I’m sure you already know my name so no need for all
them formalities. Sha for those that don’t already know, my name is Koko. I was
laying down on my bed today and remembering what I would have tagged my happy
days and I remembered one funny day in the university. You know this kind of
situations that you can laugh about after they have already happened but not so
funny when you are living in the moment? That’s the type of situation this is.
That very day I was in my hostel jeje, relaxing
cause it had rained a little that evening. The weather was cool and welcoming.
Typical girls hostel in this school that refused the name change one time like
this last year. My friend K* just pinged me and said babe howfar lets go out
tonight, one of my friends is coming to take me out so I told him I was
bringing a friend. At first I thought ‘really of all your friends I am the
chosen one for this particular OUTING? it’s not like I am the most fun loving of all
your friends so there must really be something interesting about this
particular one. The next thing I jumped into my bathroom sharply showered
bought out what I had already pictured myself in, and was sluggishly doing my
make up to while away time. My then close friend and roommate O* was just
watching me move around the hostel excited that I was going out and all. I
asked her if she wanted to come and she said no she was tired and needed to
rest. You know how we girls are now, invite one expect five.
The time was already like 11:30pm and school gate
was going to close say 12 o clock. my phones started to shout my then ring tune
and I knew it was time to go buggie. I walked all the way down from my two
story front view hostel and sighted the car almost immediately at the car park.
I entered the car and said in a very faint VOICE “hello Good evening’. Then I
laced the silence with a smile. The guy was on the phone and immediately he
turned and nodded his head. Not too long after he finished his call and turned
to me. Hi my name is J* heard so much about you. Plus you look good. I smiled
and said thank you in my mind my noble melody was making waves for me there.
And he said are you guys hungry or we should just head to the club. My friend
said we are hungry. Immediately I corrected her and said ‘oh no its really late
let’s just head out. This time we were already at school gate as it was just a
straight road from the hostel and trust never to meet traffic at that time so
it was a quick and smooth ride. Amidst the heavy music, I heard him say so what
clubs in Ikeja will you guys like to go? Ehn What!!! No way for Ikeja oo. Oga
please its island or sleep. I pinged my friend and said Abeg lets go to Movida.
She echoed it and Movida it was for us that night. Did I mention I was not the
most fun loving of all our friends and that my friend could be a were when she
wanted to? Well that’s part of this gist sha.
We finally got to the island and that feeling of yes
we were balling was beginning to set in. I had no idea where exactly in VI
Movida was located. Oh yes cause most of the time, the cars just pick you from
the hostel and drop you in front of the place and bring you back in that same
format. After a long drive and still no trace of stopping, I decided to look
outside and realized we were going round and round on the same direction. ‘we
just took this route maybe we should try going straight’ I said from behind in
a slightly confused voice. What is all this one? I kept saying in my mind.
Another side of my mind just said let’s give him the benefit that he hardly
clubs on the island, after all I didn’t even know the routes well myself. He
got to one busy street and he stopped the car, whined down and asked the woman
to bring him beer! Beer???? ‘madam abeg bring me 2 cans of star he said. Then he
turned towards us and asked if we were interested. One happy nerve in me cut
almost immediately until he cut the whole thing when he said lets drink up on
beer so we can be high before we enter the club. You know when you just shut
down but you are still widely awake and aware of where you were, my balling
night was all a sham!!! What kind of guy was ready to knock himself off so he
wouldn’t spend money in the club? I hadn’t clubbed in a long time before that
day and I was regretting why I didn’t just sleep on my bed jejely. I hardly
drank in the clubs so I was not even looking forward to him spending his money
but the fact that he had so cheaply sold himself like this, I just concluded it
was a bad night already. After paying the woman for her beer we thought to ask
her for proper directions to the place and when we finally got there one kind
of scary relief mixed with worry was all over my thoughts. Let them not come
and bounce us oh at the gate that was my thought exactly. Anyways in my mind I
was looking good and my friend was dressed alright too her killer shape was
nothing to go by. We finally entered the club and with ease too then the hype
man A* just directed us upstairs immediately. Hian I said can this one afford a
drink in this VIP section? I jejely ordered my trademark red bull and my friend
ordered a bottle of baileys. We were seated just by the entrance and before you
know it the guy had wondered away. Where he went I didn’t know, whether or not
he was going to come back was not certain either. The bouncers noticed that we
were looking for the guy and alerted the bartender who sold us the drinks.
