PART 15
“NWALA: THE BITTERSWEET STORY”
©️ Opeyemi Akintunde.
As Inspired by the LIVING WORD.
” Hello Nwala! Are you there?” Reuben asked again.
” Yes!” I answered calmly
“Wow! I am so favoured today, you called me” Reuben said. Our 5 days of friendship was based on him calling me all the time. I never called…
“Reuben” I said firmly
“What’s wrong?”
“Did you tell your Dad about us?”
“Us?” He asked
“Yeah”
“When you mean ‘us’, you mean our friendship?”
“No… your interest in me?”
“No…”
A part of me was sad…
“You haven’t mentioned me to your Dad?” I asked again
“Yes… Why are you asking?”
“So… what’s this that you are doing?, Why are you asking me out if I am not important enough to be discussed about to your Dad… Reuben, are you trying to use and dump me?” I asked and there was a moment of silence that lingered…
“Hello… are you there?” I asked this time around
“Yes…”
“Won’t you say something?”
“I am speechless because of how low you think of me. Nwala, I am a man who has never been with a woman sexually and I intend keeping myself till marriage, so I am not after you for sex” he said bluntly
“Then if you are saying the truth, why does your Dad want to see me after service tomorrow. I just got off the phone, Pastor Ben called me…”
“Whatever Dad wants to discuss with you has nothing to do with you and I, because I haven’t spoken to him about you. I wanted to get a positive response from you before raising my parent’s hope. You will be the first lady I will ever discuss with my father” He said
That made me feel special…
“The only family member that knows about my interest in you is my sister Miracle”
“Oh!”
“And she speaks so highly of you”
“Yeah, we were friends wayback in teenage class before she relocated”
“Nwala!…” He said with a soft tone and I melted
“Yes!”
“If you move me from the friendship zone to relationship zone today, before nightfall, I will tell my parents and anyone who cares to listen”
“Don’t get way ahead of yourself… Thanks for the clarification, but I still wonder what he wants to see me for”
“Well, if my guess is right, I think it has to do with what happened in church last week”
“Daniel?”
“Yes”
“Oh my God”
“Calm down, if I know my father well, he is not calling to harass you, I am sure he wants to advise you…”
“You are sure?”
“Yeah” He said and I became very calm.
“Can we talk about something more fun?” He suddenly said out of the blues
“Like?” I asked
“Like can I drop you off at your school?” He asked
“Nooo…”
“Please… at least we can talk all the way, I mean it will be a while before I see your beautiful face in church again”
“We will talk on phone”
“Nwala please, oblige me…”
“Your car can not take all my stuff, I was planning to use my Dad’s Tundra…”
“You are taking your Dad’s car to school?”
“Noo… I attend a private university remember, cars are not allowed”
“Oh! The driver drops you off. Let me be your driver tomorrow, I will get a Tundra”
“Why go through this stress?”
“Anything for my friend”
“Friend… hmm… I hear… Is this how you treat all your friends”
“I don’t have close female friends, so the only close female friend I have deserves all the love and care”
I laughed so loud…
“Gosh, Reuben you always have all the right answers…”
To be continued…
