ERRONEOUS WAYS TO LOVE pt8

*EPISODE 8*
“I like Samuel very much, but i’m scared of
making another mistake” i confessed to
Mariam, on our way back to our hostel
from school the following day, while she
just smiled,
“Sometimes i don’t understand you” i heard
her say, which made me to stare at her in
surprise,
“What do you mean?” i asked,
“Nothing oo jare” she replied, which only
made me more curious to know what she
had in mind,
“Nawa for you, tell me what you have in
mind nah?” i insisted, and she stared at me
for a while, with a very serious look on her
face,
“Your problem with Emmanuel happened
last year, what i don’t understand is why
you are still mourning him, and equally
punishing yourself till now” she said, which
really shocked me immensely……..
“Who told you i’m still mourning Emma or
punishing myself?” i asked seriously,
“Isn’t it obvious that you are, it’s been
months since you last had a guy in your
life, which kind of punishment is more than
that?” she fired back,
“Abeg oo, it’s no punishment to me, i’m
single and happy” i replied with a smile,
while she laughed for a while…….
“Comot there jare! pretender, don’t tell me
that crap again jor” she said with laughter,
while i eyed her…….
One thing i really do love about my friend
Mariam, is her honest and blunt nature, and
she never hid her feelings from me, even for
a single day, though sometimes she may be
annoying,
“If you like, continue to play hide and seek
with that poor boy’s feelings, i have nothing
else to tell you again” she added, while i
slapped her shoulder,
“Madam it’s okay nah” i replied her……..
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Falling in love for the second time isn’t that
easy, especially when you have been so
terribly dealt with, the first time, but then
love is an inevitable force of attraction
which do come to every human being, and
when it comes, carries your whole body,
soul and even sense of reasoning with
it………

Truly i was so scared of being hurt again,
cos i knew i barely managed to survive my
first heart break, which really wasn’t easy
for me and seriously i equally didn’t know
how my friends, especially Mariam were
able to jump from one relationship to
another without any emotional break down,
“How i wish i could just be like them” i had
often said countless times, but then i really
couldn’t be like them, because we are not
the same…….

We soon got to our hostel, where
Mariam gave me a sweet smile before going to her own room, which she shared with her boyfriend
“Take care, i will come to your room later”
she said as she smiled……..

As i unlocked my door, Samuel came out
from his own room, with a sweet smile on
his face,
“Finally you are back, i have been lonely all
day” he said as he came towards me, while i stared at him with a smile, and i felt like hugging him that moment, as my body
yearned for his arms around me, but i kept
myself in check, and swallowed my wishes, because i equally knew he had no morale to hug me in that manner in a hostel corridor,
But surprisinly he drew close and hugged
me, which really drew out dimples from my face,
“I couldn’t sleep last night because i was
thinking about us” i equally heard him
whisper…… “Hmmm love is full of surprises”….
We entered my room together, where he sat quietly on my bed and watched as i quickly prepared rice that afternoon, because I returned from school with hunger. But the way he stared at me that afternoon really made me to lose concentration a couple of
times and equally made me
uncomfortable…….

“Please stop staring at me nah” i finally
muttered while he laughed,
“But i can’t stop myself from staring at you
nah” he replied with my tone, which made
me to sigh with a smile,
“You better go back to your room and
watch your t.v, since you are looking for
who to watch” i fired back while he laughed out loud
“Watching you cook is more interesting
than any t.v programme” he joked while i
eyed him,
“Big head” i cursed
“Flat nyash” he cursed back,
“Na there your eyes go see fast” i replied,
while he fell on the bed as he laughed,
“Madam cook fast, i’m very hungry” he said as he laughed,
“I’m not your mother” i replied, as i eyed
him…….
After cooking, i freshened up in my
bathroom, before dishing out the rice i
cooked on a large plate. We ate together in
silence and the way he ate really told me
that he was actually hungry…..
“You cook nice but my mum cook’s better
sha” he finally joked with a smile when he
was filled up, while i eyed him,
“Because you don fill you stomach nah, why didn’t you make that comment earlier?” I asked with an angry mien, while he smiled,
“Hope there is still some left in the pot?” he
also asked,
“Why are you asking?” i asked back with a
frown,
“Because i will still eat at night nah” he
replied, while i sighed with a smile,
seriously that boy’s head needed to be
spanked that moment……..
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We were soon in his room where we joked
and laughed as we watched a movie and i
really was very glad that he finally was able to feel free with me……..

Then he made a statement which shocked
me “This is my first time of being this close with a girl” he confessed as he swallowed hard, while i stared at him in
silence, because i really knew not how to
react or what to say, but then his eyes
really said it all as he looked into mine……..

“So Samuel is actually a virgin, how i wish i
had kept mine till now also” i said to
myself, as i stared back at him with a fast
beating heart…….

To be continued