I around the room for the first time and I noticed it was very spacious it reminded me of the room I shared with my siblings back at home.
I wondered why he lived in a two or possibly three bedroom flat alone. He had picture frames of himself placed on the walls of the room. I took one of them which included an older woman which looked like him, it would probably be his mom I thought. The frame mistakenly slipped from my hand , fell and has a little crack. Before I could pick it up Daniel was already in d room, he picked it up and placed it where it was."I'm sorry" I said shyly."It's okay dear, good morning, hope you had a wonderful night rest" he replied taking my hand."Of course" I said. The memory of last night flooded my thoughts and I blushed." I...emm, I prepared something you would eat before going back this morning, hope you don't mind? He asked."I'm not hungry, but I wouldn't want to waste your effort either" I said smiling at him."Awwn, I'm very greatful milady accepted to eat my food, he said teasingly I went through a lot making that you know, it's rice and stew"."Wow, my favourite".Then he led me to the kitchen and dished out some food. It was very nice I must say. I had ways dreamt of getting married to a good cook 'cos I hated cooking."Hope you like it" he asked not looking up from his food."Of course It's so tasty"."Glad you like it" he said beaming with smiles. About last night, I...Before he could finish it up I cut him up."What about last night" I asked."It was the best feeling I've had in a long time, I think I have feelings for you, I know it's too sudden and all that but that's the truth" he said not breaking any contact with me as he looked me in the eye,with the look of his face, I knew he meant it.I almost choked in the food, I was speechless, this was the first time a guy was confessing his feelings for me and I didn't even know how to react to it. What was I even supposed to say?"Emm...i, I don't know what to say" I stammered."You don't have to say anything, mira, but I really mean what I said" he said."I have to go now, let's talk about this some other time, I said standing up and heading towards the door, I didn't even know where I was going."But you'd have to change into your clothes, bet u don't want to go on with that big shirt you are wearing, although you look very cute in it" he said laughing.It just dawned to me that I was still wearing his clothes. Then he stood up from the table, went and go to my dresses from wherever he had kept it led me to the room, where I changed into them."I've already ordered Uber, it's almost close"."Alright" I said not looking at his face."Call me when you get back to the hostel, he hesitated before adding 'please give what I told you a thought.When I got to the hostel, my roommates were around and my bunk mate had even resumed. We were now complete in the roo. As I stepped into the room my roommates jumped at me smiling mischievously."Tell me where did you spend your night? Bolu asked grinning."Awwwn did you go to your boyfriend's place?Ashley added grabbing my hands she was smiling has if she had gotten a contract. I couldn't help but burst into laughter."Let me be, let me say hi to my bunky first, good morning bunky, I'm Mirabel your bunk mate" I said ignoring Ashley and the other girl."Good morning, I'm chioma, nice meeting you. I came yesterday o, I've been asking after you" she said. She looked older than us all in the room, she was very fair and tall, infact her height was kind of intimidating became I wasn't tall. I studied her for few seconds before speaking up." Oh really, I went somewhere yesterday and couldn't make it because of the rain" I added."Just say you slept over at your boyfriend's place you won't die" bolu added slumping on her bed."Not boyfriend, or maybe potential boyfriend". I said smiling."Seriously? Bolu asked, her eyes wide.So I decided to open up to them, after all there was just nothing to hide, we were all girls and it was not as if they'd report me to my dad, I thought laughing at the idea."Ok there's this guy I just met, we've gone out twice and I've gotten to know him a little sha, we are just friends, but he wants something more, and he said he has feelings for me, but I just want to take things slowly"."Awwwn, God when!" Bolu exclaimed happily as if it was the first time she was hearing this kind of stuff, she just liked being dramatic."Does he have money? Ashley asked looking up from her phone."That's nice, but you have to get to know him more first, before taking him serious, wish you good luck" my bunky said. She was just the only resonable, serious minded person here."Thank you, I replied. I don't know if he has money, I'm not in his pocket and besides I wouldn't date him for his money, I said turning to Ashley."So do you like him? They chorused almost at the same time and then laughed at it."I think I'm beginning to" I answered. And that was just the truth.My phone rang and it was my dad calling. He told me how he already missed me and how I should take my studies seriously without any distraction. When I asked him about mom he told me she was not that fine but I shouldn't worry about it and just face my studies and always remember to pray. As if by intuition or by the was dad sounded I knew everything was not that fine."Dad is everything okay? I asked worriedly."Just do as I said, and don't forget to call home, bye" and then he hanged up. That was why I was not to close with my dad, he talked to us including my mom sometimes as if he was talking to his military subordinates and he always wanted us to see him strong and never wanted anyone to see his weakness.Since I was little we never had any father, daughter intimate conversation and it had been like that. Everyone at home saw him as a demigod, and my only brother even gave him the name 'Thor' which was the name of a superhero who fought with hammer and lightening, stating that my dad's scold was like lightening and he was ready to smash anyone who dared to go against his instructions with his Hammer. We always made fun with it when we were together.I would have to call Mom myself later. My roommates noticed my countenance had changed and asked if everything was okay, I nodded.I thought about what dad had said about me removing every distraction and facing my studies. And then I thought of Daniel, was he a kind of distraction, I'll just handle everything in my own way and make sure nothing comes between me and my studies I shrugged.