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'Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil...'

The quotation above a verse in the famous 'Psalm 23' chapter of the Bible, which almost all christains know by heart. I being raised in a Christian family knew it aswell, and it was the only verse that rang in my head as Hassy made the 'native doctor' statement.

I wasn't really scared of just dating Tenny, but I was scared of dating her and eventually breaking her heart if she falls in Love with me.

Had it been any other normal girl, I wouldnt have mind risking it much, but in this case, she could tell her dad about her so called boyfriend who she gave her heart and virginity to and he threw it in the waste bin, I was so sure she would be crying while reporting me to her dad, and that would only make him take me more serious.

Ok, am talking too much, back to my story...

'can you repeat what you just said?' I asked Hassy.

'Micheal, am dead serious. Her dad is a native doctor' He replied.

'Its a lie jhur, how can you prove it?' I asked, looking for an excuse not to believe Hassy.

'ok, have you ever woken up as early as 4pm, and looked outside your window?'

'nope, what does that have to do with proving anything? Or you want to tell me he turns to a bat and fly round his house?' I Asked sarcastically.

'No, not that, but that's a possibility sha. Anyway, try it this night, you would see more than 10 expensive cars which belongs to men and women in the high places of this country parked right in front of his house.'

'Hian! I'm disappointed at you, so you trying to say he can't have rich friends who visit him? Nigerians sha!' I replied ignorantly.

'How many people do thier friends visit them only in the night and leave before sunrise?' Hassy asked.

'oga that one no mean jhur, maybe that's how the visitors like doing thier things, you know they are probably politicians, so they don't want much attention.' I replied, trying all my possible best not to believe Hassy.

'oK, do you know she has step-brothers?'

'anhan, no but I don't expect a man of three wives not to have a couple of sons Na' I replied.

'Ok, good. Do you know one Yusuf guy like that, who stays near buckunor?'

'shey na that one wey dey rub powder for hin face and that hin head wey hair no dey grow?'

'exactly! How many people do you know that rubs powder on his scalp?'

'everybody has his own manner of madness. Or you want me to point out yours?'

'Micheal, my point is , that thing on his head isn't any normal powder, its a...'

'Oh nigga please! What do you want to say? That someone rubs powder on his head and its a charm? You are just being ridiculous' I cut in.

'See Micheal, Hassy dey talk true abi why hin go lie?' Dominic asked.

'Ok, wait you, you are here judging me, what about you that is dating her elder sister, Jessy?' I asked Hassy.

'I was getting there. Do you know why I haven't gotten admission since three years ago irrespective of the fact I paid several people and even read like a mad man?'

'hmm, this is a good question oh, Hassy was his school deputy headboy so he atleast brilliant, plus, he is from a wealthy family so he could have paid his way into any university but he wasn't lucky enough' I pondered over the question, but got no answer so I simply asked;

'why?'

'I started dating Jessy two years ago, and since then nothing good has happened to me. I broke up with her last month and I got admission this month. What do you think of that?' Hassy replied.

'err..ermm.. It cou..could just be a coincidence na' I stuttered.

At this response, Hassy shook his head in exhaustion and said;

'Hmm, yours is an already lost case, I give up' He looked at me for a while waiting for a response but I said nothing so he just changed the topic;

'shey you still one drink more, or make we dey go house?'

'lets go home' I replied coldly.

We all walked home, taking same routes but eventually started dropping at our individual houses as we got to them. My house was the farthest so I had to walk alone for a while before getting home.

On getting home I had a thought about the whole argument and I figured Hassy points were all reasonable, but I just wasn't ready to believe it, because if I did then I would be scared and end whatever I had with Tenny.

I couldnt sleep that night, I just kept on thinking, until my phone rang and I saw it was chidinma. We spoke for over two hours and she made me laugh so much that I forgot the whole Tenny and her native doctor dad. We ended the call around 3:30am.

