More Than A Friend

Episode 9

Some metres to Mummy Deborah’s shop, I checked my wristwatch and it was 11:15am, with my sharp and clear eyes, I could see Deborah from afar, sitting alone and operating her visafone. She was putting on a blue Jeans-skirt and a white and blue stripe shirt which something was written on but I could not see it clearly from afar., I was getting closer yet she has not seen me, I was backing the bag I used to bring textbooks from my dad’s place, I got closer to their shop, I looked around the shop and she seemed to be the only one in the shop, “nice movement Henry!” I said to myself. When I was about 40metres to her shop, she looked at my direction smiled and clapped for like three seconds to show her gladness on seeing me, by then, I was able to read the label on her shirt around the chest, the label read “pretty? Or what do you think?” I read it silently and when I got to the entrance of the shop, the first thing I said was
“Yes, even more than pretty!” She was confused for a second before she looked at her chest and used two hands to cover it and started smiling,

“stay like that till I leave” I said, jokingly, I sat beside her on a bench and we had a side-to-side hug before the chat began;
I: See ehn, last night I didn’t eat anything before I slept, this morning again I took Andrew-Liver-Salt two sachets simply because am coming here to eat here, now am here to eat anything, even anybody self.

Deb: Hahahahaha… Andrew-Liver-Salt on empty stomach, (she continued laughing)

I: Where is my amala and ewedu soup? (she stood up and went inside the shop)
“What’s this girl up to? She should not tell me that she prepared that food o” I uttered silently as I sighted the customized name at the back on her shirt, which read “Portable”, she came back holding something that was inside black nylon, Kwat rst truth ever” I said, she responded with “what’s that” I used hand to demonstrate what was written on her shirt at the back as I was stretching the other hand to collect what she was holding;

Deb: You’re not serious, I can be portable to some people but not to you the real portable. (Smiles)

She gave the food to me and it was meat pie, she went to their other shop and brought out 2 sachets of chilled water.

I: For your mind now, you don entertain me finish ba?

Deb: Na you sabi, if you no like am, give me and dey watch as I go chop am without table manner. (Smiles)

I: Oya take, (I stretched forward the paper used to wrap the meat pie) and I was holding the meat pie with the other hand.

Deb: (laughs) Oniranu, it was only the paper I gave you abi? Anyway, where is my plantain (rolls eyes)

I: Plantain… plantain… plantain…? Is that a name of any person, animal, place or thing? (Smiles)

Deb: Think with brain and answer my question. (Jokingly)

I : Kwhat!!!!!! Am the one that’s not thinking with brain right? Am tired of all these abusive statements, (I stood up and packed the two sachets of water on the bench as if I wanted to leave)

Deb: Hahahahaha… you’re angry with me and still packed my water, still holding the meat pie, oya drop them (she continued laughing), wow! You’re angry indeed. (We both laughed)

I: Your plantain you said? But you told me that there is no female dog available for me to marry, (laughs)

Deb: (lol) see, don’t trouble me, I knew you could not not bring anything for me, (hissed, frowned for a while and started smiling again as I was busy doing final judgement to the meat pie) I finished the meat pie and drank one and half sachets of water, then I looked up to concentrate on what she was saying, she continued;

Deb: In fact, the day you’ll give anything to anybody free in my presence ehn, emmmmm… I will Peck you, (I smiled and asked “what if you’re the one I give something to nko?”)

Deb: Hehehe! Impossican’t, you can’t!

I: “What if” I do?

Deb: Emmmmmmm… I will kiss your lips once. (She pronounced the “kiss” silently and rolled eyes)

I laughed out loud as we continued chatting, I chitchatted her on how a bus conductor was stirring at me as if I looked like ‘wanted’, we chatted more and more, the gist could not finish, I checked time and it was 12:45pm, I dropped the bag I was backing and brought out the two textbooks that my dad bought for me which I already had,

I: Have these.

Deb: You mean I should help you to copy note again? besides, where is your note?

I: No, they are for you, I have the textbooks already and my dad bought them again, so I give you.

Deb: She opened the hardcover and found out I have designed her name on it with black ballpoint pen, (I did that in the morning before I left home)

Deb: Wow! And I don’t have this MAN-Mathematics textbook and also this Essential Biology textbook, you just filled that space now, thanks so much, God will bless you and your dad.

I: Amen in dozens!!! Prayer warrior. (Laughs)

(She jumped up and hugged me on the bench I was sitting) the hug made me to feel like 1000A of current passed through my body, and my heart became healthier. She stood for a while and said

“hmmmmmmm… I remembered my statement that any day you give me something, I will kiss your lips once,” I was just looking and smiling as she was demonstrating everything, she began to move closer to me, my heartbeat increased the speed at which it was beating, she was looking straight into my eyeballs as smiles filled her face, I started thinking
“hmmmmmmm so, my first kiss ever is going to be with this my heart desire” she was bending slowly closer and our faces were like 5cm apart… my eyes were closed automatically…

“Mo fe ra Pepsi! (I want to buy Pepsi!)” A boy shouted from behind, I opened eyes and looked back, it was one mechanic boy, that distracted the already flowing,
“Oh! God! Why!” I exclaimed in my mind, she went to attend to the boy, I could hear her arguing with the boy about the bottle of soft-drink he bought before, the argument continued, I began to conversate in my mind,
“So it won’t happen today, God punish this mechanic boy on my behalf”, her younger sister (Sade) came back from where I don’t know, the mechanic boy later left, Deborah returned and we talked for like five minutes more, I then announced,
“I will be leaving now. My mom timed my coming here.”

“Hmmmmmmm… OK o, thanks for coming anyway” she responded with unhappy face,
“see you later” I said and waved bye. (We were both smiling).

Off to PS2 shop.