EPISODE TEN
I dialed the number again and she picked up.
Me: Hello Funmi
Funmi: Hello Williams
Me: Long time, How are you doing?
Funmi: I’m fine. I’m sure you are fine too.
Me: How do you mean?
Funmi: I saw you today. But you seem not to recognize me
Me: (Error, I always love to cover up stuffs like that) really, where?
Funmi: Don’t worry. Hope your trip wasn’t stressful.
Me: Trip? I eventually did not go. (But how did she know?)
Funmi: Oh, your room-mate said you went on a trip with your supervisor.
Me: You were in my room?
Funmi: Yes, your room mate got hit by my car yesterday, so I had to visit him.
Me: Wao! So you were the said lady?
Funmi: I wasn’t the one that drive
Me: I know that. Thanks a lot but how did you know that’s my room?
Funmi: I saw your pictures
Me: I see, thanks for the cardigan.
Funmi: No, thanks to you. I never get chance to thank you for that day.
Me: You don’t have to
Funmi: I’ll love to meet you. Can we meet at that eatery tomorrow?
Me: Which eatery?
Funmi: Oh sorry, let’s meet by the shed in front of the libr@ry tomorrow
Me: Okay, around what time?
Funmi: Any time you’ll be free
Me: I’m totally free tomorrow but 4pm will be okay.
Funmi: Won’t that be too far?
Me: I’m thinking weather will be cool by that time
Funmi: Let’s make it 3pm ple-a-se?
Me: Okay 3 it is but how did you . . .
Funmi: Thanks. See ya tomorrow
“Cho! She seems happy. Wait! Was she the one that paid for my meal at the eatery? Now it’s ma-king perfect s-en-se. So she has a car, and the rich one among her friends. No wonder she sound so commanding. Well that’s a turn off for me, I’m just gonna see her tomorrow and that’s all. I can’t be in a relationsh!pwhere the lady is the commander and besides, Janet is there. I’m going to formalize our relationsh!pthis evening.”
As i was trying to lie back on the mattress, my phone rang and it’s Janet. “Talk of the devil”
Me: Hello Jane
Janet: Will, where are you?
Me: In my room
Janet: So you are back and did not call me
Me: I’m sorry, I just . . .
Janet: I’m coming over
Me: Oh! What of Temmy and Rachael?
Janet: They are here loving up. I’m coming
Me: Alright.
This sound like a good opportunity to cement our relationsh!p. I turned on
the system and open “Games of throne”. While this was pla-ying, the rock selection continued to pl@yun-derground then i heard a knock on the door. “That can’t be Janet, their place is not that close.”
Me: Yes who is it?
Person: Good afternoon, it’s I, Uche
Me: (Cho! I don’t think I know any Uche, besides I thought Uche is masculine but that voice is surely of a lady) Come in, the door is not locked.
She c@m£ in and happen to be the lady I saw earlier today. We shared the same supervisor.
Me: Oh! It’s you, I don’t know you bears Uche
Uche: Which one do you know?
Me: Honestly I never knew your name
Uche: Because you have your own peeps you talk to and never look our side.
Me: Same as you now. I’m even surprised to see you in my room. You guys are the big girls of the clas-s now, small boy like me cannot relate.
Uche: What big girl? It’s your perspective. We see you as a proud person self.
Me: Proud? Far from it. Anyway, why are you here?
Uche: Won’t you offer me something first?
Me: (What is it now?) Oh sorry. (I poured some of the Five-A-Live for her) There you have it.
Uche: (Sips some) Thank you.
Me: So what do you want?
Uche: Chil now, let me finish this drink first. I really love your room set up.
Me: (O o o This babe will surely ruin this evening for me) Oh thanks. You’ll have to talk on time, ‘cos I’m going somewhere.
Uche: Really? I thought you were watching film (pointing to the paused “Games of throne” on the system) Which film is that?
Me: Games of throne
Uche: Oh! I’ve heard of the film. Which p@rt is this? Majid is there right?
Me: (Majid koo Odunlade ni) It’s a British series and that’s season two.
Uche: Nna, I love the babe’s hair (Pointing to “Khalesi”)
Me: Seriously Uche, why are you here?
Uche: plea-se pl@ythe film, let’s watch together.
