I LOVE YOU – episode 10

An elderly nurse came in. she was suprised meeting us like that, but instead of apologizing, she started bashing us with words.

“are you kids okay? What do you think you are doing here? Does this place look like a guest house to you? This is an hospital!!! Is this why you have been sent to school? You were  meant to come and read and not this! Where is morals in Nigeria?!”

It was written all over her face that she was pissed, that she just dropped the prescriptions and wrote how I’d use them on the paper.

When she left, we both burst into a little laughter, whats so funny about the whole thing?! I couldn’t tell.

Hadizat sat back on the chair, took the list and decided to go and get the drugs at the health centre pharmacy. When she left, my mind went back to the event of the past five minutes- the kiss. It was my first time, but “I enjoyed it” I thought.

 I was angry that the nurse came in to interrupt the ‘fun’, and I was as well thankful, because I don’t know what I might have done.

I lay down on the bed looking blankly at the ceiling, when my phone rang. It was my dad calling.

Dad: hello son
Me: hello dad
Dad: hope you are good
Me:yeah
Dad; I hope you are through with exams  now?
Me: yes, I finished my papers already
Dad: so, when are you coming home.
Me:probably weekend, cos we have village evangelism in our feloowship. We’d b going to villages ere in osun state
Dad: ok, that’s good son, doing the will of God is good thing,keep your god attitude. See you
Me: ok dad
Dad: wait! Hope you have transport fare
Me: yes I still have 2k
Dad:good, because mimiko hasn’t paid our salary oo
Me: (laughing) same here, aregbe too is a block head.he doesn’t pay. All is well.
Dad: amen, bye son
Me: bye

 I drooped the call, gave the air  an upper cut in jubilation. I had successfully bought time to stay with hadizat.

Hadizat came back with the drugs, her face long.

Me: why are you wearing along face?
Hadizat: my mum said the driver is almost at ife to take me home today. She got to know that I was through with exams from my uncle-HOD of med rehab
Me: really?( trying to cheer up). That’s good then, at least you would have lesser stress travelling
Hadizat: what of you? When are you leaving?
Me: well, I’d wait till weekend I already told my dad.
Hadizat: I hope your leg would have been better ten, and I’d miss you.(she then gave me some money) take this

 Just then, her phone rang, he driver was around, she gave me a hug and left. I watched her walked towards and out of the door. It was as if the holiday would be more than one month. I wanted to stand up, hold her and kiss her, but my leg wouldn’t just let me.

I was discharged on Thursday, and the cast was removed on Friday. I had spent all remaining days on campus ,sleeping, eating, watching films and going to the bar, afterall, hadizat gave me 3k before leaving. I got so used to beer during these days. I left for home on Sunday morning.

Home sweet home?