Episode 1
They say each day comes with its
blessings and I guess some also come
with their curse…let me cuT to the chase
here.
It was just another afternoon on campus
and we had just finished a hectic biology practical and some of my coursemates
and I decided to just chill at a little and
have some snacks and fizzy drinks.we
were about 7:3guys and 4girls. Among the
guys,was chuks: a really cute dude who
had a serious crush on me,every1 in d department knew about his love for me,
but since he had never said anything
about it to me,I just decided to keep him
as a friend. Chuks suggested we sat at a
separate area,he said he wanted to talk
to me about somthing(I already knew what it was but I wanted to hear it from
the horse’s mouth),so I said ok and
immediately we left for anothe table, the
rest of them were hailing chuks! chuks!
their eyes followed us till we sat
down,and I became so shy.finally chuks started talking… So chuks started talking about his
feelings for me,I had heard those lines
before but there was something about
how he said it…gosh! He was
romantic,too bad I already had a
boyfriend whom he had never met,his name was femi. I had told Femi about
chuks and the gist in our department,
femi had become jealous and I liked that
(dnt judge me please) sometimes making
a guy jealous increases his level of care
and attention towards you,every girl like attention and I was no different. Chuks had finished what I would call an
excellent romantic episode and he asked
me to be his girlfriend, I declined and told
him I already had a boyfriend whose
name was femi,it was then it occured to
me that femi and I had agreed to see by 3pm,it was already 3:30. I jerked and told
chuks I had to meet with femi,he wore a
downcast look and pleaded with me to
stay a while longer. Well I couldn’t really
resist his babyface charm so I decided to
stay for 15minutes more, after all,there would be plenty of time to spend with
femi.
Chuks and I had talked for over 20mins,he
was really funny and kinda shy when
talking to me,the last time I met a guy
like him was in secondary school.I was
really enjoying myself and had forgotten
my date with Femi, when I almost had a heart attack. O my goodness! I
exclaimed,chuks demanded to know what
happened,then I told him that femi was
here. I had barely finished talking when
femi just came and grabbed a seat at our
table. Gbam gbam gbam…I could hear that drum
sound in my ear…I am finished… To Be Continued…
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Episode 2
The moment they say femi at our table,my
course mates began to adjust their
table,one of them even took off the head
phone he was putting on,probably to hear
the action. I could feel the scrutiny of 5
pairs eyes at me,I was fully clothed but I felt as Unclad as I was born. They all
looked away when I turned towards
them,those devils! I said to myself why
did this have to happen here and now?
This was a really awkward moment, Femi
was normally a gentleman but with a bad temper when annoyed. Unlike him,he
didn’t even accept the handshake which
chuks extended his hands for, when I saw
this I felt like running away from the
table, I started wondering what to
do,should I just put on an angry look on face and walk away?should I ask chuks to
excuse us?that would be so unfair I
thought, My thoughts were interrupted by
Femi’s voice “so what are you doing here
he asked” I was so scared of him because
I know he could create a wild scene so I calmly said “nothing,I just came to eat
something after my practical session”. He looked at the two empty cans of sprite
and then replied,really with a sarcastic
look, he then asked”how long have you
been here?” I decided to lie,and said not
long just 30mins, Chuks glanced at me
and threw his face . When I said this Femi was filled with rage and he said “so
you’ve started lying right? I’ve been
watching you for over 2hrs sitting here
with this guy laughing stupidly” I could
feel my body go tensed and sweaty…
Femi’s eyes were filled with fury,so you kept me waiting for hours because of
another guy,I was already filled with
fear,I managed to stutter I’mmm sorry,I
could feel the tears that were about to
drop form my eyes,I was fighting to hold
them back , Chuks noticed this and could not stand it so he decided to defend me.
