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Episode 12.
It was night ready and we were all prepared for the social night. I was sleeping when I heard the sound of the beagle that we should move out of our hostels and head straight to the parade ground because the program was about to start.
I left the hostel and saw Ben at the gym with other guys, he was seriously buildng tissues and sweating profusely. I watched them for a while before walking away. I called Britney and Yetunde on my way and they joined me.
“We should get some snacks before going to sit down” Yetunde suggested.
We got to mammy Market and at the same place we wanted to buy snacks and drinks, we met the lady I met on the way earlier and her friends, they started whispering into one another’s ears the moment they saw three of us.
Suddenly I heard.
“Na wa o, the close marking is real o, guy you dey enjoy o”
Yetunde looked at them quizzically, like, are you guys talking to me or what, I ignored them and acted as if I didn’t know what they were talking about. We paid and left.
‘Do you know those babes?” Yetunde asked.
“No, I dont”
Britney interrupted.
“I know them, one of their friends once asked me out but I turned him down, he didn’t give the space then I told him you are boyfriend and he stopped disturbing me after then.
“You what? Why ?” I exclaimed.
” because I didn’t know what to say, that was what came to my head at that time and I’m glad it worked.
That was why the lady I met earlier said Britney claimed I was her boyfriend, I wished I had a thing for her but it wasn’t just forthcoming. Yetunde on the other hand didn’t need love, she just wanted to get erotic with me probably because she was attra-cted to me or she was horny.
Yetunde didn’t say a word, she was only humming.
We got to the parade ground, the arrangement and stage preparation had also started. We were sitted and started gisting about how the event was going to be when Ben showed up.
He walked towards us, when he saw us, he moved to the other side and sat alone. He brou-ght out his phone and started pressing.
Yes, we aren’t perfect and in one way or the other we tend to mess up because life didn’t come with a manual and that makes us human. I felt what he was feeling at that time. The loneliness and regrets, how the heart pounds so ha-rd in pain of seeing someone you love with someone else.
Doing everything possible to right our wrong but yet everything still sli-pping away before our eyes despite alot of effort.
I told Britney to go and sit with him. She looked at me quizzically.
“Why?”
“The poor boy is just trying to be better again probably after he realised his mistakes but I am here not making things easy for him because I am always all over you, please settle everything you think you have with him and become friends if not for dating. ” I said.
She seemed not interested. Probably she felt like I was pushing her away from me.
“But Ade, this is the same guy that almost made me hate you, he lied against you and you want me to be friends with that guy? Are you trying to send me away? Didn’t I tell you I’m not safe around him anymore, Ade, just tell me you don’t want me around because of Yetunde ” she ranted.
Yetunde spoke up. ” Hey hanty , no put my mata for your mata o, nothing concern me abeg”
Britney seemed not un-derstand me and I guess I hit the right note at the wrong time. You don’t for-ce a woman against her wish until she heals from her bruise.
“Okay then, you ladies can stay here, have some girlie gossips and fun, I want to go and have some words with him, I’ll be back” I said and stood up.
“Ade really?” Yetunde exclaimed.
I bent a bit and gave her a kis-s on the cheek, I did the same to Britney too.
“Are you ladies missing me already,? I’ll be back, I want to go and make the world a better place ” I said and left.
I crossed to the other side of the pavilion and sat beside Ben, he didn’t see me coming because he was engrossed in his phone.
“Hey niggi!”
He looked at me and it was a totally different innocent look.
“What’s up man, what….what…” he stuttered.
“Yes I know I know, just wanna leave the ladies to do ladies things while I sit with a guy and have a bro moment” I said.
He laughed out loud.
“I appreciate that man” he said and threw a heavy hand shake at me. I took it.
He was happy and he couldn’t hide it.
Britney and yetunde stared at us, I winked them.
I might not be in good term with Ben but I must also respect the Bro code that says…
“Never desert a bro because of a babe”
*⛱️THE CAMP⛱️*
Episode 13.
It was an absolute silence with Ben before I broke the silence.
“I saw you at the gym, are you planning to contest for anything tomorrow?” I asked.
He shrugged.
