PART FOUR
"THE STORY"
BY UMORU PRAISE
(Jeremy)
“My first contact with her (Malia) was uncommon” he gave a simper smile as he reminisced the event
“At the first glance I had of her at the hallway, I feel in love with her instantly, and then when I heard a glimpse of her voice” he chuckled “I knew I just couldn’t let this one slide by me”
“So you went ahead that very moment?” Quinn asked curiously sitting beside Tony who looked interested and attentive to what Jeremy had to say.
“Of course”
*****
“Hi”
That was the first word Jeremy said to Malia when they first met at the hallway
“Hi” Malia looked at him bluntly
“What’s the name” Jeremy asked
Malia just stared at him flabbergasted
“What? Haven’t someone asked you of your name before?”
“No, I haven’t seen a total stranger walk up to another stranger and just says ‘hi, what’s the name?”
Jeremy felt abashed
“I’m sorry about that. Okay. My name is Jeremy…”
“I didn’t ask” She cut him in
She moved on
“Ouch!” Jeremy proclaimed from behind with his palm on his chest”
Malia turned around and tittered
“Move your palm towards the left”
“Uhn?” Jeremy replied confusedly
“Your heart is on the left not in the middle” she beamed a smile towards him
They busted into a laugh
“You know I haven’t seen a total stranger beam a beautiful smile at another total stranger”
“I guess history has been made” she beamed another smile “I gatto go”
Jeremy ran towards her “Common at least your number” she gave him a raised brow and didn’t concur to his request “okay at least your name, I told you mine…”
“Like I said, I didn’t ask. Bye”
*****
“She just smiled at me and went off” Jeremy simpered widely
After that, I didn’t see her for a long while. I passed through that hallway several times, just to test my luck if I could see her again, but to no avail, until the fourth day, I sighted her with her friend at the cafeteria
(Malia)
“He just came from nowhere and sat in front of us. I was stunned when I saw him”
Malia narrated her side of the story over to Eli and Alex
*****
“You again, what do you want”
Nothing much honestly” Jeremy said with a cheesy smile on his face
Malia turned to her friend sitting beside her who was dumbfounded at the scene “Babe would you just tell this guy I’m not interested”
“Guy she’s not interested”
“But I am” Jeremy said
“Okay…” her friend packed up her lunch “I’m just gonna leave you guys to sort this out, I’m over there when you are done” she beamed a smile and winked at Malia as she took off
“I like your friend”
“Then go for her”
“Naaa… I like you more”
“You don’t even know me”
“Then give me a chance, please. I promise I’m not a bad guy”
There was a brief silence then he continued “why don’t we start off well enough”
“My name is Jeremy Akande. I am a medical student and you are?”
Malia tittered “a medical student who doesn’t know where his heart is located”
“Common please don’t use that against me…I was just being dramatic”
They gazed at each other as she hesitated
“I’m Malia Williams, a Law student”
“Seriously” Jeremy was bewildered “beauty and brain plus a lovely name. I am honored to be sitting in front of you my Lady “Jeremy prostrated dramatically
*****
(Malia)
“I busted into laughter immediately”
“From that moment I grew interest in him. We pretty much went along so well. Although I still tried playing hard to get. I didn’t give him my number yet”
“One time, he waited out for me till I finished class. When I saw him, I was surprised because it seemed he had waited for me for a long time… and then when he saw me, he beamed a smile at me and did something lovely.”
Malia tried to hide her side smile
“He brought out a tiny sun flower and stuck it through the left side of my hair. He told me I was as beautiful and attractive as the sun flower and that my beautiful shines and captivates people more when I let my hair down.”
“He wasn’t the first person to say such to me, but I could feel his honesty. And we started off from there”
“Let me guess, you gave him your number from then” Alex asked
Malia couldn’t respond amidst her blushing smile
“It seems she did” Eli responded with a smile
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