The unexpected love episode 10

THE UNEXPECTED LOVE
 
EPISODE 10
 
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The gentle wind made the eye contact
between Wisdom and Tochi more rom-ntic
when Esther added a question tag to her
sentence but she was so blind to see it.
“Are you inlove with the guy that the tree
reminded you of?” Esther asked Tochi
again.
Wisdom was expecting her to say yes
because he knew Tochi was indirectly
referring to him and that would have given
him a clue on how to tell her his feelings,
so he listened very attentively.
“No, i don’t love him” Tochi replied and
Wisdom was disappointed.
“But you smiled when you remembered the
person” Esther told her and continued,
“When you remember someone and smile it
shows that you are inlove with the person”
“Really?”
“Yes, so follow your heart my dear” she
concluded and held Wisdom very closely.
Few minutes later, they got to where Esther
had to depart and leave both of them to
continue.
“Okay, have a nice weekend” Wisdom told
her.
“Just like that?” she question and Tochi
looked at her.
“What next?” Wisdom threw back the
question.
“You should at least give me a hug” they
smiled.
Wisdom gently hugged her, and through
his shoulder Esther looked at Tochi in a
way that explains: Remember what i told
you. Then they disengaged themselves and
she departed.
:
The road was too lonely for Wisdom and
Tochi as they walked semutanuoisly
without exchanging words to each other.
They could see birds flying across their
heads and hearing the sound of distance
vehicles. Tochi saw herself being more
gentle and humble. One could tell from her
appearance. She had an attractive steps
and body totally. She couldn’t just stop
thinking of the dream she had with the
same person beside him.
“Who is the guy?” Wisdom broke the
silence without looking at her.
“Which guy?” she looked at him.
“The one the tree reminded you of”
Tochi smiled and kept quiet.
“I mean the one from your former school”
Wisdom clarified and then looked at her.
“He was my senior just like you” Tochi
replied.
“What’s his name?”
“Wisdom”
“Wisdom?”
“Yes”
Wisdom kept quiet and thought for a while.
He understood that she was indirectly
referring to his own Wisdom, then he
smiled.
“Then why don’t you love him?” he asked.
“Nothing” Tochi replied without looking at
him. “Though, i also dreamt about him
yesterday night” she added.
“Really? Can you tell me about it?”
“I saw exactly what happened under the
tree with him”
“And what happened under the tree?”
Wisdom stopped and looked at her in
anticipation.
“The Wisdom in my former school ehn”
Tochi began. “He took me under the tree
when rain was falling, he was so nice to me
that i even slept in his arms”
“That was a rom-ntic dream” they began to
walk again smiling. “But that should be a
reason why you should love him” he added
and listen to hear a response from her but
Tochi never said a word. They walked
quietly like that till just a few metres away
from Tochi’s house.
“That’s our house over they” she pointed.
“Oh, i have seen it. I will come tomorrow by
4:00pm”
“Okay” they stared at each other and
smiled before Wisdom gently left, then
Tochi began to miss him already. She
couldn’t stop looking backword to see him
for last time.
“Wisdom!” she exclaimed from a distance,
then Wisdom stopped and turned. “Please,
don’t disappoint me. Make sure you come
tomorrow oh!” she added.
Wisdom didn’t say a word but smiled at her
and nodded his head positively.
Jennifer’s house was far from Wisdom’s
but close to Calista’s, Esther’s house was
close to Chester’s but far from Wisdom’s,
Melody’s house was closed to Wisdom’s
but far from Chester’s. While Tochi’s house
was close to both Wisdom and Melody’s
house but far from others.
Melody was in the kitchen preparing lunch.
She wore a blue short skirt and a brown
top without b-ra. Her n—–s could be seen
through the top as if she was s€×ually
arose. She had a mother who was not
always at home and their house was a
bungalow. She was taught to be
responsible and have the fear of God in her,
that was actually the reason why she found
Jennifer’s and Calista’s behavior towards
boys very repulsive. She imagined if
Wisdom saw the gift and the note she kept
in his locker or not. “Should i go and meet
him later in the evening?” she began to
think. “No, that will be awkward. Why am i
even thinking about him? But could it be
that Wisdom has his eyes on Tochi of all
the girls in Winners International Secondary
School (WISS)? Hmm, i can’t believe it and
i wonder what Jennifer’s reaction will be if
what I’m thinking is true” few minutes later,
she neglected the thought and began to
sing a Christian song.
*
Just on the way to her house, Tochi
branched at their neighbour’s to borrowed
a dictionary from an old educated man. He
sat in front of his house with just a
wrapper tied around his wa-ist. One could
see white hair on his chest.
“Good afternoon, papa” Tochi greeted.
“Eah! Tochi! the Tochi!”
“Yes, papa”
“You look serious with this ur new school”
