Love,Lies&Deceit

 A gentle tap on the back woke me up,I had gone to do a night reading in one of the lecture theatre and I sat comfortably at my favourite spot.(I make sure I come early so I can sit at that spot with a working wall socket to plug my phone while I read).I looked up and a dark handsome face was staring at me,at first I thought I was dreaming  but then I looked up again and there he was standing right there with his big bulging eyeballs...he was my ideal picture of a perfect man,I looked up again and this time I raised my head from the table because I had actually slept off after few hours or is it minutes of reading...He smiled at me and I could see his well  arranged perfect sets of teeth...I smiled back and my heart was pumping real hard that I could hear the sound of my heartbeats.......what took you this long, I thought to myself.hi,I waved  my handat him smiling like a lost sheep but wait,do lost sheeps smile?... I have been single since how long now and its almost the end of my second year in the university..I mean what happened to all the catch them young? Or am I too beautiful that these handsome guys are scared of catching me young ?well,thankfully I was once in a relationship so i think i don't have a problem or reasons to be worried..the universe might just be prepairing me for my own Mr right...who knows?..you are possibly wondering what happened between my first love and I,well,let me just give you a little gist about that...kolade and I have been friends since we were in secondary even though we attended different secondary school,we lived in the same neighbourhood and attended the same church..he was a boarding student while i was a day student.one unique thing about my neighbourhood was that it had lots of us hot blooming teenagers at that time and the friendship between us all was great or maybe more than great back then,even though almost everyone of us attended different secondary schools. There was Adunni with the beauty,so fierce and very smart but she was a very wayward girl who wouldn't listen to her parents who were both business owners and there was Abosede,the ebony beauty,blessed with a melodious voice but she wasn't a serious type of person,she would always intentionally skip school most days and get her mum worried.Balkis on the other hand is the godmother of our street,she would beat you up if you offend her and most times act like a thug,even though she is a very nice person if u manage to get on her good sides,several days,I had escaped being beaten by her by running as fast as possible home,I was also a very troublesome girl and just like the saying,all days for the thief,one day for the owner..I ended up receiving a beating from her one day on my way to church..my legs failed me that day as my slippers decided to fall me down just after I cursed her and wanted to run away...that beating ehn..my two eyes were swollen but trust me to get my revenge even when I was bring beaten blue black,,I made sure I tore all of her clothes and even some of her underwear, I mean..why would I suffer that much with nothing to be proud of...and the jobless young guys who had gathered to watch the troublesome me recieved that terrible beating without separating us were cheering me on as I tore her cloth while enduring the multiple blow that landed on my back..ooooooh,it's so embarrassing now that I had a rethink of that fight....she's a Muslim even though she doesn't go to the mosque and will never cover her head according to the Islamic tradition and there is Tiwa,another black plump girl in the neighbourhood whose house is beside mine..her father died about a year back in an accident on his way from the farm so she stayed with her mother,who sells foodstuff in the market,she is the gentle type but always in every conversation,she knows what everyone is doing everytime because she's always trying to get in the good books of everyone except me though,she was never a close friend of mine nor an enemy,she's just a friend and all I ever did with her was just to make jokes and greetings.Also there is Victor, our neighbourhood playboy,had almost all the girls in his corner except me or maybe a little,hmm.. boy has a very sweet mouth and a very handsome face,most of the ladies in my street then were always around him..and there is Demola,my crush..actually this guy was more of everyone's favourite than Victor but then he doesn't stay with his parents in our neighbourhood,he only comes around to spend the holiday,he once asked me out and only for me to find out on the day I was going to accept his propsal oor should I call it toasting...that he was my cousin,well,thank goodness I hadn't said yes, even though it was awkward at first but then we became close as family friends.oh and there is the light skiing guy,Gabe,the slim guy that lives opposite my house,he's my best friend and we like talking to each other about lots of stuff,he's so slim that when he walks,it looks like he's going to break