The Vacation - S01 E32

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The Vacation - S01 E32

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 32

**N.B. Abuja hostel is the schools’ female

hostel located at the other side of town

(behind the school). Back then while still in

secondary school, I heard stories of it being a

place where guys with cars wait outside the

gate to pick girls of their choice. Whereas Eko

hostel and other hostels as I later found out

were newly built private hostels all around

Abuja hostel.**

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As we walked towards the gate leading to

Abuja hostel I got a call from Ella.

Ella: hi

Me: hi, what’s up?

Ella: I’m good. Was expecting your call

Me: I didn’t say I was gonna call you!

Ella: No you didn’t. But I felt you would have

Me: you pulled a stunt on me and then

jumped on a bike and left after saying crazy

stuffs and you expected me to call you?

Ella: I apologized in the text I sent.

Me: yea, you did

Ella: so?

Me: so what?

Ella: why haven’t you called me since then?

Me: I was gonna call. So sup with you?

Ella: I’m good, where are you?

Me: your school.

Ella: Doing what?

Me: came to use to use the internet

Ella: who are you with?

Me: why all these questions?

Ella: nothing. Just wanted to know. Bye.

She ended the call after that. To which Rose

now spoke saying “she saw us”

Surprised at the revelation and wondering

where and why she (Rose) didn’t alert me or

call out to her (Ella) when she saw her. Or was

she assuming Ella saw us? “she saw us?

Where?” I asked and I stopped walking

“As we left the gossip center” she said as she

kept walking.

Walking to meet her I asked “so why didn’t

you call out to her or something?”

“she was inside that Camry that passed us

when we made the turn from the gossip

center”. A tinted glass silver coloured Camry

had honked for us to make way from the road.

Then she added “We quarreled yesterday when

she got back from the hospital”

Curiosity got the best of me when I asked

“what happened?”

“when I asked about you, she told me what

happened and that she left you there. I told

her that wasn’t cool and she flared up” she

answered me

“ok” I said dragging the word to suggest I

wanted her to say more

“I really don’t like people raising their voices

at me, so it ended with me leaving her place”

she added

Not sure of what else to say, I said “sorry

about that”

“About what? Fury leave me alone” she replied

laughing as we entered her hostel building

“so whose car is that” I asked because the

silence was now awkward

“Her friend” she answered reaching for her

purse and pulling out her room key.

Walking past a couple of rooms, we got to her

door. Turning the key in the keyhole, she held

the door open for me saying “welcome to my

humble abode”

Humble was an understatement. The room was

not only bigger than Ella’s, but also had its

contents well spaced out. An LG mini home

theatre system, a hp pavilion laptop, a reading

table with some books on it and a reading

lamp, a mini refrigerator. While Ella had her

hand bags line a section of her wall, I couldn’t

see any or a single foot ware outside. Perhaps

there were all arranged in the closed closet.

Then a dressing table and a normal female

sized mirror over it.

A single picture of her just right over where

the home theatre was, and two glass flower

frame (the type in Ella’s room) hung

separately. Obviously from Jude’s shop too.

At that point I remembered Jude was the only

one I had to hang out with for the weekend

and began to dial his number.

“So what do you think?” she asked after

watching me observe the room.

“Are you a minimalist of some sort?” I asked

turning to smile at her.

“Not sure I’ll call myself a minimalist, but I

only keep things that are needed and I make

use of. I enjoy my space” she said heading

into the kitchen.

Jude: hehe, sup bro..

Me: Baba..morn sir.

Jude: what’s up.. I guess Frank has left?

Me: yea. Early just about the time the rain

started.

Jude: ok. So what’s happening?

Me: nothing much. What’s tomorrow going to

like?

Jude: Nothing much. Shops would be closed,

but would chill out somewhere. Just holla in

the afternoon to come pick you up.

Me: No sweats. Thanks

We said our goodbyes and ended the call.

Rose called out from the kitchen, boiled or

fried eggs?

“what I’m I having with the eggs?” I asked

“I’m preparing noddles” she said

Surprised I asked her “thought I was invited

over for tea?”

“First of all, you weren’t invited, secondly you

asked what I cooked, to which I offered to

make you tea” she said laughing

“I don’t eat where in places I wasn’t invited to,

guess I’ll take my leave” I said as I stood up,

making my way into the kitchen

“Remember to close the door behind you” she

replied turning to face me as I stepped into

the kitchen.

