I wasn’t happy with myself at all but i have no choice, not up to one hour after we left Abeokuta, Ayomide called me but i was unable to pick her calls because picking calls is not allowed while on mobile. I would have took the risk of picking the call in the first place but i wasn’t just in mood to talk to her about what happened. She called about 12 times, i left some of her calls unpicked while i hanged some of them up. After some hours she texted me, asking me the reason why i wasn’t picking her call. I then decided to text her back, i told her that her dream had finally came true, it no more a dream that i be joining those that are going to the operation but a reality, i was just unhappy as I’m going to miss her a lot.
We didn’t stop till we got to Lokoja in Kogi state, there the movement officer asked everybody to eat and buy anything we wants to buy as we are not going to stop until we gets to our final destination. While others a busy eating and buying, i was on call with Ayomide, she was crying like a small baby, i tried console her not to cry anymore but me myself was angry with myself, “who is going to beg who now” i asked myself.
We left Kogi around 4pm, our movement was very fast as we were on convoy and we had no cause to stopped, we got to Kaduna around 6pm, the artillery school was our final destination, we got there around 07:30pm. Other soldiers from different unit had already arrived earlier that day. After we were dismissed to our various hostel where we will pass that night before moving the next day. I exhausted about two thousand naira worth of airtime on calling Ayomide that night, she wouldn’t just stopped crying, it wasn’t funny that night at all.
It was on the 6th day of the month that we left Abeokuta, i had already bought food stuff worth of fifteen thousand naira, i have no choice than to give it out. I call my neighbour in order to inform her that Ayomide will be coming for the food stuff in my kitchen, she was the only person that have the keys to my house. I had instructed Ayomide to divide all the food stuff into two equal part, take one part and give the other half to my neighbour.
The next day, we were set to move, i thought i was lucky when i was categorized among those that are going to yobe state while others are for Adamawa and Bornu state. “You all should keep calm, you are going to spend only three months and you you all will returned back to your various unit” the school commandant addressed. That line of of his address boast up my morale, i couldn’t held the joy in me. “At least after three months, i will have the opportunity to see my Angel” I grinned! Little did i know that am just deceiving myself.
We took off for Yobe state the next day, we arrived there the third day, we haven’t even settled down before the insurgent launched a well coordinated attacked on us, leaving everybody in a state of confusion. We lost three soldiers instantly, that was when i know the kind of job i signed. My relationship with Ayomide was going on as expected, frequent calls and chats helps in keeping out heart in touch. Unfortunately, after the third month, we weren’t changed, we’ve been missing each others so much but i had no choice. All this while, i never make Ayomide lacks anything at all, she’s always on my mind both day and night, the love between us is like an electrovalent bond, it’s just too strong. How i wish everything can just be like this forever, We returned back to Abeokuta on the eleventh month, it was during the period that she wanted to obtained her jamb form, i know the bill is on me, all i wanted is just to see her gained an admission into a university of her choice. After her jamb examination, i tried my possible best to make sure she gained an admission that year, i used the influence of my boss to help her in securing an admission. I never wanted her to stay at home for another year again because that was the third time i paid for her jamb. Congratulations to me, I’ve just used my money to buy myself a can of worms when Ayomide finally gained an admission into University of Ibadan.
Indeed! The only thing that binds true lovers together is trust, the maximum trust we both have for each other succor in keeping our relationship in good shape. The love I’ve have for Ayomide is undoubtable, couple with the trust, i trusted her with my life. She has been a great girl since when we started dating, she trust me with her last breath and i also trust her. For years that we’ve been in courtship, I’ve never have the cause to cheat on her for once and she never cheated on me as well. This alone tightened the love and trust we have for each other, I’ve never loved a girl the way i loved Ayomide and the craziest part of it was that, she also loved me in returned.
