Adaobi episode 2

Adaobi episode 2
I didn’t see Ada again for over two days and in between those times, i was tempted to go out looking for her at her house but thought twice about it when i remembered what she told me about her parents.
On 24th night, my father decided we would be going for the night vigil in my village church. We were Catholics.
At the church, i made sure i sat alone and far from other members of my family. I took a seat in the last pew at the far end of the church where i would be able to observe everything happening within the church. The church service started by 10pm and everything went slowly like it always did at Christmas night vigils. I was always on the lookout for Ada or anything that looked like her. It wasn’t until during the offering time that i saw her. She was on a white fitted gown and had a black hooded sweater over it. Her hair was covered by a head warmer. I followed her around with my eyes and made sure i found out where she sat. I focused my attention on her right until service was over. Service was dismissed at a little after 1am and everywhere was already rowdy with the sounds from people, noises and flashes from fireworks. I got up from my seat and went after Ada as she was heading towards the exit door along with the crowd trooping out of the church. As i was struggling hærd to wade through the crowd, i lost sight of her, she had disappeared into the sea of people. I walked out of the church building feeling very disappointed. I scanned the wh0le place with my eyes and couldn’t make her out, dejectedly i walked to where our car was parked and everybody was there except my dad. We all wished each other a merry xmas. I leaned at the boot of the car and started searching around for my father. I found him standing with the Rev Father who had officiated the midnight service and at their far right was Ada. She walked down to where i was and passed, she probably didn’t know i was there.
 
“you guys should go without me, i’m coming ” i said to my people and ran after her before they could ask where i was going.
” Why do you keep disappearing and reappearing?” i asked as I caught up with her. She turned to me and smiled
 
“Merry xmas” she sang out.
 
“Wish you the best, where have you been since” i asked
 
“Nowhere, why do you ask? ”
 
“Nothing, just that I’ve been looking for you for a long time now”
 
“Hmmm, where and where did you look for me ”
 
“Everywhere” I said and we both laughed. I held her hand as we walked home. We took a lonely path, we needed no distraction. It was obvious we were into each other but i didn’t want to tell it straight to her that i liked her, i just wanted to let things play out by itself. I walked her to her house and we stood by their thatched fence and talked for some while. It was obvious we didn’t want leave each other’s company. Eventually i had to let go. She turned reluctantly to walk in,side, i stood and watched her with love in my eyes. I called her back and hugged her. She pecked me on my cheek and we both left for our various destinations.
Our affair soon kicked off with the days that followed. She was a bit shy but can be naughty when she decides to. We downplayed out relationsh¡p, meeting only when nobody was around or in the covers of darkness. We would both walk together, hand in hand to a big tree that was at the back of our house, there we would snuggle together and tell each other the sweet tales of our lives.
 
We even taught each other how to k-ss and how we would like to be k-ssed and it was the best practical i have ever done.
 
“Don’t you have a girlfriend in the city?” she would often ask me and i would reply in the negative, although it was a lie, I couldn’t afford to lose and ruin this perfect love with the truth. Sitting together, we would sketch love letters to each other and exchange them sealed to be read later at home. I got to know a great part of the village through her. She would give me a tour when she was less busy and we would walk hand in hand to place she thought were exciting and indeed, they were exciting. Our visit to the village stream was perhaps the peak of it all. We had targeted when nobody would be there, on a hot afternoon, we both set out for the stream. I held unto her as we climbed down the hilly part that led down to the stream. The stream was empty as everyone was either visiting relatives or spending time with their families. I stripped down to my boxers while she wore only a black singlet that showed her ripe br-asts and a tight boxers. We jumped into the water and held onto each other. She thought me how to swim, although it took long but i did learn. After a long time of playing games in the water, i swam to where she stood, grabbed her and we k-ssed each other, I pulled down her boxers in the water and carried her up, she encircled her legs around me as i ins**ted my s€× org-n into hers. We made terrific love there not minding if we were alone or not. After the love making, I dressed her and carried her to the bank of the stream where i carried her on my laps as we waited for the water on our bodies to dry. We went home late in the evening.
The xmas holidays seemed to have ran past as we soon got to new year. As always, we went for the night mass only this time, I didn’t go with my family, I had gone with Ada. It took us almost an hour to make a journey of 5 minutes to the church, we would k-ss, carry each other on our backs, run, walk and sit by the road side. Throughout the period the church service lasted, we were outside in a secluded corner loving up.
We prayed the holidays would never end but it did end and fast too. We both dreaded the day i would return to the city with my family. We tried our best to make good use of the time we had left. We spent more time with each other, we skipped meals, hid our from our various families just to be with each other. I loved Ada and it was a terrific kind of love. I had wished my grandma or grandpa was alive so i could stay back and in the guise of helping them out spend eternity with Ada but it wasn’t so. The day of my departure eventually came and i almost cried. We wrote each other the longest Love letter ever. The previous night was the most emotional moment i ever had in my life. We k-ssed, hugged, cried and made love like it was our last night. And when the time came, it was more than i could take. We hugged each other and i didn’t want to let go. She consoled me and we promised to speak on phone. Then we went back to lagos.