Must Read: Taking Chances

7 years ago

Must Read: Taking Chances

‘hello!’ the voice at the other end
screamed, Daisy pushed the phone away from her ear to curtail the
noise. She definitely knew who it was.

‘Jeez Bren, you don’t wanna bust my ear drums now, do you?’ Daisy
replied smiling while she sat down on one of the dining chairs.
‘Spare me that Bullshit! ‘ave been searching your number for days now’ came the reply.
‘And who let the cat out of the bag?’
‘It was quite a search, i had to call Mama’s house and the housekeeper gave me her Nigeria number and then i called there, then she gave me your number, jeez Dee, why didn’t you call me Since you left?’
‘Maybe cos i was pissed at you’ Daisy replied.
‘oh Dee, you know i wouldn’t miss your wedding for anything in the
world, but my exams…’
‘got you!’ Daisy screamed ‘how i love every chance i get to make you whine like a dog’
‘oh you! You know i would sq££ze your neck for this if i get you’ the other said playfully.
‘you gotta catch me first then’ Daisy giggled. She really loved
Brenda,they were the very best of friends infact they were ‘BFFs’. It
was indeed her Master exams which coincidentally fell on her wedding day that stopped her from coming, she understood.
‘So how was the wedding?’ Brenda asked.
‘so and so’ Daisy replied, that question changed her countenance.
‘And what’s that supposed to mean?’
‘lets just say it would have been bearable if you had been there with
me’ Daisy said, her tone laced with sadness, her eyes instinctively
travelled to the album on the chair.
‘oh Dee, like i knew that dude ain’t worth the sacrifice, but you were
so bent on your shortsighted perspective of love and affection, it beats
me to know how…’
‘really Brenda, i don’t think you called to tell lash an ‘i told you so’
did you?’ Daisy cut in angrily
‘Chilax girlfriend, i don’t wanna fight with you over the phone, i
missed you that’s why i called’
‘well okay, forgive me, i missed you too’.
Silence on both sides.
‘that reminds me i saw Peter the other day…’ Brenda was saying.
‘Am a married chick now!’ Daisy cut in. Peter was her Ex-boyfriend
‘oh puleaseee, spare me’ Brenda replied stressing the ‘please’
They both laughed.
‘Talking about marriages, have you and your hubby done the deal, you
know what i mean’ Brenda said
‘yeah right’ she scoffed ‘that dude would rather beat me into a pulp
than make sweet love to…’
‘oh no he didn’t!’ cut in Brenda with an alarmed tone.
‘jeez sister, i was trying to make an expression here’ Daisy replied
exasperated.
‘that better be, cos i know that man ain’t tripping if he don’t want me
to be all over his face’
This made Daisy smile, she knew Brenda was capable of all that drama,
she was, as Mama referred to her ‘agaracha ibo’, she could really cos a
drama when she set her mind to it unlike the calm and docile Daisy.
‘He wouldn’t dare’ Daisy said ‘not when you are there’
They both laughed.
‘I really miss Boston, you, the Hospital… everything …even Peter’
Daisy was sober now.
‘I know, you don’t know how i feel too, you are married now and can’t come back…’
‘Don’t be too sure about that’
‘It still wont feel the same, you know, am thinking of coming back finally to Nigeria, mother Africa calls’
‘Not you too!’
‘America holds no more splendor for me, i wanna be close to my friend and family’
‘I can’t wait for then, it will be just like old times’
‘keep your fingers crossed girlfriend’
‘they are most definitely’ Daisy said. The two friends were really nostalgic.

Daisy heard a knock just then. She cursed silently, when would this people stop springing up on her?
‘A knock Bren, I’d just go get it then…’
‘Oh no, i gotta go too, will call you tomorrow’.
‘okay Bren, don’t forget to. I’ll Miss you’.
‘I’ll miss you too, byeee’ Brenda said and cut the call.
Daisy felt so alone now and wasn’t curious to know who was knocking, the drama of today was overwhelming and she didn’t need more.
She slowly stood up to go see who it was that was knocking louder now.