Today I woke up as early as possible because I was having Dr. Marwan's course. It was a carry over course for me and I literally ought to give it my best this time around. While recklessly driving to school, I managed to light up a cigarette while listening to "Dear Bunmi", a song by one of the influential artists in the country. I loved the song, it used to remind me of my ex girlfriend – how I took advantage of her and dumped her. I had become a very bad boy these days, the opposite of whom I used to be in the past.
As soon as I arrived at school and was driving to the faculty's parking lot, I noticed from afar that there was only one space available and someone with a Camry in front of me was already driving there. Thus, I overtook the person and parked there instead. It was fun and I didn't even look at the person when I stormed out of my car talk more of apologising for my selfishness. I hastily walked away from the scene and headed to my department. It was a mistake I greeted our dean, he called me and began raining insults on me that I was the first student to get carryover in his faculty since the creation of the school few years ago. He was so angry. Well, after the scenario I went to Dr. Marwan's lecture.
"Yusuf, is this the right time for you to come to lecture?" He said making people to turn to me. I had entered the hall through the back entrance.
"Don't blame me, blame the dean" I said looking for unoccupied seat in the back.
"What happened between you and the dean? You hit him or something?" He queried me.
"It's personal" I said about sitting down.
"No, come over here!" He yelled at me.
"Ahh, I hate front seats" I lamented.
"Right? Just come over here!" He said.
Thus, I walked to the front and he asked me to sit close to a girl after having sent her friend away. I obeyed because I didn't want to carry over the course again. As he continued with his introductory class the girl I was sitting close to kept turning her face away from me. It didn't seem strange to me after all I had taken a cigarette while in the car. Perhaps she hated the smell, I should have put on perfume again.
"Here, Yusuf" Dr. Marwan said handing me an A4 paper after the class. "Write your name and make sure they all write their names before returning it back to me in my office. It is my first attendance." He was a man that loved taking attendance, I took it for granted before and that was why I literally got his carryover.
"Okay!" I uttered, and just as he left I began searching for my pen. I thought I had brought it with me but unfortunately I didn't, so I turned to the girl I was sitting close to. "Can I have your pen?"
"Here" She handed me the pen.
"What is your name and matric?" I asked her after having written my own information already.
"Actually, I expect to write my name by my own self" She said turning her face away.
"Just tell me or forget about it" I said.
"Fine!" She stood to her feet. "Fatimah Bulama, BS/4/09" She said and then left. I was expecting her to ask for her pen back so that I could show her my true colour. You know, I was practically not happy with how she kept turning her face away from me. Was I smelling that bad? I wondered as I turned looking at her buttocks while she was walking away. She wasn't that beautiful in the face but she was tall, bold, smelled good and had attractive buttocks.
After writing the names of the 26 students that were present in the lecture, I headed straight to Dr. Marwan's office and gave him the attendance – list. I was about leaving his office when he stopped me taking off his eyeglass.
"You haven't stop smoking, have you?" He said.
That moment, I knew he had also sensed the smell of the cigarette I had taken while on my way coming. Was I even smelling that bad, I wondered again? I should've put on some perfume on me before leaving the car.
"Don't you know it is a pollution? Didn't you see how that girl I asked you to sit with was turning her face away from you?" He added.
"Actually..." I was saying when he cut in.
"Stop it, this is your last warning!" He said.
"Okay sir" I muttered.
"You may leave" He said putting back his glass.
"Alright" I said leaving his office.
I didn't go home that moment because I was having a fresh 200 Level class with Dr. Lailah. So I went to the lecture venue which was Hall C5, a 150 seaters hall. It was a surprise that the lecture hadn't started yet. Do you know Dr. Lailah? She was a very strict woman, so beautiful and hardly missed her lectures. If she first you into a hall, just don't even mind entering. She had been tough on us since 100level, I never knew I would pass her last year's course because we had severally had issues.
"Yusuf is here!"
"Yusuf, come over here!"
