TITLE: Lifes Symphony EPISODE: 4 AUTHOR: Yettocome I will make him an offer he cannot reject... Mario Puzo (The Godfather) Ola wished the ground could open and swallow him. He was ashamed of himself, he had never known how to tell lies, hence, most people tend to easily pick the holes in his extremely weak lies. Yet, he cant easily admit to his new friend that he trekked home because they were poor. Were they poor? He even thanked God for his familys status. At least he was in school and also his siblings were in school even though they had to sacrifice one for the other. They are what he called half Poor. He thanked Tutu for her kind gestures and she told him that he needed not to hide anything from her. It is written all over him like a signboard and she had made her enquiries before making up her mind to become his friend. What are friends for? They got a cab and in no time were at home. Ola thought about the days events and concluded that it was nothing but an act of providence, albeit, God. That was the begining of the friendship between Ola, an almost nobody, and Tutu, a semi somebody. It grew stronger by the day. They were seen almost everywhere together, in school, at home, in the public library and wherever. Their parents knew them because they visited each other frequently. But as close as they were, Ola never for once thought of taking it above the platonic level. Tutu herself had no such intentions but believes that they already had a relationship going. The dream of every serious minded student is always to excel in his or her studies. This was the case of Ola and Tutu, they grew in leaps and bounds in their academics except in Olas perpetual customer- Mathematics. He just couldnt come to terms with the subject. He once said to Tutu, Why will I be looking for what is not lost? The formulae that had been propounded by somebody cant be changed and they expect me to accept it without asking questions. I just dont grab it. Their WAEC and NECO exams came and went. They read as if their lives depended on it. They left home before dawn, read through the day, kept vigils and came home late at night. Since their parents knew them, they had no problems whatsoever with their movements. All they both need to say was, I am going to Olas place or Mummy, mo fe de odo Tutu and their visas are.... Stamped! The results came out and both did well in the two exams. Tutu passed all her subjects while Ola had F9 in his Maths in WAEC and E8 in his NECO. He never expected something better than that. For some months after the exams, the two jolly friends see regularly and made plans for the future. They even fantasised about getting married after their University education. Tutu had been called by her uncle in Ife to take up a diploma in Economics at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. She would then be offered admission on successful completion of the course and into 200level. Ola on his part will still have to wait while his mother gathers money to enable him further his education. He would be working while intermitently trying to pass his Mathematics exam through GCE. The parting of two united souls can be better imagined than witnessed. They both cried and wept like babies. Tutus parents could not pacify them. She begged them to let her school in Ogun State which they rejected having done all necessary arrangements with only lectures remaining for her to start. Their parting was sad and heart rending! For days after Tutu left Sagamu, Ola could not eat. In a week, he had become emaciated and looked like one that had full blown AIDS. His mother understood why but his father never knew nor asked but only compounded his woes when he announced that Ola was to soon become an apprentice to his friend, a tailor. Sadness raise to power two! His mother pleaded with his father not to do such, he blatantly refused sighting financial incapability as the reason, since he cant afford Olas University fees. His mother, who had by then got used to paying fees, said she will see to it. He said no and a row generated. It took neighbours some minutes to calm the two frayed nerves and resolved the issue for the two parties. The father alone on one side, the mother and children on the other side. Ola was highly depressed, he hated it when his parents quarrel. It usually generated noise and at time fisticuffs. But in this, his mother had his backing. The next day, after his mother had told his father that Ola wanted to spend a week in Abeokuta with her elder sister, she took him and his baggage to Lagos. He was to start another phase of life here. Still, he had not gotten over the loss of the first best friend he had, Adetutu Jejeloye. He still looked forward to seeing her before he packs up from mother earth... Watchout for episode 5 @adextoluxy
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:51:37 +0000
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