Palingenesis - Season 1 - Episode 20

5 years ago

Palingenesis - Season 1 - Episode 20

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***present day***

Isaac’s yet to understand how a girl could be so beautiful, ever since he spoke with Beatrice in the morning, he hasn’t been able to think straight. Immediately he got back to the room, he had began arranging his room, when he was done arranging, he cleaned up and got one of his best shirts on.

After making sure he is looking as nice as he could, he decided to engage in watching a movie while he waits for Beatrice to come and call him as she promised. It was a cool Saturday, a perfect weather and day to stroll round the school with a very beautiful girl, he thought.

“If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice? It’s because of men like you “.

“There are no men like me, Only me”.
That’s Isaac favourite quote in the HBO series Game of thrones, he intentionally decided to watch that particular episode just to hear that quote by Jamie Lannister also known as the King slayer. He was about to rewind that part when he heard a knock on the door. He stood up immediately to open without asking who was knocking because he was expecting Beatrice already.

“Wooow, you look beautiful” he said to Beatrice who was standing at the door.
He had been rehearsing that line over and over since morning. He actually thought it would awkward saying it if she was still putting on the same clothes she had on in the morning but fortunately for him, she had changed clothes. She’s now putting on a jean and a strip top.
“Thanks, you don’t look bad yourself” she replied

He ushered her in and offered her a seat which she took.

“Okay so where do we start your sightseeing, should we start on campus and then go to fun places or you will start with the fun places and end it on campus” said Isaac

“Awwn that will be nice but am really exhausted, let me rest a little and then we might go later, is that okay with you ” she asked, more like pleading.

“Anything the queen wants” Isaac replied and took a bow to indicate the royalty. They both smiled and he sat down beside her.

“So tell me about yourself” she asked excitedly.

“There’s nothing much about me hey, my name is Isaac, am an only child, my dad is a clergyman and my mum is a civil servant, studying economics in this school, I am single and searching l, I have a bestfriend who is also my roommate”

“You have a roommate” Beatrice cuts in
“Yeah I do” he replied.

Where is he then” she asked again
Just as Isaac was thinking about how to explain that he’s now staying with his girlfriend, there was a click at the door, Ben barged in closely followed by Anne.

“Olboi your father no teach you how to knock before you enter person house” Isaac shouted
“Na your father pay my own part of the rent abi, you dey craze. I know say you don miss me well well” Ben replied laughing
“Miss you fire, when I no be gay” he replied, started laughing too and stood up to greet him.
As hard as it is for the jolly friends to admit to it, they had missed each other for real. Their friendship has gone beyond ordinary one, they see each other as blood related brothers. He went ahead to hug Anne and offered her a seat, that was when he remembered he had company before the two of them barged in.

“Please pardon my manners, Beatrice meet my best friend and roommate we were just talking about and that is his girlfriend” he introduced.
“So you guys were gossiping about me shey, everything he told you about me is not true oo” Ben said as he shook hands with Beatrice. Beatrice has been smiling ever since Ben and Anne came into the room. She was so entertained by their discussion.

“Guys this is Beatrice, she is our new neighbour” Isaac

“You mean am just your neighbour right” she asked teasingly after shaking hands with Anne.
“Ohh okay she is my friend too” Isaac replied and the all laughed.

They all sat and gisted for a while, they got to know each other very well.

“I think this place is boring, why don’t we all go out and have fun” Anne suggested and they all concurred.

They drove around in Anne’s car to different places and had lots of fun, It was really a very exciting first day for Beatrice.

“Thanks guys, I really do appreciate everything and it’s nice meeting all of you” Beatrice said as she dropped off from Anne’s car.

“You are welcome” Ben and Anne replied
“Guy you no wan drop abi you wan make we carry you enter your room ni” Ben asked Isaac who was already dozing off in the car. Clearly he had taken too much alcohol.

“You dey mad, I think say una wan enter inside compound na” Isaac tried to cover up for himself so they won’t know he was intoxicated. He dropped down also and staggered inside without even replying Ben and Anne that was saying goodbye.

“Your friend is so drunk you know” Anne
“Yeah he took too much of that wine and it’s very unsual for Isaac to get himself drunk” Ben replied as he reversed the car and drove away.
Isaac went straight to bed with all his clothes and shoes on, he didn’t even lock the door behind. He slept off as soon as he la!d on the bed.

Beatrice sat down reminiscing on all the events of the day, from when he saw Isaac in the morning and felt her heart skip to when they were alone and thought about kissing him, to all the fun they had acting like lovers alongside Ben and Anne at the movies they went to and the restaurant and also at the executive bar they went to drink. She kept on thinking about how sweet it will be if Isaac could ask her out the next day, she thought about playing hard to get or just giving in to him straight up.

Suddenly the curtains started blowing like there was whirlwind , she checked through the window to see if it was about to rain but to her surprise the weather outside was nothing like how it was inside her room, it was a normal weather condition outside. She started feeling cold immediately and began to shiver, the little lamp she had on beside her bed began to fluctuate and eventually went off, fear gripped her. She decided to run to Isaac’s room but as she stood up to run, she fell back to the bed and passed out