It’s Moyo
I bought a journal today
because I just want to
share my feelings with
you being the introvert
that I am. Friends
haven’t done it for me
much these days and
so what better way to
share my feelings with
you where no one else
except me can see it.
I’ve always wanted a
Diary where I can pen
my thoughts.
My life is boring enough.
Oh, except for a few
junk food, drinks and a
ward coat.
I’m a doctor by the
way.
Practicing.
I don’t know if it’s just
me that I’m boring or
the job. Sometimes, I
wonder what I’m doing
here and at times, I
can’t imagine not
studying medicine.
Feyi thinks I’m still
young and so if I want
to change my mind, I
can still do so.
I’m 25 by the way.
So, where to start
from, let’s see, I think
I’m going to start from
a little blast from my
past. Sometimes, it’s
good to see where you
are presently especially
when you’d like to
gauge your progress.
I don’t know if writing
here is gauging progress
but I do know it’s
something.
Ok, so blast from the
pas t.
I guess before meeting
the person I was gonna
have a crush on, I was
doing fine, oh believe
me dear journal, pretty
much and I don’t know
if it was a crime I had
that encounter.
Moving to the main
campus was quite easy
and I found it
interesting, although I
resumed late.silly
me!..but I was glad i
hadn’t missed much
and no tests had been
done. I had just had to
make photocopies of
handouts and all stuff
and read overnight. I
was going to be hanging
out with friends from
my secondary school
except the ones who
felt like forming. FAKE
girls…
And then, the first day
in class couldn’t have
been more boring. Can’t
go into details to tell
you how boring it was
and my eyes were
roaming to meet my
new acquaintances,
most of whom I know I
wouldn’t be having any
conversation with and
some of them, probably
till I leave this school…
(not adding anything
useful to my life…
shrugs***)and then I
saw him, right there,
sitting so separately
from the other guys
who deemed it fit to
utter those silly words
behind the lecturer’s
back, make silly
comments that would
make us laugh and
snicker. Sometimes I
laughed especially when
a boring class like this
was going on but today,
my laughter died on my
lips when i saw him.
He wasn’t a geek,
neither was he a nerd
or something out of
this world. He was
opposite all of that!
He was perfect!
Was it the way he sat
with a sort of calm air
around him, a pen in
hand on his notebook,
his hands perfectly
sculpted and his hair
trimmed but combed so
neatly I wished I could
touch it. he was
wearing a cool blue shirt
and tie underneath a
black sweater and his
sideboard couldn’t be
anything less I actually
thought he looked like
Brad Pitt and I felt
myself swoon
Omg!…i was acting like
an high-school chick
except that I was in
the university and this
was real and I believed I
was getting old for this
shit.
“hey!’’ Boma, my close
friend nudged me out of
my fantasy into reality
and I blinked several
times, so embarrassed
that I had been caught.
Most definitely because
I hadn’t written
anything where she
could get a peek from
and Mr. Lawal had been
talking for a while now
I could see her shaking
her head and she
glanced at my object of
interest briefly before
looking at me. ‘’I see
you’ve met prince
charming.’’
‘’sorry?’’
“Dan.’’ She continued.
‘’hot stuff.’’ She smiles
and looks at me.
‘’doesn’t like talking
much to people but
even with that, he has
some sort of interest in
Angel.’’
“WTH is angel’’ I think
to myself but make a
face at Boma.. ‘’hello,
like I’m interested in
people like him!’
‘’good…, don’t be’’ she
looks at me softly then
like the friend that had
gone to the same
secondary school with
me. Then we acted
childish, now it was
time to act mature and
decide what we
wanted for our future.
‘’guys like that don’t
last and they’re not
good for you, not good
for us.’’ She winks and
slides her hand on my
shoulder lovingly. ‘’I
made a promise to aunt
Feyi to watch over her
baby sister.’’
Feyi is my elder sister
and is just 3 years older.
She was turning 22 that
year while I was just 19
then and beginning my
boring workaholic life,
now I’m 6 years older
Don’t get me wrong, I
love my job, I really do.
Its what I live for but if
I could finish from the
college of medicine
without a man in my
life, then my aunties
and older cousins
thought there was
something wrong.
I smile briefly and I hate
myself for letting her
catch me. If she could
detect that I was
swooning over him in
class, how much more
the other girls who sat
around me.
It was then I noticed
that most girls were
doing the same and
even when they tried
not to make it more
obvious, it just made it
worse.
And from then on, I
tried to focus on what I
had come over to school
for. To study medicine.
Loretta Moyosore Jones
would make her
parents proud and one
day the guy of my
dreams would just see
me and swoon over me
instead. Love me for
whom I was and let
this silly infatuation
about this “super Dan’’
fade away

*continues*
Well, I guess that was
what I thought till my
third year when we
were having lab and we
were grouped together.
Alas!, I tried as much as
possible to concentrate
and tell myself he was
seeing someone else
and they were going
out together but
something inside just
kept saying we could be
friends instead and that
would make the crush
dissolve and so when
we worked together, I
tried to be as friendly
as possible. Boma
noticed but I guess she
loved minding her
business sometimes
and I love her for it.
Afterall, I wasn’t a
baby.
He would laugh softly
sometimes and my
knees would almost
buckle, my spatula in
hand, trying to put the
specimen on the
microscope to observe
what we were told to
in biochemistry lab. We
weren’t the only two in
the lab but sometimes,
I would steal a glance
at him and see how
girls surrounded him,
talking with him, pulling
at the tip of their hair
while talking and go as
far as laughing at some
little jokes he said.
Some would even hold
his arm and I wished I
could throttle them and
tell them to take over.
But I noticed that when
he saw I was the only
one doing the majority
of the observation of
specimens, he would
leave the girls that
attached to him like
magnets and come over
to offer all the
assistance he could.
And when he came
close, I found it hard to
breathe. He was taller
than me, slim or is it
lean they call it but he
was well built. I could
tell. Even with his lab
coat on, he had a good
posture and gait, one fit
enough to be a model.
What amazed me in his
complexion was that he
took care of his face
well, no blackheads, no
acne and he was fair.
Not the kind of fair that
could put you off but
that fair colour that
made one wonder, “do
you reside in Nigeria at
all?’’