she told me she had a date,I pleaded with
her to stay with me just a little longer,its
not really her fault, Chuks told femi. Femi
totally ignored him,he didn’t even act as if
anybody just talked. Out of anger Femi yelled “you are a big fool,so its because of
this idiot you stood me up…after
everything we’ve been through I dnt
blame you at all” Chuks couldn’t take it any longer,he yelled
back at him “what’s up with you?how can
you talk to a lady like that?dnt you have
manners,I dnt mind how you talk to me
but you shouldn’t speak to her like
that,afterall she’s apologised ,dnt talk to her like again,at least not in my
presence…
I just sat down pitying myself, imagining
a lot of crazy things,what if they got into
a fight?(Although its kinda cute when
two guys fight over you,but not in this
case),I knew that if such a thing
happened,my course mates would not hesitate to record the video,another
thought creeped in,what if Femi slapped
me and beat me up I got really scared
(because I know say I know kukuma get
power)I was simply enveloped in
shame,my course mates were probably enjoying this scene,I silently wished I
could disappear at that moment. My
emotional side got the better of me. I
pleaded with femi to stop embarrassing
me and to be considerate of the fact that
my course mates were watching us. He told me to shut up which I quickly did. After a while,he took a deep
breath,hissed at me and told me to get
him something to it,I was both surprised
and relieved ,at least he wouldn’t talk
much while eating. Meanwhile, Chuks was
still angry and I also pleaded with him to calm down,he had no choice but to do so…
finally! peace at last. Or so I thought..
To Be Continued…
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Episode 3
I immediately left for the snacks bar,and
bought him a bottle of coca cola and
meatpie,I wondered within myself “what
are my coursemates going to think?that a
girl like me could be subjected to such
humiliation” I knew that this incidence was going to lower their respect for me. Femi started eating,and there was silence
on our table I just sat there watching
chuks and Femi,who were sitting
opposite each other, Femi was giving me
a look that indicated his disappointment
and this made me look away.on the other hand, Chuks had this soft look in his eyes,
the kind of look that could comfort
someone in distress. I looked towrds the
area wher my coursemates sat, as soon as
they say my eyes they all pretended to be
doing somethign else,but I knew they were watching us. Femi finished his meal and cleared his
throat,he apologised to chuks and
extended his hands for a handshake
accompanied with a smile, chuks
accepted his handshake and his
apology.Femi got up from his seat,greeted Chuks and left without
saying a word to me. I tried to signal him
to stop,but he didn’t respond. On a normal
day I would run up to him and plead with
him till he decides to change his mind,but
this day was not a normal day,My coursemates were watching,they had
already enjoyed the previous episode,I
couldn’t afford to create another one. Few minutes after Femi left,chuks and I
decided to go home and so did our course
mates. Chuks and I walked ahead of them
since we all decided to trek,I apologised
to chuks and he said it was okay,that the
person I really needed to apologise to was Femi, I knew this but I just couldn’t
figure out a way to and this made me
really moody,but before we got to the
schOol gate,i was already cracked up with
laughter from chuks and his funny
jokes.one thing that amazed me was how my course mates kept shut about what
they just watched,not even one of them
asked what went wrong, I had a feeling
they were going to ask Chuks later. We
said goodbye and retired to our various
destinations for the evening.
I couldn’t rest when I got home,I kept
dialing his number though he cut my call
whenever he saw it,I knew this because
whenever I dialled his number it
read”number busy”…I didn’t give up,I
kept sending apology text messages for two days,I even sent some christian
messages just to make him know I was
sorry,all of these were to no avail. Within
those two days,I visited his place up to 4
times, his roomate kept saying he was
not around. My sorryness was turned into anger,so he
has decided to ignore me right? I’ve done
worse things and it didn’t take him so
much time to forgive me,since he has
decided to ignore me,I’ll ignore him
too,he would be the one to beg for my calls,my pride got the better of me and i
resolved to ignore him and anything that
has to do with him until he comes back
begging(which he usally does),afterall,i
had tried. Unfortunately,I didn’t know
there was more to come… I thought I could carry on well without
Femi, I forgot all we had been through in
our first year in school,if not for his
assistance I wouldn’t have paid my school
fees on time ,I decided to forget all the
good times we had, all the times he had been there for me(too many to count). I
let my pride overrule my love for him, I
kept saying to myself”afterall,I’m pretty
and intelligent almost any guy I like
would want to go out with me, who does
Femi even think he is?” These thoughts greatly affected my actions,I decided to
pay no more visits and ignore his call and
instead spend more time with chuks at
least that way I could overlook the feeling
of loneliness I was experiencing.
unfortunately, I couldn’t really stick to my decisions, in fact no day passed without
me dialing his number,I kept thinking of
him (dnt blame me,the guy was my FIRST
love,wats a girl gonna do?) After two weeks of no contact,I jumped
to the conclusion that Femi and I were
through,I had to deal with a strange
feeling of heartbreak accompanied with
depression. It took me about a month to
get over Femi,,I couldn’t bear the thought that I had lost femi,at some point I got
worried but my pride wouldn’t let me dial
his number again, “two weeks is enough,
he has to be the one to call first” I kept
saying this to myself. One week later, my
phone rang and although I deleted Femi’s phone number,I still knew his phone
number in my head. As soon as I saw his
number,I felt joy inside and hurriedly
picked his call. “My superman(I usually called him that),I
said with a playful voice…hey! what’s up
he replied with a very formal voice.
immediately he said this,I knew he
wanted to say something serious.
