EMOTIONAL BIOGRAPHY (EPISODE 2)

They said the best thing in life is falling in LOVE with someone who loves you just as much as you love them, all my life, its one quote or the other about love. It didn't make much sense to me until this particular day i went with a few of my friends to SHOPRITE. We were done shopping, they all left me to do the payout when i met the most prettiest girl alive.

CASHIER: Is this all?

MIKE: (Mouth wide Agape, lost in admiration) Huh?

CASHIER: I said, Is this all? As in, all you bought?

MIKE: Oh, Yea, Yeah. That's all.

All the time she was scanning the stuff, i was staring at her, i was like, "God! How can someone be this pretty?" She noticed me staring at her as she packed my goods, and i can swear i saw her smile.

CASHIER: That would be #8,758. Do you want to pay with cash or ATM?

MIKE: (I was just focused on her lips as she spoke, they were so perfectly shaped and naturally pink, i can tell she added no lip stick) Cash? Cash... Sorry, you said?

CASHIER: (Bowed down her head in depression and raised it almost immediately to reveal the most beautiful set of white teeth I've ever seen, with a smile so bright that i could feel my heart leap) I said... Are you paying with CASH or ATM?

MIKE: Oh, sorry, Cash, how much is it?

CASHIER: (Smiling) You haven't been paying attention to anything i was saying, right?

MIKE: (Frowned my face a bit in shame) Yea, i'm sorry.

CASHIER: Your bill is #8,758. Do you wanna pay with Cash or POS?

MIKE: Cash. (Went through my wallet but it wasn't up to #5,000, its obvious she could see the contents in my wallet. "The Devil is a Liar" i said to myself within as i searched my pockets hoping to find some money.)

CASHIER: You can drop some items if...

MIKE: No No No! I got this! (I said desperately, trying to save face. I could hear the lament of the other customers waiting to be attended to, sort of made things worse. I looked at the entrance hoping one of my friends would come to my rescue but they were too busy discussing, they didn't even notice i was there. Just then, my phone sms alert beeped. I quickly went through it. "Credit Alert" "10,000# by..." I didn't care to know who it was, i just quickly handed her my ATM)

CASHIER: (She typed a few digits and asked me to type in my pin, which i did, and quickly gave it back to her. As she waited for it to connect, i can swear i didn't know what came over me, the words "YOU'RE REALLY PRETTY" just escaped my lips. She looked up at me and smiled.)
"THANKS MIKE" (She said as she shifted her focus back on the POS GADGET. Then seconds later, she handed me my card and slip. I didn't get the chance to ask for her name, the queue was now longer and the customers were lamenting.)

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BEN: Mike, how far na? Where the receipt dey? (He asked as we boarded a taxi home, but i was too focused on something else to know he said something) Michael! Where the receipt na?

MIKE: Oh, sorry jare. (Went through my wallet and handed him the receipt. They did the sortings, gave me the money for their stuff and divided what we all bought in different bags.)

KEN: Mikky seem strange ever since we left him to cash out the items. Whats the matter MIKE?

MIKE: I've warned you not to call me MIKKY ever again. You guys left me with goods worth over #8,000, and where did you expect me to get that kind of money from? Did you ask how much i was having with me?

KEN: Chill Chill! Mike, whats up with you? Its obvious that isn't the reason you're worked up, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, and you've never reacted this way. So whats really up with you?

MIKE: Nothing, Nothing, Just leave me be. I'm Fine. "But how did she know my name was MIKE?" i never told her and no one called me by my name at the mall. (I mistakenly said out aloud to their hearing. That's what I've been thinking about, how she knew my name was MIKE, i never told her.)

KEN: Oh, (Laughing Hysterically) A woman? You met a girl at the mall? Is that why you're ... oh oh oh ... (Increase in laughter) Michael is in LOVE!

BEN: For real? Are you for real? Mike, you of all people that despise women with passion.

