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Episode 10
Yetunde planted her li-ps on mine and looked straight into my eyes and said if Britney cannot have me then she will.
I was stunned.
“What are you talking about Yetunde, you are my friends and I am here to tell you what she wanted to do, now you kis-sed me and said what I don’t un-derstand.”
She chuckled.
“It’s okay if that is what you want, let’s keep it as friends but that did not change the fact that I know I like you but you like Britney, is it because she’s based in abroad? Is that why?” She quizzed and left me speechless.
I felt what she was feeling at the moment, I held her hand and told her that she was getting it wrong, I just want to be in camp and enjoy my stay, I didn’t want to get into any love triangle. She didn’t say anything,her silence said alot. She stared at her feet and bruise the floor with her leg.
I drew her closer and hug-ged her.
There was a kind of feeling that arouse on my body whenever I hug her, she use to submit herself totally into my body and rest everything on me like someone that found solace. She hug-ged me and wrapped her hands around me with her head on my che-st.
“I’m sorry Yetunde, you are an amazing lady, let’s make this a friendship thing and see how things work out” i said and she nodded in affirmation . I have learnt that I shouldn’t be the first to let go of a hug but in this case I didn’t want to be caught by the soldier let alone serving frog jump as punishment.
I broke free from her and watched her going into her hostel, I went to mine too. I opened my phone and saw Britney’s message.
“Ade, it seems you don’t like me, you broke my heart tonight by rejecting my advances, I really wanted to kis-s you so bad but you didn’t think twice before you fli-pped back your head, you aren’t attra-cted to me right? I un-derstand, I know you like Yetunde more, I see the way she makes you laugh and I guess she likes you too because I see the way she looks at you., but it’s fine anyways, please don’t just chase me away like that, I still love to be around you, you make me feel I have an elder brother in camp, do have a wonderful night rest. I love you”
I read this message and had a cheapish smile.
Britney is a lady any guy would want to kill for, but I didn’t feel any connection to her nor Yetunde. Maybe because I just finished nurturing a heartbreak few days to camp and I saw camp as an escape route to get out of my depression.
My heart was blocked like a bastard that was just flogged.
I wanted to heal and have fun, I never expected emotions would be flowing around. I felt nothing.
What would a broken heart feel when emotions are already leaking away from it.
I read the message and didn’t reply, I didn’t see anything special in it.
It was some minutes to light out, I was viewing my gallery when a hand tou-ched my leg, I jumped up and I saw Ben standing at the base of my bunk staring at me like a depressed fellow.
I looked right at him like a bully.
“Oga we-tin happen? Why are you here?” I asked
“I’m sorry if I have disturbed your personal time, I just want to have few words with you” He said.
“Be quick with it, its almost light out and I no fit chop frog jump o”
“It’s okay, I will be quick with it, I just want you to tell you to please leave Britney for me, please, she’s my life, I’ve been dating this lady since we were in Greenwich, I worked out everything to be here with her but you are her distraction, please, let me right my wrongs with her, I am begging you as a brother, I know Yetunde likes you, you can be with her and let me be with Britney please, I beg of you” he pleaded .
It was the best time to strike because he was like a na-ked corn ready to be roasted.
“Is that why you told her parents that I was the reason why she was punished because she stayed out late with me? Is that why? You lied and think you can gey away with it? Well, I don’t have anything to say to you please, you already blew that chance” I said and wrapped myself back on my bed.
It was time out already and I was ready to sleep when a WhatsApp message came on my phone, it was a picture from Yetunde, I opened it and it was a picture that got me looking owlishly.
It was a picture of her Bos-oms.
She gave it a caption.
“Do have a succulent night rest baby”
Chai…this geh wee nur kee me.
*⛱️THE CAMP⛱️*
Episode 11
I stared at the picture for a while and I almost got caught after light out. I closed my eyes and started wondering why Yetunde took it this far. I un-derstand that she might have feelings for me and probably want to feel some ca-ssava but the camp wasn’t the best place to do such because just few days back some people were caught having s-ex.