Before you know it oo we were under serious survey. They started to watch us
like criminals. God how I cried inside and wished I had stayed on my bed jeje.
It might be funny now but I sure know that day it was nothing near showing a
smile. I suggested we paid for the drinks and my friend said how will she take
me out and I will pay that not to worry she was with her atm. So I was the
bait. I had to wait for her to go downstairs to bring the money from the
nearest atm to buy my freedom. 5minutes seemed like 5 years waiting for her to
come back. Then I looked up and saw her stagger in with mr J* ‘ha ha he was
still here oh thank God. Please take him straight to the bar to clear his bills
before he escapes again. He just kept saying I was dancing downstairs since you
guys refused to dance with me. *actually the honest truth is I refused to dance
with him. Why should I tho? He came with my friend…
Then we were there chilling again when he
disappeared for the second time. Damn this was my night I just kept saying. We
were lucky enough to catch him the first time and now he has escaped again?
Koko why didn’t you just sleep on your bed? This time my friend went down again
and the time was like 3:30am nothing close to 5 which is the standard time for
school gates to open. I just kept praying that the night will just get over
already. I was there playing my bait role perfectly when two girls walked up to
me. ‘Hi we have been staring at you from a distance. Oh ok hi I replied still
waiting for them to hit the nail on the head. That guy over there as I turned
in the direction of their hand, I saw a man smile at me from the VVIP section.
Oh that guy I replied with a smile to hide my fears. That grandpa you mean. He
is a senator and asked us to ask you to join our table. Of course it had gotten
to that level. Who will I blame now but myself? I was the one that accepted to
come out in the first place, I was the on that sat down in the club like I was
lost, I was the same one that was the 3rd wheel in this stupid
outing, now baba was suddenly interested in me. As all these ran through my
head, I sharply answered the girls saying ‘alright fine no problems at all I
came with a friend and she went downstairs to get something. Once she comes
back I will come over. They smiled and said he spends only dollars, don’t miss
this ok. I smiled back at them as they walked away.
I was still waiting on my friend to come back when
suddenly he staggered back to my front. Oh thank God I said aloud not caring
where exactly I was. My friend was right behind him. She signaled to the
bartender who came and collected his money. It was already like 4:00am now. I
just told her lets go please and she reminded me that school won’t be opened.
She had collected his car keys so there was no running away and leaving us
anymore. The third time when he wondered away, not one nerve in me was bothered
as he had settled his bills and the key to the car was with my friend. He
wanted fun abi, he should go have mad fun.
4:30 came and I saw myself sneaking out of the vip
section avoiding those girls and their Mr. senator and heading straight to the
car. At this time I had pulled my heels and was holding them in my hands while
he tried to open his car with his drunken mood. He had better be sane enough to
drive us back to school I prayed. You wouldn’t have been able to imagine the
big sigh of relieve I felt went I saw the school gate logo and bright lights.
Hurray I finally made it through this horrible experience. The car came to a
halt in front my hostel; I jumped out of the car and just started walking to
the gate. No goodbyes and definitely nothing to be thankful for. I banged the
padlocks till one of the porters came out and opened it, put my heels on one
hand and dragged myself up to the second floor, opened my room door and crashed
on the bed. when they asked me the next morning how my night was i smiled and said like no other. its left for you to figure it out your self.
Lesson learnt ??Signed KOKO.
I know this story
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