The first Month

Chapter Two: The 1st Month

I woke up to a buzzing sound. Who could be waking me up so early on a Saturday? Everyone knows I don’t wake up before 12 on weekends especially since I was studying most of the night.

I realised it’s my phone I try to find it on my bedside table sitting up putting my glasses on checking that caller ID it was Amina .
I sleepy answered only to be greeted with sequels, she sounded too chirpy for 8 am in the morning.
She started rattling off too fast for me .I groaned, I could feel a headache starting.

“Hold up I can’t make out a word you saying” I told her.

Her reply got me surprised and shocked for a moment.

“You there Sara” Amy asked
“Yeah I’m here, did I hear correctly? You really getting married?” I replied

Amy started going on about the plans for her wedding and the guy and how dreamy he was.

I drifted off thinking that makes it 20 girls from our matric class. I never expected Amina will be in the first thirty we promised we won’t be one of those girls. We wanted to be independent, young woman. I remember the promise we made to each other. Well I guess promises are broken.

“Sara Sara ..” I looked at my phone, I forgot Amy was on the phone lost in my thoughts.

“Yes” I replied

“Are you even listening to me?  I’m leaving campus Ahmed parents set the date, we getting married next month so we can settle down in Houghton.” Amy said excitedly

She’s leaving campus? Gosh!  How great is this guy? Married in a month? - I can’t believe it

“He is going to start working for some big accounting firm” she continued “I don’t need to work his mother said he will be earning enough for his father to retire and I will get my own spending. I’m going to be a Houghton house wife can you believe it? “

“Are you crazy? Leaving campus? Getting married in a month? I thought you were enjoying pharmacy…
What happened? “I asked

“You know I don’t know what’s your problem, you must be jealous. I got a nice proposal unlike you. My mother said you would react this way .Can’t you just pretend to be happy.”
I only came to campus for your sake you kept saying you were going to be lonely but you have a big group of friends and I had no one . The workload was too much I was barely passing” she said angrily

“Look Amy I’m not jealous I have been busy you know my timetable is hectic and I start test next week. We do hang out. I just think you rushing everything so it’s going to be hard it’s not school nothing is going to be spoon fed to you. You can’t run away from it and use marriage as an answer you only know the guy for a week you can’t possibly give up everything for one guy “I said calmly

“I knew this was going to happen everything has to be about you , you had to go study that course so people will tell you don’t know anything I hated campus I couldn't stand it.
If you can’t be happy and let me have the limelight for once then I’m done “she said cutting the call

I tried phoning back a few times but she never answered

I gave up. Well it looks like I won’t be able to fall back to sleep after that , I woke up and went to the kitchen to eat, lost in thought about Amy and campus.

It’s has been a month and I was enjoying it .Sure the work was hectic and I had loads to learn for next week but I was adjusting well to campus I even made a few new friends other than that and there where a few weddings taking place in the Easter weekend – nothing exciting happened .

My heart was sore I never expected Amy to be angry with me. I really think it was her mother that whispered things in her ear. Her mother never liked me.

I ate my breakfast and headed to the study to hit the books. I really hope I do well.