It was nothing like Nigeria over here it felt free, I felt free. I had never experienced real freedom before from my church owned boarding school and my overprotective family i never really had a chance to experience what i wanted to. African parents make freedom sound like such a bad thing like it's some kind of I'm going to get pregnant and drop out story this is probably because they watch a lot of Mount zion movies which my mother was a gigantic fan of, Mike Bamiloye was basically her Will smith. There was a time my grandmother peeped into my phone to see what i was watching after watching a mount zion movie about a girl who got pregnant because of the movies she watched on her phone luckily for me the scene was innocent but she managed to make a big deal out of it either way, she's very dramatic. I took a deep breath and walked around the school, i bumped into an handsome boy and i got a little excited probably because i had watched a lot of American college dramas. He apologized to me as i stared at him, i was about to reply when i heard him call out babe to a boy walking towards us, they kissed each other and walked away while i stared at my books, smiled and walked away. Ofcourse it was not going to be like the movies it never is anyways. I switched on my phone to check my friend's WhatsApp status i stare at a picture of my friend, Busayomi on his status with the caption my love, then a picture of him and her kissing on her status. It did make sense she always talked about how cute we where i guess i made way for them by leaving the country, I reply to her post by writing 'Awwn you guys are cute'. I can't help but smile because this same boy was the one telling me that leaving to America will break his heart because he loved me so much, he always was the actor anyways he said he wanted to be like Alex Ekubo, I could see him as an actor the type who would have a wife as a medal and cheat on her with his costars and pretty models. I walk back to my hostel, rest on my bed and close my eyes i needed, pure peace because i know it won't last forever.