I tried sleeping but I remembered Hassy words concerning the expensive cars and shîts like that, so after thinking and trying to prepare my mind for anything, I stood up and went to the window and behold! Hassy was right.

All those kinda cars that can buy houses at banana Island and still have change were parked there.

I immediately looked away only for me to look on my fence and see...

TO BE CONTINUED.

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Babie Ghagha: tenny is just lyk me but i dnt hide my true self frm guys nd dats wat guys already in university dos

I dont

I wanted to give him a lecture on how and why Tenny isn't my babe, but I held back because of my 'the more he knows, the better for me' theory. So I simply said;

'she dey her papa house!' and looked away to signify I didn't want to talk any more on that issue.

But its not easy to keep Dominic in the dark when he is determined to find out something;

'Shey I ask you where she dey? I talk how she dey? See as una they fail exam? After if una fail JAMB, una go talk say them commot hundred mark from your score'

At this wired but funny reply, I figured it was pointless arguing, so I simply gave him the most vague reply I could come up with;

'hmm, ok, sorry sir. Teniola is fine. Are you satisfied?'

'No oh, I'm not. Tell us how her breäst be like?' Dominic replied, indirectly asking if I had done 'things' to her.

'which kind question be this one now?' I wondered.

'You dey try remember?' He asked again after I didn't reply him.

'hmm, ode. Go ask person we don see am before' I replied.

'wait oh! Micheal hope say you never toast or fûck am o?' Hassy who had been enjoying the drama of his two best friends asked with a rather serious tone.

'I never toast am, yet sha. I dey take my time' I replied, trying to avoid the other half of his question.

'No try toast am oh! No even think am self oh, just leave am as e be so' Dominic cut in, and he had a serious tone too.

'wetin dey do una two? Shey una get plans for the babe?' I asked, getting confused of what was going on.

'get plans with mami water ke? God forbid bad things?' Dominic replied.

'wetin you dey try talk?' I aske getting more confused and curious.

'have you asked her anything about her family?' Hassy asked in good English, when Hassy speaks english then he is serious.

'yea, sure na.' I replied.

'and what did she tell you?'

'basic stuffs na. Polygamous Family of three wives, her mum being the second wife and bla bla bla... Why are you asking?' I asked.

'what else did she tell you about her dad?'

'ermm, nothing. Oh! Wait, she said something about him living close to my house' I replied

'hmm, Micheal, her dad is a native doctor!'

On hearing this, I can swear the whole earth stopped spinning for a second and time froze. I could hear my own heart beats and I'm pretty sure I was sweating. All I could say was;

'can you repeat what you just said?'

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**continuation**

'why are you sounding surprised?' Tenny asked.

'I think the question should be 'why shouldn't I sound surprised' I replied.

'what's the big deal with not ever having a boyfriend? She asked, looking really confused.

'Its no big deal actually, but you are like 18 already, plus, you have everything any guy would want' I replied.

'why do you always turn everything I say into a flattery comment?'

'me?' flatter ke? I've never flattered anyone in my whole life oh' I replied chuckling.

'I hear you! Anyway, am I forgiven now?' she asked.

'ermm, yes I guess. I don't have anything against you anymore.'

I allowed her to show her appreciation with a bear hug then I asked;

'so why haven't you dated any guy yet?'

'Nothing really. Just that all guys are the same and they all want one thing'

'Nawa oh! Even babe wey never get boyfriend before don dey talk this mumu thing too. For crying out loud! If all guys are the same, then why are some pastors and others in jail for attempted murder?' I thought.

'hmm, ok oh, if you think so, I agree with you then' I replied.

'No oh, don't get me wrong. You are different and I know it' She replied, trying to justify her statement.

'what makes me different? You said all guys and when last I checked, I was still a guy' I replied, obviously not in the mood to argue about the 'all guys are the same' statement.

The truth of the issue is people hate what they don't understand. So in my opinion, when a girl says she hate guys because of 'we are all the same', its simply because she don't understand how we guys think and function.

'I just know you are different' she replied.

