IS THIS LOVE

A SHORT STORY.

George walked briskly towards the lecture room. He was to have a test in 10 minutes and he needed to revise the very little he knew with his friends before the test began.

“Get settled, get settled everyone” said the lecturer. “You should know that by now. You’re in your sophomore year. Anyone who’s not ready in the next 30 seconds will find him or herself out of this room”.

All the students were scrambling to settle down. George was prepared so he wasn’t disturbed. He crossed checked to see if his pen was working when a lady bumped into him. “Sorry, is someone sitting there? She asked while pointing to the seat beside him.

His friend John had asked him to keep a seat for him but he had to tell Tomi “No, you can seat there.”

“Sit where? That’s my seat o, said John who was behind them. He turned to George “Guy, wetin dey do you? No be my seat be that? Na woman go kill you.” (What’s wrong with you? Isn’t that my seat? Its women that would lead to your death)

“Don’t worry come and seat here” he told Tomi.

“What about you, where would you seat? She asked

“10, 9, 8” the lecturer kept counting and George ran to the next available seat.

After the test, he saw John who was still angry with him but he was not ready to talk to him. He was looking for Tomi.

He had always loved the girl. He met her while they were doing registration in their first year and he had been smitten ever since. He would have walked up to her but she was always with another guy he hated with all his breath.  She was one of the prettiest girls in the class but the other guys thought it was Angelina because she was fair and tall with a generous backside.

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But his Tomi was chocolate skinned and she wasn’t short. Just was about 5ft4 which was an average height that was good enough for a lady. She wasn’t thin and she wasn’t plump but she was curvy. The first time he noticed her in class when they were in their first year was embarrassing.

The lecturer was stalling and the guys decided to chat about the team that would make it to the semi-finals for the world cup. 

“I dey tell you, na Argentina go beat France. Then Japan go...”said Chigozie (I’m telling you, Argentina would beat France and Japan will)

“Guy no dey talk that thing, I fit bet all my money on top am, Japan no fit beat Brazil, who dem be for the film? Said John (Don’t say that, I can bet that Japan won’t beat Brazil)

“You know say, say, say, say, ssss...” (you that that...) Tomi was walking into the class. She was swinging her hips and walking in that sexy way that gave him a short and quick bout of amnesia. His mouth was wide open and he didn’t even know it. His eyes were following her till she got to her seat.

He didn’t notice that his noisy friends were quiet which drew the attention of the whole class and they all in turn watched him. The whole class burst into laughter and he regained his consciousness. He saw some of the ladies throw dart at him with their eyes. He had never felt so embarrassed in his entire life.

When the guy that always followed Tomi changed department from Statistics to Computer Engineering, he was so happy that he bought his friends John and Chigozie Nkwobi and Sapele water. John told him not to waste any more time but to make sure he asked her out immediately.

As the sharp guy that he was, he made his intentions known to her immediately but she said no. He wasn’t surprised. Girls like shakara but they will come around later. All you had to do was to be persistent.

Throughout their second year he kept asking and pleading but she kept refusing and declining. He just couldn’t understand why. He took the matter to his friends who kept giving him different tricks and advice but none of them worked. He was already getting tired and his friends were upset as well. They knew they had to teach her a lesson.

But they didn’t know she noticed.

...to be continued. 

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