‘’can you see
anything?’’ he asked
me. Even in a thousand
years with him standing
so close to me where I
could breathe in his
cologne, I doubt if I
would.(gosh, that
‘Angel’ girl must be the
happiest and luckiest
girl in the world!!!their
kids would be going for
photo shoot everyday…
in the magazines and
adverts.)
In their case, brains and
beauty seemed to have
done them justice
because they were on
such good standing. He
was like two steps
behind me though but
he was intelligent.
‘’still trying to focus the
lens.’’ I muttered.
‘’let me help with that.’’
He says and before I
can move, I freeze. His
hands is partially on my
shoulders and then so
suddenly, its gone. It
was then I realize he
was trying to move me
aside so as to get a
look himself. I can see
him turning the knob
slowly like a
professional and i just
watch waiting for him
to tell me how
successful my
specimen had turned
out to be.
Or had I done it wrong?
‘’hey Danny…., can you
observe anything?’’
Jane purrs as she
comes closer to me
trying to push me aside.
Oh the nerve on the girl.
She hadn’t even done
anything all day and
here she was talking in
her croaked voice
because she wanted to
draw Dan’s attention
He didn’t raise his head.
‘’not yet.’’
‘’okay.’’ She mumbles
and keeps standing
beside me, close to him
I develop courage and I
ask. ‘’well?’’
‘’well what?’’ she rolls
her eyes at me
‘’do you want to
prepare the second
specimen or stand here
underutilized?’’
‘’I will do what I’m
meant to do.’’ She
snaps and turns her
back at me.
“sure.’’ I cough.’ Doing
what you do best Like
adding so much makeup
on your face you look
like a clown’
‘’is something wrong?’’
she asks
‘’could you excuse me?’’
I say briefly and not
waiting for a response I
push her away slightly
and get busy with the
second specimen. ‘’we
have work to do than
parade about’’
She ignores me and
continues to stand
there and I simply do
the same.
Well, that and other silly
chick tales happened I
don’t wanna talk about
in this new journal. I
just wanna pour my
whole heart into this,
glad no one can see it
except God and me. Feyi
cant see this anymore.
She’s getting married
and we’ve grown older
than our fantasies, but
this is no more my
fantasy, its my reality
and I really do wanna
let go.
Feyi got to know about
my crush and we’d
laughed about it In the
past and she told me I
was gonna get over it
but after my third year
and I still had the
‘’thing’’ lingering in my
hand, she did what she
could do for me. She
deleted anything
romance from my
laptop and filtered my
songs. Got rid of my
Disney stickers in the
room and made sure I
avoided all those love
movies that made me
cry or wish I was
appreciated.
I decided to have an
haircut in my third year.
A sign to myself that I
was moving on. No
more fantasies about
Daniel Olawaye and no
more silly daydreams
and I wasn’t going to
keep trying to impress
him and go unnoticed
anymore.
Well, good news, my
story is not like those
high school movies
where the geek gets
the cutest guy in
school>>LOL..nah…mine
ended in school without
the guy and we went
our separate ways.
Even on graduation day,
I didn’t sight him,
wasn’t ready to. Didn’t
want to. I had moved
on and he was just a
vague memory. The
days when he’d smiled
at me in a group talk
and I’d thought I would
get tachycardia was
over and the days of
our group reading was
over. I had to endure
silent pain whenever he
called me to get up
from bed and walk
down to the class in the
middle of the night,
flashlight in hand to
guide the way and I told
myself he couldn’t
notice me anymore. If
he didn’t notice my
haircut, the he could
never notice me. I might
try to convince myself
otherwise, but I knew
the truth and it came
slapping me in the face.

*continues*
He was probably going
to marry his beautiful
‘Angel’ and as for me,
well, I decided to do ‘’all
for Jesus’’
I was keeping myself
pure for him and was
hoping that one day He
would give me the man
I deserved.
But my present story is
taking a different turn
and is the reason for
my blast from the past.
I remember when I
used to love listening to
Dido singing ‘Thank you’
and then think about
you.
“thank you” dido
sings…”for giving me
the best day of my life…
oh just to be with
you…”
But did you really give
me the best day of my
life?…i wonder.
Dido was one of my
best selection of music
and I thought of you
whenever she sang.
But after I’d made up
my mind and washed
my tears for you away,
I disposed of all her
music and vowed never
to sing it again
Adeola and I had gone
to the supermarket
together(Addie is my
cousin.i love the short
form better. Makes her
sound cuter which she’s
very far from. She’s one
annoying girl who gets
on my nerves almost
every time.
We were arguing about
which Kellogg’s
cornflakes pack to buy
and she started giving
me stupid reasons as
to why I should choose
one over the other, a
particular reason being
she was staying with
us for a while. I sigh and
ignore her and then
bend down to pick up
more biscuits for my
junior cousins that
come over during the
weekend. I stood up
just to see she had
disappeared with the
trolly
I fumed. WTH!!!…i was
thinking of different
ways to throttle her as
I searched for her
without looking and
then so suddenly I
bump into a solid chest
and everything I’m
holding pours on the
floor.
‘’oh bother!’’ I sigh
without looking up and
gathered my biscuits. I
wonder how everyone
must be looking at an
adult my age scrambling
to pack up the mess I’d
just made.
“sorry’’ there’s a little
catch in the voice and
my heart skipped. I was
probably imagining
things but that was
before the Individual
bent down to help.
‘’let me help you with
that.’’ I look up to my
new found helper and I
gasp.
‘’no’’ I hurriedly say and
keep picking my
biscuits. ‘’where in the
world was Addie when
I needed her the most. I
had to run away from
here. Now!…right now!!
After all these years I’d
taken that bold step of
faith to release Him into
the wind, after I’d
moved on with
someone wonderful and
special to me, I see
Danny Olawaye staring
at me awkwardly
packing spilled stuff
from the floor.
Wow!…just what I
needed in my life..smh! I
told myself this was a
dream.
And I hoped I would yell
to tell myself
that….”hey, its time to
wake up and get your
ass to work!!’’
but I guess this time, it
wasn’t a dream…
it was reality
and just like the waves
wash over the sea
after a while of
wanting and dryness,
Dido’s song comes up in
my head again but this
time, it’s a different
song…
it sings sweetly and
It’s so loud in my head.
