Using my access card through the varsity library main entrance, i hurried past the security guard saying my hi's along the hallway.I was meeting Tiane at 2 o'clock at our usual corner to revise for the test we were writting tomorow, and i was already 30 minutes late.Tia is very good at keeping time and i'm very bad at that.Anyway it didn't bother me because i knew if she's there already,she'll probably be chatting to that Nigerian guy she met online a coupla months back.
''Oh! Shit! I'm sorry i kept you waiting'', i said this putting my books on the table without looking at her. ''I had to drop Lonah's domitory key on my way.She-!'',i turned to look at Tia who had her eyes soaked with tears.
''Tia? Are you alright?''
She almost shouted at me, ''do i look alright to you? do i?...Oh! Jane'', she sobbed, ''i did it again,i scrued it up again''
''What Tia? What have you done again?''
''U know that i'm supposed to go meet Walter in Cape Town tomorow right? But now the test,Oh! God! no''. She buried her head in her hands and started crying.
''Tia...Good Lord,stop crying.'' I looked around to see if anybody was watching, ''there are people here studying,'' I whispered.
After a little while i said, ''we'll sort something out okay,stop crying.we'll send him an email to tell him why you can't make it okay girlfriend? c'mon now,pull yourself together will yah?'' I reassured her while stroking her back.
I introduced Tiane to edumela.com some months ago and since chatting with Walter she has been hooked to the thing as though her whole life depended on it.Walter is one Nigerian guy reciding in Cape Town and he and Tia had been planning to meet on several occassions and verytime Tia has to go something crops up.This even reminded me of the first time i went J'burg to meet Edwin.I was supposed to go on a friday,but postponed the journey to the following day saturday.Edwin was so cross and i felt pity for him when he told me that he spent the whole night waiting for me.I believed him coz his eyes were wary red from lack of enough sleep.
I was also supposed to see him off to Cape Town on that April day but couldn't make it.It was the 1st of that month and he even thought i was playing him April fool! Dammnit,my bag got snatched some days before and all my documents were in there including my passport so i couldn't go! Anyhow shaa!,for Tia it was suprising because everytime that something cropping up,happened to do that at the last minute.Tia was supposed to go tomorow.The lecturer just told us this morning that we have a test tomorow morning,he even apologised for telling us this late,said he forgot,and Tia cannot miss it because it's an assessment test.And if she missed it she'll have to re-sit the same course the following year.
Cape Town.I've heard from Edwin that it's a nice place.I was jealous that Tia was going Cape Town,not jealous because she's goinno meet Walter,but that she's going Cape Town and Edwin had promised to take me there sometime,but now that we are no more i'll have to save more money to get my own black ass down there.
I asked Tia to wipe her tears and get down to emailing Walter.
Eish Daddy,
I'm just from class now and the lecturer has just told us that we have an assessment test tomorow..I'll come over next week Friday.If you really love me like you say you do you'll let me write this test.I know i always tell you that am coming and then i give you a last minute shit! i know its hurting babe but if i dont write this test i'll be doomed.
I aint coming up with stories babe these bloody lecturer just told us now.Pliiiiiiiiizzzzz! I'm begging you babe please understand.Next week i wont say any excuse.I know how you feel.I know how prepared you were to meet me.
I cant wait to see you too.Just that when something like this comes up i have to abide u know.I love you Walter.Not even change of plans affect the way i feel about you.Hope you'll undestand that i HAVE to write the test.
My heart bleeds too that i was goinno see you for the first time.Please lets make it next week friday?
I love you and i hope you'll bear with me and not think otherwise.I want to see you.I want to hold you and tell you how much you mean to me.I want to whisper in your ear and let you know that without you life just aint a word with a meaning.I wanna do with you all those things we talked about.I wanna watch the stars with you at night,eat with you on the same plate,listen to our favourite song,watch our favourite movie(Nigerian movie),go with you to a club,dance with you,have that drink and hurry home to make passionate love.I still want to do that with you.We are still gonna do that when i come over next week friday!
I was hurt too when the lecturer told us that we have a test coming.I thot he was gonna say it will be at a later date.Only to find that its tomorow! Good Lord! i had an appointment with you tomorow!.
Love
Mummy.
Oh! my God! Sometimes i become so damn envious.Tia calls Walter daddy and Walter calls Tia mummy.These two are so much in love.
Tia kept on clicking her inbox for the reply and looking at her phone waiting anxiously for a call.
''Goddammnnit Tia! Let's concentrate please!. The sucker will call if the need be or email back.We got a tes-''
Tia's phone rang.It was him.
''hello?''
''You know what? I'll tell you when to come over okay? Don't ever tell me that you are coming''
''Babe please don't do that.Try and understand.I-''
''I have cancelled all my appointments knowing very well that you are coming.So what am i gonna do tomorow? How long should i go on with this? Everytime you have to come over,you tell me this has done that.You want me to believe that crap again?''
''I'm really sorry babe.I really am.I didn't-''
''I've heard that several times.Bye.''
Tia looked into thin air like she's seen a ghost. ''What is it dammnit? What did he say?''
She slowly turned her head to look at me,with tears gathering at full speed in her eyes.
''He hung up on me''
After a while,10 minutes or so,i said, ''Aaagg!,c'mon let's study.Let him go rot in hell.Nigerian boy my ass! Who the fuck does he think he is? Let him go flash his worn-out ass down the drain and leave us to study!''
''You don't understand you know that Jane? You don't understand''. She gathered her books quickly and stormed out of the library without saying a word.
''Tia!'', i whispered, ''Tia come back,Tia! We have work to do! Tia! Oh! Shit!, i followed suite!
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