A gas cylinder connected to a gas cooker (one

was of the burners was lit, with a pot on it

that can be best described as new), another a

small sized deep freezer, a family sized electric

oven, cutlery rack, flour mixer, and medium

sized cupboard.

“wow, you kitchen is richer than your room. Do

you sleep here? Anyways, I don’t cook, but I

have a freezer and a mini fridge, i don’t cook

but I have a has cooker, I don’t cook but I

have an oven, I…”

“shut up Fury… You talk alot. Yea, I don’t

cook. The freezer is for my baking items, I

bake cookies, pie and cakes. And distribute to

people to sell for me. Also when ever any

student contacts me for a birthday cake and

stuffs like that. So the perishable ingredients I

make use of, I preserve them in there.” she

said opening the pot on the gas cooker

To say I was impressed would be an

understatement because not only was I awe

struck, I was also in love with this girl.. For

real this time. I mean here is a girl who’s not

just good looking and smart, but obviously

self reliant. Also I bake myself (paid some

good money to learn), and for some time now,

I make extra cash enough to take care of my

subscription and stuffs.

Turning to see me looking at her in this

“you’re unbelievable” way, she turned back to

the pot saying “So when ever I manage to

cook, which i rarely do because of lack of time

and strength, and with respect to soup or

stew, I just put them in smaller bowls and

freeze everything. Major reason I eat at Ella’s”

Finally finding my voice, I asked “but you need

lots of electricity to power these items!

Besides the terrible low voltage, you guys

don’t seem to have regularly power supple

here”

“Sure, I have a power generating set at the

back of my room. It powers about 5 rooms on

this floor. They all contribute to the fueling. I

don’t bake daily, but when I do, I mix the

previous evening and if I’m making use of the

electric oven, only mu room gets the light”

“so where did you learn all these?” the main

question i was dying to ask but couldn’t was

how did you get all the items, but fortunately

she answered them without me asking

“Late mum. This are or were her stuffs. I just

chartered a car to bring them here for me.

Though dad bought the generator for me,

because they use the other one back home”

she said as she went around the kitchen

getting one item or the other.

“sorry about your mum” I said

“thanks” she replied, in a way to suggest hurt.

If i was nursing any thought of bedding her, it

went out her kitchen window as i was now

genuinely interested in knowing who Rose

was. So i asked another question “so how do

you cope? I mean school work and all these?”

“You still haven’t told me how you like your

eggs” she said ignoring my question

“I dunno.. Anyhow you prepare it, I’ll eat it” i

said not sure of what to say.

She looked at me in a way to suggest my

demeanor had changed and asked “are you

ok?” as she broke some eggs and began to stir

“me? I’m good. Just hungry!”I replied in a way

that suggested I wasn’t sure if what I had just

said

Just then power supply was restored and I

excused myself to fo and plug my laptop. After

powering it on and it finally, booting, I

plugged the home theatre auxiliary cable and

began playing my Yanni playlist

Minutes later she came out with a tray, a

plate noddles and fried eggs. Two forks by the

side. Dropping it down, she said “Yanni, volts

in 7/8”

Surprised I asked her how she knew the artist

an track playing “His albums are just about

the only cds in my Dad’s car”

Then she went towards the mini fridge to bring

a can malt drink and a sachet of water.

“Breakfast is served, shift your as§ down here

let’s eat” she ordered.

Picking up my fork, I was about to begin

eating when she took the sachet water, tore it

open a drank a little from it. Which made me

ask “so where’s my own water?, besides, I was

expecting tea?”

“The malt is for you” she replied as she began

to eat

“Are you planning to make me fat like you?”

immediately I regretted the statement.

But calmly she answered “No”

This made me apologize saying “hey, it was

meant to be a joke, no offence”

To which she replied “none taken. Besides,

fattening you a little won’t hurt” she took a

sip of water before adding “Fury eat”

D--n, this girl sure knows how to put

someone at ease. Yet to have a taste, i made

my observation known, “you haven’t eaten

anything, but the water is almost finished”

“Gosh, Fury just eat please” she said as she

stood up and went to the fridge to bring two

more sachets. Placing one in front of me, she

kept the other to herself.

I began to eat…