Countless - S01 E97

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Countless - S01 E97

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 97

>>>FLASHBACK contd..<<<

“urm…..Lola…” Darous cleared his throat as they both stopped beside the road linking to the school gate.

This new task from Jide is gradually becoming a more daunting task for him.

Although he had been able to find a cunning way in the past to toast Bukky and Hajarat, two of the most beautiful girls in school and had been dating and dated both respectively since he was 15years old and apparently in SS1, but what he’s never really done is to toast on someone else’s behalf. He only agreed to do this because he saw how desperate Jide, his friend appeared while asking him to help him out. He couldn’t turn him down also knowing how embarrassed Jide always feels whenever the rest of their crews were discussing any girlfriend related issue.

“you shouldn’t have treated her that way na….” Said Jide.

“who ask you to put mouth inside this matter?…eh?” Abdullahi retaliated angrily. “look here, always stay on your own Girl-less path and never ever cross to any girl-ful issues like this….you hear?”. Abdullahi retorted further at Jide at the end of the drama reheasal that always held at the end of every thursday schooling activities when the latter had bumped into an un-invited conversation going on between Darous and Abdullahi, and had been unable to restrict himself from spitting his own opinion which unfortunately resulted in total embarassment for him. “and if you ever and ever again, put your mouth in my matter again, I swear, I will use this biro…” Abdullahi warned further waving an Eleganza pen at Jide’s face. “I will use this biro to shook your face a thousand times that satan will have a hard time recognising you in hell. Idiot.” He hissed and rejoined the others while the embarrassed Jide was left standing like someone that thieves had just robbed off his last penny.

Remembering fully well of that incident which happened in his immediate presence was what prompted Darous to subconsciously acceeded to his request in the first place cos turning him down at that moment would have hurt the dude badly. Moreover, this is his friend and yes he has to do this for him.

A FRIEND IN ‘need’ they reshuffled and added just letters ‘i’ and ‘d’ to make IS A FRIEND ‘indeed’.

So friendlically and no matter what it takes, even if it means sacrificing his own feelings on the way, Darous feels he has a sense of obligation to do this for the sake of friendship.

Wait! did I just said his own feelings? Oh! My bad. I didn’t mean to tell you that fact, atleast not yet. I wouldn’t want you to found out just yet that Darous has also been a secret admirer of the elegant beauty standing presently before him. Yes he has feelings for her, the same girl his friend had ask him to help ask out. Complicated isn’t it? Yes thats just one of the ironical scenes from the theater book of life.

It all started when providence brought the two of them together when, Darous and Lola were both sitting for the Junior Waec Exams two years earlier and Lola’s seat happens to be beside his own based on the alphabetical order the seats were arranged.

Barely minutes after the commencement of the exam had Lola started whispering Darous name. It seems as if Lola had not prepared atall for the exams as she was always calling on the not too brilliant Darous to give her most of the answers to the questions asked. Even asking him for the plural form of ‘FART’.

Truth be told, it was the way her pre-breasts always engrossed his vision whenever she calls on him for an answer that initially connected his xender application of reasonings and generousity to her before the exchange of answers began and thanks to the invigilators negligence of duty, the teenage examination malpractice went unnoticed.

Like I said earlier, I didn’t mean to tell you that just yet, but I guess thats what happens when you’re the one God created just after Basket mouth.

“Lola, you know my friend nao…”

“which one? Abdullahi Olowopere or the tall Uwala Michael?” Lola who was obviously basking in the euphoria of getting the chance to talk with one of the most sort after boys in school asked with a smile just before they stepped outside the school gate.

“no….no….” Darous replied as calmly as he could.

“or Seun, baby onifun(doll with no intestine)?.” She asked with another smile trying to prolong the conversation.

“none of the above Lola…its Jide….”

“oh….that idiot…?”

“cut it Lola…thats my best friend you’re calling idiot…..”

“Sorry….sorry.” Lola said with an apologetic look.

“its alright…its ok… Lets just get to the main reason why I wanted to see you….”

“which is..?”

“my friend likes you. He wants you to be his babe and I swear to you on the life of our Maths teacher Lola, you won’t regret it…I promise you.” Darous stated with a serious look.

“ahahahahah…Gawd….” Lola suprisingly bursted into an uncontrollable laughter to the shock of Darous.

“whats funny?….” Darous asked slightly confusedly.

