Episode 17
Most of the advances from her male Facebook friends were ignored by her except for one. I found out that there was something between them right up until she started ignoring him. I checked up on the guys profile and he was dope. Seemed to be living abroad judging by the places he took his pictures. He looked like he was in his late twenties or early thirties. I just sat there and stared like i just submitted my question paper and c@m£ out with my answer sheet. Ada c@m£ back with two cans of fanta and two large meat pies. I was too annoyed or should i say heart broken to even look at her, she sat beside me oblivious of my composure and was trying to hand over the drink and snack to me. I ignored her and looked in another direction while trying to figure out my next move.
“Let’s go home” i finally said getting up from where we sat.
“Now?” she asked looking up at me
“Yes, now” i sounded a bit harsh, she looked confused as she stared at me.
“But what are we now going to be doing at home?”
“I don’t know, i don’t want to stay here, either you come with me or you stay here, either way i’m going home” i said getting up. She got up and walked after me as i led the way.
We got to my lodge and we both went in. I sat on the be-d, she dropped the drinks on t©p of the fridge and sat beside me. She had probably noticed my countenance had changed. She c@m£ closer to me and held me by shoulders.
“Too, is anything wrong? ”
I kept quiet
” Talk to me naa, eh baby, why is your face like this?” she kept asking, she was going to break down when i decided to talk.
“Ada who is Oscar?” i asked looking at her.
“Oscar, from wherever?” she asked
“Oscar from your Facebook, Ada, who is he?” i was beginning to sound very bitter and i was bitter. I loved her and couldn’t bear having someone who is probably better than me getting her attention, i was scared she may decide to leave me for him. From the chat, i had figured out that they have gone far and i wasn’t re-ady to lose her. She looked at me with a little bit of sadness in her eyes.
“He’s my fiance” she quietly said as my heart started pounding so ha-rd i as-sumed people outside could hear the sound.
I stared at her like i just met her for the first time, i had wished it was a joke but it wasn’t.
“Your fiance?” i asked again and she nodded.
“And you never told me? ”
” It wasn’t necessary” she said pu-lling closer to me, i shifted farther from her which seemed to hurt her, she was hurting me with this revelation and i wanted so ha-rd to reciprocate this love so she could feel how i felt. Sitting there all of a sudden i realized how scarcely we knew each other, we had been too consumed by our affection for each other that we cared about nothing us but us.
“What do you mean it wasn’t necessary? ” i asked.
” It wasn’t necessary because i was going to break up with him”
“Why would you want to break up with him? ”
” Because of You tochi” she said and i stared at her.
“Why because of me?”
“Tochi, i met you and i fell in love with you, i was with Oscar because he told me he loved me and always tried to show that he did, i don’t love him as much as i would want to, but you tochi, you lit a p@rt of my heart that had been dark for ages, i love you for what it’s worth and i’m willing to let everything go for you” she hvgged me as she cried, i was supposed to be happy about her reas-surance but i wasn’t, the thought that i may end up breaking her heart made sure of that. She was going to break up with her fiance because of me and i wasn’t sure i would marry her. Heck, i was just in my year one in the University. I drew her closer to me and held her ti-ght, I loved her and that was the only thing i’m going to allow to matter, i was going to let my fears sort themselves out.
“I love you and i’m never going to let you go” i said as we held onto ourselves.
“I love you too” she whispered and sniffed.
My door opened and Kossi walked in, he observed us silently for sometime and rushed to the fridge, he gr@bb£d the drinks and meat pies and ran outside. We didn’t care, our bellies were obviously filled with our love for each other. About 30 seconds later, kossi walked in again
“Guy you fit borrow me garri” he said, i picked my heavy dictionary and flung it after him as he ran outside. I gently la-id Ada to the be-d and cu-mddled her to sleep. I dressed up and left for Eves lodge to find out her math101 exam was.
Very much to my objection, Ada had broken up with Oscar in my pres£nce over a call. He had asked her why and she told him bluntly to his face or rather his ears that she doesn’t love him enough to want to be with him. She had asked me why i was against her breaking up with him.
“Or don’t you want to be with me” she had asked with fears in her eyes…
“It’s not that” i hvgged her and pu-ll-ed her closer to me “Its just that we are still students in our 100 level and i keep wondering if you can wait so long for me”
“Tochi, i will wait for eternity for you, if you want me to” she said and held me ti-ghter. Tonia walked in without knocking.
“Hmmm, lovebirds ” she said and laughed.
” Ada come and give me your English textbook, i nee-d it now”
“Ermm, go and check my room, it should be there”
“No, come yourself, it will be fas-ter” she insisted and win-ked at me
“Tonia must you disturb us” Ada said and heading for the door.
“Go i’m coming behind you” Tonia told her as she left and faced me
“Are you sure its just the text book you want or do you have ulterior motives” i asked staring at her.
“I have dozens of English textbooks” she said hvgging me and k!ss!ngme on myl-ips.
“So what do you think you can do within the 3 to 5 minutes she’s going to spend bringing back the book”
“Nothing, if i wanted to start something, i would have s£nt her to the market and not her room” she said and bit myl-ips while gr@bb£d her h!ps and squee-zed them ha-rd , she m0@n ed and k!$$£d me again and longer.
“She’ll soon be back you know” i said
“Yea, I just c@m£ to tell you that Eve would soon be here, she was taking her bath when i left her room” she said pu-lling away from me. I looked at her with my mouth open.
“And you couldn’t say that since? ”
” At least i told you” she smiled
“What do I do?” i was getting worried and confused.