into two,but thankfully he didn't break,he just has a bent back and walk like an old man with a back problem....he has just few friends and I was one of the closest. And there's also Gbenga,Bisola,Bola,Faith,Tolu,Helen,these set of people  are some of the calm ones in my neighbourhood who are also friends with Gabe and well,my neighbourhod won't be complete without this caramel skin female version of Gabe,Esther,she's so slim that she look like she's younger than all of us,she has slow body development thus most of her visible feminine parts didn't grow like ours..she had flat chest though not to flat but obviously not as big as some of us.."coughs"... but then she dresses really well more like she's our street low-key celebrity because I really do not know where she buys those fancy clothes but she wears the latest designer,always neat and sharp,her mum is a nurse while her dad is an upcoming politician or what should I call him,he hasn't really contested for any political post but he's always in every political meeting being held in the neighbourhood and always acting likes he's the street governor though I think he might have some connections because thanks to him,we were able to enjoy street lights and every other government projects including the library..she was friends with almost everyone,her parents are not always around so most time she's going from house to house just to visit us all and spend the day,shes my best friend among all the girls in my street then and we would sometimes go to the library together even though most times we just gossip and eventually sleep off..we sometimes read one or two novels there though but then majorly we sleep more than we read,it's a very quiet and convenient place though..,I really liked her.Ooh,and there is Fiyin,a very beautiful curvy girl,she's one of the most  intelligent person in my neighbourhood,girl won the state mathematical competition twice for our local government but then she's way more promiscuous than anyone I ever knew,she would ran away from home and her parents will be all over our houses asking if we've seen her,I was always feeling sorry for them each time they run around the neighbourhood looking for her,even though they were farmers,yet they managed to put her and her younger brother in a private school but unfortunately she didnt care about any of that,she would pretend to leave for school in the morning and then ran off to a man's house and stayed there for a week,after several findings and police investigations,they would find her and bring her home,she would be quiet and cool for a while and then the next week,she's off.Fiyin became worse day after day,she went from being the neighbourhood champion to whom everyone gossips and warned their children not to associate with,several times I had tried my best to talk to her but she would just laugh at me and use this exact words on me"you are just a scared girl my friend,there's nothing back if you just loosen up and enjoy your teenage years". Eventually before we all finish senior secondary school,she got pregnant for a young guy who is a bike man and also a drunkard..her parents packed her load and sent her off  to live with the guys mother who had lost her  husband and also had no job,it was a very tough situation for her but then I wouldn't be telling much of her story in this episode,maybe I will write just about her in another episode,let me continue the gist about my first love..kolade and I started dating right after secondary school,we were always there for each other and it was like a match made in heaven.I loved him so much and he loved me too,everyone of our friends in the neighbourhood knew we were dating and they were happy for us especially my best friend Esther,she was always telling me how lucky I was to be his girlfriend when lots of ladies are heads over heels in love with him,well truth be told, kolade is the most handsome guy In our neighbourhood back then,or maybe to me because they say love is blind,ooh and less I forget..he won the award for most handsome twice in his secondary school and he has rich parents,infact they own one of the finest house in our neighbourhood,and yes he wears nice clothes and look really good all time.We would exchange love letters and also do the free night calls then,we wrote jamb examination(joint admissions and matriculation board examination, specifically designed for students trying to gain admission into Higher institutions after secondary school)same year and I passed while kolade didn't passed,I think you should know by now that I am the smartest girl in my neighbourhood,state champion debater and lots more,just didnt want to talk about it before you will probably think I'm bragging.kolade not passing isn't  a problem,he will try again the year after.we never engaged in any immoral act,never kissed or touched each other inappropriate,we were satisfied with just holding hands and hugging besides how old were we then?we were just sixteen.