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★.Daniel woke up from his siesta at about 4pm, he had been expecting to get a call from Mira but he didn't see any. He found out he was already missing her. He was getting used to her so much that only the image of her was on his mind. "I'm just going to take everything slowly so I won't mess it up'.Who would know he was going to fall so hard for someone he just met for barely one month. She was just too adorable and irresistible and also smart. She looked so innocent and he loved the way she made him feel. A call came in and it was his mom, he frowned."Good evening mom, wasn't expecting your calls" he said." Evening son, you should always expect your mom's call anytime and any day, aren't you my son, no matter how you've grown up or changed you are still my little Danny. How are you doing"?"I am fine" he replied Daniel loved his mom so much, she was the only one that seems to understand him. His dad was just the opposite, always wanting everyone to do as he wished. He didn't care a bit about how anybody felt.The trouble between him and his dad had started when he was through with is secondary school education and had wanted to study engineering, he had insisted that he would study no other course but medicine.Daniel had refused and went on to apply for his dream course and his dad refused to sponsor him in school. When his father told him that he wasn't going to pay any dime if he studied engineering he had thought it was a joke until he refused to pay his acceptance fee when he was admitted into the university.His mom was the one who supported and did everything. They were very wealthy, his father had shares in different companies and owned shopping malls in different states, he was a well known business man.Since then his relationship with his dad had turned very sour that he even refused to go home during the holiday. Daniel had then vowed to sponsor himself in the university and engaged in some illegal work because his father found out his mom was sponsoring him.And it made them have a very big issue. He didn't want to be the cause of the fight between his parents so he had also stopped his mom from doing so. His dad had thought he'd come back to beg him but it has been almost four years now."I miss you Daniel, your dad also misses you I know that, but pride won't let him do anything, when are u coming home, he has not been too fine lately" she added."Mom you know that's not true, about dad missing me but I don't want to talk about that now, how are you doing??"I'm okay, when are you coming home? She repeated."On December I guess" he answered reluctantly.Saturday's were my best days in a week. Back at home I usually do the laundry and clean up every Saturday with my siblings, but here in school it was kind of different because I actually do it almost every day. Even though it was usually a hectic day for me I usually loved it 'cos there was still time to rest in the evening after all the work and I usually watched my favourite tv programme after doing all the chores. I loved Saturdays because it was the day I always had time to spend with my family apart from Sundays, Sundays were different because before we go to service and return and start receiving visitors time would have already elapsed and my parents would be too busy for us. I always wanted my parents time and attention especially my mom but as I clocked sixteen I cared little of how much time they spent with us.Today was like every other Saturdays and I couldn't help but be glad that I had no lecture to attend because it was always a lecture free day. I woke up, did the
My eyes were so heavy and I just wanted nothing but to sprawl on a bed and sleep heavily. Daniel was taking as he held me on my waist but I could barely hear what he was saying, I didn't understand a word he said but he was obviously scolding me. I felt like I was floating on the hair as he carried me. The last thing I could remember was him laying me on the bed then I drifted to sleep.She looked so adorable when she slept, Daniel thought aloud petting her on the cheek. He stood up removed her heels and kept it. He stood up to go and his himself when he heard his name."Daaniel? He liked the way she said his name, the way she dragged it sweetly,"Yes dear, I thought you were asleep" he said going back to the bed and sitting by her side. She held out her hand and brought it to his lips. "Don't go away kiss me, muah" she said lifting her head, and he did. Her lips was so soft, she tasted of alcohol. She pulled on his shirt and fumbling with it and he knew she wanted it out so he did
