FIRST LOVE
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(COPIED)The one who introduced you
to everything, made you love
them, loved you back and
also broke your heart.
No matter how hurt you are,
you will always love them,
always. They will stay with
you
forever and not only will you
notice it, but deep down you
will compare every other
person to them and none of
them will live up because
they were your first love.
Even after months of letting
go, when you finally think you
are okay, they will call or
you’ll hear your song, or see
a movie, or something that
reminds you of how much
they meant and how much
you really loved them.
Then you will realize you’re
not as completely over them
as you hoped.0First love indeed
0Okay
0like seriously???.,,,
0FIRST LOVE EP 1
Simi’s heart raced silently when
Seye was called up to the front.
From where she sat, a few
rows to the front, she had a clear
and close view of him. Dressed
smartly in an admiral blue
fitted two piece suit that agreed
really well with his light skin tone,
he looked even more good
looking than she had imagined he
would now.
He was much taller about six feet
six inches, his shoulders broad
and he had bulked up in
the right places. He wasn’t the
lanky, skinny teenager anymore
who she had grown up with,
that was certain.
His once dark and full curly afro
was now tamed, closely cropped
at the sides with finger
length curls flopping forward in
the centre. He even spotted a
nicely trimmed beard and
mustache carefully shaped to fit
his chiseled facial structure.
She remembered teasing him
when they had been younger on
how his looks were
effeminate because he had taken
after his German mother.
As he turned to address the crowd
of colleagues, his steely gray eyes
roving through the
crowd, she decided she had been
wrong, he might have taken after
his mom in looks but he
was pure male.
“He looks like a GQ model.”
David, my colleague and close
friend whispered to me and my
other friend seated on my other
side, Irene.
Irene chuckled and I couldn’t help
a small smile myself. Indeed, he
did. He was all grown up
now and his presence very
commanding.
I wonder what he would think of
me if we met,rather, when we
met. It was only a matter of
time and I couldn’t hide from him
for too long. He was here now, we
would be working in the
same company and it was
inevitable that we would meet
eventually.
Did he remember? I wondered.
Even though it had been ten years
since we saw each other
last, it felt like yesterday to me.
We had been kids at the time, my
parents working and living on his
family’s estate. We had
forged a friendship then that had
led into much more before it had
ended abruptly.
That was then anyway, now we
were both grown adults, I doubt
what we were as teenagers
mattered anymore. I had even
heard he was presently engaged
to a Victoria’s secret model.
“You grew up in his house, Simi,
were you two friends?” Dave
asked me.
I had not only grown up in his
house, I had spent most of my
time around him. We had
attended the same secondary
school, he had been two years
ahead of me but that hadn’t
stopped me from hanging around
him any chance I got. I’d had it
bad for him, and he had
also reciprocated my feelings but
that was then, ten years ago.
“We were not that close.” I lied
smoothly. What was the point in
telling them we had been
friends when he had probably
forgotten my existence by now.
I watched him as he spoke, his
voice so deep, a slight hint of an
accent, his hands gesturing
as he spoke with so much
conviction and his gray eyes
scanning the crowd.
“He sure is quite good looking, I’m
quite sure the ladies are mentally
taking numbers, what’s
your number, Simi?” David joked
I turned fixing him a ‘not funny’
glare and he chuckled.
“He’s engaged, David.” I told him.
“So? Engagements can be
broken.” Irene chipped in.
I raised a brow, ” You too, Irene?”
“Can you see what I am seeing,
girl? This guy is smoking, I have
certainly taken a number.
I’m flirting the first chance I get.”
“Emmm, did you forget that you
are engaged?” I asked her. ” Or
were you playing when you
told us this morning, you and Joel
were picking wedding dates?”
She.smiled with a concerned
frown, “I am just joking…whats
wrong with you today, you are
so serious. You can’t take a
simple joke.”
I shook my head and turned back
to look up at him, only for my
gaze to meet his staring
straight at me. He paused in his
speech, then his lips quirked in a
smile obviously meant for
me and it seemed all time
stopped. In that brief moment, it
was me and him, no one else and
I knew he remembered.
My heart did a little skip just as he
broke off our eye mooching.
Turning, he continued with
his speech.
I released the breath I hadn’t
known I had held on to for that
short moment, wondering if
anyone else had noticed? I didn’t
have to wonder for long.
“Erm, was it only me, or did you
guys notice he just smiled at
Simi?” David asked and Irene
nodded turning to me.
“Simi you said you didn’t know
him.” Irene accused.
“I said we were not close but he
must have recognised me.” I said
trying to dig an escape
route from my lie.
“Well, that didn’t look like a
recognition smile.” Irene argued
“right David?”
“It certainly did not.” He agreed.
“It was a smile of unspoken
promises, past, present and
future.”
Turning to him, I fixed him a stern
stare. “Are you now a poet in your
free time, David? Can
you two just get off this thing
already? The guy is engaged and
he isn’t even my type. So two
of you should just let me be and
stop trying to fix me up with any
guy you come across.”
David and Irene exchanged
glances before David spoke up.
“There’s something wrong with
you today Simi, normally you
would be laughing at our jokes
and not taking them so close to
heart.”
They were right. I wasn’t
comfortable talking about.Seye
this way, it belittled everything we
had shared but my friends didn’t
know about our past. I had to find
a way to act without
letting my emotions get the best
of me before they would figure it
out.
In the meantime, I wondered why
Seye had looked at me that way. I
hated to admit it but like
Dave had said, it had held a great
deal of unspoken promises, past,
present and future.
