Passionate Heart

The Dream That Became Reality Too Soon

The place was very beautiful and calm.

I watched the decoration which was very grand. The drawings and the flowers. I guess the ceremony was a unique one as a can not say the name of the ceremony, but the ceremony was entertaining.

I noticed that the place was full of brides and grooms. The brides were wearing wedding gowns and the grooms were wearing suits.

I looked at myself and discovered that I was one of the brides but there was something special about me, I was the only bride wearing cream coloured gown.

I watched the scene and discovered that that when each couple walks to the alter they stop and the groom presents a gift to the bride and kiss her before they hold hand and walk into a special place meant for them.

I wondered where my my groom was and who he was. Just then , George surfaced and we walked to the alter then I realised that George wasn't with any gift, anger filled my heart but then George held my face and drew it close to kiss me.

I looked up and all the anger diminished.

I closed my eyes to receive the kiss but then George slapped me and pushed me away

Cheap thing he called me.

Just then, I woke up. I was happy that it was just a dream. I looked around everywhere was dark. I noticed I was sitting down instead of lying down. I was in my class....gosh! I fell asleep in the class and everyone abandoned me and went home.

I recalled that I had feigned I'll to escape going to represent our School in a national quiz cause I wasn't prepared.

I slept off at the verge of pretence and no one woke me up chai!

Well it was because I had instructed everyone not to disturb my sleep so they left me and went home.

I know if Christabel was around, she would wake me up but she went for the quiz in my stead.

As I stood, everywhere was dark. I managed to push chairs and come out of the class. Then I threw a glance at my watch, 7:30pm I screamed . I remembered my schoolbag and so rushed back to get, as I put on my schoolbag I ran to the gate, there was lightning , and it was cloudy, I knew it was going to rain soon and so I ran out of the gate to rush home but it started raining heavily. I kept running till I reached the bus stop. I tripped and almost fell into the gutter because of much water. My schoolbag had already fallen into the gutter. Just then my phone began to ring as the dirty water carried my schoolbag away.

I brought out my phone from my breast pocket and was running after my schoolbag.

I placed my left hand to drag out my schoolbag but it was suddenly too heavy so I put my right hand to support it, forgetting that I was holding my phone in my right hand.

my phone fell to the ground and broke into pieces, I cried and consoled myself.

I managed to pull out my sim card and memory card then I looked up for my schoolbag but it was gone, perhaps gone forever with my notes and all.

The most pressing need for me was to get home first, by then I was drenched with water and it was still raining heavily. I was catching cold. I ran to a nearby shop and sat down.

My transport fate was gone with my schoolbag, my phone was also gone. They was no hope. I just prayed inside that I do not freeze to death. I looked on to know if I will see any car passing by but there was none. I was absent minded when a car passed by, I was angry at myself, I should have stopped the girl but where was my mind?

But then, the car reversed and stopped in front of the shop I was in.

The driver came down and opened the back door.

A young man wearing sweater came down with an umbrella and was walking towards me.

He light a touch so I saw his face, the young man was George.

Miss Treasure he had called me stooping to my level, he held my hands.

you are cold he said removing his sweater, he covered me with his sweater.

Your wet nurse is worried about you and was calling the School and the schools contacted us individually so I decided to loom for you.

come let's go he said and held me to my feet.

I knew my parents won't be worried about me, after all they were hardly at home, they perhaps must have traveled as they always do. It was only the wet nurse that raised me that will care to bother.

He spread the umbrella as we walked out of the shop but the umbrella was too small to cover us . He made sure the umbrella covered me well while the rain partially dropped on him. It reminded me a the popular western song

under my umbrella....ella....ella..eeh! eeh!

under my umbrella....ella...ella...eeh!..eeh!

He opened the car door for me as I shivered and managed to sit inside the car, he sat beside me

which road leads to your house

Ocha road

Ocha road? hmmn, the road is already closed, you know once its 7pm the road will be closed for the day and its already 8pm he said.

I turned to look at him, it was true, I felt stranded, where the hell will I spend the night I wondered bitterly.

what re you going to do? he asked

I don't know I murmured

I will have to take you to my house, is that okay by you?

I nodded

I have a troublesome big sister hope you don't mind he added

I nodded again, I had no choice anyway.

where is your schoolbag ? he asked

and I told him what happens to my schoolbag and phone.

His house was very big and nice.