“Don’t worry, i will go and hold Ada back” she said, k!$$£d me and left while i tidied up my room .
Eve c@m£ in 10 minutes later looking like a model. She was on a grey ti-ght go-wn which revealed her hour glas-s shape. I hvgged her for like 10 seconds in which i felt every p@rt of her in HD. She laughed and pushed me away.
“I have missed you” i said as i sat on the be-d and pu-ll-ed her to my l@ps.
“I missed you too” she k!$$£d me and i held her cheek and we both k!$$£d for long. Her skin were radiant and they made me weak and lovesick at the same time. We were in love and it was very obvious. The more I thought about whom i loved most, the more i bec@m£ confused and the more i found myself entangled in my state of dilemma.
My phone started ringing but i wasn’t going to be distracted. I flung it away and la-id Eve on the be-d. I l@ybeside her as we k!$$£d, i was too engrossed in the affair that i didn’t notice when Ada walked in…
Episode 18
She just stood there looking at us like she couldn’t see us. I was caught red handed, there was no way i could lie myself out it. I was on the verge of losing two of the most valuable people in my life should Ada freak out. She just stood and stared like she was dumbfounded. I had gotten up and sat on the be-d, i couldn’t look her in the eyes and i couldn’t say anything. Eve had innocently gotten up from the be-d too, she was very ignorant of the situation in the room. She said hi to Ada with a broad smile on her face.
“Hello, i just c@m£ to take my jotter” Ada said to my surprise and shame, she turned immediately and walked out. Eve dropped her head on my shoulder.
“Ermm, i will be right back, let me return her jotter” i said and she said ok. I ran blindly to Ada’s room and found her lying on her be-d. Her eyes were we-t with tears but there weren’t running.
I went on my knees and held her hands and to my surprise she allowed me..
“Ada i don’t know what to say, I’m sorry for what you saw, Ada i love you and i swear i never meant to break your heart ” i didn’t even know what to say, i wasn’t going to deny my love for Eve or call it a mistake but then i loved Ada and i wasn’t going to lose her. She just l@yon the be-d, she wasn’t even looking at me. I sat on the be-d and wiped her eyes, she got up and k!$$£d me, i held her and k!$$£d back. Just then Eve c@m£ in on us.
“Tochi! “she called as i looked back at her. I was staring at the ground, expecting it to open up anytime soon and swallow me but nothing like that happened. I jumped from the be-d and stared at the ground. I was going to pay for all my sins that p@rticular day and i wasn’t re-ady for the penance.
“Are you two together” Eve finally asked and i saw Ada nod. Eve looked at the two of us.
“I just c@m£ to tell you i was going back to my lodge” she said and left without looking back. Ada got up and walked to where i stood
“Tochi why? ” she asked me as she cried.
” Ada i’m sorry” i muttered. She sl@pped me as i held her and pu-ll-ed her to me. She held me and cried on my b©dy. I drew her to the be-d and held her as she cried herself to sleep. I prayed so ha-rd that all these should turn to one of my dreams but my prayers were never answered. I bent my head and cried without tears…..
Ada had broken up with me that day, i had betrayed her love and it was more than she could take. Eve doesn’t even want to see anyone that looks like me or bears my name talk more of seeing me, she had cried the day i visited her and when she could no longer stand my sight, she ran out of her room and i went after her. I caught her up on the road and knelt before her to the spectacle of a few number of people. She couldn’t even look at me, she looked beautiful and fragile as she cried and i fell in love the more. She later walked out on me and into her room and ban-ged the door.
The funny thing was that i had kept to the same mistake i had made at first, i was still begging the both of them for reconciliation. I couldn’t even imagine how i was able to write the rest of the semester’s exam. The holidays were the next big thing after boredom and couldn’t wait to get back to school. Ada and Eve had since blocked my number from reaching them and didn’t waste time in blocking any other number i called them with. Fast forward to the end of holidays. I ran back to school, i was determined on getting the loves of my life back to me.
I had just gotten to my room and was unpacking and then Ada walked. She looked exquisite. I was surprised, she was the last person i had expected to walk into my room at that moment.
“Hey” she said and sat on the be-d
“Ada, how are you doing? ” i asked and sat beside her
” I’m fine, welcome back”
“Thank you, how was ur holiday? ”
” Fine thank you” she said and we stared into space for a long time. I could s-en-se the tension between us. Maybe she still felt something for me, maybe she missed me during those periods we were on break and had come to tell me that, i mean, we really loved each other and love doesn’t just die like that. I managed to look at her and our eyes met, God she was so beautiful in a way that i haven’t noticed. I pu-ll-ed her to me and she obliged. I hvgged her and she hvgged back.
“I really missed you” i said with the greatest bit of emotions i could ever muster in my voice.
“I missed you too ” she said in the sweetest voice i had ever heard in a long while. We k!$$£d pas-sionately for a while and then she pushed me away.
” Tochi st©p ” she said moving farther away from me
” Why? ”
” Nothing, just st©p plea-se ”
” Ada you should know i’m really sorry for what i did, you are all i want now and forever” i said hoping i meant it but i knew i was hoping against hope, i wanted Eve too.
“Its too late ” she said in a shaky voice, i was shaken by the statement and i prayed that some random guy haven’t snatched her away from me.
” What do you mean too late Ada” i asked with my heart pounding. She looked at me and she was crying, she looked away, wiped her eyes and sniffed. Then she dropped it on me like Hiroshima..
“I’m getting married!!! ”
TBC
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