This Is It, My Darling

Chapter One

My phone rang and I took it confused because the number that appeared on my screen was unknown. I carefully answered, "Hello" and the man behind the phone answered, "Hey, How are you?". I was kinda shocked to hear the voice behind the phone because I could recognize the voice but not pinpoint who it was. ''I'm alright and yourself?'', I calmly replied. The man behind the phone answered

''I'm fine thanks, do you know who you talking to?''. I was disturbed by the question thrown at me and quietly said ''No of course I don't''. When the man behind the phone revealed who he was, My jaw dropped to the ground and suddenly I had anger visible in my eyes. I could not believe who I was talking to and I wasn't impressed. ''Where did you get my digits, huh?'' There was coldness in my voice and demanded a quick answer. The man behind the phone could sense the sudden change of my tone. He quickly answered, ''I'm sorry I stole your numbers in the Covid19 register and i'd like for us to get to know each other if you don't mind''. I couldn't believe what this man just said and I wasn't interested and obviously minded.

I let out a sigh and finally answered after taking my own damn time,''Look you decided to steal my numbers when we see each other on daily basis, I mean you could have asked for it but no you weren't gonna do that right? So look i'm not interested and certainly mind getting to know you better'' I said that with such cruelty and coldness in my voice and I meant each word ''and I see fit that you delete my digits at this moment'' I added. The man was taken back for a minute but eventually apologized and agreed that he will delete the numbers after the call and he was deeply heartbroken as you could hear the disappointment in his voice. We agreed and he hung up.

He was probably wondering how he was gonna face me the following day after such embarrassment.

The man who just invaded my mind and thoughts is Mondli Zondo, a motivated, well skilled and ambitious young man who recently started working at my school as the Covid19 group leader. I was annoyed because I had recently had a friend alert me about the way he looked at me and I also started paying attention to it. One morning I was signed in by him and i'm sure he thought i did that intentionally but no, not by chance. So I signed in I was walking away when I saw him look at me and then I looked at him back for a moment, I ain't no easily intimidated b*tch so i looked at him straight in the eyes and then I walked off. I knew he felt my stinking eye but ever since that day, I don't know but he was always around me or maybe it was me around him but why would i be around him? I brushed off this thought off.

I got off the couch and tried to keep my mind busy but I kept thinking about Mondli's call and I didn't know why I was even thinking about this frustrated me. So I decided to go on w******p just to get out of my thought about this man whom I don't like at all like that. When I got on the app, messages from Mondli were flushing in like flood and i hesitated for a moment in opening them then i finally took a courage to open them.

''HELLO beautiful shorty''- 17:13

''I'm sorry for stealing your numbers mfethu I wasn't trying to offend you or anything neh?'' -17:48

''I'm gonna delete your number neh and don't worry I won't bother you anymore''-17:50

Reading these messages made me feel a bit change of heart, I mean what could go wrong with just knowing the guy plus he's not bad looking although he seems a bit older than me, but why am I thinking about him like that, urgh stop Sindiswa.

Oh I'm sure you now wondering who is Sindiswa? Well let me take a minute to introduce myself, The name is Sindiswa Cele, aged 17 years and I'm doing my Matric. This is my story that I'm taking you in a journey of. So grab a snack, a box of tissues and continue reading because you are about to enter a new world of love,passionate intimacy,betrayal,cheating,toxicity and a lot more. Before I spill all the beans, let's get back to the story.

After reading these messages, I felt a sharp pain in my heart and I couldn't explain it. I decides to look if he had blocked me on the app and luckily no, did I just say luckily? Yeah I said right, luckily. So I answered back to his messages;

''Hi. I'm sorry about how i reacted earlier on the call, it's just that I feel like you invaded my privacy when you stole my numbers and that wasn't cool at all''

''There's no need for you to delete my number, we can talk''

My heart was beating fast after sending these messages but it started beating faster when he started typing. For a moment there I wanted to find a hole to hide in but nope it wasn't gonna happen.

''I'm truly sorry for what I did, it was inappropriate''

''Thank you for agreeing to talk with me''