Campus Delimma By Chekwube Emmanuel(31-41)

Episode 31
Around 3am Oge was feeling dizzy and wanted to
sleep.
“Pure I’m feeling sleepy, can we lodge?”
Cindy turned and looked at her when she said the
‘can we lodge?’ I saw the surprise in her eyes. I
didn’t plan on lodging.
“I don’t have enough cash on me for lodging, didn’t
plan for it. Let me call the driver to come and pick
us ok?”
“Don’t worry, don’t call the driver now. Let me
check something. You can call him when I come
back” she said and left with her purse.
“What’s up with you guys?” Cindy asked
immediately Oge left.
“What’s up with us like?” I asked back.
“Are you guys also straffing?”
“Why do you want to know?” I asked laughing. “Oge
and I have a history, that’s all I think you should
know”.
“Something that started last semester when you
went to my room, is that history?” she asked staring
at me.
“Oge and I had something in first year but due to
some circumstances we had to go our separate
ways. But we reconnected when I came to look for
you in your room which you moved out from without
telling me. But just purge your mind of that idea
that we are straffing, nothing is going down between
us yet” I said turning away from her.
“Purity we need to talk. I don’t know what is going
on between you two and believe me I don’t care”
she said.
“What is this thing you really want us to talk about?
Can’t we talk about it now?”
“We need some private time to talk ok? And for the
records Oge has a boyfriend and their relationship
is serious” she said.
“Just like you also have one so don’t claim
righteous with me ok?” I retorted.
She was about saying something when she saw
Oge coming back and stopped. When Oge got the
table, she threw a key with a room number tag on it
to me and said.
“Now you can call the driver and tell him to come
later in the morning because I’m going to sleep
now”
“Ain’t you feeling sleepy yet?” she asked Cindy.
“No I’m still much enjoying the party” she replied.
“Ok we are in room 210, whenever you start feeling
sleepy just come up”
“Don’t worry, you guys should go and have fun, my
cab man is outside” Cindy said.
“Ok then see you later” Oge said as I stood up
gulping the remaining content of my cup.
“Ok see you guys later, good night abi morning
self” Cindy said as we left.

Episode 32
I came out from the bathroom and met Oge
wrapped in the duvet sleeping already. I joined her
in the bed but since I wasn’t feeling sleepy yet, I
decided to roam the internet and while away time.
I was reading one story on NL ‘the Cartel’ by
nitefury when a text message entered my phone. I
minimized my NL page to view the message. It was
from an unsaved number. I clicked to open the
message and saw “I’m in room 215, come let’s
talk. The door is open. Cindy”
I looked at Oge and she was very deep into her
sleep. Two forces started struggling within me,
either to go or not. After contemplating for a while,
I went down from the bed and got my briefs on and
headed out to room 215.
I stopped at the door contemplating on whether to
enter or not. A mind was telling me to just open
and enter while another was telling me not to. I was
still trying to make my decision when I heard the
lock of the next room turning, immediately I pushed
the door and entered before the other person could
come out. I saw her wrapped in a duvet pressing
her phone.
“I thought you wouldn’t come” she said not looking
up at me.
“But now I’m here, so what’s up?” I said walking to
a sit opposite the bed.
“Any ways thanks for coming” she said dropping
her phone.
“So what’s up? Let’s talk, I want to go back before
Oge wakes up”
“Ok. What’s really going on between you and Oge?”
she asked.
“Is that what you called me out to discuss?”
“Why not just answer the question” she said and
removed the duvet. Behold she was Unclad. She
wasn’t carrying something that I haven’t seen but
does one ever get tired of seeing such? She walked
seductively towards me smiling.
The sight of her Unclothedness got me all stiffy. I
watched as she walked from the bed to where I
was sitting and sat on my laps. “If this is what you
wanted all this while, you should have said it” I said
forcing my eyes off her melons.
“Why would you reconnect with an ex when you
stand a chance of having all this to yourself?” she
whispered into my ears licking my ear lobes.
From the way she was sitting, I know she must
have felt my stiffy a long time ago.
“Ok that is enough, get off me let’s talk” I said
nudging her away.
“Fine” she said getting off me and going back to
the bed. She smiled when she saw my hard
Joystick peeping from my short. I never thought I
could resist Cindy. But here I am doing it despite
my hard on. I know if she tried again, she will get
what she wanted.
“Ok Purity, I told you before to give me some time
to settle something. I think I’m done with that. We
can now start whatever you wanted us to start”.
“Is this what you couldn’t tell me over the phone?” I
asked with an expressionless countenance.
“Purity see, I know I have not treated you right all
these while. But believe me, I wanted you, I wanted
to have something with you, I still do. It’s just that I
had something that was on my neck then. I love
you Purity, truly I do”.
“Come on, you don’t have to apologize for what
happened then. Truth was that I loved you. I mean I
couldn’t just get to move on not minding how
casual you treated me. Even when I saw you with
your boyfriend, it broke my heart but I asked
myself. What right do I have to feel that way? It’s
not like I have asked you out yet. So I had no
reason to feel like we have something yet. But all
that is in the past now ok?” I said relaxing back.
“I’m very sorry” she said apologetically.
“It’s ok”
“So are we cool now?”
“Yea we are but let me tell you. There’s nothing that
can happen between us again. I have someone that
I am seeing now. We can just be normal friends
ok?”
“Who is she? Oge?”
“It’s not Oge. All you need to know is that I have
someone already. So you can go back to your
boyfriend” I said and stood up to leave.
“Purity please wait” she said and rushed to the door
stopping me from leaving. “I don’t have a boyfriend.
I broke up with him for us. Please I’m sorry for the
past please. Let me make it up to you please” she
said looking me in the eye balls.
There is always something with me and her eyes. I
always get enchanted with her eyes. I forced my
eyes away from hers. I was about saying something
before she grabbed my face and kissed me. She
held my lips with hers and didn’t want to let go.

Episode 33
With our lips still locked together, she took her
hand down and went straight for my Joystick. I
started reciprocating her kiss as she fondled my
hard Joystick inside my short. I pressed her to the
door while handling her B---m and still kissing
her.
When I felt the door wasn’t comfortable for her, I
carried her to the bed. I laid her on the bed and
went straight for her B---m. I licked her Tips
before taking it into my mouth. As I s----d on her
B---m, she kept pushing her chest up.
I parted her laps and started flicking her already
swollen c--t with my finger. Cindy is not a screamer,
if not she would have screamed down the roof. But
she already scattered the bed.
When she couldn’t take the teasing anymore, she
grabbed my Joystick and directed it towards her
hollies. I pulled away immediately and opened the
drawer beside the bed. I know some hotels leave
condoms for their customers. Lucky enough I saw a
packet of Rough Rider inside. I tore it open and
took one. Before anyone could say jack, I slipped it
on and went back to action.
I s----d and manipulated her for a while before
pushing my Joystick in. she gave out a big sigh
when she felt my Joystick inside her. I started
thrusting immediately, while she clung to me
whispering what I couldn’t hear into my ears. When
I felt my Pour gathering, I pulled out and went back
to sucking and manipulation her. After a while,
when I felt I was good to go again. I tried to turn
her over but she declined. She said doggy is not
her thing.
