My lonely world

chapter one

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Oh! its that damn alarm again! "haliyah,haliyah...get off bed lazy girl.Its 6:30am.you have to get up and pray now if you want to make it to school by 7:30 am" my mom called out. "oh mom,just give me five more minutes please" i replied "if you don't get up now,i'll turn that cute little room of yours to a pool" mom said. "mom and her scary ways" i thought to myself and dragged myself off bed.mom is right,i wouldn't want a pool for a room.smiles

I prayed,took my shower,dressed up and head downstairs. I could smell Amirah's magic cooking from the stairs and my stomach grumbled.Amirah is my elder sister. I saw mom rolling her wheelchair towards dad at the dining together with my siblings. "good morning mom,good morning dad,good morning to you all" i said and sat down and we all prayed before eating.As we were eating,mom said "haliyah,aren't you excited to start your new school today?" "i don't know mom,who starts school in the middle of another term? i don't think i could ever get along with those kids" i said. My elder brother farouk said "its ok dearie,just show them how smart you are and you'll earn yourself many friends in a couple of days". I glared at him.He knows i'm not that smart and he is just teasing me.He just laughed.

That is how silly my family is.Me and my four siblings love each other but we tease each other at any given chance. So,let me do some introduction.

My name is haliyah kuranga but most of my friends call me leeyah.I'm a muslim and i come from a muslim family of seven (mom,dad,a big brother,a big sister,a little brother and a little sister) in short,i'm the middle child.

My elder brother farouk is our parent's first born.he just finished his nysc and came back home on a quest to look for job.He studied civil engineering in university of ilorin.he is 23years old

My elder sister Amirah is 20years and in her third year in university of ilorin.studying mathematics

My little brother hassan is in jss 3 in brimstone college in abuja.he is 14years old

My little sister Hanifa is just 10years and in her final year in brimstone nursery and primary school in Abuja.

Then there is me,the middle child. I'm in ss3 in brimstone college.i'm 17years old.

We were all living in ilorin since birth but we had to move to abuja two months back because dad was transfered at work.he is an architect .they've all been here for two months and and bashir and hanifa have settled in school but i had to stay back to finish my exams and also to finalize my transfer. "stop teasing your sister farouk,she'll do fine.right dear"? mom said and brought me out of my thoughts. i just smiled back at her.

My brother farouk drops me off most times since he had nothing to do anyway. I winked at my elders sister and i know she understood because she blushed. "what are you girls plotting"? my dad asked. "nothing dad" Amira replied."no dad,its definitely something. They just won't talk" farouk chirped in. "yes its something but girls stuff " i replied and gave him a mock smile. "i know what it is"hanifa said. "just finish your food and let's go to school little girl" hassan replied her. He is always the strict one. "honey,leave this kids alone if you don't want to be late for work. just ignore them" my mom told my dad and we all laughed. Dad finished up and left.

As we were getting ready to leave,farouk pressed again "so what is it"? "girls stuff bro" i told him."whatever" he said and finally gave up and i mocked him. I winked at Amira again and she laughed.

I was actually passing a message that we would continue the gist about this cute guy she just started crushing on in their department. we were in her room talking when mom came up to tell us that its late and i should go to my room and we should stop laughing like idiots. "let's go haliyah" my brother jolted me out of my thoughts and i followed him out together with hassan and hanifa. My big sister and my big brother would always be yhe only ones at home till we came back but that would change very soon because Amira is going back to school the following week. As for farouk,he goes out to meet friends once in a while so we won't be too bored.

"haliyah,i was serious when i said i know what you and big sister was gisting about" hanifa started when we were on our way to school. "what is it then young miss"? i said. "its about a guy. I heard you two last night" she said and smiled. I looked up at my brother through the rear-view mirror and he was frowning at me. " no,don't mind her. She must have heard wrong" i quickly said. "maybe" hassan chirped in and i glared at him and he looked away. "well i didn't " hanifa pressed. "hanifa,don't you want to come to our school after closing to watch the basketball match"? i said quickly to change the topic. Hanifa smiled and said "yes i will" and i smiled back at her. I looked up at farouk again and he is has that frown on his face but he didn't say anything. " Oh hanifa! who does she take after with that mouth? she is only ten for God's sake!" i thought.