"You're a very good liar"

"You know me so well," Ahmed said laughing. Throughout their shenanigans Ahmed didn't notice another being was in the office. Like seriously was I that tiny? I cleared my throat glaring at them.

"You didn't tell me you invited a hot chick too," ahmed whispered but I heard. Yazeed laughed. "Ahmed meet my cousin basma," yazeed introduced me. "Hello" I waved at him. "Hey" he waved back with a goofy smile on his face.

"You never told me you had a hot cousins. What kinda best friend are you? Ahmed whispered.

I started blushing while yazeed was laughed at me. I glared at him. "What's funny?" I asked frowning. "No, nothing" he beamed.

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"Oh god I can't move," Rahma whined

I chuckled, "who asked you to eat too much."

"Hey don't judge me I was really hungry and today's fasting was really hard, the sun wasn't helping. I'm not even sure if I'll pray tarawee today." She grumbled.

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16th day of Ramadan, how time flies. I miss Rahma and her weirdness. It's been 11 days now since they went back to yola. And yazeed works here at kaduna, he owns a company. We meet like almost everyday and he calls me everyday. We are so close now unlike before, we always fight. I've gotta say yazeed has turned to a gentleman.

Just then my phone brought me back to earth. I groaned and looked for my phone. "Oh it's this weirdo" I murmured.

"Hey shorty" she said loudly. "I'm not short!" I stomped my feet on the floor. "Yeah and I'm bill gates daughter," she was being sarcastic now. "It's not funny dumbo," I snapped.

"So what time are you coming over to my house." Farida said on the other end

"Uhmm 6pm probably" I replied.  "Cmon can't you come a little bit early?". "Ok fine 5:30" I sighed.

"Good cause I have a surprise for you."

"What surprise?" I questioned.

"Hey I said its a surprise," she semi-yelled. "Okay fine. You don't have to be loud." I said. "Just dress nice," she chuckled.

"You are so weird."

"Yeah and you can't live without me. That's a fact," She bragged.

I laid my head down on the pillow.

"What is this weirdo up to this time?" I questioned myself. "Oh well we shall see". It was already 4:15pm so I decided to watch stories on snapchat before taking a hot bath again.

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It's like my own house so I just barged into the house singing. "I'm hooommee" I said walking to the kitchen where I heard mama's voice.

"My mama" I hugged Farida's mom.

"Basma my daughter, how are you? She asked breaking the hug.

"I'm fine mama. Where's that fat girl" I asked. Mama laughed. "She's in her room," she said stirring soup in the pot.

As I entered Farida's room, she was silently sleeping. An evil idea came to my mind. I smirked rubbing my two hands together.

"FARIDAAAA!" I screamed very loud in her ear. She jumped out of the bed landing on the floor screaming. I started laughing so hard, clutching my stomach wiping fake tears.

"Basma you want me to become deaf or what?"  She said trying to stand up.

"Oh you're even laughing!" Farida said heading to her shoe rack. She bought out one of her flat shoes and started beating me.

"Aaaahh Farida stop please, I'm sorry" I said between my laughs. I quickly ran out of the room as fast as I can to the kitchen.

"Mamaaaa help me!" I said hiding behind mama's back.

"Ya Subahanallah when will you girls grow up? Mama panicked at first.

"Mama I was sleeping, when this idiot came and almost turning me Into a deaf person and giving me a heart attack.

"Mama she's lying," I defended myself.

Farida finally gave up even though it's my fault. I hugged her tight and apologized. Then we helped mama with some work.

"When will baba be back from work?" I asked.

"By 6pm Insha Allah," farida replied.

Just then the door bell rings. Farida jumped "finally! Uhmm basma please open the door and check who it is" she said grinning. I shook my head in annoyance before standing up.

I walked silently to the door to check who it was. My skin tingled and my heart beat erratically in my chest so hard that I thought it might fly out. There were butterflies - no, lions - in my chest, but it felt good.

I finally admitted to myself what I knew all along, but was too afraid to admit it: I liked him. A lot. And I wanted to be with him.

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