Trail Blazers

Chapter 1

Yomade Oladunni Adeshola

"Professor Emeritus Blake!",I heard someone call. I wanted to keep going and dwell on the present rage boiling hot in me but I couldn't, blame it on a naija girl's instinct.
I looked around real quick in search of the one who will react to the call of so great a title, and lo, none I found, not as if it was a concern , he's just got to be one of the conceited ones who are full of themselves like the idiot I just had an encounter with.
The stupid idiot was an hypocritical scholar , he undoubtedly knows what he teaches but he talks so down at us like we should have known better than whatever he was willing to speak of .
To hell with them all !
I didn't know why ,but I stopped abruptly in my tracks. Maybe I did actually. I'd found him . The ticking seconds seem to stall, the wind almost blew not, every sound became inaudible , and all person seem far off . It was almost eeriely silent, the only sound I could hear was the 'thump thump' Of my heart which was definitely beating outta it's cage.
My gaze fell on his well-chiselled structure, he was definitely carved out of the finest cedar. He has dark grey eyes which were infinitesimally narrowed, above which was his eyebrows . It was a work of art or rather art itself.
The chest that laid behind his shirt was hands down that of a Roman god. His hair was dark and curly, how sweet it will be to get my hands on those, twirling the loose strands around my fingers. This was definitely the moment I lived for all my life, it was like that Korean movie scene where all the actions are slow-mo and the girl awaits a kiss from her prince charming. Yes, I was living that scene, it's been my dream.
Suddenly, he looked up from his shirt which he might have picked a dirt from but why should I care;the view in front of me is so breathtaking. At least this was what I thought until he met my eyes, those grey eyes were staring back at me and something glowed in them, like they held a message just for me and to relive that message, they moved closer.
Realization dawned on me ;the eyes wouldn't move unless he does, so you're damn right, he was moving towards me.
I couldn't help but admire how gallant his steps were, he was taking them one at a time and would indeed pass for a Vogue Fashion Magazine.
He was walking towards me, Mr handsome in all his elegance, class and finesse was moving towards me. I can swear, apart from the very few times that mum has caught me on the phone at ungodly hours , my heart has never beat this fast, it was so erratic that I feared my heart might just be outta their cage in seconds.
There was a twitching at the corner of his mouth and it could be the most beautiful thing I've seen today . The twitching grew a little deeper and I had to blink my eyes to be sure of what I was seeing, OMG! He was smiling at me!
If he does any more than this , I might have my heart fail cuz damn! Why will someone be this handsome and still got white sets of teeth, he's even got the wisdom tooth thing! my obsession with that is a whole different story.
About 2fts, or so ,away from me, his lips parted slightly,
"Yomade ",I heard him say my name.
I was too dumbstruck to remember how to even answer to my name cuz how did he even know it?

"Yomade",he called again and this time I subconsciously adjusted my hair tie and rubbed off unseen creases from my shirt, it was necessary to give a dope impression.

"Yomade",he called a third time, shaking me out of my reverie.
Looking up, I saw no other person than the goon, Tiaraoluwa, my bestfriend. She had just stepped in between Mr handsome and I !
"Yomade",she called for the umpteenth time today.

"What?!",I questioned looking beyond her to find Mr handsome turning away already.

"Wait, what the f**k, Yomade?! I have been shouting your name all the way from the lecture room , even if you're still angry, you should at least not shut me out ",Tiara spat as her voice ran down my spine.

"Hm",I replied absentmindedly.

"What's up with you, Yomade! I'm here talking to..........",I shut her out as I tried finding him again.

Imma definitely going to find him, I think he turned left or was it right? It's possibly left cuz......
"Earth to Yomade",Tiara yelled .

Damn! I'd just zone out on Tiara, I sure won't hear the end of it .

"Guy, wetin sup nau (guy,what's up?)",I replied irritated by her continuous interruptions.

" So na me be guy now , shey? No be babes or Tee again abi? (So it's me you call guy now, it's no longer babes or Tee?), When you're ready you'll find your way back home, good luck to you"she spat and turned on her heels.

With a real quick look at where Mr handsome might have turned, I hurriedly follow Tiara.
She was walking too fast so I resolved into a short jog. She stopped in her tracks and I wondered what was wrong so I caught up with her. She turned quickly, index finger raised as if in a warning.

"And the next time you dare zone out on me ehn, you will see shege (you will see trouble)",she completed and started again in her tracks. This brought a smile to my lips , I knew she wasn't going to let that slide, just took longer this time.
"Tiara, wait for me nau",I said still trying to catch up with her.
"You don't know the way to where you stay again ni? Abi I should back you, shior."

I ignored her taunts and linked my arms with hers, she gave me a glare that might have buried me alive but I refused to be intimidated.
"Werey(crazy fellow)" ,she muttered and hit my arm slightly while I let her drag me along with her,if I let go of her péré (like this),we will just start running marathon ni.

Y'all, meet my best friend !

Author's note: oh my people! It's the first chapter of Trail Blazers 🍻. So how's the thing doing you?
I would like so much to hear your thought about this , okay? The least you could do is just tap on the star button below and it'll keep me riding.
So what do you think about Yomade, that she was shamelessly gawking over a man in broad daylight? Me I don't think so oo, she's just admiring God's work in his creation ni joor🌚. Y'all talk to me, okay?

For the common slangs translation you might need help with, just ask me to clarify, I'm so willing to.
My note don even dey pass story , forgive me.
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