Sealed with his touch

Although August 28th (my birthday) has always been a remarkable part of every year for me, considering how it was the only day every year I got praised with fond words and showered with thoughtful gifts for something that didn’t require any blood, sweat and tear-filled efforts from me, something as mundane as complying to the force that thrutched me out of my mother’s womb, I had a strong feeling this particular one was going to be the most remarkable of them all. I turned sixteen today and I had an impending mission in mind. A mission to live.And no, I wasn’t sick or dead, just in case you’re wondering. Ajuri Daniels was very much healthy and alive, but she wasn’t living. People who know me well would understand what I’m saying better but permit me to explain for the sake of those who don’t.You know those set of students who act like they’d been teachers in their past lives; who were usually the teachers’ pets, fully inextricable from the front seat in the class like they had a b

“What?” I managed to push the word past my lips in my stunned state. “This club is boring”. His shoulders hitched up on a delicate shrug. “How on earth am I supposed to entertain you?” “Well, you have a brain, think”. I shrugged off the mockery I picked up in that statement only because I was the reason behind this unfortunate situation. If only I had carried on walking as my brain ordered, I would have been somewhere with Lola right now, having fun. He stared at me intently like he did earlier in the club as I searched my mind for anything I could do. An idea finally clicked into my mind just as Wizkid and Drake’s Come closer came through the speakers. I did the only thing I could think of right then. I danced. As surprising as this might sound, I loved dancing. It was my favourite way to exercise and ease stress, which was why I wasn’t embarrassed that I was dancing in front of him. That and the fact that he was a stranger. I was never going to see him after today so I had not