Chapter 3: 💔1💔

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MERCY’S POV

“Vibration , I see what you do.....” I sang as I slowly closed my box. Dancing and moving my body according to the beats.

I love that song , definitely one of my favourites. Still dancing, my door opened, startled I jumped and looked at the door. Mum was there standing with a frown on her face

“Do both of us a favour and let us go. You know the traffic in Lagos is not small and I don’t want to waste time.” She said as she looked around the room. I knew she felt bad , her two daughters were no longer with her. She’s one of the reason I decided to study in Nigeria , so I could be near her.

I walked up to her and hugged her little figure , she chuckled as she wrapped her arms around me ,

“Omo mi atàta .” She said rubbing my back . I sniffled, And she pulled back,

“Ehhh don’t tell me you’re crying.” She said laughing

. I quickly cleaned my face , “mummy , me ke.” I said my voice going a pitch higher.

She chuckled obviously knowing that I was lying.

She pecked me on my forehead , “lemme get dressed so we can go.” She

said and left my room.

If daddy was around, he would have been the one to follow me , but he’s not in Nigeria right now. He went on a business trip or so.

I remembered when we wanted to register in my secondary school , daddy was the one there am sure he’s even bothered wherever he is.

I carried the box from my bed and placed it on the floor near the remaining ones.

I picked my phone and walked to my bathroom. I set the phone gently on the counter and pressed play to the song playing.

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I looked at the mirror for the tenth time , I decided to drop my braid. I was wearing my camouflage skirt and a crop top.

I wore the white vans that Idara bought for me with it and it really fit.

“Mercy get out of that room!” mum shouted from the parlour.

I gave myself another one over , and nodded. The girl facing me looked excited, happy ,sad , scared, everything together.

I stepped closer to the mirror and muttered to the image ,

“It’s going to be fine. Fighting!” I said . I walked out of the bathroom , the boxes were already downstairs so I just took my clutch purse that I had prepared down already.

“I don’t know how many hours you want to use to wear clothes. Wait , wait young lady where are you wearing that cloth too?” My mum asked with a scowl on her face.

“Mummy I showed you yesterday night na , that I was going to wear this and you said okay.” I said back . I knew she was half asleep that yesterday and now she will just have to let us go since we were late .

“Olorun (God) , ahh , if you resume now , you will surely wear clothes worse than this. Ahh where did I go wrong?” she said dramatically.

She carried her bag from the chair it was a to match with her Ankara gown. The gown reached her knee and since she has a small stature she looked like my elder sister not mother .

“Mummy, no na.” I said ,this was the shortest skirt that I have but it’s in different colour and it’s just a little higher than my knee.

I always wear crop top so I don’t know why it looked so foreign now. She shaked her head and walked out.

I followed her and entered the car , Mr wale horned and the gateman quickly opened the gate waving goodbye at me

I waved back and then we were out of the house.

From lekki to unilag  wasn’t that far , I think. We left the estate and drove into the main road , the whole area was filled with activities.

The yellow bus conductor were calling areas , some passengers were even fighting to enter inside a bus.  Some people were hawking different types of snacks and drinks reminding me of the box I used to pack all my cereals and drinks. You can’t blame me , who no like food.

How would life at the university look like , Diana one of my high school friends called me earlier. She has already resumed at covenant university and the gists about the school I always loved to listen to.

But how would mine look like , I only entered the campus when I wanted to write my post UTME exams.

The campus was big, really big.

Mum even decided to rent a private hostel, she said she don’t like the facilities of the school  own. I don’t even know if I should be happy about that but I know I should considering the pictures I saw on Google.

What if unilag also has cults , that’s one thing I hate , Cultism .

So  to prevent any occurrence with a cultist I made a plan to be always modest. Act like a ghost , and don’t flaunt money.

I don’t want any wahala (problem) in my life oo.

“Mercy we’re here oo. Olorun iya(heavy sleeper)” mummy said making me open my eyes.

I looked around the area , it was well tarred and was just a five minutes walk into the university itself.

Mr wale parked in front of a building, it was a one story building. It looked neat from the outside and even like a new construction.

The structure looked modern like duplex and I keep on asking myself how much are they paying for this house. But we’ll that’s not a problem, thank God.

Mr wale followed my mum’s lead , I was also at her back struggling with the snacks bag. I don’t want to stress Mr wale with that. The said man was carrying two bags already , grunting and sweating.

Mum used a key to open the gate , we entered and it already showed that students were living here. Cars were already packed in the compound sef. Songs were booming from each apartment.

