HOLIDAYS

NORA'S POV

I stood in front of my house,I had no idea how the holidays were going to go,but I hope it goes smoothly,as I open my gate,I am hijacked by a powerful force that almost has me hitting my head on the iron gate.

"ese!!! God I missed you!" it was my sister Lillian or as we liked to call her,adesuwa

I feign annoyance,"is that why you want to bash my head against the gate?"

"haba nau,did you not miss me?"she asks

"no" but I was smiling and hugging her

"where are those two annoying brothers of yours sef" I ask her

"edosa came back from school few days back,while omoruyi and I have been home for about 2 weeks" she says

"we have alot of catching up to do,let's go inside jare!" I shout excitedly

Now,that I'm home I realized just how much I missed home.

Inside I find my two brothers sprawled on the ground playing video games in the living room

I cough to get their attention,once they notice me,all hell is let loose again!

"Jesus christ ese!" ruyi shouts

"it's not like I missed you sha o" edosa mumbles

I tried to fire back a retort but I realized I couldn't speak,this two buffaloes have tackled me to the ground and sat comfortably on me,as always!

"ese! wetin happen,your boobs are obvious now? what have you done?" ruyi quips

"Abi o,her arse is sticking out too,do we need to kill someone?" edosa asks nobody in particular,all this while making no move whatsoever to get off my fragile body.

"mommmm! your sons want to kill ese o" suwa shouts,mom walks in and sits on the sofa

"ahn ahn! worhkin nai e your sister has not even entered the house and you already want to kill her" she scolds my brothers but she was smiling

the two buffaloes get off me,mumbling a series of "mommy ehgwi",I give my mom a side hug and said "mommy òbowa "

"òbokian my dear,how have you been,we've missed so much,how was school?"

"fine mom,I missed everyone too"

"what have you been eating,you have lost so much weight"

which is pretty ironic because I never had much weight in the first place,I might just disappear into thin air.

"haa,mom,I missed your cooking very much,maybe I'd gain weight before I go back" I say to her

"alright go and rest,I'll make your lunch"

suwa literally drags me to our room,

"it has been so boring in here without you" she whines

I just laugh and start undressing

"ah..why are you stripping for me nau?"she asks

"I want to shower,am I supposed to wear clothes to the shower?"

she only shakes her head,"school has done wonders" she mutters

suwa was 13 years old,and we literally did everything together,she confides more in me than in our mom,but I expected it,mom would just overreact,like every typical African mom.

after I had my bath,suwa refused to dislodge herself from my hip,even while I ate my lunch.she wanted to hear everything! and it was hilarious,I really did miss her,and so we talked about everything and anything we missed,me sounding more mature from my four months away from home.

dad came home from work not quite long,he simply said,"aah eseosa òbokian,how was school?" I replied with a simple "fine thank you sir",during dinner,he insisted we eat at the table,much to my disappointment,I knew he was going to start his question and answer session and I was so not in the mood.

Dinner was jollof rice and fried meat,I know mom made that for me,half way between dinner with edosa pretending dad wasn't at the table,for reasons best known to him,maybe it was the pressure of turning 20 and being the eldest son,I don't know.

I on the other hand payed way too much attention to my food all the while praying that dad doesn't start his sermons,but he still did,he started with "eseosa,how was your first semester exams did you do well?"

I mentally eye roll "yes daddy"

"how are your friends in school?"

"very fine daddy"

"and the school environment?"

"fine too sir",God this man should rest na.

he then focused his attention on edosa

"and you edosa,how was school?"

without looking up from his meal,he replies dad with "fine"

"and the examinations?"dad continued

"I've not seen my performance now,when we resume second semester I'll know " he replies dad obviously uninterested

"okay".

well thank God we got that out of the way,we then talked about random things throughout the remaining part of dinner,and then me and my siblings talk random stuff in the living room for a while,mostly about the opposite sex,who was crushing on who,we were that close,and we were also that annoying to each other.but I'm glad I'm home for holidays.

Glossary

worhkin nai e: (bini) what is it

ehgwi: (bini) don't be angry,I'm sorry

òbowa: (bini) greetings,usually by someone who is coming in to the house

(I greet the occupants of this house)

òbokian :(bini) Greetings,usually by someone who welcomes a person into the house(I greet the one coming into my house).

pum pums! I updated,

I wanted to give a little insight on Nora's family.

what do you think of Nora's family?

the plot is gradually falling in place

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To @augstademi for loving my originality and humor.

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Doreen