I woke up feeling so happy and blessed like someone who just won a lottery. The weather was very cold. I stretched my hand to put off the fan that was blowing 'cos It looked like i was going to catch cold.Looking around the room I noticed that bolu and Ashley were gone, their beds were empty and neatly arranged.I stepped out of the my bed. I hadn't seen my bunky since I came back. I noticed she had put a wrapper round her corner like a curtain, so you couldn't see who was inside. I didn't know if I'd be invading her privacy by raising the curtain to check if she was around. but on a second thought we've been very close these few months so it wouldn't is really matter. I went on in raising the curtain or would I say wrapper, but I was shocked on what I saw. She was not alone on the bed, some other girl was there with and the abruptly stopped what they were doing when they saw. We stared back at each other in shock without saying a word and when I could finally get my voice back I m
"An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb, Mirabels father said banging the table. "I never said you are wayward, I only said that's what wayward girls do in school. If your conscience is pricking you, then my dear something must be wrong with you" he said eyeing prisca, she was his first daughter.He was always fond of using proverbs whenever he wanted to prove a point. They never seemed to get along in anything. It was not as if prisca was stubborn or disrespectful, she was rather strong willed, and since she turned eighteen she had seemed to become bolder which only infuriated her dad who likes keeping everyone under control, including his wife, she was not exceptional, everyone always ran along at his command.It was only prisca his first daughter and his only son that answered him back but on rare occasion and didn't always end well. He never failed to tell them how woe betides anyone who curse his or her parents.It was a hot afternoon on a Sat
"Get that dirty pot out of this room, will you? Chioma yelled at boolu. I looked up from the book I was reading as boolu stood up reluctantly from the bed. Boolu was not a very neat person. She left the pot she cooked with, with some leftover food inside unwashed for almost a week until it started to stink of rottenness and she was fond of doing that. Perhaps she loved the smell of dirt thought in amusement, like my sis at home who loved the smell of diesel, or she was just lazy.Chioma and I had not been very friendly after the minor incident, or would I say she has been avoiding me. We had been close before when she found out I was from eastern part of the country just like her until then."Sorry guys, I actually thought I washed it yesterday, Ashley don't look at me like that please" boolu said rolling her eyes." That's a lie, you always do that, you are fond of doing it, it's not the first time, and it's not that you forgot" said Ashley. 'Hope you studied home economics in prim
Immediately after the call I went to the bathroom to take my bath, dressed quickly after I got into the room, before then I had already booked Uber. There was no traffic on the road and I got there fast. As I stepped into the compound and walked towards my boyfriend's flat, I saw two girls staring at me and whispering. The compound was very large and comprised of three different buildings and numerous flats. I ignored them, as I got to the door I knocked. There was no response so I knocked twice again.Someone opened the door, fair and tall, and it was not Daniel. It was a lady, she stared at me in a manner I didn't like. It took every strength in me not shove her away and get into the house. "Is Daniel around? I finally asked."Yes..." Before she could utter another word Daniel was already behind her, maybe coming towards the door, maybe because she wasted more time in checking who was at the door. His expression was like he was very surprised to see me, of course I didn't tell hi
"I' would teach you how to prepare melon soup one of these days" I said laughing heartily. We were in the kitchen Making dodo and sauce for dinner. Daniel was talking about how melon soup was his favorite but he wasn't good at making it. He was talking about how he had made it one day and it came out a disaster and he had to dump it all into the waste bin and ate bread rather and then went to bed moody, I couldn't help but laugh."I'd be glad, the one I buy at restaurants, they don't cook it to my taste, I prefer home made food"."Melon soup is also one of my favorite food and I cook it so well, maybe I'll teach you how to make it tomorrow then" I said."That'll be great" he said grabbing my waist from behind."Watch that plantains before it get burnt and dumped in the bin like the soup" I said teasingly.I caught him eyeing me as he left me alone to check the dodo on fire. I bursted about four eggs in to a bowl, cut some fresh tomatoes and mixed, then I added two cubes of seasoning
We were still in that position for for some minutes when we heard a sharp knock on the door. I asked him if he was expecting anybody and he said no. He stood up from the bed and went towards the door to check who was knocking.After about ten minutes he didn't show up I was about to go out and check what was going on before I heard loud voices from the sitting room.I climbed out from the bed, realizing how cold the floor was I slipped my legs into a slipper beside the bed, it was Daniels and looking very big on my leg but I put it on like that anyway. I jgot to the passage that led to the sitting room and I could barely see anything or find my way easily to the sitting room because it was already dark and there was absence of window there.As I walked back slowly to the room to get the rechargeable lamp that was plugged in the other room, wondering why Daniel had not put on the generator since they refused to supply power. I mistakenly tripped and fell. A sharp scream escaped my m