My friends began shouting as soon as they saw me. I was like a king, you know? I was someone that literally everyone had to love. I walked to them, had some chats before Dr. Lailah came. She lectured us using the projector as usual and left after giving us a very complicated assignment. Although somehow my friend, Suleiman said it was a simple assignment.
"Didn't you see how Karimah was looking at you? She still loves you!" Adnan said as we walked out of the hall, he was talking about my ex girlfriend – the girl I used and dumped.
"That's true!" Suleiman chimed in.
"Yes, and I think they should settle" Isah suggested.
They thought I was stupid to fall for their mere words, they should try more harder and even then, I wouldn't reconcile with Karimah. By the way, what did they take me as? A guy that would marry the girl that only knew how to open her legs for men to penetrate inside her? I only used soft words to get into her, and only God knows how many men had used soft words on her too to get what they want. She was a naive girl, I would never marry her — same applies to all the girls that give me their body. I would only marry a virgin, the one neither I nor any man had ever touched. That too when I had fully settled down. A very decent girl with all the qualities a man desire in a woman.
"Guys, I don't like Karimah again" I said as I unlocked my car using the remote. "You guys can date her if she's appealing to you but me? No way! She has already expire to me, okay?"
"Ew! And why should we date her?" Isah said.
"Do I know?" I rose a brow.
"You are a bad guy, repent!" Suleiman said.
"And you're a saint, right?" I glared at him.
"Easy, man! I was only playing" He friendly punched me wearing a smile on his face.
"Bettrr!" I rolled my eyes. "I should get going"
"Can I come with you? I didn't come with my car today, it has developed some technical issues" Adnan uttered.
"Yeah, sure" I said.
"The guy is handsome, I like him" Qudrah said as soon as we headed to my car in the parking lot. "But too bad I wasn't the one he sat with""Hey," I glanced at her. "I will not dissuade you from falling in love on your first day at school but will certainly warn you to stay away from that guy, he's not a good guy you know?" I said."I don't know, he looks good to me" She said."Good, right? Okay then!" I said unlocking my car."Wow, a brand new Camry!" She squealed."No, it is two years old! I've been maintaining it" I said and gestured to her to hop in. "Let me drive you to your destination" I hopped into the car."Awwn!" She hopped inside too. "Thanks dear, I live just few kilometers away from here" She said fastening her seatbelt."Alright" I said starting the car. Thus, I reversed out of the parking lot and drove us out of the school while we gist. "...my father owns the Bulama Cooperation" I apprised
While driving Adnan home he decided to drop in BeePrime GameSpot, it was our usual place of playing both offline and online games like GTA 5, RDR 2, FIFA and so on. After dropping him there and was about driving home he persuaded me to play some games with him first. "Look Adnan, I'm very tired, I need to...""Rest? You can do that after we are done playing GTA online, okay?""Fine then, fine!" I said alighting from my car."Yes!" He joyfully uttered.We went into the GameSpot, played for more than an hour before my phone began ringing. It was my mother, the only person that cared about me in our house. "Hey man, I gotta go. My mum is calling me" I said as I stood from where I was sitting in, it was a swivel chair designated for gamers. There were 200 more."Gosh, okay see you tomorrow!" Adnan said."Alright then" We shook hands and I left."Come back home!" My mother said as soon as I picked the ca
Today my timetable said I had lecture by ten in the morning but while snoring after Fajr prayer, Qudrah called and told me the timetable had been changed and that our new lecture time for today was eight dot. I was astounded, thus I withdrew from the bed and began preparing myself for school. The time now was quarter to eight, meaning I was about to be late. But why would the department change our timetable without notifying us beforehand? I wondered. I was so angry, the new timetable had ruined my morning sleep which would have given me more strength to concentrate during lectures.After preparing for school, I took my car key and G-Tab before biding my mother goodbye and driving to school. It was a swift drive, I parked the car in the faculty's parking lot and I headed to the department to check the new timetable even though I was few minutes late already. I just wanted to be sure I wasn't fed the wrong news.While walking towards the notification board m