He introduced me to his mother and his older sister Anaesthesia, fondly called Thesia.

young man this one you brought a woman hope, re u sure she is not your girlfriend Thesia giggled.

George swallowed hard

she's my classmate nothing more

Thesia walked to me touching my cheeks and saying

baby girl tell me the truth, George is lying isn't he? He's you boyfriend and he is denying you aren't you angry?

don't answer that question George barked.

don't mind him answer my question

don't answer that question George repeated and held me by my hand and was dragging me away.

He stopped halfway and said

mum, I would need the key to the guest room.

His mum Mrs Graz chuckled and said

wait for me in the passage, I'm bringing it.

George still holding me walked to the passage and closed the door.

As we stood on the passage leading to the locked guest rooms, I leaned on the wall murmuring a song.

George came close to me, so close that his face touched mine, he placed his left hand on the wall and was looking into my eyeballs.

I could feel his breath as if he breath, inside me.

Treasure he called

it was the first time he didn't call me miss Treasure so I was kinda surprised

hmmn? I said

you know what I said the other day at School about me not, me not having feelings for you at all is not true he said touching my face.

leave me please I said

I'm sorry he said

sorry for what? I asked

For rejecting you public, the thing is that, I don't like public stuffs, I want everything about me to be coded.

you are not sorry

how?

if you are sorry you should say aorry to me in front of everyone like you rejected me. so please respect yourself

baby..I ..

what did you just call me

baby, I couldn't face the crowd that's why I said all that

please don't baby me, as you can see am not a baby, I'm a grown up. you selfish thing have you ever cared about me? did you care about the shame and disgrace you brought me? have you....

George did not allow me to complete my statement, he kissed me.

Then all the pain and anger in me vanished. I felt new, I felt light, I felt silly. The door slammed open and Thesia walked in. She caught us red handed.

She was clapping her hands and walking towards us laughing

Perfect! perfect! she exclaimed

I said it didn't I? I knew it before hand. What could have made George to go out in the night, with the heavy rain to look for a girl, I knew that girl is not an ordinary girl.

you said she is not your girlfriend ba? George will I beat you if you told me the truth eeh?

or did you lie because mum was there, talk to big sister na she said touching him teasingly.

Sister I..George started and then stopped and said to me

let's go

see the way he holds her chai! love Thesia shouted after us.

We left the passage and walked downstairs and found Mrs Graz during pedicure in the parlour.

Mum this is not fair, imagine, we were waiting for you in the passage and you are doing pedicure chai!

oh! my baby boy don't be angry your sister took the keys

Oh! mum how could you give the key to that crazy girl

and who are you calling crazy girl? Thesia said as she walked in

Thesia please give me at least one key

George pleaded

after calling me crazy girl be dreaming

For goodness sake I have a visitor were do you want her to sleep

your room of course, is she not your girlfriend? are you not 19yrs, you are an adult little brother.

she is a girl for crying out loud, how can you suggest my room

don't be shy little brother, don't be shy

mum please tell her to give me one key

George don't disturb me carry una trouble go another place please she said

She can sleep on your bed, while you sleep on the floor she added

sleep on the same bed, Thesia shouted

George stopped to look at both of then one after the other, then he took my hand and was dragging me away

Remember to use protection Thesia shouted at us

I put some for you in your cupboard, the third draw. It is inside a black nylon Thesia said

George closed his ears with his hands as we walked to his room.

When we entered his room he locked the door and slept on the edge of his bed silently, I wondered if he was keeping malice with me. I went and sat at the other edge of the bed. No one talked until after some minutes, George walked to the drawer , brought out a new towel and threw it at me. The bathroom is over there he said and left the room.

Anaesthesia came in later with some set of pyjamas, she told me yo change into them after bathing. I bathed and wore the pyjamas as George came in with his laptop. He dropped his laptop and went and took his bath. When he came out wearing his clothes, he asked why I was not sleeping

I'm hungry I muttered

Gosh! he said and left. He came back later with a plates and noodles and egg and a glass of water.

Do I feed? he asked, his eyes shinning

I said nothing, he assumed my answer was yes and started feeding me. Later on we watched movies and played games on his laptop, then we browsed about current news. I was almost asleep when he woke me up to show me Christabel. Christabel had taken the second position in the national quiz she went in my stead, I was happy for her I didn't care to listen to what George was saying about me dodging the quiz by feigning ill. He said I would have taken the first position if I and attended the quiz, I wondered why he trusted me that much.