Well every story they
say has a beginning and an end. My story is one that seems sweet but yet so
silly and useless, I am not saying or can’t say my life is meaningless but can
say my life is full of ups and downs.
My life started when I was born, twenty fourth day of the
second month, of the year nineteen hundreds and eighty but started its journey
when I struck seventeen. As I was growing surrounded with people who love me, I
always thought “THIS LIFE IS SO FUN TO BE PART OF”.
At age seventeen I came across a very caring guy who did
possibly all he could to make me happy, I liked him but hated almost everybody
related to him. What is it with girls and gifts anyways? Well all I ever wanted
was to take life step by step just the way it appears. Then the shadows of love
at first sight came rolling in with this gorgeous sexy well built hunky guy, my
heart melted away with his appearance. I was carried away and forgot I was
supposed to be in a relationship with a caring guy.
Emeka* was the first guy I ever slept with. I was still a
child as my parents used to say, and suddenly I saw myself being cuddled and
protected by a hunk, living a life like a princess on campus. Yes I said
campus, he made me go into the same school with him; we were looked at as the
best couple on campus, little did I know that my man as a ladies man he was
referred to by his friends had affairs all over the campus. When I found out I
was all confused and got more and more depressed. I felt unhappy on all level.
Everything started irritating me, his friends, his siblings, his appearance,
everything.
I walked to his room one day with enough courage and told
him I was tired of the cause I was reading and needed to change, he asked me
why I simply said I was tired. I was a student of Bus. Admin and he was reading
medicine, I made up my mind I wanted to be far away from him so I choose to
read foreign languages which was taught in the other branch of the same
University but like 4 – 5 towns away. He said we’ll go there together for him
to access where I will be and what I will be doing, I said no problem, in my
mind I had a plan, a plan to forget about him the moment I settle in the other
school.
I settled well in my new school and found myself another
cute looking guy, at that moment I knew that me that was so innocent and
special was all gone. Obi* was so cute heads turn around when he passes but too
quite and shy. We were having an affair that got to a point I was tired of it
all. We were fun of each other only behind close doors; all I could think about
was the hunky I left behind.
Then I was to go for my year abroad programs and to travel
on Valentine’s Day, I heard a gentle knock on my door only to stand face to
face with Emeka. Thank goodness I told Obi earlier that day that I need to be
alone and will call him as soon I get there, not knowing that Emeka as stubborn
as he was has placed a watch on me. “How are you doing?” “Am good and u?” “Am
ok, thanks. So where is your boyfriend how come he is not here with you of all
days?” speechless I didn’t know what to say I just kept calm. He handed me over
a bag, I opened it to my surprise it was my valentine present, “thanks so much
I didn’t expect this”, “I know and I know you have nothing for me not even a
card. I will like to meet him, if you don’t mind” “meet who?” “Oh! Please don’t
play that innocent look with me ok, I know all about him I just don’t want to
disrespect you”. There I sensed trouble, I couldn’t increase his anger for I
knew what it could’ve resulted to, I came closer to him looked at him straight
into the eyes “if you still love me you will let go, I stopped seeing him ok”,
I kissed him and continued packing my stuffs. He was speechless, well he got up
and helped me pack my stuffs, drove me to the pack and I left for my program. I
felt so guilty he was going to attack him in my absent, and I kept checking on
him.
When I came back from my program, things changed, I found
out Obi was dating someone else and Emeka was depressed with his course, he
failed his 2nd MB. Well with all that I decided to move on with my
life and forget Obi. 2 months later, obi heard I had come back and came to see
me but was shocked to hear I came in months ago and decided to walk. He pleaded
for a come back but I made him understand that we weren’t made for each other
and was in love with someone else.
I went to retake a GS coarse a years later and to my
surprise Emeka’s brother was d next person to me, we had a long chat and he
told me how his mum rejected two of his brother’s girlfriends he presented as
his wife and that made him happy for he kept on asking why it wasn’t me and got
no answer as a reply. I was filled with disappointment and felt abandoned by
the man who once claims he loves me and wishes for no one else but me; after
staying in my house on his visit to the state where I served, smiling and
eating my food, never mentioned his disappointments and his failed plans. Well
to make this short he came to see me again and this time had the gods to
propose to me without telling me a thing, I split it to his face and he was
shocked, I sighed looked at him in tears and begged him to face his studies and
I needed to take my studies serious too. He never found out how I knew but kept
blaming his cousin who was close to me.
We all moved on and graduated, Emeka a Gynecologist, Obi an
Engineer with an oil firm, me…a nobody at age 31, just a hustler trying to make
ends meet. Still single and being flaunted by married men, from influential men
to traders to entertainers all trying to offer me an opportunity of a lifetime
but I rejected them all. Well I had couple of jobs and contracts but all turn
out wrong which leaves me with the question did I take any wrong turn?
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