I raised her waist and pushed one of the pillows
under bringing up her hollies. I inserted my Joystick
back and continued from where I stopped. I don’t
know if that was her style but she clung so tight to
me and had her laps clasped tight around my
waist.
After some minutes of deep thrusting, I felt my Pour
coming again and increased the speed at which I
was thrusting. I was reaching my o----m when she
started breathing heavily. I was thrusting, not paying
attention to her sudden reaction but suddenly I felt
a very sharp pain on my neckline. Just then I
started shooting my loads into the condom. You all
know that feeling when you are cuming, even if
rapture is happening you won’t mind.
I looked at my neck after discarding the condom
and saw the mark of her teeth. It wasn’t deep but a
little painful. I looked at her sprawled on the bed
already asleep. I cleaned her up with a tissue and
covered her to the neck with the duvet. I got into
my briefs and went out switching off the light.
There was no sign of anybody in the corridor as I
hurried back to my room.
I opened the door quietly and saw Oge still
sleeping. She was in the same position as before I
left. I went straight to the bathroom and had a brief
shower before joining her in the bed. It was already
6 a.m. before I slept off.
******
I woke up later to find Oge already awake with her
phone, wearing just her undies. I yawned and
stretched.
“Sleepy good morning” she greeted rubbing my
shoulder.
“Good morning dear” I replied with a yawn sitting
up from the bed. I was feeling very weak.
“How was your night?” she asked.
“Fine and yours?”
“Slept like never before” she replied.
“Did you go back to the party? I woke up and
couldn’t find you and your phone was switched off?”
she asked looking at me.
“No, my battery was flat so I went down to the
reception to ask for a charger. I couldn’t come up
with it so I had to stay down for a while to let it
charge a little?” I lied.
The truth is that I didn’t even go to Cindy’s room
with my phone. I switched it off and left it on the
pocket of my trouser which was on the chair. I
asked her the time and she told me that we had
one hour left.
I went down from the bed with my morning stiffy
and headed to the bathroom to empty my bladder.
When she saw my hard on, she started laughing.
After I exited the bathroom, I picked my phone from
my pocket and switched it on. I got two messages
immediately, one from Cindy and the other from
Oge
“Did you send me a message” I asked clicking on
the message.
“Yea, when I woke up and couldn’t find you and
your number was switched off, I had to send you a
message”. Her message read “where are you?
#worried”.
I opened Cindy’s own “I LOVE YOU AND THANKS
FOR LASTNIGHT. AM OUT, SEE YOU LATER”
After I read the message, I typed a message and
sent back to her. “CONSIDER IT A FAVOUR FOR
OLD TIME’S SAKE. IT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN
AGAIN, BYE”.
Before I could check other stuffs on my phone
another message entered from Cindy “I AM NOT
GONNA GIVE UP EASILY BOO, WE BELONG
TOGETHER”.
“What happened to your neck, did something bite
you” Oge asked looking at my neck distracting me
from my phone.
“I don’t know, I just saw it not long ago in the
bathroom” I said using my hand to cover it.
We showered and left for my house together. When
we got home, I was very hungry and tired. I still
needed to sleep.
“What do you have here?” Oge asked heading to the
kitchen.
“Whatever you see there is what I have” I said flying
to the bed.
*********
I couldn’t remember how I slept but I woke up to
meet hot noodles served. After we ate,I wanted to
sleep back but Oge wouldn’t allow me.
“Ah! You want to sleep back? You have been
sleeping since we came back. E never tire you?”
she said shaking me.
“Just give me like two hours and I will wake up
please” I pleaded with my sleepy eyes.
“No, wake up jare or I will go to my hostel”
I gave up trying to sleep. We started playing ludo
game. After three rounds of which I lashed her 3-0,
she started fighting me saying that I was supposed
to allow her to win that she is a girl. I can’t
remember where it is written that we should allow
women win in games because they are women.
After we fought playfully for a while she laid on me
breathing heavily. I allowed her to relax a little
before I tried to push my luck.
“Oge, I want to ask you something” I said.
“Shoot”
“When you said I wasn’t the one that broke off our
relationship that you left before. What does that
mean?”
“Don’t tell me this thing has been on your mind all
these while” she said laughing.
“I will be lying if I tell you that I have not been
thinking about this since you told me”
“See, you don’t have to worry over nothing ok? It’s
nothing.”
“Don’t tell me that because you didn’t say it like it’s
nothing. What really happened then?”
“Ok this is what happened. I left because I wasn’t
ready to share you with anybody.” She said touching
the mark on my neckline. “And before you continue
asking me that question, what did you say happened
to your neck. This looks like someone’s teeth
mark?”
“I don’t know, I just noticed it when I woke up”
“Is it paining you?” she asked pressing her fingers
at the spot.
“No, I don’t feel anything there” I lied.
I was about to continue our discussion when she
pressed her lips to mine.
“You have been behaving like I am not here all
these while. Common kiss you have not given me
since yesterday, am I not attractive to you again”
she said smiling to my face when she released my
lips.
“You think so? I have just been trying to be a gentle
guy you know” I said smiling up to her.
“Yea I know. That’s why you didn’t notice that I
was Unclad under the duvet last night and you
didn’t care to check” she said with an Intimate
smile.
“Wooow!! You are getting ‘badder’ by the day.
Thought you’ve changed”
“Hmmmmm!! Ok o, if you say so. Let me respect
myself and get my bad body off you” she said
trying to move away from me.
“Ah! Ah! You too they take small things so serious”
I said dragging her back to my body.
“Limme jor, shebi you said I’m getting ‘badder’” she
said in mock annoyance still lying on me.
“But come o. this your boo must be enjoying. See
wetin only him they enjoy” I said grabbing her
Buttocks from behind.
“You are not serious. Shebi this same thing has
been beside you since yesterday and you have been
forming gentle boy. Bad boy like you” she said.
I started asking her about her boyfriend. I was
doing all that just to stall. I wasn’t having a single
strength. I don’t know what was wrong with me that
morning. My Joystick was responding already but I
know that if I should go a round with her, she may
end up calling 911. We were still talking when she
slipped her hand into my shorts and started playing
with my Joystick.
“Wooow!! My little friend is already responding. I
trust him, he will always recognize mummy” she
said smiling while handling my Joystick.
My Joystick was already growing harder in her hand
while she was sending some pleasure into me. I
was trying everything to stall but she was already
on the go. I was about turning her over to take
charge when we heard a knock on my door.
“Are you expecting anybody” she asked.
“Non that I know of. Maybe it’s one of my
neighbors”
“Ok why not let me check it out. I know you can’t
go with this” she said pointing to my hard on.
“Ok”
She got off me and headed to the door. She was
just on my boxer and a polo with her protruding
hard tips. When she got off the bed, I headed to the
bathroom to empty my bladder because I know the
action that was coming next.

Episode 34
I was expecting to hear people talking when I exited
the bathroom but I heard no sound. I saw Oge on
the bed with her phone.
“Who was on the door?” I asked entering the room.