‘I‘ve still got sand in my
shoes…and I can’t
shake the thought of
you…..

To be continued....

Episode 2
His eyes widen in
recognition but i just
stare dumbly at him like
someone who was
deaf and dumb…
everywhere felt like it
had gone quiet and i
could hear a BUZZ
sound…
I held unto that….
”it’s been 3 years after
graduation” I remind
myself and wish some
sort of interruption
would happen before i
enter the ground. that’s
definitely going to
happen after(which I’m
sure of) he shakes his
head and says a
dreaded Line.
.”sorry, i thought i knew
you from somewhere.
Your face looks
familiar…and other stuff
”Lori?” he cocks his
head to look directly
into my eyes. ”Lori
Jones?”
The mall seemed to
have gone smaller at
the full realization that
HE remembered my
name
Danny Olawaye!!!..my
first and Only Crush in
medical school and
partially right now knew
my name, He actually
remembered my name.
I was glad I was black
or else my face would
have been as red as a
tomato
I squint my eyes and
try to say something
“anything!” I yell in my
head
“sorry?” It was more of
a question especially
when my brain was still
trying to boot
“Danny…” he extended
his hand. “Dan
Olawaye…, your
classmate in Medical
school.”
“oh!” I laugh to myself
and He joins my
ridiculous mirth..
How in the world did I
fake that?!
“wow!…its been
years…”
I nod dumbly hoping not
to say something that
would make me sound
like a fool.
“You look great!…’ he
shakes his head and I
don’t know if I imagined
His eyes move to my
left finger but i have
sharp eyes, no doubt
and i could tell at a
glance what anyone
was up to
I felt pathetic that He
might see me as an
unmarried woman at
my age…that’s if He
knew but
i just felt insecure at
that moment of my life
It was then i realized i
might actually need
those special prayers
Grandmama was talking
about.
I was going to the
Family Church this
Sunday,…that was
actually where I had
grown up before I
moved into school,
joined a different
fellowship and started
going to a Pentecostal
Church.
My parents didn’t mind
though.
Mom was just bothered
i was beginning to look
Anorexic(I developed
bad eating habits in
school due to my
schedule and I didn’t
improve after school)
and Here Danny was
telling me i look great
while He looked. so………#
sweet sigh#…
I’m glad for one thing, I
have a mind where all
this ramblings can go
on.
”You’ve really changed.”
He continues, his gaze
goes to my hair and he
does that thing he does
with his eyes. (P.S:…I
noticed this after so
many years of crushing
on Him in school. But he
hadn’t done it to me
then…He had done it to
Angel)
My head snaps up at
that realization and my
reality hits me in the
face again.
And that was the
perfect time for Addie
to show up.
“hey you..” she nudges
me from behind.
”someone’s gone
shopping without me
and the trolley.” She
scolds playfully before
her eyes land on Danny.
“whoa!..,now what
have we got here…” she
mumbles into my ear
and within me I pray
desperately that Danny
didn’t hear her
statement.
She’d been warned
several times about her
tongue but she just
wont give in. i was glad
she didn’t know about
the crush thing, If not,
Her big mouth would
spill it all out
I grab her hand and
even with a smile
plastered to my face, I
squeeze her hand
tightly
”Hi…” he greets her
casually.
“Hellooo…” She drawls
flirtatiously and I cringe.
Where in the world did
Addie learn that stupid
dumb…..errrk move.
Even I could do better
‘‘yeah right.” that
annoying voice says
inside of me. ”like you
did for seven years
without getting the guy
and He’s standing right
before you and all you
can do is smile and let
your heart flap wildly
like a bird in a cage’
”I act wisely.” I tell
myself
“Humor me..” the voice
retorts and I swallow
deciding to walk away
now.
“Phew!!…that’s all for
today.” I say loudly and
grabbing the trolley
from her walked over
to the counter knowing
fully well she would run
after me.
That was the good part
of Her. Family first,
especially when I knew
she would have sensed
something wrong in my
mood change…
I arranged my things on
the counter and was
about digging into my
purse when Danny had
appeared so fast beside
me and was bringing
out his wallet.
“7,500 naira” the girl at
the counter spoke up
and he rested his hand
on my arm in a friendly
gesture
“let me take care of it.”
he says and he hands
her the money.
“You shouldn’t have.”
”I should.” he smiles
softly at me and pays
for his own groceries
too.
All the while Addie
stands there, watching
me with a raised
eyebrow and a playful
smile on her lips and I
knew i wasn’t going to
be free till I told her the
whole story
We stroll outside to
where the car was
parked. I had borrowed
Mom’s car and I wish i
could get inside fast
enough to breathe
easily. but that was
before He came up to
me again.
“Well?” he looks at me
questioningly
“What?”…I ask
wondering if He
expected me to pay
Him back for the
groceries he paid for
“Your number…” he
brings out his phone. ”I
lost most of my
contacts when we left
school and all.”
”oh right!…number..'; i
give hm my digits, he
flashes me and winks
at me.
“I’ll call you.” He tells me
before heading to his
exotic ride.
“I wont count on it.” I
mutter to myself as I
entered the car
Addie was quiet
throughout the drive
home and I felt a
temporary sense of
relief. I was trying to
put my thoughts in
order and keep those
hidden memories of
Danny away
David’s face shows up
(the nice guy Feyi set
me up with last year
and how i had been
contemplating if i should
move on with him or
not and if he’s God’s will
for my life. I know I
should put the latter
first but i don’t know
what’s been happening
to me lately, but at
least that has made
Grandmama relax on my
case I guess)
I feel so ashamed of
myself.
I thought it was over.
I thought i had moved
on
I thought i was walking
according to God’s plan
for my life and was
happy.
But why do I feel this
dull ache in my heart
longing and hoping for
something I shouldn’t
Why do I feel I’m
treading on dangerous
but delicious grounds
The wicked flame was
consuming me and i
prayed silently hoping
today had been like
every other day.
As for the other side of
me, it wanted that
adventure.
Just like the adventure I
had had with Addie in
our childhood days.
I wasn’t proud of it but
it’s been put behind us.
