My Little Love Story

The First Date

  My name is Fedora Da'Silva, like the hat, and this is my little love story.

  I've always known Femi ever since I was a young girl because his father, Chief Badmus was my father's best friend. He was tall, handsome and had a dazzling smile and the fact that he was 7 years older added to the whole package. I was in love with him and always followed him around, but it wasn't until 10 years ago that he finally noticed me. Puberty, I guess.

  I'll never forget the surprise in his eyes when he saw me at his mum's birthday bash after 5 years of not seeing each other. I was 21 and blossoming, and he was as handsome and dreamy as ever. He could barely take his eyes off of me and was around me the entire night and I loved it.

  I was in cloud nine as he gave me all his attention, asking me questions about myself and telling me about himself. We talked and laughed the entire night until his parents announced the end of the bash. I was sad that our time together would be over but Femi asked me out on a date and my mood was back up again.

  The next day was our date and I was gonna look as perfect as possible. I wanted him to like me, I needed him to like me and I wasn't settling for less. Date time came quickly and I was more nervous and excited than I'd ever been.

  We met at an upscale restaurant on the Island for dinner and judging from the décor and ambience, it was evident that Femi had impeccable taste. We talked while we ate and between the romantic atmosphere, the soft music and his intense gaze, I was melting.

 It was perfect and couldn't have been better.