Mum walked to the side of the building and pushed another door. The door was leading to a  staircase which was surprisingly also neat.

We climbed the staircase and then it led to another passage , mum walked to a door and knocked.

Oh I already have a roommate, how does she look like? , Hope she’s not rude? Well all my questions were answered when a very good looking no scratch that a very beautiful girl opened the door with a big smile.

When she saw the box I was holding and obviously Mr Wale’s hand she opened the door wide enough .

“Good afternoon ma , good afternoon sir.” She said to my mum and well this shows that she’s not rude , my annoying  subconscience replied me.

She looked at me and smiled again. “ hey I'm Trisha , your roommate." she said.

She was wearing a tank top and a bumber short. I returned her smile , “i'm Mercy.” I said back.

I looked round the sitting room , it was well furnished . A plasma screen was also hung up , to say I was only happy is an understatement.

Mum sat down while Trisha , Mr wale and I carried the remaining bags , after two more rounds everything was already in the apartment.

I carried the two bags which was for kitchen into the kitchen , reminding myself to be sure to sort it out later .

I walked back to the sitting room and mum was on a call. When she was through with the call. She stood up hurriedly and hugged me .

“Sorry baby I have to go. I will call you once am home and make sure to call me everyday , video call. I will subscribe for you so don’t complain and have sent your monthly allowance to your account. Love you baby.” She said all  in one breath.

I laughed , “okay ma , video call everyday.”i said making her chuckle as she pulled back.

I followed her back downstairs and into the car.

She entered and blew me a kiss which I chuckled at.

After she drove off , I entered the house and found my way to my apartment.

Entering I found Trisha sitting on one of the couch watching a Korea series.

The couch looked new and even the TV, even the kitchen was well furnished. Did they rent it like that?

I quickly sat down forgetting about all the bags in order to watch the movie.

“What’s the name?” I asked immediately. She chuckled ,

“Love alarm.” She said , I quickly faced the screen , I turned back to her, “did all the furniture come with the house?” I asked her.

“No oo , my dad bought the house and furnished this particular apartment .” she said .

I was surprised, her dad bought the house cause of her. That is  nice.

I Looked at her and noticed that she was wearing a jeans instead of the crop top.

“well let’s go out for lunch.”  She said.

“Lunch? Ehm I have to arrange all my stuffs and also go to the admin to collect my schedule and all those stuffs.” I said back.

“We will enter the campus for lunch and today is Saturday na remember? You can arrange your clothes tomorrow or tonight . I’ll help you.” She said making me chuckle.

“Okay ma , let me wear my vans back.” I said and stood up to grab my vans that was on the floor. I  wore it and checked myself again.

My cloth was still neat and okay  , she walked up to me ,

“let’s go.” she said holding my hand and closing the door with a key.

We climbed down the stairs together. “so which year are you?” I asked trying to start a conversation.

“Freshman oo , I’m tired sef , wahala is too much. I miss my home oo.”she whined while I just laughed.

She linked her hand to mine ,

“What are you studying?” she asked , she was almost the same height with me and I like her already.

“Photography, what about you?”

“Medicine , it’s not easy . My dad is a doctor and he wants me to be a doctor to. It’s stressful.” She said making me look at her , she looked stressed.

“You don’t like it?” I asked her.

She sighed , “i do , it’s my dream too but wait let’s forget that.”she said trying to change the mood.

“Okay. Are we the only ones going for the lunch?” I asked her , well it was a  stupid question. I know

“No my friends are even waiting sef.” She said checking her wrist watch.

“friends?” in just a week and she has already made FRIENDS.

“Yeah from my high school oo.” She replied with a chuckle.

By the time we got there , I’ve figured out so much about her. She was a talkative. Not an insult oo just saying.

“Remember, you’ll see a Mide there , he’s my crush .” she said making me chuckle.

“ he’s still your crush? Does he not have eyes?” I said making her blush.

“mercy shut up.” She said with a laugh opening the door to the restaurant.

She walked to one booth , five people were already  on the table.

My eyes went round and they all looked beautiful, both boys and girls.

“Hi everyone , this is my roommate. Mercy ,but you can call her Cee.” Trisha said.

I smiled in reply , but wait oo which one is Cee again oo.

A fair skinned melanin , beautiful melanin spoke up, “hi , am Paul Galina but you can call me Lim and this is my twin , Hakeem , you can call him Keem.” She said with a grin.

I copied her grin and turned to face her twin which was sitted beside her. I felt my mouth open , And wait I have a question

How can a person be fine like this?!!!.

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