He turned and look at her with a wrinkles forehead, flaring his nostril, with his eyes squinting slightly, he looks angry so Aleena smiled again at him and say please driver let's go she said after relaxing her back on the chair with her eyes closed and earphone on her ear. Shakir growls and placed his forehead on stirring wheel she opens her eyes slightly after waiting for the car to drives away but doesn't, Seeing her brother like thas irritate her may be i am over activating she thought so she moved forward extended her right hand towards him tapped his shoulder and say "please Ya Shakir i am sorry i really don't mean what i said" she pleaded in soft voice.
Shakir smiled over hearing her words and he suddenly Burst in to laughing, he is actually not angry he just want to make fun of her, Aleena squeezes her nose glared at him without saying anything and back to her previous position, Shakir drives the car to gate still grin on his gentle face.
"Good morning Baba Musa" Shakir greeted their gate man, the man smiled delightedly and reply to Shakir "Good morning young master".
Shakir giggle "Baba when i said i prefer you calling me with my name i really mean it so please i beg you Just call me Shakir" shakir said looking serious, the man smiled again and "ok young master".
Shakir tapped his forehead a little and do not say anything, while Aleena slide the glass bring her face closer and say "Good morning Baba Musa", he moves closer and say "good morning my girl so today you have a special driver", she smiled "Yes Baba", Aleena said laughing before adding "i almost forgotten about it now too, i gave Inna (their house made) some clothes to give it you, please deliver it to Anisa" (His daughter who is almost the same age as Aleena, she is Aleena's friend, so Aleena use to give her some of her fairly use things and sometimes together with the unused one's), Baba Musa bend a little and start thanking Aleena, she do not respond to that rather start saying "Baba please help me ask her why did she stop visiting me?", Baba Musa before saying " no it is not on purpose, she is actually busy with school but i will still tell her", he insisted.
Aleena smiled "ok then i will wait to see her, i miss her but am the last person that visit, i will only visit her when she visits first this time", Baba Musa laughed ok don't worry she will surely come this or next week next week God willing" he said and move to open the gate while Aleena place her head back at the car chair.
Her phone ringing made her open her eyes to see who is it even after knowing the person that will call her at this very hour is Sakna, she wasn't mistaken it's Sakna so she answer the phone before placing it on her left ear with her hand and say "peace be open you". Sakna replied with piece be upon you to and then added Aleena did you left for school?", Sakna ask praying in her mind that Aleena's answer is No, "on my way" Aleena said shortly sounding like a sleep person, "ok can you please come and pick me up i am at home" Sakna begged.
"Ok speak to my driver your self Aleena", said before turning the phone on speaker, Sakna know who she is to speak to because Aleena never call her real driver a driver rather Baba (Baba is a hausa word usually referring to real father and a sign of respect to any elderly man), so Sakna know this time the person driving most be Shakir so she said "hello Yaya Shakir good morning", Shakir suddenly heard Sakna's voice greeting, he smiled as if Sakna is looking, "morning dear how are you" he asket still driving.
"I am good" Sakna's voice said from the phone before she added, "please Yaya can you do a favor for me to come and pick me up at home, my driver isn't feeling fine, so my mum insisted that i should go to school through commercial transport, the problem is I can't trake from gate to our faculty and you know how that Baba blue are (The security men at Bayero University located at Kano, Nigeria, they are call Baba blue because thir uniform is blue), they won't allow any tricycle to go in to the university", she said in a low energy voice sounding like a sick person all in her attempt to convince him to come and pick her up.
He smiled "Ok don't worry we will be at your place now make sure you are ready, I don't want to stay longer waiting for you" he said and Aleena end the call. Sakna at home quickly dropped her phone and went to toilet, she is already dressed up and ready but she is not a fan of public toilet so she wanted to finish everything before Aleena and shakir arrived.
Coming out of the toilet she arrange her food in flask tell their house keeper to help her and carry it out for her and she went to her mum's room.
"Mama i will be going Yaya shakir and Aleena are on their way here", she said to her mum who is on bed half a sleep. "Ok Sakna wish you success in your study" her mum pray without opening her eyes all in her attempt to keep the sleep.
"Amin" Sakna said and walk out of the bed room, she first close her room because she doesn't like it whenever her siblings enter in to her room, the spoiling of her things done by them is too much and if she decided to take action her mum will speak rashly on her.
After closing the room she moves directly to gate, she wanted to wait for Aleena and Shakir in front of the house. All her things she ask Their house keeper to take out for her are with Baba Idi the gate man.
After greetings him she pleaded him to bring his bench out of the house she wanted to sit on it while waiting for Aleena though she know they are almost here but she can't endure standing not even for five minutes.
Baba idi an Average man of not less than 48 years carried the bench out and she sat on it while he stand beside her as they keep chattering together someone will think the man was her father with the way she is showing respect while she speak to him.
