The time was 10:30am Monday, March 1st. I was in an empty classroom, face down, buried in my textbook, when I got a call from my friend Idrissa, that the school management had just issued a memo stating that all students should vacate the premises of the campus before or on Friday 5th of March. The school did so in respect of the guidelines and instructions issued by the Federal government, which stated that, all Federal Universities and tertiary institutions should vacate their respective campuses, with the aim of curbing and controlling the spread of the Corona virus pandemic.
Our semester exams where scheduled to commence on Wednesday, which seemed unlikely now because of the directives of our school management. I couldn't help but leap for Joy when I heard the news, as I was ill prepared for our forth coming examinations. Finally, it was as if fate was on my side. I was somehow able to dodge this bullet. If only I hadn't failed to realise what the big picture was, my laziness and lack of seriousness had gotten the better of me.
I never imagined the downside of the compulsory break on the spot, I was pretty high on the idea of no exam on Friday. A few minutes later, I sat down to rationalize the situation at hand, it was as if I was finally sober, and my brain could process the information properly. Then it hit me, this meant I would be away from Dave, and for God knows how long. My excitement quickly sunk into deep sadness. And things were really great between me and Dave. We've been dating for the four years we have been in school. And a little birdie told me, he had intentions of proposing immediately exams were over. How could this be happening, Corona was trying to rain down on my parade. The news which seemed to be a gift a moment ago, felt like a tragedy.
Dave lived in Lagos, and I lived in Benin. The only avenue we had to see each other was in school. We've never been apart for more than a month without seeing each other. Often at times, he would stay longer, maybe a week or two after we were done with our exams, just so we could be together. The length of this break was unknown, and that scared me. Things weren't looking well for the world as well, as cases of the Corona virus seemed to be increasing at a geometric rate. What really bothered me was the uncertainty of it all. The world as a whole was heading for a scary place.
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Dark skies; a corona chronicle.
Romanceshe's is about to leave her lover for an uncertain time. she tries everything to come to peace with them going back to their different homes.