“There’s something I would like to tell you,he said with a more serious tone…
To Be Continued…
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Episode 4
“Well I want to apologise for ignoring you
all these while,I’ve just been trying to sort
myself out and recover from the way you
treated me,I’ve not been able to…I dnt
think I can continue with this anymore,I
love you,I really do but I can’t take another episode of that kind of nonsense
which you displayed the other day, you
dnt owe me any explanation or apologies
I think its best we stay apart at least for
now,this was a hard decision to
make..bbutt… Just know that I still love you” femi said. I couldn’t believe what I had just heard,I
wish h he had never called at least that
way I could keep hope alive,how could he
be so harsh,because of something as little
as that(I call it little because I have heard
about worse in relationships) he was really acting like the egocentric idiots
(some guys are)…how can you quit a
relationship with someone you love
because of somthing like this. I was
greatly disappointed and haert-broken.. Ads by Google
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Stop seeing this ad Two weeks had past since Femi’s break-
up call,I had lost weight due to thinking
and not eating,I had become a shadow of
myself…all my friends had told me to get
over Femi,they had tried hooking me up
with some guys just to help me get over him,but it wsnt successful. If femi,had
told me he didn’t love me anymore,it
would have been easier for me to move
on,but this wasn’t the case,he really
emphasised on the statement “I love you”
before hanging up.why did he have to put me in a state of emotional
imprisonment..it was hard for me to
forget him and start another
relationship,after two years of loving the
love of my life.
During my period of emotional heart- break,I couldn’t concentrate well on my
academic work(it was that bad),my
roomate wanted to call my mum,but I
pleaded with her not to,because I knew
my mum was gonna march down to my
school,if she found out I was involved with a boy in anyway-to her,I was too
young to have anything to do with any
boy, and she had the mentality that every
boy-girl relationship involved s*x. After
much pep talks a nd advice sessions from
my roomate(garnished with threats to call my mum),I decided to get back on my
feet and ignore anything that had to do
with boys(at least for the rest of the
semester). I was still recovering from my distress
when I met another shocker, I saw femi
at “OUR” favorite chat spot with another
girl… To Be Continued…
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Episode 5
I was so angry,I wanted to approach
them,but something inside me told me to
ignore them since they hadn’t seen me.
After minutes of struggling within myself
I decided to go and confront
Femi,especially when I saw how they were laughing and holdIng hands,I didn’t
notice any real intimacy between
them,but I just didn’t like the fact that
another girl was hanging around my
boyfriend at our most special place,barely
a month after our break up.am I that easy to forget?I asked myself as I took a close
examination at the girl,she’s not even
half as pretty as I am, Femi doesn’t like to
hang around people(especially girls)that
aren’t good looking. She was putting on
designer wear all over,her shoes,her hand bag,her jean and her top looked classic.
She looked “expensive” . Could that be
why Femi was with her,but femi had no
reason to be a gold digger,his dad was a
big time offshore worker in an oil
company,and his mom was a banker,I thought to myself. I was jolted out of my thought by the
sound of Femi’s voice,I didn’t know when
I had walked up to where Femi was,I was
too busy thinking. Hi,femi said in a playful
voice,he seemed to be in a really good
mood. Hi I replied with a sarcastic tone in my voice,while eyeing the girl at his side.
Meet mY cousin amy, before I could
introduce myself, Amy jumped in and said
wow! You must be prisi,his best
friend,he’s said a lot about you already.
What???!!!I exclaimed within myself,so Femi couldn’t even teLl his so-called
cousin about us,he had to lie to her
(reducing me to best friend level was so
low of him,how could he?).how was I sure
he wasn’t even lying about her being his
cousin. Do you mind joining us? Amy asked, I saw a look on Femi’s face that
implied that he didn’t want me there,but
I ignored that look,feigned a smile and
said : no,I would love to.