Five to ten minutes later after she is out of the house Aleena and shakir arrived after exchanging some few word with the gate man, Sakna get in to the car and shakir drives the car away. It is after she settles on the car, she look at shakir and greet him again even though she greeted him previous on phone.
She later turned her head back to say hello to Alena and Shakir say "no let her be she's sleeping may be you speak to her when we arrive at school" he mentioned.
"Ok" Sakna said and they keep discussing on so many different things mostly focuses on how life changes specially in Nigeria, how things are getting harder than before not only to poors but to everyone, as per as a person in living and alive.
After arriving at Faculty of Agriculture laboratory Sakna extended her hand and touched Aleena to wake her up, Aleena wake up frighteningly, hissing she said "you startled me what is this?".
Sakna glared at her and then hissed too "you need to get up" she said look at the laboratory opposite to them, widening her eyes Aleena shouted "what! you mean are we now at faculty of Agriculture?".
Shakir turned with suprise at the Same time grinning "what do you mean by what you say" he asked, she lower her gaze then said "you should have wake me up from the school gate so that i can prepare well before we reach here" she lamented though that's not the reason of her shout she just wanted to check weather the man she like is in the usual place she always see him.
"Oh sorry i don't know that i just wanted to let you sleep more that's why" he besought, she smiled "no it's nothing" she said correcting her veil and then she looks at Sakna " we meet later and open the door then get out of the car, "Thank you Yaya i will see you at home" she said before walking towards the laboratory that's where she is doing her chemical Analysis on food she is testing.
Shakir watched his sister left until he couldn't find her sight he then look at Sakna and suddenly ask "Sakna what's wrong with Aleena i know you are her best friend she might have told you, so don't tell me you don't know just because you wanted to keep her secret" he mentioned looking at her without a single blink of eye.
His eyes on her won't let her lie but she can't actually tell her friend scret so she decided to at least say one truth, "oh it's her project supervisor he isn't too nice to her, what he widen his eyes does she did anything stupid to him or he just hate her like this without reason?", he asked even after knowing how obedient his little baby sister she.
"I actually don't know but may be it is because of the errors she keeps getting in her analysis", Shakir sighted with relief at least the man have a reason he thought he is just molesting his sister. "Now i will let it slide but if she get the errors again inform me i will find a way to help her do it correctly but don't tell her anything about what we just discussed since she don't want us to know".
Ok i won't sakna replied checking her calculation while Shakir drive the car to Faculty of engineering where he will drop sakna. At faculty of engineering Sakna thank him and get up of the car, instead of him driving the car to where he head to he come out of car carried Sakna thing to the workshop she's doing her work. Sakna thank him again before he left.
At the laboratory the lab technologist was doing some analysis on soil natural element when Aleena entered seing her he smiled, you are almost late Dr Nawas was here he said he wanted to check if the students under his guidance are late.
Her heart pounded as her legs quarks despite knowing that she's not late yet but still she is in fear, the lab attended added he said he will be back by 8 since it's the initial opening time, Aleena sighted in a higher sound, and the man laughed, it funny to him how students specially those under doctor Nawas are in fear of him, to the lab attendance he see no any reason to fear your teacher like death or as if he will be the reason you are to leave the wory.
The man help her with little things even so he is not food scientist but he knows the basic, as he said Dr Nawas do not miss a single second after 8, she greated me with a flat voice and continue what she is doing, he dawdles from where he is standing to where she is stirring the the sample in conical flask with glass rod, he stares at her sample for seconds before smiling and he said" another errors" he said that humming.
Her mind is saying what she couldn't utter, please sir help me how will i do it, this is all i can do but her mouth seems heavy as if a key was used to turn it up, she watched him with her eyes when he left the laboratory, she sat back on the stool without any energy. She later rose up and throws away the sample she carried her phone and start searching for another procedure on you tube.
The final results to this her new procedure still shows some errors but at least close to actual values than her previous results so she decided to redo it again, and again but still the result never change.
"May be the mistake is somewhere you need to ask him", heard the laboratory attendance saying from where he is sitting, ok sir Will but i will have to take this result to if he approved it that's all she said pointing at the numbers on paper she wrote.
"Ok then good luck may him accept it the man", prayed and she said Ameena.
It's already late when Aleena finishes everything so she decided to left the result at the laboratory to tommorow morning where she will take it Dr Nawas, Sakna Arrived the laboratory when Alena was washing the laboratory glasses so she help her wash it and ask her to eat because she bought milk and cake for her, and Aleena thank her collected the milk and the cake and went out to eat outside to follow laboratory rule of not eating.
The two of them do not left the school until very late afternoon, the driver Baba Bala dropped Sakna first and she entered home waving at Aleena before the car left....