I think I’m writing
about that next
Much love. xo

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Episode 3
I was only Eight years
old then but I
remember quite clearly
all the stuffs I did with
Addie but there were
two that really shook
my world. That’s what
I feel like writing
anyway and so I don’t
care if the other side of
me wants to forget it
and move on.
I have moved on…No
doubt but I reflect and
I’m like gosh!!!…what if i
had grown up alone
with Her, what would I
have turned to?
Is a journal meant to
make you feel better,
or act like a companion?
I’ll stick with the latter,
don’t even have many
friends
I was introduced to
Addie as my cousin a
year before I clocked 8
and at that moment of
the introduction, i knew
there would be a day I
would be asked to
spend a long series of
holiday over at their
place especially since
Feyi had gone to the
boarding House at that
time. Feyi’s education
was quite earlier than
mine and I wasn’t
envious. I just felt she
was a genius and
thought like one.
As for me, I don’t even
leave my bed organized
for once and clothes
hang about like a boy’s
locker room.
Addie and I were alike in
those terms but she
took hers on the high
side. She acted like a cat
sometimes and eating
like a mouse is an
understatement.
I lived with her family
for a month while my
parents had their
disagreement ish and
she became my best
friend and cousin at
that time of my life. I
was the quiet one, and
felt propelled to do
what I was supposed
to do. she was the only
child and so she could
afford to be rebellious
to her parents.
To me, I saw her as a
spoiled child who was
born with a silver spoon
in her mouth.
The first thing I
remember her doing
was sneaking into the
liquor room to get
something. I was so
young then and I
wasn’t sure what she
was up to so I
pretended to be
watching TV, but that
was before she headed
straight to the kitchen
in the fridge and
brought out a bottle of
fanta. she took one for
herself and gave me
one.
”thank you.” I greeted.
it wasn’t a strange
thing that she had
access to everything in
the fridge and she could
make a choice.
I wasn’t given such
liberty at my house.
just one look from my
parents and i would go
scrambling to my room
I noticed she held
another bottle.
“Calyp…….” I squinted
my eyes to get a good
look at the bottle but
she blurted out
confidently.
”Calypso. it’s a coconut
drink.” She poured her
drink into a glasscup
and added some of the
strange coconut drink
into her fanta
“It looks funny sort of.”
I replied doubting her
reply especially when I
could sense she wasn’t
totally honest with me
“Well, why don’t you
have a taste and tell
me what you think?”
she took a large gulp of
her drink from the
glasscup and I can tell
she’s been doing this
for a long time
I shake my head
without uttering a
word. I must have
looked like a dumb child
back then
”c’mon! its not like I’m
giving you poison.” she
smiles at me and hands
me the rest of her
drink.
I have a very sharp
nose and so at the
slight scent of
something pungent, I
give it back to her.
She pushes it back into
my hand. ”C’mon
Moyo!!!just a sip and
you’ll see I told you so.
it’s delicious”
I inhale deeply and take
a sip as she says. Its a
little sharp on my
tongue and I forget the
taste of Fanta for a
while. she pushes the
drink further down my
throat and I gulp it
down, almost lost in
some form of ecstasy!
having a peppery feeling
afterwards…I had never
felt that way before
and keep drinking till I
can see the end of my
glass.
“wow!” I sigh licking my
lip half consciously and
smiled at her. She
smiled back at me like
she’s initiated me into
some form of group
and from there, we
graduated to Schanpps.
that day was horrible
because it started with
a small cover and then I
took like four caps of
the strong alcoholic
drink and I stopped
seeing clearly.
Everything looked blurry
and I closed my eyes,
trying to open them
again just to feel
myself stagger.
I could hear Addie
laughing and I laughed
with her too. it was fun
at first. We drinking the
forbidden drink and
laughing and having the
fun I’d never had with
Temi.
It was an exciting new
experience and I felt like
floating, but I did the
opposite of that and fell
to the floor
I woke up to hiccups. oh
gosh! how I hated
hiccups! and I realized
Addie’s parents were
back and she had
cleared everything.
They didn’t suspect
anything but they were
partially worried about
my hiccups. I was too
ashamed to look at
them in the face and
they didn’t sense
anything wrong with
that either
How could parents be
so ignorant and non
chalant, couldn’t they
smell anything?
It was later i found out
Addie had told them
some form of lie and
she had covered up my
mess.
She said I threw up a
little.
Just a little, she
emphasized.
That girl was doing
things that were more
matured than her age
and I hoped she
wouldn’t get worse
Presently She has
mellowed on the
drinking but still takes
one or two at times.
I worry for her and I
pray for her.
The second thing she
introduced me to was
Cigarettes. she had
returned to the house
excited about
something and then
leading me to her room
upstairs, she brought
out the brand of
cigarettes with a
lighter.
I remembered that
particular brand because
when Lighthouse family
was the song played
while it was being
advertised.
”Tobi gave it to me.”
she whispered excitedly
and turned on the
lighter while all I could
do was watch dumbly.
(Tobi was the boy living
next door and a
rebellious one for sure)I
knew it was meant
only for adults and she
had probably seen what
her Father did but that
evil side of me wanted
to relish the fact that I
put that cigarette stick
on my lips, saw the
smoke coming out from
the other end and then
my mouth. I knew I had
to inhale…i knew that by
watching too much of
TV but reality was right
before me.
She took a puff and
coughed a little. she
recovered almost
immediately and passed
it to me watching me
as if to say…”don’t
disappoint me Moyo.”
I took a puff and
thought I would choke
and probably collapse on
the floor but I surprised
myself and took a short
puff. holding the stick
within my fingers made
me feel like an adult and
a bold one. Something in
me was awakening,
growing wings. Wings I
could never grow when i
was with my family or
in my class sitting like a
docile human being. I
felt like running and just
keep running.
I felt so on top of the
world.
It was then I realized
there was something
more to the cigarette
than I had thought.
Addie never told me till
today and I know I’ve
never taken weed
before in my life to
detect if that was
what was mixed in our
supposed-to-be
cigarette brand but i
knew what it made you
feel. that thing i
smoked had made me
feel happy like i was on
opium. i felt what i had
never felt before in my
life but it was short
term but ohhh!!!…it was
as if i was flying, like i
was in that my favorite
cartoon..Carebears!!!
