Campus Dilemma Season 1 Episode 40.
Written by:-
Chekwube Emmanuel… (0703440
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Episode 40
Later in the evening, I went to Shania’s house. We
left her house for Chitis, it was a bit scanty when
we got there. I located the table closer to the one I
shared with Cindy the day Shania gave me her
number and led her to it. We settled and placed our
order when a waiter came. We kept gisting till they
served our order.
“You know this is the first time I’m actually taking
you out on a date” I started after we ate for a while.
“Yea, and I’m surprised” she replied looking at me.
“There is something I wish to tell you, hope you
wouldn’t find it offensive”
“Ok, what is it?”
Before I left for Shania’s house, I was reciting the
lines I will use. I wanted to officially ask her out to
be my girlfriend. Sometimes when in the comfort of
our room, everything seems easy, but when faced
with reality, the opposite becomes the case.
Everything I recited varnished from my mind when I
needed them. I stared into my food searching my
mind for the words I had rehearsed more than a
hundred times but couldn’t find them. To make
matters worse, each time I raise my head, she will
be looking at me.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked as
that was the only thing that came to my mind.
“How am I looking at you? Wait are you ok? You
are sweating” she said feeling my fore head with
her palm.
I didn’t realize that I was already sweating in a cool
environment. It wasn’t just my forehead, my palms
were sweating too which happens whenever I’m
nervous.
“Yes I’m fine. Shania, I’m feeling nervous because
for some hours now, I have been reciting a speech
which I prepared to present to you but I can’t even
find my words any more”. I said smiling
sheepishly.
“Come on, is that why you are sweating under this
air condition? Ok whatever it is, say it out any how
you want?” she said smiling.
This is someone I was already used to but now I
couldn’t even look at her face. I tried relaxing
myself by taking a sip from my drink to calm my
nerves before I continued.
“Shania” I started. “Over time I have found myself
thinking more about you. There is this happiness
and comfort that I feel whenever I’m around you. I
want us to redefine this friendship. I want a
relationship with you. I know I have done a lot of
sh*t which you know. They say ‘sometimes we tend
to lose a diamond while picking stones’. I don’t
want to tow that line. You are diamond and I don’t
want to lose you picking stones. I don’t know if I
deserve you, but if you still find me worthy, please
will you be my girlfriend?”
I felt like a load has been lifted off my shoulder
when I said my mind. I relaxed back on the chair
while we stared at each other. After a while, she
cleared her throat and smiled.
“Believe me you caught me unawares. I was
expecting the opposite of what you just told me
now. Purity you have enough girl drama in your
hands already, do you think adding me to it won’t
cause you more trouble? I think what you should do
now is to sort yourself out first. When that is done
then you can know where you stand.
I don’t want to bring more troubles to your life.
Don’t see this as a rejection of your offer, I pray you
understand me. I want the best for you. I prefer us
the way we are now to how you want us to be”
“You are not going to cause me any troubles. I
don’t have girl issues anymore. The only girl I still
have something to do with is Precious, who right
now I don’t know where I stand with her”
“Then go and settle things with her. Precious alone
is enough trouble for you. Go and get things straight
with her. Remember what I told you before, a bird
at hand is worth more than ten in the bush. Go and
make Peace with her” she said with smiles.
I looked at Shania and asked myself “were in the
name of God is this girl from” I couldn’t fathom it.
We spent the rest of the time discussing random
issues. I asked her to come spend the weekend in
my house but she declined. She said we needed as
much time apart as possible for me to make the
right decision.
When I got home, I thought so much about what
Shania said. She was right, I needed to fix my life.
It’s true that I needed to straighten things with
Precious. I made up my mind to settle things with
Precious that night. I pulled out my phone and
dialled her number. While it rang, it struck me that I
haven’t even asked her where and who she was
staying with. I re-dialled after she didn’t pick for the
first time.
“Hello, good evening” she greeted. Precious doesn’t
greet me except when she is pissed with me. That
has always been her sign of telling me that she is
pissed with me.
“Good evening, how are you?”
“I’m fine, sorry I missed your first call”
“It’s ok, where are you?”
“Why do you ask? What do you care?”
“Precious please I want us to settle this once and
for all. Please where are you?”
“Don’t worry I will come to your place If you want
us to see ok”
“Ok then Can you come around? I want us to talk”
“Ok, I will call you when I get to the gate” she said
and dropped the call.
That is a typical Precious, she acts all formal
whenever she is pissed. She called after about an
hour and I went to the gate to pick her. We barely
said a word to each other on our way back to my
house.
When we got to my house, she went straight to my
reading table and sat, fiddling with her phone. She
declined everything I offered her. After several
minutes of silence she decided to speak up.
“You needed us to talk?” she asked.
“Yea, but first why are you acting this way?”
“Purity forget the way I’m acting, let’s talk”
“We can’t talk with you acting like this. Precious I
know this past week has been very unpleasant for
us. I know a lot of things must have been going
through your mind. I’m sorry for not asking where
you have been staying all these while. With the
whole thing that has been happening, it seriously
escaped my mind. I’m very sorry”
“Purity since almost two weeks now, you have not
cared to ask where I have been staying, so much
for someone that claims to care. It’s ok.” She said
not looking up.
“I’m very sorry”
“It’s ok, what is it you want us to discuss?”
“Precious, I want us to stop this. I don’t want us
doing this believing that one day feelings will grow.
I can’t give you that love which you want from me. I
have tried to develop that feeling but it’s not
forthcoming. Please let’s just end this once and for
all”
“Purity, I have two questions to ask you”
“Yea go on”
“Are you doing this because of Oge?”
“No, I already ended things with Oge a very long
time ago. This has nothing to do with her”
“Ok. Secondly, am I being a disturbance to you?”
“No, come on. You are not and can never be. I just
want us to stop deceiving ourselves. The more we
are into this, the more we might prevent each other
from meeting the right people. Don’t get me wrong,
if only the hands of time could be turned, I know
we would have made the best pair.”
She left the table and came to the bed where I was
sitting. She kissed my fore head before circling me
into an embrace. We hugged for a while before she
whispered to my ears, “can I at least pass the night
here for the last time?”
“You are not just going to pass the night here, we
are going to fetch your bag from where ever you are
staying back to this place” I replied her.
Who is Precious without cry, I knew she was crying
already behind me so I held her patting her back.
No matter the trouble I will have with Precious, I
can’t forget the road we have travelled. If things
were different, I know we would have built
something great.
To Be Continued…
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