'yea right, whatever. If we are done here I'll like to return to the program, I guess its time for dancing.'

'you aren't going home again?' she asked grinning.

'Na, you didn't think I would leave all those waist and go home with out rocking all of them?' I joked.

We both laughed at my dry joke and went together to the front of the school where people were dancing.

'ermm, aren't you going to come and dance with me?' I asked her as she freed herself from my grip.

'no, I don't know how to dance' she replied.

'me neither, I just move to the music. Come lets try it'

She chuckled and shyly followed me after saying;

'ok, If you insist. I'm willing to make a fool of myself for you'.

We both danced for the rest of the day before going home and truth be told, she wasn't so much of a bad dancer, she was quite good as a matter of fact.

***

Few days passed and I and Tenny kept on growing closer, I didn't want to officially ask her out yet because, lets just say 'I didn't want to eventually hurt her'. So we kept on being really close friends and she seemed certified with that too until....

I made a discovery barely two days before I went back to school, and that changed everything for good.

***

I, Dominic and Hassy were hanging out on a fateful day.

It was one of those days in which the sun was in a good mood and decided not to show its self by radiating extremely hot rays. The weather was fantastic and perfect for hanging out with friends and loved ones, which was exactly what I was doing.

Our three, sat round a square shaped table located right inside 'The Venue'.

When I say 'The Venue' I'm not talking about the location of an occasion, but rather its the name of a multi-purpose center.

The Venue is one of those places where they have everything, ranging from a bar to a game center where you can play pool or video games, it also had rooms for rent and alot of other sections, each unique in its own different ways.

We sat at the bar and gisted about random issues. We talked about football, music, compared schools and we even touched politics, although we knew nothing about it. Eventually, we somehow started talking about my topic of interest, girls.

'Shey you know say na UNILAG we get the finest set of girls for naija' Dominic started.

'Ode! Maybe when all Yaba-tech girls don die na' Hassy replied sarcastically.

'wetin you dey try talk? You wan compare all those una Madam Gagu to our sexy damsels?' Dominic replied.

'see this one oh, una girls wey more than half na ashewo?' Hassy fired back

'Ashewo ke? Na Uniport we get ashewo pass na, you fit ask micheal now self' Dominic teased me.

'wetin be your own now? Shey you see me for you dream? Why you dey tackle me?' I asked, but the only response I got was a wild laughter from both of them. I joined them in the mad laugh without knowing what exactly was funny. You know what they say about laughter being contagious is kinda true.

'Enhen, micheal, Howfar you and that your babe?' Dominic asked after the laughter had subsided.

'which one?' I asked to confirm, before I start to talk about another girl he knows nothing about because with Dominic its 'the less he knows about you, the better for you'

'Oh! I don forget say you get nine hundred and ninety nine babes. I dey talk about Teniola abi na Tenny, anyone sha? He replied.

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I was eventually getting bored with the whole setup. Dominic and Hassy were already mingling when my phone rang and I saw it was Tenny calling back so I ignored the call then stood up with the intention of heading home and just sleep off till thy kingdom come since the sight of Tenny wasn't helping matters too.

I got to the exit alright, but a sudden tap on my shoulder made me pause to see who it was. I had expected it to be Dominic or maybe Hassy but I found out I was dead wrong when I turned and saw Tenny standing and staring at me with guilt in her eyes.

'Hi, your mum has a nice shop' I said sarcastically.

'Micheal, I can explain' she replied, and I could sense she was uncertain if I would hear her out.

I, in person really needed an explanation and silently hoped it was a reasonable one so I wouldn't have to be mad at her and let her go since I actually liked her.

'Ok, am all ears' I replied, trying to sound as casual as possible.

'hmm, I can't talk her, the noise is too much. Mind following to the back of the school?'

'no, lead the way'. She lead and I followed.

We were both standing behind the school compound few minutes later.

'so what's your explanation?' I asked.