At this point, I’ve started boiling inside as I’m sure if Janet should meet her here, especially with the way she dressed, she’ll think of something else. I heard a knock on the door and I answered but nob©dy responded. I decided to check who was there only to found Janet staring at me like i just broke something. She then turned back and started leaving.
Me: Janet! (I gr@bb£d her hand) What’s wrong?
Janet: Nothing
Me: Common you’re just here and started leaving without saying anything. What’s the matter?
Janet: You never told me you have a visitor.
Me: Sincerely I never knew she was coming and I don’t know why or what she’s here for
Janet: So why haven’t you chase her out?
Me: I’ve tried to. . . plea-se coming in
I stylishly draw her along. She only saw the lady’s shoe o and she’s this jealous, menh! We entered the room and Uche was alre-ady lying down on the mattress.
Me: Uche, plea-se you nee-d to leave now, I told you I’m going somewhere. Uche: Why now?
Janet: Uche?
Uche: Janet? What are you doing here? Or is he? (Rolling her eyes towards me)
Janet: Yeah, he is. What are you doing here?
Uche: I nee-ded him to help me with my project write up
Me: Wait, you guys know each other?
Janet: Yes, we used to be room mates.
Me: Oh, really?
Uche: Yeah, when we were in 100level. plea-se check this write up for me (She took out the write up from her bag)
Me: That can’t be this evening. I told you I’m going somewhere
Uche: plea-se check it, it won’t take time. Janet help me beg him plea-se.
Janet: Check it for her Will.
Me: (Something tells me it’s not from her heart).
I took the script from her and re-ad throu-gh. Honestly, what she wrote was out of it. Highly disjointed paragra-phs, but telling her would mean I’ll be writing another one for her and i don’t think I’m re-ady to do that, especially not now. She also refused to pres£nt her Aim and Objectives.
Me: Listen Uche, you don’t have Aim and Objective. Try to get that first then restructure your paragra-phs. With that, you are good.
Uche: plea-se, I don’t know what to write as Aim and Objective. Let me write your own since the project t©pic is similar
Me: (See this one o, I should give you mine so that our supervisor can subtract another mark) You can’t write my own Uche, our materials are different.
Uche: plea-se now, I’ll change the grammar.
Me: Okay, I’ll help you get yours, but not now. Let’s meet on Monday.
Uche: Monday is too far now, why not tomorrow, by evening?
Me: (They s£nd you to me? You want to spoil tomorrow’s show too) Uche Monday. It’s usually a lecture free day for us anyway.
Uche: I wanted to submit on Monday
Me: Go and do what you can do there, by Monday we’ll look at it together,then you can submit.
Uche: Okay give me your number so I can call you on Monday.
Me: Alright, 08…
Uche: Wait I beg, my phone is not re-ady.
I gave her my number and she left. Jane had alre-ady started watching the movie on the system and I saw this as a perfect opportunity to let out my mind, but how do I start. I really hope this Uche of a girl has not spoil the show alre-ady.
Me: I’m sorry about that, I never knew she would show up here.
Janet: No problem, just be careful with her.
Me: Of course I will
Janet: She’s a really bad girl
Me: I know she forms big girl in clas-s, but bad girl how?
Janet: She tried to snatch our then room mate’s b©yfri£nd.
Me: Oh, I see. You seem to enjoy this movie though.
Janet: Yeah, I p@rticularly love this lady’s hair. But her husband is too hefty
Me: What’s with you ladies obse-ssion with khalesi hair. They look good together don’t you think.
Janet: Well, maybe.
Me: That could be us you know
Janet: Hmm, but i don’t have a blond’s hair and you are not hefty
Me: (I hold her hands) You can always fix something like that if you want and I can always enter gym to develop those if it takes that.
Janet: (She paused for a moment) Will
Me: I’m all hears
Janet: (using her hand to ru-b my cheek) Don’t you think we are good like this?
Me: I don’t get you
Janet: Instead of complicating things, can’t we just be friends. Something more than ordinary friend as we are now
Me: Friend with benefits?
Janet: Something like that.
Me: So you are saying we can’t d@t£
Janet: I did not say that, just that, it can’t be possible, at least not now.
Me: Till when?
Janet: Anything is possible later dear, we are fine now.
Me: But you have not tell me the reason
Janet: I just don’t want us to complicate things.
Tbc