In his Final year, Segun eventually summoned up the courage to speak his mind. Bimbo was in SSS1 then and had blossomed into a very beautiful young woman. She had many admirers among her classmates and even in the other senior classes but still she remained aloof about dating.
They still were tight friends and hung out between classes and lunch breaks and even the teachers had noticed their closeness and referred to them as 'Oko ati Iyawo' (Yoruba meaning 'Husband and Wife'). They had become some kind of legend and whenever they were spotted one without the other they were always questioned.. Where is ...?
One breezy Friday afternoon just as school had finished Bimbo was waiting, chatting with some of her classmates, Kemi and Bola about plans for the weekend. She noticed out of the corner of her eye Segun approaching. He had such a look on his face that she knew something was up.
"Sorry girls, I have to catch up with Segun, if you don't mind. I'll call you later after dinner so we can finalise our plans for tomorrow." Bimbo said her goodbyes and blew kisses and waited for Segun to reach her.
"Hiya, Bimby what's up with you? Did you get the results for your Geography project today?" Segun asked. Bimbo had taken a project about discussing naturally occurring highlands in Nigeria and she had discussed the Mambilla Plateaus in Taraba State (then Plateau State). She believed she had done such a great job and expected high scores and she hadn't been disappointed!
"Why! You trust now, at first Mr. Adeniran couldn't believe I did all the work myself and asked me several questions before awarding me marks. This means I have to work harder next time because now I have a standard to maintain." Bimbo sighed.
"Ah great! A1 material", Segun laughed. "Does that mean you'll help me when I write my SSCE? I'm banking on you for Biology, Geography, Maths, it's a shame you're not a Commercial student, I could've used you for the rest of my papers too."
"You're not serious, lazy bones. You better not disgrace me oh!" Bimbo laughingly replied. " But let's leave that for now, I noticed you had a look, what's up?".
They still were tight friends and hung out between classes and lunch breaks and even the teachers had noticed their closeness and referred to them as 'Oko ati Iyawo' (Yoruba meaning 'Husband and Wife'). They had become some kind of legend and whenever they were spotted one without the other they were always questioned.. Where is ...?
One breezy Friday afternoon just as school had finished Bimbo was waiting, chatting with some of her classmates, Kemi and Bola about plans for the weekend. She noticed out of the corner of her eye Segun approaching. He had such a look on his face that she knew something was up.
"Sorry girls, I have to catch up with Segun, if you don't mind. I'll call you later after dinner so we can finalise our plans for tomorrow." Bimbo said her goodbyes and blew kisses and waited for Segun to reach her.
"Hiya, Bimby what's up with you? Did you get the results for your Geography project today?" Segun asked. Bimbo had taken a project about discussing naturally occurring highlands in Nigeria and she had discussed the Mambilla Plateaus in Taraba State (then Plateau State). She believed she had done such a great job and expected high scores and she hadn't been disappointed!
"Why! You trust now, at first Mr. Adeniran couldn't believe I did all the work myself and asked me several questions before awarding me marks. This means I have to work harder next time because now I have a standard to maintain." Bimbo sighed.
"Ah great! A1 material", Segun laughed. "Does that mean you'll help me when I write my SSCE? I'm banking on you for Biology, Geography, Maths, it's a shame you're not a Commercial student, I could've used you for the rest of my papers too."
"You're not serious, lazy bones. You better not disgrace me oh!" Bimbo laughingly replied. " But let's leave that for now, I noticed you had a look, what's up?".
1 comment:
oya oya...Segun, wats up? let the cat outta d bag!
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