Just then I saw Precious sitting on my reading
table staring at me. I was surprised seeing her. I
didn’t know she was back not to talk of expecting
her in my house. As a matter of fact, she told me
she hasn’t made up her mind on when to come
back just a day before.
“Precious? When did you come back?” I asked
breaking the tensed atmosphere in the room.
She didn’t say a word to me rather she kept staring
at me tears forming in her eyes. After a while of not
saying anything, she stood up and picked her bag.
Turning to Oge she said.
“I’m going to leave the two of you to continue
whatever you were doing. But let me warn you for
the very last time. Don’t come back here again. He
is my boyfriend and I can’t share him with you”
“Did you just warn me? Do you think I’m still in first
year? Lemme tell you, nothing is happening between
us yet so don’t start fretting. I didn’t know you guys
where still together. No wonder he has been acting
all good boy. But let me tell you, I’m no longer that
little innocent girl you scared away in first year. I
have come to stay. Consider it that I’m taking back
what is mine” she said standing from the bed and
walking towards Precious.
“Hey! You guys should stop ok. Precious sit down
and you Oge sit back down” I said coming between
Oge who was already approaching Precious.
“Don’t tell me to sit down. Who does she think she
is? You think you are the only one from a rich
family? I’m from one too. Is it because I
succumbed to her threat in first year? The truth is
that I have been waiting for this day to come. I
have been waiting for this moment to take back
what is mine.” Oge said with a raised voice.
Precious just stood at the door looking at her. She
was just calm. Oge was fuming. I managed to
calm Oge down and she went back to the bed.
While I took Precious out. I had a lot of questions
to ask the both of them, but I needed to get the two
of them out of each other’s sight.
“When did you come back and why didn’t you call
to let me know you are coming?” I asked Precious
when we were outside.
She ignored me and kept walking down.
“I’m talking to you” I said dragging her back gently.
She turned and said nothing. After looking at me for
some seconds she dragged her hand off mine,
turned and started walking down again.
“Fine, if this is the way you want it then its ok” I
said as we walked side by side down.
When we got to the junction, I hailed a cab for her
but she told the cab to leave.
“You want to trek down to school?”
“Is this what you have been doing behind my back?”
she asked ignoring my question.
“Thought you didn’t want to talk to me”
“Why that girl of all girls?” she asked with her teary
eyes.
“Precious we have a lot to talk about. But before
then I want you to go back to your hostel and rest. I
will come around later. And for the records, there is
nothing going on between us.”
“Don’t take me for a fool. Nothing is going on
between the both of you and she said all that? What
do you think I am, a kid?”
“We are in public, let’s talk about this later. And
don’t raise your voice at me in public again for any
reason whatsoever” I said and led her to a cab that
just discharged its passenger. I paid the cab man
and went back to my house.
“What was the meaning of all those things you said
to Precious” I asked Oge immediately I entered my
room.
“You heard it as it sounds” she said not looking up
from her phone.
“Oge I want you to tell me the truth, what happened
between you and Precious when we were in first
year. Was she the cause of our break-up? What is it
about threat that you just said? Did she threaten you
back then?” I asked sitting beside her on the bed.
“Purity, she is your girlfriend, if you need answers
go and ask her.” She said and stood up from the
bed heading to the bathroom. After bathing she
came out and dressed up ready to leave. I saw her
off and came back to think.
I needed answers.
“Did Precious threaten Oge to leave me in our first
year?”
“Was that why Oge said that she already left before
I broke off the relationship?”
“Why would Precious threaten her while she already
told me that she had a boyfriend then?”
“And what does Oge mean by saying she is back to
take what belongs to her?”
I kept rolling on my thoughts. I couldn’t think of
anything as my mind was just scattered. I sat up
on the bed still thinking. I didn’t know what to do
when I had so much to think about.
I went to my fridge and poured a cup full of Mc
Dowel, downed it in two gulps and went back to the
bed to know if sleep could take over me. I
expected the drink to start taking effect after a
while but it wasn’t even like I took anything. I
needed to drink to be able to think at least in one
direction for a moment.
I dressed up, picked my wallet from my table and
left for school. I located an empty space at a
corner inside 11:45 bar and ordered for some
bottles of Harp beer.
Within an hour I took five bottles of harp but my
mind was still not at rest. I ordered for another
three bottles making it eight bottles.
Half way down the seventh bottle, I was already
drunk but still a little conscious of the environment.
I noticed a lady, beautiful, not so endowed, on an
eye glass I suspected to be medicated with a face
cap and a beautiful smile walking towards me with
a tray of food.
“Hi! Can I join you if you don’t mind?” she asked
flashing a beautiful and charming smile.
“Yea, sure. Make yourself comfortable” I replied
taking a sip from my cup.
She settled into the sit opposite mine in the table
and started munching her food while I surveyed her
with my drunken eyes.
“Oh! My bad, please come and join me” she said
with that smile still plastered on her face.
“Don’t worry, enjoy” I smiled back.
“Wow! You must be good with bottles to still be
able to stand on the seventh bottle” she said
looking at the bottles and back to my face.
“You think so? What makes you think that I’m
good” I asked dropping my cup on the table.
“I know some guys that will sleep off on their
second bottle” she answered smiling. Her smile is
just something else. I don’t know if it was my
drunken mind that was telling me that.
“But don’t you think you have had enough already?”
she continued.
I laughed and looked at her. She held my gaze,
staring me in the eyes still with her smile.
“Can you drink?” I asked ignoring her question.
“Yes I can, if I’m in the mood to. But just know that
you haven’t answered my question smart boy” she
replied laughing.
The sound of her laughter was just as beautiful as
her smile.
“Like what puts you in the mood to drink?”
“I drink when I’m sad, when I’m with friends and
want to go wild. But I drink mostly when I get
emotionally messed up” she said taking a spoon
full of rice into her mouth. I kept mute watching her
chew the food gently like nothing worries her.
“So how often do you get emotionally messed up?
Like…. Ok let me rephrase. Have you ever been
emotionally messed up?” I asked.
“Who has not?” she replied laughing. “Yes I have
been but, that’s a very long time ago”
We kept talking while she ate. I opened the last
bottle on the table and poured some into my cup. I
watched as she finished her food, pushed the tray
aside and picked a saviet to wipe her lips.
After she did those after the meal rituals, she
stretched her hand and carried my cup. In one swift
gulp she emptied the cup and dropped it back to
my bewilderment.
“You never cared to invite me to drink with you so I
am taking it by force” she said with her smile not
leaving her face.
She asked the bar man for another glass cup and
poured a cup full for herself. She knocked her cup
to mine and said “cheers” raising her own up.
“Now we are drinking together, now we are friends
so tell me, who messed you up emotionally?what is
it that borders you?”
“What makes you think that I’m bordered or messed
up emotionally? Do I look like someone that can be
messed up by anybody?” I asked laughing.
The alcohol was already taking its toll on me but I
still managed to control myself.
“Nobody is above being messed up emotionally.
Most times we don’t ask for it but it comes” she
replied sipping from her cup.
“Have you ever been in love? I mean like have you
ever loved someone?” I asked. The reason for
asking her that question, I don’t know. I was just
asking her anything that crossed my mind.
