Title: Meant To Be
Author: Ajagbe Ayodeji David (Timmy Turner)
Genre: Prose (Fiction)
Episode: 6
Good things always come to a halt, that's why in episode 1 I said "a time to hug and a time to refrain" . There's a time you find friends and there's a time to separate. Separation will knock one day. That's certain
Less than two weeks after Valentine, I observed that Eniola's attitude was changing towards me. She behaves differently from the usual Eniola I use to know. I don't have any value in front of Eniola again. I'm now the valueless, useless, idiotic Ayo.
Each time I visit Eniola, she no longer invite me in, sometimes, I stay downstairs, while she stays upstairs and speak with me. Many times I'd go there to meet my dear Eniola, Doyin will attend to me and tell me that she's not around. This continued for about 2 weeks until one rainy evening, the was was drizzling, still I went there not minding the rain. On getting there, I decided not to knock. I observed the situation for about five minutes, I could hear the three of them gisting and laughing. I knocked suddenly there was silent, Doyin came out again "what" she said stone faced like she had just fired a bazooka "erm, please I want to see Eniola" I said shivering. I had been beaten by the rain. "Eniola is not around ahn ahn what's your problem nah" she yelled at me "you're not welcome here again" she said as she pushed me against the the pillar in front of their room.
I hit my mouth against the pillar, blood started gushing out of my mouth, I was hurt, I managed to get water to rinse my mouth from their hostel's gateman. I took a rag to clean where the blood has dropped. I thank the gateman and left Purble hostel that evening, not giving up on Eniola.
I decided to challenge her one day while in school to know what the problem is. I approached her, her reaction was cold towards me. I pressed her and she insisted that nothing happened. I asked for forgiveness. Nevertheless, I asked for forgiveness though I haven't wronged her in any way. We reconciled that moment and I went back to my hostel after class with the feeling that my friend will be mine again.
Days after, I observed that she hadn't changed and she's always cold whenever we chat on WhatsApp or on a call. So I took another step of faith to reconcile once and for all. We should settle any dispute between us. I decided to visit her, I thought I'd meet the cold Eniola but reverse was the case. The Eniola I met was more than hot.
I knocked at the door "who's there?" A voice inquired from inside. "It's me, Ayodeji" I replied calmly. "Mtcheeeeew" someone hissed from the other end. I was surprised, I don't know who hissed because the three jolly friends were together.
Eniola came to meet me outside in an assumption of 15 minutes after I knocked. Before I greet her, she had started lambasting me.
"Ayo, good evening" she said giving a harsh look "I don't like what you're doing, you're constituting nuisance to me and my friends, can't you call me before you come? Do you think you can just come here anyhow you want? I need some privacy please" she yelled at me
"Eniola, what have I done to deserve all this" I asked still feeling puzzled
"every time you talk to me, you talk to me like I'm your baby sister and I'm not going to succumb to all this nonsense" Eniola said
She continued "and to finalise it, you have to call me anytime you want to come here, so that I'll tell you when to come or not" she continued
"You're my very good friend and I won't want situation whereby your presence will begin to irritate me. "Good night" she finalized her speech and went back to her room shutting the door at me.
Tears started dropping from my eyes like a baby, it was then I understand what Jesus went through in John11:35 that made him cry. I could hear their voices inside saying "Oshey oh baby" the other replied "osha pran pran". I wept uncontrollably and I left purble hostel for good that evening. I prayed to God with the tears still in my eyes " Oh lord, please let this be the last time I'll enter this hostel even if we reconcile I won't enter this place again".
I left the hostel, I went straight to my friend's hostel not far from purble hostel. My friends over there were naughty and they do all sort of bad things I can't even bring myself to tell you. Though they were my secondary school friends, I chose to dissociate myself from them because evil manners corrupts good manners or whatever they call it. Besides I can't be a rose among thorns that's why I chose to be with the roses (Eniola & co) than the thorns (my secondary school friends).
I don't fancy mingling with them. That night when I got there, I met them playing Truth or Dare game. Out of annoyance and my frustrated emotional life, I joined them. I was dared to kiss a girl which I did passionately, I almost bite off her lips, I was also dared to sleep on the bed while a girl ( ex senior prefect girl) ride me. She was perfect with it. She grind so hard and professional. I wondered who taught her.
The last dare was very hard, I was told to smoke a cigarette till it burns out. I haven't smoked before in my life, when I remembered what Eniola did, I smoked it. My friends were very happy that I finally joined them that night after much persuasions and they hoped for more of it.
After that night, I told my roommate, George about it and he advised that I should get back to my right senses. "What if Eniola happened to be your girlfriend, what will you do when she break up with you?" "Will you kill yourself?" George inquired. "It is better you move on Ayo" he said. I reasoned with what he said and I decided to move on with my life.
The next day was a Monday, I had to rush to school early in the morning because the lecture I had was a three unit course. I have to sit at the front. The lecturer came in and gave lectures and when lecture was over, he left the class. I tool my bag strapped it on my shoulders.
I was on my way to the school library to study when I heard a tiny voice screaming my name. I looked back and found out that it was favour. We exchanged greetings and she started a conversation "erm, Ayo, do you understand the mat115 topic that lecturer came to teach us today?" "Yes" I replied. "Please can you explain it to me, and also teach me some other topics in mat115 too?" "Okay no problem" I replied.
I'm not a maths guru, not even close to one but I don't want to disgrace myself so I said yes. So I've finally disgraced my ancestors when she brought up the lesson matter. We fixed a convenient date to start the lesson and we agreed to use her hostel.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, Names, Characters, Business, Places, Events, Locales and Incident are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictous manner. Any resemblance to actual persons Living or Dead or Actual Event is purely coincidental