I joined them despite the fact that I was
having a lecture, and we started talking… I enjoyed the conversation,but one thing
that struck me was the fact that Femi
never mentioned anything about us
during the entire conversation,even when
we talked about relationships,I didn’t
have much to say because I just broke up with my first real boyfriend and I was
expecting him to talk more on it. He just
skipped anything about us,he talked more
about his ex-girlfriends much to my
anger.I had to pretend I didn’t feel any
anger because of Amy,she seemed so ignorant of any strife between I and
Femi. I was lost in thought only to be
brought back by Femi’s soft voice”prisi…
erm,there’s something I wanted to tell
you prisi(I felt some sweetness in my
belly,his voice was d–n cute,especially when he was trying to be soft)” yes I said
casually with a warm smile. Well, I was
planning to come see you at your
hostel,but since you’re already
here,lemme just say it…I’ve found a girl
that I love and loves and can RESPECT me (he made special emphasis on the word
respect).Amy put on a great smile,wow
bro,am happy for you..she hugged him
and encouraged me to do the same. She
didn’t even notice how shocked I
looked,my eyes were teary as a result of what my ears had just heard and what my
heart was still hurting over. Come on
girl,give him a hug that’s good news…he’s
your best friend isn’t he?awwww! dnt tell
me you’re jealous, Amy taunted(for a girl
looking so rich,she seemed nice enough). It was going to be the last hug ever,so I
made the best of it,buy holding him
tighter than ever(at that moment,I
relinquished all the pain in my heart),I
almost cried(I still dnt know what force in
the universe held back those tears),I freed myself from his embrace and that
was it. My eyes were too red to remain
unoticed by Amy,why do you wanna cry
she asked…nothing dear,I’m just so happy
he’s found love again,they’re actually
tears of joy. Femi couldn’t look into my eyes,I bade
Amy goodbye and turned to leave,prisi! I
heard Femi’s shaky voice,please don’t
leave me(I felt like getting a
Knife and stabbing him to death,all my
love had turned into hatred in that split second….is he crazy? What does he want
from me?).I hope you’re happy, I turned
to look at him with tears running down
my eyes,and I ran away from there,I
heard Amy calling out,I didn’t respond I
just didn’t want to see him again..ever
I left that place wondering and pondering
on how foolishly I had just reacted,how
can I miss an important lecture and
possible test just because of a guy that
didn’t seem to care,he’s not worth it
joor,I sighed…something has to be done about this,and really fast,am beginning to
lose it. I knew I needed to re-organise my
priorities,my academics had suffered a lot
because of one stupid love affair…I made
up my mind not to ever love again. D–n
guys! I hate them,they’re just selfish
idiots. To Be Continued…
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Episode 6
Exams were fast approaching and I had a
lot to make uo fro because fo my silly
mistakes…I became a regular visitor to
the library,I didn’t want to take any
chances at failure,I knew my parents
would be so angry if I failed. With a wall constructed in my herat and
my focus strictly on my academics,I
became a shadow of myself,no friends,no
hanging out,no form of socialisation,I
became like a triangular student-me,my
school,and church and occasionaly the market(forget o,man must whack
heartbreak or not).I was able to cover up
my academic lapses(I think it was divine
intervention) and even had onw wEek
extra to just relax my brain.I had become
an anti-male,I didn’t want to see any guy close to me,this was a little bit difficult
(dnt mean to brag but,I’m not exactly the
kind of girl that most guys would see and
pass by) I had this innocent looking
babyface,that made a lot of guys think
they could easily take advantage of me… hmmn,those guys got it really tough from
me,I became rude and unfriendly to all
guys,I even became scared at a point of
how I had become just because of one
heart break.
The semester exams were soon over,and
it was time for holidays. I was just chilling
at the pool one sunday afternoon when I
heard a husky voice from behind.
