African Teen

7:Teni

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Teni!!
Teni Ajiboye
In the flesh
It looked like I had just seen a ghost
Well, technically,
She was a ghost until today
My very very close childhood who I last saw eight years ago, eight years fa
I took another look at her
God, she had grown, life did her well fa.
She was like drop dead gorgeous
She wore this red gown that went all the way down to her knees and put on a denim jacket
Classy!
She was on dreadlocks and they were really long, she packed them upwards but it still fell to her face, she was still light, guess the sun only affects guys.
Her mom broke the silence
"Teni, don't you remember your brother",wait what, hehehe, this woman doesn't know me sha, the next thing I heard myself say was
"Brother ke",my mom just looked at me and laughed as well as Mrs Ajiboye.
Teni was surprisingly really calm, she hadn't even uttered a word.
"Well, Damola, I'm going to pick Demilade and I'll be going with Mrs Ajiboye, so make Teni feel at home",fantastic,
"Yeah, sure thing mom",I reply her
"And no rough play oh",typical Nigerian moms,am I right
"Sho ara e oh",that was Teni's mom referring to Teni,a Yoruba sentence that directly translates to,"be careful" or "look after yourself".
With that they leave the house,we still stand there until I hear my mom's car driving away,then I go and take a seat.

"Erm, ok, first off, I'm not really good with starting conversations",she starts.
"Same here, pretty good start though",I say back.
"Cool cool, what's it been, 8 years?"
"Yeah, something like that, how's Lagos?",I ask her,
"Oh yunno,typical,can be rough,can be super chill",she answers,
"Yeah, well, you, erm,look super chill",aarrggghhh, why does she still have this aura around her, like when we were kids,small talks were really easy, but when it came to saying something complimentary, everything would become very awkward.
"Woooow,is someone actually complimenting me?",she feigns being flattered and puts her hand on her chest,
"Yeah, don't get used to it",I say to her and she just replied by flipping her hair.

I go inside, change from my school uniform to casual clothes and go back into the living room
"Do you want something to eat?",I ask her and she just looks at me all surprised,
"What, I can cook na",I say to her.
"You've changed oh",she says
"You did too, what happened to your pot belly, somebody became a model already",I say to her, she looks down at her now flat stomach and giggles a bit before saying,
"It's God oh",and I just laugh a bit,
"So, spaghetti and chicken?",I ask her
"Sure, why not, you need any help?",she asks and..............

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Teni's POV

.........he says impersonating someone from medieval times
"Nevuh, I can take keyuh of meself",
I just laugh and watch him go into the kitchen,
"It's your house",I say to him.
When my mom told me we would be coming to Ilorin from Lagos, I honestly hadn't thought too much about the people I would meet here at the place I used to call my home,only for me to get here and see Damola,the nerdy kid that wore big glasses and buried himself in comics and cartoons,he probably still did all that but his glasses fitted his glowing face perfectly,and he was different, I could tell, he'd always like kept to himself, but this aura he had right now, he was definitely happy.

In 30 minutes the food was ready,he cooked enough for like 5 people seeing that my mom and his mom would come back but he only dished for both of us.
"Thank You",I say to him as he hands my food to me,
"You're welcome, err, there's coke in the fridge if you want some",he says
Normally, I would have said no, but I actually needed a drink and my mom wasn't here, so I stood up and went to take a bottle.
"So,what brings you to Ilorin?",he asks
"My mom just got a new job here and uh, she had already registered me for JAMB and WAEC here, so here I am",I tell him,
"Huh, nice, lemme guess, you're writing WAEC at my school abi",he says, pretty good guess actually
"Yeah, you guys like have a reputation for good results or something",I tell him,
"I guess, what department are you in?",he asks
"Science fa,how bout you?"
"Hehehe, I'm in arts",he answers and continues eating.