Fac1+first luv is nt easy to forget
0FIRST LOVE EP 2
“So what are we doing this weekend guys?” Irene asked as we sat at the table, our plates laden with an assortment of dishes from the buffet table. I was too nervous to eat for fear of bumping into Seye at the luncheon. I doubted I would eat up to half of what I had picked but I had to act normal and seem interested in the food before my friends suspected something amiss. I had a brief flashback of his smile and it still unsettled me, that smile definitely had an agenda. “Swimming?” David suggested, “It’s been awhile I saw you two in bathing suits.” “Sounds like fun,” I agreed.Turning to Irene, I asked, “Will Joel be coming along?” “No, he travelled out on business, so I have the coming week all to myself.” “David will you be bringing your spice of the week?” I teased him but instead of replying, he seemed caught up watching someone behind me. “David….” I called him following his gaze to look behind me, it was Seye and he was coming in my direction, a huge smile on his face. I got up from my seat just as he got to me but before I could speak, he grabbed me in an unexpected bear hug, lifting me off my feet. “Sim Sim,” he called me by my pet name he’d been so fond of when we were younger and I blushed knowing the whole staff were witnessing this. David and Irene would have a million and one questions running through their minds, how in the world would I explain this? “Hi Seye.” I said as he put me down on my feet, my voice low, aware of all the people staring. “I can’t believe I am seeing you again after all this time. It’s been ten years…wow and I must confess you look amazing, still so beautiful, more than I remember.” “Thanks Seye, you don’t look bad yourself.” I managed to mutter. “Oh please, you don’t have to say that…. I have been trying to reach you since I got back two weeks ago but they said you were on leave. I asked Sola to get your number but she claimed she was too busy and so I had to wait. Now I have found you finally. How have you been? How are your parents?” He asked me. “They are very good, they are in London now with Timi and her family.” “Oh Timi, I hear she’s married with lots of kids now?” I nodded, “Three boys.” “Wow. That’s awesome….how time flies.” He said idly brushing a stray tendril of my hair with his finger, he tucked it behind my ear. “And you? I don’t see a ring on your finger? Does that mean you are still on the market?” He winked slightly and I blushed, managing a shrug. Gosh, he was so good looking. “I’m so glad to see you again…we have lots of catching up to do.” He told me and he seemed serious about it. “I have to go around and mingle some more but first free chance I get, I am calling you up and we are gonna hang out, catch up, if that’s fine with you?” He asked his gray eyes holding mine and I nodded entranced by them. It’s fine.” I agreed. “Okay then.” He said turning around with a smile and wave at irene and Dave whose mouths were ajar, before walking off. “Could you guys pick up your jaws from the floor?” I asked as I resumed my seat, a smile playing on my lips. “What just happened? I thought you said you didn’t know him” David asked “I said we weren’t close.” I corrected them. “Okay, you still lied anyway because from what I just saw, you two must have had something quite close going on before.” Irene countered I shrugged, feigning concentration on my meal, “Well, we were sort of friends since my family lived on his parent’s estate and worked for them. They even sponsored my schooling till University, they were fond of me and he was cool to me. So I guess you could say we had a sort of friendship going on.” Irene and David exchanged looks before Irene spoke up. “You are hiding something Simi and it’s glaring from the way you are trying to avoid the question, cornering and meandering around an answer.” “Whatever.” I replied trying to seem nonchalant about it all. “Dont mind her Irene, you know how secretive she gets sometimes.” Irene nodded “yeah… and she can be such a busy body when it comes to my matter.” “And even mine.” David agreed. I couldn’t help my chuckle, ” You guys need to try harder with this your emotional blackmail tactic because it’s not working.” “Well, you can keep hiding it but sooner or later, the whole story will come out.” David told me and I looked up at him defiantly. “We’ll see.” ********** I had just gotten into bed when my phone began to ring and I glanced at the clock. It was 12.34 am, who could be calling at an odd hour. I knew my friends had definitely dozed off by this time. I didn’t recognise the number on the screen when I picked. “Hello?” “Hey.” He replied. I frowned, could it be? No way. “Seye?” I asked to be sure. “Yeah SimSim, it’s me…. hope I didn’t wake you up?” “No, not at all but I was just getting ready to sleep.” I replied. “Ok then I will be brief.” He said, “Can we hang out tomorrow if you haven’t got plans?” He had said we would hang out when we met earlier today but calling me up so soon was indeed a pleasant surprise. “Ummm…” I had something planned with Dave and Irene but I was so cancelling it “No, I dont.” “Great, so can I pick you up at 9 am?” “Perfect,” I replied. “Okay then.” He said and I heard the smile in his voice. How had he even gotten my number? I guess he had his ways. “Good night.” I said ending the call, falling back on my bed almost not believing, my hot boss, former friend and first love had just called me and we were hanging out the next day. Maybe I needn’t get so excited when it might just be a harmless meeting. He was engaged and I seriously doubted he would leave that East African beauty for me so I had better prepare myself for an innocent no strings attached date. Not that I was ugly, far from it. I was slim, five feet nine, caramel brown complexioned. A few people had even insinuated I had a close resemblance with Agbani Darego and asked if I modelled. These days any slim female with smooth skin had to be a model. The guys were crazy about models, and that was why Seye would not in a million years leave his East African Victoria secret beauty for a lowly me. I would keep that in mind tomorrow on the date with him, still it felt good he had called me up so soon. ************
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