“Yup I have, but that was a long time ago, why?”
she retorted.
“Nothing, just a random question” I replied.
“Now tell me, what is it that is eating you up
making you take solace in drinking?” she asked
looking at me.
“My story is kinda complicated and messed up in
itself, so let me not bother you with the long epistle
of my complicated story”
“I have all the time in the world and I think I’m
intelligent enough to understand your complicated
story so give me a trial” she said.
I laughed when she said that and pulled out my
phone from my pocket. That was the last thing I
remembered.

Episode 35
I woke up with a splitting headache. The rays from
the yellow bulb pierced through my eyes. I winced,
shutting my eyes. I couldn’t remember having a
yellow bulb in my room. I rolled over burying my
face to the pillow. My head was aching so badly
like it was being hit with a hammer.
I heard a click of the switch and opened my eyes a
little from the pillow to notice that the light has
been switched off.
“My head hurts” I said turning around to see Shania
standing beside the bed. A bottle of cold water and
two tablets of aspirin in her hand stretched out to
me.
“Why won’t it hurt? Idiot” she cursed handing over
the water and drug. This will help with the
headache. I collected the water and drug from her
and gulped it down. I took another deep gulp from
the bottle before handing it back to her. She
collected it and without another word she went back
to the kitchen.
I had my trouser and stockings on but no belt, shirt
or singlet. I couldn’t remember what happened or
how I got to Shania’s house. All I could remember
was sitting with a girl in 11:45. I can’t remember
her face or name if she told me. I stood up and
went to the kitchen.
“Go back to bed, food will soon be ready” she said
when she heard my footstep.
“What’s up, how did I manage to get here? I asked
ignoring her earlier statement.
“You can’t remember right?” she asked still not
turning around.
“Yup” I replied picking a slice of plantain from the
sieve on the sink.
“Then leave it that way and let me not see your
hand inside that sieve again, idiot” she said pointing
the spoon at me.
I tiptoed and hugged her from behind before she
could turn. “Tell me now, why you dey vex for me?
Ok I’m sorry for drinking too much. Just tell me
what happened”
“First of all go and wash your mouth, your breath
could kill an infant. Check for a brush on the drawer
below my dressing table”
I know I had a bad breath as a result of the alcohol
I took but for her to tell me really made it sink. I
picked the brush and headed to the bathroom. After
I brushed, I had my bath before coming out.
Surprisingly I have not ask about my phone since I
woke up.
“Do you know where I kept my phone?”
“Check it inside that bag on the dressing table” she
replied from the kitchen.
I switched on my phone when I collected it.
Immediately after it loaded, I got three sms
messages and some whatsapp messages. I clicked
on the messages. Two were from Precious and one
from Oge. Immediately the events of the previous
day started rushing back.
“Are you still coming around? I’m waiting”
“Your number is switched off, call me when you get
this message?” these were the two messages from
Precious.
“I’m sorry about this morning, the way I reacted and
the way I left. I know I owe you some explanations
and I promise to tell you everything when we see. I
loved you Purity and still do” this was the message
from Oge.
I closed the messages and checked my call log.
Shania was the number I called last. How come? I
couldn’t remember calling her or what we talked
about. I checked for the call details and saw that
the call lasted for one minute and thirty five
seconds.
I checked my whatsapp messages and replied
those that I could. Precious also left a couple of
whatsapp messages for me also with Cindy. I was
about to charge the phone when Cindy’s call
entered. With a long hiss, I busied the call and
switched it off.
I was on the bed going through a magazine and
half thinking about Oge and Precious when Shania
served the food. All these while, I have been silly,
not noticing what she was putting on. She was on a
big pink polo with a Playboy Bunny drawn in front.
Her B---m juggled as she walked with her Tips
sticking out.
“You look hot in that top” I said smiling.
“Idiot come down let’s eat” she cursed placing the
tray on the floor.
“Ah! Ah! Thought I’ve apologized, why are you still
cursing me?
I did the whole talking while we ate. She didn’t
reply any of my questions or talk to me without
prefixing or suffixing idiot to it. At a point I had to
give up while we ate in silence.
After clearing the dishes, I laid back on the bed
while she went to the bathroom. When I heard the
shower running, images of the last time resurfaced
in my mind. I was tempted to Unclothe and head to
the bathroom but with this her present mood, she
might just pull my Joystick off. I respected myself
and relaxed back on the bed.
Fifteen minutes later, she came out from the
bathroom stack Unclad.
“Hey must you always walk out from the bathroom
like this?” I asked.
“What business of yours is it?” she retorted. And
just when I thought that she has given up on
cursing me, she completed her earlier statement
with “idiot”.
I heaved a big sigh of defeat and dragged my
attention off her body back to the mag I was
reading.
After she wore her undies, she dragged a seat close
to the bed and after staring at me for a while that
lasted like eternity, she cleared her throat and
started.
“Purity what is wrong with you?”
“Nothing, I’m fine” I replied sitting up on the bed.
“Look at yourself in the mirror, go on” she said
pointing to her dressing table. “You look like
something dragged in by a cart. What is the
problem? I was so f**cking ashamed when I met
you yesterday. All thanks to that Good Samaritan
girl that covered you up if not, you would have
disgraced yourself to heaven and back. This is not
the you that I know. Now I need you to talk to me
like a sister, like a friend, what is the problem?
What pushed you to drinking that much? If not for
one thing, I would have called your mum. What is
it? Do you know that this is final year? Do you think
you are going to graduate if you continue like this?
See I need explanations, if not, I’m going to call
your mum here and now” she said with a note of
finality.
“See you don’t have to do that. What happened
yesterday was a mistake. Yesterday was just one of
those days one has to do what he doesn’t do on a
normal day to get some things off his mind. I’m
sorry you met me in that state, it won’t happen
again ok?”
“See that is not what I want to hear. Tell me what
pushed you that far”
“Shania it is a little bit complicated ok? Let’s just
leave it”
“No we ain’tgonna leave it. Let’s get it
‘uncomplicated’ now”
“Ok, but before then, tell me what happened
yesterday and how I got here”
“You called me around 6pm yesterday to come to
11:45. I was in town where I went to pick a delivery
so I decided to drive straight to 45. When I got
there, a girl saw me looking around and signaled to
me. She asked if I’m Shania. It was when she asked
that I saw you with a face cap relaxed back on the
seat beside her sleeping. The face cap covered your
face so well that if I didn’t know you I wouldn’t
have recognized you.
Together we guided you to the car before she left. I
was so embarrassed seeing you in that state. I
drove you back here because taking you to your
house would have been very difficult. What were you
thinking? Believe me, if it wasn’t for that girl, you
would have been ransacked there. Why would you
do such a thing?”
After I listened to her narrate everything, I felt very
bad and ashamed. “Do you know the girl or did she
leave her contact?” I asked.
“Nope but that is her cap” she said pointing to a
cap on the table which I didn’t even notice all those
while.
“She said she will collect it from you if you guys
ever met again. Now that I have told you how you
got here, can you now tell me what happened?”
