Making Love At The River Bank

chapter 1

David's pov

I looked at my already packed suitcase wondering why the heck am even listening to my parents.
Apparently am going to Africa to spend the whole December there

I tried to protest but according to my parents I had to take a break since I have been overworking over the last five years

“honey come downstairs Zak is already here " my mom shouted

So actually Zak and I were to go on a vacation to his homeland which is apparently Kenya 

I tried to carry the suitcase downstairs but it was really heavy
I wondered what my mom packed for me
I was 29 years old but still my mom treats me like am still a baby

After a long struggle I finally reached the sitting room where my parents and my little sister Amaya were sitting
I looked at the door to the kitchen and saw Zak leaning at the door

I smiled at him and gestured him to help me carry the suitcase to the car
He gave me an awkward look and  pulled the suitcase outside all by himself.
If anyone ever saw me smiling or laughing it was because this man was around , he was actually my  high school best friend

I turned to hug my sister and then walked to my parents to give them a hug as well

“i hope you don't get stuck in Africa after falling for those African women"
My dad said in a hilarious way
“oh son I hope that happens u know how much I want to see you settling down"my mom added

I tried hard not to roll my eyes.
“Ok mom and dad see you next year.

I walked to the car parked outside the mansion where Zak was already in the driver's seat

I sat in the car and we drove off to the airport.
I was thinking about Africa and its people
I never thought about that continent let alone even going there for a vacation.

Zak and I talked about the things we were going to do and everything

Unlike me Zak went to Africa a couple of times since he was from there.
He always went there on every  december to spend the holidays with his family.

We reached the airport and boarded the plane, it was 7am and so that meant I was to spend more time sleeping than talking since I was very exhausted.

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After 19 long hours we are finally in Nairobi the capital of Kenya. The place is cool , Zak and I take our suitcases and we take a taxi to a hotel that Zak booked for us earlier.

Zak talks in Swahili to the hotel receptionist and we are given the key to our rooms. I actually wanted us to stay in one room but he wouldn't let me.

I was Soo exhausted from the trip and so I take a shower and decide to sleep since it was 9pm. When I wake up the next morning it's 8am and i realize i have been asleep for the whole night.

I do my morning rituals and go down to the hotel restaurant to have breakfast. I ordered coffee which was brought by the waiter right away .

I try calling Zak but he doesn't answer my calls, since it's just 8am in the morning am sure he's sleeping. I always wake up early because I had to since I was the CEO of my father's shoe company, so waking up early is my usual habit.

I go back to my room and wait for Zak to wake up since he's the one who knows where we are going next.

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At 2 am I knock at his door since he has still not woken up yet.
He opens the door after some minutes. “sorry I woke up some minutes ago I was in the bathroom " he says in a sleepy voice

“yow David sit there am gonna wear my clothes so that we can go and check out the national park "

I wasn't expecting that but it sounds cool.

An hour later we are in the park on a van with other tourists and we are driving inside the park, where the animals are roaming freely. We pass some zebras grazing and I take some pictures, since it was my first time seeing wild animals it felt nice.

There was nothing exciting about zoos in New York, since the animals were caged and they always seemed bored . But here in Africa, the animals were wild and free.

When we get done with the touring, I have over 100 animals in my camera.

Zak and I eat dinner at a Chinese restaurant near the park and we take an Uber to the hotel.

I follow Zak to his room, “and where do you think you are going, your room is on the other side " he tells me “come on bro I just wanna play video games with you, have some drinks with you and then am gonna head to my room" I answered him

He let's me in  and we played having him winning all the games

Later he gets a call from his father telling him to come as soon as possible since his sister is getting married.

Since his family lives in another area, he's leaving me here alone and I refuse that to happen
“ come on there's no way I can survive here alone, I don't even know the language ( that's an excuse of wanting to follow him  since the official language is English and people here understand me perfectly), I can even get lost " I plead

“ok David stop exaggerating and am only going away for 5 days and anyways you can't come with me since my parents live in a rural area where your white ass can't survive"

“I don't care I still wanna come"

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