The Enemy is in Love with Me

Hana.........

                I sighed sadly as I stared at Lee's pictures, it has been exact eight years since he died.

                I had to flee from the small town where I stayed to the city so as to avoid the shame and mockery from my peers after finding out that I was pregnant.

                I dropped the pictures back in the cupboard and closed it,it wasn't coming out of there until after another one year.

               "Mama! Mama!" Momo yelled from her room, I ran to see what was going on with but all seemed well when I got there, that is until I noticed the fact that she gave herself a little haircut.

               "I look like Dora the Explorer now" she said with a little smile. Her blonde hair was covered in what I guess was either chocolate or paint.

                I grabbed a towel and began rubbing off whatever concoction she had poured on it.

               "Mama,don't you like it?" She asked,tears welling in her eyes. She looked at lot like her father but acts a lot like me. When I was her age I poured pink paint all over my hair so who am I to scold her?

             "I do baby but I think you look even better as yourself " I replied with a warm smile.

            She giggled happily and played with my hair while I cleaned hers.

            I placed her on bed and covered her up with her Dora the Explorer duvet.

           Everything in her room was about Dora the Explorer, her bed, her clock, her calendar, her wardrobe even her clothes have either Dora's picture or Boot's.

           I gave her a goodnight kiss and turned off the lights.

          "Mama! The nightlights " she muttered, there was a hint of fear in her voice. "Sorry" I apologized and turned on her night light.

        I bought the night light for her after discovering her fear of the dark, and of course it's Dora the Explorer's.

        I left Momo's room for Mina's, my second fashion obsessed child.

        Even at the age of seven, Morocco knows the latest fashion trends and dreams of being a fashion designer.

       I didn't see anything bad in anything she was doing, I'm just worried about the money she's costing me for all her stylish clothes.

         I met her watching a fashion show as usual, she didn't notice me come in as she was already in another world entirety, one with all the stylish clothes she could wear.

       "Mina, it's time to go to bed" I whispered into her ear jerking her out of her dream world.  I carried her up from the couch to her bed. Unlike Momo, Mina wasn't into Dora the Explorer, she saw it as a child's film and according to her she's a big girl.

       She didn't protest with me when I turned off the TV which was odd but I waved it off.

       The only time she's this quiet is when she wants me to get her new clothes and I'm so not ready for that.

       I turned off the lights and dashed out if the room before she could ask me to get her anything.

        I heaved a sigh of relief ad I collapsed on my bed, I needed enough sleep if I wanted to get to work early so as not to anger my "nice" boss.

       I turned off the light and hugged my pillow tightly waiting for the wave of sleep to take me away.

       Skip time....... next day..........

     I woke up around 3 am and started preparing ramen for the twin.

     I was done with the food after thrifty minutes and it smelt really delicious.

       I had my bath and got dressed in a blue suit.

       I woke up Mina first and bathed her, I got her dressed in her uniform which was a black skirt and white short sleeve shirt.