**NB: Please, check my immediate previous post for the first episode. Thanks.**
Yesterday ought to be a good day but for me, there was nothing good about it.
After filling you guys on how my friend and I spent our Thursday night together, and you guys chided and encouraged me to man up and take the bull by the horn. I thought about your advice and I decided to give it a try yesterday.
While I moved about my daily business on campus (my school sucks, there's no break!), I thought on how best to break my intention to her and what words would accurately convey my intention.
I don't know how she does it, she always seems to have some power over me. Her presence always destabilize me, always makes me stutter and somehow make me shy to look her in the eye.
I knew It wouldn't be easy but I resolved to open up to her yesterday night when she'd come over to my place to sleep. At least, I would be able to hide my face (and expression) in the night.
But before then, my path and hers crossed on campus yesterday.
'What's good?' Her voice intruded into my thought while I sat in a crowded lecture hall. A 3500 seater hall.
I wanted to reply her but the way she was looking at me with her overpowering eyeballs peering into my eyes as if she was reading my thoughts choked the words in my throat.
'What? Is someone dead? Or did your girlfriend leave you?' She asked, smiling.
She had done it again. I didn't know if she could not truly see into my thoughts because the way she chose her words whenever she's with me seemed to prove she knew what's going on in my head. Or, how else can you explain her teasing me about a girlfriend when she so well knew I had none!
She's a witch! A damn beautiful witch!
Startled by her words and smiles which appeared to be mocking me, I looked away from her and kept quiet.
I got my first shock of the day when I was about moving my butt from the edge of the bench further towards the middle, so that she could sit. I had not expected it and she was faster than I was.
She landed on my legs! Can you believe that? She sat on my laps, in a public place.
Instantly, I felt my breathing stopped. And my mouth opened, wordlessly, in surprise.
It was unbelievable to me. Yeah, she might be sleeping over at my place but we never make it public. We rarely even talk on campus, not even in class. The best interactions we had on campus were always very short and most were hi-hi talks.
But now, she was sitting on my f-ing laps!
I was wowed but I tried composing myself, after all this is a higher institution and it is not uncommon to sight a lady sitting on a guy's laps. It is no big deal.
But bone that thing, it is a big deal to me when the laps are mine. But sha, I checked myself and played along. I had to be coded, you know. *winks*
Then, just when I was trying to compose myself, the coup de grave shock came. It was fast, too quick for me and unexpected.
She wrapped her hand around my neck and planted a kiss on me. Not on my cheek oo. But on my lips! Can you believe it? On my lips!
My head felt light, lighter than a feather. I swear, if I were standing my knees would have given way.
She giggled and slapped me softly on my cheek, still sited on my laps.
I felt high and l stylishly looked around me. I wanted to scream, 'can you all see that? Did you see what just happened?'
But from what I saw, everything around me seemed normal. If anyone saw anything, they pretended not to. Everyone was minding their own business.
It was then I spotted her stupid crush passing by. As he walked by, she pretended not to see him, pre-occupying herself with the cleaning of her lipstick from my lips with her finger.
Immediately he was out of sight, she got up from my legs and left!
I wished to follow her but I hadn't yet recovered from the shock, so I sat still and enjoyed watching her sway her ample buttocks in that marvelous pant trousers of hers.
Though, I was shocked but I was also damn optimistic.
'She must have truly read my thoughts and had saved me the stress of saying those burning words in me', I thought.
'This night, we shall get to re-define our relationship!' I screamed my thoughts aloud in ecstasy. 'Bye bye to friend-zoning!'
When she came over yesterday night (Good Friday night) and I saw her with a big cooler, I knew there wouldn't be any cooking tonight. I smiled in my heart for the promises that night held.
'Olori nla, how far?' She greeted.
'Alfa dey for mosque.' I replied. 'Shey you don do the assignment wey that weyrey lecturer give us?'
'No.' She replied, fetching some plates from the kitchen. 'Make sure you do am. And make you do am correct o because I will copy you.'
'I don tire for the assignment joor. Na only God know where im see the question. Google no know am sef.' I voiced my frustration.
The aroma of the food soon filled the entire room when she opened the cooler. The food was Amala (yam flour) and Vegetable soup (efo) spiced with locust beans (iru), dizzied ponmo and big crayfish (ede), and a sweet fish I didn't know its name.
As we both ate from the same plates, I waited and expected her to raise the issue of what happened between us on campus. But to my utmost surprise, it was something else she talked about.
'Did you see him today?' I asked.
'Who?' She asked.
'Him na. No dey pretend.' I told her.
'Yes, I did.' She replied.
When I didn't say anything she proceeded, 'I am sure he would be jealous of you.'
She laughed. 'Hahahahhaahahhahaha.'
'Why are you laughing?' I asked. 'Don't you like him, again?' I asked, hoping she would say she liked me instead.
'I never said I like him.' She snapped at me.
But from her tone, I knew she was lying. She still liked him.
'I just want him to be jealous. To know that he is not the only one after me?'
'After you?' I asked, thinking of myself.
'Yes na. I wanted him to sweat before I accept. Besides, I can't just say yes like that.'
'But that might chase him away. He might think you're unserious.'
She shrugged. 'If he thinks so of me then he doesn't deserve me. And he's not a man if he can't fight for me. ...after all, it is not that there's anything between you and me.' She concluded, chewing a piece of ponmo.
Her latter statement felt like ice block on my heart. I immediately became full and rinsed my hand.
Everything suddenly fell in place. And it became clear to me that she was using me!
Damn it! The witch was using me! Is she cruel to that extent that she wouldn't mind humiliating me and doing anything just to get whatever she wants?
To hell with her!
Does she even realize she just took away my first kissing experience all in the name of wanting a Jerk to fall head over heel for her?
Hell! I am done with her! I am done with my stupid love for her!
'I want to sleep early so I can wake at midnight to continue the assignment.' I lied, excusing myself.
She didn't seem to notice if anything was wrong. Perhaps, I was a good actor or she was just so cruel!
She mumble, 'okay' and began chatting on her phone while I went to bed early.
My eyes knew no sleep yesterday.