Chapter 13
Its been more than a year now. I'm starting my final exams in a few months. We've finished shooting the first season of my TV series and its showing from next month. I'm now among the biggest girls in my class and department. I realized that ever since I met Vanessa, most of all these 'slay queens' started trying to talk to me and be my friend. I now own a lot of expensive hair, wigs, shoes and bags, all courtesy of Vanessa. Her parents have relocated to the states and her mom sends clothes and other stuff to us almost all the time. She's going to join them when she's done with NYSC. Vanessa is serving in Ibadan, but we see each other almost every weekend. Sometimes she drives down to Lagos to pick me and we go to Ibadan together for the weekend. Other times, we spend time at her parents' house in Ikoyi. "Romoke are you sure you guys are not lesbians? I'm suspecting both of you. You guys spend too much time together and its beginning to get weird." Sewa said questioningly one day she came to see me. "You're not serious. We're just besties that's all, and fortunately she has more than enough money to spend so she likes to give me some of it. Any problem with that?" I asked her. "Hmmm I hear you o. Whatever you say. There's this guy I want you to meet. He's Cole's friend and Cole thought you guys might like each other. He just got back from the states and he wants to settle down." She said. "Ehen!!!!! So you guys are now matchmaking abi. That one sef dey. No wahala if I see him and I like him, we'll see how it goes." "Okay I'll talk to Cole so we can fix a day for you guys to meet." "Yes ma. Mrs. Matchmaker." We laughed.
Vanessa was coming to take me out to lunch. She came into Lagos yesterday for a shoot. "Hey gorgeous. How you been without me?" she said as we drove out of UNILAG. "Trying to be fine sha. Really missed you." I replied. "I know, baby. That's why I try to see you as often as possible." We chatted all through the drive to the restaurant. We had lunch and then Vanessa said she wanted ice-cream so we drove to Sweet Kiwi. We got ice-cream and were settling down in our seats when this really hot guy walked up to us. "Hi girls, mind if I sit with you?" He asked sweetly. He was tall and broad chested. He looked like a fitness trainer, or a model. God! The guy is hot! Vanessa looked at him coldly. "Why do you want to sit with us when there are other empty tables around?" She asked him. "Yeah I know. I just wanna sit with you girls if you don’t mind." He replied. "Sure you can sit with us, we don’t mind." I said quickly, pointing to the seat beside me. He sat down and tried to make small talk with us. "The name is Tony." he said. "Oh I'm Romoke and that's Vanessa". I replied him with a smile. Vanessa didn’t say anything. He chatted with us and I noticed he kept stealing glances at me. Wow. Vanessa wasn’t even nice to him, she kept giving him cold looks. We finished our ice-cream and got ready to leave. "Hey it was nice talking to you ladies. Mind if I get your contacts? No harm intended I just need new friends. Please?" He begged. Vanessa hissed and walked out. "Sorry my friend isn't in a good mood. You can have my number." I said as I typed my number in his phone. "Its alright. You should go meet her, she looks really pissed." He said. "Yeah I gotta go. Nice talking to you. Bye." "Take care. I'd give you a call."He said as we shook hands and I hurriedly went out. Vanessa was waiting in the car and I got in beside her. "Now what the hell was all that for? Flirting with a guy right in front of me. What bullshit is that?" She stormed. "Chill babe, its not that serious. We were just talking and he seems like a really nice person. He just wants to be friends, alright?" I said coolly. "Oh shut up!!! You know what? Its not your fault. You have the guts to give out your number and you say he just wants to be friends. You think I'm stupid or what? You must be really dumb, you know." She practically screamed. I just kept quiet. Vanessa had a bad temper so its best not to argue with her whenever she's like this. "See I'm sorry, alright? Can we at least leave here? please?" I pleaded. She turned the key in the ignition and we drove out. She didn’t say anything to me on the way. Then she stopped at an MTN office and went in. I stared at her as she went. Which kind girl be this one? She came out few minutes later holding a sim pack. She got into the car, snatched my phone and removed my sim. She broke it in two before I knew what was happening. I was astonished. "Now let me see how that idiot is going to reach you." She said as she put the new sim in my phone. I was so angry I was speechless. I just sat there with my mouth open, looking at her. I didn’t speak to her throughout the drive back home.
We got back to her house and I went straight upstairs to her room. I picked a bag and started looking around for my things. What rubbish. So I cant make friends again. I cant deal with this anymore, it has to stop. I'm done. I stuffed all my things into the bag as Vanessa came into the room. "What are you doing?" She asked me. "What does it look like? I'm leaving! What you did today was the height, Vanessa. It was too much. Why would you destroy my sim card because you don’t want me talking to a guy? For goodness sake we're both girls we'll definitely get married to guys sooner or later. All this madness has to stop. I cant deal with this bullshit anymore okay? I'm done." I screamed at her. She came over to my side and put her hands around me. "Hey I'm sorry baby. I guess I just got mad and over reacted. I'm sorry honey you know I cant do without you. Don't leave, please. It wont happen again I promise." She begged with tears in her eyes. She held me close as her lips found mine in a hungry kiss.
