Saturday came, there was no call from Anthony. I was glued to my phone expecting a miracle, but none came. Then it occurred to me I made a mistake of returning the suit that night. Perhaps he was too shy to come and see me and must have probably hindered Anthony from calling. Without much hesitation, I called Anthony, at least if mountain cannot go to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to mountain.
“Hi good evening, this is Juliet, the lady you met the other night”
“I know, I saved your number, good evening”
“Is Femi back?”
“Oh no, I promised to call you, and I sure will do once he is, hopefully he will be back tomorrow because we have test on Monday and he will not want to miss it.” With that statement, a calmness from nowhere in particular hugged me and gave me a peck, giving me a peace of mind. The suspense and wait has been reduced to the barest minimum and now I can concentrate on my activities with a full mindset and no longer a divided one.
I went on with my weekend sluggishly, wishing one of the angels in the heaven control room can just by mistake press the forward button and the day will move faster than expected. Tobi invited me to come with her to their rehearsal but I was not so interested, not because I am not a fellowship enthusiast but all of me was just not interested in any other thing but Femi. I wanted him to come and confront me with all the facts I already had. I wanted him to look me straight in the eye and tell it to me that he actually borrowed those white attire, I wanted to hear from his mouth that he told his friends I was his girlfriend, all of these occupied my mind and I was lost on what to do that Saturday until Segun came to invite me to follow him to staff club swimming pool. Since I already declined Tobi’s invitation, it was not as hard to discard Segun’s but Segun will not let me be. He has asked me out one million and one times and I have always told him no, I have ignored his calls, he has manipulated my friends against me yet not even one word of encouragement of theirs entered my head.
“I swear to God it is going to be fun, you will really love the place” He pleaded further as I stood my ground.
“I am not a swimming person, just let me be” I lied. Yes I lied, because a larger part of me was very much interested in going to the pool. Since I left home, there has not been enough time to go and swim, it was one thing I have always missed whenever it was time to leave home for school.
“But you told me once that you have a pool at home” he finally said and got me speechless, every attempt to boycott him has always been abortive. I have not known Femi for long but the connection I already have with him is far greater than that with Segun despite we knowing each other since part one. When it was about becoming embarrassing due to Segun’s dramatic displays, one feature of him that I actually liked, I finally yielded and finally followed him to the pool but intentionally went without my swimming materials to at least have an excuse of not swimming with him.
Over at the pool side were students having fun. Everyone was obviously having fun except me. Segun quickly went to change and in no time, he was out wet and ready to dive into the pool. His muscular body was obviously sexy but I was not moved, I just had a glance at him and did as if he was not in existence, he saw my reaction and just ignored as well and went about doing his thing.
I was lost in thought imagining seeing Femi again when all of a sudden there was a pandemonium in the pool.
“Segun is drowning” one of his friends screamed and where the energy came from I had no idea, quick and instantly my trousers were down and top was thrown away ignoring the presence of everyone there, in my pink bikini I dived into the pool trying to look for Segun in the water. I went as deep as I could but there was no Segun in the water, I went back up to ask of the direction just then I saw Segun at the edge of the pool, oh my goodness! I have just been pranked. Like a stage play, everyone around started clapping, I felt really embarrassed and got really angry with Segun. I pulled myself out of the water and was ready to take my leave. Like Segun just did one of his crazy tricks and it was not funny.
“I am damn serious, please come be my girlfriend" like did he just do that in the open? Asking me out in the presence of everyone at the pool. I slapped him hard and went my way, an action that got everyone quiet for some time. My dress was handed over to me, there was no need of getting into the bathroom to change any longer since all the assets have been openly displayed for everyone to see, despite Segun knowing my sensitivity of revealing my private parts in the open.
I got to the hostel very angry, and like it was Femi that was responsible for my predicament, I got even angrier with him within me, the innocent motherless dude that even had no idea of what was happening on campus.
Segun’s calls kept on pouring in but I was not the one to answer him, when I got tired of his incessant calls, I blacklisted his number and went about preparing for church the following day. Going to church was something I did not really fancy but with the help of Tobi, she has successfully influenced me and now I just have to follow her to her church at OAUTHC, I actually forgot the name of the church but I just know that the church was beside a mosque.
Finally the night came, yet Anthony was yet to call and I was really becoming inpatient, out of curiosity I decided to engage Feranmi on how to get to the hostel. Don’t blame me, I have never felt this connected to any opposite sex, except my ex who proved himself unworthy of my innocent love but only interested in what was in between my legs. I already learnt my lessons that men don’t think with their brains when it comes to women, most of them are controlled by the dangling idiot in between their legs. Feranmi for the first time came to her right senses and acted normal with me after discovering I was not myself a poor fellow just the humble type that doesn’t show unlike her. She joyfully answered my questions and even the unasked ones. She gave me gist about Femi and praised him so well in my presence thinking I was truly his girlfriend.
When everything was just going normal and we were all together planning on what to wear to church, Anthony’s call came in.
To be continued...
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