JIDE: EPISODE 70

JIDE: EPISODE 70

Me: So where to now?
Shola: I don’t know…
Me: Um Shola… where are your bags?
Shola: They’re still in school… I will go get them.
Me: Okay, you’ll meet me at home then…
Shola: I love you, Jide.
I hailed a cab as we went our separate ways.
I wanted to make Shola happy… by all means… but here in Nigeria, we need to spend money.
I couldn’t really phantom how I could do that…
I got home… I met the door opened….
Me: Kemi??
No answer…. I went inside… carefully…
I went to her room…
Kemi: ah, Jide you’re around…
Me: Yes I’m around… why did you leave the door opened…
Kemi: I forgot…
Me: You forgot? Be careful o… abeg
I went to my room and beeped Nolly…
She called moments later…
Nolly: Jide… what’s up?
Me: Nothing much.
Nolly: Are you okay… you cut the call on me remember
Me: Sorry… things came up….
While the call was on, I heard the door close…

Shola walked into my room…. I was still on the phone…
Nolly: it’s okay… I’m really bored here… there’s nothing I’m doing here… I feel like coming…
Me: No…. it’s just 3weeks… there’s still the long vacation… so take your chill….
Nolly: I know…
Me: How’s everybody?
Nolly: Everybody is doing good….
Me: That’s good… I’ve to go now…
Nolly: Okay… I’ll call you later… I love you!
Me: I know….. Later…
Nolly: Hold on…. You didn’t even reply me?
Me: What? What did you say? I can’t hear you
*she cut the call*

Me: Shola what’s up?
Shola: I’m okay… what did you cook for me?
Me: Nothing… I’ve not eaten myself… should we go and see mummy now?
Shola: If you want to…. I’m ready anytime.
Me: oya let’s go….
Shola: No o… let’s eat first…
Me: How fast can you be?
Shola: Is that a challenge?
Me: Are you accepting it?
Shola: Of course, I’m accepting it….

We went to the kitchen together in a hurry… I remembered when we used to pillow fight…
Shola: Baby, I don’t think there’s any contest….
Me: You don’t think so? *well wait then*
Shola: I don’t even know what to cook…
Me: I’m hungry… I cooking so so and so….
Shola: *she laughed hard…* so so and so?
I grabbed the pot and rinsed it, inside out…
Poured some water inside it…
Shola: Okay, seriously what are you cooking?
Me: Watch….
I put the pot on fire as I got ready my indomie….
Shola: Ah, you cheat… that takes only 5 minutes…
Me: You’re still talking…. Well you are losing already..
Shola: I don’t know what to cook jare….*she teased*
I put my indomie inside the pot after the water had boiled for some time….
She wasn’t doing anything…. She sat on the cabinet….
I went to her as I wrapped my hands round her stomach….
I brought her top to expose her stomach…. And kissed it…. She rested her hands on my head as I did so….
Thinking about the doctor said…. It saddened my heart again…
Shola: So have you thought of any names?
Me: Names? For? Oh the baby…. Not really
Shola: You’re so irresponsible…. She slams my head softly…
Me: Baby… we’ve not really talked about our future… we need to talk…

Shola: Your indomie is burning…
I ran off to the pot and got my indomie off the fire….
As I turned my back… Shola was standing there with a bowl of food in her hand…
Me: Where did you get that?
Shola: I got it from where it came from…
Me: Stop teasing… seriously
Shola: I got it on my way here…
Me: So what does that mean?
Shola: It means I won no ni… abi
Me: Won what?
Shola: I won… it was first to get food… and I got food before you….
We went to the dinning…. There was no light….
Me: Kemi… is there fuel in the gen?
After getting a silent response, I went on to check the gen myself…
There was fuel… my parents must have filled the diesel…
I put on the gen… and went back to meet Shola
Me: So where were we?
Shola: I love you Jide.
Me: I love you too…
We ate our meal as we stared at each other….
Me: There’s always something about you when you stare at me…. I always love it… no matter how angry I can be…
She blushed….and smiled…. and laughed….
Shola: There’s something about you I don’t understand…. The way I love you, I can’t explain.
Kemi: hmm hmmm hmmm! What’s happening in here….
Shola: Common…. Ahn ahn….
Kemi: Me I’m not there o…
Shola: There for what now…. See this girl o Jide….
I ignored the two of them as I ate my meal…
Kemi was trying to disturb Shola…. And she tried taking out of her food…
At a point… Kemi carried the whole food…. Expecting Shola to run after her…
Me: Kemi what’s your problem….*I shouted* Bring the food back here now…
The expression on Kemi’s face said it all… Shola was shocked also…
Kemi brought the food, as the house was all silent…
She dropped the food and gently walked back to her room.
Shola: Jide, what was that?
Me: What was what? That’s what the doctor was saying earlier…. Don’t stress yourself…
Shola: She was just playing with me…. That’s just awful… won’t you go and apologise to her now?
After a light argument, I went to Kemi’s room?
I knocked on the door and got no answer… so I opened it…
She was weeping…heavily….
Me: Kemi….
Kemi: But why do you hate me so much… I can’t even play with your girlfriend?
Me: I’m so sorry darling…. I overeacted… I’m sorry….
Kemi: No… you’re not sorry… you can’t be sorry.
Me: See… I went to the doctor today with Shola… and he said things about her not getting stressed up…. I was only trying to avoid that…. I’m sorry darling….