“Yes, papa” she smiled..
Tochi didn’t know how to express her
request to the fogey old man, so she began
to scratch her head and smiling at the
same time. Being a wise old man, the man
understood her strange attitude.
“I know you want something from me
that’s why you are acting foible” the man
began. “Listen my daughter, you have to be
folksy to me all the time. Now tell me,
what’s your demand?”
“Papa is because of this your big big
grammar that made me to come here oh.
You are no different from our teacher Mr
Anuma”
The old man laughed. “So you want me to
teach you grammar or what?” he asked.
“No, i want to borrow your dictionary so
that i will be checking all this grammar you
and my teacher speak”
“That’s so good of you” the man dusted his
legs and went in,side. He came out with an
oxford dictionary and handed it to Tochi.
“You can keep it” he said.
“Ehn?! Papa, you mean i should take it
without returning it?”
“Yes, is now yours”
“Hey! Papa thank you oh. God will bless
you! But wait oh” she paused. “Which one
will you use?” she asked.
“I have another one”
“Hey! Thank you so much. I must learn
grammar by force. Grammar, here i come!”
she rejoiced home while the old man
smiled at her funny character.
*
THE_NEXT_DAY 4:30pm
Due to the presence of Melody’s mother
she wasn’t able to see Wisdom as she
planned the previous day. So here was
another opportunity for her to go and see
him. She dressed up wearing a jean
trouser and a white T-shirt with a flat
footwears. She opened the front door and
couldn’t believe who she saw.
“Wisdom?” she called and stared into his
eyes. She could see some textbooks in his
hands and a pen.
“I was just going to your house” she added.
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Well, i have come before you” they smiled.
“Come in,side” Melody opened the door
widely.
“No, i’m rushing to somewhere. I’m already
late”
“Oh, i see” she looked at the books again.
“Are you having a private lesson with
someone?”
“Yes” Wisdom knew she would ask who the
person was so he jumped over to the main
reason why he came. “I saw your note and
gift, so I’ve came to say thank you”
“You are welcome” Melody smiled.
“I hope you paid the school fees”
“Yes, i did”
“Okay, bye”
“Alright, see you on Monday”
Wisdom left while Melody entered in,side
and admired him through the window.
*
It was 4:45pm and Wisdom was not yet at
Tochi’s residents as they planned which
got Tochi worried. However, she had told
her mother about Wisdom whom Mr
Anuma have instructed to help her study
and she agreed. One could see a table she
set outside-at the backyard with books and
dictionary on top of it but. She was actually
with her mother in the kitchen separating
vegetables and looking restless. She looked
back occasionally at any little voice she
heard to know if it was Wisdom. The
mother noticed her mood to be unlike her
and also glanced at the table full of books.
“Tochukwu nwam”
“Mama”
“You behave strange or is it because of the
Wisdom you told me about?”
“No, Mama” she looked back again into the
passage hoping to see Wisdom coming
through it. “How can it be because of him?”
she added
But you never behaved like this when you
expect a visitor”
“Habah Mama!” they smiled. “How am i
behaving?”
“As if you are expecting a suitor”
“Hey! Mama you have started oh!” they
laughed. Suddenly, a voice came from
behind and Tochi turned sharply. She saw
Wisdom looking more handsome without
his uniform. He wore a jean trouser and
red polo with a fitted red and black palms
on his feet. Her heart began to beat again
and the vegetable fell from her hand.
“Good evening, ma’am” Wisdom greeted
Mrs Desmond.
“Evening my son. Are you the Wisdom my
daughter has been anticipating restlessly?”
“Yes, ma’am” Wisdom stepped down from
the stairs smiling and Tochi looked at her
mother in a way that shows: Mama stop!
“Now i know why she has been restless
because you are more than handsome”
“Mama!!” Tochi exclaimed very loud and
touched her.
“Onginidi?! Biko hapum aka!” the mother
spoke in igbo language which means.
“What is it?! Please, leave me alone!”
“Thank you ma’am” Wisdom said.
“Please, call me Mama and leave that
Ma’am for now”
“Okay, I’m sorry mama”
“Now you come!”
Tochi became shy and hærdly look at
Wisdom which he also noticed. He looked
at the table and said, “Tochi, i can see you
are ready to study”
“Yes” she replied without looking at him,
even her mother noticed the meaning of her
behavior but trusted her daughter.
“Then lets go and start immediately”
“Okay” she replied walking briskly to the
table and began to dust the seat making
her buttocks look attractive involuntarily
but Wisdom wasn’t carried away by it.
“Just seat down” Tochi told him.
“What about your seat?”
“I will go and bring it” she rushed out
feeling so shy to look at him. She suddenly
came back.
“Mama, sir Edward is here to see you” she
told her mother.
“Okay, i have been expecting him” she went
out and Tochi brought the seat and sat
beside Wisdom,
 
TO BE CONTINUED…