Mention those things a real man has to possessed, i deem i annexed 80% of it, i cherished what i have, I’m always intoxicated to show her off any anywhere and anyplace. It has become my normal routine to always buy her materials anytime i went for special dutys. There is nothing i cannot get for my Ayomide, ranging from cloths to shoes to under wears (pants and bra) and so on, if i can even buy her under wears, then there is nothing i can’t buy her. Sometimes my friends got apologetic of me when ever i stopped at a boutique to buy all these things, those that of them that love the simple way i lived my life choose to emulate me. I felt doing all things will definitely show her how much i loved her, which i know it does. Mind you, if i say no girl is f-----g beautiful in my sight apart from Ayomide, i mean no f-----g girl. I wouldn’t even have the cause to look at them twice if they passed by because i have not the intention of cheating on my lady and i just cherished what have.
One shipshape day, i stopped by a boutique around obantoko to do the normal routine i use to do because Ayomide will be coming home that weekend. I was just contemplating which among the jean trousers i selected I’m going to picked for her, likewise the T-shirts.
“This one is beautiful, she will definitely like it”
“A young lady, probably in her early thirties trying to availed me out.”
I turned slightly right towards her and before me was a dark in complexion, slim and well shaped beautiful lady. I couldn’t help my self but to removed the dark glass i was putting on in order to be able to stear completely at her beauty.
“Or don’t you like this one! you are a man and i bet you she would prefer the one i choose” she said.
My system was totally offline at that moment, it took me some seconds before i could rebooted and search for wireless network to brought back my system online. I was carried away by her courage, she was just too seismic.
“Yeah sure, i like it as well but i think i will prefer this one” i almost concluded
“I know what a lady like me would like, most especially when it comes to modern wears” she added.
“Alright, let me pick the one you choose then” i concluded.
“My name is Gabriel, nice meeting you” i said smiling
“Lucy, You’re welcome” she replied.
We both shook hands.
“I’ve to go” she turned to take a leave.
“Wait, please can i have your digit” i asked with lovely smile.
“Yeah, Sure!”
“Gramercy” i put forth while she took her leave.
She gave me her number and left the boutique. I was wondering what she came to do because she did not buy anything. I paid and left the boutique as well, later at night that day, i decided to call her to express my gratitude. I did not have the intention of keeping her in sight because i wouldn’t want anything that will ruin my relationship with Ayomide.
That night, i was just wondering “the type of lady lucy was”, ” what gave her the zeal and courage to advent me” and moreover, “what she came to do in that boutique as she didn’t purchased a pin that day”.
“I will find out” i said to myself.
Ayomide came to my house that weekend, we both catch fun, having couple of s-x was to keep me out of reach of those tooth picks legged girls for months. While we are eating, i gisted her about all that happened at the boutique, she was just smiling when i was talking.
“So you’ve find a lady at the boutique now, i know you will now be going to that boutique now to look for her in the name of buying clothes for me” she said with a smiling face.
I laughed, “haba, baby so you did not trust me again” i replied on the double.
“I know you would not even try it” she concluded. We both smile.
One problem I’ve been having with Ayomide is her non appreciative character, “is it that she doesn’t know how to say simple ‘thank you’ or she doesn’t want to say it”, that was same thing that kept on running in my head anytime i bought her something. I wondered how on earth she cannot just show appreciation whenever i bought something for her no matter how expensive it is. I’ve took it upon myself to always correct her just because i so much loved her but it’s seriously getting out of her as she wouldn’t just adhere to what i corrected her for. This thing got me worried, I’ve been loosing patient little by little, that very day, i wasn’t happy with her at all.
“Baby won’t you at least say thank you” i corrected her with a great dismay.
“You’ve come with your problem again” was the word she altered.
“You complained too much” she murmured
I couldn’t bear the anger in me at that particular moment, though i wasn’t ready to quarrel her.
“But how long will i continue to be correcting her”
“Can’t she just take to correction”
“I guess she’s not ready to change”
i was just deducing to myself.
