*Anwar* was there sleeping deeply and completely forgot about their conversation.
May Allah help, because they finished praying and entered class. Also in the statistics class they started solving and she joined them.
She was thinking when *Anwar* didn’t come. She felt shy to go... she kept quiet, so what lie should she tell?
To go and lie that she was with him when she knew he had an excuse....she was just grinding her teeth.
He didn’t wake up until late afternoon. He rushed to get ready for prayer time and started thinking about greeting *Bilqisu* first.
In a hurry she was praying. She prayed and came out quickly.
She spent the night and in the morning she came out to go to class. She saw him hurrying on one side, walking.
She was wondering if maybe *Anwar* was there learning so he could come and hold her hand...she was just lying to herself?
In a hurry she entered class and kept looking around. *Girman Kai* and *Nuna Isa* stopped her and asked if the others had come.
Her heart was beating. Nan and Fita started looking for them.
*Helen* kept quiet and said "I don’t like this *Anwar* honestly.... Don’t mind that idiot, let’s go, the lecturer is already here" and stood up.
She finished with *Girman Kai* and *Nuna*. He was there, with her and his 3 friends. They were dressed differently because *Shi* and *Daman* didn’t have light skin.
In class the two of them were always together. He was full of joy and pride.
Since that day he didn’t try to greet *Bilqisu* again to look for her until he got tired and gave up.
She also didn’t know where he lived or why, and also the reason was her accommodation was not hostel but off campus.
They were just classmates.
On the day the exams started, she was strong. It was 3 days. Two days before, she was in the hall wanting to greet him.
She was in the library until 8pm. Two days later on Friday she came out after praying.
Her heart was beating fast but she couldn’t see where he entered.
"Really *Anwar*, is this how you want to treat me?"
She was talking to herself angrily.
She hurried and stood up to talk but the invigilators came in and said "everybody out.."
She rushed out, or else they would chase her. She was saying it in her heart and walking away.
Alhamdulillah she was happy that she remembered everything and wrote it.
She submitted on the fifth day and didn’t bother anyone because it was time for Asr, around 5pm.
*G*
That semester ended without her meeting *Anwar* again, not even once. She didn’t agree that they should meet so she wouldn’t lie to herself.
He was from Kano but lived in Abuja. His mother was working but originally they are from Katsina.
After they finished exams, *Anwar*'s group left for their town on Friday at 5pm.
Two weeks later they came back. They came back and after a week the results came out on the _portal_.
*Murna* told *Bilqisu* that no one had a carry over and her point was 4.33
Also the least of them had an A in all the courses at home.
*Anwar* got 5:00 exactly because all the 11 courses they did, each one was an _A_.
She was biting her fingers in anger.
In the class there were people with 4 point and some with 3 point.
Whoever asked *Bilqisu* she would say "fine, I and *Daman* didn’t have carry over so we didn’t get it."
She didn’t agree to say her real result.
While sitting in a lecture, her eyes filled with tears when she remembered what she wrote.
*Suleiman* came and greeted her.
*Suleiman* was *Shima*'s classmate in the class. He was religious and *Anwar* was closer to *Anwar* than his younger sister.
She sat close to her after replying "Dan Allah Hajiya *Bilqisu* I can’t open the portal, how did you check yours?"
She was whispering "my friend, follow me, I’ll show you?"
"Wallahi I’m serious, show me, we are walking..."
*Anwar*’s heart was with her so he just followed *Suleiman* for the first time in his life.
She brought out her phone and asked for his password and matric number.