'hmm, firstly am sorry about not telling you about my valedictory, how did you find out about it anyway?' she asked.

'are you supposed to be the one asking the questions here or me?'' I replied getting kinda pissed at her question.

'hmm, am sorry'

'I don't need your apology!, I need an explanation!!!' I raised my voice at her.

'Ok, what exactly do you want me to explain? I said am sorry about everything.' she replied.

'wait o! Do you think you would say just 'sorry' and the case would be closed like that? Hmm, since you don't have an explanation, I guess am done talking to you.' I turned to walk away after this statement but she held me back.

'Micheal! Please don't go. The truth is I don't know exactly why you are mad at me?'

'why are you playing dumb? Stop it! Its annoying.' I replied,a getting irritated by her present attitude.

'hmm. Ok you want to know what this is all about?' she asked.

'No, I don't. I just enjoy being lied to for no just reason by someone I trusted' I replied sarcastically.

'ok then, fine!. I lied because I like you!' she replied really vaguely

'you lied because you like me?' I asked her, not getting her point.

'yes! I've heard alot about you from a couple of my friends. They keep on talking about one Micheal guy who schools at uniport and unlike other guys who lives in this estate, he doesn't jump on anything in skirts. They keep on saying how different you are. Although I never knew you until weeks ago when we met at Hassy's house, I somehow fell for you before seeing you.' she paused to look at my confused face and concluded with; 'shebi you wanted an explanation? Well that's your explanation'

I stood absolutely perplexed staring at her in the eyes. I didn't exactly what to say next. Asin, is it that I've been the talk of the whole estate? But what does that have to do with her lieing to me about the whole UNIPORT application thing?' I pondered.

'Why aren't you saying anything?' she asked after waiting for a reply for a while but getting none.

'Hmm, that doesn't explain why you lied about seeking admission in UNIPORT and why you didn't tell me about this your graduation ceremony'

'I didn't lie about the Uniport thing, am actually seeking admission there, am using the GCE result I acquired last year and I wrote Jamb this year'

'hmm, oh, ok, so why didn't you tell me today is your valedictory?'

'I didn't want you to come and see me here as the head girl, because that way you would think am a nerd and figure out I'm just graduating this year, then probably 'friend zone' me' she replied.

'what the hell do you mean by that? We are just friends Na' I replied.

'you see why I didn't want you to come? Its normal for guys in Universities to look down on we in sec-school. You Guys thinks we would fall your hand!?'

'wow! What the hell is this girl talking about?' I asked myself.

'who is feeding you with all this nonsense?' I asked.

'Its not nonsense, and I and my friends talk about all sorta things' she replied.

'hmm, see. Its nonsense because I don't care about your educational level! If I like you then I like you!... Simple! I can't even believe and actually talking to you about this' I tried breaking it down to her.

'well, how was I to know you are different? My friends made it sound like its a general thing' she replied.

'hmm, chill how old are you by the way?' I asked.

'I would be 18 next month, why you asking?'

'then why are you acting like a 12years old, listening to everything your friends say? At this age you are meant to have had a few boyfriends and have an idea of how we guys think, not depending on friends opinion'

'I've never had a boyfriend.' she replied plainly.

'Say What!?' I exclaimed.

TO BE CONTINUED.

**continuation**

'All along it was a fever/ a cold sweat, hot-headed believer/ I threw my hands in the air, I said show me something/ he said...' Rihanna smoothly sang the lyrics of her 'stay' track through my earpiece which was plugged in as we headed to the school for the valedictory.

I've never been the kind of person who goes to parties and occasions uninvited, but this case was quite different. And wait a minute, I was invited by Dominic na, or is Invitation not invitation irrespective of the fact that they too weren't invited.

Anyway, we boarded a 'keke marowa' which dropped us right in front of the school.

BTW, 'keke marowa' is simply a substitute informal name of a tricycle.

The music which echoed out of the school compound was so loud that I was forced to unplug my earpiece since I could barely hear Rihanna's tiny voice.