From that moment, she was not in mood anymore, neither am i
“Is it a crime to correct someone i loved” i asked myself
“Certainly not” i concluded
She could feel how disappointed i was but i guess she wasn’t care. I know she wouldn’t apologized, “that’s another problem am facing with her”.
When will Ayomide learn how to appreciate a little thing and at the same time apologized whenever she’s at fault. These two things are the problem I’m facing in my lovely relationship, i still hope i will be able to correct it with patients and endurance just because of the love i have for her. For how long will i continue to have patience is a question i still can’t answer but i kept on asking myself.
As time goes on, these two altitude of her’s are the only problem drawing line between Ayomide and i.
“Even if i was able to cope with her non appreciative altitude, i don’t think i can ever bear her non ability to apologized whenever she wrongs me, never.” I was at home thinking of all this things after the third day she left my house back to school, i picked up my phone and called lucy. It was as if she know something is wrong with me, her consoling words brought me back to life from the land of icky melancholy. I couldn’t bear it but to laughed to her cracked jokes,
“what an Angel you are” i said
“And why did you said so” she asked curiously
“Never mind” i replied with a heart full of joy
We talked for about fifteen minutes before she went off, i knew i needed a companion to quench my oxidizing heart and Lucy just happened to fit in the picture. I did not know if what i was doing what right or wrong at that moment but one thing i believed was, “anything you doing that makes you happy, keep it”
From that moment, i never took Lucy for granted again, i kept my friendship with her very tight. Ayomide on the other hand was just behaving from the sublime to the ridiculous probably because she knowns i loved her so much and i can’t do without her. I thought she is getting it wrong this time around, i have no intention of calling her or trying to persuade her in order to allow peace to reign between us. We would just talked once in a day, i now call Lucy frequently because i felt joy and happiness whenever i spoked with her.
“Why can’t Ayomide just exhibit Lucy’s character” i thought to my self. This girl possessed everything that Ayomide lacks but Ayomide’s beauty is incomparable.
“Do i have to live by her beauty or by her character” certainly not by her beauty because it will definitely fades.
Gradually, I’ve started having that feelings for Lucy but i still can’t bear it leaving my Ayomide. Soon, Ayomide started realizing all her mistakes, i guess it was because i no longer give her my maximum attention the way i use to do before. I was so sorry for her because its too late. The drastical way Lucy took over me was kind of surprising, i couldn’t control myself any longer, i wasn’t care about loosing someone i knew for the past three years for someone i just met not up to two months. I wasted no time in asking Lucy out and she had accepted with no conditions. What else did i want from Lucy, she loves me and she was proud of me, on like Ayomide that was always ashamed of showing me off.
I decided to broke up with Ayomide with immediate effect because i wouldn’t double date, it wasn’t funny to her at all, she couldn’t believed what was happening. She even fell sick as a result of the shock but i wasn’t given a damm. I’ve tried my best to put the relationship in a good shape but she was only a leopard that can’t change its spots. She now called and texted me several times without number. All her pleading was just falling on my deaf hear, how i wished i had given her a second thought.
I guess Ayomide has taken her fate when she stopped calling and texting me, it did mot even bothered me because that’s was all i desired for, i just want to be with Lucy that understood me to the fullest. Lucy is a working class lady, she stays about five kilometres away from my barracks, i no longer bothered myself to cook again as she was always doing the cooking and bring it to my house even if i did not give money for it. Anytime she came to my house, she wouldn’t waste time in bringing out my dirty clothes and wash them all. Even without my neighbour telling me, i know Lucy is a pure wife material, i wouldn’t let her slip off my hands.
But how can i love Lucy the way i loved her and at the same time still have feelings for Ayomide. Despite everything that happened, i still wish we could come back together, i just have to zero my mind, leave Ayomide in my past and concentrate on Lucy. I never knew the adage that say “A Devil you’ve known for a long time is far more better than an Angel you just know.
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