“I’m very sorry. I feel so ashamed of myself right
now”
“There will be time for self-pity, certainly not now”
“Yesterday was just a bad day for me. I don’t know
how to explain it to you”
“Explain it anyhow”
“Ok. There is this girl I had something with when I
was in first year………..”
I carefully avoided the party and sleeping with Cindy
in my story. After I narrated the whole story, she
heaved a sigh and stood up pacing around the
room.
“So this is why you had to drink yourself to stupor
yesterday? Fine tell me, have you figured out a
solution to your so called problem? Since the only
succor you felt you could run to was drinking, have
you thought out anything?” She asked.
“I’m sorry” I replied out of shame.
After pacing around for a while, she climbed to the
bed and sat beside me. She stared at me for a
while before she said.
“Purity I understand how you feel. But if you start
drinking when you have little issues, what will
happen when bigger issues comes?Moreover, this
is not an issue. You should have simply come to
me instead of the other way round”
“I’m sorry” I said looking away.
“Ok this is what I think you should do. You need to
take a break from all these girls. You need a time
out to think. I know so many things are going
through your mind now but enough is enough. You
need a break. Remember, you have your studies
and nobody is ever going to listen to stories if you
don’t make good grades. Now it is time for you to
determine what you want. But whatever you are
deciding just know that your academics is the first
and most important thing, every other thing is
secondary and a bit irrelevant for now. Decide
wisely”
I felt a little relieved after we talked though I still
had some thoughts running through my mind. I still
need to know what happened between Oge and
Precious in our first year. I still needed answers to
some questions.
I stayed with Shania throughout the day and left
later in the evening. She offered to drop me off but
I declined. I went home straight. Just like Shania
said, I needed time. I thought so much into the
night; and the next morning, I already made up my
mind on what to do.

Episode 36
Before I left for lectures on Monday I called
Precious and told her that we will see after my
lectures. My lectures ended by 5pm so I left for my
house.
I met Precious cooking when I got home. There
was a little coldness between us which was
understandable, owing to the fact that we had some
unfinished business.
After we ate and relaxed a bit. I decided to bring up
the issue of the previous day.
“Precious, I’m going to be truthful and sincere with
you and I want you to be same with me. I’m sorry
about the incident of yesterday. There is nothing
between Oge and I, whatever we had stopped a
long time ago. You saw her here because we went
for a party and came back late so she decided to
stay over. Nothing went down”.
“But she was on your briefs”
“Did you expect her to sleep over Unclad or in her
party wears?”
“If there is nothing going down between you guys,
she would have left since morning. But no, you
allowed her stay back till that time. Which means it
is either something went down or you were planning
on something going down. I’m not a kid Purity, I
know all those stuffs but that is in the past now it
shouldn’t happen again”.
“Now you have made your conclusion without even
trying to give me the benefit of doubt. That’s ok. I
want to ask you something and please be truthful to
me”.
“Ok, go on”
“What happened between you and Oge back then?”
“What happened like?”
“I don’t know but you were here yesterday and
heard everything she said. So I’m asking you, what
happened? I don’t want to ask her yet. If something
happened between you guys, I want to hear it from
you first”.
“Purity whatever happened between Oge and I
happened in the past. Believe me, it’s nothing that
should get you worried. It is just some girl issues
and we settled it then ok? I guess she reacted that
way because she felt I threatened her”
“It doesn’t seem that way to me. I feel there is
more to it than you are telling me. So, I implore you
to tell me the truth. Did you threaten Oge to leave
me back then?”
“You are funny Purity. Threaten her for what? Why
would I stoop so low to do that, what do I stand to
gain?”
“How do I know?”
“You know what? It is just funny how you could
believe the words of your ex over that of your
girlfriend”
“Hey don’t play that card with me, don’t do that
victim thing with me now. I know something went
down between the two of you. But since you aren’t
gonna tell me, I’m going to ask Oge”.
“So you are going back to her? You can as well tell
me that it is over between us since you are going
back to your ex. I don’t know why I keep being the
one always receiving the short end of you. Now you
want to go back to your ex who left you since first
year all because she said something that doesn’t
mean anything. I don’t know how long I’m going to
take other girls meddling into our affairs and you
see it as nothing? She said, tears rolling down her
eyes.
Women, must everything end in tears? Can’t issues
be settled without tears and someone feeling she
has been victimized.
“Ok, fine it’s ok” I said letting go of the topic.
Women just have a way of making things go in
their favor.

Episode 37
We relaxed back on the bed staring at the ceiling.
After staring into the space for a while she cleared
her throat.
“It is true” she said.
“What is true?”
“Something went down between us then. I
threatened her to leave you”
I wasn’t expecting her to bring up the topic
anymore. I know something happened between
them but I guess I didn’t want her to accept that
she threatened Oge.
“Why?” I asked sitting up on the bed. I had this
urge to shout at her. I had something good with
Oge then. People knew us as the social science
couple. Even she herself was happy for us then or
so I thought. Oge was easy going and caring.
I suppressed the urge to shout at her and decided
to know why she did what she did, because no
matter the explanation she gave, she had no right
whatsoever to end my relationship for me.
“If this incident never came up, I wouldn’t have ever
told you this. I kept it away from you because I
didn’t want something that will hurt you”
“What happened? Tell me”
“That time we met, you already know I had a
boyfriend then. But I had this special fondness for
you. I was happy with your relationship with Oge
until I found out that she wasn’t the faithful girl she
claimed to be.
It all started when I went for a friend’s party off
campus. I saw Oge with a guy who happened to be
my friend. It was a party that progressed into the
night and I know there was no way Oge would have
gone back to her hostel that night. I wanted to be
sure that something was happening between them
so I asked another of my friend who was close to
the guy and he told me that they were dating.
After that I met with Oge and asked her what was
going on between her and the dude but she denied
knowing the guy. I allowed that to slide and told
her to stop whatever she was doing behind you if
not I will tell you.
After some weeks, I met her again with the same
dude in cocacola villa with the guy’s friends.
Immediately she saw me around, she became very
uncomfortable and didn’t stay long before she left.
Unknowingly to her I already took pictures of them.
It was from then that she started avoiding me. That
time you were always complaining about her
behavior, I already knew the cause. I watched you
loving her stupidly and showing her off not knowing
what was going down behind your back.
The last straw that broke the camel’s back was on
that Valentine’s Day that you weren’t feeling well. If
you remember you told me that Oge travelled home
when I asked after her. That night, I went for a
show that was hosted at Manor hotel. It was in the
middle of the show that I saw Oge with the same
guy. This time around, they were kissing. I
discreetly videoed them. After that I showed her the
video and told her to leave quietly else I will show
you the video.
She didn’t want you to see the video neither did I,
so I promised her that I won’t show you the video if
she walks. She also made me promise to take care
of you, which I did. So that is what happened. I’m
sorry for keeping you in the dark” she said
apologetically.
“This sounds funny. Do you expect me to believe
you?”
“I stand to gain nothing by lying to you” she said
handing her phone to.
Sometimes the truth can be very funny. You know,
when you are expecting the truth and finally you get
to know, it becomes funny. That was the exact
thing that happened to me.