On getting to the gate, we were confronted by a bouncer who asked us for our I.D cards.

On seeing this bouncer, I wondered; ' why all this bouncers dey get big muscles? Shey dem dey chop manure ni?'...

I knew instantly that he wasn't asking for just any I.D card of ours but an I.D of the school, which of course, we didn't have. At that point I was about suggesting we just turn and go back home, or perhaps drop by a bar and just chill till later on in the day, but Hassy had a better idea.

'Help us call the headboy' Hassy requested, totally ignoring the bouncer's question and his pretty huge physique.

'and why would I do that?' the bouncer asked with a thick voice,

'I am Hastrop Williams, and I'm an ex-deputy headboy of this school'

'So this guy real name na 'Hastrop'?' I pondered. I had never really bothered to ask what his true name was because I was fine with the 'Hassy'.

'so you are an ex-student?' The bounced asked.

'yes, we all are actually.' Hassy replied saving our ässes from being bounced since we had no legal reason to be at the graduation ceremony.

'Ok, you should have just said so since. We are acting this way because of we don't want what happened last year to to repeat itself, I'm sure you guys understand.' The bouncer replied and shifted so we could pass.

I wasn't aware of what happened the previous year as the bouncer stated, so I asked Hassy what he meant out of curiosity and he replied;

'No mind am jhur, na just some mumu estate boys wey drink too much alomo before them come here'

I didn't ask any more questions, because I instantly understood what he meant, and would have loved to explain it to you guys but that would be a story for another day.

So, we eventually spotted a vacant spot which could contain our three somewhere in between the crowd and we took it quickly before some sharp niggas act 'sharp'.

I immediately started to survey the environment mainly for two reasons, firstly, to simply know exactly where I was and secondly, to hopefully spot Tenny.

The ceremony was an outdoor event which I assumed was because of the large crowd and the unavailability of a big enough hall. There were over 10 average sized canopies with hundreds of chairs arranged underthem and yet people still stood under the sun because the chairs weren't enough.

I caught a sight of a set of people wearing similar green gowns and a funny looking hat, so I naturally assumed they were the valeditorians.

I looked carefully at each off them in search of Tenny, but she wasn't in thier midst, and this make me worried.

Just when I was about to loose hope and conclude she wasn't present in the occasion, I was startled by a voice which sounded exactly like hers echoing from a speaker which was kinda close to me;

'On behalf of my fellow prefects and the entire 2011/2012 graduating set of this prestigious college. I, the headgirl, in person of Adetilewa Teniola wants to say a big thank you to the principal, the teaching and non-teaching staffs, not forgetting the...'

I had to stand up to see the person who had such identical voice and name with Tenny, and I was stunned when I saw it was no other person but my own Teniola.

'What tha Fûck?!! This girl is not only graduating today, but she is the head girl too and she never mentioned anything about that to me? What's going on here?' I pondered.

She had finished her appreciation speech and then Joined her fellow colleagues under the 'graduants' canopy before an idea strucked me.

I picked up my phone and dialed her number trying to make sure she didn't see me, but I saw her clearly. It started ringing and I saw her search her bag for something which I assumed was her phone, and I was right.

She brought her phone out and after letting it ring for a while asif she was contemplating if she was going to pick it or not, she finally picked it.

'Hello?'

'yea, hi babes' i replied.

'hi boo. Wadup?

'am cool, where are you? I asked immediately.

I saw her look around as if she was looking for someone before she replied;

'I'm at my mums shop'

I was so disappointed that I simply hunged up.

TO BE CONTINUED.

@Ella, no, it doesnt, as a matter of fact, I dont know what page it would end, but whenever it ends, you would definitely know.

@Honeeyz, lol, thanks for reading and commenting. And I'll let you be the judge of being 'handsome' or not.

@simplifier, you think?

@tunde, thanks for the encouragement.

@cute, its Jenny actually. Thanks for bringing that typo to my notice.

@dhonei, where did you go to before?