Prisi!…
prisi dear how have you been? Femi asked in a seemingly concerned manner.
i hissed and said,I’ve been just the way
you left me to be,and i don’t think that is
your concern in anyway
i got up from where i was sitting and
walked away. prisi!please hold on,okay…i was defiant and i picked up my clothes
flagged down a cab,and left.
on my way home,different thoughts were
going through my mind,maybe i should
have just listened to him,idiot! i don’t
think he would have said anything relevant,if he wanted to,he could have
called a long time ago,or did he not know
my number.I was brought back by the
sound of the taxi drivers loud horn.Driver,
wetin sef? you wan block pesin ear,shoo?i
said with annoyance in my voice.come,no b me make you vex o,if you know wetin
dey vex you beta maintain yoursef o, the
driver replied. I no blame you,na because
say you see me for you useless taxi
na,nonsense,i hissed. When i got home,i
couldn’t help but curse myself for refusing to hear him out,a part of me still wanted
him badly,i kept rewinding his voice in my
head..so soft,i wondered how i was able
to ignore it for the first time.
should i call him? hell no! who does he
think he is? if he really had anything important to tell me,he would have called.
“somebody saaaaavee me”…my phone
was ringing, i knew my superman was
calling…that was his ringing tone.
“hello?”…
To Be Continued…
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Episode 7
“I just wanted to say am sorry for
everything,I know I was very wrong to
have left you like that…please dear find a
place in your heart to forgive me.I still
love you ??kªª¥°??,so what do you say
about us getting back together? I was so confused,angry and happy all at
the same time.I wanted to hang up,but
then I thought it would too immature..I
decided to reply immediately,I really
wanted to say yes,but then a thought
creeped into my head. “I will make him pay,if he’s truly sorry he should be ready
to fight for me,I have to make him earn
my love so he would learn to value me
more(in other words,I wanted to teach
his sorry Buttocks a lesson).so I said “am
sorry dear,I already have someonelse am in love with,and we just started dating
two days ago,if only you had called
earlier..
“Prisi,I know you’re still in love with me…
why don’t you just accept me so we can
start afresh,I promise I’ll be more caring,more lovi…
I didn’t let him finish,I hung up. I started
wondering,what did I just do sef?eh?
Maybe there is really no need for him to
fight, No! I replied to myself…at least I
have to play hard-to-get for sometime. I knew fully well that I was still in love
with him,but I just had to put him at a
tight corner,the only thing I needed now
was a real “fake” boyfriend to instigate
the fight. Hmmnn who will I use now,I’ve
been really mean to most guys lately. Tomorow,I’ll check my contact list and
hatch my plan.I smiled to
myself,everything was going to be
perfect.
Hello charles,its Prisca,I just wanted to
apologise for the way I treated you that
day…look I’m really sorry. If there is a way
I can make it up to you,feel free to call
me back and let me know…talk to you
later,bye. I smiled satisfactorily, Charles was really
in love with me,there couldn’t have been
a better person to use,I didn’t even let
him say anything on the phone.I knew he
was going to call me back..
To Be Continued…
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Episode 8
Sometimes,life takes us places we never
thought we could be and makes us
realise some mistakes we made but
shouldn’t have in the first place. On my
way to meet charles,I was involved in a
car accident. The driver of the taxi lost control of the sterring whEel,the next
thing I realised was that the car started
swirling about 360 degrees,this
happened in four consecutive sessions. I
had never felt so close to dying,I really
thought I was going to die,I covered both ears with my left and right hand and shut
my eyes tightly,images of the people I
love began to flash;my mum,my dad,my
siblings and my superman-Femi…
Shortly after the vigorous spin and the
continous shouting of “JESUS” by myself and the rest members of the vehicle,I
opened my eyes and looked upwrds
thankfully for the gift of life.I took it
upon myself that I had just been given a
second chance to make things right.I
knew it was a miracle(how else would you explain coming out of a vehicle with
FOUR deflated tyres,without even a
SCRATCH??).
The whole experience was really
traumatic for me,I couldn’t tell Femi
though we talked,but I told charles. After
telling him what happened,Charles was
willing to love me with his life,but then I
realised that I couldn’t even pretend to love him. Femi was the one and only guy
I’ve ever loved.I coulndt stand charles’
presence around me,he was a really cute
guy with a big heart but I just couldn’t do
it. I felt really bad but two days after,I
came clean with him and told him I only wanted to use him.I apologized to him
and he forgave me.
Finally,the holidays were over and we
were back to school.Femi and I got back
together and I told him about my
previous plans to make him jealous and he simply smiled and with that soft
charming voice(the type I was a sucker
for),he said “what’s meant to be will be,
and that’s what we are;MEANT TO BE. I’ll
always love you” After this,I said “I’ll
always love you too” and we kissed,there and then on the road
(though it was late in the evening)…
while strolling down with him,I realised
how much I loved him,so much that
somtimes it scares me.
THE END ….
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