Along Came Jo'

Two weeks back.It was on friday.I called Doc to see where she was.She told me that she was on her way to my other cousins place in G-west.And asked me to come over after work.

Two houses to my cousin's,there's a car packed on the sideroad,one short guy and a fat one comes from the other house walking to the packed car.The short one sees me and stops.

''Excuse me,can i please drop you off to where you going or can i have your number?''

''Thanx,but i'm almost home,just two blocks...and i don't have a phone''.(would i have given him the number if i had the phone?..don't wanna lie,i aint sure.

''Okay,can i have any landline you use?''

''I don't have any landline''

''Okay then,take my number and please call me?''

I took out a toilet tissue and wrote on there.His friend went like, ''Ai!,chomi she's just written your number on a toilet tissue,du think she'll call?''
I left.

He shouted,''hey,by the way..am Joe''

We hanged around at my cousin's...yes drinking.And then it was around past 11pm when Doc wanted to go home.We tried calling the cabs and even waited at the side road hoping to see one pass by,but we failed.

We were lost for hope now but Doc had to get home.Her husband was going some place early the next morning so she had to prepare his luggage and some other stuff he was gonna need.
''Doc,can lemme have your phone?''.Then i sent that short guy a message that we needed a car to get my cousin to her house,and that if he didnt mind we would put fuel for him.He sent back saying he was still in a meeting and that he'll holla back when he was done.

Doc is a very impatient woman so we went to the nearest hangout place.There's a club there and some coupla restuarants.Doc got a cab and we went back home.I spent the night at my cousin's.

That was on friday neh?..saturday..sunday..and then monday i went to work.I knocked off a lil late i remember.Then went home.Bathed,cooked and the watched part one of Blood Sisters(Nigerian movie).I went to sleep i gues around 9pm or so...

I was in a very deep sleep when i heard the knock on my door.It was around 10pm i gues.I thought i was dreaming but then the knock continued.Usually when i hear a knock on my door,my heart would skip and start beating so fast cause i don't usually have anybody coming to my house.I pipped thru the bedroom window.Good Lord! It was that Joe!

''And then..wena?''

''Ermm.i..i...i got the directions from your cousin Dorcas''

''What the hell are you doing here?''

''I wanted to see you...in fact..i had to see you''

Got off the bed,unlocked the kitchen door and showed him in.Two couches in the kitchen.We sat down and started talking.He told me about him running a company that has just went bankrupt and closed down.His 3 past relationships.He says he's from South Africa.Bloodshot eyes.Hitched-up shoulders.
Abeg!..people!...so this murtherf...this guy comes to my house,disturbs my sleep to tell me about all that?,doesn't he know i was going to work tomorow?.No! because he didn't know i was working.Dammnn...

''So how did you know where i leaved?''

''On friday when you sent me an sms with Dorcas' phone i was still in a meeting(inside i went like,meeting my ass,which meeting cos you said the company just went down),and then when i was thru i called Doc and she said she had gone home already.She told me she left you guys by the shops,i asked her what you were wearing and i went there to look for you,but couldn't find you.I called her yesterday and she told me the directions to your house.That's y lended here''

Shit! Doc! How many times should i tell her never to do a thing like that? She even has the tendency of giving people my number when i made it perfectly clear to her not to!

''So,gone fela mme,what brings you here?''

''I think i fell in love with you Jay,from the moment i saw you that friday i knew i had to be with you''

I stood up,opened the door,i saw the landlady seeting by her varandar oppsite my house.

''Joe,get out!''

He wanted to protest.

''I said get out!''.This time i shouted a little so that the old woman could hear.

He left without saying a word.Now wait till Dorcas comes back from Francistown!

Last nite i was there at Mafikizolo.I was with my work mates-Kgalalelo,Thabang and Portia.We left around 4am.When we got out,he was there packed outside.

He came towards when he saw me. ''Would you mind a ride home?''

''Thanx but we've already called a cab''.

There are better people i can relate my stories to...not to any Jack and Jill...