After a
three month long hiatus which was brought about by a stressful vacation job,
Graduation from University (It was successful, Thank you!), Youth Service
registration, self-discovery and planning a better plot for our heroine, Gee, I
am back and hopefully, better.
For
those who might just be joining me for the first time ever, below I have pasted
the link to all the recent ‘Affairs’ post so you can catch up with the rest of
us.
(I have
to apologise for all typographical and name errors on all the posts above.)
AFFAIRS- THE MIDDLE
Kisses
on your neck; kisses on your shoulders; kisses that run straight down to your
back. What better way to wake up?
‘I have
missed you so much, Gee. I am so glad you agreed to come over.’
I turned around and faced him. His face was
there like it never left. Every mistake I had made in the past; Ayo and beyond
seemed to be a memory I couldn’t remember and I chose not to try to remember. I
had everything I wanted before me, kissing my forehead.
‘Me
too’, I replied but covered my mouth almost instantly. ‘Sorry, morning breath.
I know how you feel about that’.
He
smiled warmly.
‘Now is
not the time to be keep track of likes and dislikes. I have you here and that’s
all that I want to think about.’ I moved in closer to him and we decided not to
talk.
Love,
they say is a matter of the heart but one must also walk in with their head. In
moments like this one, when the heart takes over, it is impossible to get the
head to function straight. For some of us women, it carries on this way for a
longer period of time but for men, it seems to end as abruptly as it started.
Logic sets in and they begin to see the faults in their decision.
Today,
we were both men.
We
didn’t have to say much about it to know that we both felt the same way. We
took turns showering; dressed up and he dropped me off at a nearby restaurant
where I was to meet up with a friend for lunch.
Before I
left the car, we sat there quiet. He placed his hand on mine and spoke softly, looking into my eyes
‘I meant
it when I said that I miss you. I do’
‘I
know’, I replied.
We
kissed and I stepped out of the car.
He waved
and I stood on the pavement, watching as he drove off.
‘You are
never gonna leave that guy. Are you?’
I
recognized the voice of the person that had crept up behind me.
‘At
least, I’m early to lunch this time. Give me a little credit’
He
hugged me.
‘How are
you doing?’ he asked as we walked into the restaurant and went to our usual
seat. It is so nice to be a frequent customer to a lovely restaurant such as
this one that Rob and I had lunch as often as our busy lives would allow.
Rob and
I met about a year ago during one of the company’s trips out of town for a
conference and it was amazing how many similar interests we had and how we
disliked the people we worked with. Since then, after discovering that we lived
a few miles from each other, we would converge at this restaurant and catch up
on what has been up in each other’s lives. He has a wonderful taste in music
and art which made it more fun when we decided to go shopping for new paintings
and albums. We’d have our own little listening parties and exhibitions at each other’s
apartments whenever we found a new musician that we wanted to give a fighting chance in our musical collection; over glasses of wine, snacks and, occasionally, movie to calm the pain if the album wasn’t
worth it.
Rob is
slim, tall and quite handsome. He wore a pair of glasses that made him look
like a doctor, especially with his clean cut hair. Why we had never hooked was
beyond me. I had never really thought about it and besides, he always has his
own fair share of woman troubles. It isn’t possible to be that good looking and
successful and not have ladies of all shapes and sizes flocking around you
incessantly.
‘So, are
you guys getting back together?’
I sipped
from my wine glass.
‘No. It
was a one-time thing.’
‘Okay.
Now we are playing Hook up with the ex. Interesting. Was it any good?’
‘The
sex?’
‘No, the
tea party. Of course, I’m talking about the sex’
‘It
was…okay’
‘Okay?’
He burst out laughing.
‘Please
Rob. It wasn’t that bad. It is just that it felt…different. The passion we used
to have has reduced by a notch or two’
‘You bet
it has if you are going to describe it as Ok.’ He kept on laughing.
I rolled
my eyes and adjusted myself so the waitress could place our order on the table.
‘How
about Ayo? What happened at the conference?’ he asked sprinkling pepper on
his plate of pasta.
I
dropped my fork and looked at him with my eyes wide open.
‘He is
crazy!’ I exclaimed.
He
looked up at me with his face beaming with interest.
‘Go on’
He dropped the pepper shaker and folded his arm and sat back into his chair.
I began
to rant.
‘I don’t
get his spirit. It’s like he is confused. I don’t know what he is trying to
accomplish. First, we hook up and he disappears then he comes back and stays
ignoring me. We go to the conference, he comes begging for forgiveness; kisses
me in front of my co-workers and tells me he wants to marry me! What the hell!’
‘Oh. My. Gosh, He is crazy.’ Rob returned with a very sarcastic tone.
‘I know!
Wait; there was sarcasm in your tone. Are you on his side?’
He sat
forward.
‘I’m not
but I understand what he is trying to do’
‘Then
let me know because I am angry, lost for words and…and …ANGRY! Argh!’
‘Please,
don’t let us get kicked out of here.’ He chuckled.
I sighed
and laughed lightly.
‘I’m
sorry. He just infuriates me.’
‘He is
just trying to fix the mess he made but he doesn’t know how so he is throwing all the cards he has in the game. I think you should
meet him at better time; in a few days or weeks from now and talk it out.’
‘I am
going to see him at the office on Monday, Rob’.
‘That doesn't mean you should talk to him on Monday. Just take your time and listen
to him whenever you decide to. He might really want to marry you. That should shut up your
co-workers up for a while’
‘I’m
sure they are having a meeting discussing my issue right now’
‘You wish you were that important.’
We
chatted for a few more minutes. I told him about Tei and our little adventure
together but didn’t mention the mystery knife guy. I was
never going to meet him again so he wasn’t worth discussing.
‘Want me
to drop you off at home?’ asked Rob as we left the restaurant.
‘No,
I’ll walk a little. Besides, I have to meet up with Nina in a saloon down the
road.’ I replied searching my bag for my phone so I could find out if she was
there.
‘Speaking
of Nina, How is she? Still single…and feisty?’
I threw
him an ‘Are you for real' look.
‘What? I
was just asking for a friend. Can’t a young, single, unattached man with a nice
car ask a question about a good looking sister without raising any suspicions
that he might want her for himself?’
‘No’, I
darted back. ‘Besides, she thinks you might be gay. You look too good for a
single man.’
‘I know.
I have been told that I am FABULOUS!’ He snapped his finger thrice.
I burst
into fits of laughter.
‘Bye,
sugar.’ I pecked him and walked on. He
waved one last time as he got into his car and drove off.
I kept
dialling Nina’s number but she wasn’t picking up her phone.
‘That
child had better not make we wait under this hot afternoon sun’, I said to
myself.
Without
looking up for a second, I bumped into someone.
‘Oh
Shit. I am sorry. I looked to show my puppy apologetic face. From the shoes, I
could tell it was a guy so I was definitely getting away without any hate looks.
‘How’s
you ankle?’
‘What?’
I replied astonished.
I took a
closer look at who I had walked into.
There
stood before me, mystery guy.
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