Burnt Flower

Cold Shawl 2

Then came Biola. Actually there were two Biolas and in a way they tend to arose rather ironic. One was fair, tall with hips and a mind erasing ass. The other was dark, short and rather slim. I had a crush on this fair Biola. Mostly because of her beauty and the need to have a partner but she was blunt and a straight shooter plus I didn't think she had any affections for me. I was too timid to act on it alone so I seek the admonishments of Barr Jay. It was on a afternoon and I made sure he was alone in the office.

"So ...there's this thing I need to talk to you about". He was trying to arrange some files on his desk which he had enclosed in his drawers. He grabbed a stack and placed it on the table.

"Yes? what is this about?. He inquired with concerned look. I swallowed hard reminiscing over the deja Vu that happened between me and the director of Sydney's Chrome.

"I think I have a crush" I said slightly

"Oh!" he opened his eyes in excitement. "my brightest student has a crush.. Who's the the lady tho?"

"Biola!" I simply said

"Biola" he repeated

"Yes sir!"

"which Biola?"

"The one from our class sir"

"Fair Biola or dark Biola"

"the fair one..." He remained silent for a while.

"so have you asked her out?"

"no sir!"

"why?"

"I needed your advice. I'm not sure of how to go by it". He paused again for a while.

"Well..You can give it a trial but honestly I'm not sure it'll work out. You know she's an high class girl and girl's like her are much drawn by money". I swallowed hard but he continued nevertheless "....if you want my advice. I'd say you should prolly take your chances with the secondary school students that come for the tutorial over her..Those might still recognize your essence. I thanked him and left with an uncompromised mind. Then I went to her friend Temitope. I took her out and brought her a drink before I divulge my intention. She probably thought I was going to ask her out.

"Well I don't know...you would have to ask her out...Yunno?"

" Can you help me please " I was almost on my knees.

"Fine! but I can't promise a positive reply". She told me to give her till tomorrow but tomorrow turned eternity. When I finally got Biola's number we texted for a while. Even played a boring Truth or dare sometime. I never asked her out also...but once we were in class and I was strolling through her phone. I pointed out an image of a guy and she told he was her boyfriend. boyfriend? well just Great!. At a Val day that we held, she got drunk and I watched her danced loosely. I could only wonder what kind of girlfriend she would have made.

The other Biola was however smitten by me. She's always finding a way to get closer but I hold no interest at heart. She mocks me a lot especially about the way I call my stupid. I noticed all her efforts but I just ignored them all. Once she was called a side chick to another guy named Peter. She gave me a eye that said. Don't you dare believe them..But then I couldn't care less. Now, she's in one faraway university, looking all pretty and being less a pest but we still talk whenever the time permits.

The list kept going, there was Oyinkan, who happened to be one of the prettiest the tutorial had ever hosted. She was a lot but lacked a ladyship manner of speaking. She insulted anyone at anytime of her convenience. Even the director was not spared. She however had a soft spot for me. She always wanted to sit close... always wanted to listen to me speak. It came to a point everyone except us believed we were dating. We could have but then I was in love with another. Her reputation eventually chased her from the tutorial but she didn't leave without leaving me her contact. Now, she had also become a big gal and she hardly even know of my existence.

Khadijat, another girl from the tutorial was one of those few ladies that sought my attention . She messaged me concurrently like any obsessed lady would but she was just another lost poem. I tried to breathe the words into her ears but it seemed she could only see. Once she texted if I was into hookups. I didn't even know what that was. So during the next day. While Ope, some tall lanky kid in my class passed me a paper inquiring of how to locate the memory of an SD card in a phone. I passed back the paper, inquiring the meaning of the word "hookup". A nosy ex student, got hold of it and reported it to the Director. The consequences was expected since naturally the man during that time had his naked eyes on me. I was suspended indefinitely from the tutorial and I had to go read at a public library. Khadijat kept pestering. It got to a point I mentioned her to Firebukunmi. The lady I was all about at the time and she assumed I should just tell her off. I didn't. When I resumed from my suspension. After lots of consideration from the Barr Jay. She saw the message to Fire while ransacking my phone for God knows what. She got a bit upset and I feigned annoyance too for her intrusion over my privacy without my permission. I don't how that worked or how manipulative she could be, But she began pleading with me consistently and I became the juror from the accused. She didn't just lavished me with her love and care, but she also did with items that I never requested for. At the end of the day. She bailed when she discovered I was into someone else entirely. One hell of a sore luck that was.

Then there was Joy, a short super light skinned cute girl. We called her Baby Jay because the Director instructed us not to discomfort her in anyway since she was like a child to him. She, however was cute in the face. She was a lot forthright in her behavior. I developed a crush on her at first and even toyed with the idea of dating her. I couldn't however bring myself to a resolution. My friend, Abraham, once tried helping me ask her out. He messaged her pretending to be me and she fell in with the idea. She got so intrigued with me that she informed me of her daily lifestyles. I never asked her out too, perhaps it was because i felt she was quite young and I was lost in my decisions. After the end of the tutorial sessions. We still kept each other at bay. Our text could pull off a record of a lifetime and she was just waiting for me to bring up that question. Sometimes..we sing to each other, at times she interests me with her daily knitting and workings on badges and designs on clothes. We both entered different school and even that did not halt the amount of messages I received from her. I tried to reply and respond with the same energy but we were two people, living in two different world and I wasn't

enticed by the idea of consistent messaging. At least not when I don't have the slightest feelings for her. She was also a lost song and I could only empathize with her desperation to make a connection. When she couldn't take it anymore, she stopped messaging altogether and that brought the end of our communications.