….where the clouds
carried them or rather
they lived in the clouds
“We’re home.” Addie
announces and breaks
into my thought. I park
the car and sigh. she
stretches over and
picks the grocery nylons
from the back seat and
smiles at me
mischievously, eyes
twitching.
“we have the whole
day to ourselves
honey…, and so better
start getting ready to
fill me in on some of
that your stale gist.”
he gets down from the
car and leave me to my
thoughts.
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Addie enjoys
tormenting me!!!
I know she does and I
feel I can do something
about it but I don’t
want to
Is it me or the way i
was built or rather,
created?
I told her half of the
story and I can see her
looking at me like I was
crazy when I told her
it’s just merely
infatuation.
……ohhh how i hate it
when she uses the ‘F’
word with me. I’m
censoring her language
for the sake of my
journal
“you call that
infatuation?!!!” she
looks at me with that
“duuuh?!!!” look and I’m
like STHU(shut the hell
up)…i gave up the F
word a long time ago
myself.
“Well, what else can it
be?” I try as much as
possible to concentrate
on the sweet potatoes
I’m frying.
“You’ve been in love
with that Hot guy for
let me see…she raises
her eyes to the ceiling
and does some sort of
stupid count which
irritates me the more
and looks at me…”more
than seven years
now…”
”I don’t think so.” I try
to tell myself more
than her.
“Well, the way I’m
seeing things, if you
don’t make a move,
you’re gonna remain a
virgin till God knows
when…” She lets her
eyes stroll down my
body and takes a swig
of bottled water.
I was about to say
something when she
raises her hands to
me..”and please…not
that bullshit talk
of..”she mimics me..”I
want to remain a virgin
for my future husband
and God wont be
pleased if i have sex
outside marriage”
I feel hurt but I don’t
show it. I just try and
remain calm and dish
the brown potatoes.
I think she notices it.
She’s been with me for
that long and so she
comes close to me,
turns off the gas and
holds my face.
“I love you Moyo..” she
brings her face close to
mine and at first i dread
that she’s going to do
something funny but
she hugs me instead. ”
and I hate it when you
settle for less or feel
like you don’t deserve
someone like this Danny
guy. let’s make Seyi eat
her words.
Seyi was one of my
friends in school who
had hurt me real deep.
sometimes, you hurt
people with your words
and you don’t know till
the truth slaps you in
the face. Seyi’s one of
the people I remember
before writing my Old
flame journal.
She had been seeing
this cute guy from a
different school and she
had been all over Him.
My spirit didn’t just
agree with Him the first
time I saw Him and He
had some kind of
“wandering eyes”.., I
know I’m not a
relationship detector
but i know when
someone smells fishy. I
thought it was just a
fling and since we were
roommates back in
medical school and we
attended the same
fellowship, she was one
of my close friends at
that time and so i told
her to take things easy
and then the next thing
i’ll hear is she was
getting serious with
this anonymous guy.
I’m gonna tag Him ”X”
cos even remembering
His name makes me
angry.
I try telling her to take
it easy but she tells me
she feels God is leading
her into this relationship
and they were soon
going to get engaged.
and then the most
dreadful thing happens
and I hate it when i
remember it cos i’m like
‘why didn’t i break his
nose or his filthy hands
to serve as a reminder?’
He comes to our room
one afternoon when i
least expect Him and
when Seyi had choir
rehearsals(this usually
lasted for about 2hours
or more)..I’m sure the
Pig would have known
and so he felt it was
the right time to make
His move
I was in shorts and a
long Mickey mouse T
shirt draped over the
shorts making me look i
wore nothing
underneath and he had
caught me unaware
“Seyi’s not in.”I had told
him politely with that
fake smile I had learned
to plaster on my face.
for my friend’s sake, I
tolerated Him.
“Can I still come in?” he
smiled seductively and i
felt my Red light
flashing. i ignored it..i
was probably imagining
things.Guys hardly
looked my way anyway
so I shouldn’t get
myself flattered..i
warned myself
“sure.” I replied. he’d
been to our room
several times and so he
entered easily removing
his shoes and settling
on his girlfriend’s bed. I
had completely
forgotten my laps were
exposed and Mr
wandering EYE had
already started feeding
his flesh to it.
Red lights flashed again
and I wished I had
thrown something on…
better than the shorts I
was wearing but I just
wanted to feel relaxed
and it was a girl’s
hostel anyway.
The room was quiet for
a while and I placed my
earplugs in my ear,
picked up my jotter and
continued my reading on
my bedside table trying
as much as possible to
ignore the guy and avoid
him from looking
further at my legs and
so I face the window.
At least, all He will be
able to see would be
my clothed back but
before I know it, I feel
hands going up my thigh
and hands already up
my Tshirt.
I jerked off my chair
and my phone, jotter
and earplugs go
crashing on the floor
I look at him waiting for
a good explanation…Silly
me, when I should have
satisfied my shaking
hands by giving him two
hot sound slaps but I
was still thinking of Seyi
(my roommate)…if only
she was thinking the
way I had been thinking
about her, then we
might have still been
friends now.
“C’mon baby, don’t try
and ignore the
chemistry between
us..” he comes closer to
me and out of impulse,
I raise my textbook in
defense.
Smh!!!…like that could
keep him away.
”you have a girlfriend!” I
blurted out of confusion
and lack of the right
words. ”a fiancee!!!”
”you said fiancee, not
wife…”he licks his upper
lip as his eyes strolls to
my legs again and I feel
like throwing up. How
could my friend stoop
so low to date a fool
like this…talk-less of
marry Him.
“aren’t you afraid I
might tell her?”
“and hurt her feelings…I
know you too well to
try and break your
friend’s heart knowing
pretty well I’m the
world that revolves
round her. you may look
quiet and complicated
on the outside, but right
inside there, i know
what you look like. Seyi
talks a lot about you
y’know and she
believes me more than
you and so you’ve got
yourself in a box
sweetheart”
“get out!” I yell at him,
rolling my eyes at Him
and making sure I slam
the door loudly behind
Him.
I had felt so ruined and
destabilized. What was i
going to do? I had to tell
Seyi. She couldn’t marry
a Male prostitute!!!, a
Proud one at that…ohh
how I wish I had done
something more that
day!!!