“Before we dive into that, I want to apologise on what happened between us, from lying against you and also trying to paint you bad in front of Britney, the more I made her hate you, the more she fade away from me and get attra-cted to you, she has been avoiding me and its killing me, I can’t concentrate on anything, she did not want to have anything to do with me, even friendship, I know I have really messed up that’s why I decided to contest just to distract myself from the pains, I am so sorry Ade” he apologised and I could feel the sincerity in his voice.
I smiled.
“It’s fine bro, love over hates, I un-derstand how you feel, it’s just that atimes when we do the wrong thing for the right course, everything tend to go wrong, but i appreciate the fact that you accept your wrong. We are cool bro” I said.
We had a handshake again.
I looked towards the ladies and saw that they were also engrossed in a conversation.
Ben looked at them too. He was lost at staring at Britney.
“I met her in our second year, she was innocent and gentle, so beautiful that most of the white lads in the school use to bully her, especially the boys that wanted to date her but she refused. I man up and stood up for her, I was once suspended for two months because I broke a boy’s jaw, he was talking her down and she started crying. That was what brou-ght us together. We started dating in the third year and the bullying stopped because we were always together. I love her so much that I told my parents that I was coming to serve in Nigeria because of her, I worked everything down here Ade, despite all that, I still messed everything up.”
“What a story, what changed? Why do you have to struggle this ha-rd to have the lady that was once in love with you, did you do anything wrong?” I asked.
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“You are my gee, I can’t lie, I cheated on her with a white girl and the girl went to tell her just to hurt her and what was it. She hated me and broke up with me but it was just an emotionless cheat, I didn’t feel anything for the babe, but I just want to have a taste of her and that was it, you know guys things now” he said and I started laughing.
I laughed so ha-rd that he started laughing too. It was funny to me. I un-derstand him, youth exhurberance tend to take over us and we mostly miss it at that time.
“Well, the deed is done, there is no point crying over a spilt milk. I’ll do what I can to make her reason back with you, I don’t wanna have anything with her not even now that I know someone in her past is still much in love with her, we will make this work together, gradually but eventually,” I said.
He almost jumped on me, he was excited.
“Thank you so much bro, I will never forget this kind gesture, oh, I don’t mind being her friend even if she refused to date me, I just wanna have her around, thank you so much bro I appreciate ”
“It’s nothing bro, let’s talk about how tomorrow is gonna be, what are you contesting for? ” I asked.
“I am representing our platoon to contest for Mr Slim and Fit,” he said.
“You know what?, join us over there” I said.
“Are you sure that’s going to be a good idea? She didn’t want to have me around her ”
“Don’t worry bro, it’s gonna be a gradual process till she is safe around you again, you don’t have to sit beside her, you can sit beside me or Yetunde. Just act natural and don’t for-ce anything as well” I said.
He heaved a breathe.
“Okay bro, let’s do this” he said.
We left the seat and went to join the ladies. At this point, the program was close to starting and the music was already blaring.
It was getting dark already and the pavilion was getting crowded. I sat in the middle of Yetunde and Britney, Ben sat beside yetunde.
Britney rested her head on my shoulder while Yetunde placed her hand on my lap and played with the hair.
Ben and Yetunde didn’t say a word to one another.
“Brit dear, Ben is saying Hi” I said. She raised her head and waved at him without saying anything, Ben said Hi.
Yetunde yawned and placed her head on my lap-s, her bo-obs rested on my na-ked lap-s and that got me aroused. She felt the ca-ssava nodding in agreement un-der my short.
She raised her head and looked at me owlishly.
“Oh my Goodness, Ade that was Hoooogggeee….”
“What’s that Yetunde? ” Britney asked.
“Don’t worry you can’t un-derstand” she replied her.
I couldn’t sit any longer, I pulled off my jacket and wrapped it around my wai-st I sat up and rushed down the pavilion just to catch some air and also make sure I cool off before going back.
I went to the back of the pavilion.
I stood there and someone grabbed me from behind, I looked back and it was her.
Yetunde showed up again.
This geh sha wan chop my ca-ssava, what a fighting temptation.