Please come and sit down, S’bu invited Thandi to a section of the lounge next to the pool table behind the sofas. Thandi followed and suddenly stopped.
What’s this? she asked looking at S’bu. There was a huge rug with rose petals on the floor and two big cushions on opposite ends. The middle of it was fruits, snacks and sweets. It looked like a picnic setting for lovers.Well, with everything I going to be explaining to you, I’m going to get hungry and since I didn’t know what you liked I got everything I could find, he lied. Please sit down, S’bu said pointing at one of the cushions on the rug and he went to sit on the other one opposite Thandi. He clapped his hands twice and suddenly soft romantic music started playing and the lights in the room changed to different colours.
Can we talk about G now, Thandi asked impatiently.&nbs
Mr J, G and his team all traveled to Johannesburg where S’bu studied. They were joined by Menzi on the way who was coming from his university in Durban.When Thandi told them her worry, Mr J took it very serious because he had tried calling his son a day before but did not get him. That was not unusual with his socialite son but he always returned his Father’s calls. This time he had not done so and 24 hours had passed.Menzi was also worried because after not getting hold of his brother for three days. Their friends who were in university with S’bu had not seen him for three days and he had not attended his lectures.There was nothing suspicious in S’bu’s flat except that he was not there. His neighbours had not seen him for three days, they thought he had gone home. His friends had also gathered to try and find him.G who had taken a call, came back with a worried face. Mr J knew he must have found something and it was not good, judging fr
Son, can you hear me, Mr J asked shaking his son. S’busiso, he called him again but no response followed. S’bu had bruises all over but no deep wounds.G made some calls, the ambulance arrived within 20 minutes and took S’bu to hospital. He was assessed as having sustained a head injury and was taken for an emergency scan of the brain. After waiting for an hour, the admitting doctor came out to inform them that S’bu had fractures on his skull and unconscious but fortunately his brain was not affected. He was expected to make a full recovery but will be monitored in a high care unit for any complications.Mr J made a call to his wife informing her of the good news and spent the next hours informing and thanking everyone who assisted in looking for his son. It was already morning when he finally got to rest.Thandi had not been getting much sleep since S’bu went missing. When her phone rang she hurried to answer it. When she found out that it was Mrs J, her
Thandi had decided to avoid meeting S’bu until she can put her thoughts together but Mrs J asked her to come over and she could not refuse.When she got to the Jobe home, Mandy and Mrs J greeted her first. She was still hoping not to meet S’bu but unfortunately today he was sitting at the lounge and everyone was fussing over him.Hi S’bu, I’m glad you are ok? Thandi said with no emotion.Really?, no hugs?, no kiss?, S’bu said whimsically.Thandi blushed and dropped her head, how can S’bu say these things with his Mother around? she wanted to run and hide.It seems you are still in denial about your feelings. Let me help you out. If I died, would you have come here as a mourner or a comforter? S’bu asked smiling.Comforter of course, Thandi lied.Then why the middle of the night sobbing? S’bu asked.Mrs J! How could you tell him that!, Thandi exclaimed. The other night when Mrs J called her, she misundersto
The royal palace was buzzing with noise and excitement as everyone anticipated the arrival of the King. He always came to welcome them personally and this made the girls feel very special.Soon the royal poet was heard praising the King and everyone bowed down as the King walked in behind his poet.He welcomed them like he always did every year. Informed them of the importance of keeping their traditions especially now that most youths had turned to western ways. He informed them of their value as the stars of the nation and encouraged them to stay pure.The Queen’s spoke after the King teaching girls about life issues and problems facing young women like teenage pregnancies, rape and elderly man preying on young girls: the so called Blessers or Sugar daddies.When all the speeches were done, the girls had their virginity tests and given their certificates. They were served the best food and by mid day they headed back.When they go
Thandi saw that it was S’bu calling and decided to ignore the call but after the sixth call she decided to answer.Hello, she answered uninterested.MaDlamini, forgive me if I have offended you, S’bu said lovingly.No, not at all. I was just busy, Thandi lied.Your boyfriend is all over the newspapers today, S’bu said.So that’s why he called, Thandi thought to herself. S’bu had not called her since Precious came back but today he called six times.You need to be careful, not everyone has good intentions, S’bu warned.What do you mean? Thandi was curious to know what S’bu was up to.Some guys would pretend to like you just to ruin you and disappear leaving you heartbroken, S’bu explained.It was very common for guys to target virgins and Thandi was aware of it but found it amusing that S’bu was the one warning her about it.I don’t have to worry about that anymore. I gave him my virtue, judging by th
S’bu decided to play along and not tell Thandi that he knew about Bonga. He will wait for Thandi come back from the village then put his plan into motion.Thandi had not received any calls or messages from S’bu since the day she lied to him about Bonga and was satisfied that he won’t be bothering her anymore. When she got back to the city, she went to see Mandy who had been begging her to come over. It turned out Mandy wanted to be introduced to Bonga whom she found to be very handsome. Mandy would not take no for an answer, so she agreed to help her.When Thandi was about to leave, Mrs J asked her to get her charger from S’bu’s room and asked Mandy to make snacks for them.The last place Thandi wanted to be was in S’bu’s room but she could not refuse an elder, that was considered very rude and besides it looked like S’bu was not around.When she got to S’bus house she started looking for the charger. She looked in the lounge and the kitchen with no suc
S’bu was so excited that he posted on his social media wall that “guest what, she loves me too but i need to prove that I’m worthy of that love. Gents help me out here”. Within minutes a lot of his friends, admires and followers congratulated him and sent suggestions on how he can prove himself. The girl that brought S’bu to his knees, I salute her, one of his friends commented. He had posted so much about persuading Thandi to be his girlfriend that everyone knew whom he was talking about on his post without mentioning her name.News travel fast, by mid week everyone was talking about Thandi finally confessing her feelings to S’bu.At school Cindy and Pretty were not talking to Thandi. They felt since she knew that they fancied S’bu she should not have gotten involved with him. Mandy who would normally be on her side was too distracted lately. After Thandi introduced her to Bonga, she’s been head over heels in love and daydreaming. Thandi had to deal with her frien
The tour date finally came. Thandi and her school mates were so excited to be going on a tour to Johannesburg as most of them had never been there before. The journey took six hours by a bus but they were not showing any signs of exhaustion.Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa with a lot of attraction sites. It was also know as the City of gold as most gold mines were there. Many people left their homes and provinces to look for a job there. It also had many universities and technical colleges most of them had applied to and hoping to get accepted to be studying in next year.When their bus drove into the city, they screamed with excitement peeping on the windows. They had never seen a city this big before. It had the highest skyscrapers they had never seen. It was buzzing with cars, buses and trucks everywhere. People were walking in all directions. The bus drove thru town, passed a lot of traffic and finally got to the bed and breakfast they would be