Yesterday Adnan met me in L-Spot, together we ate breakfast and waited patiently for our lecture time. While waiting, Fatimah and her chubby friend arrived. I couldn't take my eyes off them because I was so surprised, I never thought they would be there. I stared at them as they ordered for food, glanced at me and then smiled while they talk to each other."You know them?" Adnan asked."Of course, yes. They are in 100 Level. I met them in that fool's fucking lecture" I uttered."Dr Marwan?" He smirked. "Just because you have his carryover doesn't mean he's a fool""Yes, and just because you don't have his carryover doesn't mean he's not a fool" I snapped at him."Hmm, okay" He said checking his wristwatch with his wide eyes. "Time's almost up, let's go""Come on, we still have 20 minutes more" I said as I checked my own time and then glanced at Fatimah. "Let's wait, Adnan...""Oh, is it about
Today I woke up as early as possible because I was having Dr Marwan's lecture again, and while driving to school I bought some snacks and coca cola along the way. When I arrived at our lecture venue, I met Qudrah and few other students already in the hall. Qudrah waved at me to come and sit close to her, she had secured a seat for me already in the front like she always used to do. She was a good student, always coming to school in time."Good morning" I said walking closer to her, she was wearing a black jallabiya today with a qhimar which fitter her perfectly the fact that she was fair though not as fair as Yusuf."Morning, Fatimah" She said clearing the seat she secured for me. "How are you and how was your night? I hope you slept well?""I am fine Qudrah, and yes... I slept well. How family? Hope they are fine?" I uttered."They are fine, dear!" She said and just then Dr M
Ever since I gave Adnan a go ahead to court Fatimah, he had always been disturbing her with calls. I know I didn't love her but to tell you the truth I was already beginning to be jealous. Don't ask me why, I also didn't know!On my part, however I couldn't quit smoking but I had minimised the amount of beer I used to consume. And about women, forgive me but I didn't really think I would stop as of now. If I ever had the chance, I would definitely do it.Please don't blame me, blame my evil family. The more my father and sister put pressure on me, the temeritous I become. I didn't want this life but what could I do? I was already getting used to it, people should know this by now.Yesterday was fresher's orientation day, and in the night a party was thrown in Eko Hotel. I was there and I had fun with lot of my friends except Adnan whom was somehow devout, and even more godfearing ever since he met Fatimah. Bo
As promised, Adnan called me while I was in my room preparing to sleep. He seemed good, he even asked me to try performing ablution and make sure I pray before sleeping. I wasn't used to performing ablution... but that day, I did it before sleeping. In the morning, his call woke me up and when I picked up he greeted me and told me to pray. I was so very happy.And that was how our life together continued, we became so close to each other as time went by and I saw him only as a biological brother I never had. He provided me with all his past handouts and other necessary materials that I should study ahead of my lecturers. I thanked him and he told me, "No thanks between us".Yesterday our department held an orientation for us; the freshers and I was happy because I learned a lot. We were told how to live a very successful academic life and so on. They also shared us bulky novels concerning the evil of cultism, dating and also scho
After so much drama with Dr Marwan, I was finally home. Could you believe despite wasting my time by staying till evening and helping him with his bag to the parking lot he still refused to reconsider me? I wonder what kind of heartless human being he was. Well, I had given up. If I fail his course again I still had two more years to reseat for it. Smiles!The house was quiet today, the drama queen and our father weren't around. It was only our mother and the maids. After taking shower, I went to the dining room and ate dinner before expiating all the prayers that I had missed.After that, I wore my nightwear about sleeping when my system beeped. It was a notification sound, so I walked over to it and then pulled it open. Hence, I saw an update from DailyTrust."Alhaji Bulama of Bulama Cooperation visited burnt down factory with wife, daughter and nephew. — Reported by Khadijah Sa'id Jagaba"