Well, to cut the long
story short, I told her
and she looked at me
like I was telling one of
those Cinderella stories
where Cinderella
doesn’t even have a
fairy godmother and so
where can she get her
dress and how will she
even get the prince in
the first place
There were No glass
slippers!!!
There were never glass
slippers!! that’s how
my story sounded in her
ears
”Why don’t you believe
me?” I ask looking at
her trying not to shout
at her or hit some
perfect sense into her
she looks up at me then
and her eyes strolls
over my body in a
“duuhh..what-do-you-
have- that- i don’t
have” kind of way and
shakes her head..”I find
it hard to believe he’ll
make a pass at you. i
mean…#she laughs
briefly#…c’mon babe!!…
you’re not just the
type..i mean..no offense
but…”
But she didn’t have to
say more. The chill
down my spine was
enough to make my
tongue go dry and I
knew I had never felt
insulted all my life. Her
look had done the major
part but her words had
struck the dagger right
in, and she didn’t leave
it there, she twisted it
so that she could see
me bleed.
It was then I wished I
had knocked her head
and her boyfriend’s
heads together like
coconuts!!!Creeps!
It didn’t take long
before I heard about Mr
“X’s downfall and I
really felt satisfied. I
was no longer her
roommate but when I
heard the gist, my
heart did that joyful
leap and I gloated
inwardly. I knew she
cried. she wasn’t even
herself for days and
sometimes she hardly
came to class. she had
to repeat a whole year
in medical school and I
acted like I didn’t know
her.
I knew I should have
relaxed but I just
wasn’t going to. She
was eating her words
and I wanted her to
come to me and
apologize but she didn’t.
Instead, she soaked
herself in her newfound
misery with her other
friends and I watched
her like a tragic movie
only I wasn’t the One
crying.
She was
I felt terrible at one
point but the evil side of
me wanted to justify
everything and keep the
Holyspirit silent.
I had never felt so evil
till now…all my life..and
when I remember it all,
I feel I have to look for
her and tell her I’m
sorry for everything…I
might not have been at
fault, but she was my
friend.
Well, that was How our
friendship ended
“do you guys mind
telling me what in the
world is going on?”
Feyi’s voice interrupts
our embrace and Addie
release me almost
immediately and smiles
sweetly.
“Nothing Auntie….”

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Episode 4
”You don’t like me that
much…” Feyi frowned
slightly and glances at
me. “you think I’m a Kill
Joy.”
“I don’t remember
saying that…” Addie
pouts her lips and rolls
her eyes and I wonder
how much maturity the
girl displays outside
“Need I remind you?”
She mumbles
something to herself
and walks out of the
kitchen. Feyi doesn’t
stop her, rather, She
ignores her and comes
closer to me to
embrace me briefly.
Before releasing me,
she kisses my cheek
and I remember how
much I love my sister
(though she’s married
now) and how much I
had missed her.
I felt like telling her
about everything that
happened today but
instead I pass her the
brown potatoes i had
fried.
She slips one into her
mouth and thanks me,
looking around the
kitchen
“How’s Fisayo?” I ask
“Traveled.” she replied
bluntly. ”You were on
call yesterday?”
”Yeah.”
She nods and settles on
the chair. That’s when
she breaks the news to
me. ”I have a wedding
to plan next week and
I’ll need your
assistance.”
I summarized the
whole situation for her.
” You’re staying over
and you need me to
keep you company…no
qualms.”
”even with your
schedule?” she looks at
me with doubt in her
eyes.
”With the both of us in
the same room, I know
I have to start living like
a woman and rearrange
stuff but it’s okay…”
“a twenty five year old
lady living like a
teenager…” She shakes
her head at me. ”one
would think you and
Addie were from the
same mother.’ She
glances back to see if
our cousin is totally out
of range and
whispers..”for how long
has she been here?”
”a month and a half.
she just returned from
the States and she
thought she could come
by and say Hi.”
”I don’t feel too
comfortable when
she’s around…”
”Well, now that you’re
back in OUR house…” I
emphasize. ”you’ll just
have to stick by the
rules.”
She looks a little lean
and more quiet than
usual and I suspect it
has something to do
with her husband Fisayo
but I don’t probe her. If
Feyi was the sister I
grew up with, She’ll
come around, if not
now, soon
That night, I could hear
her giggling over the
phone and for hours,
(with Fisayo) she talked
and talked and kept
repeating the
words..”oh baby” and I
couldn’t feel more
miserable and lonely
knowing she had this
perfect married life(2
years) and I just slept
on my bed with my
furry bear cuddled up
next to me thinking of
when God would finally
look down on me and
give me someone who
could love me the way
Fisayo loved my sister
to the core
It’s one week Feyi’s
been at our place now
and She makes
breakfast when I’m on
night call(which makes
me more relieved)
Some days, I don’t even
come home at all. that’s
how busy my schedule
is.
The irony about my life
is that it’s on days like
this that I find time to
appreciate God’s little
miracles and the life
he’s given me. I deliver
babies from their
mother’s womb and I
see the joy on their
faces when they look
at the crying child
covered in blood.
They’re not repulsed by
the sight of blood, but
they’re relieved and
happy, thanking God for
sparing their lives to
deliver such. I’ve seen
some women lose their
lives over delivery
through caesarian
section and I sigh,
knowing it won’t be the
last I witness.
When the babies’ cries
bounce off the hospital
walls, I’m glad that
they can do that. At
least, that helps in the
expansion of their lungs.
I see those sickle cell
patients going through
severe pain and I know
I can never know how it
feels when they cry out
in pain because I can
never be in their shoes.
I succeed in shutting
out things like this from
my mind and move on in
life. Addie’s a
chatterbox and so she
keeps me company and
she comes over to pick
me for lunch
sometimes. She goes
shopping without me
because she thinks I
have a bad taste in
clothes but we do
everything else
together.
I see Feyi on days when
‘m not on call(days i go
home) or off days and
we do our bible study
together, relishing the
fact that we could still
fellowship together.
Tonight was a different
night though and the
wedding she had been
planning for was finally
going to arrive and we
had most of the stuffs
in my room.
