By @Poca_huntas
So, it turned out that Pastor senior lecturer had
been running paroles and setting major 'P' with new bestie's friend.
This same man would say opening and closing prayers each time he came
to class for his lectures. There were times this man even gave sermons
in between lectures. This man was married with kids, he was even a Sunday
school teacher in a church where many students worshiped, he was now the one sleeping with a student! You know,
it's true what they say, "nobody holy pass." Looking back, I wonder how the said girl
coped. Senior lecturer was an ugly(I hate to say) man. He was short
and frowned almost always. Even his smiling face, I never looked forward
to seeing; it was never a sight to behold.
My Bestie suggested that we
went to senior lecturer's chick's house to beg her to plead on my behalf.
On getting there, we met her at the door carrying a plate of freshly prepared food.
"Babe, you should
have called me to tell me you were coming now. You're lucky you met
me sef. I'm getting ready to go out" she said to bestie. Then she turned to me,
grinning from ear to ear, "hey Kim! We finally get to talk. I've
tried to say hi severally in class, but I don't think you ever noticed
me. I really like that denim shirt you wore to class the other day...
And that choky necklace you wore to Mr Adebayo's last lecture..."
She went on and on about how much she liked my style for close to ten
minutes. I was wondering how someone I hadn't seen before would know
so much about me. I mean, I know I'm hot and all, but I didn't know
I was this hot. Apparently, she was my coursemate(I'm not to blame for
not knowing her. How possible is it to know over 500 coursemates!) and
had been noticing me.
"Well, I'm sorry.
I should have called you first. Kim is in some serious trouble. We think
you're in a position to help that' why we're here." bestie said to the chick.
" Ah, no wahala na! Anything for you. I'd be glad to help. Let me quickly drop this plate of food in my room. My boyfriend is in there and he's really shy. knock on the next door, my flatmate would keep you company before I return." She replied.
While we were in her flatmate's
room. I was still unsettled. My thoughts were in many different directions;
one of which was that I could go to her room and plead with her in the
presence of her boyfriend to help me out. The plan was to tell her boyfriend that the man in question was her project supervisor who she had
a good rapport wit. So I hurriedly left bestie and dashed to her room.
On getting to her room, fortunately,
the door was ajar. After two quick 'tap tap' knocks, I entered the room
without waiting for a reply. There were a reading table and
chair in the room. On the chair was a male who was backing the door
and eating. I figured he was her shy boyfriend. As the door jammed behind
me, the occupant of the chair and the chick( who was sitting on the
bed) turned to see who the intruder was. Behold! The shy boyfriend turned
out to be Senior lecturer! *Yepa*
My shock soon condensed into
relief and laughter. "Ah! Dupe, pass
me my phone so I can tell yóur aunty I'm having lunch at your place!" He said to chick while he was scampering all over the place
to get his clothes. Did I mention he was in only boxers?! [Ghen Ghen] He then began to explain to me how his wife was
Dupe's father's sister. Who has lunch with their niece-in-law in boxers,
please?! Before leaving the room, he mentioned something about me seeing
him in his office on Monday. Miracles happen, don't they? I wouldn't
need Dupe's help afterall. As I left to meet bestie, I felt relief.
The worst that could happen would be resitting the paper which meant
an extra semester, (which I didn't mind)my fear of facing the panel
had been allayed. Senior lecturer would have no choice. His career,
family and 'ministry' were at stake here.
On Monday morning, I got to
his office and he handed me 5copies of a sheet of paper and asked me to get them to the
class governor. As I got out of the office, my curiousity got the better
of me so I decided to take a look at what I was playing errand girl
for. It turned out to be results for my class. My heart stopped for
split seconds as the thought of not graduating with my mates returned.
I got a grip on myself and decided to see who the graduands were. Behold,
sitting on number 9 on a list of 152 graduating students was OJO KIMBERLY AYOMIPO! What ensued after can best be imagined!
I never went back to his office
and I went with batch B for the National Youth Service Corps in Delta
State.
Today, I work in an oil company in Lagos. For my
mum's last birthday, I got her a brand new Matrix, 2010 model. Bestie
left for her Masters programme in the US immediately after service year
and now manages one of her father's firms. Dupe and I reunited on Facebook after having lost contact since graduating from O.S.U.
She also graduated with a second class upper. She sent me her resume
some days back to help her find a job placement!
P.S (All characters, names and events in this story are
fictional and a creation of the writer’s imagination. Any resemblance
to any real persons or occurrences is simply a coincidence).
I really do love all you people who have taking time out from
your busy schedule to read (both those who
comment and the silent readers) and I really appreciate you taking the time out
and I will try to do better but please just bear with me. Special thanks
OWGEE for proof reading and making sure that all grammatical errors
were corrected, and to the Various Blogs that have honored my mails
by putting this article on the site #BLESS. Again, thanks for reading
and May God’s blessings be with every one of you.
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