Deifa was in her office looking through the
list of five of the most Eligible guys on
campus which Lara had compiled. They
were to be invited to the party they were
organizing to partake in the charity
auction. These were guys who were from
really well to do backgrounds and had the
money to part away with. Every name was
okay to her except for her step brother’s .
She looked up at the compiler of the list.
“Why is Tekena’s name here?”
Lara frowned exchanging glances with
Lisa who was also seated in the office “
Duh, I guess because he fits the bill?”
“He’s PGD, not an undergraduate like the
rest of us.”
“Well, he’s good looking, quite popular
with the students and before I forget,
loaded!. The aim of this gig is to make
money remember? For Charity? We need
spenders and trust me he fits the bill. I got
the info from my brother himself, no hear
say!” Lara explained to her friend as she
was aware of the feud between Deifa and
her step siblings.
Deifa looked at Lisa for support but knew
no help was coming from that end.
“Lara’s on point, you know how I feel
about the guy. He’s a perfect candidate.”
Was all Lisa added.
She knew she couldn’t argue this one
out.“Fine, you guys draft a letter and let
him know about the charity auction.”
“But Deifa, You are supposed to be in
charge of calling up the guys and
confirming if they are up for it.” Lara told
her.
This was the first time she was hearing
this “and whose brilliant idea was this?”
Deifa asked sarcastically
Lara and Lisa exchanged glances as if
trying to decide who would explain it to
her. Lara spoke up “it was mine! I just
thought that since you are the face behind
our club, it would be better if you invited
the guys personally. A one on one invite
will go a long way than just sending a
letter.”
“Lara’s right, Didi, most of these guys have
been dying to meet you anyway, it’s a
great idea.”
Deifa pursed her lips as she mulled it over
in her head for a moment and also had to
agree that Lara had a point, that was why
she was in charge of organising these
parties “Okay, I’ll do it. How do we set up
the meet?”
Lara sat forward “ I’ll call them up, let
them know you would like to meet with
them to discuss the charity auction thingy
and the party with them, know when
they’ll be free and then I’ll set up the
dinner dates and get back to you on it.”
“Hmmmm, Dinner?” Deifa thought about
it.
“They might expect dessert to go with it.
Can we make it lunch instead?”
Lara laughed getting what Deia insinuated.
“Right! Lunch it is then. So is it all settled
then?”
“Just one more thing.” Deifa needed to add
“I can’t have lunch with Tekena – Tikky-
whatever his name is. I suppose you could
let him know about it, he is your brother’s
friend after all. Or even Lisa!” She turned
to her friend “You’ve been looking for an
excuse to talk to him anyway.”
They shook their heads vehemently. “Since
you’re meeting with the others it’s only
fair you met him too.” Lara pointed.
She rolled her eyes. Fair indeed! She didn’t
bother arguing, they had their minds set
on what they wanted her to do “Alright, I’ll
talk to him, no Lunch, we do live in the
same building afterall. I’ll find time to talk
to him.” ‘although I’m not looking forward
to it,’She didn’t add.
“Good!” Lara jumped off her seat like a
spring had magical appeared on it. “Since
all that’s sorted, I’ve got to leave now. I
have a class in thirty.” She grabbed her
handbag and folder and then added”
Yeah! The campus radio and magazine
have been notified and they promised to
carry the news and to cover the event.”
“Alright then, good work.” Deia told her.
She nodded, waving hurriedly as she
practically ran out of the room. Lara was a
stickler to time, she never arrived late for
any appointment.
Immediately she was out the door, Lisa
turned on her. “Really, Didi?”
“What?” Deifa asked perturbed.
“That issue with your step brother! What
was that about?” Lisa asked her.
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Now that was a movie, Tee!” Angela
exclaimed as they filed out of the hall. The
movie they’d come to watch had just
ended. “ I almost peed my pants from
laughter, that Ted guy- I mean the teddy
bear was hilarious! Don’t you think? The
way he talks, Oh my goodness such a
raunchy tactless thing. They should have
sewn its mouth closed. Right Tee?”
“errrr …yeah!” Tekena replied shining his
teeth at her in a fake smile, his mind a
million light years away “I’m glad you
enjoyed it.”
She frowned sensing his distraction“ You
didn’t like it, did you? … oh my, maybe I
should have let you watch Sky fall, it’s just
that I’d heard it was the worse James Bond
movie yet and I thought you were okay
with the Ted movie I picked and….”
“ What? No, it’s not that. It’s okay, GG, the
movie was fine, I just have some stuff on
my mind, that’s all.”
“What stuff?” She wanted to know.
‘Deifa stuff’ he wanted to say but didn’t,
not exactly sure what the problem was.
When Lisa had called him that afternoon
saying she had to speak to him concerning
his step sis, he’d asked her if it could wait
till the evening because he had some
business to attend to, she’d said no
problem. So he guessed it would be
something not too serious, he hoped that at
least. Now, he had to meet her after
dropping Angie off.
“ Work stuff but nothing I can’t handle.”
“Okay, but we could have cancelled the
movie, you know. You seem so pre
occupied and off this evening. I don’t like
when you are this way.”
“It’s okay really! I had a date with you and
I couldn’t cancel it for anything. Not
anything!”
She smiled and linked her arm through
his.
“ I thought it was a stupid movie though.”
Angie laughed “How come?”
He struggled to piece together parts of
what he’d managed to understand. “First
of all, a talking teddy bear that came to
life because a young boy had wished for it.
Really? A trash talking randy as hell teddy
bear? It was funny though, a movie just
for laughs.”
“Yeah, even though you weren’t laughing.”
She told him.
“I was laughing in my mind!” he said
drily.
Angie rolled her eyes “ yeah right! Mind
laughter, abi?”
“ You won’t understand. Come, let’s get
ice-cream.” He said dragging her over to
the confectionary area. “Make your order,
I need to make a call.”
Leaving her there, he gave them some
distance dialling Alissa’s number as he
did. She picked on the first ring.
“Tekena?”
“Yeah.” He replied “ I’m done, leaving
Ceddi now, heading towards Wuse 2
before Asokoro. Where will be best to
meet with you?”
“Wuse 2 is fine, I’m at Exclusive stores.
When you get here, call me. I’ll be waiting
at the eat out area outside.”
“That’s fine.” He hung up making His way
back to Angie who was still having trouble
deciding what flavour she wanted.
She turned to him “ Which will you be
having? I think I’ve finally decided on
chocolate and coffee.” She said turning
back to the attendant.
“Coffee? Don’t you plan on sleeping
tonight?” He asked mischievously before
turning to the attendant “ Just a Fayrouz
would be fine for me.”
“It’s just a flavour, I don’t think it will
keep you from sleeping just because it’s
coffee…or wait-“, She paused and looked at
him and smiled, “ or is that your way of
hinting at me to spend the night at your
place?”
He couldn’t help his burst of laughter
“Gigi, if I wanted you over for the night, I
would ask in plain English.”
She shrugged, “it did sound like something
a guy would say.”
“I’m not just a guy GG!” He told her
snaking his hand around her waist and
pulling her to his side. “ When I want
something, I wouldn’t mince words.”
“I’m sure you won’t”. She leaned into him
briefly before turning as the attendant
placed their orders on the counter.
She picked her cup of ice cream, helping
herself to a taste as he picked his drink
and dropped the bills not bothering with
the change.
“ Shall we?” He asked.
“Yes, please!” She said following.
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