Dark and lovely is what I'll describe her by. We had met in our first year in junior high school. Prior to the
day we met, we were members of that class who did not know each other's names. I’m not sure I had seen her during any of our lessons. Well, we were just all new in the system.
I remember we met the day our form mistress, Miss prisca, had asked that everyone(with the exception of the bigger boys) vacate the class and stand at the pavement, so she could arrange the seats and give seat-placements to everyone.
Myself and Favour (that’s her name) were standing just beside each other in the pavement. In those moment, someone made a joke and we all laughed and that was how it started. We had talked freely about one thing and the next and the next and somehow we clicked.
It was unspoken but we knew we wanted to be seatmatess and when time came for placement, we just walked in,, side-by-side, picked the second seat on the middle row and sat together. That was it. I remember clearly.
Favour was that girl who had a hearty laugh. She loved to laugh. One thing I might never get to forget about her is that, she never takes a drink in her mouth already containing food. It had to be one before/after the other. We were always seen hanging around each other.
I remember her pinafore uniform went just below her knee and due to it's big size, it gave an impression of one with an hourglass body. She was my girl!
Beautiful thing was, her brother and mine who at the time were in senior secondary Class two were like best of friends and she and i made a good pair.... calm, easy-going fellows. School was so nice with her.
But then, towards the end of our second year, she broke the news to me that she'd be leaving the school for another. Apparently, her aunt from whose house she came to school(her parents' place was quite a distance) lost her son, her only child. And i guess she was moving houses.
I felt too bad. Myself and her had made a strong bond.
I remember that they clearly.....the day of our goodbyes. We had just finished writing our last papers for the term and also, the primary section of our school was having their end -of-term party. That day I was between sad and angry. I felt hurt. We just kept holding hands and looking at each other not finding the right words to say. Sometime soon,
Favour burst into tears. I didn’t(don’t know why) but I was choking. We hugged severally, shook hands a lot and promised to keep in touch. But it wasn't so easy.
She did not own a very good device at the time so we could not communicate as much but then I had to move on. I thought of her so many times after that.
Some few years later, as fate would have it, I finally got hold of her contact, sent her a message and we clicked again. That was a while ago. She had already gotten admission into the university and although we could couldn’t meet up, we knew it would be easier to keep in touch.
We stayed in touch for a while and then lost it. I still have her contact from then but it never goes through. I’ve asked mutual acquaintances and no one seems to know her whereaabout. She should be done with college now.
I do hope we get to reunite sometime soon. One thing I do not know though is how I’d react if I see her again but I know for certain that I would be overly joyed.
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