She turned the page of the magazine grinning from ear to ear
obviously amused by her exploration exercise. She loved knowing more about
people, especially celebrities in the entertainment industry. That was the aim
of the interviews by the media anyway. She stood up from her bed and headed for
the bathroom, time for laying around was
over. It was Saturday morning and she was not sure of what to do for the
day but it was sure not being silly, the best way to avoid that was to prepare
for something to happen.
Sometimes she really enjoyed her solitary moments; she
smiled to herself again as she fantasized about meeting, becoming good friends
with, achieving dreams, and may be getting married to a celebrity. She chuckled
at that particular thought as water drizzled from the shower rose down her
lathered back.
She heard her phone ring in the room, mopping water off her
body and wrapping the towel round her
chest she felt the temperature drop as she opened the bathroom door. She had missed the call from her flatmate Sayo or was it a flash? She must have called to give reasons she would not be back tonight again. I don’t why she thinks she owes me explanations for her dirty weekends and she’s always making appointments only to stand me up in the end, I wonder who she’s deceiving, mschew. She glanced up from her phone to the mirror, there was lather on her shower cap, and she observed her fingernails as she went to the bathroom sink to rinse off the lather. Maybe a manicure, pedicure and a little touch up for my hair would be the activity for the day. It was not one of those periods she had money to brag with, but with her stressful regular weekdays, being nonchalant about her appearance was not a good idea. She got dressed. Her phone rang again as its screen light began blinking, the caller’s id was Sayo’s.
chest she felt the temperature drop as she opened the bathroom door. She had missed the call from her flatmate Sayo or was it a flash? She must have called to give reasons she would not be back tonight again. I don’t why she thinks she owes me explanations for her dirty weekends and she’s always making appointments only to stand me up in the end, I wonder who she’s deceiving, mschew. She glanced up from her phone to the mirror, there was lather on her shower cap, and she observed her fingernails as she went to the bathroom sink to rinse off the lather. Maybe a manicure, pedicure and a little touch up for my hair would be the activity for the day. It was not one of those periods she had money to brag with, but with her stressful regular weekdays, being nonchalant about her appearance was not a good idea. She got dressed. Her phone rang again as its screen light began blinking, the caller’s id was Sayo’s.
“What?!” in mock sharpness
“Is that how to say good morning in your village? Hope you
got up from the right side of the bed”
“And hope you didn’t wet the bed last night” that’s a winning line her lips curling
into a smug as she heard Sayo gasp a little at the other end.
“Lara! This early moh
moh, only God would save you o”
“When you started it nko?
And what’s so early about 10 am?”
“Go away jare, is
this your way of saying you miss me?”
“Ta! You wish! See ehn, I’d so torment
you for all these your weekends with Iyke and leaving me here every time”
“See? You
miss me” Lara smiled as she heard her friend laugh “What are you up to today?”
Sayo asks recovering from a hard laugh.
“Nothing
much, I’d probably start at the salon I go to off Allen” settling on the
mattress slowly folding one leg under the other.
“You never
hesitate to take care of yourself sha”
“Don’t sound
like that, I’ve been carrying my hair for over two weeks now and I don’t even
have money for a new hairdo, so I’d just do something to maintain this one”
“I hear you.
I think I need a manicure myself, maybe I’d join you in about thirty minutes to
an hour”
“What of
Iyke? I’ve not heard his voice at the background”
“He’s in the
bathroom, probably taking his bath.”
“Okay, I’m
almost out the door, so don’t waste my time or try to stand me up this time
around, it would not be funny”
“Yes ma”
“And tell
Iyke to send something nice for me to eat or even pay for everything I’d be
doing at the salon, so as to appease my anger or else…” Sayo laughed “I’m not
joking”
“I’ve heard I
will tell him. Okay bye bye”
“Bye” the
call ended
*****
Three hours
had passed. The hair dresser was spraying Lara’s hair with a hair spray, Lara’s
phone buzzed, it was an SMS from Sayo. Mschew.
It read
Sorry babes, Iyke whisked me off
to an owambe. Plleeeaaaasssseeee help
me pick my clothes 4rm dt drycleaner down dt str. D stupid pple close earlier
on Saturdays n if I don’t pick up early they wld delay me so bad I’d prefer returning
d next dy n I can’t. Wot I’m wearing to church is right there. I promise 2 mk
all of ds up 2 u. 10x, mwah!
See this girl o, I’ve
not even agreed to do it for her and she’s thanking me. Obvious bribe, I’d make
her really pay for this. Next time she would think twice before sending me on
any errand.
She thought
concocting mischief.
When Lara was sure her coated nails were perfectly dry and
she was satisfied with herself, she strolled up the drycleaner’s entrance about
an hour after the message from her flat mate. She was told to wait by the
receptionist after she made her intentions known. She took a seat in the
direction the receptionist gestured, as she adjusted herself, her eyes drifted
towards entrance again and she could not believe who she saw approaching it.
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