Broken Tears Episode 6

.".....and after then,he got scholarship to stud
medicine in Tturkey and we couldn't even talk
before he left. I haven't heard from him since, I
know he tried to get hold of me in school to talk
but I made it impossible. I thought it would be
better but I'm really not happy..." Saffiyah started
to sob as she narrated her story to Dupe. Dupe
pulled her close and held her and said soothing
things to her. Maryam just sat at the far end of
the bed, with a blank look on her face. She hated
to see her sister cry, she took care of every situation
but there was nothing she could do about this. Her
sister had been devastated after Jamal left for
Turkey, she wish things had gone differently for
Saffiyah. Jamal was a good guy! Their school has
a link with a university in Turkey, every year any
student that wanted to study medicine and had the
best result would be awarded a scholarship to
study in Turkey. And during their year, it had to be
Debby! That tramp is now in Turkey! And Saffy is
here crying her eyes out everyday! She got up and
went over to her laptop,turned it on and opened her
mail, there was a new mail from the University
they all applied for. She got in, she checked for
Saffy and Dupe, they both got in too. Dupe was to
study Law, Saffy Electrical Engineering and she
was to study Computer Engineering. She broke the
news to them, and she was glad it lifted Saffy's
mood a little. She just hope she would meet
someone good enough to make her forget about
Jamal. She really wanted Saffy to be happy....



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Unical was a very beautiful school. There were so
many lovely features they saw even before they got
to the school. Maryam was so happy that they
were together again after two years, they were
back in thesame school with Dupe. It would be
better for Saffy, at least they would both make
her happy every way they could. They got to the
hostel area, Dupe and Saffy were room mates
while she was in the room next to theirs. They
dropped their bags and went out to take a tour
round the school before retiring to bed. They strolled around
and talked and laughed, then they came accross a
very beautiful garden, they all sat and talked
while they ate their snacks. Maryam got a call
from an old school friend and she had to get up
and walk a bit farther from them because the
signal was bad. She got to a tree and rested her
back on it as she talked, after a short while, she
heard something behind her, she turned a bit to
check and saw nothing. The hair on the back of her
neck stood and she knew someone was definitely
behind her. She shivered, and dropped the call, she
knew it couldn't be Saffy or Dupe because she
knew the fragrance of the perfume they had on,
she couldn't move, fear had her glued to a spot,
the person was close to her now,she could sense
it,she paused, took a deep breath and with all the
guts she had, she turned around.....



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"Maryam is taking so much time, I wonder where
she is.. I can't even see her." Saffiyah said
worriedly. "Yeah I guess she should be done with
her call already, let's walk around and see if
we'll find her." As they were about to stand up,
they heard foot steps behind them and before they
could turn around..., "Look who I found!" Saffy
turned around and recognised the face she saw,
standing beside her sister was the guy from the
plane! "Wow, its you! Its so nice to see you again,
what are you doing here?" He smiled; "I go here,
I'm a Law student, 300Level. Its so nice to see you
again too. My name is Idris Maleek." He stretched
out his hand and Saffy shook it; "This is our friend
Dupe. She's a Law student too." She introduced
Dupe and he shook her hand too. "You girls
shouldn't be out at this time, it could be dangerous
you know, I caught Maryam off-guard a while
ago." "Dang!" Maryam replied stubbornly; "I
would've punched you in the face!" They all
laughed and Idris walked them to their hostel.



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The next morning they all left the hostel to
commence registration. Saffiyah really hoped and
prayed that things would be a lot easier for her
now. She got to her department and brought out her
credentials and entered the HOD's office. There were
four other student there so she had to wait, she
went through her credentials and discovered one
was missing, she quickly went through her bag but
it wasn't there, she started to sweat. She was so
sure she put everything in her bag before leaving the
hostel. She quickly got up and went outside, she
looked around but didn't find anything, she started
to panick when she heard a voice behind her;
"Looking for this?" She turned around and came
face to face with a good looking guy, holding up
her form. "Where did you get that?" "I saw you
bring out some papers from your bag and one of
them fell,obviously you were unaware of that, but
the wind started to blow it away so I ran after it
and brought it back." "Oh that's so nice of you,
thank you very much." She collected it from him
and wanted to go back to the office but he stood his
ground; "Are you a freshman?" "Oh, yes I am."
"Okay, may I know your name? I'm Gaffar, in
this department, 200 Level." "My name is
Saffiyah." "Okaaaay Saffiyah, how can I see you
again, can I have your number pleeeeaaaase?"
"Alright." She gave him her number and they said
their byes. Then he stepped away and she went
back into the office. Later in the day, the three girls
met for lunch and that was the kick off of theiir
campus life....