“is that the only way your friend can think of apologising for what he did to me?….telling you to toast me for him?”

“what apology? What did he do to you Lola?” Darous queried agogly now fully confused about the path the discussion just swayed.

“don’t tell me he didn’t tell you how he’s been telling everybody in class that am his girlfriend?….”

“what?” Darous lamented eagerly. “Wait…Jide really said that? are you sure about this Lola?”

“ofcos am 100percent sure. Or why do you think I hated him in the first place?” Lola stated while readjusting the straps of her school bag.

“hmm. So whats going to happen now? You can’t forgive him and forget?”

“forgive him? Even if I do, I can’t date him. He’s such a looser and we are not in the same class.”

“ahah…how can you say that when you’re both in the same SS2A.?”

“am not saying technically but figuratively am way above his level.” Lola said as they both rounded a corner not too far from her residence.

A moment of silence escorted Lola’s last statement before Darous could find his voice again.

“erm….Lola, why can’t you just forget….”

“forget what? No no no….I can’t….”

“why can’t you?”

“nothing. Please can we just not talk about any Jide-like related issue again?”

“hmmm….then what do we discuss? I can’t go back to him without any good news.” Darous asked after pondering on her statement for sometime.

“then find a good news to tell him.”

“like what?”

“well,” Lola shrugged. “you can tell him Jesus loves him. Thats goodnews.”

“funny you….”

“tell me something Darous, do you like me?” Lola asked in her attempt to change the topic.

“sure…everybody likes you….” He replied shyly.

“I know, agapely. But do you like me? I mean you.”

“what would you do if I tell you I don’t?”

“nothing.”

“are you sure?”

“yes…”

“you sure you won’t wake up nakèd at midnight and start cursing my creator?” Darous said sarcastically.

“com’on….I won’t…and I can’t. Its a free world. You can like and hate whoever you want.”

“ok….I…..” he paused when he saw how eagerly and anxious she was staring at him as they’ve both stopped behind the uncompleted building at the back of her house. “I…I….”

“Please say it nao.”

“well, I like you.” He declared finally.

“yes! I knew it…thats why you helped me out during the exams right? Cos you like me?”

“well, actually, I can’t say. Lets just say, my brain always malfunctions at the sight of beauty…”

Lola was totally elated the moment those words started flooding out of Darous’s mouth. To her, getting the attention of one of the most handsome boys in school is one thing, but getting complimentary words from him is another great feeling entirely.

“then, whats stopping you from asking me out for yourself? Instead of hiding under the umbrella of your friend.” Lola asked taking a quick glance at the back entrance of her house probably checking if there’s anyone watching them.

“I….I don’t know…know….maybe…cos my friend already likes you….”

“I will rather date the first born of lucifer himself before I agree to date a miser like your friend. Please can we not bring him to this topic again?”

“ok. So….” he was still talking when Lola quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and drew him towards her face before she placed a kiss on his lips.

The kissing moment lasted longer than the excitements of Nigerians when APC won the presidential elections and dollar started forming boss to naira few weeks after.

“now tell me, do you like that?” Lola asked after they had disengaged after the kiss.

“like what?”

“the kiss!”

“hmmm….yeap…I do…”

“fine, if you want more of that, then get your friend off my back.” She said and started walking away towards her house.

***

“how far…? Have she accepted me?” Jide queried Darous the moment they saw eachother on the evening of that day.

“ah…erm…Jide….hmmm…” Darous stuttered

“wetin happen na? Talk…did she accept?”

“nope…nope…she said…” He stopped scratching his head to come up with a good lie as Jide starred anxiously and eagerly at his face. “she said you’ve offended him and will never forgive you talkless of dating you.”

“oh! I know.” Jide lamented dejectedly and Darous was very happy to see that reaction.

“and unless you are ready to spend more than five hundred naira to buy gifts for her, I don’t think she can ever date you.” he said all that, knowing how stingy Jide is whenever money is concerned to further spice up his claim thinking he will back down.

But just when he thought he’d ended Jide’s chances of threading further on wanting to date Lola, Jide gave him the greatest shock of his teenage existence when Jide shook his head briefly and came up with a least expected reply.

“guy about that one, my Pman just give me 600naira, my exam fees, if I give it to you, you fit help me buy something nice with it na…..”

“what!” Darous declared in shock. “your exam fees?”

“yes Darous. I love that girl more than my life.”