I laughed and rolled off the bed to the floor. I didn’t
know what was funny, but I saw myself laughing.
After a while self-pity took over me. I was claiming
big boy and sharp guy but, my fate was already
decided and sealed behind my back.
So I wasn’t good enough for Oge. So all those
while, I was parading Oge as my girlfriend not
knowing that she was having something with
another guy.
After the self-pity, anger set in. I was angry with
myself for not having the knowledge that I was
being played. I was angry with Oge for pretending
to be mine while she was ‘doing’ another guy. I
was angry with Precious for deciding to take
actions without informing me of what was going on.
I was angry with her for keeping me in the dark. I
was angry with her for not letting me end the
relationship. I was angry with the both of them for
making a fool of me.
Look at me thinking that I ended things between I
and Oge, not knowing that they had already reached
a truce behind me and ended things.
Anger was burning through me like a hot coal. I
turned and stared at Precious. I wanted to say
things to her, but no word seemed to form in my
mouth. I went to the fridge and pulled out a bottle
of cold water. I gulped the whole content of the
bottle down as I wanted to quench the anger in me.
Whenever I speak through my anger I always say
things.
After I got control of my anger, I went back to the
bed and sat beside her.
“Why didn’t you tell me this all these while?” I
asked staring into space.
“I didn’t want you to get hurt. I knew how you loved
her. I know how sentimental and emotional you are
when it comes to things pertaining to her that was
the reason”
“You should have allowed me to be the judge of
that. How dare you make decisions for me? It was
my relationship, you should have allowed me make
the decisions. You should have allowed me decide
what will hurt me or not”
“Purity I’m sorry, I truly am” she apologized this
time around with tears.

Episode 38

Must she always cry at every little thing? I’m the
one that was fooled. I’m the one that his so-called
girlfriend cheated on. I’m the one that is supposed
to be crying not her.
“Must you cry about everything?” I asked. “Ok, fine
just stop. I have forgiven you, just stop crying”
I thought that saying this will placate her but
instead she started crying the more, throwing my
hand around her neck, I drew her closer and hugged
her. My anger had already varnished and now I’m
consoling the person that was supposed to be
consoling me.
“It is ok now, just stop”
“I am sorry, I didn’t want you to get hurt, I am
sorry” she sobbed.
“It is ok, I know you did it for me ok?” I said and
rocked her.
I held her till she stopped crying. We stayed through
the night hardly saying a word to each other. In the
morning, we prepared for school and left. Though I
wanted to forget the whole incident but a part of
me wanted to see Oge. I wanted to pour out my
anger on her. I just wanted to see her and tell her
some hurtful things. I called her after my lectures
and told her to meet me at the quadrangle around
my department.
I sat on the pavement, pressing my phone and
waiting for Oge. About twenty minutes later, she
came and sat beside me.
“Good evening, what’s up?” she greeted.
“I’m good. How are you?”
“I’m fine, just there”
“You had lectures today?” I asked trying to ease the
anger building up inside me.
“Yea, just one. Are you ok?”
“Yes I’m fine”
“Is he the guy you are still with?” I asked her. I
know that was the least of the things she was
expecting me to ask.
“Hmmmm? Who?” she asked confused.
“The guy you were straffing behind my back in first
year, or rather the guy you were straffing me behind
his back”
“Oh! I guess she has told you already. I expected
that a long time ago” she replied.
“That is not the answer to my question”
“No, I’m not with him anymore. We ended things a
long time ago”
“Why did you do that? You should have told me that
you were tired of me instead of fooling me”
“Purity, I didn’t fool you. I feel bad for what I did
but I don’t regret it. And just for the records, you
pushed me into it”
“You gotta be kidding me. How did I push you into
it? I loved you with my life then, how could you say
that I pushed you into cheating on me?”
“See Purity, we have to stop this, whatever
happened between us is way back. We shouldn’t
dig up buried issues. We were definitely very
immature then. Let’s just try and make things right
from now onwards”
“No tell me, how did I push you into having affairs
behind my back?”
“You pushed me away when you started giving all
your attention to Precious. You pushed me away
when you started ‘doing’ her behind my back. You
pushed me away when she started doing what I was
supposed to be doing for you and you never
objected. Purity I’m a girl. I have feelings. You were
my boyfriend and not hers. Even when I
complained, you never heeded my complaints”
“I never ‘did’ Precious when we were together. She
knew you were my girlfriend and she even had a
boyfriend then. So this was the reason you started
doing another guy, to get back at me?”
“It wasn’t to get back at you. I was lonely and
depressed. You stopped giving me attention. The
guy was always there for me. But even at that I still
cared about you”
“I guess that is supposed to atone for what you
did?”
“No but ………..it is not like I was always doing the
guy, it happened just once. I severed ties with him
when Precious made me end things with you”
“You know what? The truth is that I wanted you to
deny this. I was expecting you to tell me that it was
a frame up. Yes it’s the past but knowing it now
hurts. I wanted you to tell me something different
despite the fact that I already know the truth”
“That is something I swore not to do if this ever
comes out. I’m sorry, I can’t deny it or lie to you
about it”
“It’s ok. You don’t have to be sorry. When she told
me everything I felt bad and hurt. I had many hurtful
things I want to say to you, but now I guess I can’t
even say them anymore”
“Purity I’m very sorry, maybe you should say them.
It might make you feel better”
I don’t know why but all of a sudden, tears started
gathering in my eyes. I wanted to talk but couldn’t
find my voice. The tears were coming so quick that
I had to raise my head to avoid tearing down. That
was the least reaction I expected from myself that
moment. I sniffed and looked away not wanting to
disappoint myself anymore.
I wanted to wrap things up with her immediately
and leave but my emotions were disappointing me.
I cleared my throat twice before I found my voice.
“I guess this is where we call it quits properly. I
have always felt this guilt thinking that I ended what
we had then, but knowing that it was you that
dumped my sorry a*s now makes me feel
better………..”
“Purity listen to me” she said interrupting me
halfway. “Ever since that happened I have always
wanted to make things right since we parted. My
heart always skip each time I see your call. I have
always wanted to come back and tell you the truth
but I guess I never found the courage to not until
recently. I want to make things right between us if
you would allow me but if not, then I guess she has
won again and for the last time”
Before she could finish what she was saying tears
were already streaming down my eyes. I couldn’t
believe myself for reacting that way.
“Please let’s not see each other again” I said and
hurried away before she could say another word.
Our emotions can really run out of our control
sometimes. When I got home, I ate from the left
over of the food Precious prepared the previous
day. It was still early to sleep around 6pm but I
didn’t mind. I switched off my phone and slept off.

Episode 39
I woke up in the middle of the night with an
invigorated spirit. I didn’t know where the strength
came from. I fired up my laptop and channeled my
energy into my project.
I worked on my project till late in the morning. I
was able to tidy up my chapter one and two. My
lecture for the day starts by 12 O’clock, but before
the lecture, I wanted to submit my chapter one and
two to my supervisor.
I did my morning work outs and prepared for
school still in an elated spirit. When I got to school,
I printed my work and headed to my supervisor’s
office.