Everyday I would go to the community library just to read and prepare for my post utme(entrance examination conducted by Higher institions after passing Jamb)and most days Esther will always go with me,though not that she was going to the library with me to read but she just sometimes wanted to come,picked a novel in the library shelf and then sleeps off.you remember our normal routine just that now i have to prepare for my entrance examination,so I just watch her sleep while I solve past questions,well I loved it because I have someone to keep my company.The relationship between kolade and I continued to get more and more serious,I became more close with his elder sister and his mum loved me.They would always want me to come around.He joined the church choir so we could see each other in practice every saturday,he was the love of my life and I was his..oh,sweet young love..we were both madly in love with each other.my examination date was getting closer and I wasn't chanced to visit his placelike before..we only get to see every Saturday evening in church for practice and Sunday for the church program.He totally understood how much I was preparing for the examination and was always cheering me on,he would send text every morning,afternoon and even night.I once had an accident when he had texted me and I didn't replied,he was worried and kept on texting,I couldn't get airtime because it was raining but after a while and the rain didn't stop,I decided to quickly go purchased the airtime in the rain and just as I was about to cross the road,a speeding motorcycle hit me and I had bruises all over my body,yet with all of the pain,I still managed to get the airtime and I never told him about the accident..the things we do and endure for love right?..we continue texting while i was at home for a week,receiving treatment,even on Saturday and Sunday,I had to text him that I had travelled to visit my aunt and won't be back till Monday,I didn't want him to be worried at all. The following week,I was much  better and most of the bruises from the accident are starting to heal,I was indoor trying to read a page or two since I can't go to the library yet due to the bruises on my knees especially, they looked like i had two eyes on each knee....on  this fateful day,I was solving some physics question when I heard someone knocked,I opened the door and it was Esther,she was shocked and I had to explain to her,she laughed at me and said I shouldn't allow kolade to kill me,she told me she didn't come to my place for a while because one of her childhood friend had just moved to a new house behind kolades place so she had been visiting the girls place Everyday and also spent some time with kolade and his sister,she told me about his nieces and how adorable they are,kolade had told me about them in one of his messages and how he can't wait for me to meet them.I was so eager to see their pictures when Esther told me she had snapped them on her phone,she unlocked her phone for me and scrolled to her gallery,I was admiring the pictures when she quickly rushed to pee in the toilet,I was done checking and was amazed at all of the pictures including kolades own..I had dropped the phone but on a second thought I decided to quickly use her phone to send a text to him to tell him about how adorable the pictures were because I was short on airtime on my own phone.I got to her message folder and typed in kolade's number and apparently  they have been sending each other love messages,I was shocked,I checked the date and its been going on for a while,they even call each other pet names and spent alot of time texting each other professing their undying love for each other. I quickly went back to the gallery and smiled widely when she entered the room from the toilet,she collected her phone and I never acted like I knew anything.After she left,I cried my eyes out and put a call through to kolade,he sounded so innocent and lovely on the phone,I asked if he was home and he said yes,told him I would be coming around and he was happy,said his mum would love to see me and she has been asking after me for not coming around for a while now, he went on and on to tell me how much he missed me and love me...oh God!!I couldn't hold back my tears as I listened to him talk so calmly and innocently...How could he be so deceptive??and with Esther my best friend?how could they both do that to me?I was visibly shaking, I wrote a letter stating exactly what happened and how sad and disappointed I was,I ended the letter by breaking up with him,and funny enough I used a red ink.. back then,when you write with a red pen,we believe it signifies danger or something not good...I reminded him also of the day we were both going out and saw Esther on the way,he had asked me that day  after Esther left, why she was so slim and said he wouldn't even asked someone that slim out and we had both joked and laughed at it.I  had to manage to go out with my bruises and as luck would have it,I met his  elder sister outside the house,I gave her the letter and turned back.she called me back and hugged me,told me she was sorry and how she had warned him when Esther started coming Everyday for a week and he wouldn't listen.I told her it's fine and left.Before  I got home,my phone was filled with lots of apology messages and mised calls, I got to the gate and met Esther already waiting for me,apparently kolade had broken up with her the moment he read my letter.she stood there and shamelessly accused me of allowing someone she loved broke up with her, she asked why I couldn't just break up with him without bringing her into it .she said alot of hurtful words and I was surprised that my so called best friend could be that way.I didn't answer or uttered a word,Gabe who had been watching all through came to the gate and asked Esther to leave.I entered my house and locked the gate and for two weeks I couldn't stop crying,I couldn't even eat well or talk at home,I became so quiet and give excuse of reading whenever anyone tries to talk to me....that was how I ended up being single since then till now...and right now,with this handsome smiling guy staring at me....do you think my single status is about to change?Is the universe ready to send me my true love??

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