Pretty woman

Christiana could not believe what she heard. She was thinking if that could be true and wondering why none of her parents did not say it before Ezekiel. ‘I have been seeing mirror right from my cradle till date, and I did not get even a scrap of beauty's definition. ‘Why is Ezekiel seeing this before me? Said Christiana. Christiana spend couple of hours staring with a smile at herself in a mirror to figure out where beauty is boldly written all over her as Ezekiel said. Few seconds later, Christiana was lost in a romantic reminisce on what Ezekiel courageously said to her after many days of rehearsal in front of the standing mirror adjacent his bed in his apartment. (Regurgitating on Ezekiel’s speech) I have been seeing epitome of beauty even before teen till date, but I have never seen one without a spot and weakness. Today, I am seeing you, Christiana. Trust me, you are without spot and weakness, you are completely and specially created, your smile hypnotized me, your intelligence mesmerized me, your fingers are magical and your entire physique is pulchritudinous. Christiana could not sleep because of the echo of Ezekiel’s voice ringing aloud in her brain. Few minutes later, she was finally in the middle of that night dropped off, and she slept with a smile on her cherubic face and with a white pillow held tight on her chest. ‘But, my parents ought to be romantic enough to tell me how beautiful and charming I am’ she soliloquized. I think I should talk to my father or my mother about what Ezekiel said and why I am endlessly feeling randy. I need to know if the feeling is normal for a secondary school girl of 15 like me. The following morning, Christiana decided to call her father to discuss it and let her mother that is ill rest. ‘Daddy, there is something I want to discuss with you before you go out this morning, said Christiana. Erm, I, I mean I….. ‘Just a minutes, darling’, her father said. Mr. Chris answered the phone ringing. Hello, after a long pause to grasp the point the caller is insinuating, he said Ok. You can take the Black Benz for 3.5M, or you hold on for me for few minutes for a fruitful negotiation. Chief Oluaye haggled with Mr. Chris for a long period of time. Mr. Chris puffed and dropped the call facing Christiana. ‘Darling, Chief Oluaye transferred some money for a car. Let me finish that and come back to enjoy your talk’, Mr. Chris said. As a proficient businessman, Mr. Chris left for Chief Oluaye’s office for negotiation on the Benz he promised to buy for his second wife as a birthday gift. Christiana tucked-in her food and step outside to catch a taxi since her father could not drive her to school because of the business call. The joy that overflows in Christiana shows that, Ezekiel’s appreciation of her beauty seems to be indelible in her heart. It is not her first time to hear ‘I love you’ from opposite s*x, but it is her first time to hear it in such a romantic way from a famous friend with a soothing voice. She smiled and grinned at almost everyone in her school, including the teachers and her juniors in SS2, SS1 and JS3. Unfortunately, Mr. Chris could not fulfilled his promise of coming back home in few minutes to complete the discussion with Christiana, his daughter. He came home very late at night that day as a night owl businessman, forgetting to remind his only daughter, Christiana of the discussion Mr. Oluaye’s call interrupted in the morning. It was disheartening that the unfinished morning discussion was unintentionally silenced and no one, not even Christiana that ought to take the matter seriously remember to reawake the pending discussion. Mr. Chris taught it could be a joking matter and he left the second day, leaving some money on a table in the sitting room as usual. At Success Comprehensive High School, Tijani Treasure, a social prefect boy from SS3B called Christiana during break time to call her attention and sensitize her on the negative and positive effect of the different kind of beautiful and deceptive appreciation she is getting from the friends back at home, from different friends in school and from male corps members especially. ‘Christiana, there is something behind the appreciation you are naively welcoming from different students, friends and teachers you might not know. Some of the appreciation are from a kind heart while others are probably coming from a treacherous heart. I love the one from the kind heart because, they are real and genuine. But, how will one know the bona fide appreciation! Many of the appreciators are coming to steal from you and leave you with a bitter taste. I also appreciate your beauty, but I will tell you not to be ignorant of the devices and strategies of the devil. Kindly flee from the appearance of the devil you are seen today and be fine tomorrow’. Said Treasure. Everybody started from different playgrounds and areas to walk into their various classes when they heard the jingling of a bell. Just at the corridor of SS3 Block, a lot of students were pointing at Treasure as he is slowly cat walking, minding his walking steps not to get his well-ironed trousers and his neat socks dirty. A student from SS1 said, ‘Treasure is one of her suitors’, Gift from JS3 said, ‘Treasure is a pastor’s son, he is indisputably preaching to her’. ‘I can’t believe you are trusting pastor’s son in this twenty something century’ said the time-keeper.