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Florence was her course mate and roommate right from their 100 level days. They had met during their course registration when they had secured admission newly and since then their friendship had blossomed. Naya had invited Florence who was from a humble background to join her in her self-contained apartment that her parents had rented for her off campus, she fed and accommodated Florence free of charge. The phone kept on ringing and she turned a deaf ear to it.
Florence: âOooooh! Naya pick your call, now. Hian!â
Naya: âI donât want to pick the call, is it by force? Shebi it is my phone?â
Florence: âOya, put the phone on silence, I am trying to concentrate on my studies here. Remember we have a test in GST 202 tomorrowâ.
Naya: âMadam, if the ring tone of my phone is disturbing you, go to the library. That is where serious reading is doneâ.
Florence: âOkay o, no vexâ. She grabbed her ear piece and blocked her ear with it. She knew better than getting on Nayaâs bad side anytime the issue centered on Philip.
Philip and Naya had met during the preparation for her first semester examination in 100 level, he was a year ahead of her and he often took tutorial classes for 100 level students. He was a cool dude with cheeky face and dreamy eyes. He was the dream man of all the girls whom he taught but he stayed away from ladies and concentrated on his studies. It was this attitude of his that had attracted him to Naya who out rightly accepted him when he asked her out to the surprise of all the girls. Over the years, their relationship had waxed stronger with them going to read at nights together and even in the library, they shared the same space. The phone began to ring again and Florence began to hiss, the ear piece she had blocked her ears with was obviously not effective enough in preventing her from hearing the phone ring.
Florence: âOhhhh. Naya now, okay if you donât want to pick the call, just switch off your phone so that we can hear wordâ.
Naya: âIt is not like I donât want to pick his calls, itâs just that I feel so hurt right now that talking to him may bring back emotions that I would rather allow to dieâ.
Florence: âWhat exactly happened?â
Naya dropped the novel she was reading and faced Florence.
Naya: âI went to his house the day before yesterday, I didnât inform him that I was coming. I went to the corner shop and bought ogbono soup ingredients since that is his favorite and guess what I met when I opened the door?â
Florence: âWhat?â her eyes balls were almost popping out of their sockets.
Naya: âYou know that Nneka that won miss campus this year? That 100 level girl?â
Florence: âYes, what happened to her, is she dead?â
Naya: âIt would have been better if she was dead. I met her and Philip romancingâ.
Florence: âNo, you canât be seriousâ.
Naya: âI wish I am not. I met them kissing and touching and smooching. Oh God, I canât even imagine itâ.
Florence: âYou mean Philip was touching another girl? Jesu o!â.
Naya: âI couldnât believe it. And to think that we had agreed on no form of body contact before marriage because I told me it was against the will of Godâ.
Florence: âThat is why I am shocked. That guy that said he has never had any girlfriend before he met you? Me I dey even see am like say him no fit toast girl until you gist me about how him take ask you outâ.
Naya: âI ran out of the house in anger. In fact, I left the ingredients I bought there on the ground in his room thereâ.
Florence: âNaya, why now? You for carry the ingredients come back, I for arrange the soup o. So you leave am make that yeye miss campus wey no even fine cook am come siddon well chop? Your matter seff dey tire me some timesâ.
Naya: âHmmn, Florence, you too like food. In fact, you can eat more than Adaku in Jenniferâs Diary. Anyway, I donât regret leaving it there, I can always get whatever ingredients I want to make my soup hereâ.
Florence: âHmmmn, my friend, my friend. I gbadu your paroles mehn. In fact, I am your greatest fan, omo babalowoâ.
Naya: âgo jor, na me you dey wine abi? You no well. Do you now see why I donât want to pick Philipâs call?â
Florence: âI see o, in fact, donât ever pick his calls again. That guy is a big pretender and I donât want you to have anything to do with him again. When next he calls, give me the phone to talk to him, I go treat him fuck up with my mouth, you no say you gentle. And as for that stupid miss campus that only knows how to snatch peoplesâ boyfriends and husbands, I will deal with her. I will arrange boys to give her the beating of her life. Foolish useless idiotâ.
Naya: âNo, you will do no such thing, leave the girl alone. Was it not Philip that allowed himself to be seduced?â
Florence: âForget that thing, jare. You are too gentle and that is why people always take you for granted. Just leave that girl for me, by the time I am done with her, she will develop wings and fly anytime she sees anything that belongs to youâ.
Naya: âI donât understand you at all, one minute you want me to forget all about Philip, the next minute you want me to fight the girl he is cheating on me with. How do you explain that?â
The phone began to ring and Florence collected it without looking at the caller and began to insult and curse, thinking it was Philip.
Florence: âHello, you are very stupid and useless. In fact, you are a callous and pretentious nincompoop, you think you can toil with my friendâs heart and go away with it? God will punish you, idioâŠâ
Mr Lanre: âNaya, is that you? When did you become this wild?â
Florence on realizing that it was Nayaâs father calling returned the phone to Naya. âItâs your dadâ, she told her as she handed her the phone.
Naya: âAh, mogbe!â she collected the phone and brought it close to her ear. âHello, daddy, good evening sirâ.
Mr Lanre: âWhat is wrong with you, Naya?â
Naya: âI am sorry, sir. It was my friend that picked the call. She thought it wasâŠermâŠâ
Mr Lanre: âWhat sort of a friend is that? Didnât my number appear on your screen when I called? Anyway, remember to come home early tomorrow, your sisterâs flight will land by 1pm, we should be at the park say around 3 when their bus will come in from Kaduna. You know how she hates to be kept waiting. And as for your friend and what she just said, we will talk about that when we meetâ. He ended the call, as a retired military man, he had formed the habit of being brief even while talking.
Florence: âHope there is no problem? Sorry, I thought it was Philipâ.
Naya: âNo, he was reminding me of the need to go home early tomorrow. Florence, can you follow me home? I have told my twinny lot of things about you and she is dying to meet youâ.
Florence: âI am not sure about that, I donât like being around military men like your father, they scare the hell out of meâ.
Naya: âDonât worry, dad is nice, besides, you donât have to be around him, we have our own roomâ.
Florence: âFine, if you insist. After all this place will be too lonely without youâ.
Naya: âGreat! We leave here by 10am tomorrow, remember itâs a two hoursâ journey from here home so that we can rest before going to the airportâ.
Question: Is Florence a good friend? Is Naya doing the right thing by taking her home? Is Philip as bad as she is making him appear?
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