She quickly came out of the bathroom without stopping to wash her clothes, hung up her bag and took her bag in her hand and headed for the exit. Her mother, Gogo, quickly said, "Jalila, you're not lying."
She said as she tried to put on her sandals, "Goga, clean up the food here, if their driver Safeenah leaves, I'll be the only one who knows how to drive, if I don't play, I won't even go to school."
She clapped her hands and finished putting on her sandals. Gogo quickly handed her twenty naira and said, "Ungo, if you want, you can get something to eat."
Jalilah replied and ran outside.
She was going to the car and left the house and ran all the way to the door, but before she could finish, they were ahead of her.
Her eyes widened as she tried to make sure she was looking in the car mirror, after all, she had a lot of housework to do today, but even if they stopped her, she was still trying to keep up with her new routine, because the school she was going to was far away, even though they were both private schools, she and her government school were not very far apart.
She quickly went inside to make sure before she arrived she was late.
The whole road was not pleasant to walk due to the rain that fell yesterday, so she didn't even wear her school uniform, she heard a car speeding by, and she quickly moved forward, following the car with her eyes, and it came running and passed by in its car, a fierce wolf chased the driver and pulled a corner and turned around, most of the people behind the car were following it with their eyes, it seemed everyone was annoyed by the way the car was speeding in their lane, Jalila looked at the car that was already tired and said “some of you are not here, I have to carry the luggage”
She continued her journey, getting tired, until she almost reached the school and stopped and took out her school uniform, stood aside and put it on and turned her body a little, she headed towards the school, she was surprised with the window like a car she had seen before.
The car saw her ahead, she didn't even touch it and then she finished at the school gate.
She saw their new teacher standing at the gate, who seemed to be the one who catches late comers, she bowed her head until she reached the gun.
He had been looking at her since she came and his face was a little confused as she approached and said “Habiba Auwal what is this?”
She looked at him quickly and said “Good Afternoon Sir!”
He said “Afternoon?now?”
She quickly said “Oh sorry sir Good Mor.......”
He paused and said “Why didn't you go to school early?”
She looked at him and said “No sir, today is also a long day.”
His face became even more confused and he said “Long day when I started standing at the gate?”
She lowered her head playing with her fingers, he said “then take the dustbin and start picking.”
She looked at him as if she thought he would do it all, a smile appeared on her face and said “Thank you sir”
He also smiled and said “Last warning if you still want us to get ready.”
She quickly raised her head and took the dustbin and went forward and started picking, she looked at him and then turned back, of course she had never seen someone with Nysc clothes as good as Uncle Sagir.
Jalila finished and went to their class, seeing that there was no one in the class, she quickly turned and headed for the lap.
They were in the chemistry lap and they were doing practicals, she quickly went to their groups, Zarah looked at her and said "Jalila, you're welcome, our eyes widened, we were afraid that he would see us six.
She said “Just let me go, I thought he would see me.”
They studied like that until the break time came and she got a ten naira biscuit and ate it, drank some tap water and kept the ten naira.
When they got up, she and Zarah came out chatting, Zarah said “Jalila, what happened yesterday, here is Ya Amud with the jamb paper!”
Jalila looked at her happily and said “Haba? You said your mind was at peace, you were afraid that you would get married.”
She said “ I just let you sleep well yesterday, because I didn't know I could break up with my Nasir, and you know he is level 3 in Buk.”
Jalila pursed her lips and said " they are big lovers, it seems you will look for them in their school.
She said “ you asked....”
They laughed, Zarah said “ I went home and I knew you had to wait, right?”
She said yes
Zarah's house was not far from the school where she slept, Jalila came to the side and stood as usual, there were 30 minutes between them and Safeena, what will surprise you is that if they had planned to come, they didn't care about waiting for her, but she didn't get up and go so she waited for them.