My supervisor was just and easy going woman,
instead of telling me to come back later with no
time like most lecturers do, she scanned through it
and made some corrections and handed it back to
me. She gave me some guidelines on how to
proceed with the next chapter before dismissing
me. I left her office very happy.
After my lectures, I decided to chill around with
some of my friends. We were heading to a popular
pub around the faculty of arts ‘Home Pride’ to have
some bottles also to scout some Faculty of Art
babes, for the other guys though. Personally I don’t
like hanging out at that particular spot but since it
has been a while I chilled with my friends, I didn’t
have a choice.
We had barely settled down inside the pub when my
phone started ringing. I pulled out my phone from
my pocket and it was Cindy that was calling.
“Do you mind if I join you guys?” she asked
immediately I picked the call.
“What? Where are you?” I asked knowing that she
must have seen me.
“Just answer me first na”
As she said that I saw her entering, smiling towards
our table. Just then my friends started hailing me.
She got to our table and greeted my friends.
“You should have told me you were following me” I
said as she sat beside me.
“So that you will tell me to go back right?” she
retorted.
“By the way, why have you not been taking my
calls?”
“Must I take your call?”
She heaved a sigh and resigned to pressing her
phone. We all stayed together till late in the evening
before we left. Cindy wanted to go with me but I
strongly declined. After trying all her tricks to which
I didn’t budge to, she left annoyed.
Throughout the rest of the week, I stayed away from
Precious. Surprisingly Shania on her own has not
called since the Sunday I left her house. I called her
twice within the week but she didn’t take the call
neither did she return it. Oge only called once since
the last time we saw. I guess that’s why my life
has been a little peaceful.
“What did I do wrong?” I asked when she picked
the phone.
“You didn’t do anything o” she replied laughing.
“Is it funny? since Sunday you have not called to
check on me and even when I called you twice, you
neither picked nor returned the call. Is that the
latest now?”
“Come on, I’m sorry jare. I have been very busy
though that’s not an excuse sha, how you dey? ”
“Hmmmm!! I’m fine, you?”
“I’m good. How is it with you and your wives?
Thought they would have killed you by now” she
said laughing.
“Well I’m still alive. Thank God your prayers didn’t
work.
We spent a little time making small talks.
“I have missed you. Let’s hang out if you ain’t
occupied this evening” I said praying she wouldn’t
say no.
“You want to take me out?’ she asked smiling.
“Yes”
“You know I’m a very busy person. So let me check
my schedule and see if I have some free hours this
evening” she said laughing.
“Whatever, I will be coming around to your house
by 6pm, just be ready by then or…”
We talked more before I ended the call. I realised
how much i have missed Shania just for a few days
that there was no communication between us.

Episode 40
Later in the evening, I went to Shania’s house. We
left her house for Chitis, it was a bit scanty when
we got there. I located the table closer to the one I
shared with Cindy the day Shania gave me her
number and led her to it. We settled and placed our
order when a waiter came. We kept gisting till they
served our order.
“You know this is the first time I’m actually taking
you out on a date” I started after we ate for a while.
“Yea, and I’m surprised” she replied looking at me.
“There is something I wish to tell you, hope you
wouldn’t find it offensive”
“Ok, what is it?”
Before I left for Shania’s house, I was reciting the
lines I will use. I wanted to officially ask her out to
be my girlfriend. Sometimes when in the comfort of
our room, everything seems easy, but when faced
with reality, the opposite becomes the case.
Everything I recited varnished from my mind when I
needed them. I stared into my food searching my
mind for the words I had rehearsed more than a
hundred times but couldn’t find them. To make
matters worse, each time I raise my head, she will
be looking at me.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked as
that was the only thing that came to my mind.
“How am I looking at you? Wait are you ok? You
are sweating” she said feeling my fore head with
her palm.
I didn’t realize that I was already sweating in a cool
environment. It wasn’t just my forehead, my palms
were sweating too which happens whenever I’m
nervous.
“Yes I’m fine. Shania, I’m feeling nervous because
for some hours now, I have been reciting a speech
which I prepared to present to you but I can’t even
find my words any more”. I said smiling
sheepishly.
“Come on, is that why you are sweating under this
air condition? Ok whatever it is, say it out any how
you want?” she said smiling.
This is someone I was already used to but now I
couldn’t even look at her face. I tried relaxing
myself by taking a sip from my drink to calm my
nerves before I continued.
“Shania” I started. “Over time I have found myself
thinking more about you. There is this happiness
and comfort that I feel whenever I’m around you. I
want us to redefine this friendship. I want a
relationship with you. I know I have done a lot of
sh*t which you know. They say ‘sometimes we tend
to lose a diamond while picking stones’. I don’t
want to tow that line. You are diamond and I don’t
want to lose you picking stones. I don’t know if I
deserve you, but if you still find me worthy, please
will you be my girlfriend?”
I felt like a load has been lifted off my shoulder
when I said my mind. I relaxed back on the chair
while we stared at each other. After a while, she
cleared her throat and smiled.
“Believe me you caught me unawares. I was
expecting the opposite of what you just told me
now. Purity you have enough girl drama in your
hands already, do you think adding me to it won’t
cause you more trouble? I think what you should do
now is to sort yourself out first. When that is done
then you can know where you stand.
I don’t want to bring more troubles to your life.
Don’t see this as a rejection of your offer, I pray you
understand me. I want the best for you. I prefer us
the way we are now to how you want us to be”
“You are not going to cause me any troubles. I
don’t have girl issues anymore. The only girl I still
have something to do with is Precious, who right
now I don’t know where I stand with her”
“Then go and settle things with her. Precious alone
is enough trouble for you. Go and get things straight
with her. Remember what I told you before, a bird
at hand is worth more than ten in the bush. Go and
make Peace with her” she said with smiles.
I looked at Shania and asked myself “were in the
name of God is this girl from” I couldn’t fathom it.
We spent the rest of the time discussing random
issues. I asked her to come spend the weekend in
my house but she declined. She said we needed as
much time apart as possible for me to make the
right decision.
When I got home, I thought so much about what
Shania said. She was right, I needed to fix my life.
It’s true that I needed to straighten things with
Precious. I made up my mind to settle things with
Precious that night. I pulled out my phone and
dialled her number. While it rang, it struck me that I
haven’t even asked her where and who she was
staying with. I re-dialled after she didn’t pick for the
first time.
“Hello, good evening” she greeted. Precious doesn’t
greet me except when she is pissed with me. That
has always been her sign of telling me that she is
pissed with me.
“Good evening, how are you?”
“I’m fine, sorry I missed your first call”
“It’s ok, where are you?”
“Why do you ask? What do you care?”
“Precious please I want us to settle this once and
for all. Please where are you?”
“Don’t worry I will come to your place If you want
us to see ok”
“Ok then Can you come around? I want us to talk”
“Ok, I will call you when I get to the gate” she said
and dropped the call.
That is a typical Precious, she acts all formal
whenever she is pissed. She called after about an
hour and I went to the gate to pick her. We barely
said a word to each other on our way back to my
house.
When we got to my house, she went straight to my
reading table and sat, fiddling with her phone. She
declined everything I offered her. After several
minutes of silence she decided to speak up.
