things in Nigeria

Young, dump and broke (Y. D. B)

Lectures moved in succession, I guess everyone was surprised on how they sat down all day receiving lectures from one lecture hall to another. The most stressful part was how far the lecture halls where far from each other. Amblo met Amina and she explained how interested she was in the 'night time reading ' and they all. Consoled each other over the change in courses they actually applied for.

It was already 7:46PM, but he couldn't call Amina, as she was a Muslim and needed to pray before she could show up for the reading, he just continued reading till his phone rang

"Amina where are you"

"Am on my way, come and pick me up at the bank, am afraid to walk from there, I don hear many cases of rape ooooo", she joked in pidgin English

"OK am coming " Amblo said, smiling

Picking her up, they bought sweets, went to the class and read till it was 10:30PM

"Andrew I have to go now", this was Amblo's real name and she actually saw it written on his book, a very weird combination of names 'Andrew Gogo Mngutswenga' so Andrew simply preferred using his nickname 'Amblo'.

"alright, let me escort you"

They got to the hostel, there was a limit boys could go near the girls' hostel, Muslims staffs here were really strict. But there where few sits outside here where lovers could sit before the lady walks off, first Amina sat down, then Amblo sat, talking so much on how home would be without them.

"Andrew let's play a game, truth or dare"

"Truth"

"OK how many girls have you ever date"

"I've never dated before, I actually schooled at a high school that is a boarding school of only male students "

No wonder, Amina said surprisingly, you look for so much trouble and you're a funny boy.

"OK truth"Amina said.

"Alright have you ever kissed before??" Amblo asked, Amina blushed,

"you don't ask a girl that, well I've been a bad girl at high school but don't look down on me, I've changed "

Still smiling, Amblo said "OK dare me"

"Surprise me "

Still staring at each other, Amblo still wondering which type of surprise she really meant, and calculating the consequences of if he tried to kiss her and she refused, the shame and how bad he will feel.

"am still waiting, you're breaking the rules of the game"

Without saying a word, he drew close to her, grabbed on her lips, they kissed for a long time, giggling smiles at each other. Amina tried to get over his laps, he refused because it was just an open area and anybody could see, she tried again, he refused, smiling.

Soon it was late, at 12:30AM, they parted, each person smiling along the way. Amblo couldn't feel his feet , he felt like the school bag he carried, full of books, wasn't heavy at all, smiling like a fool along the way.