MIKE: Guys, just stop it. I'm not in love and i can never be in LOVE. I was just so curious as to how she knew my name, kinda trying to recall her face from school, she probably knows me at school.

KEN: Really? You're not in love and you're letting this thing eat you up like a deadly parasite from within? C'mon, Mike, stop fooling yourself, we both know what this is. You've developed feelings for this girl, just admit it.

MIKE: Developed feelings in just 5 minutes, please spare me that shit, oh oh oh, now i get it, is it because of the bet i made with BEN? (Laughing) Until i leave higher institution, even after i leave, i will never fall in love.

But honestly, the cashier was still on my mind, i was thinking so deep and bad about her, i could hear her laughter echoing in my head, her smile, so vibrant and bright, i could see it perfectly in my imaginations. "Was i truly in love? Is that really how you fall in love?" i kept asking myself until i could take it no more, i'm going to back to SHOPRITE tomorrow, i really wanna sort this out, with or without my friends. I cant afford to lose that BET, i can't give BEN my phone. Yea, my phone, that's what we staked. My only companion in school. This was how it happened...

We were sitting in front of the library complex one afternoon, BEN, KEN and i, when this girl walked out, or should i say Lady. Everything she wore was flashy so you can easily notice her presence at the corner of your eye. Everybody was staring at her, including the 3 of us. i'd admit she was SMOKING HOT, but a few minutes later, i was still staring at her, when everyone has had their fill of admiration.

BEN: Haba! Mike, commot your eye from this girl na! Or are you in LOVE already?

MIKE: Love ke? Shey na so dem dey fall in love?

BEN: Why you come dey look am like that na?

KEN: Na so e dey happen for Indian Films na, so e dey very very possible. Shey make i help you go arrange her?

MIKE: Guys, just stop it, OK?  She looks like my cousin who attends this school, i lost her number and there is no way we can get in touch, i was just staring too hard to see if she was the one.

BEN: Really? So Mike, you sabi arrange lie like this? Na your type dey bad pass, i swear!

KEN: Forget that issue first, so you wan tell me say you get cousin wey fine like this and you no tell us, you never introduce am to us?

BEN: You know wetin? Ill call a spade a spade. Mike is in LOVE.

MIKE: God Forbid!!! Love with who? It can never happen.

BEN: Wanna bet?

MIKE: Don't worry, OK? I'd just win your money.

BEN: I'm Cool with that, besides, we both know you're broke, you're basically hoping on your mum to send you feeding expense right now.

MIKE: Ben, i said DON'T WORRY, i can't fall in love, i'd just take your money.

BEN: Then prove it na!

KEN: Yea, prove it. Prove that you don't have a heart. I'd put a bet of #20,000 on his behalf.

MIKE: (Now i wasn't gonna place a bet, but #20,000? With the hunger i'm facing in school? I think ill reconsider) #20,000? Jesu! Are you serious? As in, TWENTY THOUSAND NAIRA?

KEN: Yes na! Were you expecting DOLLARS?

MIKE: Where do you expect me to get that kind of money from, all i have is this phone, Blackberry Bold 5, and....

KEN: *CUTS IN* I'm Cool with that. Your Bold 5 for my #20,000. Are you in?

MIKE: Its a Done Deal.

(An agreement was written, and we both signed.)

BEN: (Whispering to KEN) Are you really sure about this, dad won't send us another money till next month, we got your birthday party to plan for, remember?

KEN: Not just my birthday party, yours as well.

Oh, i forgot to mention they are twins. You see how the names Rhyme. BEN and KEN.
And that's how i'm in this mess. I was very sure i can't love then, but now, with this girl in my head, i'm not so sure anymore. I guess everything would be clear tomorrow.

EPISODE 3 LOADING...

I was nervous, i was even scared, and i don't know why. I've only met her once and the thought of seeing her again is making my heart throb 3times faster. Maybe if i go with a friend, it will reduce the tension, or...