We were on my bed
together and she had
just finished talking to
her hubby on the phone
while I lying down to
read
the new articles on
Health issues sent to
me by a colleague on
my laptop when my
phone rang.
I looked at the time.
11pm
I could see the digits
displaying on my phone
screen but no caller ID
and I wondered
who would be calling me
at this time of the
night?
I knew it couldn’t be
those cheapskate
callers(those ones called
at midnight) and i was
wondering if it was one
of those random callers
that called and Feyi and
I would waste their
credit.
She looked at me
puzzled…as if she was
saying…”well, pick up
the phone and if it’s a
random caller, we’ll
have fun as usual.”
”hello” I reply dully. I
wasn’t in the mood for
random callers tonight
“hey Lori..” the voice
greets
I gulp as my heart
began racing faster
than normal. omg!!This
can’t be. I sat petrified.
That
voice..ooohhhhhhhh that
sonorous voice I’d long
to hear for many years.
Even if it was just to
call me because he
thought of me and not
because he wanted
something
I hated myself for
remembering how good
his voice sounded or
how i melted just
thinking of him…, that
delicious feeling of……
Feyi came close to me
but with a worried look
on her face.
“Well, who is it?’ she
mouthed
”hello?’ he asked after
the brief silence. Words
escaped out of my head
and i had to stand up
from the bed to move
far away from my
sister or any distraction
that was going to make
me blab rubbish. i raised
a hand to tell Feyi it
was okay and before I
knew it, I was in the
bathroom sitting on the
bathtub.
‘‘What’s up’’ I asked
due to fear. Delicious
fear that after all these
years, could it be that
Danny Olawaye calling
me even when i wasn’t
the first to call just to
say something about
class.
Strictly about class
”hey, I like your voice.”
he says smoothly over
the phone. If he liked
my voice, then i was
crazy about his
baritone.
“thank you.’ I squeaked
”We haven’t spoken
since that day we met
at the mart. I told you i
was gonna call but
y’know work and all.’’
he paused and when i
didn’t say anything he
continued. ‘I was doing
some work at home
and i thought of you.
crazy right?’
‘Yeah..I guess so.’ I
laughed, my defenses
already melting. i had no
walls anymore.
Everything came
crumbling down.
He thought of me! I
squealed inside. He
really did.
Oh I could do a
moonwalk right now.
“I got this CD that day
we met and when i
started listening to it, i
remembered how we
met again after so
many years. I mean we
didn’t even have the
time to talk or say
much and i was
thinking, why don’t we
go out sometime,
maybe for lunch or
dinner. How busy are
you?”
“Very busy.”
”So, there’s no way you
could squeeze some
little time for me?” this
time his voice was
sounding husky and i
knew there was no
way I could resist him
anymore.
Was he doing this on
purpose?
Today was Friday night
“I’m free for Tuesday.”
“I like that.” he replies.
”I’ll call you.”
”k.” is all I can say and I
realize he’s waiting for
me to hang up before
he does
omg!!…I hold the phone
close to my chest…
”could this be real, could
this be happening to
me?” I sigh
I head for the door and
open it just to see Feyi
standing right in front
of me.
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”Well?”
”What?” I try to act
calm and stroll back to
my bed and stare
blankly at my screen,
pretending to get
serious with my work
when all I wanted to do
was scream and yelp
for joy..
omg!!!…was Addie
right?!!!..was this how
Love felt?,…could I be in
love with Danny?
If it was, then I felt
myself drowning in a
sea full of it, not
wanting to be rescued.
Feyi brought me back to
the present and came
over to join me on the
bed reaching for my
phone but I was too
fast for her.
She grinned playfully
and pointed a chubby
finger at me. ”you know
i’ll always find out, if
not now, then most
definitely soon. so just
save me the whole
ordeal and tell me
who’s the lucky guy
who finally gets my
sister’s attention?”
”Will talk later Feyi, but
right now, I have loads
of stuff to read.” i sigh
and put on my glasses. i
hardly wore them but i
knew they would
conceal my emotions.
“ummm…ok oooooooo..”
She nods like a child and
I almost spill the beans
but I knew the
response I was going to
get if I told her Danny,
my 7 years crush was
asking me out for “just
dinner” between adults
(medical doctors) she
would yell her head off
and make sure she
ruined everything like I
was some teenage girl
who needed her help or
interruption in my life.
It’s Tuesday evening
and I don’t have a
dinner dress, neither do
I even know what to do
and I feel myself
shaking with
excitement when He
calls that he’ll be coming
over to my House to
pick me. I ask Him
where we’re going and
He tells me it’s
somewhere special.
I was glad when Feyi
said she was going back
to her husband’s house
today and Mum was
having one of those
weekday vigils and so
Addie came to the
rescue.
She hands me one of
those skimpy dresses
and heels she goes
shopping for and I
shake my head in
horror. ”there’s no way
I’m wearing that on my
first date”
“well, do you have any
other option?” she sits
me down before our
dressing table and
starts playing with my
hair.
I raise the short purple
dress again and she
rolls her eyes at me.
”what’s the point of
you being a woman if
you can’t show all your
curves?”
I gulp. ”I’m not doing
this Addie.” I look down
and continue. ”just do
something about my
hair and I’ll get a good
blouse and a decent
skirt to go in.”
She looks at me directly
through the mirror and
bites her lip forcing
herself not to get angry
at me as I can tell.
“how old are you?” I
recognise the edge in
her voice
”don’t insult me.” I
frown
”Well, I’m not going to.”
she replies and leaves
me alone to face the
mirror while she strolls
over to the door. this is
not the first time she’ll
play that stupid trick
and I know i keep falling
for it and I hate it but I
glance at the clock on
the wall and I know
Danny would be here
any minute.
”k, I’m sorry, could you
just help me out,
please.” I look like a
desperate woman and I
feel like crying.
Addie gloats and I can
tell as she starts with
my hair.
By the time she’s
through, I cant even
recognize myself in the
mirror.
”I have a nice jacket to
go with your gown.”
she rubs my hand
gently giving me a
satisfactory look after
she’s through with my
face.
Now…, clothes!
It takes me 15minutes
to change into the
dress she’s prepared
for me and when I stroll
to the living room, I can
see her beaming. I’m
surprised I can even
stand without
staggering on the
strapped heels she had
encouraged me to wear.
