As we walked home from sch dat day, Angom and Kelvin was behind speaking their language TIV, “this una language be like Chinese oh” i teased “u dey mad, when u and Sammy dey speak ibo, shey we dey talk” Angom said. “ehen Angom i don c say na u dey arrange that babe Lola now, u dey chop better tin oh” i teased “flow i dey chop better tin i no go lie, she dey give me money, her papa na big man, but she too dey scatter my head with phoney and big grama any time we dey talk” Angom said “how na?” Sammy asked. “u know all dis ajebutter dem sabi phoney and big grama na, and to come make d whole tin worst, she graduate with first class for english, d other day she talk one grama; AB INITIO, guy i no come know wetin ab initio mean, abi she mean say i resemble albino?” Angom said as we laughed all the way home…….
As i got close to entering my room, my room was already open. Immediately, i saw that my stove was on, with something cooking. I instantly remembered Juliet had called me on phone earlier telling me she would drop by, and i also remembered me telling her to take my key under my foot-mat in front of my door.
“Ju Ju, Juliet my love” i said in a sonorous voice. I kissed her passionately. “what have u been doing is sch?” she inquired. “we were doing extra lessons, dats y i came late” i responded. Just then, i persieved the aroma of the vegetable soup she was preparing, an aroma that made my stomach start singing in response. “nahim make me like Juliet, she sabi cook” i tot as she said “ur garri is finished oh” “ok, let me go and buy garri, am very hungry” i said as i walked out.
I went to Dami’s shop of course. I saw Dami, alone reading a novel, i asked if she had given what we discussed a tot. She told me she would come to my house to give me a response by nite. She measured the garri for me, i paid and as i was about leaving she said “Flow i have something for u” she went in, came out and handed a polythene bag to me.
I never bothered opening the polythene bag until i was about half way home. I opened it, and lo and behold: tin Milo, tin Peak milk, several sachets of detergents and tin tomatoes where smiling at me as i smiled back. With my garri on my right hand and Dami’s gift on on my left hand i walked home happily.
I got home and Juliet attacked “where did u get all these from, i tot u went to buy only garri?” i tot of the lie to coin for a while and i said “i bought them in the morning while going to sch, so i left them at the place i bought them telling dem i would come and collect them this evening”.
I ate Juliet’s delicious meal. Juliet told me she would pass the nite in my house, since the next day was saturday and she wouldn’t be going to sch. “which kin wahala b dis na, and Dami say she go come my house come give me response” “wetin i go do now?” i asked no one else but Myself…………
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