Its been more than a year now. I'm starting my final exams in a few months. We've finished shooting the first season of my TV series and its showing from next month. I'm now among the biggest girls in my class and department. I realized that ever since I met Vanessa, most of all these 'slay queens' started trying to talk to me and be my friend. I now own a lot of expensive hair, wigs, shoes and bags, all courtesy of Vanessa. Her parents have relocated to the states and her mom sends clothes and other stuff to us almost all the time. She's going to join them when she's done with NYSC. Vanessa is serving in Ibadan, but we see each other almost every weekend. Sometimes she drives down to Lagos to pick me and we go to Ibadan together for the weekend. Other times, we spend time at her parents' house in Ikoyi. "Romoke are you sure you guys are not lesbians? I'm suspecting both of you. You guys spend too much time together and its beginning to get weird." Sewa said questioningly one day she came to see me. "You're not serious. We're just besties that's all, and fortunately she has more than enough money to spend so she likes to give me some of it. Any problem with that?" I asked her. "Hmmm I hear you o. Whatever you say. There's this guy I want you to meet. He's Cole's friend and Cole thought you guys might like each other. He just got back from the states and he wants to settle down." She said. "Ehen!!!!! So you guys are now matchmaking abi. That one sef dey. No wahala if I see him and I like him, we'll see how it goes." "Okay I'll talk to Cole so we can fix a day for you guys to meet." "Yes ma. Mrs. Matchmaker." We laughed.
Vanessa was coming to take me out to lunch. She came into Lagos yesterday for a shoot. "Hey gorgeous. How you been without me?" she said as we drove out of UNILAG. "Trying to be fine sha. Really missed you." I replied. "I know, baby. That's why I try to see you as often as possible." We chatted all through the drive to the restaurant. We had lunch and then Vanessa said she wanted ice-cream so we drove to Sweet Kiwi. We got ice-cream and were settling down in our seats when this really hot guy walked up to us. "Hi girls, mind if I sit with you?" He asked sweetly. He was tall and broad chested. He looked like a fitness trainer, or a model. God! The guy is hot! Vanessa looked at him coldly. "Why do you want to sit with us when there are other empty tables around?" She asked him. "Yeah I know. I just wanna sit with you girls if you don’t mind." He replied. "Sure you can sit with us, we don’t mind." I said quickly, pointing to the seat beside me. He sat down and tried to make small talk with us. "The name is Tony." he said. "Oh I'm Romoke and that's Vanessa". I replied him with a smile. Vanessa didn’t say anything. He chatted with us and I noticed he kept stealing glances at me. Wow. Vanessa wasn’t even nice to him, she kept giving him cold looks. We finished our ice-cream and got ready to leave. "Hey it was nice talking to you ladies. Mind if I get your contacts? No harm intended I just need new friends. Please?" He begged. Vanessa hissed and walked out. "Sorry my friend isn't in a good mood. You can have my number." I said as I typed my number in his phone. "Its alright. You should go meet her, she looks really pissed." He said. "Yeah I gotta go. Nice talking to you. Bye." "Take care. I'd give you a call."He said as we shook hands and I hurriedly went out. Vanessa was waiting in the car and I got in beside her. "Now what the hell was all that for? Flirting with a guy right in front of me. What bullshit is that?" She stormed. "Chill babe, its not that serious. We were just talking and he seems like a really nice person. He just wants to be friends, alright?" I said coolly. "Oh shut up!!! You know what? Its not your fault. You have the guts to give out your number and you say he just wants to be friends. You think I'm stupid or what? You must be really dumb, you know." She practically screamed. I just kept quiet. Vanessa had a bad temper so its best not to argue with her whenever she's like this. "See I'm sorry, alright? Can we at least leave here? please?" I pleaded. She turned the key in the ignition and we drove out. She didn’t say anything to me on the way. Then she stopped at an MTN office and went in. I stared at her as she went. Which kind girl be this one? She came out few minutes later holding a sim pack. She got into the car, snatched my phone and removed my sim. She broke it in two before I knew what was happening. I was astonished. "Now let me see how that idiot is going to reach you." She said as she put the new sim in my phone. I was so angry I was speechless. I just sat there with my mouth open, looking at her. I didn’t speak to her throughout the drive back home.
We got back to her house and I went straight upstairs to her room. I picked a bag and started looking around for my things. What rubbish. So I cant make friends again. I cant deal with this anymore, it has to stop. I'm done. I stuffed all my things into the bag as Vanessa came into the room. "What are you doing?" She asked me. "What does it look like? I'm leaving! What you did today was the height, Vanessa. It was too much. Why would you destroy my sim card because you don’t want me talking to a guy? For goodness sake we're both girls we'll definitely get married to guys sooner or later. All this madness has to stop. I cant deal with this bullshit anymore okay? I'm done." I screamed at her. She came over to my side and put her hands around me. "Hey I'm sorry baby. I guess I just got mad and over reacted. I'm sorry honey you know I cant do without you. Don't leave, please. It wont happen again I promise." She begged with tears in her eyes. She held me close as her lips found mine in a hungry kiss.
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