Nagging Wife (Ongoing)

NAGGING WIFE chapter one

"It will be a beautiful home.." Mayaba said as she looked around.
"yes it will be honey.. Slowly... Slowly... we will soon fill it up" Fred said
The two stared at their small house which they had finished decorating. Straight from church where they had their marriage blessing, the two proceeded to pick up some items that they that had put on layby in a Chinese shop in town.
They cleared the balance on those items and took them home. The items included a deep freezer, small upright fridge, a two plate cooker that came with an oven, a 32 inch plasma television, pressing iron, some cooking pots, cutlery, a set of kitchen curtains a plastic mat for the small kitchen, a carpet for the living room and a double bed mattress. They couldn't afford to get the whole bed from the shop so they had a carpenter make the bottom part for them.
"it looks good.. sad part is we did not buy couches and we will still be using my old living room curtains..." Fred added.
"honey for now we can work with what we have. But you have to make a plan" Mayaba encouraged him.
"you must be exhausted" he said to her.
"yes.. scrabbing the floor and applying polish.. but it looks good honey what do you think?" she asked her husband.
"baby it looks good don't worry" fred said
'Wow.. this isn't how I imagined starting my home" Mayaba sighed.
"I know I owe you the wedding of your dreams honey but you know we were going to wait forever.. my job right now cant.."
"shhh my love" Mayaba whispered as she covered his mouth.
"I love you honey.. I was just saying.. we both had different plans but I wouldn't trade this feeling for anything in the world... trust me.." she said.
The two went in a warm embrace before they agreed to lock up and have a meal out.
"we will have supper from hungry lion today" Fred said.
'honey you don't have to make it so obvious.." she giggled.
The two locked up their tiny one bedroom house and took a taxi to waterfalls mall from chelstone where they staying. As they headed to the mall Mayaba was very quiet, it was clear she was still taking in a lot of things. That morning she had worn a dress she bought from mud boutique to say her vows to the love of her life, no doubt the dress was beautiful and she looked good as she paired it with a fascinator but her heart broke as she didn't get to wear the wedding dress she dreamt of all her life. Mayaba had pictured herself as a princess, she wanted to be in a princess gown and she imagined a long chapel veil that would sweep the red carpet. So many fairytales but none came true, none not one. Mayaba had postponed her wedding twice already as Fred didn't seem to have the money ready for their special day. Fred had fulfilled all his duties as per tradition, he paid lobola and now he was short of money. Fred was a graduate with a degree in gender studies while Mayaba was a secondary school teacher with a degree in biology and mathematics. They both made beautiful plans while on campus about how they would marry and be happy; however after school Mayaba immediately got a job under ministry of education while Fred struggled. He sent numerous applications but to no avail. Finally a school took him up, the school however was just opened and they were looking for someone to head the careers department and it suited his qualifications somehow.
"Baby we are here... actually we need to pass through ShopRite and buy some food so we stock the fridge. And just overall what we will be eating" he said.
"yes honey" she sighed
"lets eat then we go ahead and buy what we need.." he said.
"baby... I thought you would be excited to share the wedding pictures on Facebook seeing that you were so excited to announce the engagement" Fred said.
"No... I mean later.. we don't have to share any pictures.. we can simply just change the status.. besides Facebook is not really a place I like to talk about my life these days" Mayaba said.
Fred knew she was lying as he already knew his woman, she loved to show off and this was only happening because Mayaba did not have her dream wedding.
"we will share eventually" she added.
They had just got their food and settled to eat when Mayaba suddenly picked a menu and covered her face"
"baby what it is it?" fred asked.
"please cover me.." Mayaba said.
"I cover you? We are in a public place. how can I cover you?" he asked.
Shortly Mayaba got up and hurried away, she returned after a few minutes.
"I saw Rachel .. is she the reason you were hiding Mayaba?" Fred asked wonderingly.
"yes.. she is too nosey.."
"too nosey or are you just ashamed of you friend seeing you at hungry lion?" he asked.
"come on honey..." Mayaba said as she faked a smile.
"actually honey maybe we should have just taken take away" Mayaba said.
Fred looked at his wife sadly as he swallowed the insults, he ate his chips and chicken while Mayaba kept looking around to make sure no one saw her. They finished eating and finally bought a few foodstuffs before heading home.