“You needed us to talk?” she asked.
“Yea, but first why are you acting this way?”
“Purity forget the way I’m acting, let’s talk”
“We can’t talk with you acting like this. Precious I
know this past week has been very unpleasant for
us. I know a lot of things must have been going
through your mind. I’m sorry for not asking where
you have been staying all these while. With the
whole thing that has been happening, it seriously
escaped my mind. I’m very sorry”
“Purity since almost two weeks now, you have not
cared to ask where I have been staying, so much
for someone that claims to care. It’s ok.” She said
not looking up.
“I’m very sorry”
“It’s ok, what is it you want us to discuss?”
“Precious, I want us to stop this. I don’t want us
doing this believing that one day feelings will grow.
I can’t give you that love which you want from me. I
have tried to develop that feeling but it’s not
forthcoming. Please let’s just end this once and for
all”
“Purity, I have two questions to ask you”
“Yea go on”
“Are you doing this because of Oge?”
“No, I already ended things with Oge a very long
time ago. This has nothing to do with her”
“Ok. Secondly, am I being a disturbance to you?”
“No, come on. You are not and can never be. I just
want us to stop deceiving ourselves. The more we
are into this, the more we might prevent each other
from meeting the right people. Don’t get me wrong,
if only the hands of time could be turned, I know
we would have made the best pair.”
She left the table and came to the bed where I was
sitting. She kissed my fore head before circling me
into an embrace. We hugged for a while before she
whispered to my ears, “can I at least pass the night
here for the last time?”
“You are not just going to pass the night here, we
are going to fetch your bag from where ever you are
staying back to this place” I replied her.
Who is Precious without cry, I knew she was crying
already behind me so I held her patting her back.
No matter the trouble I will have with Precious, I
can’t forget the road we have travelled. If things
were different, I know we would have built
something great.

Episode 41

The following morning we woke up refreshed. The
previous night was one of its kind. We made
passionate love that left us both used. She cooked
and after we ate, we left to fetch her bag. To my
greatest surprise, she has been staying in a hotel
all along.
When we came back home, I sent Shania a
message telling her that I have straightened things
between Precious and myself and also there is no
need for us to be apart anymore. She sent a text
back to me which read “I’m happy you have made
peace with her. I still want us to be apart from each
other for a while”
I didn’t understand what she meant by being apart
for a while and why. I dialled her number, after it
rang twice, she picked the third time.
“What is the problem? Are you fed up with us or
something?” I asked.
“Come to my house let’s talk” she replied and
dropped the call.
I dressed up and left for her house, telling Precious
that I was going to get something in school. I met
Shania eating when I got to her house. After
exchanging pleasantries, I allowed her to finish with
her meal before bringing up the issue. Suddenly the
air between us was becoming a little strange,
unlike us.
After clearing the dishes, she came back and sat
beside me on the bed.
“I have ended things with Precious peacefully. We
ain’t dating anymore, not like we were dating before
sha”
“Ok I’m happy to hear that”
“Shania nothing stops us from dating now, please I
don’t want us to be apart”
“Purity listen to me. A lot of things has happened of
which we both know. There is this part of me that
wants to accept your proposal but there is this
other part that is telling me to be careful and I’m
heeding to that part. I don’t want us to rush into
this. Yes I want to start something with you but it’s
not something that I want to just last for a couple
of months. Now that you have made Peace with
Precious I want you to use this remaining time for
your academics while I focus on mine. We have
few months left to stay here, let’s use that for our
studies, ok?”
“Shania I don’t want something that will last a few
months with you, I want something serious not a
fling”
“Purity, I have thought about this, what if we don’t
see again after graduation? I can’t do a phone
relationship. I can’t do a distant relationship”
“We can always find a way to see after graduation. I
know it’s going to be difficult but if we try our best
we can pull it through”
“Ok this is the plan I have, after graduation, let us
work out NYSC posting to the same state. That way
we can be together and build a relationship, but
until then, Purity please let’s be apart”
“And what if we don’t end up in the same state?”
“Then we were never meant to be. Purity I’m sorry
but this was a hard decision for me to make.
Please don’t push it any further. I don’t want you to
make me change my mind which I know you can
do if you press on. Just do this for me ok?”
I gave up trying to convince her and decided to let
it be her way. She also suggested we cut
communication for the rest of the semester and try
not to run into each other as possible as we can.
We decided to work our NYSC posting to Lagos
after graduation. We had the last round of a
passionate ‘goodbye till we meet again’ S£x before
I left.
*************
Two months after our graduation NYSC posting
came out. Before we left school, I told Precious that
I will be working my NYSC posting to Akwa-Ibom
State while she said she will work hers to Abuja. I
wanted to keep her at arms length. No coincidence
should bring us together again. I wanted to start
something with Shania on a fresh note with no one
from the past interfering.
On that faithful morning, I left for the cyber café to
print my call up latter. I was in the cyber café when
I got a message from Shania.
“Purity I’m very sorry, maybe we are not meant to
be together. I am posted to Akwa-Ibom. I love you
Purity, even if we never see again, don’t forget that”
After I read the message, my sweat buds all
opened. I was sweating everywhere. When it got to
my turn, I wrote down the info required to print out
the letter on a piece of paper and handed it over to
the café attendant. I turned my back to the
computer while she logged on to NYSC portal. A lot
of things were going through my mind.
“What if I was posted to another state?”
“Does it mean that this working of NYSC posting is
a scam?”
“What if I am posted to Maiduguri or any of these
distressed states?”
” What will happen to I and Shania?”
I was still lost in thought when the attendant tapped
me and said “Akwa-Ibomayaya”. I turned and asked
her what she said.
“You are posted to Akwa-Ibom State”
I couldn’t contain my joy when I heard that. I
hugged and kissed the girl shouting. Everybody in
the café turned looking at me while the girl looked
down feeling shy and shocked.
When I realized the attention I had drawn to myself,
I mellowed down, and collected the letter from the
girl who couldn’t even look at my face anymore. I
pulled out my wallet and paid for the service.
Before I left I slipped a thousand naira into her
hands “Sorry for the kiss” I whispered to her and
left.
Outside the café, I pulled out my phone and dialled
Shania. Immediately she picked I shouted “We are
meant to be. I’m posted to Akwa-Ibom too oo”.
The news must have caught her by surprise as she
kept quiet not saying anything. I had to say hello
twice before she cleared her throat. I noticed she
was sniffing.
“What is the problem? Are you crying?” I asked.
“No, no I’m not, I’m just so happy” she said amidst
sniffing.
“Now you see, we are meant to be, we are meant
to be” I said jumping around in front of the café.
“Yes, yes we are” she replied now laughing.
We talked for some minutes before saying the good
byes to continue when I get home. I was about to
dial Shania back when I got home when a message
entered my phone from Precious. As I clicked it
open, I couldn’t believe what I saw
“Baby they posted me to Akwa-Ibom.
I have been trying to call you but your number has
been busy.
Call me back, hope you have checked your
posting?”
Just when you are trying to run away from the past
and nature twists your arm.
The End

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