It wasn’t even between young lads, it was between a married woman and a young guy. They were caught at night in the container of the dry cleaners and they were sent home, these were the thoughts in my mind when I couldn’t stop staring at what she went to me.
“Devil get behind me, I shall not be a victim of s-ex scandal in this camp, Yetnde will not send me home ” I closed my eyes and slept and the night went by. The following day was our social night and they listed the artistes that were coming.
Orezi and one guy from chocolate city, it was a night we were all anticipating especially when we were told some comedians would also be there.
That doesn’t also affect our drama and dance practice. The day was a light one, I went to sit un-der a big tree that was far away from the parade ground because i needed some time to myself. Britney’s call came in but I ignored it. She sent me a text.
” you don’t have to ignore my call Ade, I just want to tell you what happened last night”
When I saw this message I was shocked, what happened?, I called her back immediately and she picked, after ranting that I didn’t pick her call she said Yetunde came to her hostel to tell her about me. I didn’t get the gist so I requested that we see, I described where I was and she met me there few minutes later.
I was curious.
“What happened between you and Yetunde last night? ” I asked and She laughed out loud.
“Nothing actually happened, when you didn’t pick my call, I thought of what could get your attention so I lied because I really wanted to see you and talk.
I heaved a de-eper sigh.
“You don’t have to do this ypu know, I am not avoiding you, I just need time alone and that’s it”
“It’s fine, I just want to tell you that I want us to sit in same place tonight, I am trying to avoid Ben, he has been acting weird these days and I’m not sure I’m safe around him anymore. Please let me sit beside you ” she said and I asked why me.
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She said because I have planted a kind of fear in his heart unlike Bayo that he almost hit at mammy market when he saw him with her.
Bayo was in Platoon 3 but same hostel with us, he liked Britney because of her accent and Ben had gone to bully and threaten him off Britney.
Ben dares to threaten me, I was not bu-tty, I was a confirm pakororo and I doubt he could survive my fist. I wanted to tell her what he told me the previous day but I kept it to my self.
I tried as much as possible to ignore Yetunde because a gaze at her would bring back the memory of what she sent to me the previous night. I told Britney not to worry, I’ll be there for her, she immediately went back to her hostel.
Yetunde didn’t call me throu-ghout that day, she didn’t even show up at the handball training. It was time time drama rehearsal and I left to the rehearsal ground, on my way, I saw a lady walking towards me.
She had the exact face of my ex that served me breakfast, the lady my heart belonged to. She pa-ssed me by and I turned and followed her.
“Hello, please can I have a moment with you” j said and she stopped immediately.
“My name is…..”
“Ade….I know you” she interrupted.
I was surprised.
“How did you know me please, I don’t remember where I know you” I said.
“Don’t worry about that but how may I help you, what is the exact thing that made the Almighty Ade follow me when he has the pretty foreign lady running after him, I am no where near her beauty, why aren’t you giving in even when she tells everyone that made advances at her that you are her boyfriend” she chuckled and continued.
“Foreign babe see fine boy” she said and chuckled.
I was dumbfounded.
I wanted to talk but started stammering.
“What are you talking about? Where did you hear all these from, I dont even know you and you poured out all these” I exclaimed.
“You don’t have to know, a friend of mine asked her out and she told him the same thing, i got to know you more because you are in the drama and dance group. Well, that aside, how may I help you” she asked.
I didn’t know what to say.
I watched her as she walked away. I stood like a stunted tree, someone came and covered my eyes from the back, it was Yetunde.
She came forward and hug-ged me.
“Where have you been? You didn’t even call me today, how is tonight going to be? Let’s hide somewhere to have fun” She said.
I knew what she meant but I wasn’t ready to risk it, on the other hand I had promised britn that we would be together.
I didn’t answer any of her questions.
Because dem don finally cast me.