Waited For Two Dawns.

The time that we all have been waiting for is here. While resuming at boarding school, I never thought I was going to be bothered about not seeing my parents for a term until I got into it. Every night, I sit on my bunk bed crying that I want to go home but it seemed so impossible.
There was no way I can leave the school premises without us having a mid term holiday or a term’s vacation. Mrs Agunbiade was my go to person everyday of my life and she did me the favor of calling my mum everyday so I can speak to her.

You don’t always have to talk to your mum everyday. So many students here don’t even talk to their parents till they come for them and you have to get used to it as well, I think that was the saddest news I’ve received in years.

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How was I going to cope without having to talk to my mummy? I even started regretting why I was enrolled into a boarding school.
That’s why I cried every night for a whole term until I heard my mum’s voice again. I’m such a mummy’s girl.

Then, the time came. That time when we will see difference parents with cars in the school compound coming to pick their wards one by one.
The second term’s vacation is in two days and that’s usually the best time in my boarding school.

Abojode, Mrs Agunbiade has sent for you, I never wanted to have anything to do with Mrs Agunbiade anymore. Since she said I can’t speak to my mum all the time, I disliked her and never wanted to go to her office but since she sent for me, I went to her office.

On getting there, I met her laughing hysterically while talking to someone on phone and she stretched her phone at me. At last, I can talk to my mum. I didn’t care if I was in the office. I screamed because I was so happy to talk to my mum.

Mummy, I missed you. Mrs Agunbiade didn’t let me talk to you for weeks, I could not talk further. Tears started rolling out of my eyes. I felt cheated on and all I wanted was to see my mum.

I’m so sorry, my daughter. I was the one who asked her not to let you talk to me so you’ll get used to it. I’ll come pick you by dawn. I’ll be the first person you’ll see at the front of your hostel, that was the best news at that moment. I was so happy that I hugged Mrs Agunbiade even though I was angry at her for weeks.

You can start to pack some of your luggages and keep the rest safe in your locker, I said thank you and dashed out of her office.

I rushed into my hostel. My friends were packing their bags also. That was the greatest moment in school. That was the first time I enjoyed boarding school. Hearing that my mum was coming to pick me tomorrow was greater than giving me a million dollar.
I still had some cereals, milk and biscuits but out of happiness, I started giving them out because my mum will surely buy another one.

Did I really sleep? I didn’t. I was waiting for dawn so I’m just going to pour water on my body and get out of the bathroom after a minute so I can go to see my mum outside the hostel as she promised.

Kehinde Adedeji, Awoyemi Pelumi, your parents are here, I folded my arms as some parents were around to get their wards and my heart started beating fast because I didn’t know when my mum will come. It’s past dawn but she isn’t here yet and I could not afford to spend another night in the school hostel.

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Sadly, my mum didn’t show up. I was left with two other boys in my class whose parents didn’t come to pick them. I haven’t cried like that in my life. I cried so hard that I landed in the school’s sick bay.
Mrs Agunbiade came to see me to ask after my health but I ignored her. I was so angry that my mum didn’t show up.

My body was hot and I slept at the sick bay. Despite how ill I was, I didn’t give up but still waited another dawn to see my mum. Exactly 6:00 am, I started hearing my mum’s voice outside the sick bay.

I’m Abojode’s mum. I’m here to pick her, I didn’t know what happened outside but immediately she opened the door, I jumped out of the bed. I was so happy.

Mummy, I said and started to cry. She explained that she had a delay yesterday and that’s why she didn’t come yesterday.
At last, I could go home with my mummy. I was so happy despite the fact that I waited two dawns to see my mummy.