“this gown is short,
what if I sit?” I asked.
My spirit wasn’t
comfortable with this
dress. I felt like I was
exposed and was
revealing everything on
our first date.
Was this How i wanted
Danny to see me?
I didn’t have time to
muse long before the
bell rang and he was
allowed inside.
His expression was
unbelievable and I felt
that leap of joy in my
heart again. His eyes
were transfixed on
mine for a while before
Addie interrupted and
we stepped out for our
date.
We had a great time…,
well, I did though I
know he should too. I
mean we talked about
stuff, we laughed, we
ate, I indulged a little
and drank a little wine…,
C’mon, don’t look at me
that way, It’s a date
with Danny Olawaye!
He ordered for wine
with a delicious meal
and I can’t say no.
I can’t push him away
now, or make him think
I’m some sort of prude
or something…
There was a problem
though.
I just kept trying to
adjust my gown. How in
the world did a woman
wear this outside and
feel so relaxed and
comfortable.
I think he noticed how
uncomfortable I was
while He was driving me
back home and his hand
came to rest on my
arm gently.
“I love your dress.” he
glances at my gown
and lets his eyes stroll
down.
That alarm rings in my
head again but what he
says next leaves my
throat dry. ”and you
have great legs.”
His lips curve into a
smile and he
concentrates on the
road when the traffic
moves.
Was i supposed to say
anything? I panic and
my hand goes to my
jacket out of impulse
and I button up. The
next thing I don’t want
Him saying was how
awesome my cleavage
was!
When we finally got to
a nice parking spot not
far from my house, he
turns off the car and
looks at me in the eyes.
“did you run in
secondary school?” he
asked
“no, but I don’t think I
would have minded
though.” I try to ponder
how good he was in
changing the topic. I
suspected He was
trying to make me
comfortable
His eyes went to my
legs again. ”those legs
need some sport.”
I smile and nod like a
child. ”will think about
it.”
“do you listen to radio?
was thinking of making
a request for you
tonight.”
omg!!!!..this wasn’t
happening to me, was
it?!!!
Was I in some sort of
dream because the
evening was getting
more romantic than I
thought.
I knew I should tell him
I had stopped listening
to some secular songs
partly because i didn’t
want to dwell on the
past, of letting myself
fantasize but I blurted
out and betrayed the
warning inside me.
“3doors down, Here
without you.” I sigh and
smile at him.
“Well…”his gaze finally
comes to rest on my
lips. ”i think you must
have been reading my
mind.”
And before I can say
anymore, I feel his lips
on mine. i don’t know
who had initiated the
kiss but this is my first
Kiss and I feel too shy
to go on. I think he
senses it and he
encourages me further
and deepens it. We
break free and I
swallow as I feel his
hands on my jacket.
The buttons had come
apart almost
immediately and before
I can say something
else, he presses himself
further.
I can feel the alarm in
my head and the red
flag waving…and then i
remember my V card
(virginity) and I break
free
“I’m so sorry.” he
apologizes almost
immediately and he
settles back into his
chair while i try as much
as possible to
smoothen what I had
left of my dress.
“I shouldn’t have…”
“It’s okay.” that evil
side of me was really
growing wings and had
wanted to continue till I
had given everything to
Him. it was amazing
How my body
responded to his
whereas I had kept
myself for this long
telling myself i was
strong and nothing
could make me
compromise or change
my views and I
wondered.
Was this only what it
took me to lose what i
had kept for so long on
my wedding night?
Danny smiled sheepishly
then and nodded. ‘I
promise I won’t let it go
beyond that again
except you want it to,
and not even in a
car..jeez!’ he ran his
hand over his head and
let out a sigh.
“You’re a wonderful
person Lori and I never
knew I felt this way
about you until tonight
when i saw you in that
lovely dress…, and your
eyes” he stopped to
caress my cheek and I
knew I had not gotten
rid of the feelings I had
for him all those years.
I had only suppressed it.
And if not for self-
control, I could have
allowed him gain access
to my life once again,
ignoring everything else
that mattered and
giving him my soul,
spirit and body
“let’s do this again.’ his
hand slides to my arm
and all I could do was
nod dumbly.
He smiled and I knew I
could melt at the desire
in his eyes. ‘‘Let me
drive you closer to the
house so that i can
watch you go in.”
He waves at me and I
can tell he’s watching
me as I stroll back to
the house. When I get
to the door, I look back
and I can see him
waving from a distance.
I wave back and
remove the spare keys
from my purse, as the
gate-man opens the
door for me and I’m
glad I’m not within his
scrutiny anymore.
I hurry into the house
through the back door,
and i turn on the lights
just to see Feyi sitting
in the kitchen staring
back at me, first, I can
tell it’s shock at what
i’m wearing and
secondly at the time
when she looks up
11pm.
I’m not ready to face
any argument or any
form of preaching or
scolding and so I pick up
my heels and head for
my room hoping she
wouldn’t follow me.
BTW!!!…what in the
world was she doing
back here, i thought she
had gone back to her
husby’s house?smh!!!
Feyi surprises me and
doesn’t and I’m glad
but i feel worse and I’m
beginning to think it
might have been better
if she actually said
something
My phone beeps and
and I see Danny’s
number. I pick his call
and sink into the bed.
“hey..” he greets with
his husky tone and my
mind flashes back to
our kiss in his car.
‘ummm.” I mumble
already daydreaming
again
“I got through to the
radio station and i made
a special request for
you. your song should
be the next.”
Out of excitement, I
giggle over the phone
and hurriedly tune to
my favorite station
where he left his
romantic note and I
listen as a text is read
on my behalf.
“You bring the spark to
my life and you’re
beautiful…” from Danny
to my girl Lori..” the
host of the show reads.
“and this is for you Lori,
Here without you by
3doors down, I hope
you think of me when
you listen to this song.”
I held myself from
spilling out the words.. ‘I
love you” on the phone
when I heard he had
adressed me as “his
girl…”
“sweet dreams babe.
I’ll call you tomorrow”
“You too.” i manage to
say and hang up just to
fall back into my bed
with a great sigh.
I felt like I was in cloud
9, and I wanted to
remain there forever.

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